Support Specialist Jobs in Birmingham

Support Specialist
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Support Specialist salary in Birmingham is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 137 -
Rank change year-on-year +4 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 12 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.44% 0.051% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.055% -
Number of salaries quoted 11 1 0
10th Percentile £31,000 - -
25th Percentile £38,125 £27,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £35,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% - -
75th Percentile £48,750 £42,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £32,500 £50,000 £35,484
% change year-on-year -35.00% +40.91% +29.03%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,571 1,815 2,984
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.28% 93.41% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,099 1,387 2,292
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £82,500 £83,750
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in Birmingham

Support Specialist
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Support Specialist in Birmingham

Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Specialist in Birmingham over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Specialist in Birmingham

Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 7 May 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 Birmingham region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 9 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 9 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 9 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (58.33%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 6 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (50.00%) Power Platform
3 6 (50.00%) Power BI
3 6 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
4 5 (41.67%) SQL
4 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
5 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
5 4 (33.33%) Windows
5 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (25.00%) vSphere
6 3 (25.00%) SharePoint
6 3 (25.00%) VMware
6 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (8.33%) Scientific Linux
7 1 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (8.33%) Ubuntu
7 1 (8.33%) Smartphone
7 1 (8.33%) Derivative
7 1 (8.33%) Degree
7 1 (8.33%) Mathematics
7 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
7 1 (8.33%) CentOS
7 1 (8.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (8.33%) Mac OS

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (50.00%) Power BI
1 6 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 9 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Back Office
2 1 (8.33%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (8.33%) Derivative
2 1 (8.33%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (8.33%) CentOS
2 1 (8.33%) Debian
2 1 (8.33%) Linux
2 1 (8.33%) Mac OS
2 1 (8.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (8.33%) Scientific Linux
2 1 (8.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (58.33%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
4 1 (8.33%) ITIL
4 1 (8.33%) Line Management
4 1 (8.33%) Mathematics
4 1 (8.33%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (8.33%) Project Management
4 1 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (8.33%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) SQL
2 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (8.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (25.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) VMware