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 16 November 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 83 94
Rank change year-on-year +26 +11 +71
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 36 19 28
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 3.19% 1.36% 1.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.39% 1.41% 1.96%
Number of salaries quoted 34 18 27
10th Percentile £22,500 - £25,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £14,000 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £30,000 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -11.76% +28.30%
75th Percentile £33,750 £34,375 £39,475
90th Percentile £45,925 £40,100 £52,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £32,500 £30,000 £30,352
% change year-on-year +8.33% -1.16% +14.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 1,061 1,346 1,430
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.89% 96.28% 97.61%
Number of salaries quoted 721 813 1,034
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,242
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -0.44% +0.44%
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £73,188
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £86,250
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 16 November 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 16 November 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 29 (80.56%) Microsoft
2 22 (61.11%) Windows
3 21 (58.33%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (52.78%) Active Directory
5 18 (50.00%) Windows 10
6 14 (38.89%) Firewall
7 12 (33.33%) Customer Service
7 12 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
7 12 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (27.78%) Azure
8 10 (27.78%) Entra ID
8 10 (27.78%) Hyper-V
9 9 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
10 8 (22.22%) Data Security
10 8 (22.22%) ITSM
10 8 (22.22%) SLA
11 7 (19.44%) Asset Management
11 7 (19.44%) Citrix
11 7 (19.44%) IT Asset Management
12 6 (16.67%) Dell
12 6 (16.67%) HP
12 6 (16.67%) Linux
12 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
12 6 (16.67%) SAN
12 6 (16.67%) SonicWALL
12 6 (16.67%) Supermicro
12 6 (16.67%) VLAN
12 6 (16.67%) VoIP
12 6 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016

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 9 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (58.33%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (27.78%) Azure
2 10 (27.78%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 14 (38.89%) Firewall
2 6 (16.67%) SAN
2 6 (16.67%) VLAN
2 6 (16.67%) VoIP
3 4 (11.11%) DHCP
3 4 (11.11%) DNS
3 4 (11.11%) Network Security
3 4 (11.11%) TCP/IP
3 4 (11.11%) VPN
4 1 (2.78%) WebEx
General
1 14 (38.89%) Legal
2 10 (27.78%) Finance
3 9 (25.00%) Law
4 8 (22.22%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 7 (19.44%) Driving Licence
2 6 (16.67%) Clustering
3 4 (11.11%) Data Centre
3 4 (11.11%) Management Information System
4 3 (8.33%) Life Science
5 1 (2.78%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 22 (61.11%) Windows
2 18 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 6 (16.67%) Linux
3 6 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 12 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (22.22%) Data Security
2 8 (22.22%) ITSM
3 7 (19.44%) Asset Management
3 7 (19.44%) IT Asset Management
4 4 (11.11%) Case Management
4 4 (11.11%) ITIL
4 4 (11.11%) Mentoring
4 4 (11.11%) Project Delivery
4 4 (11.11%) Server Management
5 3 (8.33%) Database Migration
5 3 (8.33%) Software Engineering
5 3 (8.33%) Software Testing
6 1 (2.78%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (11.11%) Degree
2 4 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (22.22%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (52.78%) Active Directory
2 10 (27.78%) Hyper-V
3 4 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 29 (80.56%) Microsoft
2 7 (19.44%) Citrix
3 6 (16.67%) Dell
3 6 (16.67%) HP
3 6 (16.67%) SonicWALL
3 6 (16.67%) Supermicro
4 4 (11.11%) Adobe
4 4 (11.11%) VMware