Systems Support Jobs

Systems Support
UK

The median Systems Support salary in the UK is £37,500 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 741 814 1040
Rank change year-on-year +73 +226 -162
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Support 183 131 241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.15% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 147 114 193
10th Percentile £26,400 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £55,000 £47,316 £47,500
90th Percentile £66,000 £56,275 £55,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -11.43% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 102,753 84,908 164,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.21% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 72,538 55,143 85,388
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,524 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

Systems Support
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Support in the UK

Systems Support
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Systems Support in the UK

Systems Support
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Support over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Support in the UK

Systems Support
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Support within the UK 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
England +71 171 £39,500 +12.86% 38
UK excluding London -17 135 £31,000 -11.43% 34
London +72 45 £55,000 +18.84% 5
Work from Home +41 39 £40,000 +11.11% 7
Midlands -4 38 £30,000 -9.10% 9
North of England +47 34 £31,750 -9.29% 3
North West +19 28 £31,000 -22.50% 1
East Midlands -8 27 £30,000 -20.00% 5
South East -16 24 £37,500 +27.12% 14
East of England -11 16 £27,500 -15.96% 2
South West -29 13 £50,000 +38.89% 3
West Midlands -9 11 £36,000 +9.08% 4
Scotland -59 6 £21,500 -51.14% 2
Yorkshire +59 4 £36,000 +30.91% 1
Wales +15 4 £27,000 -28.00%
North East -15 2 £31,250 -10.71% 1

Systems Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, Systems 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 featuring Systems Support in the job title.

1 59 (32.24%) Social Skills
2 45 (24.59%) Microsoft
3 42 (22.95%) Finance
4 36 (19.67%) Project Management
5 35 (19.13%) Problem-Solving
6 34 (18.58%) Analytical Skills
7 26 (14.21%) Windows
7 26 (14.21%) Degree
8 25 (13.66%) Azure
8 25 (13.66%) SQL
9 23 (12.57%) Microsoft 365
10 22 (12.02%) Active Directory
10 22 (12.02%) Law
10 22 (12.02%) Customer Service
11 20 (10.93%) ITIL
12 19 (10.38%) ERP
13 18 (9.84%) Microsoft Exchange
13 18 (9.84%) Linux
13 18 (9.84%) Firewall
14 14 (7.65%) VMware
14 14 (7.65%) Microsoft Certification
15 13 (7.10%) Legal
15 13 (7.10%) Migration
15 13 (7.10%) Service Delivery
15 13 (7.10%) Elite 3E
16 12 (6.56%) Decision-Making
16 12 (6.56%) Mentoring
16 12 (6.56%) Cisco Certification
16 12 (6.56%) CCNA
17 11 (6.01%) PowerShell

Systems Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 18 (9.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (5.46%) SharePoint
3 8 (4.37%) Confluence
4 1 (0.55%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 8 (4.37%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (7.10%) Elite 3E
2 2 (1.09%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (1.09%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.09%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.09%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.55%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.55%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.55%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.55%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.55%) Oracle E-Business Tax
3 1 (0.55%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.55%) Oracle Internet Expenses
3 1 (0.55%) Oracle iProcurement
3 1 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.55%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 25 (13.66%) Azure
2 23 (12.57%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (4.92%) SaaS
4 6 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (2.19%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.64%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.64%) IaaS
6 3 (1.64%) PaaS
7 1 (0.55%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.55%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.55%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 18 (9.84%) Firewall
2 8 (4.37%) PBX
3 6 (3.28%) Internet
4 5 (2.73%) DNS
4 5 (2.73%) LAN
4 5 (2.73%) WAN
5 4 (2.19%) DHCP
5 4 (2.19%) Intranet
6 3 (1.64%) SSL
6 3 (1.64%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.09%) VLAN
7 2 (1.09%) VPN
8 1 (0.55%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.55%) IMAP
8 1 (0.55%) NAS
8 1 (0.55%) Network Security
8 1 (0.55%) SAN
8 1 (0.55%) SMTP
8 1 (0.55%) SSH
8 1 (0.55%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.37%) MySQL
1 8 (4.37%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (3.83%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (2.19%) Power BI
4 1 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (4.37%) Bitbucket
1 8 (4.37%) Jenkins
1 8 (4.37%) JIRA
2 1 (0.55%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.55%) Toad
General
1 59 (32.24%) Social Skills
2 42 (22.95%) Finance
3 34 (18.58%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (12.02%) Law
5 13 (7.10%) Legal
6 11 (6.01%) Retail
7 7 (3.83%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.83%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.73%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.19%) Welsh Language
10 3 (1.64%) Marketing
11 2 (1.09%) Banking
11 2 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.55%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.55%) Billing
12 1 (0.55%) Electronics
12 1 (0.55%) French Language
12 1 (0.55%) Games
12 1 (0.55%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.64%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.09%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (1.09%) XML
3 1 (0.55%) .NET
3 1 (0.55%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.55%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.55%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.55%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (0.55%) CSS
3 1 (0.55%) Entity Framework
3 1 (0.55%) HTML
3 1 (0.55%) LDAP
3 1 (0.55%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.92%) Management Information System
2 7 (3.83%) Product Ownership
3 5 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.19%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.64%) Clustering
5 3 (1.64%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.09%) EPoS
6 2 (1.09%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.55%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.55%) PMI
7 1 (0.55%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.55%) SCADA
7 1 (0.55%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (14.21%) Windows
2 18 (9.84%) Linux
3 10 (5.46%) Mac OS
4 8 (4.37%) Windows Server
5 5 (2.73%) CentOS
5 5 (2.73%) SUSE
5 5 (2.73%) Ubuntu
6 3 (1.64%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (1.09%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (19.67%) Project Management
2 35 (19.13%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (12.02%) Customer Service
4 20 (10.93%) ITIL
5 19 (10.38%) ERP
6 13 (7.10%) Migration
6 13 (7.10%) Service Delivery
7 12 (6.56%) Decision-Making
7 12 (6.56%) Mentoring
8 11 (6.01%) Incident Management
8 11 (6.01%) Task Automation
9 9 (4.92%) Change Management
9 9 (4.92%) Fintech
10 8 (4.37%) CI/CD
10 8 (4.37%) Computer Science
10 8 (4.37%) Financial Modelling
10 8 (4.37%) Mathematics
10 8 (4.37%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (3.83%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (3.83%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 25 (13.66%) SQL
2 11 (6.01%) PowerShell
3 10 (5.46%) T-SQL
4 9 (4.92%) Bash
5 2 (1.09%) C#
5 2 (1.09%) Python
5 2 (1.09%) VB
6 1 (0.55%) Korn
6 1 (0.55%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.55%) tcsh
6 1 (0.55%) VBA
Qualifications
1 26 (14.21%) Degree
2 14 (7.65%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (6.56%) CCNA
3 12 (6.56%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (1.64%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.64%) MCP
4 3 (1.64%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.64%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.09%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.55%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.55%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.83%) PMO
2 5 (2.73%) SLA
3 4 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.09%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.09%) QA
6 1 (0.55%) GDPR
6 1 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 22 (12.02%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.37%) VMware ESXi
3 7 (3.83%) Hyper-V
4 6 (3.28%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.09%) NFS
6 1 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (1.64%) Backup Exec
1 3 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (1.64%) SCCM
2 2 (1.09%) ITRS Geneos
3 1 (0.55%) systemd
Vendors
1 45 (24.59%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.65%) VMware
3 8 (4.37%) Atlassian
3 8 (4.37%) Palo Alto
4 6 (3.28%) Oracle
5 5 (2.73%) Cisco
5 5 (2.73%) Red Hat
6 3 (1.64%) Aruba
6 3 (1.64%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.64%) Veritas
7 2 (1.09%) Aderant
7 2 (1.09%) Bloomberg
7 2 (1.09%) MarketAxess
7 2 (1.09%) Murex
7 2 (1.09%) PagerDuty
7 2 (1.09%) Sage
7 2 (1.09%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.09%) Tradeweb
7 2 (1.09%) Veeam
8 1 (0.55%) Liquidlogic