IT Support Jobs in Leicestershire

IT Support
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median IT Support salary in Leicestershire is £28,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 77 69
Rank change year-on-year +38 -8 -2
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 28 25 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 3.95% 2.32% 3.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.17% 2.48% 3.54%
Number of salaries quoted 12 21 5
10th Percentile - £22,500 £26,800
25th Percentile £25,500 £24,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £30,481 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.50% +8.86% +12.00%
75th Percentile £29,250 £34,250 £30,000
90th Percentile - £37,500 £33,600
East Midlands median annual salary £28,000 £26,250 £27,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -4.55% +10.00%

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 671 1,009 735
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 93.77% 93.63%
Number of salaries quoted 173 571 264
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £25,101
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +5.26%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

Job postings that featured IT Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Leicestershire

IT Support
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Support in Leicestershire.

Salary trend for IT Support in Leicestershire

IT Support
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 11 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicester +30 6 £26,000 -16.13% 6
Loughborough +18 6 £28,500 -6.50%
Lutterworth - 4 - -
Hinckley - 3 - -
Ashby-de-la-Zouch - 1 - - 1
IT Support
East Midlands

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire

For the 6 months to 11 May 2025, IT Support job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Leicestershire region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 23 (82.14%) Windows
2 18 (64.29%) Social Skills
3 17 (60.71%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (42.86%) Presentation Skills
4 12 (42.86%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (42.86%) Line Management
4 12 (42.86%) Mathematics
4 12 (42.86%) AWS
5 10 (35.71%) Microsoft
6 9 (32.14%) ITIL
7 7 (25.00%) Entra ID
7 7 (25.00%) Azure
7 7 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (21.43%) Mobile Device Management
8 6 (21.43%) Onboarding
8 6 (21.43%) Inventory Management
8 6 (21.43%) VoIP
8 6 (21.43%) CRM
9 5 (17.86%) Change Management
9 5 (17.86%) ITSM
9 5 (17.86%) Law
10 4 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (14.29%) Driving Licence
10 4 (14.29%) Mentoring
10 4 (14.29%) IT Asset Management
10 4 (14.29%) Computer Science
10 4 (14.29%) Network Security
10 4 (14.29%) Cisco
10 4 (14.29%) Network Management

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 12 (42.86%) AWS
2 7 (25.00%) Azure
2 7 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 7 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (21.43%) VoIP
2 4 (14.29%) Internet
2 4 (14.29%) Network Security
2 4 (14.29%) WLAN
3 1 (3.57%) DHCP
3 1 (3.57%) DNS
General
1 18 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 12 (42.86%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (17.86%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 12 (42.86%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (21.43%) Onboarding
3 4 (14.29%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 23 (82.14%) Windows
2 4 (14.29%) Linux
3 1 (3.57%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (60.71%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (42.86%) Line Management
2 12 (42.86%) Mathematics
3 9 (32.14%) ITIL
4 6 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (21.43%) CRM
4 6 (21.43%) Inventory Management
4 6 (21.43%) Mobile Device Management
5 5 (17.86%) Change Management
5 5 (17.86%) ITSM
6 4 (14.29%) Asset Management
6 4 (14.29%) Computer Science
6 4 (14.29%) IT Asset Management
6 4 (14.29%) Mentoring
6 4 (14.29%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) CCNA
1 4 (14.29%) CCNP
1 4 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (14.29%) Degree
1 4 (14.29%) LPIC
1 4 (14.29%) MCP
1 4 (14.29%) MCSE
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.29%) Cisco