Support Specialist Jobs in the UK excluding London

Support Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Support Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £34,000 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 428 627 734
Rank change year-on-year +199 +107 -126
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 386 101 140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.48% 0.18% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.21% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 314 65 100
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,441 £23,673
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £44,535 £34,750
Median % change year-on-year -23.65% +28.16% -0.71%
75th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £43,500
90th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £48,750
UK median annual salary £36,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +12.50% +11.11%

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 Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in the UK excluding London

Support Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Support Specialist in the UK excluding London

Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Support Specialist in the UK excluding London

Support Specialist
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 Specialist 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
North of England +105 111 £35,000 -26.58% 12
South East +47 95 £45,000 - 27
Midlands +2 72 £32,500 -35.00% 13
North West +30 60 £32,000 -41.82% 6
West Midlands +33 53 £32,500 -35.00% 7
Yorkshire +105 46 £35,579 +0.93% 6
East of England +22 45 £33,895 -23.89% 9
South West -8 35 £31,250 +3.31% 7
East Midlands -33 19 £29,500 -28.05% 6
Wales +21 12 £34,000 +44.68% 3
Scotland -64 12 £29,250 +4.89% 11
North East -15 5 £40,000 -16.09%
Isle of Man - 4 £37,000 -
Support Specialist
UK

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

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 UK excluding London region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 121 (31.35%) Windows
2 110 (28.50%) Social Skills
3 107 (27.72%) Microsoft
4 89 (23.06%) Active Directory
4 89 (23.06%) Microsoft 365
5 79 (20.47%) Problem-Solving
6 76 (19.69%) Degree
7 60 (15.54%) Security Cleared
8 59 (15.28%) Azure
9 53 (13.73%) Customer Service
10 49 (12.69%) Linux
11 48 (12.44%) ITIL
11 48 (12.44%) SC Cleared
12 45 (11.66%) Self-Motivation
13 41 (10.62%) Windows Server
14 40 (10.36%) SCCM
15 37 (9.59%) Agile
16 36 (9.33%) Law
16 36 (9.33%) DNS
17 34 (8.81%) DV Cleared
18 33 (8.55%) Microsoft Exchange
19 31 (8.03%) Power Platform
20 30 (7.77%) Firewall
21 29 (7.51%) Windows 10
21 29 (7.51%) Driving Licence
21 29 (7.51%) Service Management
21 29 (7.51%) Business Intelligence
21 29 (7.51%) DHCP
22 27 (6.99%) C#
23 26 (6.74%) CI/CD

Support Specialist 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 33 (8.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (5.96%) SharePoint
3 16 (4.15%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.81%) OpenStack
Applications
1 24 (6.22%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.30%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (1.04%) Magento
2 4 (1.04%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.26%) Infor LN
3 1 (0.26%) Sage 300 ERP
3 1 (0.26%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 89 (23.06%) Microsoft 365
2 59 (15.28%) Azure
3 31 (8.03%) Power Platform
4 26 (6.74%) Entra ID
5 19 (4.92%) Azure Monitor
5 19 (4.92%) Azure Storage
6 12 (3.11%) AWS
7 11 (2.85%) SaaS
8 7 (1.81%) Nutanix
9 5 (1.30%) GCP
9 5 (1.30%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.04%) Google Workspace
10 4 (1.04%) Mimecast
10 4 (1.04%) Slack
11 3 (0.78%) Asana
11 3 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.26%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 36 (9.33%) DNS
2 30 (7.77%) Firewall
3 29 (7.51%) DHCP
4 16 (4.15%) Skype
5 15 (3.89%) LAN
5 15 (3.89%) Wireless
6 10 (2.59%) Internet
6 10 (2.59%) VPN
7 7 (1.81%) Ethernet
7 7 (1.81%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.55%) VoIP
8 6 (1.55%) WAN
9 5 (1.30%) 5G
9 5 (1.30%) Broadband
9 5 (1.30%) IPsec
9 5 (1.30%) SSL
9 5 (1.30%) TCP/IP
10 4 (1.04%) FTP
10 4 (1.04%) SMTP
10 4 (1.04%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (5.96%) QlikView
2 19 (4.92%) Power BI
3 13 (3.37%) BusinessObjects
3 13 (3.37%) Relational Database
4 10 (2.59%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.04%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (0.26%) JIRA
General
1 110 (28.50%) Social Skills
2 36 (9.33%) Law
3 19 (4.92%) Finance
4 18 (4.66%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (4.15%) Manufacturing
6 15 (3.89%) Retail
6 15 (3.89%) Telecoms
7 13 (3.37%) Legal
8 10 (2.59%) Marketing
9 8 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.81%) Electronics
10 7 (1.81%) Games
11 4 (1.04%) Agriculture
12 3 (0.78%) French Language
12 3 (0.78%) German Language
13 2 (0.52%) Italian Language
13 2 (0.52%) Military
13 2 (0.52%) Spanish Language
14 1 (0.26%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.92%) ARM Templates
2 9 (2.33%) HTML
3 6 (1.55%) EDI
4 5 (1.30%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.52%) .NET
5 2 (0.52%) EDIFACT
5 2 (0.52%) JSON
5 2 (0.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (11.66%) Self-Motivation
2 29 (7.51%) Driving Licence
3 23 (5.96%) Data Centre
4 19 (4.92%) Management Information System
4 19 (4.92%) Onboarding
4 19 (4.92%) PKI
5 17 (4.40%) Video Conferencing
6 7 (1.81%) Smartphone
7 3 (0.78%) CCTV
8 2 (0.52%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.52%) Digital Media
8 2 (0.52%) Digital Signage
8 2 (0.52%) Life Science
8 2 (0.52%) TRADACOMS
9 1 (0.26%) BYOD
9 1 (0.26%) Derivative
9 1 (0.26%) IoT
9 1 (0.26%) iPhone
9 1 (0.26%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.26%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 121 (31.35%) Windows
2 49 (12.69%) Linux
3 41 (10.62%) Windows Server
4 29 (7.51%) Windows 10
5 25 (6.48%) Android
5 25 (6.48%) Windows Server 2016
6 22 (5.70%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (4.40%) Apple iOS
8 8 (2.07%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.78%) Windows NT
9 3 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.52%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.26%) CentOS
11 1 (0.26%) Debian
11 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.26%) Scientific Linux
11 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (20.47%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (13.73%) Customer Service
3 48 (12.44%) ITIL
4 37 (9.59%) Agile
5 29 (7.51%) Business Intelligence
5 29 (7.51%) Service Management
6 26 (6.74%) CI/CD
6 26 (6.74%) Continuous Improvement
7 23 (5.96%) Stakeholder Management
8 22 (5.70%) ERP
8 22 (5.70%) Project Management
9 20 (5.18%) Time Management
10 19 (4.92%) Analytics
10 19 (4.92%) Computer Science
10 19 (4.92%) DevOps
10 19 (4.92%) Identity Management
10 19 (4.92%) Infrastructure as Code
10 19 (4.92%) Log Analytics
10 19 (4.92%) RBAC
10 19 (4.92%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (6.99%) C#
2 22 (5.70%) PowerShell
2 22 (5.70%) SQL
3 20 (5.18%) VBScript
4 19 (4.92%) Bicep
4 19 (4.92%) VB
5 7 (1.81%) Python
6 1 (0.26%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.26%) PHP
Qualifications
1 76 (19.69%) Degree
2 60 (15.54%) Security Cleared
3 48 (12.44%) SC Cleared
4 34 (8.81%) DV Cleared
5 19 (4.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 17 (4.40%) HNC
7 11 (2.85%) HND
8 7 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.30%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.52%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.26%) CCNA
12 1 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.26%) MCP
12 1 (0.26%) MOS
12 1 (0.26%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.85%) GDPR
2 5 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.04%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.52%) SLA
5 1 (0.26%) QA
System Software
1 89 (23.06%) Active Directory
2 22 (5.70%) Virtual Machines
3 19 (4.92%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (3.11%) Hyper-V
4 12 (3.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (2.33%) Docker
6 3 (0.78%) Firmware
6 3 (0.78%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 40 (10.36%) SCCM
2 26 (6.74%) Kubernetes
2 26 (6.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (5.70%) WSUS
4 19 (4.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 19 (4.92%) SCOM
5 7 (1.81%) Ansible
6 5 (1.30%) Autotask
7 3 (0.78%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 107 (27.72%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.18%) VMware
3 13 (3.37%) Cognos
4 12 (3.11%) Oracle
5 6 (1.55%) Cisco
5 6 (1.55%) Datto
6 5 (1.30%) Automation Anywhere
6 5 (1.30%) Blue Prism
6 5 (1.30%) Pega
6 5 (1.30%) UiPath
6 5 (1.30%) Veeam
6 5 (1.30%) Virgin Media
7 4 (1.04%) Epicor
8 3 (0.78%) Sage
8 3 (0.78%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.52%) Citrix
9 2 (0.52%) SAP
9 2 (0.52%) Sybase
10 1 (0.26%) Adobe
10 1 (0.26%) Avaya