IT Support Jobs in Manchester

IT Support
North West > Manchester

The median IT Support salary in Manchester is £31,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 107 139
Rank change year-on-year 0 +32 +19
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 57 110 107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 2.49% 2.10% 2.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.75% 2.23% 2.42%
Number of salaries quoted 45 109 48
10th Percentile £20,450 £21,500 £22,125
25th Percentile £26,375 £24,250 £22,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £28,000 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +12.00% -8.26%
75th Percentile £37,500 £31,000 £30,406
90th Percentile £95,000 £42,050 £32,525
North West median annual salary £30,000 £28,000 £25,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% +9.80% -7.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 2,069 4,937 4,426
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.47% 94.36% 92.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,266 3,807 2,601
10th Percentile £31,500 £30,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,063 £40,988 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £54,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.26% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £93,125 £82,040 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Manchester

IT Support
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for IT Support in Manchester

IT Support
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support in Manchester over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Support in Manchester

IT Support
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 17 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
Salford +18 6 £31,500 +10.53%
Bolton - 5 £31,000 - 9
Rochdale - 2 £44,000 -
Altrincham -6 1 £32,500 +80.56%
Heywood - 1 £23,000 -
IT Support
North West

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

For the 6 months to 17 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 Manchester region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 25 (43.86%) Windows
2 24 (42.11%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (38.60%) Social Skills
3 22 (38.60%) Customer Service
4 21 (36.84%) Microsoft
5 16 (28.07%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (26.32%) ITSM
7 14 (24.56%) ITIL
8 13 (22.81%) Windows 10
9 11 (19.30%) User Experience
9 11 (19.30%) Microsoft Office
10 10 (17.54%) ServiceNow
11 9 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
12 8 (14.04%) VMware
12 8 (14.04%) DNS
12 8 (14.04%) Active Directory
12 8 (14.04%) Process Improvement
12 8 (14.04%) Analytical Skills
13 7 (12.28%) Windows Server
13 7 (12.28%) Azure
13 7 (12.28%) SQL
13 7 (12.28%) Service Management
13 7 (12.28%) Roadmaps
14 6 (10.53%) Digital Enablement
14 6 (10.53%) Technology Enablement
14 6 (10.53%) Retail
14 6 (10.53%) Artificial Intelligence
14 6 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
14 6 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (10.53%) Google

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (3.51%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (19.30%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 24 (42.11%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (12.28%) Azure
3 4 (7.02%) AWS
3 4 (7.02%) Nutanix
4 3 (5.26%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (14.04%) DNS
2 5 (8.77%) Firewall
3 4 (7.02%) Cisco IOS
3 4 (7.02%) DHCP
3 4 (7.02%) HTTP
3 4 (7.02%) SSH
3 4 (7.02%) VPN
4 3 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (5.26%) Wireless
5 1 (1.75%) PBX
5 1 (1.75%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (7.02%) Git
1 4 (7.02%) JIRA
General
1 22 (38.60%) Social Skills
2 8 (14.04%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (10.53%) Retail
4 3 (5.26%) Law
5 2 (3.51%) Automotive
5 2 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.51%) Legal
5 2 (3.51%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.75%) Finance
6 1 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.75%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.02%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.02%) Anti-Spyware
1 4 (7.02%) EPoS
2 3 (5.26%) Blackberry
2 3 (5.26%) CCTV
2 3 (5.26%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.51%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 2 (3.51%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.75%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.75%) IoT
4 1 (1.75%) IVR
4 1 (1.75%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 25 (43.86%) Windows
2 13 (22.81%) Windows 10
3 7 (12.28%) Windows Server
4 4 (7.02%) Android
5 3 (5.26%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.75%) Linux
6 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (38.60%) Customer Service
2 16 (28.07%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (26.32%) ITSM
4 14 (24.56%) ITIL
5 11 (19.30%) User Experience
6 9 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (14.04%) Process Improvement
8 7 (12.28%) Roadmaps
8 7 (12.28%) Service Management
9 6 (10.53%) Artificial Intelligence
9 6 (10.53%) Digital Enablement
9 6 (10.53%) Resource Management
9 6 (10.53%) Technology Enablement
10 5 (8.77%) Network Monitoring
11 4 (7.02%) Epics
11 4 (7.02%) Identity Management
11 4 (7.02%) Information Security
11 4 (7.02%) Knowledge Management
12 3 (5.26%) Asset Management
12 3 (5.26%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.28%) SQL
2 2 (3.51%) C-shell
2 2 (3.51%) Korn
2 2 (3.51%) Shell Script
2 2 (3.51%) VB
2 2 (3.51%) VBA
3 1 (1.75%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (8.77%) Degree
3 4 (7.02%) A+ Certification
4 3 (5.26%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (5.26%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (3.51%) DBS Check
5 2 (3.51%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.51%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (14.04%) Active Directory
2 6 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.51%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (8.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (7.02%) Ansible
2 4 (7.02%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (5.26%) Autotask
Vendors
1 21 (36.84%) Microsoft
2 10 (17.54%) ServiceNow
3 8 (14.04%) VMware
4 6 (10.53%) Google
5 4 (7.02%) Cisco
5 4 (7.02%) Okta
5 4 (7.02%) Perforce
6 3 (5.26%) Adobe
6 3 (5.26%) iManage
6 3 (5.26%) Intapp
6 3 (5.26%) Veeam
7 2 (3.51%) Logitech
7 2 (3.51%) Oracle
8 1 (1.75%) MobileIron