Support Specialist Jobs in the Thames Valley

Support Specialist
South East > Thames Valley

The median Support Specialist salary in the Thames Valley is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 177 258 266
Rank change year-on-year +81 +8 -46
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 63 4 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.94% 0.065% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.99% 0.072% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 51 4 4
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,875 £29,075
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,688 £31,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £37,750
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% +12.58% +7.86%
75th Percentile £59,000 £43,750 £41,563
90th Percentile - - £44,375
South East median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +22.22% +5.88% +21.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,377 5,525 6,690
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 89.93% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 4,540 3,223 4,198
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £28,925
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in the Thames Valley

Support Specialist
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Support Specialist in the Thames Valley

Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Specialist in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Specialist in the Thames Valley

Support Specialist
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Specialist within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Berkshire +73 50 £55,000 +57.14% 5
Buckinghamshire - 9 £31,500 - 4
Oxfordshire +17 4 £33,500 -21.18%
Support Specialist
South East

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 Thames Valley region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 44 (69.84%) Security Cleared
2 39 (61.90%) Active Directory
3 35 (55.56%) DV Cleared
4 34 (53.97%) ITIL
5 33 (52.38%) Microsoft
6 31 (49.21%) SCCM
7 28 (44.44%) Service Management
8 27 (42.86%) SC Cleared
9 25 (39.68%) Windows
9 25 (39.68%) Azure
10 24 (38.10%) Windows Server
10 24 (38.10%) Windows Server 2016
10 24 (38.10%) Windows Server 2019
10 24 (38.10%) WSUS
11 21 (33.33%) Customer Service
12 19 (30.16%) Degree
13 18 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
13 18 (28.57%) Social Skills
14 17 (26.98%) Microsoft 365
14 17 (26.98%) DNS
15 16 (25.40%) Agile
15 16 (25.40%) PowerShell
15 16 (25.40%) DevOps
15 16 (25.40%) Entra ID
16 15 (23.81%) Self-Motivation
16 15 (23.81%) DHCP
17 14 (22.22%) C#
17 14 (22.22%) Linux
17 14 (22.22%) VBScript
17 14 (22.22%) VB

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 18 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 25 (39.68%) Azure
2 17 (26.98%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (25.40%) Entra ID
4 14 (22.22%) Azure Monitor
4 14 (22.22%) Azure Storage
5 1 (1.59%) SaaS
5 1 (1.59%) Slack
5 1 (1.59%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 17 (26.98%) DNS
2 15 (23.81%) DHCP
3 14 (22.22%) Firewall
4 3 (4.76%) 5G
4 3 (4.76%) Broadband
5 2 (3.17%) SAN
5 2 (3.17%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.17%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (1.59%) JIRA
General
1 18 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 4 (6.35%) Finance
2 4 (6.35%) Legal
3 2 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (1.59%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (22.22%) ARM Templates
2 3 (4.76%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 15 (23.81%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (22.22%) PKI
3 2 (3.17%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.17%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 25 (39.68%) Windows
2 24 (38.10%) Windows Server
2 24 (38.10%) Windows Server 2016
2 24 (38.10%) Windows Server 2019
3 14 (22.22%) Linux
4 10 (15.87%) Windows 10
4 10 (15.87%) Windows NT
4 10 (15.87%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (53.97%) ITIL
2 28 (44.44%) Service Management
3 21 (33.33%) Customer Service
4 16 (25.40%) Agile
4 16 (25.40%) DevOps
5 14 (22.22%) Analytics
5 14 (22.22%) CI/CD
5 14 (22.22%) Identity Management
5 14 (22.22%) Infrastructure as Code
5 14 (22.22%) Log Analytics
5 14 (22.22%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 14 (22.22%) Privileged Identity Management
5 14 (22.22%) RBAC
5 14 (22.22%) Release Management
6 11 (17.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 10 (15.87%) Deployment Automation
8 6 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (7.94%) Incident Management
9 5 (7.94%) ITSM
10 3 (4.76%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (25.40%) PowerShell
2 14 (22.22%) Bicep
2 14 (22.22%) C#
2 14 (22.22%) VB
2 14 (22.22%) VBScript
3 2 (3.17%) Bash
3 2 (3.17%) Python
3 2 (3.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (69.84%) Security Cleared
2 35 (55.56%) DV Cleared
3 27 (42.86%) SC Cleared
4 19 (30.16%) Degree
5 14 (22.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 5 (7.94%) NVQ Level 3
7 2 (3.17%) CCNA
7 2 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.59%) QA
System Software
1 39 (61.90%) Active Directory
2 14 (22.22%) Virtual Desktop
2 14 (22.22%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (15.87%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 31 (49.21%) SCCM
2 24 (38.10%) WSUS
3 14 (22.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 14 (22.22%) Kubernetes
3 14 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (22.22%) SCOM
4 10 (15.87%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 33 (52.38%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.35%) ServiceNow
3 3 (4.76%) Oracle
3 3 (4.76%) Virgin Media
4 2 (3.17%) Cisco
4 2 (3.17%) Sage
4 2 (3.17%) VMware