IT Support Jobs in Southampton

IT Support
Hampshire > Southampton

The median IT Support salary in Southampton is £27,000 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 27 55 65
Rank change year-on-year +28 +10 +29
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 9 25 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 2.94% 2.71% 1.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.96% 2.78% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 9 25 11
10th Percentile - £21,250 -
25th Percentile - £27,250 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £30,000 £26,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +13.21% -3.64%
75th Percentile - £40,500 £30,250
90th Percentile £32,500 - -
Hampshire median annual salary £27,000 £29,000 £26,500
% change year-on-year -6.90% +9.43% -11.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 304 899 704
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 99.35% 97.51% 92.88%
Number of salaries quoted 222 754 554
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -0.99%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £71,125 £72,500 £80,000
Hampshire median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £53,250
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.10% +1.43%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Southampton

IT Support
Salary Trend in Southampton

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

Salary trend for IT Support in Southampton

IT Support Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 28 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 Southampton region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (77.78%) Retail
2 7 (77.78%) JIRA
2 7 (77.78%) SQL
2 7 (77.78%) SQL Server
2 7 (77.78%) ITIL
2 7 (77.78%) Windows
2 7 (77.78%) SharePoint
2 7 (77.78%) Virtual Desktop
2 7 (77.78%) Confluence
3 2 (22.22%) Proactive Monitoring
3 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
3 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Order Management
3 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
3 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
3 2 (22.22%) Azure
3 2 (22.22%) AWS
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (22.22%) Entra ID
3 2 (22.22%) Power BI

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 7 (77.78%) Confluence
1 7 (77.78%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (22.22%) AWS
2 2 (22.22%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) Entra ID
2 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (77.78%) SQL Server
2 2 (22.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (77.78%) JIRA
General
1 7 (77.78%) Retail
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) ITIL
2 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (22.22%) Order Management
2 2 (22.22%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft