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 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 36 64
Rank change year-on-year 0 +28 +86
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 170 169 135
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 5.07% 5.44% 4.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.51% 5.63% 4.21%
Number of salaries quoted 137 38 120
10th Percentile £25,375 £21,775 £21,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £26,438 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £30,000 £29,352
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +2.21% +10.76%
75th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90th Percentile £43,750 £42,950 £40,475
England median annual salary £31,000 £32,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year -4.62% +3.17% +5.00%

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 3,088 3,001 3,209
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.18% 96.56% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,844 1,206 2,564
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,288 £28,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,800
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.81% -6.02%

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 13 January 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 13 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
West Yorkshire -39 58 £32,500 +8.33% 14
East Yorkshire +24 39 £31,000 -17.33% 6
South Yorkshire +20 29 £30,500 +1.67% 9
North Yorkshire -5 11 £27,501 -1.78% 3
IT Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 January 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 88 (51.76%) Microsoft
2 86 (50.59%) Windows
3 84 (49.41%) Microsoft 365
4 62 (36.47%) Active Directory
5 52 (30.59%) Problem-Solving
6 49 (28.82%) ITIL
7 45 (26.47%) Azure
8 42 (24.71%) Windows Server
9 35 (20.59%) Microsoft Exchange
10 31 (18.24%) Microsoft Office
11 30 (17.65%) Customer Service
11 30 (17.65%) Firewall
12 29 (17.06%) VMware
13 27 (15.88%) Hyper-V
14 21 (12.35%) ITSM
14 21 (12.35%) SharePoint
14 21 (12.35%) TCP/IP
14 21 (12.35%) Wi-Fi
15 20 (11.76%) DNS
16 19 (11.18%) Android
16 19 (11.18%) Windows 10
17 18 (10.59%) VMware Infrastructure
18 17 (10.00%) VLAN
18 17 (10.00%) VPN
19 16 (9.41%) DHCP
19 16 (9.41%) Microsoft Intune
19 16 (9.41%) User Experience
20 15 (8.82%) Degree
20 15 (8.82%) LAN
20 15 (8.82%) WAN

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 35 (20.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (12.35%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.59%) CMS
3 1 (0.59%) IIS
3 1 (0.59%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.59%) WordPress
Applications
1 31 (18.24%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.18%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 84 (49.41%) Microsoft 365
2 45 (26.47%) Azure
3 13 (7.65%) Entra ID
4 8 (4.71%) SaaS
5 6 (3.53%) AWS
6 3 (1.76%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.59%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 30 (17.65%) Firewall
2 21 (12.35%) TCP/IP
2 21 (12.35%) Wi-Fi
3 20 (11.76%) DNS
4 17 (10.00%) VLAN
4 17 (10.00%) VPN
5 16 (9.41%) DHCP
6 15 (8.82%) LAN
6 15 (8.82%) WAN
7 9 (5.29%) Network Security
8 8 (4.71%) SAN
9 6 (3.53%) VoIP
10 4 (2.35%) Cisco IOS
10 4 (2.35%) WLAN
11 1 (0.59%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.71%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.18%) MySQL
2 2 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
General
1 65 (38.24%) Social Skills
2 36 (21.18%) Organisational Skills
3 32 (18.82%) Manufacturing
4 14 (8.24%) Legal
5 13 (7.65%) Law
6 11 (6.47%) Finance
7 9 (5.29%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (4.12%) Aerospace
8 7 (4.12%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (4.12%) Retail
9 5 (2.94%) Advertising
10 4 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.59%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.59%) CSS
1 1 (0.59%) HTML
1 1 (0.59%) JSON
1 1 (0.59%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (15.88%) Driving Licence
2 14 (8.24%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (7.06%) Management Information System
4 11 (6.47%) Data Centre
5 8 (4.71%) NHS
5 8 (4.71%) Onboarding
6 7 (4.12%) Renewable Energy
6 7 (4.12%) Replication
7 5 (2.94%) Mobile App
8 4 (2.35%) EPoS
8 4 (2.35%) Life Science
9 3 (1.76%) Clustering
10 2 (1.18%) FMCG
11 1 (0.59%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 86 (50.59%) Windows
2 42 (24.71%) Windows Server
3 19 (11.18%) Android
3 19 (11.18%) Windows 10
4 9 (5.29%) Linux
5 4 (2.35%) Unix
5 4 (2.35%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.18%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (30.59%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (28.82%) ITIL
3 30 (17.65%) Customer Service
4 21 (12.35%) ITSM
5 16 (9.41%) User Experience
6 14 (8.24%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (7.65%) Asset Management
7 13 (7.65%) Disaster Recovery
7 13 (7.65%) Service Management
8 11 (6.47%) IT Asset Management
8 11 (6.47%) Process Improvement
9 8 (4.71%) Data Security
9 8 (4.71%) Mentoring
9 8 (4.71%) Project Delivery
9 8 (4.71%) Service Delivery
9 8 (4.71%) Software Testing
9 8 (4.71%) Systems Analysis
10 7 (4.12%) Knowledge Transfer
10 7 (4.12%) Migration
10 7 (4.12%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.12%) SQL
2 5 (2.94%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.35%) VBA
4 1 (0.59%) Java
Qualifications
1 15 (8.82%) Degree
2 13 (7.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 11 (6.47%) ITIL Certification
4 7 (4.12%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (2.94%) A+ Certification
5 5 (2.94%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.94%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.59%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.59%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.47%) SLA
2 5 (2.94%) GDPR
3 4 (2.35%) QA
4 2 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 62 (36.47%) Active Directory
2 27 (15.88%) Hyper-V
3 18 (10.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.76%) Firmware
5 2 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.18%) vSphere
5 2 (1.18%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 16 (9.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.94%) SCCM
3 1 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 88 (51.76%) Microsoft
2 29 (17.06%) VMware
3 14 (8.24%) Citrix
4 9 (5.29%) Adobe
5 8 (4.71%) Veeam
6 6 (3.53%) Cisco
6 6 (3.53%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.94%) Apple
7 5 (2.94%) Dell
7 5 (2.94%) Zoho
8 3 (1.76%) HP
8 3 (1.76%) SonicWALL
8 3 (1.76%) Supermicro
9 2 (1.18%) Sophos
10 1 (0.59%) Google