IT Support Job Trends in Leeds

IT Support
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median IT Support salary in Leeds is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 January 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 59 76
Rank change year-on-year -3 +17 +71
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 45 30 39
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 3.16% 2.95% 2.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.40% 3.07% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 40 18 38
10th Percentile £24,975 £24,250 £23,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £27,250 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £30,000 £31,250
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% +20.19%
75th Percentile £34,500 £34,750 £39,375
90th Percentile £44,125 £48,250 £51,250
West Yorkshire median annual salary £32,500 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +12.15%

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 1,325 976 1,495
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.98% 96.06% 97.14%
Number of salaries quoted 874 543 1,130
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,633 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,074 £41,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -

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 23 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Support in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 Leeds region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 37 (82.22%) Microsoft
2 32 (71.11%) Active Directory
3 31 (68.89%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (68.89%) Windows
4 18 (40.00%) Azure
4 18 (40.00%) Windows 10
5 17 (37.78%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (37.78%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (35.56%) Windows Server
7 15 (33.33%) Customer Service
8 14 (31.11%) Citrix
9 13 (28.89%) Hyper-V
9 13 (28.89%) Microsoft Exchange
9 13 (28.89%) VMware
10 12 (26.67%) DHCP
10 12 (26.67%) DNS
10 12 (26.67%) TCP/IP
11 11 (24.44%) Firewall
12 9 (20.00%) Asset Management
12 9 (20.00%) IT Asset Management
13 8 (17.78%) Data Security
13 8 (17.78%) SharePoint
14 7 (15.56%) ITIL
14 7 (15.56%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (15.56%) ITSM
14 7 (15.56%) SLA
14 7 (15.56%) VMware Infrastructure
15 6 (13.33%) Entra ID
15 6 (13.33%) LAN
15 6 (13.33%) VoIP

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 13 (28.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (17.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (37.78%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 31 (68.89%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (40.00%) Azure
3 6 (13.33%) Entra ID
4 3 (6.67%) AWS
4 3 (6.67%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 12 (26.67%) DHCP
1 12 (26.67%) DNS
1 12 (26.67%) TCP/IP
2 11 (24.44%) Firewall
3 6 (13.33%) LAN
3 6 (13.33%) VoIP
3 6 (13.33%) WAN
3 6 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (8.89%) Network Security
4 4 (8.89%) VPN
5 2 (4.44%) SAN
5 2 (4.44%) VLAN
General
1 15 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 14 (31.11%) Legal
3 10 (22.22%) Finance
4 7 (15.56%) Law
5 5 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.22%) Multimedia
Miscellaneous
1 13 (28.89%) Driving Licence
2 7 (15.56%) Data Centre
3 4 (8.89%) Management Information System
4 3 (6.67%) Life Science
4 3 (6.67%) Replication
5 2 (4.44%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 31 (68.89%) Windows
2 18 (40.00%) Windows 10
3 16 (35.56%) Windows Server
4 5 (11.11%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (6.67%) Android
5 3 (6.67%) Mac OS
5 3 (6.67%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (6.67%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (4.44%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (37.78%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 9 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 9 (20.00%) IT Asset Management
4 8 (17.78%) Data Security
5 7 (15.56%) ITIL
5 7 (15.56%) ITSM
6 5 (11.11%) Incident Management
6 5 (11.11%) Mentoring
7 4 (8.89%) Case Management
7 4 (8.89%) Project Delivery
7 4 (8.89%) Server Management
8 3 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (6.67%) Database Migration
8 3 (6.67%) Knowledge Transfer
8 3 (6.67%) Service Delivery
8 3 (6.67%) Software Engineering
8 3 (6.67%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.89%) VBA
2 1 (2.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (15.56%) ITIL Certification
2 5 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 5 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 4 (8.89%) Degree
4 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.56%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (71.11%) Active Directory
2 13 (28.89%) Hyper-V
3 7 (15.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (6.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.22%) SCCM
Vendors
1 37 (82.22%) Microsoft
2 14 (31.11%) Citrix
3 13 (28.89%) VMware
4 4 (8.89%) Adobe
4 4 (8.89%) Veeam
5 3 (6.67%) Google
6 2 (4.44%) Dell
6 2 (4.44%) HP
6 2 (4.44%) SonicWALL
6 2 (4.44%) Supermicro
7 1 (2.22%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.22%) Fujitsu
7 1 (2.22%) Virgin Media