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 October 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 41 45
Rank change year-on-year +4 +4 +30
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 219 162 147
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 3.24% 7.00% 4.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.54% 7.47% 4.35%
Number of salaries quoted 182 148 76
10th Percentile £24,000 £24,250 £12,000
25th Percentile £26,000 £26,188 £14,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £29,250 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +17.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £35,000 £39,438 £30,000
90th Percentile £42,500 £45,750 £35,000
England median annual salary £32,500 £31,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year +3.17% +5.00% -7.69%

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.

6 months to
19 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies in the East Midlands with a recognized job title 6,185 2,169 3,380
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.40% 93.69% 94.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4,126 1,236 1,628
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,125 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,938 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -15.79% -9.52%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £59,500 £53,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +11.21% -6.96% -4.17%

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 October 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 October 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
Derbyshire -7 56 £28,500 +3.64% 2
Northamptonshire +16 50 £30,000 +3.45% 5
Nottinghamshire -9 48 £31,000 -11.43% 4
Leicestershire -19 44 £32,500 +14.04% 3
Lincolnshire -18 21 £35,000 -12.50% 4
IT Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 October 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.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Microsoft 36557.1%125
2Microsoft56.2%123
3Windows53.4%117
4Problem-Solving41.1%90
5Active Directory39.3%86
6Azure27.9%61
7Customer Service25.1%55
8Entra ID21.0%46
8Windows Server21.0%46
10DNS20.1%44
11DHCP18.7%41
12Hyper-V16.9%37
12Microsoft Intune16.9%37
14Firewall15.5%34
15ITIL15.1%33
16TCP/IP14.6%32
17Continuous Improvement13.7%30
18Cybersecurity12.3%27
19ITSM11.9%26
20Windows 1011.4%25
21Mentoring11.0%24
21Service Delivery11.0%24
23ERP10.5%23
24Microsoft Certification10.0%22
24Microsoft Office10.0%22
24VPN10.0%22
27Microsoft Exchange9.6%21
27VLAN9.6%21
29Cyber Essentials8.7%19
29SharePoint8.7%19

IT Support Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1IT Support Engineer31.5%69
2IT Support Technician29.7%65
3IT Support Analyst15.1%33
41st Line Support8.2%18
52nd Line Support7.3%16
6IT Support Specialist5.9%13
73rd Line Support5.5%12
7Applications Support5.5%12
7Senior IT Support5.5%12
10Senior IT Engineer5.0%11
10Senior Support Engineer5.0%11
121st Line Support Engineer3.2%7
12Junior IT Support3.2%7
143rd Line Support Engineer2.7%6
14SAP Support2.7%6
161st Line Support Technician2.3%5
162nd Line Support Engineer2.3%5
162nd Line Support Technician2.3%5
16Applications Support Specialist2.3%5
16Junior IT Engineer2.3%5
20 IT Support jobs in the East Midlands