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 3 August 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 37 42
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 +89
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 252 194 203
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 3.51% 5.48% 3.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.71% 6.38% 4.20%
Number of salaries quoted 227 192 154
10th Percentile £25,500 £23,500 £16,000
25th Percentile £27,063 £25,750 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £30,500 £27,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +12.96% -10.00%
75th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £31,750
90th Percentile £42,500 £43,250 £38,750
England median annual salary £32,500 £31,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year +3.17% +6.78% -7.81%

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 6,791 3,041 4,831
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 85.93% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 4,735 1,646 3,298
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,000
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 3 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 3 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 -9 71 £32,500 - 10
East Yorkshire -11 44 £28,750 -10.16% 1
South Yorkshire -21 36 £28,000 +5.66% 12
North Yorkshire +35 35 £31,000 -8.82% 9
Humberside - 3 £24,500 - 2
IT Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 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.

1 141 (55.95%) Microsoft 365
2 136 (53.97%) Microsoft
3 121 (48.02%) Windows
4 92 (36.51%) Active Directory
5 79 (31.35%) Problem-Solving
6 70 (27.78%) Azure
7 56 (22.22%) Customer Service
7 56 (22.22%) Windows Server
8 43 (17.06%) SharePoint
9 38 (15.08%) Microsoft Intune
10 37 (14.68%) DHCP
10 37 (14.68%) DNS
11 31 (12.30%) Microsoft Exchange
12 29 (11.51%) Continuous Improvement
13 28 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
13 28 (11.11%) Entra ID
14 27 (10.71%) ERP
15 24 (9.52%) Firewall
16 23 (9.13%) Cyber Essentials
16 23 (9.13%) ITSM
16 23 (9.13%) LAN
16 23 (9.13%) TCP/IP
16 23 (9.13%) WAN
17 22 (8.73%) Hyper-V
17 22 (8.73%) Windows 10
17 22 (8.73%) Wireless
18 21 (8.33%) ITIL
19 20 (7.94%) Degree
19 20 (7.94%) Service Management
20 19 (7.54%) Microsoft Office

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 43 (17.06%) SharePoint
2 31 (12.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 19 (7.54%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.59%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.40%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 141 (55.95%) Microsoft 365
2 70 (27.78%) Azure
3 28 (11.11%) Entra ID
4 14 (5.56%) Power Platform
5 7 (2.78%) OneDrive
6 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (1.59%) AWS
7 4 (1.59%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.40%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 37 (14.68%) DHCP
1 37 (14.68%) DNS
2 24 (9.52%) Firewall
3 23 (9.13%) LAN
3 23 (9.13%) TCP/IP
3 23 (9.13%) WAN
4 22 (8.73%) Wireless
5 17 (6.75%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (3.57%) VoIP
6 9 (3.57%) VPN
7 7 (2.78%) VLAN
8 4 (1.59%) WLAN
9 3 (1.19%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.40%) ADSL
10 1 (0.40%) BGP
10 1 (0.40%) Broadband
10 1 (0.40%) ISDN
10 1 (0.40%) MPLS
10 1 (0.40%) VDSL
10 1 (0.40%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.57%) Power BI
2 8 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (3.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (2.38%) JIRA
2 1 (0.40%) GitLab
General
1 66 (26.19%) Social Skills
2 29 (11.51%) Organisational Skills
3 17 (6.75%) Advertising
4 16 (6.35%) Manufacturing
5 11 (4.37%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.17%) Law
7 6 (2.38%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.98%) Finance
9 4 (1.59%) Legal
10 3 (1.19%) Agriculture
11 2 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.79%) Marketing
11 2 (0.79%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.40%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.40%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.59%) HTML
1 4 (1.59%) JSON
2 1 (0.40%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 31 (12.30%) Driving Licence
2 15 (5.95%) Onboarding
3 14 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.78%) Operational Technology
5 6 (2.38%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 5 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.19%) CCTV
7 3 (1.19%) CMDB
7 3 (1.19%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.79%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.40%) Fibre Optics
9 1 (0.40%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.40%) PKI
9 1 (0.40%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.40%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 121 (48.02%) Windows
2 56 (22.22%) Windows Server
3 22 (8.73%) Windows 10
4 13 (5.16%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (3.97%) Android
6 6 (2.38%) Linux
7 5 (1.98%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (1.19%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.79%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.40%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (31.35%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (22.22%) Customer Service
3 29 (11.51%) Continuous Improvement
4 28 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
5 27 (10.71%) ERP
6 23 (9.13%) ITSM
7 21 (8.33%) ITIL
8 20 (7.94%) Service Management
9 16 (6.35%) Service Delivery
10 15 (5.95%) Disaster Recovery
11 13 (5.16%) Incident Management
11 13 (5.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 11 (4.37%) Patch Management
13 10 (3.97%) Mentoring
14 9 (3.57%) Business Intelligence
14 9 (3.57%) Root Cause Analysis
15 8 (3.17%) Analytics
15 8 (3.17%) Data Analytics
15 8 (3.17%) E-Commerce
15 8 (3.17%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (6.75%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (7.94%) Degree
2 15 (5.95%) A+ Certification
3 12 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (4.37%) Network+ Certification
5 8 (3.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (2.38%) CCNA
6 6 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (2.38%) Security Cleared
7 5 (1.98%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.19%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.19%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.40%) ACSP
10 1 (0.40%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.13%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (3.57%) SLA
3 8 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.98%) QA
5 3 (1.19%) GDPR
5 3 (1.19%) PMO
6 1 (0.40%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 92 (36.51%) Active Directory
2 22 (8.73%) Hyper-V
3 6 (2.38%) Firmware
4 4 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.79%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.40%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 38 (15.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.19%) SCCM
3 2 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.40%) Ansible
4 1 (0.40%) WSUS
Vendors
1 136 (53.97%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.14%) Cisco
3 16 (6.35%) Meraki
4 15 (5.95%) VMware
5 9 (3.57%) Apple
6 8 (3.17%) Freshdesk
7 7 (2.78%) Citrix
8 5 (1.98%) Veeam
9 4 (1.59%) CheckPoint
9 4 (1.59%) iManage
10 3 (1.19%) HubSpot
10 3 (1.19%) Mitel
10 3 (1.19%) SonicWALL
11 2 (0.79%) Draytek
12 1 (0.40%) Infor
12 1 (0.40%) Sage
12 1 (0.40%) Salesforce
12 1 (0.40%) SAP
12 1 (0.40%) Splunk