IT Support Job Trends in Leeds

IT Support
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median IT Support salary in Leeds is £32,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
29 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 60 74
Rank change year-on-year +2 +14 +77
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 40 32 35
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 3.02% 2.95% 2.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.24% 3.09% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 36 20 34
10th Percentile £25,500 £24,250 £23,400
25th Percentile £28,500 £27,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,250 £30,000 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -11.76% +30.77%
75th Percentile £34,500 £35,938 £42,813
90th Percentile £45,625 £47,750 £51,250
West Yorkshire median annual salary £32,500 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +13.21%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 1,236 1,035 1,281
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.42% 95.39% 97.19%
Number of salaries quoted 816 595 944
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,720
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -5.78% +1.31%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,250 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,233 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.22% -5.45% -

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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 Leeds.

IT Support job vacancy trend in Leeds

IT Support
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Leeds.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Leeds

IT Support
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support in Leeds over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Support in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 29 December 2025, 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 Leeds region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 33 (82.50%) Microsoft
2 27 (67.50%) Active Directory
2 27 (67.50%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (67.50%) Windows
3 16 (40.00%) Customer Service
3 16 (40.00%) Windows 10
4 15 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
5 14 (35.00%) Azure
5 14 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (30.00%) Citrix
6 12 (30.00%) Firewall
7 11 (27.50%) Hyper-V
7 11 (27.50%) Microsoft Exchange
7 11 (27.50%) VMware
7 11 (27.50%) Windows Server
8 10 (25.00%) TCP/IP
9 9 (22.50%) Asset Management
9 9 (22.50%) IT Asset Management
10 8 (20.00%) Data Security
10 8 (20.00%) ITSM
10 8 (20.00%) SharePoint
10 8 (20.00%) SLA
11 7 (17.50%) DHCP
11 7 (17.50%) DNS
11 7 (17.50%) Entra ID
11 7 (17.50%) ITIL
11 7 (17.50%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (17.50%) VMware Infrastructure
12 4 (10.00%) Adobe
12 4 (10.00%) Case Management

IT Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 11 (27.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 27 (67.50%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (35.00%) Azure
3 7 (17.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (30.00%) Firewall
2 10 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 7 (17.50%) DHCP
3 7 (17.50%) DNS
4 4 (10.00%) Network Security
4 4 (10.00%) VoIP
4 4 (10.00%) VPN
5 3 (7.50%) LAN
5 3 (7.50%) SAN
5 3 (7.50%) VLAN
5 3 (7.50%) WAN
5 3 (7.50%) Wi-Fi
General
1 14 (35.00%) Legal
2 12 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 10 (25.00%) Finance
4 8 (20.00%) Law
5 3 (7.50%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 12 (30.00%) Driving Licence
2 7 (17.50%) Data Centre
3 4 (10.00%) Management Information System
4 3 (7.50%) Clustering
4 3 (7.50%) Life Science
4 3 (7.50%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 27 (67.50%) Windows
2 16 (40.00%) Windows 10
3 11 (27.50%) Windows Server
4 3 (7.50%) Android
4 3 (7.50%) Linux
4 3 (7.50%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (40.00%) Customer Service
2 14 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (22.50%) Asset Management
3 9 (22.50%) IT Asset Management
4 8 (20.00%) Data Security
4 8 (20.00%) ITSM
5 7 (17.50%) ITIL
6 4 (10.00%) Case Management
6 4 (10.00%) Mentoring
6 4 (10.00%) Project Delivery
6 4 (10.00%) Server Management
7 3 (7.50%) Database Migration
7 3 (7.50%) Incident Management
7 3 (7.50%) Knowledge Transfer
7 3 (7.50%) Service Delivery
7 3 (7.50%) Software Engineering
7 3 (7.50%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.00%) VBA
2 1 (2.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (17.50%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (10.00%) Degree
3 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (7.50%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (67.50%) Active Directory
2 11 (27.50%) Hyper-V
3 7 (17.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 33 (82.50%) Microsoft
2 12 (30.00%) Citrix
3 11 (27.50%) VMware
4 4 (10.00%) Adobe
4 4 (10.00%) Veeam
5 3 (7.50%) Dell
5 3 (7.50%) HP
5 3 (7.50%) SonicWALL
5 3 (7.50%) Supermicro
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