Support Specialist Jobs in the North of England

Support Specialist
England > North of England

The median Support Specialist salary in the North of England is £35,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 309 434 403
Rank change year-on-year +125 -31 -64
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 83 13 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.48% 0.074% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.083% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 67 9 30
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,250 £21,806
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,500 £24,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £55,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +69.23% -11.35%
75th Percentile £38,750 £57,500 £33,750
90th Percentile £50,000 - £40,400
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
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 16,454 15,637 17,369
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.95% 89.41% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 12,728 8,304 11,099
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,870
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,063 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in the North of England

Support Specialist
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Support Specialist in the North of England.

Salary trend for Support Specialist in the North of England

Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Specialist in the North of England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Specialist in the North of England

Support Specialist
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Specialist within the North of England region over the 6 months to 6 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
North West +54 43 £32,000 -41.82% 6
Yorkshire +128 37 £35,579 +0.93% 4
North East -5 3 £32,500 -18.75% 7
Support Specialist
England

Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 6 May 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 North of England region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 28 (33.73%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (31.33%) Microsoft
3 25 (30.12%) Degree
4 22 (26.51%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (22.89%) Driving Licence
6 15 (18.07%) Social Skills
7 13 (15.66%) Onboarding
7 13 (15.66%) Customer Service
7 13 (15.66%) ERP
8 12 (14.46%) SQL
8 12 (14.46%) Power Platform
9 11 (13.25%) GDPR
9 11 (13.25%) HNC
9 11 (13.25%) Active Directory
9 11 (13.25%) User Experience
10 10 (12.05%) SaaS
10 10 (12.05%) Windows
11 9 (10.84%) SharePoint
12 8 (9.64%) Data Centre
12 8 (9.64%) C#
13 7 (8.43%) CRM
13 7 (8.43%) Ethernet
13 7 (8.43%) Law
13 7 (8.43%) Games
13 7 (8.43%) Retail
13 7 (8.43%) Asset Management
13 7 (8.43%) Azure
13 7 (8.43%) Software Asset Management
14 6 (7.23%) Continuous Improvement
14 6 (7.23%) Finance

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 9 (10.84%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (4.82%) Magento
2 2 (2.41%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 28 (33.73%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (14.46%) Power Platform
3 10 (12.05%) SaaS
4 7 (8.43%) Azure
5 5 (6.02%) Power Automate
6 4 (4.82%) AWS
6 4 (4.82%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.43%) Ethernet
2 5 (6.02%) DNS
2 5 (6.02%) IPsec
2 5 (6.02%) SSL
2 5 (6.02%) VPN
3 4 (4.82%) FTP
3 4 (4.82%) LAN
3 4 (4.82%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (3.61%) Firewall
4 3 (3.61%) Wireless
5 2 (2.41%) 5G
5 2 (2.41%) Broadband
6 1 (1.20%) Internet
6 1 (1.20%) Intranet
6 1 (1.20%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.20%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.82%) Crystal Reports
1 4 (4.82%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 1 (1.20%) JIRA
General
1 15 (18.07%) Social Skills
2 7 (8.43%) Games
2 7 (8.43%) Law
2 7 (8.43%) Retail
3 6 (7.23%) Finance
4 5 (6.02%) Legal
5 4 (4.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (4.82%) Marketing
6 3 (3.61%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.20%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.82%) EDI
2 2 (2.41%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.20%) EJB
Miscellaneous
1 19 (22.89%) Driving Licence
2 13 (15.66%) Onboarding
3 8 (9.64%) Data Centre
4 6 (7.23%) Management Information System
5 3 (3.61%) CCTV
6 1 (1.20%) Blackberry
6 1 (1.20%) iPhone
6 1 (1.20%) PKI
6 1 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.05%) Windows
2 2 (2.41%) Mac OS
2 2 (2.41%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.20%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (26.51%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (15.66%) Customer Service
2 13 (15.66%) ERP
3 11 (13.25%) User Experience
4 7 (8.43%) Asset Management
4 7 (8.43%) CRM
4 7 (8.43%) Software Asset Management
5 6 (7.23%) Collaborative Culture
5 6 (7.23%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (6.02%) Computer Science
6 5 (6.02%) Robotic Process Automation
7 4 (4.82%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (4.82%) Email Marketing
7 4 (4.82%) Infrastructure Management
7 4 (4.82%) ITIL
7 4 (4.82%) Mentoring
7 4 (4.82%) Project Management
7 4 (4.82%) Requirements Analysis
7 4 (4.82%) Service Management
7 4 (4.82%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 12 (14.46%) SQL
2 8 (9.64%) C#
3 5 (6.02%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (30.12%) Degree
2 11 (13.25%) HNC
3 4 (4.82%) DBS Check
3 4 (4.82%) HND
3 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (4.82%) SC Cleared
3 4 (4.82%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.20%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (13.25%) GDPR
2 5 (6.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (4.82%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.20%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (13.25%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.41%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (4.82%) Autotask
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 26 (31.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.23%) Datto
3 5 (6.02%) Automation Anywhere
3 5 (6.02%) Blue Prism
3 5 (6.02%) Pega
3 5 (6.02%) UiPath
4 4 (4.82%) Epicor
5 2 (2.41%) Oracle
5 2 (2.41%) Veeam
5 2 (2.41%) Virgin Media
6 1 (1.20%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.20%) CA
6 1 (1.20%) Cisco
6 1 (1.20%) Citrix
6 1 (1.20%) VMware