IT Support Jobs in Edinburgh

IT Support
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median IT Support salary in Edinburgh is £28,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 78 89 126
Rank change year-on-year +11 +37 -23
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 28 44 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.76% 2.44% 1.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.83% 2.58% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 27 15 28
10th Percentile £25,000 - £16,215
25th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £21,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £27,500 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £33,875 £37,000 £30,000
90th Percentile £41,600 - -
Scotland median annual salary £27,500 £28,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year -3.51% +14.00% -7.41%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 1,527 1,708 2,580
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.22% 94.63% 97.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,075 1,018 1,593
10th Percentile £32,600 £35,000 £33,488
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,715 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,419 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.45% - +15.79%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Edinburgh

IT Support
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for IT Support in Edinburgh

IT Support
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Support in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 Edinburgh region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 13 (46.43%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (42.86%) Windows
3 8 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 8 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (25.00%) Active Directory
4 7 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (25.00%) Customer Service
5 6 (21.43%) Social Skills
5 6 (21.43%) Preventative Maintenance
6 4 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (14.29%) Firewall
6 4 (14.29%) Azure
7 3 (10.71%) GDPR
7 3 (10.71%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (10.71%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (10.71%) Entra ID
7 3 (10.71%) Data Centre
7 3 (10.71%) Performance Improvement
7 3 (10.71%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (10.71%) Time Management
7 3 (10.71%) Data Protection
7 3 (10.71%) Management Information System
7 3 (10.71%) Apple
7 3 (10.71%) SLA
7 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (7.14%) TCP/IP
8 2 (7.14%) Service Delivery

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.57%) IIS
2 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (46.43%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (14.29%) Azure
3 3 (10.71%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.57%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.29%) Firewall
2 2 (7.14%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.57%) DHCP
3 1 (3.57%) DNS
3 1 (3.57%) Internet
3 1 (3.57%) LAN
3 1 (3.57%) WAN
3 1 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
General
1 7 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 6 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (7.14%) Legal
6 1 (3.57%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (10.71%) Data Centre
2 3 (10.71%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (10.71%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (10.71%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 12 (42.86%) Windows
2 2 (7.14%) Apple iOS
2 2 (7.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 6 (21.43%) Preventative Maintenance
4 3 (10.71%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (10.71%) Data Protection
4 3 (10.71%) Performance Improvement
4 3 (10.71%) Time Management
5 2 (7.14%) Service Delivery
5 2 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (3.57%) Change Management
6 1 (3.57%) Collaborative Culture
6 1 (3.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (3.57%) ITIL
6 1 (3.57%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.57%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) GDPR
1 3 (10.71%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.57%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 8 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) Apple
3 1 (3.57%) Cisco
3 1 (3.57%) Citrix
3 1 (3.57%) iManage
3 1 (3.57%) VMware