IT Support Jobs in South Wales

IT Support
Wales > South Wales

The median IT Support salary in South Wales is £29,103 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 87 88
Rank change year-on-year +22 +1 +23
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 2 21 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 0.24% 1.42% 1.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 1.56% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2 15 14
10th Percentile £24,985 £22,150 £23,768
25th Percentile £26,154 £23,500 £27,450
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,103 £26,000 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.93% -16.13% -4.62%
75th Percentile £33,051 £27,875 £34,125
90th Percentile £34,821 £33,400 £62,425
Wales median annual salary £29,103 £27,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year +5.83% -8.33% +1.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 728 1,342 1,019
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.15% 90.92% 89.39%
Number of salaries quoted 458 893 563
10th Percentile £23,504 £27,157 £28,525
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,518 £46,060 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.34% +0.13% -8.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £62,988
90th Percentile £71,362 £70,000 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £47,683 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.96% - -5.26%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in South Wales

IT Support
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for IT Support in South Wales

IT Support
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 18 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
Gwent +3 1 £34,000 - 1
Glamorgan 0 1 £24,205 -19.32% 6
IT Support
Wales

IT Support Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 18 May 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 South Wales region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) VBA
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) MS Access
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) MS Access
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft