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 18 December 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 39 74
Rank change year-on-year -6 +35 +98
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 166 180 109
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 4.84% 5.22% 3.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.38% 5.42% 4.06%
Number of salaries quoted 137 45 98
10th Percentile £24,500 £16,000 £21,750
25th Percentile £28,000 £25,000 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £30,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - +15.38%
75th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £34,875
90th Percentile £43,250 £42,350 £42,875
England median annual salary £31,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -4.62% - +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 3,084 3,324 2,688
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.86% 96.40% 96.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,819 1,379 2,116
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 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,000 £80,000 £84,056
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 18 December 2025.

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 18 December 2025. 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 -34 61 £32,500 +8.33% 11
East Yorkshire +21 35 £31,000 +18.10% 8
South Yorkshire +14 24 £32,500 +8.33% 8
North Yorkshire -15 11 £27,501 +61.77% 1
IT Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 December 2025, 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 94 (56.63%) Windows
2 91 (54.82%) Microsoft 365
3 88 (53.01%) Microsoft
4 58 (34.94%) Active Directory
5 50 (30.12%) Problem-Solving
6 48 (28.92%) ITIL
7 43 (25.90%) Azure
8 42 (25.30%) Windows Server
9 36 (21.69%) Microsoft Exchange
10 32 (19.28%) Customer Service
10 32 (19.28%) Firewall
11 30 (18.07%) Microsoft Office
12 26 (15.66%) Hyper-V
13 25 (15.06%) Microsoft Intune
14 24 (14.46%) SharePoint
14 24 (14.46%) VMware
14 24 (14.46%) Windows 10
15 22 (13.25%) Android
16 21 (12.65%) ITSM
16 21 (12.65%) Wi-Fi
17 20 (12.05%) VLAN
18 17 (10.24%) DNS
19 16 (9.64%) TCP/IP
19 16 (9.64%) User Experience
19 16 (9.64%) VMware Infrastructure
20 15 (9.04%) Entra ID
20 15 (9.04%) VPN
21 14 (8.43%) LAN
21 14 (8.43%) WAN
22 13 (7.83%) Asset Management

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 36 (21.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (14.46%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.60%) CMS
3 1 (0.60%) IIS
3 1 (0.60%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.60%) WordPress
Applications
1 30 (18.07%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.20%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 91 (54.82%) Microsoft 365
2 43 (25.90%) Azure
3 15 (9.04%) Entra ID
4 10 (6.02%) SaaS
5 4 (2.41%) AWS
6 3 (1.81%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 32 (19.28%) Firewall
2 21 (12.65%) Wi-Fi
3 20 (12.05%) VLAN
4 17 (10.24%) DNS
5 16 (9.64%) TCP/IP
6 15 (9.04%) VPN
7 14 (8.43%) LAN
7 14 (8.43%) WAN
8 13 (7.83%) DHCP
9 10 (6.02%) SAN
10 8 (4.82%) Cisco IOS
11 7 (4.22%) Network Security
11 7 (4.22%) VoIP
12 4 (2.41%) WLAN
13 3 (1.81%) WPA
14 1 (0.60%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
14 1 (0.60%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.01%) SQL Server
General
1 69 (41.57%) Social Skills
2 37 (22.29%) Organisational Skills
3 34 (20.48%) Manufacturing
4 14 (8.43%) Law
4 14 (8.43%) Legal
5 11 (6.63%) Finance
6 8 (4.82%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.01%) Advertising
7 5 (3.01%) Retail
8 4 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.20%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.60%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.81%) .NET
2 1 (0.60%) CSS
2 1 (0.60%) HTML
2 1 (0.60%) JSON
2 1 (0.60%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (14.46%) Driving Licence
2 15 (9.04%) Onboarding
3 12 (7.23%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (6.63%) Data Centre
5 9 (5.42%) Management Information System
6 8 (4.82%) NHS
7 7 (4.22%) Replication
8 5 (3.01%) Clustering
8 5 (3.01%) FMCG
8 5 (3.01%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (2.41%) EPoS
9 4 (2.41%) Life Science
9 4 (2.41%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.60%) PDA
10 1 (0.60%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 94 (56.63%) Windows
2 42 (25.30%) Windows Server
3 24 (14.46%) Windows 10
4 22 (13.25%) Android
5 9 (5.42%) Linux
6 5 (3.01%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (2.41%) Unix
8 1 (0.60%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (30.12%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (28.92%) ITIL
3 32 (19.28%) Customer Service
4 21 (12.65%) ITSM
5 16 (9.64%) User Experience
6 13 (7.83%) Asset Management
6 13 (7.83%) Service Management
7 12 (7.23%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (7.23%) Process Improvement
8 11 (6.63%) IT Asset Management
8 11 (6.63%) Project Delivery
9 9 (5.42%) Migration
10 8 (4.82%) Data Security
10 8 (4.82%) Disaster Recovery
10 8 (4.82%) Mentoring
10 8 (4.82%) Service Delivery
11 7 (4.22%) Knowledge Transfer
11 7 (4.22%) Mathematics
11 7 (4.22%) Software Testing
12 6 (3.61%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.22%) SQL
2 6 (3.61%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.41%) VBA
4 3 (1.81%) C#
4 3 (1.81%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.81%) VB.NET
5 1 (0.60%) Java
Qualifications
1 13 (7.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 12 (7.23%) Degree
3 11 (6.63%) ITIL Certification
4 9 (5.42%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (3.01%) A+ Certification
6 2 (1.20%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.20%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.60%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.60%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.63%) SLA
2 4 (2.41%) QA
3 3 (1.81%) GDPR
System Software
1 58 (34.94%) Active Directory
2 26 (15.66%) Hyper-V
3 16 (9.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.81%) Firmware
5 2 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.20%) vSphere
5 2 (1.20%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 25 (15.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.01%) SCCM
Vendors
1 88 (53.01%) Microsoft
2 24 (14.46%) VMware
3 11 (6.63%) Citrix
4 10 (6.02%) Cisco
5 9 (5.42%) Adobe
6 8 (4.82%) Veeam
7 7 (4.22%) Dell
8 6 (3.61%) Salesforce
9 5 (3.01%) Apple
9 5 (3.01%) HP
9 5 (3.01%) SonicWALL
9 5 (3.01%) Sophos
9 5 (3.01%) Supermicro
10 4 (2.41%) Zoho