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 31 August 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 33 44
Rank change year-on-year -8 +11 +83
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 230 196 193
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 3.06% 5.77% 3.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.25% 6.75% 3.91%
Number of salaries quoted 213 194 133
10th Percentile £25,500 £23,500 £15,200
25th Percentile £27,000 £25,813 £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 £35,000 £34,438 £31,500
90th Percentile £39,200 £41,000 £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 7,069 2,902 4,941
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 85.38% 94.69%
Number of salaries quoted 4,996 1,676 2,971
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £30,500 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £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 31 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 31 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 -15 69 £32,000 -1.54% 8
East Yorkshire -8 41 £29,500 -7.81% 3
North Yorkshire +24 37 £30,500 -10.29% 13
South Yorkshire -31 30 £28,000 +4.67% 5
IT Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 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.

1 132 (57.39%) Microsoft 365
2 120 (52.17%) Microsoft
3 113 (49.13%) Windows
4 82 (35.65%) Active Directory
5 78 (33.91%) Problem-Solving
6 69 (30.00%) Azure
7 55 (23.91%) Customer Service
8 54 (23.48%) Windows Server
9 45 (19.57%) SharePoint
10 41 (17.83%) Microsoft Intune
11 35 (15.22%) Entra ID
12 31 (13.48%) DHCP
12 31 (13.48%) DNS
12 31 (13.48%) Microsoft Exchange
13 30 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
13 30 (13.04%) Firewall
14 28 (12.17%) Hyper-V
14 28 (12.17%) ITSM
15 26 (11.30%) Continuous Improvement
16 23 (10.00%) Service Management
17 22 (9.57%) Cyber Essentials
17 22 (9.57%) Wireless
18 21 (9.13%) ERP
18 21 (9.13%) Wi-Fi
19 20 (8.70%) Degree
19 20 (8.70%) LAN
19 20 (8.70%) WAN
20 18 (7.83%) Windows 10
21 17 (7.39%) Disaster Recovery
21 17 (7.39%) 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 (19.57%) SharePoint
2 31 (13.48%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (3.04%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.30%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.30%) NetSuite
1 3 (1.30%) SystmOne
2 1 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 132 (57.39%) Microsoft 365
2 69 (30.00%) Azure
3 35 (15.22%) Entra ID
4 14 (6.09%) Power Platform
5 12 (5.22%) OneDrive
6 4 (1.74%) AWS
6 4 (1.74%) Microsoft Copilot
6 4 (1.74%) Mimecast
7 3 (1.30%) NetDocuments
8 1 (0.43%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 31 (13.48%) DHCP
1 31 (13.48%) DNS
2 30 (13.04%) Firewall
3 22 (9.57%) Wireless
4 21 (9.13%) Wi-Fi
5 20 (8.70%) LAN
5 20 (8.70%) WAN
6 17 (7.39%) TCP/IP
7 13 (5.65%) VPN
8 8 (3.48%) VoIP
9 6 (2.61%) VLAN
10 4 (1.74%) Remote Desktop
10 4 (1.74%) WLAN
11 1 (0.43%) ADSL
11 1 (0.43%) Broadband
11 1 (0.43%) IP Telephony
11 1 (0.43%) ISDN
11 1 (0.43%) VDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.91%) Power BI
2 6 (2.61%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (2.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (1.74%) JIRA
General
1 61 (26.52%) Social Skills
2 20 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
3 18 (7.83%) Manufacturing
4 14 (6.09%) Advertising
5 12 (5.22%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (2.61%) Finance
6 6 (2.61%) Law
7 4 (1.74%) Legal
8 3 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.30%) Marketing
8 3 (1.30%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.43%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.43%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.74%) HTML
1 4 (1.74%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 31 (13.48%) Driving Licence
2 15 (6.52%) Onboarding
3 14 (6.09%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.91%) CCTV
4 9 (3.91%) Operational Technology
5 6 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (2.61%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 3 (1.30%) CMDB
6 3 (1.30%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.30%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.43%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.43%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.43%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 113 (49.13%) Windows
2 54 (23.48%) Windows Server
3 18 (7.83%) Windows 10
4 13 (5.65%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (3.48%) Android
5 8 (3.48%) Linux
6 5 (2.17%) Mac OS
6 5 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.74%) Unix
8 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (33.91%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (23.91%) Customer Service
3 30 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
4 28 (12.17%) ITSM
5 26 (11.30%) Continuous Improvement
6 23 (10.00%) Service Management
7 21 (9.13%) ERP
8 17 (7.39%) Disaster Recovery
9 16 (6.96%) ITIL
10 14 (6.09%) Service Delivery
11 12 (5.22%) Patch Management
11 12 (5.22%) Stakeholder Management
12 11 (4.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 9 (3.91%) Asset Management
13 9 (3.91%) Business Intelligence
14 8 (3.48%) Identity Management
14 8 (3.48%) IT Asset Management
14 8 (3.48%) Project Delivery
15 7 (3.04%) Multi-Factor Authentication
15 7 (3.04%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.65%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (8.70%) Degree
2 13 (5.65%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (3.91%) A+ Certification
3 9 (3.91%) Network+ Certification
4 7 (3.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 5 (2.17%) Azure Certification
5 5 (2.17%) CCNA
5 5 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.57%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (4.35%) QA
3 9 (3.91%) SLA
4 7 (3.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (2.17%) GDPR
6 4 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.30%) PMO
System Software
1 82 (35.65%) Active Directory
2 28 (12.17%) Hyper-V
3 6 (2.61%) Firmware
4 2 (0.87%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 41 (17.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 120 (52.17%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.96%) Cisco
3 13 (5.65%) Meraki
4 9 (3.91%) SonicWALL
5 8 (3.48%) Freshdesk
6 6 (2.61%) VMware
7 5 (2.17%) HubSpot
7 5 (2.17%) Veeam
8 4 (1.74%) CheckPoint
8 4 (1.74%) iManage
9 3 (1.30%) Apple
10 2 (0.87%) Draytek
11 1 (0.43%) Citrix
11 1 (0.43%) Mitel
11 1 (0.43%) Salesforce