Support Assistant Jobs in the UK excluding London

Support Assistant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Support Assistant salary in the UK excluding London is £26,250 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 649 715 863
Rank change year-on-year +66 +148 -163
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Assistant 131 13 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.024% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.026% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 87 13 11
10th Percentile £24,418 £15,800 £20,000
25th Percentile £25,000 £22,750 £21,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,250 £27,500 £23,800
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +15.55% +8.18%
75th Percentile £31,750 £29,250 £27,375
90th Percentile £37,000 £48,965 £30,000
UK median annual salary £26,500 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year -18.46% +8.33% +36.36%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Support Assistant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Support Assistant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Support Assistant in the UK excluding London

Support Assistant
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Support Assistant in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Support Assistant in the UK excluding London

Support Assistant
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Assistant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Assistant in the UK excluding London

Support Assistant
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Assistant within the UK excluding London 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
East of England +42 57 £26,000 +6.12% 1
South West - 23 £26,500 - 1
North of England +31 21 £32,500 +18.18% 6
Midlands - 17 £24,696 - 2
West Midlands - 15 £24,696 - 1
South East -16 13 £34,000 +22.52% 6
North West -14 10 £40,000 +45.45% 4
Yorkshire - 6 £28,918 - 2
North East - 5 £28,975 -
East Midlands - 2 - - 1
Support Assistant
UK

Support Assistant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Support Assistant 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 UK excluding London region featuring Support Assistant in the job title.

1 57 (43.51%) Customer Service
2 54 (41.22%) Microsoft
3 48 (36.64%) CRM
4 47 (35.88%) Microsoft Office
5 40 (30.53%) Social Skills
6 36 (27.48%) Problem-Solving
7 35 (26.72%) Case Management
7 35 (26.72%) FTP
7 35 (26.72%) Replication
8 29 (22.14%) Windows
9 25 (19.08%) TCP/IP
10 18 (13.74%) SQL
11 16 (12.21%) SQL Server
12 13 (9.92%) SharePoint
12 13 (9.92%) Microsoft Exchange
13 11 (8.40%) Electronics
13 11 (8.40%) Analytical Skills
13 11 (8.40%) Driving Licence
13 11 (8.40%) Windows 10
13 11 (8.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (7.63%) ERP
15 9 (6.87%) Finance
15 9 (6.87%) Manufacturing
15 9 (6.87%) LAN
15 9 (6.87%) VoIP
15 9 (6.87%) WAN
15 9 (6.87%) Windows 7
15 9 (6.87%) Marketing
15 9 (6.87%) Degree
15 9 (6.87%) Housing Management

Support Assistant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 13 (9.92%) Microsoft Exchange
1 13 (9.92%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.76%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 47 (35.88%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 6 (4.58%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (3.05%) Azure
3 2 (1.53%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 35 (26.72%) FTP
2 25 (19.08%) TCP/IP
3 9 (6.87%) LAN
3 9 (6.87%) VoIP
3 9 (6.87%) WAN
4 7 (5.34%) Wireless
5 2 (1.53%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.21%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.76%) Oracle Reports
General
1 40 (30.53%) Social Skills
2 11 (8.40%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (8.40%) Electronics
2 11 (8.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (6.87%) Finance
3 9 (6.87%) Manufacturing
3 9 (6.87%) Marketing
4 4 (3.05%) Legal
5 2 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (1.53%) Publishing
5 2 (1.53%) Retail
6 1 (0.76%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 35 (26.72%) Replication
2 11 (8.40%) Driving Licence
3 7 (5.34%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.82%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.05%) Freedom of Information
6 2 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.53%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 29 (22.14%) Windows
2 11 (8.40%) Windows 10
3 9 (6.87%) Windows 7
4 3 (2.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (43.51%) Customer Service
2 48 (36.64%) CRM
3 36 (27.48%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (26.72%) Case Management
5 10 (7.63%) ERP
6 9 (6.87%) Housing Management
6 9 (6.87%) Network Monitoring
7 7 (5.34%) Geotechnical Engineering
8 5 (3.82%) Customer Experience
9 4 (3.05%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (3.05%) Conflict Resolution
9 4 (3.05%) Kalman Filter
10 3 (2.29%) Biomedicine
10 3 (2.29%) Biotechnology
10 3 (2.29%) Logistics
11 2 (1.53%) Critical Thinking
11 2 (1.53%) Cybersecurity
11 2 (1.53%) Performance Monitoring
11 2 (1.53%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 2 (1.53%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 18 (13.74%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (6.87%) DBS Check
1 9 (6.87%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.34%) QA
2 3 (2.29%) SLA
3 2 (1.53%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (5.34%) Firmware
2 4 (3.05%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.53%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 54 (41.22%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.53%) VMware
3 1 (0.76%) Oracle