IT Support Jobs in Cheshire

IT Support
North West > Cheshire

The median IT Support salary in Cheshire is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 50 22
Rank change year-on-year -27 -28 +58
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 8 50 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 1.09% 3.23% 9.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.47% 3.34% 11.11%
Number of salaries quoted 8 43 29
10th Percentile £26,100 £22,700 £14,250
25th Percentile £26,438 £24,750 £20,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £27,500 £22,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +22.22% -4.26%
75th Percentile £37,500 £31,750 £27,000
90th Percentile - £37,300 £35,750
North West median annual salary £30,000 £28,000 £25,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% +9.80% -7.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cheshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Cheshire with a recognized job title 546 1,498 819
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 74.59% 96.90% 89.51%
Number of salaries quoted 269 1,124 478
10th Percentile £23,503 £25,000 £25,250
25th Percentile £23,504 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% - -
75th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,100 £72,500 £88,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings that featured IT Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Cheshire

IT Support
Salary Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Support in Cheshire.

Salary trend for IT Support in Cheshire

IT Support
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 11 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Warrington +22 3 £35,000 +22.81% 5
Northwich -1 2 £27,000 -15.63%
Chester +18 1 £32,500 +2.36% 1
Macclesfield +1 1 £32,500 +35.42% 1
IT Support
North West

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 11 May 2025, IT Support job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cheshire region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Windows
1 6 (75.00%) Azure
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
3 4 (50.00%) DHCP
3 4 (50.00%) DNS
3 4 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 4 (50.00%) Hyper-V
4 3 (37.50%) Kaseya
4 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
4 3 (37.50%) Fortinet
4 3 (37.50%) WatchGuard
4 3 (37.50%) SonicWALL
4 3 (37.50%) Acronis
4 3 (37.50%) Sage 50
4 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Management
4 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (37.50%) Meraki
4 3 (37.50%) Coaching
4 3 (37.50%) Entra ID
4 3 (37.50%) Server Management
4 3 (37.50%) Proactive Monitoring
4 3 (37.50%) Cisco
4 3 (37.50%) SharePoint
4 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (37.50%) VoIP
4 3 (37.50%) CCNA

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (37.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) Azure
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (37.50%) Entra ID
3 1 (12.50%) AWS
3 1 (12.50%) Google Workspace
3 1 (12.50%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) DHCP
1 4 (50.00%) DNS
2 3 (37.50%) Firewall
2 3 (37.50%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) MySQL
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Automotive
2 3 (37.50%) Manufacturing
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 3 (37.50%) Linux
4 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Coaching
2 3 (37.50%) Collaborative Culture
2 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Management
2 3 (37.50%) Proactive Monitoring
2 3 (37.50%) Server Management
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
4 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 1 (12.50%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (12.50%) PHP
2 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) CCNA
1 3 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (37.50%) MCSE
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (37.50%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 4 (50.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Acronis
2 3 (37.50%) Cisco
2 3 (37.50%) Fortinet
2 3 (37.50%) Kaseya
2 3 (37.50%) Meraki
2 3 (37.50%) Sage
2 3 (37.50%) SonicWALL
2 3 (37.50%) WatchGuard
3 1 (12.50%) Google
3 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 1 (12.50%) VMware