Support Technician Job Trends in Yorkshire

Support Technician
England > Yorkshire

The median Support Technician salary in Yorkshire is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 144 150
Rank change year-on-year +54 +6 +111
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Technician 72 12 29
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 2.17% 0.36% 0.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.35% 0.38% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 49 6 23
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £26,500 £25,313 £26,301
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £27,750 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £33,750 £36,313 -
90th Percentile £35,450 £43,750 -
England median annual salary £30,000 £30,620 £28,500
% change year-on-year -2.02% +7.44% +3.64%

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 3,059 3,175 2,909
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 96.30% 96.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,836 1,317 2,308
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,580 £28,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £51,498
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -2.91% -1.91%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £83,825
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

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 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 2025. 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 +13 21 £32,500 +18.18%
West Yorkshire +3 18 £32,500 +30.00% 4
South Yorkshire +8 10 £26,500 - 3
Humberside +4 6 £30,000 -
North Yorkshire -4 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 31 December 2025, 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 49 (68.06%) Microsoft
2 46 (63.89%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (52.78%) Azure
4 35 (48.61%) Windows
5 30 (41.67%) Active Directory
6 27 (37.50%) ITIL
6 27 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
7 24 (33.33%) VMware
7 24 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
8 22 (30.56%) Customer Service
8 22 (30.56%) Microsoft Intune
9 21 (29.17%) Hyper-V
10 19 (26.39%) Firewall
10 19 (26.39%) SAN
11 18 (25.00%) Entra ID
12 17 (23.61%) LAN
12 17 (23.61%) Project Delivery
12 17 (23.61%) Windows Server
13 16 (22.22%) Android
13 16 (22.22%) SharePoint
13 16 (22.22%) VLAN
14 15 (20.83%) WAN
15 13 (18.06%) Microsoft Office
16 12 (16.67%) Degree
16 12 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
16 12 (16.67%) SQL
17 11 (15.28%) ITIL Certification
17 11 (15.28%) Migration
17 11 (15.28%) SaaS

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 24 (33.33%) 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 46 (63.89%) Microsoft 365
2 38 (52.78%) Azure
3 18 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 11 (15.28%) SaaS
5 1 (1.39%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 19 (26.39%) Firewall
1 19 (26.39%) SAN
2 17 (23.61%) LAN
3 16 (22.22%) VLAN
4 15 (20.83%) WAN
5 11 (15.28%) TCP/IP
6 10 (13.89%) VoIP
6 10 (13.89%) VPN
7 8 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
8 7 (9.72%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (5.56%) DHCP
9 4 (5.56%) DNS
9 4 (5.56%) Network Security
10 2 (2.78%) WLAN
11 1 (1.39%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
General
1 23 (31.94%) Social Skills
2 13 (18.06%) Manufacturing
3 11 (15.28%) Advertising
4 3 (4.17%) Aerospace
5 2 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.39%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.39%) Finance
6 1 (1.39%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.39%) CSS
1 1 (1.39%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (29.17%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (23.61%) Driving Licence
3 11 (15.28%) Data Centre
4 8 (11.11%) Clustering
5 7 (9.72%) Replication
6 4 (5.56%) Management Information System
6 4 (5.56%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 35 (48.61%) Windows
2 17 (23.61%) Windows Server
3 16 (22.22%) Android
4 10 (13.89%) Linux
5 8 (11.11%) Windows 10
5 8 (11.11%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (2.78%) Mac OS
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%) Mentoring
6 8 (11.11%) Preventative Maintenance
6 8 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
7 7 (9.72%) Knowledge Transfer
8 6 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (8.33%) Time Management
9 4 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (5.56%) Data Security
10 2 (2.78%) Break/Fix
10 2 (2.78%) ISMS
10 2 (2.78%) Mathematics
11 1 (1.39%) Collaborative Culture
11 1 (1.39%) Digital Innovation
11 1 (1.39%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 12 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (16.67%) Degree
1 12 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (15.28%) ITIL Certification
3 4 (5.56%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.39%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (41.67%) Active Directory
2 24 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (29.17%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 22 (30.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 49 (68.06%) Microsoft
2 24 (33.33%) VMware
3 8 (11.11%) Cisco
3 8 (11.11%) Dell
3 8 (11.11%) HP
3 8 (11.11%) SonicWALL
3 8 (11.11%) Supermicro
4 7 (9.72%) Veeam
5 4 (5.56%) Adobe