Support Technician Job Trends in Yorkshire

Support Technician
England > Yorkshire

The median Support Technician salary in Yorkshire is £28,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 April 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 111 127
Rank change year-on-year -15 +16 +155
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Technician 72 26 90
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.27% 1.14% 1.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.36% 1.21% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 62 25 80
10th Percentile £25,500 - £21,250
25th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £23,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £30,000 £26,750
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +12.15% -0.93%
75th Percentile £30,875 £31,250 £28,750
90th Percentile £35,000 £32,250 £33,750
England median annual salary £29,000 £31,500 £27,000
% change year-on-year -7.94% +16.67% -6.90%

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 5,277 2,155 5,342
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.13% 94.15% 95.41%
Number of salaries quoted 3,373 1,245 4,239
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £49,136
Median % change year-on-year - +1.76% -9.99%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

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 17 April 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 17 April 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 -22 24 £29,000 -1.69% 1
East Yorkshire -9 21 £28,000 -6.67% 5
South Yorkshire - 9 £35,000 - 3
Humberside - 5 £24,500 - 4
North Yorkshire -6 1 £27,501 -26.67% 1
Support Technician
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 April 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 38 (52.78%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (45.83%) Active Directory
3 28 (38.89%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (37.50%) Microsoft
5 24 (33.33%) Windows
6 22 (30.56%) Customer Service
6 22 (30.56%) ITIL
7 21 (29.17%) Microsoft Exchange
8 20 (27.78%) DHCP
8 20 (27.78%) DNS
9 18 (25.00%) SharePoint
9 18 (25.00%) Windows Server
10 16 (22.22%) LAN
11 15 (20.83%) WAN
12 13 (18.06%) Azure
13 12 (16.67%) A+ Certification
14 11 (15.28%) Patch Management
14 11 (15.28%) PostgreSQL
14 11 (15.28%) Service Delivery
14 11 (15.28%) SQL Server
14 11 (15.28%) Time Management
14 11 (15.28%) VMware
14 11 (15.28%) VMware Infrastructure
15 10 (13.89%) Android
15 10 (13.89%) Firewall
15 10 (13.89%) Hyper-V
15 10 (13.89%) Knowledge Transfer
15 10 (13.89%) TCP/IP
16 9 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
16 9 (12.50%) VPN

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 18 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 28 (38.89%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (18.06%) Azure
3 8 (11.11%) Power Platform
4 6 (8.33%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.39%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.39%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (27.78%) DHCP
1 20 (27.78%) DNS
2 16 (22.22%) LAN
3 15 (20.83%) WAN
4 10 (13.89%) Firewall
4 10 (13.89%) TCP/IP
5 9 (12.50%) VPN
6 8 (11.11%) VLAN
7 7 (9.72%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (8.33%) Network Security
9 2 (2.78%) WLAN
10 1 (1.39%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (15.28%) PostgreSQL
1 11 (15.28%) SQL Server
2 8 (11.11%) Power BI
3 3 (4.17%) MySQL
4 2 (2.78%) GIS
General
1 18 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (18.06%) Organisational Skills
3 9 (12.50%) Advertising
4 8 (11.11%) Aerospace
5 6 (8.33%) Manufacturing
6 3 (4.17%) Automotive
6 3 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (4.17%) Finance
6 3 (4.17%) Retail
7 1 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 24 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 9 (12.50%) Data Centre
3 6 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (5.56%) Replication
5 3 (4.17%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.39%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 24 (33.33%) Windows
2 18 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 10 (13.89%) Android
4 3 (4.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (52.78%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (30.56%) Customer Service
2 22 (30.56%) ITIL
3 11 (15.28%) Patch Management
3 11 (15.28%) Service Delivery
3 11 (15.28%) Time Management
4 10 (13.89%) Knowledge Transfer
5 8 (11.11%) Analytics
5 8 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (11.11%) Data Analytics
5 8 (11.11%) E-Commerce
5 8 (11.11%) ERP
6 6 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
6 6 (8.33%) ITSM
6 6 (8.33%) Mentoring
7 5 (6.94%) Cost Control
7 5 (6.94%) Project Delivery
8 3 (4.17%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.17%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (16.67%) A+ Certification
2 8 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
3 7 (9.72%) ITIL Certification
4 6 (8.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (4.17%) Degree
6 1 (1.39%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.17%) GDPR
1 3 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.39%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (45.83%) Active Directory
2 11 (15.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (13.89%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 27 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 11 (15.28%) VMware
3 5 (6.94%) Apple
4 4 (5.56%) Veeam
5 3 (4.17%) Adobe