IT Support Job Trends in Staffordshire

IT Support
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The median IT Support salary in Staffordshire is £27,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 January 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 27 27
Rank change year-on-year -37 0 +16
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 11 37 21
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 1.11% 6.73% 5.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.31% 7.36% 5.38%
Number of salaries quoted 8 20 18
10th Percentile £22,500 £25,225 £25,878
25th Percentile £25,031 £27,375 £26,380
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,750 £30,000 £30,250
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -0.83% +21.00%
75th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £35,872
90th Percentile £36,125 £40,375 £49,750
West Midlands median annual salary £30,500 £30,000 £27,659
% change year-on-year +1.67% +8.47% +0.58%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Staffordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Staffordshire. 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 Staffordshire with a recognized job title 842 503 390
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.22% 91.45% 95.35%
Number of salaries quoted 407 340 345
10th Percentile £26,375 £28,119 £25,878
25th Percentile £30,580 £32,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -3.61% -7.78%
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,397 £53,750
90th Percentile £66,750 £62,500 £61,250
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

IT Support job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

IT Support
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

Salary distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Staffordshire.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Staffordshire

IT Support
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 3 January 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
Stoke-on-Trent +4 2 £31,250 +4.17%
Tamworth -5 2 £25,000 -3.85% 1
Lichfield -7 2 £33,750 - 2
Burton-upon-Trent -9 1 £28,000 +19.15%
IT Support
West Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 3 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 Staffordshire region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 7 (63.64%) Active Directory
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 5 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (36.36%) DNS
3 4 (36.36%) Firewall
3 4 (36.36%) VPN
3 4 (36.36%) Windows
4 3 (27.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 3 (27.27%) AWS
4 3 (27.27%) Azure
4 3 (27.27%) Azure Monitor
4 3 (27.27%) Customer Service
4 3 (27.27%) Datadog
4 3 (27.27%) Entra ID
4 3 (27.27%) GCP
4 3 (27.27%) Google
4 3 (27.27%) IaaS
4 3 (27.27%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (27.27%) Incident Management
4 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (27.27%) ITIL
4 3 (27.27%) JIRA
4 3 (27.27%) PaaS
4 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (27.27%) SaaS
4 3 (27.27%) ServiceNow
4 3 (27.27%) SLA
4 3 (27.27%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (18.18%) Dell
5 2 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2007

IT Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 2 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2013
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (27.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 3 (27.27%) AWS
2 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) Azure Monitor
2 3 (27.27%) Datadog
2 3 (27.27%) Entra ID
2 3 (27.27%) GCP
2 3 (27.27%) IaaS
2 3 (27.27%) PaaS
2 3 (27.27%) SaaS
3 1 (9.09%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) DNS
1 4 (36.36%) Firewall
1 4 (36.36%) VPN
2 1 (9.09%) DHCP
2 1 (9.09%) Remote Desktop
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) JIRA
General
1 3 (27.27%) Manufacturing
2 2 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Onboarding
1 2 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (9.09%) Driving Licence
2 1 (9.09%) FMCG
2 1 (9.09%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) Windows 10
2 2 (18.18%) Windows 7
3 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Customer Service
1 3 (27.27%) Identity Access Management
1 3 (27.27%) Incident Management
1 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (27.27%) ITIL
1 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (9.09%) CRM
2 1 (9.09%) Network Management
2 1 (9.09%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
1 1 (9.09%) VB
1 1 (9.09%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (63.64%) Active Directory
2 3 (27.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) Google
2 3 (27.27%) ServiceNow
3 2 (18.18%) Dell
3 2 (18.18%) HP
4 1 (9.09%) Symantec