Support Specialist Jobs in England

Support Specialist
UK > England

The median Support Specialist salary in England is £37,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 426 745 869
Rank change year-on-year +319 +124 -106
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 486 170 303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.53% 0.20% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.22% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 350 129 223
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £30,385 £38,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £46,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.48% +15.00% +9.59%
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £59,000 £62,100 £65,000
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
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 86,435 76,952 135,807
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.31% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 63,785 50,234 75,047
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £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%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in England

Support Specialist
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Support Specialist in England

Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Specialist in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Specialist in England

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 Support Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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 +187 157 £47,500 +2.70% 19
North of England +117 101 £35,000 -26.58% 16
South East +53 85 £50,000 +11.11% 23
Midlands +20 66 £32,500 -35.00% 12
North West +34 53 £32,000 -41.82% 9
West Midlands +26 47 £32,500 -35.00% 7
Yorkshire +97 43 £35,579 +0.93% 7
East of England +26 43 £33,895 -23.89% 8
South West +1 32 £35,000 +15.70% 8
East Midlands -20 19 £29,500 -28.05% 5
North East -9 5 £40,000 -16.09% 1
Support Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 England region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 206 (42.39%) Windows
2 193 (39.71%) Microsoft
3 182 (37.45%) Social Skills
4 153 (31.48%) Active Directory
5 151 (31.07%) Microsoft 365
6 136 (27.98%) Degree
7 98 (20.16%) SCCM
8 97 (19.96%) Windows 10
9 95 (19.55%) Problem-Solving
10 88 (18.11%) Microsoft Exchange
11 87 (17.90%) Android
12 86 (17.70%) Video Conferencing
13 78 (16.05%) Cisco
14 75 (15.43%) Wireless
15 71 (14.61%) Customer Service
16 70 (14.40%) Citrix
16 70 (14.40%) WAN
16 70 (14.40%) Computer Science
17 67 (13.79%) BCP
17 67 (13.79%) WebEx
18 64 (13.17%) SD-WAN
18 64 (13.17%) Computer Science Degree
18 64 (13.17%) Cisco IOS
18 64 (13.17%) Business Continuity
19 63 (12.96%) Security Cleared
19 63 (12.96%) ITIL
19 63 (12.96%) Master's Degree
19 63 (12.96%) Mobile Device Management
19 63 (12.96%) Azure
20 62 (12.76%) XenApp

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 88 (18.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 40 (8.23%) SharePoint
3 17 (3.50%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.03%) JBoss
5 4 (0.82%) Confluence
6 2 (0.41%) CMS
Applications
1 35 (7.20%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.21%) InCopy
4 1 (0.21%) InDesign
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.21%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (1.03%) Dynamics AX
1 5 (1.03%) Oracle ERP
1 5 (1.03%) Temenos T24
2 4 (0.82%) Magento
2 4 (0.82%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.41%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.21%) iTrent
4 1 (0.21%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.21%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 151 (31.07%) Microsoft 365
2 63 (12.96%) Azure
3 39 (8.02%) Power Platform
4 24 (4.94%) Entra ID
5 17 (3.50%) Azure Monitor
5 17 (3.50%) Azure Storage
6 12 (2.47%) AWS
6 12 (2.47%) SaaS
7 6 (1.23%) Google Workspace
7 6 (1.23%) Power Automate
8 5 (1.03%) GCP
8 5 (1.03%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.41%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.41%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.41%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.41%) Slack
9 2 (0.41%) Snowflake
9 2 (0.41%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.21%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.21%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 75 (15.43%) Wireless
2 70 (14.40%) WAN
3 67 (13.79%) WebEx
4 64 (13.17%) Cisco IOS
4 64 (13.17%) SD-WAN
5 33 (6.79%) DNS
6 28 (5.76%) Firewall
7 25 (5.14%) DHCP
8 17 (3.50%) Skype
9 14 (2.88%) VPN
10 13 (2.67%) LAN
11 10 (2.06%) FTP
11 10 (2.06%) Internet
12 9 (1.85%) 5G
12 9 (1.85%) Ethernet
13 6 (1.23%) SSL
13 6 (1.23%) TCP/IP
13 6 (1.23%) VoIP
14 5 (1.03%) IPsec
14 5 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (4.73%) Power BI
2 19 (3.91%) QlikView
3 17 (3.50%) SQL Server
4 13 (2.67%) BusinessObjects
4 13 (2.67%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.03%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (0.82%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.41%) DataStage
7 2 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 7 (1.44%) JIRA
2 2 (0.41%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.21%) Git
General
1 182 (37.45%) Social Skills
2 47 (9.67%) Law
3 42 (8.64%) Finance
4 23 (4.73%) Legal
5 21 (4.32%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (4.32%) Retail
6 19 (3.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (3.50%) Telecoms
8 15 (3.09%) Banking
9 10 (2.06%) Manufacturing
9 10 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (1.65%) Games
10 8 (1.65%) Marketing
11 7 (1.44%) Electronics
12 6 (1.23%) German Language
13 4 (0.82%) Back Office
13 4 (0.82%) Investment Banking
13 4 (0.82%) Multimedia
14 3 (0.62%) Advertising
14 3 (0.62%) French Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.50%) ARM Templates
2 9 (1.85%) EDI
2 9 (1.85%) HTML
3 7 (1.44%) .NET
4 5 (1.03%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (1.03%) REST
4 5 (1.03%) Web Services
5 4 (0.82%) XMPP
6 3 (0.62%) XML
7 2 (0.41%) EDIFACT
7 2 (0.41%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (0.41%) JSON
8 1 (0.21%) EJB
8 1 (0.21%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 86 (17.70%) Video Conferencing
2 62 (12.76%) Wiki
3 42 (8.64%) Self-Motivation
4 29 (5.97%) Driving Licence
5 22 (4.53%) Onboarding
6 18 (3.70%) PKI
7 13 (2.67%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.65%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.23%) Smartphone
10 5 (1.03%) Blackberry
10 5 (1.03%) Client/Server
11 4 (0.82%) CMDB
11 4 (0.82%) EFT
11 4 (0.82%) Market Risk
12 3 (0.62%) CCTV
12 3 (0.62%) Product Ownership
13 2 (0.41%) BYOD
13 2 (0.41%) Data Structures
13 2 (0.41%) Digital Signage
13 2 (0.41%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 206 (42.39%) Windows
2 97 (19.96%) Windows 10
3 87 (17.90%) Android
4 48 (9.88%) Linux
5 38 (7.82%) Windows Server
6 23 (4.73%) Windows Server 2016
6 23 (4.73%) Windows Server 2019
7 16 (3.29%) Apple iOS
8 11 (2.26%) Mac OS
9 9 (1.85%) Unix
10 6 (1.23%) AIX
10 6 (1.23%) Windows NT
10 6 (1.23%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.62%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.21%) CentOS
13 1 (0.21%) Debian
13 1 (0.21%) Scientific Linux
13 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (19.55%) Problem-Solving
2 71 (14.61%) Customer Service
3 70 (14.40%) Computer Science
4 67 (13.79%) BCP
5 64 (13.17%) Business Continuity
6 63 (12.96%) ITIL
6 63 (12.96%) Mobile Device Management
7 62 (12.76%) Application Virtualisation
7 62 (12.76%) Business Continuity Planning
7 62 (12.76%) Contract Negotiation
8 32 (6.58%) Service Management
9 31 (6.38%) Business Intelligence
10 28 (5.76%) Agile
11 26 (5.35%) Stakeholder Management
12 25 (5.14%) Continuous Improvement
12 25 (5.14%) DevOps
13 24 (4.94%) Incident Management
14 22 (4.53%) ERP
15 21 (4.32%) Time Management
16 18 (3.70%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 41 (8.44%) SQL
2 25 (5.14%) C#
2 25 (5.14%) PowerShell
3 18 (3.70%) VBScript
4 17 (3.50%) Bicep
4 17 (3.50%) VB
5 7 (1.44%) Python
6 4 (0.82%) Bash
6 4 (0.82%) Java
7 1 (0.21%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.21%) PHP
Qualifications
1 136 (27.98%) Degree
2 64 (13.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 63 (12.96%) Master's Degree
3 63 (12.96%) Security Cleared
4 46 (9.47%) SC Cleared
5 39 (8.02%) DV Cleared
6 22 (4.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 15 (3.09%) HNC
8 7 (1.44%) HND
8 7 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.03%) A+ Certification
9 5 (1.03%) NVQ Level 3
10 4 (0.82%) CIPD
10 4 (0.82%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.62%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.21%) MBA
12 1 (0.21%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.88%) SLA
2 13 (2.67%) GDPR
3 6 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.82%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.21%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.21%) QA
System Software
1 153 (31.48%) Active Directory
2 62 (12.76%) Microsoft App-V
2 62 (12.76%) VMware ESXi
2 62 (12.76%) XenApp
2 62 (12.76%) XenDesktop
3 18 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
4 17 (3.50%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (1.85%) Hyper-V
7 6 (1.23%) Firmware
8 3 (0.62%) vSphere
9 1 (0.21%) Docker
Systems Management
1 98 (20.16%) SCCM
2 62 (12.76%) AirWatch
3 28 (5.76%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (4.73%) WSUS
5 18 (3.70%) Kubernetes
6 17 (3.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 17 (3.50%) SCOM
7 6 (1.23%) Sysprep
8 4 (0.82%) Autotask
8 4 (0.82%) Grafana
9 1 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.21%) Packer
9 1 (0.21%) Terraform
Vendors
1 193 (39.71%) Microsoft
2 78 (16.05%) Cisco
3 70 (14.40%) Citrix
4 19 (3.91%) VMware
5 18 (3.70%) Oracle
6 13 (2.67%) Cognos
7 8 (1.65%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.23%) Datto
9 5 (1.03%) Automation Anywhere
9 5 (1.03%) Blue Prism
9 5 (1.03%) iManage
9 5 (1.03%) Pega
9 5 (1.03%) Temenos
9 5 (1.03%) UiPath
9 5 (1.03%) Veeam
9 5 (1.03%) Virgin Media
10 4 (0.82%) Apple
10 4 (0.82%) Epicor
10 4 (0.82%) Splunk
11 3 (0.62%) Sage