IT Support Technician Job Trends in West Yorkshire

IT Support Technician
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median IT Support Technician salary in West Yorkshire is £32,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 January 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 100 134
Rank change year-on-year -10 +34 +91
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Technician 10 2 6
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 0.54% 0.14% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.14% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 10 1 6
10th Percentile £29,000 - £21,000
25th Percentile £29,563 £24,500 £22,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £25,000 £24,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.00% +2.04% -4.85%
75th Percentile £33,313 £25,500 £27,813
90th Percentile £33,750 - £28,750
Yorkshire median annual salary £32,000 £27,750 £25,750
% change year-on-year +15.32% +7.77% -2.83%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,742 1,400 1,978
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.40% 97.02% 97.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,028 692 1,521
10th Percentile £28,675 £29,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.05% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £85,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%

IT Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

IT Support Technician job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

IT Support Technician
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Technician job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Technician job vacancies in West Yorkshire

IT Support Technician
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Technician within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 15 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
Leeds -7 10 £32,000 +28.00% 1
IT Support Technician
Yorkshire

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 15 January 2026, IT Support Technician 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 West Yorkshire region featuring IT Support Technician in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Azure
1 10 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (70.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (70.00%) Entra ID
2 7 (70.00%) Firewall
2 7 (70.00%) ITIL
2 7 (70.00%) ITIL Certification
2 7 (70.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (70.00%) TCP/IP
2 7 (70.00%) VMware
2 7 (70.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (60.00%) Windows
4 4 (40.00%) Adobe
4 4 (40.00%) Data Security
4 4 (40.00%) Degree
4 4 (40.00%) DHCP
4 4 (40.00%) DNS
4 4 (40.00%) Mentoring
4 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (40.00%) Network Security
4 4 (40.00%) Project Delivery
4 4 (40.00%) VPN
5 3 (30.00%) Android
5 3 (30.00%) Customer Service
5 3 (30.00%) Dell
5 3 (30.00%) HP
5 3 (30.00%) Knowledge Transfer

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (30.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (100.00%) Azure
2 7 (70.00%) Entra ID
3 6 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (70.00%) Firewall
1 7 (70.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (40.00%) DHCP
2 4 (40.00%) DNS
2 4 (40.00%) Network Security
2 4 (40.00%) VPN
3 3 (30.00%) LAN
3 3 (30.00%) SAN
3 3 (30.00%) VLAN
3 3 (30.00%) VoIP
3 3 (30.00%) WAN
3 3 (30.00%) Wi-Fi
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Data Centre
1 7 (70.00%) Driving Licence
2 4 (40.00%) Management Information System
3 3 (30.00%) Clustering
3 3 (30.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (60.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) Android
2 3 (30.00%) Linux
2 3 (30.00%) Windows 10
2 3 (30.00%) Windows Server
2 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) ITIL
1 7 (70.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) Data Security
2 4 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 4 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (30.00%) Customer Service
3 3 (30.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 3 (30.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (40.00%) Degree
3 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 10 (100.00%) Hyper-V
2 7 (70.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (70.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (70.00%) VMware
3 4 (40.00%) Adobe
4 3 (30.00%) Dell
4 3 (30.00%) HP
4 3 (30.00%) SonicWALL
4 3 (30.00%) Supermicro
4 3 (30.00%) Veeam