IT Support Jobs in Lancashire

IT Support
North West > Lancashire

The median IT Support salary in Lancashire is £24,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 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
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 39 49
Rank change year-on-year -64 +10 +32
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 38 49 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 1.83% 3.78% 3.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.94% 4.07% 4.21%
Number of salaries quoted 35 47 5
10th Percentile £21,250 £22,489 -
25th Percentile £22,425 £22,807 £20,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,500 £27,500 £26,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% +5.77% -13.33%
75th Percentile £25,500 £30,000 £28,750
90th Percentile £42,500 £38,900 £45,100
North West median annual salary £30,000 £28,000 £25,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% +9.80% -7.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Lancashire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Lancashire. 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 Lancashire with a recognized job title 1,956 1,204 570
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.45% 92.90% 82.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,245 1,023 363
10th Percentile £41,250 £28,000 £27,050
25th Percentile £47,683 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £45,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.23% -4.26% +10.59%
75th Percentile £54,793 £60,741 £57,500
90th Percentile £58,943 £75,000 £64,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Lancashire

IT Support
Salary Trend in Lancashire

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

Salary trend for IT Support in Lancashire

IT Support
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support in Lancashire over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Support in Lancashire

IT Support
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 8 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
Chorley +9 11 £22,850 -36.53% 3
Nelson - 6 £22,500 -
Blackburn -41 1 £26,406 +15.68%
IT Support
North West

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

For the 6 months to 8 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 Lancashire region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 26 (68.42%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (63.16%) Social Skills
3 17 (44.74%) Windows
4 16 (42.11%) Microsoft
5 14 (36.84%) Time Management
6 11 (28.95%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (28.95%) CRM
6 11 (28.95%) EPoS
6 11 (28.95%) Pharmaceutical
7 10 (26.32%) Service Delivery
7 10 (26.32%) Customer Service
7 10 (26.32%) Customer-Centricity
8 7 (18.42%) Active Directory
9 6 (15.79%) Apache
9 6 (15.79%) JavaScript
9 6 (15.79%) PHP
9 6 (15.79%) SQL
9 6 (15.79%) MySQL
9 6 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
9 6 (15.79%) ITSM
9 6 (15.79%) Law
9 6 (15.79%) SLA
9 6 (15.79%) Confluence
9 6 (15.79%) Incident Management
9 6 (15.79%) JIRA
9 6 (15.79%) Agile
9 6 (15.79%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (15.79%) Root Cause Analysis
9 6 (15.79%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (13.16%) Onboarding

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 6 (15.79%) Apache
1 6 (15.79%) Confluence
2 5 (13.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (28.95%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (13.16%) OneDrive
3 1 (2.63%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.16%) LAN
1 5 (13.16%) VPN
1 5 (13.16%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (15.79%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (15.79%) JIRA
General
1 24 (63.16%) Social Skills
2 11 (28.95%) Pharmaceutical
3 6 (15.79%) Law
3 6 (15.79%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (5.26%) Finance
5 1 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 11 (28.95%) EPoS
2 5 (13.16%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 17 (44.74%) Windows
2 4 (10.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (68.42%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (36.84%) Time Management
3 11 (28.95%) CRM
4 10 (26.32%) Customer Service
4 10 (26.32%) Customer-Centricity
4 10 (26.32%) Service Delivery
5 6 (15.79%) Agile
5 6 (15.79%) Incident Management
5 6 (15.79%) ITSM
5 6 (15.79%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (13.16%) Asset Management
6 5 (13.16%) Data Protection
6 5 (13.16%) IT Asset Management
6 5 (13.16%) Mobile Device Management
7 3 (7.89%) Network Management
8 2 (5.26%) Ticket Management
9 1 (2.63%) Business Intelligence
9 1 (2.63%) ERP
9 1 (2.63%) ITIL
9 1 (2.63%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.79%) JavaScript
1 6 (15.79%) PHP
1 6 (15.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (13.16%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.63%) DBS Check
2 1 (2.63%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.79%) SLA
2 3 (7.89%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (18.42%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.63%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (15.79%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (42.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.63%) Apple
2 1 (2.63%) Veeam
2 1 (2.63%) VMware