IT Support Job Trends in Poole

IT Support
Dorset > Poole

The median IT Support salary in Poole is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 10 20
Rank change year-on-year -4 +10 +28
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 8 5 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Poole 5.33% 10.42% 1.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.80% 10.42% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 5 5 1
10th Percentile - £28,750 -
25th Percentile £29,000 £30,625 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £31,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -43.18% +107.55%
75th Percentile £32,000 £33,750 £57,500
90th Percentile - - -
Dorset median annual salary £32,500 £31,250 £43,750
% change year-on-year +4.00% -28.57% +62.04%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Poole

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Poole. 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 Poole with a recognized job title 138 48 91
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 109 30 87
10th Percentile £27,707 £27,500 £29,150
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,781 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £43,625 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.77% -16.90% +10.53%
75th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £68,000
Dorset median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% -4.76% +10.53%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Poole

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 Poole.

IT Support job vacancy trend in Poole

IT Support
Salary Trend in Poole

Salary distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Poole.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Poole

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Poole

For the 6 months to 13 January 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 Poole region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 5 (62.50%) Cisco
2 5 (62.50%) Datto
2 5 (62.50%) Firewall
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (62.50%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (62.50%) VMware
2 5 (62.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (62.50%) Windows Server
2 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2019
3 3 (37.50%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Maintenance
3 3 (37.50%) LAN
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (37.50%) OneDrive
3 3 (37.50%) Server Patching
3 3 (37.50%) SharePoint
3 3 (37.50%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (25.00%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (25.00%) Incident Management
4 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (25.00%) NAS
4 2 (25.00%) PaperCut
4 2 (25.00%) PowerShell

IT Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Poole 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 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (37.50%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Azure
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (37.50%) OneDrive
3 2 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) Firewall
2 3 (37.50%) LAN
2 3 (37.50%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (25.00%) NAS
3 2 (25.00%) VLAN
3 2 (25.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Amazon RDS
General
1 3 (37.50%) Legal
1 3 (37.50%) Manufacturing
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (62.50%) Windows Server
2 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Maintenance
1 3 (37.50%) Server Patching
2 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (25.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Service Desk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
1 5 (62.50%) Virtual Machines
1 5 (62.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (25.00%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) Cisco
2 5 (62.50%) Datto
2 5 (62.50%) VMware