IT Support Jobs in Scotland

IT Support
UK > Scotland

The median IT Support salary in Scotland is £28,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 139 170 81
Rank change year-on-year +31 -89 +60
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 25 110 155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.81% 1.60% 3.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.96% 1.65% 4.04%
Number of salaries quoted 24 90 61
10th Percentile £24,300 £17,000 £23,250
25th Percentile £25,755 £24,000 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £27,500 £28,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -3.51% +14.00%
75th Percentile £35,000 £32,375 £37,000
90th Percentile £42,500 £41,150 £38,750
UK median annual salary £31,500 £28,500 £31,250
% change year-on-year +10.53% -8.80% +7.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,597 6,656 3,840
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 84.40% 97.00% 89.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,173 2,942 2,093
10th Percentile £26,968 £27,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £63,749 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,250 £80,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Scotland

IT Support
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for IT Support in Scotland

IT Support
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support in Scotland over the 6 months to 14 June 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Support in Scotland

IT Support
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 14 June 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
West Lothian +7 9 £27,000 -5.26% 1
Glasgow +136 8 £30,000 +9.09% 6
Highlands +8 4 £40,000 +66.67%
Edinburgh +1 2 £25,020 -10.64% 5
Aberdeen +32 1 £29,000 -3.33% 3
Dundee +8 1 £35,000 +201.18% 2
IT Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 June 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 Scotland region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 14 (56.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (44.00%) Customer Service
3 10 (40.00%) Windows
4 9 (36.00%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (32.00%) Hyper-V
5 8 (32.00%) Microsoft
5 8 (32.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (24.00%) Driving Licence
6 6 (24.00%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (20.00%) Windows 10
7 5 (20.00%) Windows Server
7 5 (20.00%) VMware
8 4 (16.00%) Active Directory
8 4 (16.00%) SSL
8 4 (16.00%) SharePoint
8 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (16.00%) DHCP
8 4 (16.00%) TCP/IP
8 4 (16.00%) VPN
8 4 (16.00%) DNS
8 4 (16.00%) ITSM
8 4 (16.00%) Wireless
8 4 (16.00%) IPsec
8 4 (16.00%) Migration
8 4 (16.00%) Replication
8 4 (16.00%) VMware Infrastructure
8 4 (16.00%) PowerShell
8 4 (16.00%) VLAN
8 4 (16.00%) Degree

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (16.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.00%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 9 (36.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (16.00%) Azure
2 4 (16.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.00%) DHCP
1 4 (16.00%) DNS
1 4 (16.00%) IPsec
1 4 (16.00%) SSL
1 4 (16.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (16.00%) VLAN
1 4 (16.00%) VPN
1 4 (16.00%) Wireless
2 1 (4.00%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Power BI
1 1 (4.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.00%) Tableau
General
1 14 (56.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (12.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (12.00%) Law
2 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) Driving Licence
2 4 (16.00%) Replication
3 1 (4.00%) FMCG
3 1 (4.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 10 (40.00%) Windows
2 5 (20.00%) Windows 10
2 5 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 4 (16.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 4 (16.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (4.00%) Linux
4 1 (4.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) Customer Service
2 6 (24.00%) Collaborative Working
3 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (16.00%) ITSM
4 4 (16.00%) Migration
4 4 (16.00%) Virtual Environments
5 3 (12.00%) Mentoring
6 2 (8.00%) Asset Management
6 2 (8.00%) Data Analysis
6 2 (8.00%) Data Privacy
6 2 (8.00%) Proactive Maintenance
6 2 (8.00%) Project Delivery
6 2 (8.00%) Project Management
6 2 (8.00%) User Experience
7 1 (4.00%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (4.00%) Collaborative Culture
7 1 (4.00%) Roadmaps
7 1 (4.00%) Service Delivery
7 1 (4.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (4.00%) Strategic Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (16.00%) Degree
3 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.00%) HNC
4 1 (4.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (16.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (32.00%) Hyper-V
2 4 (16.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (16.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (16.00%) Dell DRAC
2 1 (4.00%) Panaseer
Vendors
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.00%) VMware
3 2 (8.00%) SAP