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 2 November 2025.

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

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 83 98
Rank change year-on-year +25 +15 +64
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 30 17 25
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 2.83% 1.18% 1.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.01% 1.23% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 30 16 24
10th Percentile £22,500 - £24,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £14,000 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £29,250 £33,750
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -13.33% +27.36%
75th Percentile £33,750 £34,625 £38,300
90th Percentile £47,500 £41,000 £53,875
West Yorkshire median annual salary £32,500 £30,000 £30,204
% change year-on-year +8.33% -0.67% +13.98%

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 998 1,382 1,460
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.15% 96.11% 97.86%
Number of salaries quoted 666 842 1,062
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,826 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.77% - -
75th Percentile £72,750 £70,000 £73,625
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £87,302
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.76%

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 2 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 2 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 23 (76.67%) Microsoft
2 18 (60.00%) Windows
3 17 (56.67%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (46.67%) Active Directory
4 14 (46.67%) Windows 10
5 13 (43.33%) Firewall
6 10 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
6 10 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (30.00%) Azure
7 9 (30.00%) Entra ID
7 9 (30.00%) Hyper-V
8 8 (26.67%) Customer Service
9 7 (23.33%) Data Security
9 7 (23.33%) ITSM
9 7 (23.33%) SLA
10 6 (20.00%) Dell
10 6 (20.00%) HP
10 6 (20.00%) Linux
10 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
10 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (20.00%) SAN
10 6 (20.00%) SonicWALL
10 6 (20.00%) Supermicro
10 6 (20.00%) VLAN
10 6 (20.00%) VoIP
10 6 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (13.33%) Asset Management
11 4 (13.33%) Case Management
11 4 (13.33%) Citrix

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 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (56.67%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (30.00%) Azure
2 9 (30.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 13 (43.33%) Firewall
2 6 (20.00%) SAN
2 6 (20.00%) VLAN
2 6 (20.00%) VoIP
3 3 (10.00%) DHCP
3 3 (10.00%) DNS
3 3 (10.00%) Network Security
3 3 (10.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (10.00%) VPN
4 1 (3.33%) WebEx
General
1 13 (43.33%) Legal
2 9 (30.00%) Finance
3 8 (26.67%) Law
4 5 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) Clustering
2 3 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 3 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.67%) Life Science
4 1 (3.33%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 18 (60.00%) Windows
2 14 (46.67%) Windows 10
3 6 (20.00%) Linux
3 6 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (13.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (26.67%) Customer Service
3 7 (23.33%) Data Security
3 7 (23.33%) ITSM
4 4 (13.33%) Asset Management
4 4 (13.33%) Case Management
4 4 (13.33%) IT Asset Management
4 4 (13.33%) Server Management
5 3 (10.00%) ITIL
5 3 (10.00%) Mentoring
5 3 (10.00%) Project Delivery
6 2 (6.67%) Database Migration
6 2 (6.67%) Software Engineering
6 2 (6.67%) Software Testing
7 1 (3.33%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (10.00%) Degree
2 3 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (23.33%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (46.67%) Active Directory
2 9 (30.00%) Hyper-V
3 3 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (76.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (20.00%) Dell
2 6 (20.00%) HP
2 6 (20.00%) SonicWALL
2 6 (20.00%) Supermicro
3 4 (13.33%) Citrix
4 3 (10.00%) Adobe
4 3 (10.00%) VMware