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 20 May 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 671 877 1123
Rank change year-on-year +206 +246 -262
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Specialist 169 48 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.054% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.059% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 69 23 34
10th Percentile £29,200 £32,836 £21,806
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,250 £40,000 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.88% +25.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £40,000
90th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £43,925
UK median annual salary £33,250 £40,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year -16.88% +25.00% -20.00%

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 81,786 81,001 131,568
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.57% 91.55% 96.04%
Number of salaries quoted 60,839 51,644 75,317
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £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 20 May 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 20 May 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 +195 103 £40,000 -3.61% 4
Midlands -1 26 £32,500 - 6
West Midlands - 25 £32,500 - 6
South East +22 15 £33,500 -21.18% 4
East of England - 12 £30,000 - 1
North of England +43 9 £37,500 -19.87% 5
North West +6 8 £43,750 -6.52% 2
South West -20 4 - - 1
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 20 May 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.

1 135 (79.88%) Windows
2 134 (79.29%) Microsoft
3 127 (75.15%) Social Skills
4 117 (69.23%) Microsoft 365
5 113 (66.86%) Active Directory
6 107 (63.31%) Degree
7 105 (62.13%) Video Conferencing
8 103 (60.95%) Windows 10
9 102 (60.36%) Android
10 93 (55.03%) Microsoft Exchange
11 92 (54.44%) Cisco
12 88 (52.07%) Citrix
12 88 (52.07%) WAN
12 88 (52.07%) Business Continuity
12 88 (52.07%) Computer Science
12 88 (52.07%) SD-WAN
12 88 (52.07%) Computer Science Degree
13 87 (51.48%) Mobile Device Management
13 87 (51.48%) Cisco IOS
13 87 (51.48%) SCCM
14 86 (50.89%) Wiki
14 86 (50.89%) XenApp
14 86 (50.89%) XenDesktop
14 86 (50.89%) Business Continuity Planning
14 86 (50.89%) VMware ESXi
14 86 (50.89%) Microsoft App-V
14 86 (50.89%) Wireless
14 86 (50.89%) BCP
14 86 (50.89%) AirWatch
14 86 (50.89%) WebEx

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 93 (55.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (7.69%) Skype for Business
3 10 (5.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (11.83%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (0.59%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 117 (69.23%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (7.10%) Azure
3 6 (3.55%) AWS
4 4 (2.37%) Google Workspace
5 3 (1.78%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.18%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.18%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.18%) Snowflake
6 2 (1.18%) WhatsApp
7 1 (0.59%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 88 (52.07%) SD-WAN
1 88 (52.07%) WAN
2 87 (51.48%) Cisco IOS
3 86 (50.89%) WebEx
3 86 (50.89%) Wireless
4 13 (7.69%) Skype
5 6 (3.55%) Firewall
6 5 (2.96%) Network Security
6 5 (2.96%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (2.37%) DNS
7 4 (2.37%) SAN
8 2 (1.18%) DHCP
8 2 (1.18%) iSCSI
8 2 (1.18%) LAN
8 2 (1.18%) NAS
9 1 (0.59%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.59%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.18%) Power BI
1 2 (1.18%) SQL Server
General
1 127 (75.15%) Social Skills
2 22 (13.02%) Law
3 9 (5.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (4.73%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.14%) Legal
6 6 (3.55%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.96%) Finance
8 2 (1.18%) Banking
8 2 (1.18%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.59%) Back Office
9 1 (0.59%) Front Office
9 1 (0.59%) Games
9 1 (0.59%) German Language
9 1 (0.59%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 105 (62.13%) Video Conferencing
2 86 (50.89%) Wiki
3 13 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.96%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.37%) Smartphone
6 2 (1.18%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.59%) Apple TV
7 1 (0.59%) BYOD
7 1 (0.59%) Derivative
7 1 (0.59%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.59%) IoT
7 1 (0.59%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.59%) Social Media
7 1 (0.59%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 135 (79.88%) Windows
2 103 (60.95%) Windows 10
3 102 (60.36%) Android
4 13 (7.69%) Apple iOS
5 7 (4.14%) Windows Server
6 6 (3.55%) Linux
7 2 (1.18%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.59%) CentOS
8 1 (0.59%) Debian
8 1 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.59%) Scientific Linux
8 1 (0.59%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (52.07%) Business Continuity
1 88 (52.07%) Computer Science
2 87 (51.48%) Mobile Device Management
3 86 (50.89%) Application Virtualisation
3 86 (50.89%) BCP
3 86 (50.89%) Business Continuity Planning
3 86 (50.89%) Contract Negotiation
4 27 (15.98%) ITIL
5 25 (14.79%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (10.65%) Time Management
7 16 (9.47%) Customer Service
8 14 (8.28%) Inventory Management
8 14 (8.28%) Stakeholder Management
9 13 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (6.51%) Incident Management
11 8 (4.73%) Cybersecurity
12 6 (3.55%) ITSM
12 6 (3.55%) Project Delivery
12 6 (3.55%) Service Management
13 5 (2.96%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.96%) SQL
2 1 (0.59%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.59%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 107 (63.31%) Degree
2 88 (52.07%) Computer Science Degree
3 86 (50.89%) Master's Degree
4 13 (7.69%) Security Cleared
5 9 (5.33%) DV Cleared
6 7 (4.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (2.96%) NVQ Level 3
8 4 (2.37%) A+ Certification
8 4 (2.37%) DBS Check
8 4 (2.37%) SC Cleared
9 2 (1.18%) Postgraduate
10 1 (0.59%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.55%) GDPR
2 4 (2.37%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.59%) SLA
System Software
1 113 (66.86%) Active Directory
2 86 (50.89%) Microsoft App-V
2 86 (50.89%) VMware ESXi
2 86 (50.89%) XenApp
2 86 (50.89%) XenDesktop
3 8 (4.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (4.14%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.78%) vSphere
6 1 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 87 (51.48%) SCCM
2 86 (50.89%) AirWatch
3 5 (2.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (2.37%) Autotask
Vendors
1 134 (79.29%) Microsoft
2 92 (54.44%) Cisco
3 88 (52.07%) Citrix
4 16 (9.47%) VMware
5 4 (2.37%) Datto
6 3 (1.78%) Veeam
7 2 (1.18%) Alteryx
7 2 (1.18%) Apple
7 2 (1.18%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.18%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.59%) Adobe
8 1 (0.59%) Avaya
8 1 (0.59%) DocuSign
8 1 (0.59%) iManage
8 1 (0.59%) Instagram
8 1 (0.59%) Meraki
8 1 (0.59%) Oracle
8 1 (0.59%) Sage
8 1 (0.59%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.59%) SAP