IT Support Job Trends in Gloucestershire

IT Support
South West > Gloucestershire

The median IT Support salary in Gloucestershire is £31,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 69 90
Rank change year-on-year +51 +21 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 46 10 16
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 7.09% 1.57% 1.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.60% 1.63% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 41 6 14
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £15,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £17,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £33,000 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.06% +13.79% -17.14%
75th Percentile £36,000 £37,100 £29,875
90th Percentile £45,000 £38,525 £31,575
South West median annual salary £31,000 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year -4.62% +8.33% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Gloucestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 605 612 931
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.22% 96.23% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 442 271 617
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £29,440
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,250 £77,580
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £50,886
% change year-on-year -3.85% +2.19% +1.77%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

IT Support job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

IT Support
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Gloucestershire.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Gloucestershire

IT Support
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Support in Gloucestershire

IT Support
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Cheltenham +16 12 £30,000 - 2
Gloucester +15 3 £33,500 +1.52% 1
Tewkesbury -5 1 £34,500 -9.92%
Stroud - 1 £40,000 -
IT Support
South West

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire

For the 6 months to 14 January 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 Gloucestershire region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 15 (32.61%) Microsoft
2 14 (30.43%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (21.74%) Active Directory
3 10 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (15.22%) SQL
5 6 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (13.04%) Project Management
5 6 (13.04%) Root Cause Analysis
5 6 (13.04%) Smoke Testing
5 6 (13.04%) Windows
6 5 (10.87%) A+ Certification
6 5 (10.87%) Cisco
6 5 (10.87%) DHCP
6 5 (10.87%) DNS
6 5 (10.87%) Network+ Certification
6 5 (10.87%) Project Delivery
7 4 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (8.70%) Entra ID
7 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
7 4 (8.70%) Power Automate
7 4 (8.70%) Power BI
7 4 (8.70%) Power Platform
7 4 (8.70%) PowerApps
7 4 (8.70%) TCP/IP
8 3 (6.52%) B2B
8 3 (6.52%) LAN
8 3 (6.52%) PowerShell
8 3 (6.52%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (6.52%) VPN

IT Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 1 (2.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.17%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 14 (30.43%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (8.70%) Entra ID
2 4 (8.70%) Power Automate
2 4 (8.70%) Power Platform
2 4 (8.70%) PowerApps
3 1 (2.17%) OneDrive
3 1 (2.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.87%) DHCP
1 5 (10.87%) DNS
2 4 (8.70%) TCP/IP
3 3 (6.52%) LAN
3 3 (6.52%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (6.52%) VPN
4 2 (4.35%) VLAN
4 2 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (2.17%) Firewall
5 1 (2.17%) Telnet
5 1 (2.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.70%) Power BI
General
1 11 (23.91%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (8.70%) Finance
4 4 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (6.52%) Telecoms
6 2 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.35%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.87%) e-Learning
2 4 (8.70%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 6 (13.04%) Windows
2 3 (6.52%) Windows 10
3 2 (4.35%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (13.04%) Project Management
2 6 (13.04%) Root Cause Analysis
2 6 (13.04%) Smoke Testing
3 5 (10.87%) Project Delivery
4 4 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (6.52%) B2B
6 2 (4.35%) Change Control
6 2 (4.35%) Change Management
6 2 (4.35%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (4.35%) Customer Service
6 2 (4.35%) ITIL
6 2 (4.35%) Mathematics
7 1 (2.17%) Asset Management
7 1 (2.17%) CI/CD
7 1 (2.17%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (2.17%) Incident Management
7 1 (2.17%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 7 (15.22%) SQL
2 3 (6.52%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.17%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (10.87%) A+ Certification
1 5 (10.87%) Network+ Certification
2 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (4.35%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.35%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.17%) Degree
System Software
1 10 (21.74%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.17%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (4.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (32.61%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.87%) Cisco
3 1 (2.17%) Apple