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 31 May 2026.

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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 26 42
Rank change year-on-year -6 +16 +89
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 280 217 249
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 4.23% 8.12% 4.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.50% 8.92% 4.40%
Number of salaries quoted 236 142 214
10th Percentile £25,500 £23,500 £20,575
25th Percentile £27,219 £25,750 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £29,500 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +7.27% -3.51%
75th Percentile £37,500 £34,125 £32,500
90th Percentile £44,375 £37,500 £38,750
England median annual salary £31,500 £31,500 £29,000
% change year-on-year - +8.62% -7.94%

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 6,227 2,433 5,658
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.02% 90.99% 95.41%
Number of salaries quoted 4,188 1,219 4,457
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,500 £49,136
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +0.74% -6.41%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.61% +9.52% -13.32%

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 31 May 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 31 May 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 -35 68 £32,500 -2.99% 6
East Yorkshire -5 56 £29,500 -7.81% 2
South Yorkshire -20 40 £30,000 +13.21% 4
North Yorkshire +3 25 £34,000 - 5
Humberside - 5 £24,500 - 3
IT Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 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.

1 141 (50.36%) Microsoft
2 132 (47.14%) Microsoft 365
3 126 (45.00%) Windows
4 101 (36.07%) Active Directory
5 97 (34.64%) Problem-Solving
6 71 (25.36%) Azure
7 59 (21.07%) Windows Server
8 54 (19.29%) DHCP
8 54 (19.29%) DNS
9 50 (17.86%) Customer Service
10 40 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
11 37 (13.21%) VMware
12 36 (12.86%) Continuous Improvement
13 35 (12.50%) LAN
13 35 (12.50%) SharePoint
13 35 (12.50%) WAN
14 34 (12.14%) ITIL
15 32 (11.43%) Microsoft Exchange
16 31 (11.07%) TCP/IP
17 29 (10.36%) Degree
18 26 (9.29%) Cybersecurity
18 26 (9.29%) ERP
19 24 (8.57%) Security Cleared
20 23 (8.21%) PowerShell
21 22 (7.86%) Firewall
22 21 (7.50%) Wi-Fi
23 20 (7.14%) Incident Management
24 19 (6.79%) Citrix
24 19 (6.79%) Cyber Essentials
24 19 (6.79%) Disaster Recovery

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 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 32 (11.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 40 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.36%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 132 (47.14%) Microsoft 365
2 71 (25.36%) Azure
3 12 (4.29%) Entra ID
3 12 (4.29%) Power Platform
4 9 (3.21%) AWS
5 4 (1.43%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (1.07%) Google Workspace
6 3 (1.07%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.71%) SaaS
8 1 (0.36%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.36%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 54 (19.29%) DHCP
1 54 (19.29%) DNS
2 35 (12.50%) LAN
2 35 (12.50%) WAN
3 31 (11.07%) TCP/IP
4 22 (7.86%) Firewall
5 21 (7.50%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (5.00%) VLAN
7 13 (4.64%) VPN
8 9 (3.21%) VoIP
9 6 (2.14%) WLAN
10 5 (1.79%) Wireless
11 4 (1.43%) Asterisk PBX
11 4 (1.43%) BGP
11 4 (1.43%) MPLS
11 4 (1.43%) SD-WAN
11 4 (1.43%) Software-Defined Networking
11 4 (1.43%) VPLS
12 3 (1.07%) IP Telephony
12 3 (1.07%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.00%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.93%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (2.86%) Power BI
4 3 (1.07%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (2.14%) JIRA
2 4 (1.43%) GitLab
General
1 84 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 43 (15.36%) Organisational Skills
3 27 (9.64%) Manufacturing
4 19 (6.79%) Advertising
5 13 (4.64%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (2.86%) Aerospace
7 7 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (2.14%) Finance
8 6 (2.14%) Law
9 5 (1.79%) Agriculture
9 5 (1.79%) Retail
9 5 (1.79%) Social Housing
10 4 (1.43%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.07%) Multimedia
12 2 (0.71%) Legal
13 1 (0.36%) Marketing
13 1 (0.36%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.43%) HTML
1 4 (1.43%) JSON
1 4 (1.43%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 50 (17.86%) Driving Licence
2 20 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (6.43%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.93%) Renewable Energy
5 10 (3.57%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.79%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.43%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 4 (1.43%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.43%) PKI
8 3 (1.07%) Replication
9 2 (0.71%) CMDB
9 2 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.71%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.36%) Fibre Optics
10 1 (0.36%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 126 (45.00%) Windows
2 59 (21.07%) Windows Server
3 18 (6.43%) Android
3 18 (6.43%) Windows 10
4 12 (4.29%) Windows Server 2019
5 11 (3.93%) Linux
6 8 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.79%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.43%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.71%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (34.64%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (17.86%) Customer Service
3 36 (12.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 34 (12.14%) ITIL
5 26 (9.29%) Cybersecurity
5 26 (9.29%) ERP
6 20 (7.14%) Incident Management
7 19 (6.79%) Disaster Recovery
8 18 (6.43%) Process Improvement
9 17 (6.07%) ITSM
9 17 (6.07%) Service Delivery
10 15 (5.36%) Service Management
11 12 (4.29%) Mentoring
11 12 (4.29%) Patch Management
11 12 (4.29%) Root Cause Analysis
12 11 (3.93%) Knowledge Transfer
12 11 (3.93%) Systems Analysis
13 9 (3.21%) Time Management
14 8 (2.86%) Analytics
14 8 (2.86%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 23 (8.21%) PowerShell
2 6 (2.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (10.36%) Degree
2 24 (8.57%) Security Cleared
3 18 (6.43%) A+ Certification
4 15 (5.36%) SC Cleared
5 13 (4.64%) Network+ Certification
6 9 (3.21%) DV Cleared
7 8 (2.86%) CCNA
7 8 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (2.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 8 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.43%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.07%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.36%) ACSP
11 1 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.36%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.79%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 5 (1.79%) GDPR
3 5 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.79%) SLA
4 3 (1.07%) QA
5 1 (0.36%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 101 (36.07%) Active Directory
2 18 (6.43%) Hyper-V
3 15 (5.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.43%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (1.43%) VMware NSX
4 4 (1.43%) vSphere
5 2 (0.71%) Firmware
5 2 (0.71%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 15 (5.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 5 (1.79%) SCCM
4 4 (1.43%) Ansible
4 4 (1.43%) WSUS
5 2 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 141 (50.36%) Microsoft
2 37 (13.21%) VMware
3 19 (6.79%) Citrix
4 15 (5.36%) Cisco
5 12 (4.29%) Apple
5 12 (4.29%) Meraki
6 9 (3.21%) Veeam
7 6 (2.14%) HubSpot
8 4 (1.43%) Freshdesk
8 4 (1.43%) Splunk
9 3 (1.07%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.07%) Fujitsu
9 3 (1.07%) Google
9 3 (1.07%) Mitel
9 3 (1.07%) Virgin Media
10 2 (0.71%) Draytek
10 2 (0.71%) Zoho
11 1 (0.36%) iManage
11 1 (0.36%) Infor
11 1 (0.36%) WatchGuard