Senior IT Support Job Trends in Hampshire

Senior IT Support
South East > Hampshire

The median Senior IT Support salary in Hampshire is £46,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 June 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Support 11 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 0.28% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% - -
Number of salaries quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile £42,500 - -
25th Percentile £42,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 - -
75th Percentile £52,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% +28.38%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 3,776 1,511 4,385
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.35% 95.15% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,710 933 3,391
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,500 £37,500 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% +3.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £71,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £75,000
South East median annual salary £54,000 £50,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.93% +1.00% -9.09%

Senior IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior IT Support' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Senior IT Support job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Senior IT Support
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for Senior IT Support job vacancies in Hampshire.

Salary distribution trend for Senior IT Support job vacancies in Hampshire

Senior IT Support
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior IT Support within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 25 June 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
Portsmouth - 5 £46,000 -
Basingstoke - 4 £50,000 - 1
Waterlooville - 2 £45,000 -
Senior IT Support
South East

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

For the 6 months to 25 June 2026, Senior 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 Hampshire region featuring Senior IT Support in the job title.

1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft
2 7 (63.64%) Change Control
2 7 (63.64%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (63.64%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (63.64%) Incident Response
2 7 (63.64%) ITIL
2 7 (63.64%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (63.64%) Penetration Testing
3 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
3 5 (45.45%) Identity Management
4 4 (36.36%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (36.36%) IT Strategy
4 4 (36.36%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (36.36%) PRINCE2
4 4 (36.36%) Project Management
4 4 (36.36%) Systems Engineering
4 4 (36.36%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (27.27%) Change Management
5 3 (27.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (27.27%) Data Centre Operations
5 3 (27.27%) Data Protection
5 3 (27.27%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (27.27%) DNS
5 3 (27.27%) Hyper-V
5 3 (27.27%) Information Governance
5 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Management
5 3 (27.27%) Process Improvement
5 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
5 3 (27.27%) Root Cause Analysis

Senior IT Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (18.18%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (90.91%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Cyber Security Posture
2 3 (27.27%) Data Centre
2 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
2 3 (27.27%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
1 3 (27.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Change Control
1 7 (63.64%) Continuous Improvement
1 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (63.64%) Incident Response
1 7 (63.64%) ITIL
1 7 (63.64%) Penetration Testing
2 5 (45.45%) Identity Management
3 4 (36.36%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (36.36%) IT Strategy
3 4 (36.36%) PRINCE2
3 4 (36.36%) Project Management
3 4 (36.36%) Systems Engineering
3 4 (36.36%) Vulnerability Management
4 3 (27.27%) Data Centre Operations
4 3 (27.27%) Information Governance
4 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Management
4 3 (27.27%) Process Improvement
4 3 (27.27%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (27.27%) Task Automation
4 3 (27.27%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (9.09%) CISM
2 1 (9.09%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (63.64%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (27.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (9.09%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
2 3 (27.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft