IT Support Job Trends in Yorkshire

IT Support
England > Yorkshire

The median IT Support salary in Yorkshire is £31,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 January 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 37 62
Rank change year-on-year -2 +25 +99
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 168 173 123
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 5.04% 5.31% 4.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.45% 5.51% 4.18%
Number of salaries quoted 135 42 110
10th Percentile £25,375 £16,825 £21,750
25th Percentile £28,500 £25,500 £25,281
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £30,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +13.21%
75th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £34,500
90th Percentile £43,750 £43,025 £40,475
England median annual salary £31,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -4.62% - +8.33%

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 3,081 3,137 2,943
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 96.32% 96.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,845 1,300 2,340
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £51,249
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £81,250 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.78%

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 2 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 2 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 -38 58 £32,500 +8.33% 8
East Yorkshire +24 39 £31,000 +12.73% 8
South Yorkshire +17 25 £30,500 +1.67% 4
North Yorkshire -6 11 £27,501 +25.00%
IT Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 87 (51.79%) Microsoft
1 87 (51.79%) Windows
2 86 (51.19%) Microsoft 365
3 60 (35.71%) Active Directory
4 50 (29.76%) ITIL
4 50 (29.76%) Problem-Solving
5 45 (26.79%) Azure
6 42 (25.00%) Windows Server
7 34 (20.24%) Microsoft Exchange
8 32 (19.05%) Microsoft Office
9 30 (17.86%) Customer Service
9 30 (17.86%) Firewall
10 27 (16.07%) VMware
11 25 (14.88%) Hyper-V
12 23 (13.69%) SharePoint
13 21 (12.50%) ITSM
13 21 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
14 20 (11.90%) Android
14 20 (11.90%) Microsoft Intune
15 19 (11.31%) DNS
15 19 (11.31%) TCP/IP
15 19 (11.31%) Windows 10
16 18 (10.71%) VLAN
17 17 (10.12%) VMware Infrastructure
18 16 (9.52%) User Experience
18 16 (9.52%) VPN
19 15 (8.93%) DHCP
20 14 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
20 14 (8.33%) Degree
20 14 (8.33%) LAN

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 (20.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (13.69%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.60%) CMS
3 1 (0.60%) IIS
3 1 (0.60%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.60%) WordPress
Applications
1 32 (19.05%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.19%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 86 (51.19%) Microsoft 365
2 45 (26.79%) Azure
3 13 (7.74%) Entra ID
4 9 (5.36%) SaaS
5 4 (2.38%) AWS
6 3 (1.79%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 30 (17.86%) Firewall
2 21 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
3 19 (11.31%) DNS
3 19 (11.31%) TCP/IP
4 18 (10.71%) VLAN
5 16 (9.52%) VPN
6 15 (8.93%) DHCP
7 14 (8.33%) LAN
7 14 (8.33%) WAN
8 8 (4.76%) Network Security
8 8 (4.76%) SAN
9 6 (3.57%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (2.98%) VoIP
11 4 (2.38%) WLAN
12 1 (0.60%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.57%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.60%) MySQL
2 1 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
General
1 67 (39.88%) Social Skills
2 38 (22.62%) Organisational Skills
3 33 (19.64%) Manufacturing
4 14 (8.33%) Legal
5 13 (7.74%) Law
6 11 (6.55%) Finance
7 8 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (3.57%) Retail
9 5 (2.98%) Advertising
9 5 (2.98%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.38%) Aerospace
10 4 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.60%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.60%) CSS
1 1 (0.60%) HTML
1 1 (0.60%) JSON
1 1 (0.60%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (14.88%) Driving Licence
2 13 (7.74%) Onboarding
2 13 (7.74%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (6.55%) Data Centre
3 11 (6.55%) Management Information System
4 8 (4.76%) NHS
5 7 (4.17%) Renewable Energy
5 7 (4.17%) Replication
6 4 (2.38%) EPoS
6 4 (2.38%) FMCG
6 4 (2.38%) Life Science
6 4 (2.38%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.79%) Clustering
8 1 (0.60%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 87 (51.79%) Windows
2 42 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 20 (11.90%) Android
4 19 (11.31%) Windows 10
5 8 (4.76%) Linux
6 4 (2.38%) Unix
7 3 (1.79%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.60%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (29.76%) ITIL
1 50 (29.76%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (17.86%) Customer Service
3 21 (12.50%) ITSM
4 16 (9.52%) User Experience
5 14 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (7.74%) Asset Management
6 13 (7.74%) Process Improvement
6 13 (7.74%) Service Management
7 12 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
8 11 (6.55%) IT Asset Management
9 10 (5.95%) Project Delivery
10 8 (4.76%) Data Security
10 8 (4.76%) Mentoring
10 8 (4.76%) Migration
10 8 (4.76%) Service Delivery
10 8 (4.76%) Systems Analysis
11 7 (4.17%) Knowledge Transfer
11 7 (4.17%) Resource Management
11 7 (4.17%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.17%) SQL
2 6 (3.57%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.38%) VBA
4 1 (0.60%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (8.33%) Degree
2 13 (7.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 11 (6.55%) ITIL Certification
4 7 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (2.98%) A+ Certification
6 4 (2.38%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.38%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.60%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.60%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.55%) SLA
2 4 (2.38%) GDPR
2 4 (2.38%) QA
3 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 60 (35.71%) Active Directory
2 25 (14.88%) Hyper-V
3 17 (10.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.79%) Firmware
5 2 (1.19%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.19%) vSphere
5 2 (1.19%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 20 (11.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.98%) SCCM
Vendors
1 87 (51.79%) Microsoft
2 27 (16.07%) VMware
3 13 (7.74%) Citrix
4 9 (5.36%) Adobe
5 8 (4.76%) Cisco
5 8 (4.76%) Veeam
6 6 (3.57%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.98%) Apple
7 5 (2.98%) Dell
8 4 (2.38%) Sophos
8 4 (2.38%) Zoho
9 3 (1.79%) HP
9 3 (1.79%) SonicWALL
9 3 (1.79%) Supermicro