IT Support Jobs in Essex

IT Support
East of England > Essex

The median IT Support salary in Essex is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 29 42
Rank change year-on-year -1 +13 +38
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring an IT Support 37 28 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 5.22% 4.27% 3.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.69% 4.63% 4.82%
Number of salaries quoted 32 15 22
10th Percentile - £23,500 -
25th Percentile £27,000 £25,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £27,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -1.82% +1.85%
75th Percentile £41,000 £32,375 £28,750
90th Percentile - £45,650 £33,125
East of England median annual salary £32,517 £28,000 £28,000
% change year-on-year +16.13% - -6.67%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
Essex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Essex. 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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in Essex with a recognized job title 650 605 477
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.68% 92.23% 80.98%
Number of salaries quoted 391 413 308
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,500 £23,350
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,500 £27,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £48,205
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +3.72% +1.48%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,900 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,900 £82,496 £85,000
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +5.00%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Essex

IT Support
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Essex.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Essex

IT Support
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support in Essex over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Support in Essex

IT Support
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the Essex region over the 6 months to 27 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Loughton - 9 £40,000 -
Harlow - 7 £32,500 - 1
Chelmsford -6 5 £32,500 +4.00% 4
Epping - 4 £28,000 -
Basildon -7 1 £45,000 +66.67%
IT Support
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 27 August 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 Essex region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 27 (72.97%) Microsoft
2 22 (59.46%) Social Skills
3 21 (56.76%) Windows
4 18 (48.65%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (43.24%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (27.03%) Microsoft Office
7 9 (24.32%) SLA
8 8 (21.62%) Active Directory
8 8 (21.62%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (16.22%) VoIP
9 6 (16.22%) Windows 10
9 6 (16.22%) Customer Service
10 5 (13.51%) WAN
10 5 (13.51%) LAN
10 5 (13.51%) Intranet
10 5 (13.51%) VMware
10 5 (13.51%) Finance
10 5 (13.51%) Data Privacy
10 5 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (13.51%) Mobile Device Management
10 5 (13.51%) Network Management
10 5 (13.51%) VMware Infrastructure
11 4 (10.81%) Data Management
11 4 (10.81%) Azure
11 4 (10.81%) Ticket Management
11 4 (10.81%) Windows Server
11 4 (10.81%) Service Delivery
11 4 (10.81%) ITIL
11 4 (10.81%) Innovative Thinking
12 3 (8.11%) Hardware Maintenance

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

Application Platforms
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (27.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (43.24%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (10.81%) Azure
3 2 (5.41%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (5.41%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.22%) VoIP
2 5 (13.51%) Intranet
2 5 (13.51%) LAN
2 5 (13.51%) WAN
3 3 (8.11%) DHCP
3 3 (8.11%) DNS
3 3 (8.11%) TCP/IP
3 3 (8.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.41%) Power BI
General
1 22 (59.46%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (13.51%) Finance
3 2 (5.41%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.11%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.41%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 21 (56.76%) Windows
2 6 (16.22%) Windows 10
3 4 (10.81%) Windows Server
4 3 (8.11%) Mac OS
4 3 (8.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (48.65%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (21.62%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (16.22%) Customer Service
4 5 (13.51%) Data Privacy
4 5 (13.51%) Mobile Device Management
4 5 (13.51%) Network Management
5 4 (10.81%) Data Management
5 4 (10.81%) Innovative Thinking
5 4 (10.81%) ITIL
5 4 (10.81%) Service Delivery
5 4 (10.81%) Ticket Management
6 3 (8.11%) Asset Management
6 3 (8.11%) Hardware Maintenance
6 3 (8.11%) Inventory Management
6 3 (8.11%) Patch Management
6 3 (8.11%) Security Patching
7 2 (5.41%) Computer Science
7 2 (5.41%) CRM
7 2 (5.41%) Mentoring
7 2 (5.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (5.41%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (24.32%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (21.62%) Active Directory
2 5 (13.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 27 (72.97%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.51%) VMware
3 3 (8.11%) Mitel
4 1 (2.70%) Apple