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 16 January 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 37 60
Rank change year-on-year +3 +23 +89
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 185 169 134
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 5.40% 5.44% 4.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.85% 5.64% 4.18%
Number of salaries quoted 147 38 119
10th Percentile £25,375 £21,775 £21,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £26,438 £25,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £30,000 £29,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +1.69% +11.32%
75th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90th Percentile £43,750 £42,950 £40,700
England median annual salary £31,000 £32,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year -4.62% +3.17% +5.00%

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 3,160 2,995 3,205
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.18% 96.46% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,899 1,208 2,554
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,303 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -7.26%

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 16 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 16 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 -37 63 £32,500 +8.33% 15
East Yorkshire +25 41 £31,000 -17.33% 7
South Yorkshire +22 30 £31,500 +5.00% 9
North Yorkshire -1 11 £27,501 -1.78% 2
IT Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 93 (50.27%) Microsoft
2 92 (49.73%) Windows
3 89 (48.11%) Microsoft 365
4 67 (36.22%) Active Directory
5 56 (30.27%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (27.03%) ITIL
7 49 (26.49%) Azure
8 47 (25.41%) Windows Server
9 36 (19.46%) Microsoft Exchange
10 35 (18.92%) Microsoft Office
11 34 (18.38%) VMware
12 31 (16.76%) Firewall
13 30 (16.22%) Customer Service
14 29 (15.68%) Hyper-V
15 24 (12.97%) DNS
15 24 (12.97%) TCP/IP
16 22 (11.89%) Wi-Fi
17 21 (11.35%) ITSM
18 20 (10.81%) DHCP
18 20 (10.81%) SharePoint
18 20 (10.81%) VMware Infrastructure
18 20 (10.81%) Windows 10
19 19 (10.27%) Android
19 19 (10.27%) VPN
20 17 (9.19%) Citrix
20 17 (9.19%) Degree
20 17 (9.19%) LAN
20 17 (9.19%) VLAN
20 17 (9.19%) WAN
21 16 (8.65%) Continuous Improvement

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 (19.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (10.81%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.54%) CMS
3 1 (0.54%) IIS
3 1 (0.54%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.54%) WordPress
Applications
1 35 (18.92%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.08%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 89 (48.11%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (26.49%) Azure
3 13 (7.03%) Entra ID
4 7 (3.78%) AWS
4 7 (3.78%) SaaS
5 3 (1.62%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.08%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 31 (16.76%) Firewall
2 24 (12.97%) DNS
2 24 (12.97%) TCP/IP
3 22 (11.89%) Wi-Fi
4 20 (10.81%) DHCP
5 19 (10.27%) VPN
6 17 (9.19%) LAN
6 17 (9.19%) VLAN
6 17 (9.19%) WAN
7 10 (5.41%) Network Security
8 8 (4.32%) SAN
8 8 (4.32%) VoIP
9 4 (2.16%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (2.16%) WLAN
10 1 (0.54%) Asterisk PBX
10 1 (0.54%) BGP
10 1 (0.54%) MPLS
10 1 (0.54%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.54%) Software-Defined Networking
10 1 (0.54%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.86%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.62%) MySQL
2 3 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.54%) GitLab
General
1 69 (37.30%) Social Skills
2 37 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 33 (17.84%) Manufacturing
4 14 (7.57%) Legal
5 13 (7.03%) Finance
5 13 (7.03%) Law
6 9 (4.86%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (4.86%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (4.32%) Aerospace
7 8 (4.32%) Retail
8 5 (2.70%) Advertising
9 4 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.62%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.54%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.54%) CSS
1 1 (0.54%) HTML
1 1 (0.54%) JSON
1 1 (0.54%) OpenTelemetry
1 1 (0.54%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (17.84%) Driving Licence
2 15 (8.11%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (7.03%) Management Information System
4 11 (5.95%) Data Centre
5 8 (4.32%) NHS
5 8 (4.32%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.78%) Renewable Energy
6 7 (3.78%) Replication
7 5 (2.70%) Mobile App
8 4 (2.16%) EPoS
8 4 (2.16%) Life Science
9 3 (1.62%) Clustering
10 1 (0.54%) FMCG
10 1 (0.54%) PDA
10 1 (0.54%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 92 (49.73%) Windows
2 47 (25.41%) Windows Server
3 20 (10.81%) Windows 10
4 19 (10.27%) Android
5 11 (5.95%) Linux
6 5 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (2.16%) Unix
8 3 (1.62%) Mac OS
9 2 (1.08%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (30.27%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (27.03%) ITIL
3 30 (16.22%) Customer Service
4 21 (11.35%) ITSM
5 16 (8.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (8.65%) User Experience
6 14 (7.57%) Disaster Recovery
7 13 (7.03%) Asset Management
7 13 (7.03%) Service Management
8 12 (6.49%) Mentoring
9 11 (5.95%) IT Asset Management
9 11 (5.95%) Process Improvement
10 9 (4.86%) Service Delivery
11 8 (4.32%) Data Security
11 8 (4.32%) Project Delivery
11 8 (4.32%) Software Testing
11 8 (4.32%) Systems Analysis
12 7 (3.78%) Incident Management
12 7 (3.78%) Knowledge Transfer
12 7 (3.78%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.78%) SQL
2 6 (3.24%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.16%) VBA
4 1 (0.54%) Java
Qualifications
1 17 (9.19%) Degree
2 13 (7.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 11 (5.95%) ITIL Certification
4 10 (5.41%) Security Cleared
5 8 (4.32%) SC Cleared
6 7 (3.78%) A+ Certification
6 7 (3.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.62%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (1.08%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.54%) CCNA
9 1 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.54%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.95%) SLA
2 6 (3.24%) GDPR
3 4 (2.16%) QA
4 3 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 67 (36.22%) Active Directory
2 29 (15.68%) Hyper-V
3 20 (10.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.62%) Firmware
4 3 (1.62%) vSphere
5 2 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.08%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.54%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (8.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.70%) SCCM
3 3 (1.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.54%) Ansible
4 1 (0.54%) WSUS
Vendors
1 93 (50.27%) Microsoft
2 34 (18.38%) VMware
3 17 (9.19%) Citrix
4 9 (4.86%) Adobe
5 8 (4.32%) Veeam
6 6 (3.24%) Cisco
6 6 (3.24%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.70%) Apple
7 5 (2.70%) Dell
7 5 (2.70%) Zoho
8 3 (1.62%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.62%) Fujitsu
8 3 (1.62%) HP
8 3 (1.62%) SonicWALL
8 3 (1.62%) Supermicro
8 3 (1.62%) Virgin Media
9 2 (1.08%) Google
10 1 (0.54%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.54%) Sophos
10 1 (0.54%) Splunk