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 15 April 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 22 45
Rank change year-on-year -15 +23 +95
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 258 204 237
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 4.62% 8.93% 4.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.96% 9.47% 4.47%
Number of salaries quoted 213 99 210
10th Percentile £25,500 £23,500 £21,000
25th Percentile £27,125 £25,750 £25,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £29,500 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +5.36% +1.82%
75th Percentile £35,000 £32,750 £32,500
90th Percentile £43,750 £36,750 £38,750
England median annual salary £31,000 £31,500 £29,000
% change year-on-year -1.59% +8.62% -6.45%

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 5,198 2,154 5,299
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.10% 94.27% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 3,321 1,246 4,211
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,375 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £49,827
Median % change year-on-year - +0.35% -8.73%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,188 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +10.09% -9.17%

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 15 April 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 15 April 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 -56 65 £32,500 +12.07% 5
East Yorkshire -5 52 £29,750 -5.56% 4
South Yorkshire -3 45 £30,000 +13.21% 2
North Yorkshire -3 12 £27,501 -15.38% 5
Humberside - 5 £24,500 - 4
IT Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 April 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.

1 137 (53.10%) Microsoft
2 123 (47.67%) Windows
3 113 (43.80%) Microsoft 365
4 103 (39.92%) Active Directory
5 89 (34.50%) Problem-Solving
6 59 (22.87%) Azure
6 59 (22.87%) Windows Server
7 52 (20.16%) DNS
8 50 (19.38%) DHCP
9 49 (18.99%) Microsoft Office
10 48 (18.60%) VMware
11 46 (17.83%) Customer Service
12 41 (15.89%) ITIL
13 34 (13.18%) Microsoft Exchange
14 33 (12.79%) TCP/IP
15 31 (12.02%) Degree
16 30 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
17 29 (11.24%) LAN
17 29 (11.24%) WAN
18 28 (10.85%) Firewall
19 26 (10.08%) Citrix
20 25 (9.69%) SharePoint
21 24 (9.30%) Hyper-V
21 24 (9.30%) Security Cleared
22 23 (8.91%) Android
22 23 (8.91%) VMware Infrastructure
22 23 (8.91%) Windows 10
23 21 (8.14%) Process Improvement
23 21 (8.14%) Wi-Fi
24 20 (7.75%) Mentoring

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 34 (13.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (9.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 49 (18.99%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.39%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.39%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 113 (43.80%) Microsoft 365
2 59 (22.87%) Azure
3 8 (3.10%) AWS
3 8 (3.10%) Entra ID
4 7 (2.71%) Power Platform
5 5 (1.94%) SaaS
6 3 (1.16%) Google Workspace
6 3 (1.16%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 52 (20.16%) DNS
2 50 (19.38%) DHCP
3 33 (12.79%) TCP/IP
4 29 (11.24%) LAN
4 29 (11.24%) WAN
5 28 (10.85%) Firewall
6 21 (8.14%) Wi-Fi
7 16 (6.20%) VPN
8 14 (5.43%) VLAN
9 10 (3.88%) Network Security
10 8 (3.10%) VoIP
11 5 (1.94%) SAN
12 4 (1.55%) Asterisk PBX
12 4 (1.55%) BGP
12 4 (1.55%) MPLS
12 4 (1.55%) SD-WAN
12 4 (1.55%) Software-Defined Networking
12 4 (1.55%) VPLS
12 4 (1.55%) Wireless
12 4 (1.55%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.20%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.88%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (2.71%) Power BI
4 3 (1.16%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (2.33%) JIRA
2 4 (1.55%) GitLab
General
1 87 (33.72%) Social Skills
2 53 (20.54%) Organisational Skills
3 38 (14.73%) Manufacturing
4 17 (6.59%) Advertising
5 13 (5.04%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (4.65%) Law
7 8 (3.10%) Aerospace
7 8 (3.10%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (3.10%) Retail
8 5 (1.94%) Agriculture
8 5 (1.94%) Finance
8 5 (1.94%) Social Housing
9 4 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.55%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.16%) Legal
10 3 (1.16%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.39%) Games
11 1 (0.39%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.55%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 53 (20.54%) Driving Licence
2 17 (6.59%) Management Information System
3 16 (6.20%) Onboarding
4 15 (5.81%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (5.43%) Renewable Energy
6 10 (3.88%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.94%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.94%) NHS
8 4 (1.55%) Life Science
8 4 (1.55%) PKI
8 4 (1.55%) Replication
9 1 (0.39%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 123 (47.67%) Windows
2 59 (22.87%) Windows Server
3 23 (8.91%) Android
3 23 (8.91%) Windows 10
4 11 (4.26%) Linux
5 5 (1.94%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.55%) Unix
6 4 (1.55%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (1.55%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.78%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (34.50%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (17.83%) Customer Service
3 41 (15.89%) ITIL
4 30 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 21 (8.14%) Process Improvement
6 20 (7.75%) Mentoring
7 18 (6.98%) Incident Management
8 16 (6.20%) ERP
8 16 (6.20%) ITSM
9 15 (5.81%) Service Delivery
10 14 (5.43%) Service Management
10 14 (5.43%) Systems Analysis
11 13 (5.04%) Project Delivery
12 12 (4.65%) Cybersecurity
12 12 (4.65%) Disaster Recovery
13 11 (4.26%) Asset Management
13 11 (4.26%) Patch Management
13 11 (4.26%) Time Management
14 10 (3.88%) Knowledge Transfer
14 10 (3.88%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.81%) PowerShell
2 6 (2.33%) SQL
3 2 (0.78%) VBA
Qualifications
1 31 (12.02%) Degree
2 24 (9.30%) Security Cleared
3 18 (6.98%) A+ Certification
4 15 (5.81%) SC Cleared
5 10 (3.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 9 (3.49%) DV Cleared
6 9 (3.49%) Network+ Certification
7 8 (3.10%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (1.55%) CCNA
8 4 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.39%) ACSP
9 1 (0.39%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.39%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 5 (1.94%) GDPR
2 4 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.55%) QA
3 3 (1.16%) SLA
4 1 (0.39%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 103 (39.92%) Active Directory
2 24 (9.30%) Hyper-V
3 23 (8.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.94%) vSphere
5 4 (1.55%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.55%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.78%) Firmware
7 1 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.39%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 7 (2.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 7 (2.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.94%) SCCM
3 4 (1.55%) Ansible
3 4 (1.55%) WSUS
4 2 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 137 (53.10%) Microsoft
2 48 (18.60%) VMware
3 26 (10.08%) Citrix
4 13 (5.04%) Apple
5 9 (3.49%) Meraki
6 8 (3.10%) Cisco
7 7 (2.71%) Adobe
8 6 (2.33%) HubSpot
8 6 (2.33%) Veeam
9 5 (1.94%) Zoho
10 4 (1.55%) Splunk
11 3 (1.16%) Fortinet
11 3 (1.16%) Fujitsu
11 3 (1.16%) Google
11 3 (1.16%) Mitel
11 3 (1.16%) Virgin Media
12 1 (0.39%) Dell
12 1 (0.39%) Infor
12 1 (0.39%) SAP
12 1 (0.39%) WatchGuard