Technical Support
UK

The median Technical Support salary in the UK is £33,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 275 504 579
Rank change year-on-year +229 +75 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support 1,072 571 846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.08% 0.57% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% 0.62% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 883 273 504
10th Percentile £24,000 £26,234 £19,750
25th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £24,716
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £37,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% +15.38% +5.69%
75th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £42,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £56,800 £57,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £36,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year -10.96% +23.73% +3.06%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,878 92,381 151,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,248 58,258 84,340
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Technical Support
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Support in the UK

Technical Support
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Support.

Salary trend for Technical Support in the UK

Technical Support
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Support over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Support in the UK

Technical Support
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Support within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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
England +250 973 £33,500 -10.67% 209
UK excluding London +141 941 £32,500 -10.96% 185
South East +112 243 £32,500 -23.53% 47
North of England +110 222 £32,500 -1.52% 58
Work from Home +93 197 £32,750 -17.76% 55
Midlands +130 191 £30,000 -5.37% 31
South West +18 127 £34,000 -15.00% 22
North West +88 126 £32,500 +8.56% 40
London +158 106 £40,000 - 32
West Midlands +72 104 £35,000 +12.90% 19
East Midlands - 87 £28,000 - 12
East of England +39 82 £34,250 -2.14% 27
Yorkshire +63 81 £32,500 -27.78% 9
Scotland -60 36 £30,000 -33.33% 5
Wales +17 19 £32,500 -18.75% 4
North East +7 15 £30,000 -35.14% 9
Northern Ireland +28 13 £37,250 +2.76% 4
Isle of Man - 8 £45,000 -

Technical Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 May 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 job ads featuring Technical Support in the job title.

1 285 (26.59%) Customer Service
2 272 (25.37%) Social Skills
3 224 (20.90%) Windows
4 215 (20.06%) Microsoft
5 159 (14.83%) Problem-Solving
6 141 (13.15%) Active Directory
7 140 (13.06%) Microsoft 365
8 109 (10.17%) Azure
9 108 (10.07%) Degree
10 106 (9.89%) ITIL
11 98 (9.14%) Manufacturing
12 96 (8.96%) Windows Server
13 93 (8.68%) SQL
14 83 (7.74%) SharePoint
15 68 (6.34%) Finance
16 66 (6.16%) CRM
16 66 (6.16%) Entra ID
17 65 (6.06%) Linux
18 63 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
19 62 (5.78%) Firewall
20 60 (5.60%) Telecoms
21 58 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
22 56 (5.22%) SQL Server
23 55 (5.13%) Retail
23 55 (5.13%) Continuous Improvement
24 54 (5.04%) VMware
25 52 (4.85%) Hyper-V
26 49 (4.57%) Driving Licence
27 47 (4.38%) French Language
28 44 (4.10%) Wireless

Technical Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 83 (7.74%) SharePoint
2 42 (3.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.56%) Confluence
4 2 (0.19%) IIS
4 2 (0.19%) WordPress
5 1 (0.093%) CMS
5 1 (0.093%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.093%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 58 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (2.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.28%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.28%) Trello
5 2 (0.19%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.19%) Revit
6 1 (0.093%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.093%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.12%) NEC Housing
3 4 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.19%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.093%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (0.093%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 140 (13.06%) Microsoft 365
2 109 (10.17%) Azure
3 66 (6.16%) Entra ID
4 37 (3.45%) OneDrive
5 26 (2.43%) AWS
6 19 (1.77%) SaaS
7 12 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (0.84%) Power Automate
8 9 (0.84%) Power Platform
9 8 (0.75%) GCP
10 7 (0.65%) Mimecast
11 5 (0.47%) Google Workspace
12 2 (0.19%) Oracle CX
12 2 (0.19%) Snowflake
12 2 (0.19%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (0.19%) WhatsApp
13 1 (0.093%) Apple Pay
13 1 (0.093%) Azure Data Factory
13 1 (0.093%) Azure Sentinel
13 1 (0.093%) Azure Table
Communications & Networking
1 62 (5.78%) Firewall
2 44 (4.10%) Wireless
3 36 (3.36%) TCP/IP
4 31 (2.89%) DNS
5 30 (2.80%) WAN
6 27 (2.52%) VoIP
7 26 (2.43%) LAN
8 20 (1.87%) DHCP
9 18 (1.68%) SNMP
10 17 (1.59%) 4G
10 17 (1.59%) LTE
10 17 (1.59%) Remote Desktop
11 16 (1.49%) 3G
12 15 (1.40%) Ethernet
12 15 (1.40%) VSAT
13 14 (1.31%) Internet
14 13 (1.21%) SAN
14 13 (1.21%) SSH
15 12 (1.12%) GPRS
15 12 (1.12%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (5.22%) SQL Server
2 28 (2.61%) MySQL
3 22 (2.05%) Relational Database
4 18 (1.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (0.75%) Power BI
5 8 (0.75%) QlikView
6 4 (0.37%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (0.28%) Crystal Reports
7 3 (0.28%) GIS
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.19%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.093%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 23 (2.15%) JIRA
2 13 (1.21%) Eclipse
3 3 (0.28%) GCC
4 2 (0.19%) PowerBuilder
5 1 (0.093%) Subversion
General
1 272 (25.37%) Social Skills
2 98 (9.14%) Manufacturing
3 68 (6.34%) Finance
4 63 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (5.60%) Telecoms
6 55 (5.13%) Retail
7 47 (4.38%) French Language
8 36 (3.36%) Electronics
9 34 (3.17%) German Language
10 27 (2.52%) Military
11 25 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
12 21 (1.96%) Public Sector
13 18 (1.68%) Marketing
14 17 (1.59%) Automotive
15 16 (1.49%) Banking
16 13 (1.21%) Games
17 11 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
18 10 (0.93%) Law
18 10 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
19 9 (0.84%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.43%) HTML
2 25 (2.33%) CSS
3 20 (1.87%) XML
4 19 (1.77%) REST
5 15 (1.40%) Web Services
6 13 (1.21%) Ajax
6 13 (1.21%) AngularJS
6 13 (1.21%) JDBC
6 13 (1.21%) ODBC
6 13 (1.21%) SOAP
6 13 (1.21%) XHTML
7 11 (1.03%) .NET
8 9 (0.84%) FIX Protocol
9 3 (0.28%) ASP.NET
9 3 (0.28%) EDI
9 3 (0.28%) JSON
9 3 (0.28%) Lightning Web Components
9 3 (0.28%) React
10 1 (0.093%) BREW
10 1 (0.093%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 49 (4.57%) Driving Licence
2 30 (2.80%) Management Information System
3 21 (1.96%) CCTV
3 21 (1.96%) Data Centre
3 21 (1.96%) Onboarding
3 21 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (1.21%) CMDB
5 9 (0.84%) Housing Association
6 8 (0.75%) Fat Client
6 8 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
6 8 (0.75%) Social Media
6 8 (0.75%) Thin Client
7 7 (0.65%) Algorithms
7 7 (0.65%) EPoS
7 7 (0.65%) Fibre Optics
8 6 (0.56%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (0.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (0.47%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (0.47%) Low-Code
9 5 (0.47%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 224 (20.90%) Windows
2 96 (8.96%) Windows Server
3 65 (6.06%) Linux
4 42 (3.92%) Windows 10
5 26 (2.43%) Mac OS
6 15 (1.40%) Apple iOS
6 15 (1.40%) Unix
7 13 (1.21%) Android
8 12 (1.12%) Windows Server 2012
9 10 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.19%) Solaris
10 2 (0.19%) VMS
10 2 (0.19%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 285 (26.59%) Customer Service
2 159 (14.83%) Problem-Solving
3 106 (9.89%) ITIL
4 66 (6.16%) CRM
5 55 (5.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 41 (3.82%) Customer Experience
7 33 (3.08%) Coaching
8 30 (2.80%) Business Intelligence
8 30 (2.80%) Mentoring
8 30 (2.80%) Time Management
9 26 (2.43%) Disaster Recovery
10 24 (2.24%) B2B
10 24 (2.24%) Commercial Awareness
11 22 (2.05%) Incident Management
12 21 (1.96%) Change Management
12 21 (1.96%) Root Cause Analysis
13 20 (1.87%) ITSM
14 19 (1.77%) Network Management
15 18 (1.68%) ERP
15 18 (1.68%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 93 (8.68%) SQL
2 31 (2.89%) PL/SQL
3 24 (2.24%) Java
3 24 (2.24%) JavaScript
4 22 (2.05%) T-SQL
5 21 (1.96%) Python
6 18 (1.68%) PowerShell
7 15 (1.40%) C#
8 13 (1.21%) Perl
9 5 (0.47%) PHP
10 4 (0.37%) VBA
10 4 (0.37%) VBScript
11 3 (0.28%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.19%) C++
12 2 (0.19%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 108 (10.07%) Degree
2 34 (3.17%) HNC
3 21 (1.96%) HND
4 20 (1.87%) Security Cleared
5 8 (0.75%) CCNA
5 8 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 7 (0.65%) Azure Certification
7 6 (0.56%) GCSC
8 5 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (0.47%) SC Cleared
9 4 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.37%) MCP
10 3 (0.28%) MCT
11 2 (0.19%) Citrix Certification
11 2 (0.19%) MCITP
11 2 (0.19%) MCSA
11 2 (0.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (4.01%) SLA
2 19 (1.77%) QA
3 12 (1.12%) GDPR
4 5 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (0.28%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.19%) ISO 14001
6 2 (0.19%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.093%) EMIR
7 1 (0.093%) MiFID
System Software
1 141 (13.15%) Active Directory
2 52 (4.85%) Hyper-V
3 39 (3.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (0.75%) Firmware
5 8 (0.75%) vSphere
6 6 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.37%) NFS
7 4 (0.37%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.19%) XenApp
8 2 (0.19%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.093%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 39 (3.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (1.21%) WMI
3 8 (0.75%) SCCM
4 7 (0.65%) Progress Chef
5 6 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.37%) Backup Exec
7 3 (0.28%) Cisco Prime
7 3 (0.28%) McAfee ePO
7 3 (0.28%) SCOM
8 1 (0.093%) Autotask
8 1 (0.093%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 215 (20.06%) Microsoft
2 54 (5.04%) VMware
3 31 (2.89%) Cisco
4 23 (2.15%) Oracle
5 20 (1.87%) Salesforce
6 15 (1.40%) Citrix
7 14 (1.31%) Veeam
8 13 (1.21%) HP
8 13 (1.21%) Splunk
9 12 (1.12%) NEC
10 10 (0.93%) Siemens
11 9 (0.84%) SAP
12 7 (0.65%) Apple
13 6 (0.56%) Acronis
13 6 (0.56%) Commvault
14 5 (0.47%) ServiceNow
15 4 (0.37%) Cognos
15 4 (0.37%) HubSpot
15 4 (0.37%) Sun
15 4 (0.37%) Veritas