IT Support Jobs in Berkshire

IT Support
South East > Berkshire

The median IT Support salary in Berkshire is £27,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 104 126
Rank change year-on-year +18 +22 +24
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 83 80 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.48% 2.73% 1.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.60% 2.96% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 80 32 56
10th Percentile £22,750 £24,500 £22,500
25th Percentile £25,500 £25,453 £25,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £28,875 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.49% -3.75% -4.76%
75th Percentile £37,438 £40,438 £33,750
90th Percentile £43,750 £57,500 £40,750
South East median annual salary £29,500 £30,000 £28,000
% change year-on-year -1.67% +7.14% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 3,193 2,707 3,525
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.54% 92.23% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2,181 1,579 2,164
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +0.88% +3.64%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings that featured IT Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Berkshire

IT Support
Salary Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Support in Berkshire.

Salary trend for IT Support in Berkshire

IT Support
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support in Berkshire over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Support in Berkshire

IT Support
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 10 June 2024. 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
Reading +14 48 £27,000 -17.56% 6
Wokingham - 8 £23,500 -
Bracknell +8 7 £42,500 +8.28%
Slough +21 6 £30,500 +7.49% 2
Ascot - 6 £40,250 -
Maidenhead +20 1 £24,000 -4.00% 1
IT Support
South East

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 10 June 2024, IT Support job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Berkshire region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 56 (67.47%) Microsoft 365
2 40 (48.19%) Customer Service
3 34 (40.96%) Microsoft
4 20 (24.10%) Active Directory
4 20 (24.10%) Social Skills
5 17 (20.48%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (20.48%) Windows
5 17 (20.48%) SharePoint
6 14 (16.87%) Microsoft Exchange
7 12 (14.46%) Azure
8 11 (13.25%) SQL
8 11 (13.25%) Firewall
9 10 (12.05%) Microsoft Office
10 9 (10.84%) SSL
10 9 (10.84%) VLAN
10 9 (10.84%) Android
10 9 (10.84%) Network Security
11 8 (9.64%) Data Integration
11 8 (9.64%) Barracuda Networks
11 8 (9.64%) Windows 10
11 8 (9.64%) Apple
12 7 (8.43%) Project Management
12 7 (8.43%) Analytical Skills
12 7 (8.43%) Mathematics
13 6 (7.23%) VMware Infrastructure
13 6 (7.23%) Driving Licence
13 6 (7.23%) Windows Server
13 6 (7.23%) Linux
13 6 (7.23%) VMware
14 5 (6.02%) Project Planning

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (20.48%) SharePoint
2 14 (16.87%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (12.05%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (6.02%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 56 (67.47%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (14.46%) Azure
3 5 (6.02%) iTunes
4 2 (2.41%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 11 (13.25%) Firewall
2 9 (10.84%) Network Security
2 9 (10.84%) SSL
2 9 (10.84%) VLAN
3 5 (6.02%) VoIP
3 5 (6.02%) WAN
4 4 (4.82%) LAN
4 4 (4.82%) NAS
4 4 (4.82%) SAN
4 4 (4.82%) VPN
5 3 (3.61%) Wireshark
6 1 (1.20%) DHCP
6 1 (1.20%) DNS
6 1 (1.20%) HTTPS
6 1 (1.20%) IMAP
6 1 (1.20%) SMTP
6 1 (1.20%) SSH
6 1 (1.20%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.61%) MySQL
2 2 (2.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.61%) JIRA
General
1 20 (24.10%) Social Skills
2 7 (8.43%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (4.82%) Manufacturing
3 4 (4.82%) Marketing
4 3 (3.61%) Multimedia
5 2 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.61%) Kafka
2 1 (1.20%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.23%) Driving Licence
2 4 (4.82%) Educational Technology
3 3 (3.61%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.20%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 17 (20.48%) Windows
2 9 (10.84%) Android
3 8 (9.64%) Windows 10
4 6 (7.23%) Linux
4 6 (7.23%) Windows Server
5 4 (4.82%) Mac OS
5 4 (4.82%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (48.19%) Customer Service
2 17 (20.48%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (9.64%) Data Integration
4 7 (8.43%) Mathematics
4 7 (8.43%) Project Management
5 5 (6.02%) ERP
5 5 (6.02%) Project Delivery
5 5 (6.02%) Project Planning
6 4 (4.82%) IT Strategy
7 3 (3.61%) Asset Management
7 3 (3.61%) IT Asset Management
8 2 (2.41%) Agile
8 2 (2.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (2.41%) Time Management
9 1 (1.20%) Customer Experience
9 1 (1.20%) Migration
9 1 (1.20%) Online Security
9 1 (1.20%) Presales
9 1 (1.20%) Threat Detection
9 1 (1.20%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.25%) SQL
2 4 (4.82%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.61%) Bash
3 3 (3.61%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (6.02%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (3.61%) CCNA
2 3 (3.61%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (3.61%) Degree
2 3 (3.61%) MCSE
System Software
1 20 (24.10%) Active Directory
2 6 (7.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.61%) Docker
4 1 (1.20%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.20%) NFS
Systems Management
1 3 (3.61%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 34 (40.96%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.64%) Apple
2 8 (9.64%) Barracuda Networks
3 6 (7.23%) VMware
4 5 (6.02%) Sage
5 1 (1.20%) Canon
5 1 (1.20%) Dell
5 1 (1.20%) Google