ICT Support Job Trends

ICT Support
UK

The median ICT Support salary in the UK is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 January 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 622 685 718
Rank change year-on-year +63 +33 +229
Permanent jobs requiring an ICT Support 28 10 33
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.046% 0.019% 0.056%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.020% 0.058%
Number of salaries quoted 25 0 23
10th Percentile £26,500 - £14,000
25th Percentile £31,250 - £24,348
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £34,836
Median % change year-on-year - - +44.98%
75th Percentile £37,500 - £35,661
90th Percentile £40,000 - £36,791
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 - £34,643
% change year-on-year - - +44.18%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 55,394 49,384 56,534
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 92.65% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 34,260 25,568 43,737
10th Percentile £28,560 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,508 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -5.25%

ICT Support
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'ICT Support' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

ICT Support job vacancy trend in the UK

ICT Support
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for ICT Support job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for ICT Support job vacancies in the UK

ICT Support
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ICT Support over the 6 months to 18 January 2026.

Salary histogram for ICT Support in the UK

ICT Support
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ICT Support within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
UK excluding London +71 25 £35,000 - 4
England +74 21 £35,000 - 6
South West +21 17 £35,000 -
Scotland - 4 £27,000 -
Midlands +29 2 £31,000 - 1
East Midlands - 2 £31,000 - 1
East of England - 2 £35,480 - 2

ICT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 January 2026, ICT 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 featuring ICT Support in the job title.

1 23 (82.14%) Microsoft
1 23 (82.14%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (46.43%) SharePoint
3 12 (42.86%) Windows
4 10 (35.71%) Active Directory
5 7 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (25.00%) HNC
5 7 (25.00%) HND
5 7 (25.00%) Line Management
5 7 (25.00%) Network Security
6 6 (21.43%) Customer Service
6 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (21.43%) VoIP
7 5 (17.86%) Android
7 5 (17.86%) Apple iOS
7 5 (17.86%) Asset Management
7 5 (17.86%) Azure
7 5 (17.86%) Cloud Security
7 5 (17.86%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (17.86%) DNS
7 5 (17.86%) Entra ID
7 5 (17.86%) Hyper-V
7 5 (17.86%) Mac OS
7 5 (17.86%) MCP
7 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (17.86%) OneDrive
7 5 (17.86%) PowerShell
7 5 (17.86%) VMware
7 5 (17.86%) VMware Infrastructure

ICT Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 13 (46.43%) SharePoint
2 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 23 (82.14%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (17.86%) Azure
2 5 (17.86%) Entra ID
2 5 (17.86%) OneDrive
3 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (25.00%) Network Security
2 6 (21.43%) VoIP
3 5 (17.86%) DNS
3 5 (17.86%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (3.57%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) GIS
1 1 (3.57%) Power BI
General
1 6 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.86%) Advertising
3 1 (3.57%) Local Government
3 1 (3.57%) Military
3 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 12 (42.86%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.57%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.57%) LLPG
2 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 12 (42.86%) Windows
2 5 (17.86%) Android
2 5 (17.86%) Apple iOS
2 5 (17.86%) Mac OS
2 5 (17.86%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (25.00%) Line Management
2 6 (21.43%) Customer Service
3 5 (17.86%) Asset Management
3 5 (17.86%) Cloud Security
3 5 (17.86%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (3.57%) Business Case
5 1 (3.57%) Case Management
5 1 (3.57%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (3.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (3.57%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (3.57%) Information Management
5 1 (3.57%) Information Security
5 1 (3.57%) Information Security Management
5 1 (3.57%) ISMS
5 1 (3.57%) ITIL
5 1 (3.57%) Kalman Filter
5 1 (3.57%) Security Management
5 1 (3.57%) Server Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.86%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (25.00%) HNC
1 7 (25.00%) HND
2 5 (17.86%) MCP
3 1 (3.57%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 10 (35.71%) Active Directory
2 5 (17.86%) Hyper-V
2 5 (17.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (82.14%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.86%) VMware