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 August 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 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 573 614 614
Rank change year-on-year +41 0 +194
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Support 31 71 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.070% 0.12% 0.083%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.079% 0.12% 0.092%
Number of salaries quoted 29 69 30
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -6.67% -1.32%
75th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £38,750
90th Percentile £48,750 £48,750 £41,000
UK median annual salary £39,500 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +12.86% -6.67% -2.60%

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 39,344 58,476 40,326
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.40% 95.05% 89.95%
Number of salaries quoted 21,454 37,676 26,606
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,500 £29,470
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,837
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year - -6.54% +1.90%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,238 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

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 August 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 August 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
South West +59 8 £42,500 +36.00% 2
Midlands +29 6 £35,000 -
South East +26 6 £39,250 +20.77% 6
East Midlands +12 6 £35,000 -
North of England -4 5 £42,500 +15.65% 4
Scotland +88 4 £40,000 -20.00%
Yorkshire +7 4 £42,500 +39.34% 2
East of England -22 2 £30,750 -9.22% 3
North West -16 1 £36,000 -10.00% 2
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 August 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 29 (93.55%) Windows
2 24 (77.42%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (74.19%) Microsoft
4 19 (61.29%) Windows Server
5 18 (58.06%) Cyber Essentials
5 18 (58.06%) Azure
6 17 (54.84%) Social Skills
7 16 (51.61%) Active Directory
8 15 (48.39%) PowerShell
8 15 (48.39%) Microsoft Intune
9 14 (45.16%) VLAN
9 14 (45.16%) SharePoint
10 13 (41.94%) VoIP
10 13 (41.94%) VPN
11 12 (38.71%) ITIL
11 12 (38.71%) Firewall
11 12 (38.71%) VMware
11 12 (38.71%) VMware Infrastructure
11 12 (38.71%) Hyper-V
12 11 (35.48%) OneDrive
12 11 (35.48%) ITSM
13 10 (32.26%) Wireless
13 10 (32.26%) Apple
13 10 (32.26%) Linux
13 10 (32.26%) Veeam
13 10 (32.26%) Entra ID
14 9 (29.03%) Customer Service
14 9 (29.03%) Mac OS
14 9 (29.03%) Degree
14 9 (29.03%) DNS

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 (45.16%) SharePoint
2 8 (25.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (16.13%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 24 (77.42%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (58.06%) Azure
3 11 (35.48%) OneDrive
4 10 (32.26%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.23%) AWS
5 1 (3.23%) Google Workspace
5 1 (3.23%) PaaS
5 1 (3.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (45.16%) VLAN
2 13 (41.94%) VoIP
2 13 (41.94%) VPN
3 12 (38.71%) Firewall
4 10 (32.26%) Wireless
5 9 (29.03%) DHCP
5 9 (29.03%) DNS
5 9 (29.03%) IPsec
6 5 (16.13%) Cisco IOS
7 4 (12.90%) SAN
7 4 (12.90%) SSL
8 3 (9.68%) LAN
8 3 (9.68%) WAN
9 1 (3.23%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (25.81%) SQL Server
2 5 (16.13%) Amazon RDS
General
1 17 (54.84%) Social Skills
2 7 (22.58%) Manufacturing
3 4 (12.90%) Electronics
3 4 (12.90%) Finance
3 4 (12.90%) Marketing
3 4 (12.90%) Public Sector
3 4 (12.90%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.23%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 6 (19.35%) Driving Licence
2 5 (16.13%) Clustering
3 4 (12.90%) Replication
4 3 (9.68%) Onboarding
5 2 (6.45%) Educational Technology
6 1 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (3.23%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (3.23%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 29 (93.55%) Windows
2 19 (61.29%) Windows Server
3 10 (32.26%) Linux
4 9 (29.03%) Mac OS
5 7 (22.58%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (19.35%) Windows 10
7 4 (12.90%) Android
7 4 (12.90%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (3.23%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (38.71%) ITIL
2 11 (35.48%) ITSM
3 9 (29.03%) Customer Service
3 9 (29.03%) Migration
4 8 (25.81%) Mentoring
4 8 (25.81%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 7 (22.58%) Disaster Recovery
6 6 (19.35%) Coaching
6 6 (19.35%) IT Strategy
7 5 (16.13%) Business Continuity
7 5 (16.13%) Collaborative Culture
7 5 (16.13%) Containerisation
7 5 (16.13%) Email Management
7 5 (16.13%) Information Security
7 5 (16.13%) Logistics
7 5 (16.13%) Project Management
7 5 (16.13%) Roadmaps
7 5 (16.13%) Server Building
7 5 (16.13%) Server Management
7 5 (16.13%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 15 (48.39%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (29.03%) Degree
2 8 (25.81%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (16.13%) ACMT
3 5 (16.13%) DBS Check
3 5 (16.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 4 (12.90%) MCP
4 4 (12.90%) MCSA
5 1 (3.23%) A+ Certification
5 1 (3.23%) CCNA
5 1 (3.23%) CCNP
5 1 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.23%) HNC
5 1 (3.23%) HND
5 1 (3.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (3.23%) MCSE
5 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (58.06%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (12.90%) PCI DSS
3 2 (6.45%) GDPR
4 1 (3.23%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (51.61%) Active Directory
2 12 (38.71%) Hyper-V
2 12 (38.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (16.13%) Docker
3 5 (16.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (48.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (16.13%) Autotask
2 5 (16.13%) Kubernetes
2 5 (16.13%) vCenter Server
3 4 (12.90%) Dell DRAC
4 2 (6.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 23 (74.19%) Microsoft
2 12 (38.71%) VMware
3 10 (32.26%) Apple
3 10 (32.26%) Veeam
4 5 (16.13%) Cisco
4 5 (16.13%) Datto
4 5 (16.13%) Meraki
4 5 (16.13%) Oracle
4 5 (16.13%) Sage
4 5 (16.13%) Sophos
5 4 (12.90%) SAP
6 3 (9.68%) SonicWALL
7 1 (3.23%) Google
7 1 (3.23%) Remedy
7 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow