Senior IT Support Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior IT Support
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior IT Support salary in the UK excluding London is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 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
10 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 561 682 678
Rank change year-on-year +121 -4 +128
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Support 22 96 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.055% 0.12% 0.072%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.061% 0.13% 0.081%
Number of salaries quoted 20 95 30
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,688 £31,250 £32,402
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £38,250
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.50% +4.08%
75th Percentile £46,250 £45,500 £43,750
90th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £47,721
UK median annual salary £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% +6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,927 74,928 49,449
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.90% 94.84% 88.84%
Number of salaries quoted 18,460 52,327 29,289
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +6.37%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Senior IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Senior IT Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Support in the UK excluding London

Senior IT Support
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior IT Support in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Senior IT Support in the UK excluding London

Senior IT Support
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Support in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior IT Support in the UK excluding London

Senior IT Support
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior IT Support within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 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
Midlands +61 6 £35,000 - 4
East Midlands +46 6 £35,000 -
South East +73 5 £42,500 -10.53% 6
Yorkshire +54 5 £42,500 +39.34%
North of England +43 5 £42,500 +21.43% 2
Scotland +117 4 £40,000 -20.00%
South West +102 2 £45,000 +25.87% 3
Senior IT Support
UK

Senior IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 10 June 2025, Senior 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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior IT Support in the job title.

1 21 (95.45%) Windows
2 18 (81.82%) Microsoft
2 18 (81.82%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (63.64%) Cyber Essentials
3 14 (63.64%) SharePoint
4 13 (59.09%) Active Directory
5 12 (54.55%) Windows Server
6 11 (50.00%) Azure
6 11 (50.00%) OneDrive
7 10 (45.45%) ITSM
8 9 (40.91%) VPN
8 9 (40.91%) PowerShell
8 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
8 9 (40.91%) Customer Service
9 8 (36.36%) Windows Server 2016
9 8 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
9 8 (36.36%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (36.36%) Entra ID
9 8 (36.36%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (36.36%) Microsoft Exchange
9 8 (36.36%) VoIP
9 8 (36.36%) VMware
9 8 (36.36%) Degree
10 7 (31.82%) VLAN
10 7 (31.82%) Firewall
10 7 (31.82%) ITIL
10 7 (31.82%) Hyper-V
11 6 (27.27%) Driving Licence
11 6 (27.27%) Linux
12 5 (22.73%) Business Continuity

Senior IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 14 (63.64%) SharePoint
2 8 (36.36%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (81.82%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (50.00%) Azure
2 11 (50.00%) OneDrive
3 8 (36.36%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.55%) AWS
4 1 (4.55%) PaaS
4 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (40.91%) VPN
2 8 (36.36%) VoIP
3 7 (31.82%) Firewall
3 7 (31.82%) VLAN
4 4 (18.18%) IPsec
4 4 (18.18%) SSL
4 4 (18.18%) Wireless
5 3 (13.64%) DHCP
5 3 (13.64%) DNS
5 3 (13.64%) LAN
5 3 (13.64%) SAN
5 3 (13.64%) WAN
6 1 (4.55%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.55%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Driving Licence
2 4 (18.18%) Replication
3 3 (13.64%) Onboarding
4 2 (9.09%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 21 (95.45%) Windows
2 12 (54.55%) Windows Server
3 8 (36.36%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (27.27%) Linux
5 5 (22.73%) Windows 10
6 4 (18.18%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (13.64%) Android
7 3 (13.64%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) ITSM
2 9 (40.91%) Customer Service
3 7 (31.82%) ITIL
4 5 (22.73%) Business Continuity
4 5 (22.73%) Email Management
4 5 (22.73%) Information Security
4 5 (22.73%) Logistics
4 5 (22.73%) Project Management
4 5 (22.73%) Roadmaps
4 5 (22.73%) Task Automation
5 4 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (18.18%) ERP
5 4 (18.18%) Migration
6 3 (13.64%) BCP
6 3 (13.64%) Data Encryption
6 3 (13.64%) Data Privacy
6 3 (13.64%) Inventory Management
6 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (13.64%) Project Delivery
6 3 (13.64%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (40.91%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (36.36%) Degree
1 8 (36.36%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (18.18%) MCP
2 4 (18.18%) MCSA
3 3 (13.64%) DBS Check
4 2 (9.09%) A+ Certification
5 1 (4.55%) CCNA
5 1 (4.55%) CCNP
5 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (4.55%) MCSE
5 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (63.64%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (18.18%) PCI DSS
3 2 (9.09%) GDPR
System Software
1 13 (59.09%) Active Directory
2 8 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (31.82%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (36.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (18.18%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 18 (81.82%) Microsoft
2 8 (36.36%) VMware
3 5 (22.73%) Meraki
3 5 (22.73%) Sage
3 5 (22.73%) Veeam
4 3 (13.64%) Apple
4 3 (13.64%) SonicWALL