Support Specialist Jobs in the South East

Support Specialist
England > South East

The median Support Specialist salary in the South East is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 306 371 468
Rank change year-on-year +65 +97 -112
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 92 21 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.50% 0.16% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.17% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 72 20 42
10th Percentile £28,325 £37,950 £26,600
25th Percentile £32,750 £41,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £35,750
Median % change year-on-year - +25.87% +2.14%
75th Percentile £55,000 £47,500 £43,500
90th Percentile £59,000 £48,875 £57,750
England median annual salary £37,500 £46,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -18.48% +15.00% +9.59%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 17,348 12,023 20,382
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.23% 89.71% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 12,223 7,828 12,399
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in the South East

Support Specialist
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Support Specialist in the South East.

Salary trend for Support Specialist in the South East

Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Specialist in the South East over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Specialist in the South East

Support Specialist
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Specialist within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 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
Thames Valley +54 69 £55,000 +29.41% 8
Berkshire - 52 £55,000 - 6
Kent -2 13 £37,500 -19.35% 7
Buckinghamshire - 11 £30,000 -
Oxfordshire -4 6 £24,000 -43.53% 2
Surrey -18 6 £32,500 -27.78% 1
Hampshire -33 2 £36,250 -16.67% 3
West Sussex - 2 £38,500 - 10
Support Specialist
England

Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, Support Specialist 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 South East region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 43 (46.74%) Security Cleared
2 40 (43.48%) Active Directory
3 39 (42.39%) Azure
4 34 (36.96%) Microsoft
5 33 (35.87%) ITIL
6 32 (34.78%) SC Cleared
7 31 (33.70%) DV Cleared
7 31 (33.70%) SCCM
7 31 (33.70%) Windows
8 28 (30.43%) Windows Server
9 27 (29.35%) Microsoft 365
10 25 (27.17%) Service Management
10 25 (27.17%) Social Skills
11 23 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
11 23 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
11 23 (25.00%) Firewall
11 23 (25.00%) Agile
11 23 (25.00%) WSUS
12 22 (23.91%) DNS
13 21 (22.83%) Degree
13 21 (22.83%) Microsoft Intune
14 20 (21.74%) Entra ID
14 20 (21.74%) Microsoft Exchange
14 20 (21.74%) DHCP
15 19 (20.65%) PowerShell
15 19 (20.65%) Self-Motivation
16 18 (19.57%) Infrastructure as Code
16 18 (19.57%) Multi-Factor Authentication
16 18 (19.57%) Virtual Machines
16 18 (19.57%) Virtual Desktop

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 20 (21.74%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (4.35%) NetSuite
2 3 (3.26%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 39 (42.39%) Azure
2 27 (29.35%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (21.74%) Entra ID
4 18 (19.57%) Azure Monitor
4 18 (19.57%) Azure Storage
5 2 (2.17%) AWS
6 1 (1.09%) SaaS
6 1 (1.09%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 23 (25.00%) Firewall
2 22 (23.91%) DNS
3 20 (21.74%) DHCP
4 3 (3.26%) 5G
4 3 (3.26%) Broadband
4 3 (3.26%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.17%) SAN
5 2 (2.17%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.09%) 3G
6 1 (1.09%) 4G
6 1 (1.09%) ADSL
6 1 (1.09%) VDSL
6 1 (1.09%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.09%) JIRA
General
1 25 (27.17%) Social Skills
2 4 (4.35%) Finance
2 4 (4.35%) Telecoms
3 3 (3.26%) Legal
4 2 (2.17%) Law
5 1 (1.09%) Agriculture
5 1 (1.09%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.09%) French Language
5 1 (1.09%) German Language
5 1 (1.09%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.09%) Marketing
5 1 (1.09%) Military
5 1 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (19.57%) ARM Templates
2 3 (3.26%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 19 (20.65%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (19.57%) PKI
3 1 (1.09%) Digital Signage
3 1 (1.09%) e-Learning
3 1 (1.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (1.09%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 31 (33.70%) Windows
2 28 (30.43%) Windows Server
3 23 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 23 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 18 (19.57%) Linux
5 8 (8.70%) Windows 10
6 5 (5.43%) Windows NT
6 5 (5.43%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.09%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (35.87%) ITIL
2 25 (27.17%) Service Management
3 23 (25.00%) Agile
4 18 (19.57%) Analytics
4 18 (19.57%) CI/CD
4 18 (19.57%) DevOps
4 18 (19.57%) Identity Management
4 18 (19.57%) Infrastructure as Code
4 18 (19.57%) Log Analytics
4 18 (19.57%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 18 (19.57%) Privileged Identity Management
4 18 (19.57%) RBAC
4 18 (19.57%) Release Management
5 16 (17.39%) Customer Service
6 11 (11.96%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (7.61%) ERP
7 7 (7.61%) Incident Management
8 6 (6.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 5 (5.43%) Deployment Automation
10 4 (4.35%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 19 (20.65%) PowerShell
2 18 (19.57%) Bicep
2 18 (19.57%) C#
2 18 (19.57%) VB
2 18 (19.57%) VBScript
3 2 (2.17%) Python
4 1 (1.09%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.09%) PHP
4 1 (1.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (46.74%) Security Cleared
2 32 (34.78%) SC Cleared
3 31 (33.70%) DV Cleared
4 21 (22.83%) Degree
5 18 (19.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 4 (4.35%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.09%) QA
System Software
1 40 (43.48%) Active Directory
2 18 (19.57%) Virtual Desktop
2 18 (19.57%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (5.43%) Firmware
4 3 (3.26%) Hyper-V
5 2 (2.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 31 (33.70%) SCCM
2 23 (25.00%) WSUS
3 21 (22.83%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (19.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 18 (19.57%) Kubernetes
4 18 (19.57%) SCOM
5 5 (5.43%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 34 (36.96%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.61%) Oracle
3 5 (5.43%) VMware
4 4 (4.35%) Cisco
5 3 (3.26%) Veeam
5 3 (3.26%) Virgin Media
6 2 (2.17%) Sage
6 2 (2.17%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.09%) Citrix