IT Support Job Trends in Yorkshire

IT Support
England > Yorkshire

The median IT Support salary in Yorkshire is £29,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 August 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 35 45
Rank change year-on-year -3 +10 +83
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 238 201 200
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 3.21% 5.86% 3.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.41% 6.84% 3.95%
Number of salaries quoted 220 199 143
10th Percentile £25,500 £23,500 £16,000
25th Percentile £27,000 £25,750 £21,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,500 £31,000 £26,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.84% +16.98% -11.67%
75th Percentile £34,625 £34,375 £31,750
90th Percentile £39,025 £41,450 £38,750
England median annual salary £32,000 £31,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year +1.59% +6.78% -9.23%

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 6,979 2,937 5,064
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.17% 85.58% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 4,926 1,670 3,154
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,825
25th Percentile £40,000 £30,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £79,100 £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 24 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 24 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 -18 69 £32,000 -1.54% 11
East Yorkshire -9 43 £29,500 -7.81% 4
North Yorkshire +22 36 £30,000 -11.76% 12
South Yorkshire -19 32 £28,000 +5.66% 7
IT Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 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
2 123 (51.68%) Microsoft
3 115 (48.32%) Windows
4 86 (36.13%) Active Directory
5 76 (31.93%) Problem-Solving
6 71 (29.83%) Azure
7 55 (23.11%) Windows Server
8 53 (22.27%) Customer Service
9 45 (18.91%) SharePoint
10 41 (17.23%) Microsoft Intune
11 34 (14.29%) Entra ID
12 33 (13.87%) DHCP
12 33 (13.87%) DNS
13 31 (13.03%) Cybersecurity
13 31 (13.03%) Microsoft Exchange
14 29 (12.18%) Firewall
15 27 (11.34%) Hyper-V
15 27 (11.34%) ITSM
16 26 (10.92%) Continuous Improvement
17 24 (10.08%) Service Management
18 23 (9.66%) Cyber Essentials
18 23 (9.66%) ERP
19 22 (9.24%) LAN
19 22 (9.24%) WAN
19 22 (9.24%) Wireless
20 21 (8.82%) Wi-Fi
21 20 (8.40%) Degree
22 19 (7.98%) Windows 10
23 18 (7.56%) Cisco
23 18 (7.56%) TCP/IP

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 45 (18.91%) SharePoint
2 31 (13.03%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.26%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.26%) NetSuite
1 3 (1.26%) SystmOne
2 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 135 (56.72%) Microsoft 365
2 71 (29.83%) Azure
3 34 (14.29%) Entra ID
4 15 (6.30%) Power Platform
5 11 (4.62%) 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 29 (12.18%) Firewall
3 22 (9.24%) LAN
3 22 (9.24%) WAN
3 22 (9.24%) Wireless
4 21 (8.82%) Wi-Fi
5 18 (7.56%) TCP/IP
6 12 (5.04%) VPN
7 8 (3.36%) VoIP
8 6 (2.52%) VLAN
9 4 (1.68%) Remote Desktop
9 4 (1.68%) WLAN
10 2 (0.84%) IP Telephony
11 1 (0.42%) ADSL
11 1 (0.42%) Broadband
11 1 (0.42%) ISDN
11 1 (0.42%) VDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.20%) Power BI
2 7 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (2.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (2.52%) JIRA
General
1 59 (24.79%) Social Skills
2 20 (8.40%) Organisational Skills
3 17 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 16 (6.72%) Advertising
5 12 (5.04%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.36%) Law
7 6 (2.52%) Finance
8 4 (1.68%) Legal
9 3 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.26%) Marketing
9 3 (1.26%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.42%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.42%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.42%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.68%) HTML
1 4 (1.68%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 29 (12.18%) Driving Licence
2 14 (5.88%) Onboarding
2 14 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (3.78%) Operational Technology
4 8 (3.36%) CCTV
5 6 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (2.52%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 3 (1.26%) CMDB
6 3 (1.26%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.26%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (0.84%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.42%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (0.42%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 115 (48.32%) Windows
2 55 (23.11%) Windows Server
3 19 (7.98%) Windows 10
4 13 (5.46%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (3.36%) Android
5 8 (3.36%) Linux
6 5 (2.10%) Mac OS
6 5 (2.10%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.68%) Unix
8 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (31.93%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (22.27%) Customer Service
3 31 (13.03%) Cybersecurity
4 27 (11.34%) ITSM
5 26 (10.92%) Continuous Improvement
6 24 (10.08%) Service Management
7 23 (9.66%) ERP
8 17 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
8 17 (7.14%) ITIL
9 15 (6.30%) Service Delivery
10 12 (5.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 12 (5.04%) Patch Management
11 11 (4.62%) Stakeholder Management
12 10 (4.20%) Business Intelligence
13 8 (3.36%) Identity Management
13 8 (3.36%) Incident Management
13 8 (3.36%) Knowledge Transfer
13 8 (3.36%) Root Cause Analysis
14 7 (2.94%) Collaborative Working
14 7 (2.94%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.30%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (8.40%) Degree
2 13 (5.46%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (4.62%) 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
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.66%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (4.20%) QA
3 9 (3.78%) SLA
4 8 (3.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (2.10%) GDPR
6 4 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.26%) PMO
System Software
1 86 (36.13%) Active Directory
2 27 (11.34%) Hyper-V
3 6 (2.52%) Firmware
4 2 (0.84%) Terminal Services
4 2 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 41 (17.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.42%) SCCM
Vendors
1 123 (51.68%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.56%) Cisco
3 15 (6.30%) Meraki
4 8 (3.36%) Freshdesk
4 8 (3.36%) SonicWALL
4 8 (3.36%) VMware
5 5 (2.10%) Veeam
6 4 (1.68%) Apple
6 4 (1.68%) CheckPoint
6 4 (1.68%) HubSpot
6 4 (1.68%) iManage
7 2 (0.84%) Citrix
7 2 (0.84%) Draytek
7 2 (0.84%) Mitel
8 1 (0.42%) Salesforce