IT Support Specialist Jobs in the Midlands

IT Support Specialist
England > Midlands

The median IT Support Specialist salary in the Midlands is £32,500 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 290 312 348
Rank change year-on-year +22 +36 -62
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Specialist 25 20 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.21% 0.21% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.23% 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 25 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,250 - £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - £27,500
75th Percentile £34,875 - £28,750
90th Percentile £43,200 - -
England median annual salary £33,250 £40,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year -16.88% +25.00% -20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 11,039 8,512 10,321
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.29% 89.52% 94.91%
Number of salaries quoted 8,244 4,768 7,108
10th Percentile £26,075 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

IT Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Specialist in the Midlands

IT Support Specialist
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Support Specialist in the Midlands.

Salary trend for IT Support Specialist in the Midlands

IT Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support Specialist in the Midlands over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Support Specialist in the Midlands

IT Support Specialist
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Specialist within the Midlands 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
West Midlands - 24 £32,500 - 3
East Midlands -31 1 £33,500 - 1
IT Support Specialist
England

IT Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, IT 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 Midlands region featuring IT Support Specialist in the job title.

1 25 (100.00%) Windows
2 24 (96.00%) Microsoft
3 17 (68.00%) Social Skills
4 14 (56.00%) Windows 10
4 14 (56.00%) Time Management
4 14 (56.00%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (52.00%) Law
5 13 (52.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (52.00%) Video Conferencing
5 13 (52.00%) Android
5 13 (52.00%) Apple iOS
5 13 (52.00%) Skype for Business
5 13 (52.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (52.00%) Skype
5 13 (52.00%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (52.00%) Inventory Management
6 11 (44.00%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (44.00%) Active Directory
7 9 (36.00%) SharePoint
8 6 (24.00%) Project Delivery
9 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Exchange
11 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (12.00%) VMware
11 3 (12.00%) vSphere
12 2 (8.00%) SQL Server
12 2 (8.00%) Degree
13 1 (4.00%) Mathematics
13 1 (4.00%) Debian

IT Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 13 (52.00%) Skype for Business
2 9 (36.00%) SharePoint
3 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (56.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 11 (44.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (52.00%) Skype
2 1 (4.00%) DHCP
2 1 (4.00%) DNS
2 1 (4.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (4.00%) LAN
2 1 (4.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) SQL Server
General
1 17 (68.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (52.00%) Law
3 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Back Office
4 1 (4.00%) Front Office
4 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 13 (52.00%) Self-Motivation
1 13 (52.00%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (4.00%) Derivative
2 1 (4.00%) IoT
2 1 (4.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 25 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (56.00%) Windows 10
3 13 (52.00%) Android
3 13 (52.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (4.00%) CentOS
4 1 (4.00%) Debian
4 1 (4.00%) Linux
4 1 (4.00%) Mac OS
4 1 (4.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (4.00%) Scientific Linux
4 1 (4.00%) Ubuntu
4 1 (4.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (56.00%) Time Management
2 13 (52.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 13 (52.00%) Inventory Management
2 13 (52.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (24.00%) Project Delivery
4 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (4.00%) Customer Service
5 1 (4.00%) ERP
5 1 (4.00%) ITIL
5 1 (4.00%) Line Management
5 1 (4.00%) Logistics
5 1 (4.00%) Mathematics
5 1 (4.00%) Network Virtualisation
5 1 (4.00%) Patch Management
5 1 (4.00%) Project Management
5 1 (4.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (4.00%) SQL
1 1 (4.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (8.00%) Degree
System Software
1 11 (44.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (12.00%) vSphere
3 1 (4.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 24 (96.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) VMware
3 1 (4.00%) Avaya
3 1 (4.00%) Oracle
3 1 (4.00%) Sage
3 1 (4.00%) SAP