Support Specialist Jobs in the UK excluding London

Support Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Support Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £34,500 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 444 634 707
Rank change year-on-year +190 +73 -100
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 352 102 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.46% 0.18% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.20% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 294 65 99
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,441 £23,626
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £44,535 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.53% +27.24% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £48,750 £43,500
90th Percentile £55,000 £52,990 £48,750
UK median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +12.50% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 72,166 50,263 70,760
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.90% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,782 29,433 42,686
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in the UK excluding London

Support Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Support Specialist in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Support Specialist in the UK excluding London

Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Specialist in the UK excluding London

Support Specialist
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Specialist within the UK excluding London 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
North of England +115 99 £35,000 -26.58% 16
South East +58 85 £50,000 +11.11% 22
Midlands +18 66 £32,500 -35.00% 12
North West +40 51 £32,000 -41.82% 9
West Midlands +22 47 £32,500 -35.00% 6
Yorkshire +99 43 £35,579 +0.93% 7
East of England +30 43 £33,895 -23.89% 8
South West +3 32 £35,000 +15.70% 7
East Midlands -23 19 £29,500 -28.05% 6
Wales +17 12 £34,000 +44.68% 1
Scotland -63 11 £28,500 +2.20% 6
North East -8 5 £40,000 -16.09% 1
Isle of Man - 4 £37,000 -
Support Specialist
UK

Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 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 UK excluding London region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 114 (32.39%) Windows
2 107 (30.40%) Microsoft
3 99 (28.13%) Social Skills
4 87 (24.72%) Active Directory
5 83 (23.58%) Microsoft 365
6 75 (21.31%) Problem-Solving
7 65 (18.47%) Degree
8 63 (17.90%) Security Cleared
9 56 (15.91%) Customer Service
10 53 (15.06%) Azure
11 52 (14.77%) ITIL
12 47 (13.35%) Linux
13 46 (13.07%) SC Cleared
14 42 (11.93%) Windows Server
14 42 (11.93%) Self-Motivation
15 40 (11.36%) SCCM
16 39 (11.08%) DV Cleared
17 34 (9.66%) DNS
18 33 (9.38%) Agile
19 31 (8.81%) Power Platform
19 31 (8.81%) Microsoft Exchange
20 30 (8.52%) Service Management
20 30 (8.52%) Windows 10
21 29 (8.24%) Driving Licence
21 29 (8.24%) Law
21 29 (8.24%) Business Intelligence
22 28 (7.95%) Firewall
23 27 (7.67%) DHCP
24 26 (7.39%) Windows Server 2016
25 25 (7.10%) C#

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 31 (8.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (6.53%) SharePoint
3 15 (4.26%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.99%) OpenStack
Applications
1 23 (6.53%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.42%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (1.14%) Magento
2 4 (1.14%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.28%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 83 (23.58%) Microsoft 365
2 53 (15.06%) Azure
3 31 (8.81%) Power Platform
4 23 (6.53%) Entra ID
5 17 (4.83%) Azure Monitor
5 17 (4.83%) Azure Storage
6 12 (3.41%) SaaS
7 11 (3.13%) AWS
8 7 (1.99%) Nutanix
9 5 (1.42%) GCP
9 5 (1.42%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.14%) Google Workspace
10 4 (1.14%) Mimecast
10 4 (1.14%) Slack
11 3 (0.85%) Asana
11 3 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.28%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 34 (9.66%) DNS
2 28 (7.95%) Firewall
3 27 (7.67%) DHCP
4 15 (4.26%) Skype
4 15 (4.26%) Wireless
5 10 (2.84%) Internet
5 10 (2.84%) VPN
6 9 (2.56%) LAN
7 7 (1.99%) Ethernet
7 7 (1.99%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (1.42%) 5G
8 5 (1.42%) Broadband
8 5 (1.42%) IPsec
8 5 (1.42%) SSL
8 5 (1.42%) TCP/IP
8 5 (1.42%) VoIP
8 5 (1.42%) WAN
9 4 (1.14%) FTP
9 4 (1.14%) SMTP
9 4 (1.14%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.40%) Power BI
2 18 (5.11%) QlikView
3 13 (3.69%) BusinessObjects
3 13 (3.69%) Relational Database
4 10 (2.84%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.14%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (0.57%) JIRA
General
1 99 (28.13%) Social Skills
2 29 (8.24%) Law
3 19 (5.40%) Finance
4 16 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (4.26%) Retail
5 15 (4.26%) Telecoms
6 12 (3.41%) Legal
7 9 (2.56%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (1.99%) Electronics
9 7 (1.99%) Games
9 7 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.99%) Marketing
10 3 (0.85%) French Language
10 3 (0.85%) German Language
11 2 (0.57%) Agriculture
11 2 (0.57%) Italian Language
11 2 (0.57%) Military
11 2 (0.57%) Spanish Language
12 1 (0.28%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.83%) ARM Templates
2 9 (2.56%) HTML
3 6 (1.70%) EDI
4 5 (1.42%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.57%) .NET
5 2 (0.57%) EDIFACT
5 2 (0.57%) JSON
5 2 (0.57%) XML
6 1 (0.28%) EJB
Miscellaneous
1 42 (11.93%) Self-Motivation
2 29 (8.24%) Driving Licence
3 23 (6.53%) Data Centre
4 19 (5.40%) Onboarding
5 18 (5.11%) PKI
6 16 (4.55%) Video Conferencing
7 14 (3.98%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.70%) Smartphone
9 3 (0.85%) CCTV
10 2 (0.57%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.57%) Digital Media
10 2 (0.57%) Digital Signage
10 2 (0.57%) Life Science
10 2 (0.57%) TRADACOMS
11 1 (0.28%) BYOD
11 1 (0.28%) Derivative
11 1 (0.28%) IoT
11 1 (0.28%) iPhone
11 1 (0.28%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.28%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 114 (32.39%) Windows
2 47 (13.35%) Linux
3 42 (11.93%) Windows Server
4 30 (8.52%) Windows 10
5 26 (7.39%) Windows Server 2016
6 23 (6.53%) Windows Server 2019
7 22 (6.25%) Android
8 15 (4.26%) Apple iOS
9 8 (2.27%) Mac OS
10 6 (1.70%) Windows NT
10 6 (1.70%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.57%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.28%) CentOS
12 1 (0.28%) Debian
12 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.28%) Scientific Linux
12 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (21.31%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (15.91%) Customer Service
3 52 (14.77%) ITIL
4 33 (9.38%) Agile
5 30 (8.52%) Service Management
6 29 (8.24%) Business Intelligence
7 24 (6.82%) CI/CD
7 24 (6.82%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
9 21 (5.97%) ERP
9 21 (5.97%) Project Management
10 19 (5.40%) Time Management
11 17 (4.83%) Analytics
11 17 (4.83%) Computer Science
11 17 (4.83%) DevOps
11 17 (4.83%) Identity Management
11 17 (4.83%) Infrastructure as Code
11 17 (4.83%) Log Analytics
11 17 (4.83%) RBAC
11 17 (4.83%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (7.10%) C#
2 21 (5.97%) SQL
3 20 (5.68%) PowerShell
4 18 (5.11%) VBScript
5 17 (4.83%) Bicep
5 17 (4.83%) VB
6 6 (1.70%) Python
7 1 (0.28%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.28%) PHP
Qualifications
1 65 (18.47%) Degree
2 63 (17.90%) Security Cleared
3 46 (13.07%) SC Cleared
4 39 (11.08%) DV Cleared
5 17 (4.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 12 (3.41%) HNC
7 7 (1.99%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.70%) HND
9 5 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.42%) NVQ Level 3
10 4 (1.14%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.57%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.28%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.13%) GDPR
2 5 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.14%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.57%) SLA
5 1 (0.28%) QA
System Software
1 87 (24.72%) Active Directory
2 20 (5.68%) Virtual Machines
3 17 (4.83%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (3.41%) Hyper-V
4 12 (3.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (2.27%) Docker
6 6 (1.70%) Firmware
7 3 (0.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 40 (11.36%) SCCM
2 24 (6.82%) Kubernetes
2 24 (6.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 23 (6.53%) WSUS
4 17 (4.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 17 (4.83%) SCOM
5 7 (1.99%) Ansible
6 6 (1.70%) Sysprep
7 4 (1.14%) Autotask
Vendors
1 107 (30.40%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.68%) VMware
3 13 (3.69%) Cognos
4 12 (3.41%) Oracle
5 6 (1.70%) Datto
6 5 (1.42%) Automation Anywhere
6 5 (1.42%) Blue Prism
6 5 (1.42%) Cisco
6 5 (1.42%) Pega
6 5 (1.42%) UiPath
6 5 (1.42%) Veeam
6 5 (1.42%) Virgin Media
7 4 (1.14%) Epicor
8 3 (0.85%) Sage
9 2 (0.57%) Citrix
9 2 (0.57%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.57%) Sybase
10 1 (0.28%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.28%) Avaya
10 1 (0.28%) SAP