Technical Support Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Technical Support
UK > Work from Home

The median Technical Support salary for remote or hybrid work is £35,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 November 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 305 439 628
Rank change year-on-year +134 +189 -63
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support 210 77 139
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.94% 0.33% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% 0.35% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 132 69 98
10th Percentile £25,000 £24,550 £24,750
25th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £29,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,250 £47,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.79% +26.67% -3.23%
75th Percentile £48,750 £55,696 £45,000
90th Percentile £50,000 £78,000 £65,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £35,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% +4.48% +1.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 21,410 22,133 53,326
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.46% 96.18% 96.71%
Number of salaries quoted 11,942 16,415 37,733
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% -3.20% +7.76%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

Technical Support
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Technical Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Technical Support trend for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Support
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Technical Support.

Technical Support salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Support
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Technical Support over the 6 months to 29 November 2024.

Technical Support salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 29 November 2024, Technical 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Technical Support in the job title.

1 90 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 84 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 81 (38.57%) Customer Service
4 71 (33.81%) Analytical Skills
5 64 (30.48%) SQL
6 59 (28.10%) Windows
7 45 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
8 42 (20.00%) Microsoft
9 37 (17.62%) Oracle
9 37 (17.62%) Degree
10 27 (12.86%) Agile
10 27 (12.86%) Organisational Skills
11 26 (12.38%) German Language
12 24 (11.43%) French Language
12 24 (11.43%) ITIL
12 24 (11.43%) CRM
13 23 (10.95%) ERP
13 23 (10.95%) PL/SQL
13 23 (10.95%) Computer Science
14 22 (10.48%) Computer Science Degree
14 22 (10.48%) XML
15 21 (10.00%) Time Management
16 20 (9.52%) Analytical Thinking
16 20 (9.52%) Freshdesk
17 19 (9.05%) SaaS
18 18 (8.57%) Telecoms
19 17 (8.10%) Problem Management
20 16 (7.62%) Azure
20 16 (7.62%) Mac OS
20 16 (7.62%) DevOps

Technical Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 14 (6.67%) Confluence
1 14 (6.67%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
2 3 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.48%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (6.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (5.24%) Oracle Receivables
2 4 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.48%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 45 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (9.05%) SaaS
3 16 (7.62%) Azure
4 8 (3.81%) Power Platform
5 5 (2.38%) Entra ID
6 4 (1.90%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (1.90%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.95%) AWS
7 2 (0.95%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 15 (7.14%) Broadband
2 14 (6.67%) 3GPP
3 12 (5.71%) Internet
4 11 (5.24%) Firewall
5 7 (3.33%) DNS
6 5 (2.38%) TCP/IP
6 5 (2.38%) VoIP
6 5 (2.38%) VPN
7 4 (1.90%) LAN
7 4 (1.90%) WAN
8 3 (1.43%) IP Telephony
9 2 (0.95%) DHCP
9 2 (0.95%) Network Security
9 2 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.48%) Fibre Channel
10 1 (0.48%) NAS
10 1 (0.48%) SAN
10 1 (0.48%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.48%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.86%) Crystal Reports
2 4 (1.90%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (1.90%) Power BI
2 4 (1.90%) QlikView
2 4 (1.90%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.95%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (5.24%) PowerBuilder
General
1 90 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 71 (33.81%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (12.86%) Organisational Skills
4 26 (12.38%) German Language
5 24 (11.43%) French Language
6 18 (8.57%) Telecoms
7 14 (6.67%) Billing
8 11 (5.24%) Finance
8 11 (5.24%) Local Government
9 8 (3.81%) Automotive
9 8 (3.81%) Manufacturing
10 7 (3.33%) Retail
11 5 (2.38%) Italian Language
11 5 (2.38%) Polish Language
11 5 (2.38%) Spanish Language
12 3 (1.43%) Arabic Language
12 3 (1.43%) Japanese Language
12 3 (1.43%) Mandarin Language
12 3 (1.43%) Portuguese Language
12 3 (1.43%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (10.48%) XML
2 13 (6.19%) .NET
3 11 (5.24%) BREW
3 11 (5.24%) Web Services
4 4 (1.90%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.67%) Wiki
2 13 (6.19%) Management Information System
3 11 (5.24%) Data Structures
4 5 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (2.38%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.38%) Social Media
5 3 (1.43%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.43%) NHS
5 3 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.95%) Client/Server
6 2 (0.95%) IoT
6 2 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.95%) Replication
7 1 (0.48%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (0.48%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.48%) FMCG
7 1 (0.48%) PlayStation
7 1 (0.48%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.48%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.48%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 59 (28.10%) Windows
2 16 (7.62%) Linux
2 16 (7.62%) Mac OS
3 14 (6.67%) Unix
4 10 (4.76%) Windows Server
5 5 (2.38%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.95%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.48%) Android
7 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 81 (38.57%) Customer Service
3 27 (12.86%) Agile
4 24 (11.43%) CRM
4 24 (11.43%) ITIL
5 23 (10.95%) Computer Science
5 23 (10.95%) ERP
6 21 (10.00%) Time Management
7 20 (9.52%) Analytical Thinking
8 17 (8.10%) Problem Management
9 16 (7.62%) DevOps
10 15 (7.14%) Customer Experience
10 15 (7.14%) ITSM
10 15 (7.14%) Programme Management
11 14 (6.67%) Business Case
11 14 (6.67%) CI/CD
11 14 (6.67%) Regulatory Compliance
11 14 (6.67%) SDLC
11 14 (6.67%) Service Design
11 14 (6.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 64 (30.48%) SQL
2 23 (10.95%) PL/SQL
3 15 (7.14%) C#
4 14 (6.67%) Shell Script
5 12 (5.71%) Bash
6 11 (5.24%) VB.NET
7 5 (2.38%) Python
8 1 (0.48%) R
Qualifications
1 37 (17.62%) Degree
2 22 (10.48%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (4.76%) A+ Certification
4 6 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (1.90%) MCP
6 2 (0.95%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.95%) CESG Certified Professional
6 2 (0.95%) CISSP
6 2 (0.95%) Citrix Certification
6 2 (0.95%) MCITP
6 2 (0.95%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.95%) PMP
6 2 (0.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.19%) SLA
2 2 (0.95%) GDPR
2 2 (0.95%) QA
3 1 (0.48%) ISO 13485
3 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 13 (6.19%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.33%) Hyper-V
2 7 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.95%) vSphere
3 2 (0.95%) XenApp
3 2 (0.95%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 14 (6.67%) Amdocs OSS
2 9 (4.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.48%) Backup Exec
3 1 (0.48%) SCCM
Vendors
1 42 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 37 (17.62%) Oracle
3 20 (9.52%) Freshdesk
4 14 (6.67%) Amdocs
5 12 (5.71%) ServiceNow
6 7 (3.33%) VMware
7 6 (2.86%) IFS
8 4 (1.90%) Blue Prism
8 4 (1.90%) Cognos
9 2 (0.95%) Cisco
9 2 (0.95%) Citrix
9 2 (0.95%) Google
9 2 (0.95%) HP
9 2 (0.95%) Sage
9 2 (0.95%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.48%) Apple
10 1 (0.48%) Dell
10 1 (0.48%) Draytek
10 1 (0.48%) Veeam
10 1 (0.48%) WatchGuard