Support Specialist Jobs in the Midlands

Support Specialist
England > Midlands

The median Support Specialist salary in the Midlands is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 261 301 329
Rank change year-on-year +40 +28 -46
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 53 34 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.46% 0.35% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.39% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 51 13 12
10th Percentile £26,750 £38,636 £24,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £40,000 £30,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £50,000 £36,750
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +36.05% +33.64%
75th Percentile £41,250 - £45,500
90th Percentile £48,750 £51,480 £47,450
England median annual salary £40,000 £46,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% +9.59%

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 10,896 8,650 10,297
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.23% 89.40% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 8,207 4,780 7,126
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in the Midlands

Support Specialist
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Support Specialist in the Midlands

Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Specialist in the Midlands over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Specialist in the Midlands

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 Support Specialist within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 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
West Midlands +56 35 £32,500 -35.00% 6
East Midlands -17 18 £29,000 -29.27% 4
Support Specialist
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 Midlands region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 29 (54.72%) Social Skills
2 25 (47.17%) Microsoft
3 23 (43.40%) Windows
4 18 (33.96%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (26.42%) Microsoft Office
6 13 (24.53%) Time Management
6 13 (24.53%) Android
6 13 (24.53%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (22.64%) Windows 10
8 11 (20.75%) Inventory Management
8 11 (20.75%) Customer Service
8 11 (20.75%) Video Conferencing
8 11 (20.75%) Apple iOS
8 11 (20.75%) Skype for Business
8 11 (20.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (20.75%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (20.75%) Skype
8 11 (20.75%) Active Directory
8 11 (20.75%) Law
8 11 (20.75%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (18.87%) Analytical Skills
10 9 (16.98%) SharePoint
11 8 (15.09%) SQL Server
11 8 (15.09%) Business Intelligence
12 7 (13.21%) Retail
13 6 (11.32%) Artificial Intelligence
13 6 (11.32%) Performance Tuning
13 6 (11.32%) Electronics
13 6 (11.32%) E-Commerce
13 6 (11.32%) SQL

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 11 (20.75%) Skype for Business
2 9 (16.98%) SharePoint
3 4 (7.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (26.42%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 11 (20.75%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (11.32%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.89%) SaaS
3 1 (1.89%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 11 (20.75%) Skype
2 2 (3.77%) WAN
3 1 (1.89%) DHCP
3 1 (1.89%) DNS
3 1 (1.89%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.89%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (15.09%) SQL Server
2 6 (11.32%) Power BI
General
1 29 (54.72%) Social Skills
2 11 (20.75%) Law
3 10 (18.87%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (13.21%) Retail
5 6 (11.32%) Electronics
6 1 (1.89%) Back Office
6 1 (1.89%) Front Office
6 1 (1.89%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 18 (33.96%) Self-Motivation
2 11 (20.75%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (5.66%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.89%) Derivative
4 1 (1.89%) IoT
4 1 (1.89%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 23 (43.40%) Windows
2 13 (24.53%) Android
3 12 (22.64%) Windows 10
4 11 (20.75%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.89%) CentOS
5 1 (1.89%) Debian
5 1 (1.89%) Linux
5 1 (1.89%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.89%) Scientific Linux
5 1 (1.89%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (24.53%) Problem-Solving
1 13 (24.53%) Time Management
2 11 (20.75%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (20.75%) Customer Service
2 11 (20.75%) Inventory Management
2 11 (20.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (15.09%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (11.32%) Artificial Intelligence
4 6 (11.32%) E-Commerce
4 6 (11.32%) Performance Tuning
4 6 (11.32%) Proactive Management
4 6 (11.32%) Project Delivery
5 3 (5.66%) Logistics
6 2 (3.77%) Customer Experience
6 2 (3.77%) Proactive Monitoring
6 2 (3.77%) Ticket Management
7 1 (1.89%) Line Management
7 1 (1.89%) Network Virtualisation
7 1 (1.89%) Patch Management
7 1 (1.89%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.32%) SQL
2 1 (1.89%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.89%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (5.66%) Degree
1 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 11 (20.75%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.66%) vSphere
3 1 (1.89%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 25 (47.17%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.66%) VMware
3 1 (1.89%) Avaya
3 1 (1.89%) Oracle
3 1 (1.89%) Sage
3 1 (1.89%) SAP