IT Support Jobs in Edinburgh

IT Support
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median IT Support salary in Edinburgh is £27,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 77 93
Rank change year-on-year 0 +16 +32
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 4 29 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.45% 1.95% 2.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 2.03% 2.79%
Number of salaries quoted 3 28 21
10th Percentile £25,266 £25,125 -
25th Percentile £25,635 £25,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £28,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +1.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £31,250 £33,813 £37,000
90th Percentile £32,750 £41,450 -
Scotland median annual salary £27,000 £27,500 £28,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% -3.51% +14.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 811 1,429 1,933
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.02% 95.91% 94.89%
Number of salaries quoted 382 1,006 1,147
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £35,640
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,433 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £91,934 £89,852
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -7.89% +8.57%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Edinburgh

IT Support
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for IT Support in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 Edinburgh region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Management
3 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (25.00%) Network Management
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) Line Management
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (25.00%) Avaya
3 1 (25.00%) Mainframe
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Panaseer
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (25.00%) HNC
3 1 (25.00%) HND
3 1 (25.00%) Software Audit
3 1 (25.00%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Coaching
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Line Management
2 1 (25.00%) Network Management
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Software Audit
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Strategic Management
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) HNC
1 1 (25.00%) HND
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Panaseer
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Avaya
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft