IT Support Job Trends in the East Midlands

IT Support
England > East Midlands

The median IT Support salary in the East Midlands is £29,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 June 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 36 35
Rank change year-on-year +4 -1 +48
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 193 141 273
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 4.01% 7.10% 5.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.20% 7.54% 5.39%
Number of salaries quoted 153 135 215
10th Percentile £24,750 £21,250 £18,000
25th Percentile £25,600 £25,000 £23,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £27,500 £26,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £33,750 £33,250 £31,000
90th Percentile £38,750 £38,250 £35,000
England median annual salary £32,500 £31,500 £28,500
% change year-on-year +3.17% +10.53% -9.52%

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 4,592 1,871 5,067
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.45% 94.21% 94.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2,898 999 3,596
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,200 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £42,500 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.94% -4.49% -12.81%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,250 £56,050
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,050 £70,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.87%

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 June 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 June 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 -6 61 £29,500 -6.35% 10
Derbyshire -2 44 £25,500 -7.27% 5
Leicestershire -10 36 £32,500 +14.04% 7
Lincolnshire -5 28 £30,000 +21.15% 5
Northamptonshire +21 22 £30,000 +21.21% 5
IT Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 June 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 80 (41.45%) Microsoft 365
2 75 (38.86%) Windows
3 63 (32.64%) Active Directory
3 63 (32.64%) Microsoft
4 51 (26.42%) Problem-Solving
5 33 (17.10%) ITSM
6 31 (16.06%) Azure
6 31 (16.06%) Customer Service
6 31 (16.06%) DNS
6 31 (16.06%) Windows Server
7 28 (14.51%) DHCP
7 28 (14.51%) SLA
8 26 (13.47%) Service Delivery
9 23 (11.92%) SQL
10 21 (10.88%) JIRA
10 21 (10.88%) Root Cause Analysis
11 19 (9.84%) TCP/IP
12 18 (9.33%) Entra ID
12 18 (9.33%) ITIL
12 18 (9.33%) Service Management
13 17 (8.81%) DBS Check
13 17 (8.81%) Incident Management
14 16 (8.29%) Microsoft Intune
15 15 (7.77%) Agile
15 15 (7.77%) ERP
15 15 (7.77%) PowerShell
15 15 (7.77%) VLAN
16 14 (7.25%) Asset Management
16 14 (7.25%) Confluence
16 14 (7.25%) Continuous Improvement

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 14 (7.25%) Confluence
2 8 (4.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (3.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (4.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (2.59%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 80 (41.45%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (16.06%) Azure
3 18 (9.33%) Entra ID
4 6 (3.11%) Google Workspace
5 2 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 31 (16.06%) DNS
2 28 (14.51%) DHCP
3 19 (9.84%) TCP/IP
4 15 (7.77%) VLAN
5 14 (7.25%) VPN
5 14 (7.25%) Wireless
6 13 (6.74%) Firewall
6 13 (6.74%) VoIP
7 7 (3.63%) Internet
8 4 (2.07%) SD-WAN
8 4 (2.07%) TETRA
8 4 (2.07%) Value-Added Service
8 4 (2.07%) WAN
9 1 (0.52%) Network Security
9 1 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 21 (10.88%) JIRA
2 5 (2.59%) VersionOne
General
1 57 (29.53%) Social Skills
2 26 (13.47%) Law
3 10 (5.18%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (4.66%) Finance
4 9 (4.66%) Public Sector
5 7 (3.63%) Telecoms
6 6 (3.11%) Advertising
7 5 (2.59%) Multimedia
8 4 (2.07%) Legal
8 4 (2.07%) Marketing
8 4 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.55%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.04%) Local Government
11 1 (0.52%) Aviation
11 1 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.52%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.52%) .NET
1 1 (0.52%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 36 (18.65%) Driving Licence
2 15 (7.77%) Onboarding
3 9 (4.66%) CCTV
4 4 (2.07%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.04%) Social Media
7 1 (0.52%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 75 (38.86%) Windows
2 31 (16.06%) Windows Server
3 14 (7.25%) Windows 10
4 7 (3.63%) Mac OS
5 4 (2.07%) Android
5 4 (2.07%) Apple iOS
5 4 (2.07%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (26.42%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (17.10%) ITSM
3 31 (16.06%) Customer Service
4 26 (13.47%) Service Delivery
5 21 (10.88%) Root Cause Analysis
6 18 (9.33%) ITIL
6 18 (9.33%) Service Management
7 17 (8.81%) Incident Management
8 15 (7.77%) Agile
8 15 (7.77%) ERP
9 14 (7.25%) Asset Management
9 14 (7.25%) Continuous Improvement
9 14 (7.25%) Cybersecurity
9 14 (7.25%) Mentoring
10 9 (4.66%) Collaborative Working
10 9 (4.66%) Process Improvement
10 9 (4.66%) Task Automation
10 9 (4.66%) Time Management
11 7 (3.63%) Logistics
11 7 (3.63%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 23 (11.92%) SQL
2 15 (7.77%) PowerShell
3 8 (4.15%) VBA
4 1 (0.52%) Python
4 1 (0.52%) RPG
4 1 (0.52%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 17 (8.81%) DBS Check
2 12 (6.22%) Degree
3 9 (4.66%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.55%) A+ Certification
5 3 (1.55%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (14.51%) SLA
2 10 (5.18%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.59%) PCI DSS
4 4 (2.07%) GDPR
5 2 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.04%) NIST
6 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.52%) QA
System Software
1 63 (32.64%) Active Directory
2 11 (5.70%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (8.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.59%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 63 (32.64%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.22%) Apple
2 12 (6.22%) ServiceNow
3 8 (4.15%) Cisco
3 8 (4.15%) ESET
3 8 (4.15%) Meraki
4 6 (3.11%) Google
4 6 (3.11%) OpenText
4 6 (3.11%) Sage
5 5 (2.59%) Fortinet
5 5 (2.59%) Fujitsu
5 5 (2.59%) SAP
5 5 (2.59%) Virgin Media
6 4 (2.07%) Freshdesk
7 3 (1.55%) HP
7 3 (1.55%) Logitech
7 3 (1.55%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.55%) Ubiquiti
7 3 (1.55%) Yealink
8 1 (0.52%) iManage