Support Technician Job Trends in Yorkshire

Support Technician
England > Yorkshire

The median Support Technician salary in Yorkshire is £31,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 141 148
Rank change year-on-year +50 +7 +114
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Technician 72 11 32
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 2.13% 0.35% 0.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.31% 0.37% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 48 5 26
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,200 £23,250
25th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £25,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £28,000 £29,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% -5.08% +11.32%
75th Percentile £33,750 £38,750 £30,000
90th Percentile £35,000 £44,750 -
England median annual salary £30,000 £31,000 £27,925
% change year-on-year -3.23% +11.01% +1.55%

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 3,113 3,005 3,186
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.18% 96.53% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,857 1,209 2,543
10th Percentile £27,450 £29,310 £28,000
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% -6.50%

Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Support Technician' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Support Technician job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Support Technician
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for Support Technician job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Support Technician job vacancies in Yorkshire

Support Technician
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Technician in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Support Technician in Yorkshire

Support Technician
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Technician within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 14 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
East Yorkshire +14 20 £32,500 -13.33%
West Yorkshire -10 19 £32,250 +29.00% 3
South Yorkshire +10 10 £30,750 - 4
Humberside - 6 £30,000 -
North Yorkshire +1 2 £26,000 -20.61%
Support Technician
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Support Technician 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 Support Technician in the job title.

1 46 (63.89%) Microsoft
2 43 (59.72%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (51.39%) Azure
4 32 (44.44%) Windows
5 30 (41.67%) Active Directory
6 27 (37.50%) ITIL
6 27 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (33.33%) VMware
7 24 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
8 22 (30.56%) Customer Service
9 21 (29.17%) Microsoft Exchange
10 20 (27.78%) Firewall
10 20 (27.78%) Hyper-V
11 19 (26.39%) Microsoft Intune
12 18 (25.00%) SAN
13 17 (23.61%) Entra ID
13 17 (23.61%) LAN
13 17 (23.61%) Project Delivery
13 17 (23.61%) VLAN
13 17 (23.61%) Windows Server
14 16 (22.22%) SharePoint
15 15 (20.83%) WAN
16 14 (19.44%) Android
17 13 (18.06%) Microsoft Office
17 13 (18.06%) TCP/IP
18 12 (16.67%) SQL
18 12 (16.67%) VPN
19 11 (15.28%) ITIL Certification
19 11 (15.28%) Microsoft Certification
19 11 (15.28%) Migration

Support Technician 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 21 (29.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (22.22%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.39%) CMS
3 1 (1.39%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (18.06%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 43 (59.72%) Microsoft 365
2 37 (51.39%) Azure
3 17 (23.61%) Entra ID
4 11 (15.28%) SaaS
5 1 (1.39%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 20 (27.78%) Firewall
2 18 (25.00%) SAN
3 17 (23.61%) LAN
3 17 (23.61%) VLAN
4 15 (20.83%) WAN
5 13 (18.06%) TCP/IP
6 12 (16.67%) VPN
7 9 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (9.72%) VoIP
9 6 (8.33%) Cisco IOS
9 6 (8.33%) DHCP
9 6 (8.33%) DNS
9 6 (8.33%) Network Security
10 2 (2.78%) WLAN
11 1 (1.39%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.78%) GIS
1 2 (2.78%) MySQL
1 2 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (2.78%) SQL Server
General
1 21 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 15 (20.83%) Manufacturing
3 11 (15.28%) Advertising
4 7 (9.72%) Aerospace
5 3 (4.17%) Finance
6 2 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.78%) Retail
7 1 (1.39%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.39%) CSS
1 1 (1.39%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (26.39%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (23.61%) Driving Licence
3 11 (15.28%) Data Centre
4 7 (9.72%) Clustering
4 7 (9.72%) Replication
5 4 (5.56%) Management Information System
5 4 (5.56%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 32 (44.44%) Windows
2 17 (23.61%) Windows Server
3 14 (19.44%) Android
4 9 (12.50%) Linux
5 7 (9.72%) Windows 10
5 7 (9.72%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (37.50%) ITIL
1 27 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (30.56%) Customer Service
3 17 (23.61%) Project Delivery
4 11 (15.28%) Migration
5 10 (13.89%) Service Delivery
6 8 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
6 8 (11.11%) Mentoring
6 8 (11.11%) Time Management
7 7 (9.72%) Knowledge Transfer
8 6 (8.33%) Preventative Maintenance
8 6 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
9 4 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (5.56%) Data Security
10 3 (4.17%) Continuous Improvement
11 2 (2.78%) Break/Fix
11 2 (2.78%) Decision-Making
11 2 (2.78%) ISMS
11 2 (2.78%) Patch Management
12 1 (1.39%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 12 (16.67%) SQL
2 2 (2.78%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (15.28%) ITIL Certification
1 11 (15.28%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (13.89%) Degree
3 6 (8.33%) A+ Certification
4 2 (2.78%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.39%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.50%) SLA
2 2 (2.78%) GDPR
2 2 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 30 (41.67%) Active Directory
2 24 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (27.78%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 19 (26.39%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 46 (63.89%) Microsoft
2 24 (33.33%) VMware
3 7 (9.72%) Dell
3 7 (9.72%) HP
3 7 (9.72%) SonicWALL
3 7 (9.72%) Supermicro
3 7 (9.72%) Veeam
4 6 (8.33%) Cisco
5 4 (5.56%) Adobe