IT Support Specialist Job Trends in Leicestershire

IT Support Specialist
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median IT Support Specialist salary in Leicestershire is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 November 2025.

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

6 months to
10 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Specialist 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicestershire 0.44% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - -
75th Percentile £33,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median annual salary £32,500 £28,703 £35,000
% change year-on-year +13.23% -17.99% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leicestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 413 617 394
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.77% 92.37% 97.04%
Number of salaries quoted 275 290 292
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,625 £34,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% -9.52% +5.00%

IT Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Support Specialist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.

IT Support Specialist job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

IT Support Specialist
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Specialist job vacancies in Leicestershire.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Specialist job vacancies in Leicestershire

IT Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire

For the 6 months to 10 November 2025, IT Support Specialist 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 Leicestershire region featuring IT Support Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Windows

IT Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft