IT Support Job Trends in Yorkshire

IT Support
England > Yorkshire

The median IT Support salary in Yorkshire is £31,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 March 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 23 48
Rank change year-on-year -10 +25 +96
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 253 193 231
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 5.15% 8.89% 4.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.55% 9.38% 4.56%
Number of salaries quoted 202 88 206
10th Percentile £25,500 £23,500 £21,000
25th Percentile £27,125 £25,750 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £29,500 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.08% +1.72% +5.45%
75th Percentile £36,688 £32,313 £32,500
90th Percentile £45,000 £35,600 £39,125
England median annual salary £31,000 £32,000 £29,500
% change year-on-year -3.13% +8.47% -4.84%

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 4,556 2,058 5,070
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.84% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2,913 1,183 4,037
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,550 £27,000
25th Percentile £34,500 £33,125 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.90%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.19%

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 28 March 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 28 March 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 -58 67 £32,500 +8.33% 7
South Yorkshire -3 46 £30,000 +13.21% 2
East Yorkshire +1 43 £31,000 - 7
North Yorkshire +4 12 £25,750 -14.17% 3
Humberside - 5 £24,500 - 5
IT Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 March 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.

1 140 (55.34%) Microsoft
2 122 (48.22%) Windows
3 114 (45.06%) Microsoft 365
4 103 (40.71%) Active Directory
5 88 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
6 63 (24.90%) Azure
7 61 (24.11%) Windows Server
8 50 (19.76%) Microsoft Office
8 50 (19.76%) VMware
9 48 (18.97%) DNS
10 45 (17.79%) Customer Service
10 45 (17.79%) DHCP
11 44 (17.39%) ITIL
12 37 (14.62%) Microsoft Exchange
13 35 (13.83%) TCP/IP
14 31 (12.25%) Continuous Improvement
14 31 (12.25%) Degree
15 30 (11.86%) Firewall
16 28 (11.07%) Citrix
17 27 (10.67%) Hyper-V
17 27 (10.67%) LAN
17 27 (10.67%) WAN
18 25 (9.88%) Android
18 25 (9.88%) SharePoint
18 25 (9.88%) VMware Infrastructure
19 24 (9.49%) Security Cleared
20 23 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
21 21 (8.30%) Process Improvement
22 20 (7.91%) Mentoring
22 20 (7.91%) 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 37 (14.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (9.88%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.40%) CMS
3 1 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 50 (19.76%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.40%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.40%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 114 (45.06%) Microsoft 365
2 63 (24.90%) Azure
3 10 (3.95%) Entra ID
4 8 (3.16%) AWS
5 5 (1.98%) Power Platform
5 5 (1.98%) SaaS
6 3 (1.19%) Google Workspace
6 3 (1.19%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 48 (18.97%) DNS
2 45 (17.79%) DHCP
3 35 (13.83%) TCP/IP
4 30 (11.86%) Firewall
5 27 (10.67%) LAN
5 27 (10.67%) WAN
6 23 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
7 17 (6.72%) VPN
8 15 (5.93%) VLAN
9 10 (3.95%) Network Security
10 9 (3.56%) VoIP
11 5 (1.98%) SAN
12 4 (1.58%) Asterisk PBX
12 4 (1.58%) BGP
12 4 (1.58%) MPLS
12 4 (1.58%) SD-WAN
12 4 (1.58%) Software-Defined Networking
12 4 (1.58%) VPLS
12 4 (1.58%) WLAN
13 3 (1.19%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.53%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.16%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.98%) Power BI
4 3 (1.19%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (2.37%) JIRA
2 4 (1.58%) GitLab
General
1 90 (35.57%) Social Skills
2 53 (20.95%) Organisational Skills
3 39 (15.42%) Manufacturing
4 13 (5.14%) Advertising
4 13 (5.14%) Documentation Skills
5 12 (4.74%) Law
6 9 (3.56%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (3.16%) Aerospace
7 8 (3.16%) Retail
8 5 (1.98%) Agriculture
8 5 (1.98%) Finance
8 5 (1.98%) Legal
8 5 (1.98%) Social Housing
9 4 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.58%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.19%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.40%) Games
11 1 (0.40%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.58%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (0.40%) CSS
2 1 (0.40%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (20.16%) Driving Licence
2 17 (6.72%) Management Information System
3 15 (5.93%) Onboarding
4 14 (5.53%) Renewable Energy
5 12 (4.74%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (4.35%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.77%) NHS
8 6 (2.37%) Replication
9 5 (1.98%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.58%) Life Science
10 4 (1.58%) PKI
11 1 (0.40%) PDA
11 1 (0.40%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 122 (48.22%) Windows
2 61 (24.11%) Windows Server
3 25 (9.88%) Android
4 20 (7.91%) Windows 10
5 11 (4.35%) Linux
6 5 (1.98%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.58%) Unix
7 4 (1.58%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (1.58%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.79%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (17.79%) Customer Service
3 44 (17.39%) ITIL
4 31 (12.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 21 (8.30%) Process Improvement
6 20 (7.91%) Mentoring
7 18 (7.11%) Incident Management
8 15 (5.93%) Service Delivery
9 14 (5.53%) ERP
9 14 (5.53%) Service Management
9 14 (5.53%) Systems Analysis
10 13 (5.14%) Disaster Recovery
10 13 (5.14%) ITSM
10 13 (5.14%) Project Delivery
11 12 (4.74%) Asset Management
11 12 (4.74%) Data Security
12 11 (4.35%) Time Management
13 10 (3.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 10 (3.95%) IT Asset Management
13 10 (3.95%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.93%) PowerShell
2 7 (2.77%) SQL
3 4 (1.58%) VBA
Qualifications
1 31 (12.25%) Degree
2 24 (9.49%) Security Cleared
3 15 (5.93%) A+ Certification
3 15 (5.93%) SC Cleared
4 10 (3.95%) ITIL Certification
5 9 (3.56%) DV Cleared
5 9 (3.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (2.37%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (1.58%) CCNA
7 4 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.40%) ACSP
9 1 (0.40%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.40%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.37%) GDPR
2 4 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 4 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.58%) QA
2 4 (1.58%) SLA
3 1 (0.40%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 103 (40.71%) Active Directory
2 27 (10.67%) Hyper-V
3 25 (9.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.98%) vSphere
5 4 (1.58%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.58%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.19%) Firmware
7 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.40%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 9 (3.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 7 (2.77%) SCCM
3 4 (1.58%) Ansible
3 4 (1.58%) WSUS
4 2 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 140 (55.34%) Microsoft
2 50 (19.76%) VMware
3 28 (11.07%) Citrix
4 14 (5.53%) Apple
5 9 (3.56%) Meraki
6 8 (3.16%) Adobe
6 8 (3.16%) Cisco
6 8 (3.16%) Veeam
7 6 (2.37%) HubSpot
8 5 (1.98%) Zoho
9 4 (1.58%) Splunk
10 3 (1.19%) Fortinet
10 3 (1.19%) Fujitsu
10 3 (1.19%) Google
10 3 (1.19%) Mitel
10 3 (1.19%) Virgin Media
11 1 (0.40%) Dell
11 1 (0.40%) Sage
11 1 (0.40%) SAP
11 1 (0.40%) WatchGuard