IT Support Job Trends in the East Midlands

IT Support
England > East Midlands

The median IT Support salary in the East Midlands is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 August 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 38 46
Rank change year-on-year +2 +8 +37
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 207 161 171
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 3.46% 6.95% 4.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.69% 7.44% 4.37%
Number of salaries quoted 172 151 131
10th Percentile £24,013 £21,250 £12,000
25th Percentile £26,000 £25,188 £18,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £27,500 £26,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £35,000 £34,125 £30,000
90th Percentile £42,500 £39,250 £35,000
England median annual salary £32,000 £31,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year +1.59% +6.78% -8.53%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 the East Midlands with a recognized job title 5,611 2,165 3,914
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.81% 93.44% 94.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3,584 1,255 2,432
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £71,125
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

IT Support job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

IT Support
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in the East Midlands

IT Support
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 19 August 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Support in the East Midlands

IT Support
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 August 2026. 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
Nottinghamshire -8 62 £30,000 -4.76% 5
Northamptonshire +28 44 £35,000 +20.69% 8
Derbyshire -6 41 £29,500 +7.27% 6
Leicestershire -17 31 £32,500 +14.04% 5
Lincolnshire -10 29 £30,000 +21.15% 4
IT Support
England

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 19 August 2026, 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 East Midlands region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 110 (53.14%) Microsoft
2 107 (51.69%) Microsoft 365
3 105 (50.72%) Windows
4 82 (39.61%) Problem-Solving
5 80 (38.65%) Active Directory
6 56 (27.05%) Azure
7 42 (20.29%) DNS
8 39 (18.84%) DHCP
9 38 (18.36%) Customer Service
10 36 (17.39%) Entra ID
11 34 (16.43%) Windows Server
12 31 (14.98%) Continuous Improvement
13 30 (14.49%) TCP/IP
14 29 (14.01%) Service Delivery
15 26 (12.56%) Degree
16 24 (11.59%) Mentoring
16 24 (11.59%) Microsoft Intune
17 23 (11.11%) VLAN
18 21 (10.14%) Firewall
18 21 (10.14%) PowerShell
18 21 (10.14%) Windows 10
19 20 (9.66%) Cybersecurity
19 20 (9.66%) ITIL
19 20 (9.66%) Service Management
20 19 (9.18%) Hyper-V
20 19 (9.18%) Microsoft Exchange
20 19 (9.18%) SQL
21 18 (8.70%) ERP
21 18 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
22 17 (8.21%) VPN

IT Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 19 (9.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (5.31%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.48%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (7.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (5.31%) SAP Business One
2 3 (1.45%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 107 (51.69%) Microsoft 365
2 56 (27.05%) Azure
3 36 (17.39%) Entra ID
4 3 (1.45%) Google Workspace
5 2 (0.97%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.48%) Azure Stack
6 1 (0.48%) Mimecast
6 1 (0.48%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 42 (20.29%) DNS
2 39 (18.84%) DHCP
3 30 (14.49%) TCP/IP
4 23 (11.11%) VLAN
5 21 (10.14%) Firewall
6 17 (8.21%) VPN
7 16 (7.73%) Wireless
8 11 (5.31%) VoIP
9 7 (3.38%) Network Security
10 6 (2.90%) Internet
11 4 (1.93%) Value-Added Service
11 4 (1.93%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (1.45%) Remote Desktop
13 2 (0.97%) WAN
14 1 (0.48%) LAN
14 1 (0.48%) SAN
14 1 (0.48%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.93%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 15 (7.25%) JIRA
2 5 (2.42%) VersionOne
General
1 79 (38.16%) Social Skills
2 13 (6.28%) Law
3 11 (5.31%) Manufacturing
3 11 (5.31%) Organisational Skills
4 10 (4.83%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.35%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.38%) Retail
6 7 (3.38%) Telecoms
7 6 (2.90%) Advertising
8 4 (1.93%) Legal
9 3 (1.45%) Aviation
9 3 (1.45%) Finance
10 2 (0.97%) Local Government
11 1 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.48%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.48%) .NET
1 1 (0.48%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 45 (21.74%) Driving Licence
2 22 (10.63%) Onboarding
3 9 (4.35%) CCTV
4 6 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.93%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.48%) Clustering
7 1 (0.48%) FMCG
7 1 (0.48%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 105 (50.72%) Windows
2 34 (16.43%) Windows Server
3 21 (10.14%) Windows 10
4 9 (4.35%) Mac OS
5 6 (2.90%) Linux
6 1 (0.48%) Android
6 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (39.61%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (18.36%) Customer Service
3 31 (14.98%) Continuous Improvement
4 29 (14.01%) Service Delivery
5 24 (11.59%) Mentoring
6 20 (9.66%) Cybersecurity
6 20 (9.66%) ITIL
6 20 (9.66%) Service Management
7 18 (8.70%) ERP
8 16 (7.73%) Computer Science
8 16 (7.73%) ITSM
9 15 (7.25%) Task Automation
10 14 (6.76%) Time Management
11 11 (5.31%) Collaborative Working
11 11 (5.31%) Project Delivery
11 11 (5.31%) Ticket Management
12 10 (4.83%) Asset Management
12 10 (4.83%) Server Patching
13 9 (4.35%) Business Continuity
13 9 (4.35%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (10.14%) PowerShell
2 19 (9.18%) SQL
3 12 (5.80%) VBA
4 1 (0.48%) Python
4 1 (0.48%) RPG
4 1 (0.48%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 26 (12.56%) Degree
2 15 (7.25%) DBS Check
3 13 (6.28%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (5.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.93%) CCNA
5 4 (1.93%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.45%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.48%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.48%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.76%) SLA
2 10 (4.83%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.42%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.93%) GDPR
5 2 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.97%) NIST
6 1 (0.48%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.48%) QA
System Software
1 80 (38.65%) Active Directory
2 19 (9.18%) Hyper-V
3 5 (2.42%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (1.93%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.45%) Firmware
6 1 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.48%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (11.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.90%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (2.42%) SCCM
4 1 (0.48%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 110 (53.14%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.25%) Cisco
3 12 (5.80%) Apple
3 12 (5.80%) Meraki
4 11 (5.31%) SAP
5 8 (3.86%) ESET
5 8 (3.86%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.90%) OpenText
6 6 (2.90%) Sage
7 4 (1.93%) Freshdesk
7 4 (1.93%) VMware
8 3 (1.45%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.45%) Google
8 3 (1.45%) JD Edwards
8 3 (1.45%) Logitech
8 3 (1.45%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.45%) SonicWALL
8 3 (1.45%) Ubiquiti
8 3 (1.45%) WatchGuard
8 3 (1.45%) Yealink