IT Support Job Trends in Leeds

IT Support
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median IT Support salary in Leeds is £31,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2026.

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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 44 87
Rank change year-on-year -40 +43 +53
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 37 36 41
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 1.55% 4.68% 1.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.65% 4.97% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 32 24 41
10th Percentile £25,250 £25,875 £25,500
25th Percentile £25,500 £26,750 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,750 £28,500 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.40% -9.52% +14.55%
75th Percentile £34,313 £32,500 £36,250
90th Percentile £34,500 £34,700 £43,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £32,500 £29,000 £29,000
% change year-on-year +12.07% - +1.75%

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 2,240 724 2,009
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 94.03% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,661 501 1,573
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,875 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,050 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +2.80% -2.73%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £84,955
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £56,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +12.00% -9.09%

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 34 (91.89%) Microsoft
2 32 (86.49%) Active Directory
2 32 (86.49%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (86.49%) Windows
3 22 (59.46%) Windows Server
4 19 (51.35%) DHCP
4 19 (51.35%) DNS
5 17 (45.95%) Azure
6 16 (43.24%) Customer Service
6 16 (43.24%) Microsoft Office
7 14 (37.84%) Citrix
7 14 (37.84%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (37.84%) VMware
8 13 (35.14%) TCP/IP
8 13 (35.14%) Windows 10
9 12 (32.43%) LAN
9 12 (32.43%) WAN
10 11 (29.73%) Microsoft Exchange
11 10 (27.03%) ITIL
12 9 (24.32%) Incident Management
12 9 (24.32%) Knowledge Transfer
12 9 (24.32%) Service Delivery
13 8 (21.62%) Hyper-V
13 8 (21.62%) SharePoint
14 7 (18.92%) Continuous Improvement
14 7 (18.92%) ITSM
15 6 (16.22%) A+ Certification
15 6 (16.22%) Cybersecurity
15 6 (16.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 6 (16.22%) Mentoring

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 (29.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (21.62%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (43.24%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 32 (86.49%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (45.95%) Azure
3 3 (8.11%) AWS
3 3 (8.11%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 19 (51.35%) DHCP
1 19 (51.35%) DNS
2 13 (35.14%) TCP/IP
3 12 (32.43%) LAN
3 12 (32.43%) WAN
4 6 (16.22%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (10.81%) VoIP
6 2 (5.41%) Firewall
7 1 (2.70%) Network Security
7 1 (2.70%) VPN
General
1 15 (40.54%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.51%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (5.41%) Finance
4 1 (2.70%) Law
4 1 (2.70%) Legal
4 1 (2.70%) Marketing
4 1 (2.70%) Multimedia
4 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 16 (43.24%) Driving Licence
2 4 (10.81%) Data Centre
3 3 (8.11%) Replication
4 1 (2.70%) Life Science
4 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 32 (86.49%) Windows
2 22 (59.46%) Windows Server
3 13 (35.14%) Windows 10
4 3 (8.11%) Android
4 3 (8.11%) Mac OS
4 3 (8.11%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (8.11%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (8.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (43.24%) Customer Service
2 14 (37.84%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (27.03%) ITIL
4 9 (24.32%) Incident Management
4 9 (24.32%) Knowledge Transfer
4 9 (24.32%) Service Delivery
5 7 (18.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (18.92%) ITSM
6 6 (16.22%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (16.22%) Mentoring
7 5 (13.51%) Asset Management
7 5 (13.51%) IT Asset Management
8 4 (10.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 1 (2.70%) Business Development
9 1 (2.70%) CRM
9 1 (2.70%) Data Security
9 1 (2.70%) Database Migration
9 1 (2.70%) Project Delivery
9 1 (2.70%) Software Engineering
9 1 (2.70%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (16.22%) A+ Certification
1 6 (16.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 6 (16.22%) Network+ Certification
2 5 (13.51%) SC Cleared
2 5 (13.51%) Security Cleared
3 4 (10.81%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.70%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (86.49%) Active Directory
2 8 (21.62%) Hyper-V
3 4 (10.81%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (10.81%) SCCM
2 3 (8.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 34 (91.89%) Microsoft
2 14 (37.84%) Citrix
2 14 (37.84%) VMware
3 4 (10.81%) Veeam
4 3 (8.11%) Google
5 1 (2.70%) Adobe
5 1 (2.70%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.70%) Fujitsu
5 1 (2.70%) HubSpot
5 1 (2.70%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.70%) Virgin Media