IT Support Job Trends in Yorkshire

IT Support
England > Yorkshire

The median IT Support salary in Yorkshire is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 August 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 36 44
Rank change year-on-year -4 +8 +97
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 238 197 203
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 3.25% 5.58% 3.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.45% 6.48% 4.04%
Number of salaries quoted 216 195 150
10th Percentile £25,500 £23,500 £16,000
25th Percentile £27,000 £25,750 £21,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £31,000 £27,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +14.81% -10.00%
75th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £31,750
90th Percentile £40,000 £43,250 £38,750
England median annual salary £32,250 £31,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year +2.38% +6.78% -7.81%

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 6,902 3,038 5,030
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.38% 86.04% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 4,832 1,654 3,235
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £30,625 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% -7.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £64,999
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 12 August 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 12 August 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 -9 65 £31,500 -3.08% 11
East Yorkshire -8 44 £28,750 -10.16% 1
North Yorkshire +30 35 £31,000 -8.82% 11
South Yorkshire -31 32 £28,000 +5.66% 8
Humberside - 2 £24,500 - 2
IT Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 August 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.

1 135 (56.72%) Microsoft 365
2 126 (52.94%) Microsoft
3 113 (47.48%) Windows
4 86 (36.13%) Active Directory
5 75 (31.51%) Problem-Solving
6 68 (28.57%) Azure
7 53 (22.27%) Customer Service
7 53 (22.27%) Windows Server
8 44 (18.49%) SharePoint
9 39 (16.39%) Microsoft Intune
10 33 (13.87%) DHCP
10 33 (13.87%) DNS
11 32 (13.45%) Microsoft Exchange
12 30 (12.61%) Entra ID
13 28 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
14 27 (11.34%) Continuous Improvement
15 26 (10.92%) Firewall
16 25 (10.50%) ITSM
17 24 (10.08%) ERP
17 24 (10.08%) Hyper-V
18 23 (9.66%) Cyber Essentials
19 22 (9.24%) LAN
19 22 (9.24%) Service Management
19 22 (9.24%) WAN
19 22 (9.24%) Wireless
20 20 (8.40%) Windows 10
21 19 (7.98%) Degree
21 19 (7.98%) ITIL
21 19 (7.98%) TCP/IP
21 19 (7.98%) Wi-Fi

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 44 (18.49%) SharePoint
2 32 (13.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (5.04%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.26%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.84%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 135 (56.72%) Microsoft 365
2 68 (28.57%) Azure
3 30 (12.61%) Entra ID
4 15 (6.30%) Power Platform
5 9 (3.78%) OneDrive
6 4 (1.68%) AWS
6 4 (1.68%) Microsoft Copilot
6 4 (1.68%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.42%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 33 (13.87%) DHCP
1 33 (13.87%) DNS
2 26 (10.92%) Firewall
3 22 (9.24%) LAN
3 22 (9.24%) WAN
3 22 (9.24%) Wireless
4 19 (7.98%) TCP/IP
4 19 (7.98%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (4.20%) VPN
6 8 (3.36%) VoIP
7 6 (2.52%) VLAN
8 4 (1.68%) WLAN
9 3 (1.26%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.42%) ADSL
10 1 (0.42%) Broadband
10 1 (0.42%) ISDN
10 1 (0.42%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.42%) VDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.20%) Power BI
2 8 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (3.36%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (2.52%) JIRA
General
1 58 (24.37%) Social Skills
2 24 (10.08%) Organisational Skills
3 17 (7.14%) Advertising
4 14 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 12 (5.04%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.36%) Law
7 6 (2.52%) Finance
8 5 (2.10%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.68%) Legal
10 3 (1.26%) Marketing
11 1 (0.42%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.42%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.42%) Retail
11 1 (0.42%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.68%) HTML
1 4 (1.68%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 27 (11.34%) Driving Licence
2 14 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (5.04%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.94%) Operational Technology
5 6 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (2.52%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 5 (2.10%) CCTV
7 3 (1.26%) CMDB
8 2 (0.84%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.84%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.84%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.42%) Fibre Optics
9 1 (0.42%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.42%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 113 (47.48%) Windows
2 53 (22.27%) Windows Server
3 20 (8.40%) Windows 10
4 13 (5.46%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (4.20%) Android
6 5 (2.10%) Linux
6 5 (2.10%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.84%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.42%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (31.51%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (22.27%) Customer Service
3 28 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
4 27 (11.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 25 (10.50%) ITSM
6 24 (10.08%) ERP
7 22 (9.24%) Service Management
8 19 (7.98%) ITIL
9 15 (6.30%) Disaster Recovery
9 15 (6.30%) Service Delivery
10 11 (4.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 11 (4.62%) Patch Management
11 10 (4.20%) Business Intelligence
12 9 (3.78%) Incident Management
12 9 (3.78%) Stakeholder Management
13 8 (3.36%) Analytics
13 8 (3.36%) Data Analytics
13 8 (3.36%) E-Commerce
13 8 (3.36%) Identity Management
13 8 (3.36%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.30%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (7.98%) Degree
2 13 (5.46%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (5.04%) A+ Certification
4 10 (4.20%) Network+ Certification
5 8 (3.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 5 (2.10%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.10%) CCNA
6 5 (2.10%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.42%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.42%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.66%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (3.78%) SLA
3 8 (3.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (2.52%) QA
5 4 (1.68%) GDPR
5 4 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.26%) PMO
System Software
1 86 (36.13%) Active Directory
2 24 (10.08%) Hyper-V
3 6 (2.52%) Firmware
4 3 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.84%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 39 (16.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.84%) SCCM
3 1 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 126 (52.94%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.56%) Cisco
3 15 (6.30%) Meraki
4 10 (4.20%) VMware
5 8 (3.36%) Freshdesk
6 7 (2.94%) Apple
7 5 (2.10%) SonicWALL
7 5 (2.10%) Veeam
8 4 (1.68%) CheckPoint
8 4 (1.68%) iManage
9 3 (1.26%) Citrix
9 3 (1.26%) Mitel
10 2 (0.84%) Draytek
10 2 (0.84%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.42%) Salesforce