Support Assistant Jobs in England

Support Assistant
UK > England

The median Support Assistant salary in England is £26,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 711 896 1109
Rank change year-on-year +185 +213 -247
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Assistant 124 29 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.031% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.034% 0.021%
Number of salaries quoted 82 25 27
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,050 £20,650
25th Percentile £25,000 £26,750 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,000 £32,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +8.33% +36.36%
75th Percentile £28,750 £33,750 £31,250
90th Percentile £34,875 £41,050 £38,750
UK median annual salary £26,000 £32,500 £27,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +18.18% +25.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,497 84,397 127,287
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.51% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 60,179 53,484 75,704
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,809 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Support Assistant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Assistant in England

Support Assistant
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Support Assistant in England

Support Assistant
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Assistant in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Assistant in England

Support Assistant
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Assistant within the England region over the 6 months to 4 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
East of England +72 55 £26,000 +6.12% 4
South West - 23 £26,500 -
West Midlands - 16 £24,696 -
Midlands - 16 £24,696 - 2
South East +28 13 £34,000 +23.64% 2
North of England +46 12 £28,975 +5.36% 10
Yorkshire - 6 £28,918 - 3
London +103 5 £28,000 -13.85% 4
North East - 5 £28,975 - 2
North West +11 1 £35,000 +27.27% 5
Support Assistant
UK

Support Assistant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 4 May 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 England region featuring Support Assistant in the job title.

1 56 (45.16%) Microsoft
1 56 (45.16%) Customer Service
2 49 (39.52%) Microsoft Office
2 49 (39.52%) CRM
3 40 (32.26%) Social Skills
4 35 (28.23%) Case Management
4 35 (28.23%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (28.23%) FTP
4 35 (28.23%) Replication
5 31 (25.00%) Windows
6 26 (20.97%) TCP/IP
7 19 (15.32%) SQL
8 16 (12.90%) SQL Server
9 14 (11.29%) Microsoft Exchange
10 12 (9.68%) SharePoint
10 12 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
10 12 (9.68%) Driving Licence
10 12 (9.68%) Windows 10
10 12 (9.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (8.06%) Network Monitoring
11 10 (8.06%) LAN
11 10 (8.06%) VoIP
11 10 (8.06%) WAN
11 10 (8.06%) ERP
11 10 (8.06%) Finance
11 10 (8.06%) Windows 7
11 10 (8.06%) Degree
12 9 (7.26%) Electronics
12 9 (7.26%) Marketing
12 9 (7.26%) DBS Check

Support Assistant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 14 (11.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (9.68%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.81%) CMS
3 1 (0.81%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (0.81%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 49 (39.52%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.23%) Azure
1 4 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (1.61%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 35 (28.23%) FTP
2 26 (20.97%) TCP/IP
3 10 (8.06%) LAN
3 10 (8.06%) VoIP
3 10 (8.06%) WAN
4 7 (5.65%) Wireless
5 2 (1.61%) Network Security
6 1 (0.81%) Skype
6 1 (0.81%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.81%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.90%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
General
1 40 (32.26%) Social Skills
2 12 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (9.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (8.06%) Finance
4 9 (7.26%) Electronics
4 9 (7.26%) Marketing
5 7 (5.65%) Manufacturing
6 5 (4.03%) Legal
7 2 (1.61%) Law
7 2 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.61%) Publishing
7 2 (1.61%) Retail
8 1 (0.81%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 35 (28.23%) Replication
2 12 (9.68%) Driving Licence
3 7 (5.65%) Data Centre
4 6 (4.84%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.23%) Freedom of Information
6 2 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.61%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 31 (25.00%) Windows
2 12 (9.68%) Windows 10
3 10 (8.06%) Windows 7
4 3 (2.42%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (45.16%) Customer Service
2 49 (39.52%) CRM
3 35 (28.23%) Case Management
3 35 (28.23%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (8.06%) ERP
4 10 (8.06%) Network Monitoring
5 9 (7.26%) Housing Management
6 7 (5.65%) Geotechnical Engineering
7 5 (4.03%) Customer Experience
8 4 (3.23%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (3.23%) Conflict Resolution
8 4 (3.23%) Kalman Filter
9 3 (2.42%) Biomedicine
9 3 (2.42%) Biotechnology
9 3 (2.42%) Logistics
9 3 (2.42%) Preventative Maintenance
10 2 (1.61%) Computer Science
10 2 (1.61%) Information Security
10 2 (1.61%) System Testing
10 2 (1.61%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 19 (15.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (8.06%) Degree
2 9 (7.26%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.65%) QA
2 2 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (1.61%) SLA
3 1 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (5.65%) Firmware
2 4 (3.23%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.61%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 56 (45.16%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.61%) Polycom
2 2 (1.61%) VMware
3 1 (0.81%) Oracle