IT Support Specialist Jobs in England

IT Support Specialist
UK > England

The median IT Support Specialist salary in England is £33,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 708 855 1142
Rank change year-on-year +147 +287 -263
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Specialist 157 46 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.17% 0.055% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.060% 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 73 21 41
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £21,806
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,250 £40,000 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.88% +25.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £42,484
90th Percentile £48,750 £45,000 £47,500
UK median annual salary £33,250 £40,000 £31,500
% change year-on-year -16.88% +26.98% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 86,182 76,808 135,607
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.28% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,611 49,955 75,079
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,082 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Specialist in England

IT Support Specialist
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Support Specialist in England

IT Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support Specialist in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Support Specialist in England

IT Support Specialist
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
London +181 82 £43,750 +9.38% 2
Midlands -2 31 £32,500 - 1
West Midlands - 30 £32,500 - 1
South East +4 15 £33,500 -21.18% 4
North of England +44 13 £37,500 -19.87% 2
East of England - 12 £30,000 - 2
North West +3 8 £43,750 -6.52% 1
Yorkshire +66 4 - - 1
South West -24 4 - - 2
East Midlands -37 1 £33,500 -
North East - 1 £32,500 - 1
IT Support Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, IT 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 England region featuring IT Support Specialist in the job title.

1 116 (73.89%) Microsoft
2 115 (73.25%) Windows
3 109 (69.43%) Social Skills
4 95 (60.51%) Microsoft 365
5 90 (57.32%) Active Directory
6 86 (54.78%) Degree
6 86 (54.78%) Video Conferencing
7 83 (52.87%) Windows 10
8 82 (52.23%) Android
9 71 (45.22%) Microsoft Exchange
10 70 (44.59%) Cisco
11 66 (42.04%) Business Continuity
11 66 (42.04%) Citrix
11 66 (42.04%) WAN
11 66 (42.04%) Computer Science
11 66 (42.04%) SD-WAN
11 66 (42.04%) Computer Science Degree
12 65 (41.40%) Cisco IOS
12 65 (41.40%) SCCM
12 65 (41.40%) Mobile Device Management
13 64 (40.76%) VMware ESXi
13 64 (40.76%) XenApp
13 64 (40.76%) XenDesktop
13 64 (40.76%) Wiki
13 64 (40.76%) BCP
13 64 (40.76%) Microsoft App-V
13 64 (40.76%) Wireless
13 64 (40.76%) Master's Degree
13 64 (40.76%) Contract Negotiation
13 64 (40.76%) Application Virtualisation

IT Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 71 (45.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (9.55%) Skype for Business
3 10 (6.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 23 (14.65%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.64%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 95 (60.51%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (8.28%) Azure
3 7 (4.46%) AWS
4 4 (2.55%) Google Workspace
5 3 (1.91%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.27%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.27%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.64%) Slack
7 1 (0.64%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 66 (42.04%) SD-WAN
1 66 (42.04%) WAN
2 65 (41.40%) Cisco IOS
3 64 (40.76%) WebEx
3 64 (40.76%) Wireless
4 15 (9.55%) Skype
5 6 (3.82%) Firewall
6 5 (3.18%) Network Security
6 5 (3.18%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (2.55%) SAN
8 3 (1.91%) DNS
9 2 (1.27%) iSCSI
9 2 (1.27%) LAN
9 2 (1.27%) NAS
10 1 (0.64%) DHCP
10 1 (0.64%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.64%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.27%) Power BI
1 2 (1.27%) SQL Server
General
1 109 (69.43%) Social Skills
2 28 (17.83%) Law
3 10 (6.37%) Legal
4 9 (5.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (5.10%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (4.46%) Telecoms
7 5 (3.18%) Finance
8 2 (1.27%) Banking
8 2 (1.27%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.64%) Back Office
9 1 (0.64%) Front Office
9 1 (0.64%) Games
9 1 (0.64%) German Language
9 1 (0.64%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 86 (54.78%) Video Conferencing
2 64 (40.76%) Wiki
3 15 (9.55%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (3.18%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.55%) Smartphone
6 2 (1.27%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.64%) Apple TV
7 1 (0.64%) BYOD
7 1 (0.64%) Derivative
7 1 (0.64%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.64%) IoT
7 1 (0.64%) Social Media
7 1 (0.64%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 115 (73.25%) Windows
2 83 (52.87%) Windows 10
3 82 (52.23%) Android
4 15 (9.55%) Apple iOS
5 7 (4.46%) Windows Server
6 6 (3.82%) Linux
7 2 (1.27%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.64%) CentOS
8 1 (0.64%) Debian
8 1 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.64%) Scientific Linux
8 1 (0.64%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (42.04%) Business Continuity
1 66 (42.04%) Computer Science
2 65 (41.40%) Mobile Device Management
3 64 (40.76%) Application Virtualisation
3 64 (40.76%) BCP
3 64 (40.76%) Business Continuity Planning
3 64 (40.76%) Contract Negotiation
4 27 (17.20%) ITIL
5 26 (16.56%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (12.74%) Time Management
7 16 (10.19%) Inventory Management
7 16 (10.19%) Stakeholder Management
8 15 (9.55%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (9.55%) Customer Service
9 11 (7.01%) Incident Management
10 8 (5.10%) Cybersecurity
11 6 (3.82%) Document Management
11 6 (3.82%) Project Delivery
11 6 (3.82%) Service Management
12 5 (3.18%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.18%) SQL
2 1 (0.64%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.64%) Python
2 1 (0.64%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 86 (54.78%) Degree
2 66 (42.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 64 (40.76%) Master's Degree
4 13 (8.28%) Security Cleared
5 9 (5.73%) DV Cleared
6 7 (4.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (3.18%) A+ Certification
7 5 (3.18%) NVQ Level 3
8 4 (2.55%) DBS Check
8 4 (2.55%) SC Cleared
9 2 (1.27%) Postgraduate
10 1 (0.64%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.82%) GDPR
2 4 (2.55%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.64%) SLA
System Software
1 90 (57.32%) Active Directory
2 64 (40.76%) Microsoft App-V
2 64 (40.76%) VMware ESXi
2 64 (40.76%) XenApp
2 64 (40.76%) XenDesktop
3 8 (5.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (4.46%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.91%) vSphere
6 1 (0.64%) Docker
6 1 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 65 (41.40%) SCCM
2 64 (40.76%) AirWatch
3 5 (3.18%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (2.55%) Autotask
Vendors
1 116 (73.89%) Microsoft
2 70 (44.59%) Cisco
3 66 (42.04%) Citrix
4 16 (10.19%) VMware
5 4 (2.55%) Datto
6 3 (1.91%) Veeam
7 2 (1.27%) Alteryx
7 2 (1.27%) Apple
7 2 (1.27%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.27%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.64%) Adobe
8 1 (0.64%) Avaya
8 1 (0.64%) DocuSign
8 1 (0.64%) iManage
8 1 (0.64%) Instagram
8 1 (0.64%) Meraki
8 1 (0.64%) Oracle
8 1 (0.64%) Sage
8 1 (0.64%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.64%) SAP