IT Support Job Trends in Yorkshire

IT Support
England > Yorkshire

The median IT Support salary in Yorkshire is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 May 2026.

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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 19 43
Rank change year-on-year -18 +24 +95
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 252 241 245
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 4.08% 9.69% 4.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.35% 10.37% 4.57%
Number of salaries quoted 207 136 216
10th Percentile £25,500 £23,750 £21,000
25th Percentile £27,063 £25,750 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £29,750 £27,750
Median % change year-on-year +0.84% +7.21% +0.91%
75th Percentile £35,000 £33,563 £32,500
90th Percentile £43,750 £37,500 £38,750
England median annual salary £31,000 £31,500 £29,000
% change year-on-year -1.59% +8.62% -6.45%

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 5,787 2,323 5,362
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.76% 93.37% 95.16%
Number of salaries quoted 3,759 1,291 4,278
10th Percentile £29,500 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £49,205
Median % change year-on-year - +1.62% -10.34%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -6.78% +9.26% -11.18%

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 11 May 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 11 May 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 -60 58 £32,500 +8.33% 10
East Yorkshire -13 52 £29,500 -7.81% 5
South Yorkshire -18 37 £30,000 +25.00% 8
North Yorkshire +3 19 £30,000 -11.76% 5
Humberside - 5 £24,500 - 3
IT Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 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.

1 130 (51.59%) Microsoft
2 121 (48.02%) Windows
3 117 (46.43%) Microsoft 365
4 98 (38.89%) Active Directory
5 82 (32.54%) Problem-Solving
6 59 (23.41%) Azure
6 59 (23.41%) Windows Server
7 52 (20.63%) DHCP
7 52 (20.63%) DNS
8 47 (18.65%) Customer Service
9 44 (17.46%) Microsoft Office
10 41 (16.27%) VMware
11 35 (13.89%) Microsoft Exchange
12 34 (13.49%) ITIL
13 33 (13.10%) LAN
13 33 (13.10%) WAN
14 30 (11.90%) SharePoint
15 29 (11.51%) Continuous Improvement
15 29 (11.51%) TCP/IP
16 27 (10.71%) Degree
17 24 (9.52%) Security Cleared
18 23 (9.13%) Firewall
19 22 (8.73%) Citrix
20 21 (8.33%) Windows 10
21 20 (7.94%) Android
22 19 (7.54%) ERP
22 19 (7.54%) Wi-Fi
23 18 (7.14%) Hyper-V
23 18 (7.14%) Incident Management
23 18 (7.14%) PowerShell

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 35 (13.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (11.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 44 (17.46%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.40%) Acrobat
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.40%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 117 (46.43%) Microsoft 365
2 59 (23.41%) Azure
3 10 (3.97%) Power Platform
4 9 (3.57%) AWS
5 5 (1.98%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.19%) Google Workspace
6 3 (1.19%) SaaS
7 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.40%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 52 (20.63%) DHCP
1 52 (20.63%) DNS
2 33 (13.10%) LAN
2 33 (13.10%) WAN
3 29 (11.51%) TCP/IP
4 23 (9.13%) Firewall
5 19 (7.54%) Wi-Fi
6 16 (6.35%) VLAN
7 15 (5.95%) VPN
8 8 (3.17%) VoIP
9 6 (2.38%) WLAN
10 4 (1.59%) Asterisk PBX
10 4 (1.59%) BGP
10 4 (1.59%) MPLS
10 4 (1.59%) SD-WAN
10 4 (1.59%) Software-Defined Networking
10 4 (1.59%) VPLS
10 4 (1.59%) Wireless
11 3 (1.19%) IP Telephony
11 3 (1.19%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.95%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.37%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (3.17%) Power BI
4 3 (1.19%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (2.38%) JIRA
2 4 (1.59%) GitLab
General
1 77 (30.56%) Social Skills
2 42 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
3 32 (12.70%) Manufacturing
4 19 (7.54%) Advertising
5 13 (5.16%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (3.97%) Law
7 8 (3.17%) Aerospace
7 8 (3.17%) Retail
8 6 (2.38%) Finance
9 5 (1.98%) Agriculture
9 5 (1.98%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (1.98%) Social Housing
10 4 (1.59%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.19%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.40%) Games
12 1 (0.40%) Legal
12 1 (0.40%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.59%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (0.40%) HTML
2 1 (0.40%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 46 (18.25%) Driving Licence
2 18 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (6.35%) Onboarding
4 11 (4.37%) Renewable Energy
5 10 (3.97%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.98%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.59%) PKI
8 3 (1.19%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.19%) NHS
8 3 (1.19%) Replication
9 1 (0.40%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 121 (48.02%) Windows
2 59 (23.41%) Windows Server
3 21 (8.33%) Windows 10
4 20 (7.94%) Android
5 11 (4.37%) Linux
6 6 (2.38%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (2.38%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (1.98%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.59%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (1.19%) Unix
10 2 (0.79%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (32.54%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (18.65%) Customer Service
3 34 (13.49%) ITIL
4 29 (11.51%) Continuous Improvement
5 19 (7.54%) ERP
6 18 (7.14%) Incident Management
6 18 (7.14%) Process Improvement
7 17 (6.75%) Cybersecurity
8 16 (6.35%) Service Delivery
9 14 (5.56%) ITSM
10 12 (4.76%) Disaster Recovery
10 12 (4.76%) Mentoring
10 12 (4.76%) Patch Management
10 12 (4.76%) Root Cause Analysis
10 12 (4.76%) Service Management
11 11 (4.37%) Knowledge Transfer
11 11 (4.37%) Systems Analysis
11 11 (4.37%) Time Management
12 8 (3.17%) Business Intelligence
12 8 (3.17%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.14%) PowerShell
2 6 (2.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (10.71%) Degree
2 24 (9.52%) Security Cleared
3 16 (6.35%) A+ Certification
4 15 (5.95%) SC Cleared
5 11 (4.37%) Network+ Certification
6 9 (3.57%) DV Cleared
7 8 (3.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 6 (2.38%) CCNA
8 6 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.79%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.40%) ACSP
11 1 (0.40%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.40%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.97%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.59%) QA
4 3 (1.19%) GDPR
4 3 (1.19%) SLA
5 1 (0.40%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 98 (38.89%) Active Directory
2 18 (7.14%) Hyper-V
2 18 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.98%) vSphere
4 4 (1.59%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (1.59%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.79%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.40%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 8 (3.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 5 (1.98%) SCCM
4 4 (1.59%) Ansible
4 4 (1.59%) WSUS
5 2 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 130 (51.59%) Microsoft
2 41 (16.27%) VMware
3 22 (8.73%) Citrix
4 12 (4.76%) Apple
5 10 (3.97%) Cisco
6 9 (3.57%) Meraki
7 7 (2.78%) Veeam
8 6 (2.38%) HubSpot
9 4 (1.59%) Splunk
10 3 (1.19%) Fortinet
10 3 (1.19%) Fujitsu
10 3 (1.19%) Google
10 3 (1.19%) Mitel
10 3 (1.19%) Virgin Media
10 3 (1.19%) Zoho
11 1 (0.40%) Adobe
11 1 (0.40%) Dell
11 1 (0.40%) Draytek
11 1 (0.40%) Infor
11 1 (0.40%) WatchGuard