Support Specialist Jobs in England
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Support Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the England region.

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Specialist
Rank 574 570 540
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -30
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 277 309 323
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.274% 0.273% 0.274%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.290% 0.287% 0.291%
Number of salaries quoted 198 259 253
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £28,900 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,309 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+6.20% +0.88%
Search 28 Support Specialist jobs in England
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 95490 107493 111049
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.41% 94.82% 94.26%
Number of salaries quoted 80297 92843 94497
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,925 £27,500 £26,250
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Specialist
UK

Support Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Support Specialist across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Support Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Support Specialist
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Support Specialist across the England region.

England Support Specialist Salary Trend

Support Specialist
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Specialist across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Support Specialist Salary Histogram

Support Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Specialist within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads		 Average Salary
Last 3 Months		 Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +30 105 £37,500 -3.84%
South East -26 70 £37,500 -12.79%
North West +25 34 £38,500 +40.00%
East of England +11 33 £37,500 +7.14%
West Midlands -13 13 £40,995 +9.31%
South West -3 10 £32,500 -2.98%
East Midlands -4 5 £47,500 +58.33%
Yorkshire -8 4 £20,000 -55.55%
Midlands - 3 £37,500 -
Support Specialist
UK

Support Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Support Specialist in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Support Specialist in their job title.

1 257 (43.12%) Windows
2 163 (27.35%) SQL
3 155 (26.01%) Linux
3 155 (26.01%) Finance
4 153 (25.67%) Microsoft
5 133 (22.32%) ITIL
6 123 (20.64%) Oracle
7 119 (19.97%) UNIX
8 106 (17.79%) Active Directory
9 105 (17.62%) SQL Server
10 98 (16.44%) MS Excel
11 71 (11.91%) .NET
12 70 (11.74%) Citrix
13 67 (11.24%) Java
13 67 (11.24%) Cisco
13 67 (11.24%) VMware
13 67 (11.24%) Degree
14 63 (10.57%) Windows Server 2003
15 59 (9.899%) TCP/IP
16 56 (9.396%) ASP.NET
17 55 (9.228%) MS Office
18 51 (8.557%) Windows Server 2008
19 50 (8.389%) IBM
20 49 (8.221%) Solaris
21 47 (7.886%) HP
21 47 (7.886%) Microsoft Certification
21 47 (7.886%) Problem Management
22 46 (7.718%) Computer Science
22 46 (7.718%) SLA
23 45 (7.550%) MS Exchange

Support Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Support Specialist in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Support Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 71 (11.91%) .NET
2 56 (9.396%) ASP.NET
3 44 (7.383%) WebSphere
4 41 (6.879%) HTML
5 40 (6.711%) XML
6 19 (3.188%) CSS
7 16 (2.685%) J2EE
8 13 (2.181%) .NET Framework
9 11 (1.846%) Web Services
10 10 (1.678%) EDI
11 8 (1.342%) JSP
12 6 (1.007%) JSF
12 6 (1.007%) Middleware
13 5 (0.839%) JDBC
13 5 (0.839%) Struts
14 4 (0.671%) REST
14 4 (0.671%) Stripes Framework
14 4 (0.671%) JSTL
14 4 (0.671%) Spring
14 4 (0.671%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 45 (7.550%) MS Exchange
2 38 (6.376%) Tomcat
3 34 (5.705%) IIS
4 33 (5.537%) Apache
5 28 (4.698%) Exchange Server 2010
5 28 (4.698%) SharePoint
6 26 (4.362%) WebLogic
7 21 (3.523%) Exchange Server 2003
8 18 (3.020%) Exchange Server 2007
9 15 (2.517%) Lotus Notes
10 12 (2.013%) Magento
11 11 (1.846%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 9 (1.510%) WebSphere Application Server
13 7 (1.174%) Lync
14 5 (0.839%) SharePoint 2010
15 4 (0.671%) Amazon AWS
15 4 (0.671%) Exchange Server 2000
15 4 (0.671%) Lotus Domino
16 3 (0.503%) SAS
16 3 (0.503%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 98 (16.44%) MS Excel
2 55 (9.228%) MS Office
3 13 (2.181%) MS PowerPoint
4 5 (0.839%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.671%) Office 365
5 4 (0.671%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.503%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 13 (2.181%) Oracle EBS
2 11 (1.846%) Dynamics AX
3 9 (1.510%) Oracle Applications
3 9 (1.510%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (1.174%) Oracle EBS R12
5 5 (0.839%) SunGard AvantGard
5 5 (0.839%) Cognos Business Intelligence
6 4 (0.671%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.503%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.503%) HFM
7 3 (0.503%) Oracle iProcurement
8 2 (0.336%) Taleo
8 2 (0.336%) LatentZero
8 2 (0.336%) Front Arena
9 1 (0.168%) SAP R/3
9 1 (0.168%) SAP FI
9 1 (0.168%) SAP WM
9 1 (0.168%) Agresso
9 1 (0.168%) LongView
9 1 (0.168%) Oracle HRMS
Communications & Networking
1 59 (9.899%) TCP/IP
2 44 (7.383%) SAN
2 44 (7.383%) Internet
3 39 (6.544%) DNS
4 38 (6.376%) Firewall
5 28 (4.698%) DHCP
6 25 (4.195%) LAN
7 23 (3.859%) WAN
7 23 (3.859%) HTTP
8 21 (3.523%) VPN
9 17 (2.852%) SMTP
10 15 (2.517%) POP3
11 14 (2.349%) SSL
12 12 (2.013%) VoIP
13 10 (1.678%) Wireless
14 9 (1.510%) LDAP
14 9 (1.510%) Wi-Fi
15 8 (1.342%) Cisco ASA
16 7 (1.174%) VLAN
16 7 (1.174%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (17.62%) SQL Server
2 31 (5.201%) MySQL
3 23 (3.859%) DB2
4 15 (2.517%) DataStage
4 15 (2.517%) RDBMS
5 14 (2.349%) Crystal Reports
6 10 (1.678%) SQL Server 2008
6 10 (1.678%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (1.510%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (1.342%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (1.342%) SQL Server 2005
9 7 (1.174%) Oracle 10g
10 5 (0.839%) Oracle 9i
10 5 (0.839%) SQL Server 2000
10 5 (0.839%) Big Data
11 4 (0.671%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (0.671%) Oracle 11g
11 4 (0.671%) DTS
12 3 (0.503%) MS Access
12 3 (0.503%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 13 (2.181%) Visual Studio
2 5 (0.839%) Eclipse
3 4 (0.671%) NetBeans IDE
3 4 (0.671%) TortoiseSVN
3 4 (0.671%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (0.671%) Subversion
3 4 (0.671%) NetBeans
3 4 (0.671%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 3 (0.503%) CruiseControl
4 3 (0.503%) TeamCity
4 3 (0.503%) Hudson
5 2 (0.336%) MSI
General
1 155 (26.01%) Finance
2 41 (6.879%) Telecoms
3 40 (6.711%) Banking
4 24 (4.027%) Retail
5 19 (3.188%) French Language
6 18 (3.020%) Front Office
7 16 (2.685%) Financial Institution
7 16 (2.685%) Back Office
8 14 (2.349%) Manufacturing
9 12 (2.013%) German Language
10 10 (1.678%) Legal
11 9 (1.510%) Law
11 9 (1.510%) Advertising
11 9 (1.510%) Billing
12 7 (1.174%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (1.007%) Corporate Banking
14 4 (0.671%) Italian Language
14 4 (0.671%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.671%) Games
15 3 (0.503%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 46 (7.718%) Computer Science
2 31 (5.201%) Blackberry
3 26 (4.362%) Management Information System
4 19 (3.188%) Clustering
5 15 (2.517%) Replication
6 11 (1.846%) Statistics
7 10 (1.678%) iPad
8 9 (1.510%) Derivative
9 8 (1.342%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.342%) Digital Media
10 7 (1.174%) PDA
10 7 (1.174%) PKI
10 7 (1.174%) iPhone
11 6 (1.007%) Open Source
11 6 (1.007%) Fixed Income
11 6 (1.007%) Client/Server
12 5 (0.839%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (0.839%) Mathematics
13 4 (0.671%) Hedge funds
13 4 (0.671%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 257 (43.12%) Windows
2 155 (26.01%) Linux
3 119 (19.97%) UNIX
4 63 (10.57%) Windows Server 2003
5 51 (8.557%) Windows Server 2008
6 49 (8.221%) Solaris
7 43 (7.215%) AIX
8 39 (6.544%) Windows 7
9 32 (5.369%) Windows XP
10 23 (3.859%) HPUX
11 21 (3.523%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 14 (2.349%) SUSE
13 13 (2.181%) Windows Vista
14 6 (1.007%) CentOS
14 6 (1.007%) Windows Server 2012
14 6 (1.007%) Mac OS X
15 5 (0.839%) Windows 2000
15 5 (0.839%) Windows 8
15 5 (0.839%) Android
16 4 (0.671%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (22.32%) ITIL
2 47 (7.886%) Problem Management
3 39 (6.544%) Service Delivery
4 38 (6.376%) CRM
5 37 (6.208%) Incident Management
6 31 (5.201%) Change Management
7 30 (5.034%) Business Intelligence
8 29 (4.866%) Disaster Recovery
9 25 (4.195%) Service Management
9 25 (4.195%) Risk Management
10 21 (3.523%) Time Management
11 19 (3.188%) ERP
12 18 (3.020%) E-Commerce
13 16 (2.685%) Performance Management
14 15 (2.517%) Workflow
15 12 (2.013%) Continuous Improvement
15 12 (2.013%) User Acceptance Testing
16 11 (1.846%) Project Management
16 11 (1.846%) Configuration Management
16 11 (1.846%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 163 (27.35%) SQL
2 67 (11.24%) Java
3 34 (5.705%) JavaScript
4 31 (5.201%) C#
5 27 (4.530%) Perl
6 24 (4.027%) PL/SQL
7 21 (3.523%) PHP
8 15 (2.517%) PowerShell
8 15 (2.517%) T-SQL
9 14 (2.349%) Python
10 12 (2.013%) VB
11 10 (1.678%) C++
11 10 (1.678%) C
12 9 (1.510%) VBA
13 7 (1.174%) VBScript
14 5 (0.839%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.839%) VB6
15 3 (0.503%) VB.NET
15 3 (0.503%) COBOL
16 2 (0.336%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 67 (11.24%) Degree
2 47 (7.886%) Microsoft Certification
3 41 (6.879%) MCITP
4 31 (5.201%) MCSE
5 28 (4.698%) Security Cleared
6 22 (3.691%) ITIL Certification
7 19 (3.188%) SC Cleared
8 15 (2.517%) MCTS
9 13 (2.181%) MCP
10 11 (1.846%) MCSA
10 11 (1.846%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.678%) CCNA
12 9 (1.510%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 8 (1.342%) DV Cleared
14 5 (0.839%) CCA
14 5 (0.839%) CTC Cleared
14 5 (0.839%) VTSP
15 4 (0.671%) MCDST
15 4 (0.671%) Citrix Certification
16 3 (0.503%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (7.718%) SLA
2 11 (1.846%) QA
3 4 (0.671%) GMP
3 4 (0.671%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 4 (0.671%) GAMP
4 2 (0.336%) COBIT
4 2 (0.336%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.168%) GCP
5 1 (0.168%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.168%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.168%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.168%) Data Quality
System Software
1 106 (17.79%) Active Directory
2 29 (4.866%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (4.195%) XenApp
4 19 (3.188%) XenDesktop
5 11 (1.846%) Hyper-V
6 9 (1.510%) vSphere
7 8 (1.342%) Terminal Services
8 7 (1.174%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (1.007%) XenServer
9 6 (1.007%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (1.007%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 4 (0.671%) VMware ESX
10 4 (0.671%) MetaFrame
11 3 (0.503%) ISA Server
11 3 (0.503%) Terminal Server
11 3 (0.503%) DFS Replication
11 3 (0.503%) Forefront TMG
12 2 (0.336%) Varnish
12 2 (0.336%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.336%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 17 (2.852%) SCCM
2 12 (2.013%) Tivoli
3 9 (1.510%) NetBackup
3 9 (1.510%) SCOM
4 8 (1.342%) Nagios
5 7 (1.174%) Tivoli Monitoring
5 7 (1.174%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 5 (0.839%) Control-M
6 5 (0.839%) Cacti
6 5 (0.839%) Puppet
7 4 (0.671%) Zenoss
7 4 (0.671%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 3 (0.503%) MIIS
8 3 (0.503%) WSUS
9 2 (0.336%) McAfee ePO
9 2 (0.336%) Tivoli Endpoint Manager
9 2 (0.336%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
9 2 (0.336%) Opalis
9 2 (0.336%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (0.336%) OpenView
Vendors
1 153 (25.67%) Microsoft
2 123 (20.64%) Oracle
3 70 (11.74%) Citrix
4 67 (11.24%) Cisco
4 67 (11.24%) VMware
5 50 (8.389%) IBM
6 47 (7.886%) HP
7 29 (4.866%) EMC
8 28 (4.698%) Red Hat
9 25 (4.195%) Dell
10 24 (4.027%) Apple
11 23 (3.859%) JBoss
12 20 (3.356%) Veritas
13 16 (2.685%) Sybase
13 16 (2.685%) SAP
13 16 (2.685%) Riverbed
14 15 (2.517%) hybris
14 15 (2.517%) Lotus
14 15 (2.517%) Avaya
15 13 (2.181%) Cognos
Application Support Specialist - Required in London
London
Application Support Specialist - Requirements " Extensive experience of supporting business critical Web Applications " WEB Application - Microsoft Windows, Linux " Tomcat, Apache, IIS " Application Scripting " Application Monitoring Tools Application Support Specialist...
Premier Group Recruitment
Salary: £0.00 - £60000.00
Posted: 22 May 2013
Lead Application Support Specialist x5 - ITIL - Cheshire
Cheshire, North West
The successful candidate will have proven application support experience within a live environment & experience of some/all of the following skills: UNIX Scripting, Linux, Java, .NET, SQL, Oracle,...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000.00 - £47000.00 per annum + Excellent Package
Posted: 18 May 2013
Lead Application Support Specialist - ITIL - Cheshire
Cheshire, North West
Lead Application Support Specialist - ITIL, UNIX Scripting, Linux, SQL, Java, Incident Management, Problem Management - This is an excellent opportunity to progress a challenging, varied and stable career working...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000.00 - £47000.00 per annum + Excellent package
Posted: 3 May 2013
Windows Support Specialist - Windows & VMWare
City of London
Windows Support Specialist - City of London - £40-45kSQL/Windows/AD/VMWare A role has become available within a leading global accountancy company, the successful candidate would be part...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Windows Support Specialist - SQL/AD/Windows
City of London
Windows Support Specialist - City of London - £40-45kSQL/Windows/AD/VMWare A role has become available within a leading global accountancy company, the successful candidate would be part...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Application Support Specialist
Farnborough, South East
Most tasks will involve supporting their client base however there will also be some Project and Pre-Sales tasks.The successful candidate will have the following skills and...
Salary: £21000 - £23000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Technical Support Specialist - SQL/AD/Windows
City of London
Technical Support Specialist - City of London - £40-45kSQL/Windows/AD/VMWare A role has become available within a leading global financial company, the successful candidate would be part...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Windows Support Specialist - Windows & SQL
City of London
Windows Support Specialist - City of London - £40-45k -FinanceSQL/Windows/AD/VMWare A role has become available within a leading global accountancy company, the successful candidate would be...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Application Support Specialist - ITIL, service delivery - Hants
Southampton, South East
Due to continued success and expansion they are now seeking an ITIL specialist to ensure that their IT support function delivers the best service to the business possible...
Novate IT
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + bonus + bens
Posted: 18 May 2013
Support Specialist - Kettering
Kettering, Northamptonshire, East Midlands
The person will also work closely with Pegasus Solutions Marketplace developers to assist expansion of the programme. Main Responsibilities will include provision of the following; - Support to Solutions...
Infor
Posted: 24 May 2013
Support Analyst/Technical Specialist
Castleford (M62), West Yorkshire
My client, a leader in their chosen field are seeking additional technical resource to add to their already enviable team. Working with clients in both sectors, a continual...
inTalent
Salary: Upto £27K + benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Technical Support Specialist
Reading, UK, Thames Valley
Websense, Inc... Update the Knowledge Base with solutions as appropriate.Adhere to company policies and procedures regarding customer handling processes, service entitlement verification, customer registration, and problem escalation...
Websense UK
Salary: £0 - £40,000 per year
Posted: 24 May 2013
Instant Messaging Support Specialist- London- AVP
City of London
Suitable candidates will need to have: Excellent IT troubleshooting and analytical skills Experience of application support in a large enterprise environment Experience of controlled IT environments, ideally within...
Real Staffing
Posted: 15 May 2013
2nd/3rd Line Support Specialist - MCITP (Enterprise Administrator)
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
IT Support, Managed Services, Exchange, Windows Server, Helpdesk, Field Support, Implementations, Microsoft, Windows, Virtualisation, VMware, Citrix, Remote Support, 2nd Line Support, SQL, VCP, MCITP, MCSE / MCSA, Active Directory /...
Stafford-Sharp Associates
Salary: From £25,000 to £28,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Infrastructure Support Specialist
Reading, Berkshire
Skills/Qualifications: HP Proliant Blade systems * HP Proliant DL/ML servers * Storage (NAS, SAN, MSL Tape Library's) * Networking fundamentals * Windows 2003/2008 * Linux (Redhat) * VMware ESXi * EMC...
Global Technology Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £22000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Application Support Specialist - Charles River
London, South East, United Kingdom
Websphere, MQ, Tomcat); - Familiar with agile project management.FIL ValuesCandidates must be able to demonstrate affinity with the Fidelity core values:Trust builderEntrepreneurial thinkerAct with integrityMake it happen
Fidelity Worldwide Investment
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Application Support Specialist
Manchester, Lancashire
A candidate must have knowledge and experience in languages like HTML, XHTML, CSS, XML, ASP.Net, C#, JSON, SOAP, Odata and REST including software development methods, tools and...
Calyx Managed Services
Salary: From £32,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Senior Web Development Support Specialist
Manchester, Lancashire
You will also be responsible for the co-ordination of technical change requests, including Web and EDI and helping to provide some support for these.The knowledge my...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
3rd Line Support / User Technology Specialist
Staines, Middlesex
Hardware and software asset management... Don't just take our word for it: http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/get-involved/love-where-you-live-video This position is...
Think IT Recruitment
Salary: £40000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + 10% Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
Graduate Software Support Specialist - techies wanted to join this client-focused role!
Woking, Surrey
Graduate Software Support Analyst - Experience and Qualifications: - IT, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics or Technology-focused degree (2:1 or above); - Knowledge of IT programming and the ability to...
Informatiq Consulting
Salary: £Excellent + package
Posted: 23 May 2013
Oracle Financials Functional Support Specialist
Leicestershire, East Midlands
The purpose of the Oracle Financials Functional Support Specialist will be to provide functional support for resolving problems and incidents assigned to the Oracle BAU Support Team, covering;...
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus & Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Training and Product Support Specialist
Northampton, Northamptonshire
Administration and involvement in updating existing and producing new materials for the web-based e-learning programme d... Maintaining records of post-demonstration reports and production of resultant...
Specialist Solutions UK
Salary: £30000 to £35000 per annum - + bonus & benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
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