IT Support Job Trends in Wakefield

IT Support
West Yorkshire > Wakefield

The median IT Support salary in Wakefield is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 June 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - 6
Rank change year-on-year - - +18
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 4 0 24
As % of all permanent jobs in Wakefield 3.20% - 22.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.85% - 23.76%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 18
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29,000 - £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 - £27,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.48%
75th Percentile £31,000 - £28,500
90th Percentile - - £28,575
West Yorkshire median annual salary £32,500 £33,000 £27,000
% change year-on-year -1.52% +22.22% -20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Wakefield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wakefield. 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 Wakefield with a recognized job title 104 27 101
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 83.20% 38.57% 94.39%
Number of salaries quoted 78 11 71
10th Percentile £30,000 - £25,500
25th Percentile £35,313 £40,750 £28,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,085 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.69% -11.40% +6.74%
75th Percentile £66,875 £64,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £57,125 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.66% +14.25% -9.09%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield

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 Wakefield.

IT Support job vacancy trend in Wakefield

IT Support
Salary Trend in Wakefield

Salary distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Wakefield.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Wakefield

IT Support Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield

For the 6 months to 14 June 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 Wakefield region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (100.00%) Firmware
1 4 (100.00%) Freshdesk
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 4 (100.00%) SLA
1 4 (100.00%) Windows

IT Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 4 (100.00%) Problem Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Freshdesk