IT Support Technician Job Trends in Leeds

IT Support Technician
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median IT Support Technician salary in Leeds is £32,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 January 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 86 106
Rank change year-on-year -8 +20 +73
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Technician 10 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.75% 0.098% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.81% 0.10% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 10 1 3
10th Percentile £29,000 - £22,250
25th Percentile £29,563 £24,500 £22,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £25,000 £24,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.00% +2.04% -2.00%
75th Percentile £33,313 £25,500 £25,750
90th Percentile £33,750 - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £32,000 £25,000 £24,500
% change year-on-year +28.00% +2.04% -4.85%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 1,238 980 1,339
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 95.89% 97.10%
Number of salaries quoted 805 555 996
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £51,223 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.26% -6.87% -

IT Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

IT Support Technician job vacancy trend in Leeds

IT Support Technician
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Technician job vacancies in Leeds.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Technician job vacancies in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 10 January 2026, IT 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 Leeds region featuring IT Support Technician in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Azure
1 10 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (70.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (70.00%) Entra ID
2 7 (70.00%) Firewall
2 7 (70.00%) ITIL
2 7 (70.00%) ITIL Certification
2 7 (70.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (70.00%) TCP/IP
2 7 (70.00%) VMware
2 7 (70.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (60.00%) Windows
4 4 (40.00%) Adobe
4 4 (40.00%) Data Security
4 4 (40.00%) Degree
4 4 (40.00%) DHCP
4 4 (40.00%) DNS
4 4 (40.00%) Mentoring
4 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (40.00%) Network Security
4 4 (40.00%) Project Delivery
4 4 (40.00%) VPN
5 3 (30.00%) Android
5 3 (30.00%) Customer Service
5 3 (30.00%) Dell
5 3 (30.00%) HP
5 3 (30.00%) Knowledge Transfer

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (30.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (100.00%) Azure
2 7 (70.00%) Entra ID
3 6 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (70.00%) Firewall
1 7 (70.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (40.00%) DHCP
2 4 (40.00%) DNS
2 4 (40.00%) Network Security
2 4 (40.00%) VPN
3 3 (30.00%) LAN
3 3 (30.00%) SAN
3 3 (30.00%) VLAN
3 3 (30.00%) VoIP
3 3 (30.00%) WAN
3 3 (30.00%) Wi-Fi
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Data Centre
1 7 (70.00%) Driving Licence
2 4 (40.00%) Management Information System
3 3 (30.00%) Clustering
3 3 (30.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (60.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) Android
2 3 (30.00%) Linux
2 3 (30.00%) Windows 10
2 3 (30.00%) Windows Server
2 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) ITIL
1 7 (70.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) Data Security
2 4 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 4 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (30.00%) Customer Service
3 3 (30.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 3 (30.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (40.00%) Degree
3 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 10 (100.00%) Hyper-V
2 7 (70.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (70.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (70.00%) VMware
3 4 (40.00%) Adobe
4 3 (30.00%) Dell
4 3 (30.00%) HP
4 3 (30.00%) SonicWALL
4 3 (30.00%) Supermicro
4 3 (30.00%) Veeam