Support Specialist Jobs in the South West

Support Specialist
England > South West

The median Support Specialist salary in the South West is £31,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 260 252 318
Rank change year-on-year -8 +66 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 35 3 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.33% 0.047% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.052% 0.060%
Number of salaries quoted 28 2 4
10th Percentile £29,346 £27,425 £23,350
25th Percentile £29,938 £28,063 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,250 £30,250 £32,250
Median % change year-on-year +3.31% -6.20% -7.86%
75th Percentile £40,000 £32,563 £35,688
90th Percentile £43,750 £33,275 £37,375
England median annual salary £37,500 £46,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -18.48% +15.00% +9.59%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 South West with a recognized job title 10,157 5,725 8,324
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.15% 88.79% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 7,334 3,659 5,114
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £38,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £64,750 £68,750 £65,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in the South West

Support Specialist
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Support Specialist in the South West.

Salary trend for Support Specialist in the South West

Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Specialist in the South West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Specialist in the South West

Support Specialist
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Specialist within the South West region over the 6 months to 12 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
Somerset +15 19 £30,385 -6.51% 4
Dorset - 6 £40,000 -
Gloucestershire - 4 - -
Devon - 4 £43,750 -
Bristol -9 2 £31,500 +12.50% 2
Support Specialist
England

Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 12 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 South West region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 15 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 11 (31.43%) SC Cleared
3 10 (28.57%) Driving Licence
4 9 (25.71%) Wireless
5 7 (20.00%) Finance
5 7 (20.00%) Windows
5 7 (20.00%) Active Directory
5 7 (20.00%) DV Cleared
6 5 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (11.43%) ITIL
7 4 (11.43%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (11.43%) Linux
7 4 (11.43%) Degree
7 4 (11.43%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (11.43%) Incident Management
7 4 (11.43%) Logistics
7 4 (11.43%) Agile
7 4 (11.43%) VMware
8 3 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (5.71%) EDIFACT
9 2 (5.71%) Service Delivery
9 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
9 2 (5.71%) SharePoint
9 2 (5.71%) EDI
9 2 (5.71%) B2B
9 2 (5.71%) SQL
9 2 (5.71%) .NET
9 2 (5.71%) Oracle
9 2 (5.71%) SQL Server
9 2 (5.71%) Sybase

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (5.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.86%) Azure
2 1 (2.86%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (25.71%) Wireless
2 1 (2.86%) 3G
2 1 (2.86%) 4G
2 1 (2.86%) ADSL
2 1 (2.86%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.86%) VDSL
2 1 (2.86%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.71%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (20.00%) Finance
2 2 (5.71%) Agriculture
3 1 (2.86%) Advertising
3 1 (2.86%) Military
3 1 (2.86%) Tech for Good
3 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) .NET
1 2 (5.71%) EDI
1 2 (5.71%) EDIFACT
1 2 (5.71%) JSON
1 2 (5.71%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (28.57%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.71%) Data Structures
2 2 (5.71%) TRADACOMS
3 1 (2.86%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 7 (20.00%) Windows
2 4 (11.43%) Linux
3 1 (2.86%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.86%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (11.43%) Agile
2 4 (11.43%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (11.43%) Incident Management
2 4 (11.43%) ITIL
2 4 (11.43%) Logistics
3 2 (5.71%) B2B
3 2 (5.71%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (5.71%) Data Transformation
3 2 (5.71%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (5.71%) Service Delivery
3 2 (5.71%) Ticket Management
4 1 (2.86%) Asset Management
4 1 (2.86%) ITSM
4 1 (2.86%) Proactive Maintenance
4 1 (2.86%) Project Management
4 1 (2.86%) Software Testing
4 1 (2.86%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.71%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 11 (31.43%) SC Cleared
3 7 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 4 (11.43%) Degree
System Software
1 7 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (11.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (5.71%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (11.43%) VMware
2 2 (5.71%) Oracle
2 2 (5.71%) Sybase
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft