IT Support Job Trends in Yorkshire

IT Support
England > Yorkshire

The median IT Support salary in Yorkshire is £32,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 February 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 31 49
Rank change year-on-year +4 +18 +85
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 239 170 186
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 5.62% 6.82% 4.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.08% 7.12% 4.30%
Number of salaries quoted 185 51 167
10th Percentile £25,375 £24,250 £21,250
25th Percentile £27,750 £26,750 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £30,000 £29,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +1.69% +10.28%
75th Percentile £38,750 £35,000 £33,750
90th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £40,950
England median annual salary £31,000 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year -4.62% +8.33% -1.07%

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 3,931 2,389 4,326
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 95.79% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2,447 1,068 3,485
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,500 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £51,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% +2.50% -7.41%
75th Percentile £65,945 £73,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £89,650 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%

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 28 February 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 28 February 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 -40 71 £32,500 +8.33% 11
South Yorkshire +6 44 £30,000 - 6
East Yorkshire +8 35 £31,000 +24.00% 2
North Yorkshire +7 16 £28,000 -7.44% 6
Humberside - 5 £24,500 - 4
IT Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 February 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.

1 138 (57.74%) Microsoft
2 118 (49.37%) Windows
3 110 (46.03%) Microsoft 365
4 97 (40.59%) Active Directory
5 88 (36.82%) Problem-Solving
6 62 (25.94%) Azure
7 59 (24.69%) Windows Server
8 53 (22.18%) Microsoft Office
9 49 (20.50%) VMware
10 48 (20.08%) ITIL
11 47 (19.67%) Customer Service
12 41 (17.15%) DNS
12 41 (17.15%) Microsoft Exchange
13 37 (15.48%) DHCP
14 35 (14.64%) TCP/IP
15 30 (12.55%) Continuous Improvement
15 30 (12.55%) Firewall
16 29 (12.13%) Degree
17 28 (11.72%) Hyper-V
18 27 (11.30%) Citrix
19 25 (10.46%) VMware Infrastructure
19 25 (10.46%) Wi-Fi
20 24 (10.04%) Security Cleared
21 23 (9.62%) Android
21 23 (9.62%) LAN
21 23 (9.62%) WAN
22 22 (9.21%) SharePoint
22 22 (9.21%) VPN
22 22 (9.21%) Windows 10
23 19 (7.95%) Mentoring

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 41 (17.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (9.21%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.42%) CMS
3 1 (0.42%) IIS
3 1 (0.42%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.42%) WordPress
Applications
1 53 (22.18%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.84%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 110 (46.03%) Microsoft 365
2 62 (25.94%) Azure
3 11 (4.60%) Entra ID
4 8 (3.35%) AWS
5 6 (2.51%) SaaS
6 3 (1.26%) Google Workspace
6 3 (1.26%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.84%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 41 (17.15%) DNS
2 37 (15.48%) DHCP
3 35 (14.64%) TCP/IP
4 30 (12.55%) Firewall
5 25 (10.46%) Wi-Fi
6 23 (9.62%) LAN
6 23 (9.62%) WAN
7 22 (9.21%) VPN
8 14 (5.86%) VLAN
9 10 (4.18%) Network Security
10 9 (3.77%) VoIP
11 5 (2.09%) SAN
12 4 (1.67%) Asterisk PBX
12 4 (1.67%) BGP
12 4 (1.67%) MPLS
12 4 (1.67%) SD-WAN
12 4 (1.67%) Software-Defined Networking
12 4 (1.67%) VPLS
12 4 (1.67%) WLAN
13 1 (0.42%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.02%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.26%) MySQL
4 2 (0.84%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (1.67%) GitLab
2 2 (0.84%) JIRA
General
1 93 (38.91%) Social Skills
2 52 (21.76%) Organisational Skills
3 40 (16.74%) Manufacturing
4 13 (5.44%) Documentation Skills
5 12 (5.02%) Law
6 10 (4.18%) Legal
7 9 (3.77%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (3.77%) Finance
8 8 (3.35%) Advertising
8 8 (3.35%) Aerospace
8 8 (3.35%) Retail
9 5 (2.09%) Agriculture
9 5 (2.09%) Social Housing
10 4 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.67%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.26%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.42%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.67%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (0.42%) CSS
2 1 (0.42%) HTML
2 1 (0.42%) JSON
2 1 (0.42%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 49 (20.50%) Driving Licence
2 17 (7.11%) Management Information System
3 14 (5.86%) Renewable Energy
4 12 (5.02%) Onboarding
4 12 (5.02%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (4.60%) Data Centre
6 8 (3.35%) NHS
7 7 (2.93%) Replication
8 5 (2.09%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.67%) EPoS
9 4 (1.67%) Life Science
9 4 (1.67%) PKI
10 1 (0.42%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 118 (49.37%) Windows
2 59 (24.69%) Windows Server
3 23 (9.62%) Android
4 22 (9.21%) Windows 10
5 11 (4.60%) Linux
6 5 (2.09%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.67%) Unix
7 4 (1.67%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (1.67%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (1.26%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (36.82%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (20.08%) ITIL
3 47 (19.67%) Customer Service
4 30 (12.55%) Continuous Improvement
5 19 (7.95%) Mentoring
5 19 (7.95%) Process Improvement
6 17 (7.11%) Incident Management
7 15 (6.28%) ITSM
8 14 (5.86%) Disaster Recovery
9 13 (5.44%) Asset Management
9 13 (5.44%) Service Delivery
9 13 (5.44%) Systems Analysis
10 12 (5.02%) Data Security
10 12 (5.02%) Project Delivery
10 12 (5.02%) User Experience
11 11 (4.60%) IT Asset Management
11 11 (4.60%) Service Management
11 11 (4.60%) Time Management
12 10 (4.18%) ERP
13 9 (3.77%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (4.60%) PowerShell
2 7 (2.93%) SQL
3 4 (1.67%) VBA
4 1 (0.42%) Java
Qualifications
1 29 (12.13%) Degree
2 24 (10.04%) Security Cleared
3 15 (6.28%) SC Cleared
4 13 (5.44%) A+ Certification
5 11 (4.60%) ITIL Certification
6 9 (3.77%) DV Cleared
6 9 (3.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (1.67%) CCNA
7 4 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.67%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.42%) ACSP
8 1 (0.42%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.42%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.35%) SLA
2 6 (2.51%) GDPR
3 4 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.67%) QA
4 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.42%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 97 (40.59%) Active Directory
2 28 (11.72%) Hyper-V
3 25 (10.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.51%) vSphere
5 4 (1.67%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.67%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.26%) Firmware
7 2 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.84%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 11 (4.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (3.77%) SCCM
3 7 (2.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (1.67%) Ansible
4 4 (1.67%) WSUS
5 1 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 138 (57.74%) Microsoft
2 49 (20.50%) VMware
3 27 (11.30%) Citrix
4 12 (5.02%) Apple
5 9 (3.77%) Adobe
5 9 (3.77%) Veeam
6 5 (2.09%) Cisco
6 5 (2.09%) HubSpot
6 5 (2.09%) Zoho
7 4 (1.67%) Meraki
7 4 (1.67%) Splunk
8 3 (1.26%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.26%) Fujitsu
8 3 (1.26%) Google
8 3 (1.26%) Virgin Media
9 2 (0.84%) Dell
10 1 (0.42%) Mitel
10 1 (0.42%) Sage
10 1 (0.42%) SAP
10 1 (0.42%) WatchGuard