Senior IT Support Job Trends in Manchester

Senior IT Support
North West > Manchester

The median Senior IT Support salary in Manchester is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 January 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 - 168
Rank change year-on-year - - +80
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Support 4 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.13% - 0.060%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - 0.064%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £30,750 - -
25th Percentile £31,875 - £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.88%
75th Percentile £39,375 - £38,750
90th Percentile £41,250 - -
North West median annual salary £36,000 £32,000 £36,750
% change year-on-year +12.50% -12.93% -0.16%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 2,841 2,424 3,146
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.48% 94.10% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,880 1,177 2,623
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £29,800
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.79%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Senior IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Senior IT Support job vacancy trend in Manchester

Senior IT Support
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for Senior IT Support job vacancies in Manchester.

Salary distribution trend for Senior IT Support job vacancies in Manchester

Senior IT Support Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 31 January 2026, Senior 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 Manchester region featuring Senior IT Support in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) Coaching
2 2 (50.00%) Conflict Resolution
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Emotional Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) SCCM
2 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) NAS
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server

Senior IT Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) NAS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Coaching
2 2 (50.00%) Conflict Resolution
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Emotional Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft