IT Support Job Trends in Yorkshire

IT Support
England > Yorkshire

The median IT Support salary in Yorkshire is £31,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 February 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 35 58
Rank change year-on-year +2 +23 +80
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 198 167 166
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 5.37% 5.94% 3.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.82% 6.17% 4.08%
Number of salaries quoted 156 36 150
10th Percentile £25,750 £24,875 £21,250
25th Percentile £28,000 £27,438 £25,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,750 £30,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.83% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £33,750
90th Percentile £45,000 £40,461 £42,500
England median annual salary £31,000 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year -4.62% +8.33% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 3,402 2,706 4,069
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.27% 96.30% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,068 1,148 3,317
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £30,250 £40,443 £35,579
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,372 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.77% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,640 £71,250 £66,778
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

IT Support job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

IT Support
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Yorkshire

IT Support
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 1 February 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Support in Yorkshire

IT Support
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 February 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
West Yorkshire -44 64 £32,500 +8.33% 13
East Yorkshire +23 40 £31,000 +12.73% 4
South Yorkshire +14 33 £30,500 +1.67% 16
North Yorkshire -4 12 £27,750 -8.26% 3
Humberside - 1 £24,500 - 3
IT Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 February 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 Yorkshire region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 103 (52.02%) Microsoft
2 97 (48.99%) Windows
3 90 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
4 75 (37.88%) Active Directory
5 66 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
6 52 (26.26%) Windows Server
7 51 (25.76%) Azure
8 49 (24.75%) ITIL
9 42 (21.21%) Microsoft Office
10 41 (20.71%) VMware
11 36 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
12 34 (17.17%) Customer Service
13 31 (15.66%) DNS
14 30 (15.15%) Firewall
15 29 (14.65%) Hyper-V
16 28 (14.14%) TCP/IP
17 27 (13.64%) DHCP
18 23 (11.62%) Degree
18 23 (11.62%) VMware Infrastructure
19 22 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
20 21 (10.61%) Citrix
20 21 (10.61%) Continuous Improvement
20 21 (10.61%) LAN
20 21 (10.61%) VPN
20 21 (10.61%) WAN
21 19 (9.60%) Android
21 19 (9.60%) ITSM
21 19 (9.60%) SharePoint
22 18 (9.09%) Security Cleared
22 18 (9.09%) Windows 10

IT Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 36 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (9.60%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.51%) CMS
3 1 (0.51%) IIS
3 1 (0.51%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.51%) WordPress
Applications
1 42 (21.21%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.01%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 90 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
2 51 (25.76%) Azure
3 11 (5.56%) Entra ID
4 8 (4.04%) AWS
5 6 (3.03%) SaaS
6 3 (1.52%) Google Workspace
6 3 (1.52%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 31 (15.66%) DNS
2 30 (15.15%) Firewall
3 28 (14.14%) TCP/IP
4 27 (13.64%) DHCP
5 22 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
6 21 (10.61%) LAN
6 21 (10.61%) VPN
6 21 (10.61%) WAN
7 14 (7.07%) VLAN
8 10 (5.05%) Network Security
9 9 (4.55%) VoIP
10 6 (3.03%) SAN
11 4 (2.02%) WLAN
12 3 (1.52%) Asterisk PBX
12 3 (1.52%) BGP
12 3 (1.52%) Cisco IOS
12 3 (1.52%) MPLS
12 3 (1.52%) SD-WAN
12 3 (1.52%) Software-Defined Networking
12 3 (1.52%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.05%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.52%) MySQL
2 3 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (1.52%) GitLab
General
1 77 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 40 (20.20%) Organisational Skills
3 36 (18.18%) Manufacturing
4 14 (7.07%) Legal
5 13 (6.57%) Finance
6 11 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (5.56%) Law
7 9 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (4.04%) Aerospace
8 8 (4.04%) Retail
9 5 (2.53%) Advertising
10 4 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.52%) Multimedia
12 2 (1.01%) Social Housing
13 1 (0.51%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.52%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (0.51%) CSS
2 1 (0.51%) HTML
2 1 (0.51%) JSON
2 1 (0.51%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 38 (19.19%) Driving Licence
2 16 (8.08%) Management Information System
3 12 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (5.56%) Data Centre
5 9 (4.55%) Renewable Energy
6 8 (4.04%) NHS
6 8 (4.04%) Onboarding
7 7 (3.54%) Replication
8 5 (2.53%) Mobile App
9 4 (2.02%) EPoS
9 4 (2.02%) Life Science
10 3 (1.52%) PKI
11 1 (0.51%) Clustering
11 1 (0.51%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 97 (48.99%) Windows
2 52 (26.26%) Windows Server
3 19 (9.60%) Android
4 18 (9.09%) Windows 10
5 11 (5.56%) Linux
6 5 (2.53%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (2.02%) Mac OS
7 4 (2.02%) Unix
7 4 (2.02%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (1.52%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (24.75%) ITIL
3 34 (17.17%) Customer Service
4 21 (10.61%) Continuous Improvement
5 19 (9.60%) ITSM
6 16 (8.08%) User Experience
7 14 (7.07%) Disaster Recovery
7 14 (7.07%) Mentoring
7 14 (7.07%) Process Improvement
8 13 (6.57%) Asset Management
8 13 (6.57%) Service Management
9 11 (5.56%) Incident Management
9 11 (5.56%) IT Asset Management
9 11 (5.56%) Service Delivery
10 10 (5.05%) Systems Analysis
11 9 (4.55%) Project Delivery
11 9 (4.55%) Resource Management
12 8 (4.04%) Data Security
12 8 (4.04%) Software Testing
13 7 (3.54%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.54%) PowerShell
1 7 (3.54%) SQL
2 4 (2.02%) VBA
3 1 (0.51%) Java
Qualifications
1 23 (11.62%) Degree
2 18 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 13 (6.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 12 (6.06%) SC Cleared
5 11 (5.56%) ITIL Certification
6 8 (4.04%) A+ Certification
7 6 (3.03%) DV Cleared
8 5 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.52%) CCNA
9 3 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.52%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.51%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.55%) SLA
2 6 (3.03%) GDPR
3 4 (2.02%) QA
4 3 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 75 (37.88%) Active Directory
2 29 (14.65%) Hyper-V
3 23 (11.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.53%) vSphere
5 3 (1.52%) Firmware
5 3 (1.52%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.52%) VMware NSX
6 2 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.01%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 10 (5.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (3.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 6 (3.03%) SCCM
3 3 (1.52%) Ansible
3 3 (1.52%) WSUS
Vendors
1 103 (52.02%) Microsoft
2 41 (20.71%) VMware
3 21 (10.61%) Citrix
4 9 (4.55%) Adobe
4 9 (4.55%) Veeam
5 6 (3.03%) Apple
6 5 (2.53%) Cisco
6 5 (2.53%) Zoho
7 3 (1.52%) Dell
7 3 (1.52%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.52%) Fujitsu
7 3 (1.52%) Google
7 3 (1.52%) HubSpot
7 3 (1.52%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.52%) Splunk
7 3 (1.52%) Virgin Media
8 1 (0.51%) HP
8 1 (0.51%) Meraki
8 1 (0.51%) SonicWALL
8 1 (0.51%) WatchGuard