Support Specialist Jobs in Manchester

Support Specialist
North West > Manchester

The median Support Specialist salary in Manchester is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 188 239 253
Rank change year-on-year +51 +14 -56
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 27 6 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.53% 0.12% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.13% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 25 5 3
10th Percentile £28,000 - £27,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £52,500 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £55,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -40.91% +69.23% +30.00%
75th Percentile £33,750 £57,500 £46,875
90th Percentile £38,750 - £54,750
North West median annual salary £31,500 £55,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year -42.73% +100.00% -31.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 4,835 4,641 5,500
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 91.79% 97.05%
Number of salaries quoted 3,749 2,700 3,718
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,169 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.79% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,400 £83,750 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in Manchester

Support Specialist
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Support Specialist in Manchester

Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Specialist in Manchester over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Specialist in Manchester

Support Specialist
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Specialist within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Rochdale - 1 £32,500 -
Support Specialist
North West

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 Manchester region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 14 (51.85%) Degree
2 13 (48.15%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (48.15%) Onboarding
3 9 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 8 (29.63%) Active Directory
4 8 (29.63%) Data Centre
4 8 (29.63%) Driving Licence
4 8 (29.63%) Customer Service
5 7 (25.93%) Social Skills
6 5 (18.52%) Automation Anywhere
6 5 (18.52%) UiPath
6 5 (18.52%) Pega
6 5 (18.52%) Blue Prism
6 5 (18.52%) Robotic Process Automation
6 5 (18.52%) Computer Science
6 5 (18.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (18.52%) Azure
6 5 (18.52%) IPsec
6 5 (18.52%) C#
6 5 (18.52%) SQL
6 5 (18.52%) Python
6 5 (18.52%) VPN
6 5 (18.52%) DNS
6 5 (18.52%) SSL
6 5 (18.52%) Power Platform
6 5 (18.52%) Power Automate
7 4 (14.81%) ITIL
7 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (14.81%) Service Management
7 4 (14.81%) Wi-Fi

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (48.15%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (18.52%) Azure
2 5 (18.52%) Power Automate
2 5 (18.52%) Power Platform
3 4 (14.81%) AWS
3 4 (14.81%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 5 (18.52%) DNS
1 5 (18.52%) IPsec
1 5 (18.52%) SSL
1 5 (18.52%) VPN
2 4 (14.81%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (11.11%) Wireless
General
1 7 (25.93%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (11.11%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 13 (48.15%) Onboarding
2 8 (29.63%) Data Centre
2 8 (29.63%) Driving Licence
3 3 (11.11%) CCTV
4 2 (7.41%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.41%) Mac OS
1 2 (7.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (29.63%) Customer Service
2 5 (18.52%) Computer Science
2 5 (18.52%) Robotic Process Automation
3 4 (14.81%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (14.81%) ITIL
3 4 (14.81%) Mentoring
3 4 (14.81%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 4 (14.81%) Service Management
4 2 (7.41%) Customer Experience
4 2 (7.41%) Customer-Centricity
4 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (7.41%) Knowledge Management
4 2 (7.41%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) C#
1 5 (18.52%) Python
1 5 (18.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (51.85%) Degree
2 4 (14.81%) DBS Check
2 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (14.81%) GDPR
2 4 (14.81%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (29.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) Autotask
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (18.52%) Automation Anywhere
2 5 (18.52%) Blue Prism
2 5 (18.52%) Pega
2 5 (18.52%) UiPath
3 4 (14.81%) Datto