IT Support Specialist Jobs in the North of England

IT Support Specialist
England > North of England

The median IT Support Specialist salary in the North of England is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 337 376 430
Rank change year-on-year +39 +54 +15
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Specialist 9 11 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.078% 0.061% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% 0.064% 0.013%
Number of salaries quoted 5 9 1
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,250 -
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £43,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £46,800
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -19.87% +78.29%
75th Percentile £37,500 £50,000 £50,200
90th Percentile £51,000 - -
England median annual salary £35,000 £33,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -16.88% +26.98%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 10,559 17,213 14,859
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 95.07% 89.40%
Number of salaries quoted 5,449 13,282 8,075
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,750
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

IT Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Specialist in the North of England

IT Support Specialist
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Support Specialist in the North of England.

Salary trend for IT Support Specialist in the North of England

IT Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support Specialist in the North of England over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Support Specialist in the North of England

IT Support Specialist
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Specialist within the North of England region over the 6 months to 28 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
North West 0 7 £35,000 -20.00% 1
Yorkshire +61 1 £30,000 - 2
North East +48 1 £60,000 +84.62% 1
IT Support Specialist
England

IT Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, IT Support Specialist 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 North of England region featuring IT Support Specialist in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (88.89%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (88.89%) Firewall
2 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
3 4 (44.44%) CCNA
3 4 (44.44%) Cisco
3 4 (44.44%) MCSE
3 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
3 4 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (44.44%) Windows 10
3 4 (44.44%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (44.44%) Android
4 3 (33.33%) Hyper-V
4 3 (33.33%) Kaseya
4 3 (33.33%) Azure
4 3 (33.33%) Fortinet
4 3 (33.33%) WatchGuard
4 3 (33.33%) SonicWALL
4 3 (33.33%) Acronis
4 3 (33.33%) Sage 50
4 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
4 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (33.33%) Meraki
4 3 (33.33%) Coaching
4 3 (33.33%) Entra ID
4 3 (33.33%) Windows Server

IT Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (44.44%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
1 3 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (88.89%) Firewall
2 3 (33.33%) DHCP
2 3 (33.33%) DNS
2 3 (33.33%) VoIP
General
1 9 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Automotive
2 3 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) Android
2 4 (44.44%) Windows 10
3 3 (33.33%) Linux
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (33.33%) Coaching
2 3 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
2 3 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
2 3 (33.33%) Server Management
3 2 (22.22%) Customer Service
4 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
4 1 (11.11%) ERP
4 1 (11.11%) Information Security
4 1 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) CCNA
1 4 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (44.44%) MCSE
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (11.11%) CCDA
3 1 (11.11%) CCNP
3 1 (11.11%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) ISO 9001
1 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 3 (33.33%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) Cisco
3 3 (33.33%) Acronis
3 3 (33.33%) Fortinet
3 3 (33.33%) Kaseya
3 3 (33.33%) Meraki
3 3 (33.33%) Sage
3 3 (33.33%) SonicWALL
3 3 (33.33%) WatchGuard