IT Support Jobs in Essex

IT Support
East of England > Essex

The median IT Support salary in Essex is £28,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 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
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 22 44
Rank change year-on-year -8 +22 +31
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 34 72 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 6.84% 8.19% 5.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.87% 8.66% 6.45%
Number of salaries quoted 29 66 40
10th Percentile - £23,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £21,250 £25,759 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £27,250 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.75% -0.91% +1.85%
75th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £35,000
90th Percentile £35,500 £35,000 £43,750
East of England median annual salary £32,500 £27,500 £28,500
% change year-on-year +18.18% -3.51% +5.56%

All Permanent 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.

Permanent vacancies in Essex with a recognized job title 432 831 667
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.92% 94.54% 79.78%
Number of salaries quoted 220 680 372
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,759 £25,800
25th Percentile £29,188 £30,000 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £45,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% -4.26% -1.05%
75th Percentile £62,813 £60,225 £66,563
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +10.00%

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

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

Salary trend for IT Support in Essex

IT Support
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support in Essex over the 6 months to 21 May 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 21 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Harlow - 5 £32,500 -
Epping - 4 £28,000 -
Hockley - 3 - -
Southend-on-Sea - 1 - -
IT Support
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 21 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 Essex region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 24 (70.59%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (58.82%) Microsoft
3 17 (50.00%) Windows
3 17 (50.00%) Active Directory
4 14 (41.18%) Driving Licence
4 14 (41.18%) Social Skills
5 13 (38.24%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (20.59%) Windows 10
6 7 (20.59%) Network Management
7 6 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (17.65%) Data Privacy
7 6 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
7 6 (17.65%) Intranet
7 6 (17.65%) Finance
7 6 (17.65%) VMware
7 6 (17.65%) LAN
8 5 (14.71%) WAN
8 5 (14.71%) ITIL
8 5 (14.71%) Manufacturing
8 5 (14.71%) ERP
8 5 (14.71%) Mobile Device Management
9 4 (11.76%) Ticket Management
9 4 (11.76%) Innovative Thinking
9 4 (11.76%) Service Delivery
9 4 (11.76%) Data Management
10 3 (8.82%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (8.82%) SQL
10 3 (8.82%) CRM
10 3 (8.82%) EDI
10 3 (8.82%) Business Intelligence

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:

Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 24 (70.59%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (8.82%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (8.82%) Power Platform
3 2 (5.88%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (17.65%) Intranet
1 6 (17.65%) LAN
2 5 (14.71%) WAN
3 1 (2.94%) Internet
3 1 (2.94%) Network Security
3 1 (2.94%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.82%) Power BI
General
1 14 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 6 (17.65%) Finance
3 5 (14.71%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.82%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 14 (41.18%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (50.00%) Windows
2 7 (20.59%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.94%) Linux
3 1 (2.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (38.24%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (20.59%) Network Management
3 6 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (17.65%) Data Privacy
4 5 (14.71%) ERP
4 5 (14.71%) ITIL
4 5 (14.71%) Mobile Device Management
5 4 (11.76%) Data Management
5 4 (11.76%) Innovative Thinking
5 4 (11.76%) Service Delivery
5 4 (11.76%) Ticket Management
6 3 (8.82%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (8.82%) CRM
7 2 (5.88%) Line Management
7 2 (5.88%) Mathematics
7 2 (5.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 1 (2.94%) Asset Management
8 1 (2.94%) Computer Science
8 1 (2.94%) Mentoring
8 1 (2.94%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.94%) CCNA
1 1 (2.94%) CCNP
1 1 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (2.94%) DBS Check
1 1 (2.94%) Degree
1 1 (2.94%) LPIC
1 1 (2.94%) MCP
1 1 (2.94%) MCSE
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 17 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 20 (58.82%) Microsoft
2 6 (17.65%) VMware
3 1 (2.94%) Apple
3 1 (2.94%) Cisco