IT Support Job Trends in Derbyshire

IT Support
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The median IT Support salary in Derbyshire is £27,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 34 36
Rank change year-on-year +17 +2 +10
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 61 17 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Derbyshire 13.65% 3.45% 3.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.45% 3.56% 3.26%
Number of salaries quoted 58 11 11
10th Percentile £24,250 £14,000 £21,750
25th Percentile £25,750 £17,000 £23,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £25,000 £26,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -3.85% -32.90%
75th Percentile £30,000 £29,852 £28,750
90th Percentile £34,525 £33,000 -
East Midlands median annual salary £29,250 £25,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year +17.00% -9.09% -12.44%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Derbyshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Derbyshire. 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 Derbyshire with a recognized job title 422 478 337
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.41% 96.96% 99.12%
Number of salaries quoted 210 241 182
10th Percentile £25,625 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £35,000 £30,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £44,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.22% -11.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £50,536 £55,000 £58,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £66,125
East Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% -9.52% +5.00%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Support' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire.

IT Support job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

IT Support
Salary Trend in Derbyshire

Salary distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Derbyshire.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Derbyshire

IT Support
Salary Histogram in Derbyshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support in Derbyshire over the 6 months to 19 October 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Support in Derbyshire

IT Support
Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 19 October 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
Derby +17 50 £27,500 +10.00% 5
Chesterfield - 3 £25,000 - 3
Belper - 2 £31,500 - 1
Heanor - 1 £29,500 - 1
IT Support
East Midlands

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire

For the 6 months to 19 October 2025, IT Support job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Derbyshire region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 57 (93.44%) Windows
2 56 (91.80%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (75.41%) Active Directory
4 37 (60.66%) Problem-Solving
5 32 (52.46%) Customer Service
6 31 (50.82%) Windows Server
7 23 (37.70%) DHCP
7 23 (37.70%) DNS
7 23 (37.70%) Incident Management
8 14 (22.95%) Cybersecurity
9 13 (21.31%) Cisco
9 13 (21.31%) TCP/IP
10 12 (19.67%) Azure
10 12 (19.67%) Microsoft
11 11 (18.03%) 3G
11 11 (18.03%) 4G
11 11 (18.03%) ADSL
11 11 (18.03%) Mac OS
12 9 (14.75%) Linux
13 8 (13.11%) AWS
13 8 (13.11%) CCNA
13 8 (13.11%) CCNP
13 8 (13.11%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (13.11%) ITIL
13 8 (13.11%) ITSM
13 8 (13.11%) MCP
13 8 (13.11%) MCSA
13 8 (13.11%) MCSE
13 8 (13.11%) Mentoring
13 8 (13.11%) Microsoft Certification

IT Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (3.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 56 (91.80%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (19.67%) Azure
3 8 (13.11%) AWS
4 5 (8.20%) Entra ID
4 5 (8.20%) PaaS
4 5 (8.20%) SaaS
5 2 (3.28%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 23 (37.70%) DHCP
1 23 (37.70%) DNS
2 13 (21.31%) TCP/IP
3 11 (18.03%) 3G
3 11 (18.03%) 4G
3 11 (18.03%) ADSL
4 5 (8.20%) Firewall
5 3 (4.92%) IP Telephony
6 2 (3.28%) Network Security
6 2 (3.28%) VLAN
7 1 (1.64%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.64%) Oracle Database
General
1 17 (27.87%) Social Skills
2 3 (4.92%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.64%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 40 (65.57%) Driving Licence
2 3 (4.92%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 57 (93.44%) Windows
2 31 (50.82%) Windows Server
3 11 (18.03%) Mac OS
4 9 (14.75%) Linux
5 2 (3.28%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (60.66%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (52.46%) Customer Service
3 23 (37.70%) Incident Management
4 14 (22.95%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (13.11%) ITIL
5 8 (13.11%) ITSM
5 8 (13.11%) Mentoring
6 6 (9.84%) Coaching
7 3 (4.92%) Service Management
8 2 (3.28%) Data Protection
8 2 (3.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 1 (1.64%) Asset Management
9 1 (1.64%) Containerisation
9 1 (1.64%) DevOps
9 1 (1.64%) High Availability
9 1 (1.64%) Line Management
9 1 (1.64%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 8 (13.11%) CCNA
1 8 (13.11%) CCNP
1 8 (13.11%) Cisco Certification
1 8 (13.11%) MCP
1 8 (13.11%) MCSA
1 8 (13.11%) MCSE
1 8 (13.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (6.56%) Degree
3 1 (1.64%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.64%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.92%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 46 (75.41%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.20%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (11.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.64%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (21.31%) Cisco
2 12 (19.67%) Microsoft
3 5 (8.20%) VMware
4 3 (4.92%) Draytek
4 3 (4.92%) Mitel
4 3 (4.92%) WatchGuard
5 2 (3.28%) Darktrace
5 2 (3.28%) Meraki
6 1 (1.64%) Oracle