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 6 July 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 41 38
Rank change year-on-year +8 -3 +94
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 278 175 267
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 4.06% 5.25% 4.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.30% 6.13% 4.52%
Number of salaries quoted 242 172 213
10th Percentile £25,500 £21,475 £16,400
25th Percentile £27,250 £25,750 £23,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £30,000 £27,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -9.24%
75th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
90th Percentile £43,750 £43,700 £38,750
England median annual salary £32,500 £31,500 £29,000
% change year-on-year +3.17% +8.62% -7.94%

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 6,468 2,857 5,905
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.41% 85.74% 94.84%
Number of salaries quoted 4,458 1,515 4,441
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £39,813 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -1.01% -5.71%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £56,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.77% +7.62% -12.50%

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 6 July 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 6 July 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 +8 75 £32,500 -2.99% 8
East Yorkshire -10 48 £28,500 -10.94% 5
South Yorkshire -23 40 £29,000 +7.41% 7
North Yorkshire +19 29 £32,500 -4.41% 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 6 July 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.

1 147 (52.88%) Microsoft
2 140 (50.36%) Microsoft 365
3 127 (45.68%) Windows
4 103 (37.05%) Active Directory
5 92 (33.09%) Problem-Solving
6 65 (23.38%) Azure
7 58 (20.86%) Windows Server
8 55 (19.78%) Customer Service
9 48 (17.27%) DHCP
9 48 (17.27%) DNS
10 39 (14.03%) SharePoint
11 38 (13.67%) Continuous Improvement
12 36 (12.95%) Microsoft Office
13 32 (11.51%) Microsoft Exchange
14 30 (10.79%) LAN
14 30 (10.79%) WAN
15 28 (10.07%) Degree
15 28 (10.07%) VMware
16 27 (9.71%) ERP
17 25 (8.99%) Cybersecurity
17 25 (8.99%) ITIL
18 24 (8.63%) Microsoft Intune
18 24 (8.63%) TCP/IP
19 23 (8.27%) Cyber Essentials
19 23 (8.27%) Firewall
19 23 (8.27%) Windows 10
20 22 (7.91%) PowerShell
21 19 (6.83%) Cisco
21 19 (6.83%) Entra ID
21 19 (6.83%) Incident 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 39 (14.03%) SharePoint
2 32 (11.51%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 36 (12.95%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.44%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 140 (50.36%) Microsoft 365
2 65 (23.38%) Azure
3 19 (6.83%) Entra ID
4 13 (4.68%) Power Platform
5 8 (2.88%) AWS
6 5 (1.80%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (1.44%) Mimecast
8 3 (1.08%) Google Workspace
8 3 (1.08%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.36%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.36%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 48 (17.27%) DHCP
1 48 (17.27%) DNS
2 30 (10.79%) LAN
2 30 (10.79%) WAN
3 24 (8.63%) TCP/IP
4 23 (8.27%) Firewall
5 18 (6.47%) Wi-Fi
6 15 (5.40%) Wireless
7 10 (3.60%) VoIP
7 10 (3.60%) VPN
8 9 (3.24%) VLAN
9 4 (1.44%) Asterisk PBX
9 4 (1.44%) BGP
9 4 (1.44%) MPLS
9 4 (1.44%) SD-WAN
9 4 (1.44%) Software-Defined Networking
9 4 (1.44%) VPLS
9 4 (1.44%) WLAN
10 3 (1.08%) IP Telephony
11 2 (0.72%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.32%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.60%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (2.88%) Power BI
4 2 (0.72%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (2.16%) JIRA
2 4 (1.44%) GitLab
General
1 85 (30.58%) Social Skills
2 41 (14.75%) Organisational Skills
3 22 (7.91%) Manufacturing
4 17 (6.12%) Advertising
5 10 (3.60%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.16%) Finance
7 6 (2.16%) Law
8 5 (1.80%) Agriculture
8 5 (1.80%) Social Housing
9 4 (1.44%) Legal
9 4 (1.44%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.08%) Multimedia
10 3 (1.08%) Retail
11 2 (0.72%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.36%) Marketing
12 1 (0.36%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.44%) HTML
1 4 (1.44%) JSON
1 4 (1.44%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 46 (16.55%) Driving Licence
2 19 (6.83%) Onboarding
3 17 (6.12%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.52%) Renewable Energy
5 6 (2.16%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.16%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 6 (2.16%) Operational Technology
6 4 (1.44%) PKI
7 3 (1.08%) CMDB
7 3 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.72%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.36%) Fibre Optics
9 1 (0.36%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.36%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 127 (45.68%) Windows
2 58 (20.86%) Windows Server
3 23 (8.27%) Windows 10
4 16 (5.76%) Windows Server 2019
5 12 (4.32%) Android
6 10 (3.60%) Linux
7 9 (3.24%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (1.80%) Mac OS
9 4 (1.44%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.72%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (33.09%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (19.78%) Customer Service
3 38 (13.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 27 (9.71%) ERP
5 25 (8.99%) Cybersecurity
5 25 (8.99%) ITIL
6 19 (6.83%) Incident Management
6 19 (6.83%) ITSM
7 17 (6.12%) Service Delivery
8 16 (5.76%) Disaster Recovery
8 16 (5.76%) Service Management
9 15 (5.40%) Mentoring
10 12 (4.32%) Process Improvement
10 12 (4.32%) Root Cause Analysis
11 11 (3.96%) Patch Management
12 10 (3.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 8 (2.88%) Data Analytics
13 8 (2.88%) Knowledge Transfer
13 8 (2.88%) Proactive Monitoring
13 8 (2.88%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 22 (7.91%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 28 (10.07%) Degree
2 19 (6.83%) Security Cleared
3 18 (6.47%) A+ Certification
4 13 (4.68%) Network+ Certification
5 10 (3.60%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (3.60%) SC Cleared
6 9 (3.24%) CCNA
6 9 (3.24%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (3.24%) DV Cleared
7 8 (2.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 5 (1.80%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.36%) ACSP
10 1 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.27%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (3.24%) SLA
3 8 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 7 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.44%) GDPR
6 3 (1.08%) QA
7 2 (0.72%) PMO
8 1 (0.36%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 103 (37.05%) Active Directory
2 18 (6.47%) Hyper-V
3 10 (3.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.16%) Firmware
5 4 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.44%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.44%) vSphere
6 2 (0.72%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 24 (8.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 5 (1.80%) SCCM
4 4 (1.44%) Ansible
4 4 (1.44%) WSUS
5 2 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 147 (52.88%) Microsoft
2 28 (10.07%) VMware
3 19 (6.83%) Cisco
4 17 (6.12%) Meraki
5 14 (5.04%) Citrix
6 11 (3.96%) Apple
7 8 (2.88%) Freshdesk
8 6 (2.16%) HubSpot
8 6 (2.16%) Veeam
9 4 (1.44%) CheckPoint
9 4 (1.44%) iManage
9 4 (1.44%) Splunk
10 3 (1.08%) Fortinet
10 3 (1.08%) Fujitsu
10 3 (1.08%) Google
10 3 (1.08%) Mitel
10 3 (1.08%) Virgin Media
11 2 (0.72%) Draytek
12 1 (0.36%) Infor
12 1 (0.36%) WatchGuard