IT Support Job Trends in the North of England

IT Support
England > North of England

The median IT Support salary in the North of England is £30,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 October 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 73 72
Rank change year-on-year +6 -1 +72
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 533 348 340
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.22% 3.81% 2.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.40% 4.34% 2.78%
Number of salaries quoted 450 323 244
10th Percentile £25,500 £22,500 £14,000
25th Percentile £27,250 £25,750 £18,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £31,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.61% +12.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90th Percentile £42,500 £41,000 £40,000
England median annual salary £32,500 £31,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year +3.17% +5.00% -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 22,201 8,014 12,240
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 87.84% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 16,195 4,365 6,612
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +7.27% -4.35% -4.17%

IT Support Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

IT Support job vacancy trend in the North of England

IT Support Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in the North of England

IT Support Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Support in the North of England

IT Support 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 within the North of England region over the 6 months to 16 October 2026. 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 +28 255 £32,000 +10.34% 44
Yorkshire 0 222 £29,000 -9.38% 22
North East -40 56 £30,000 -4.76% 13
IT Support
England

IT Support Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, 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 North of England region featuring IT Support in the job title.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Microsoft59.5%317
2Microsoft 36556.5%301
3Windows52.2%278
4Active Directory40.7%217
5Problem-Solving35.5%189
6Customer Service34.0%181
7Windows Server24.2%129
8Azure22.0%117
9Microsoft Exchange18.2%97
10DNS16.7%89
10SharePoint16.7%89
12Entra ID16.5%88
13DHCP16.1%86
14Firewall15.8%84
15Cybersecurity15.6%83
16Continuous Improvement14.4%77
17Microsoft Intune13.3%71
18ITIL12.8%68
19Wi-Fi12.4%66
20VPN12.0%64
21TCP/IP11.6%62
22ITSM11.4%61
23VMware9.9%53
24Degree9.6%51
25VLAN9.4%50
25VoIP9.4%50
27Windows 109.2%49
28Hyper-V8.8%47
29OneDrive8.4%45
30Cisco8.1%43

IT Support Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1IT Support Engineer34.7%185
2IT Support Technician27.2%145
3IT Support Analyst21.4%114
4Support Analyst20.5%109
52nd Line Support11.8%63
61st Line Support6.4%34
72nd Line Support Engineer5.1%27
83rd Line Support4.1%22
91st/2nd Line Support3.9%21
102nd Line Support Analyst3.4%18
103rd Line Support Technician3.4%18
10Junior IT Support3.4%18
132nd Line Support Technician2.8%15
13Senior IT Support2.8%15
15IT Support Manager2.6%14
15Junior IT Technician2.6%14
15Junior Support Technician2.6%14
182nd/3rd Line Support Technician2.4%13
19Help Desk Support2.1%11
201st Line Support Analyst1.7%9
79 IT Support jobs in the North of England