IT Support Specialist Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Support Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Support Specialist salary in the UK excluding London 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 692 731 831
Rank change year-on-year +39 +100 -153
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Specialist 79 31 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.051% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.057% 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 69 7 27
10th Percentile £27,500 £33,600 £21,806
25th Percentile £31,049 £38,375 £23,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £42,500 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% +46.55% -27.50%
75th Percentile £36,000 £43,750 £40,000
90th Percentile £38,750 £46,330 £44,000
UK median annual salary £33,250 £40,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year -16.88% +25.00% -20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 66,715 54,769 68,069
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.24% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 47,210 31,112 43,042
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Specialist in the UK excluding London

IT Support Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Support Specialist in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for IT Support Specialist in the UK excluding London

IT Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for IT Support Specialist in the UK excluding London

IT Support Specialist
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
Midlands +22 25 £32,500 - 4
West Midlands - 24 £32,500 - 3
South East +27 16 £33,500 -21.18% 2
East of England - 12 £30,000 - 2
Wales - 11 £34,000 - 1
North of England +41 8 £37,500 -19.87% 2
North West +17 7 £37,500 -19.87% 2
South West -18 4 - - 1
Scotland -63 3 £28,500 - 1
East Midlands -31 1 £33,500 - 1
North East - 1 £32,500 -
IT Support Specialist
UK

IT Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Support Specialist in the job title.

1 50 (63.29%) Microsoft
2 49 (62.03%) Windows
3 38 (48.10%) Social Skills
4 33 (41.77%) Active Directory
5 28 (35.44%) ITIL
5 28 (35.44%) Microsoft 365
6 27 (34.18%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (25.32%) Degree
8 19 (24.05%) VMware
8 19 (24.05%) Windows 10
9 17 (21.52%) Microsoft Office
10 16 (20.25%) Linux
10 16 (20.25%) Time Management
11 15 (18.99%) Law
12 14 (17.72%) Stakeholder Management
12 14 (17.72%) Video Conferencing
12 14 (17.72%) Windows Server
12 14 (17.72%) Inventory Management
13 13 (16.46%) Self-Motivation
13 13 (16.46%) Skype
13 13 (16.46%) Security Cleared
13 13 (16.46%) Android
13 13 (16.46%) Apple iOS
13 13 (16.46%) Skype for Business
13 13 (16.46%) Continuous Improvement
14 12 (15.19%) Azure
14 12 (15.19%) SharePoint
14 12 (15.19%) Customer Service
15 11 (13.92%) DNS
15 11 (13.92%) Agile

IT Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (16.46%) Skype for Business
2 12 (15.19%) SharePoint
3 9 (11.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (8.86%) OpenStack
Applications
1 17 (21.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 28 (35.44%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (15.19%) Azure
3 7 (8.86%) Nutanix
4 5 (6.33%) Entra ID
5 4 (5.06%) AWS
5 4 (5.06%) Google Workspace
6 3 (3.80%) Asana
6 3 (3.80%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (3.80%) Slack
7 2 (2.53%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (16.46%) Skype
2 11 (13.92%) DNS
3 9 (11.39%) DHCP
4 7 (8.86%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (7.59%) Firewall
6 4 (5.06%) LAN
6 4 (5.06%) WAN
7 3 (3.80%) Network Security
7 3 (3.80%) VPN
7 3 (3.80%) Wireless
8 2 (2.53%) SAN
8 2 (2.53%) SD-WAN
9 1 (1.27%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.53%) SQL Server
General
1 38 (48.10%) Social Skills
2 15 (18.99%) Law
3 7 (8.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (6.33%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.80%) Finance
6 2 (2.53%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.53%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.27%) Back Office
7 1 (1.27%) Front Office
7 1 (1.27%) German Language
7 1 (1.27%) Legal
7 1 (1.27%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 14 (17.72%) Video Conferencing
2 13 (16.46%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (13.92%) Data Centre
4 9 (11.39%) Management Information System
5 4 (5.06%) Smartphone
6 2 (2.53%) Digital Media
6 2 (2.53%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.27%) BYOD
7 1 (1.27%) Derivative
7 1 (1.27%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.27%) IoT
7 1 (1.27%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 49 (62.03%) Windows
2 19 (24.05%) Windows 10
3 16 (20.25%) Linux
4 14 (17.72%) Windows Server
5 13 (16.46%) Android
5 13 (16.46%) Apple iOS
6 3 (3.80%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.27%) CentOS
7 1 (1.27%) Debian
7 1 (1.27%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.27%) Scientific Linux
7 1 (1.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (35.44%) ITIL
2 27 (34.18%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (20.25%) Time Management
4 14 (17.72%) Inventory Management
4 14 (17.72%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (16.46%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (15.19%) Customer Service
7 11 (13.92%) Agile
8 10 (12.66%) Incident Management
9 8 (10.13%) Computer Science
9 8 (10.13%) Project Management
10 7 (8.86%) Agile Project Management
10 7 (8.86%) CI/CD
10 7 (8.86%) Hardware Maintenance
10 7 (8.86%) Infrastructure Maintenance
11 6 (7.59%) Cybersecurity
11 6 (7.59%) Project Delivery
11 6 (7.59%) Service Management
12 4 (5.06%) Mentoring
12 4 (5.06%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.53%) SQL
2 1 (1.27%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 20 (25.32%) Degree
2 13 (16.46%) Security Cleared
3 9 (11.39%) DV Cleared
4 7 (8.86%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (6.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (6.33%) NVQ Level 3
6 4 (5.06%) DBS Check
6 4 (5.06%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.53%) Postgraduate
8 1 (1.27%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.06%) GDPR
1 4 (5.06%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 33 (41.77%) Active Directory
2 11 (13.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (12.66%) Hyper-V
4 7 (8.86%) Docker
5 3 (3.80%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (3.80%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (8.86%) Ansible
1 7 (8.86%) Kubernetes
1 7 (8.86%) SCCM
2 4 (5.06%) Autotask
3 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 50 (63.29%) Microsoft
2 19 (24.05%) VMware
3 4 (5.06%) Datto
4 3 (3.80%) Cisco
4 3 (3.80%) Veeam
5 2 (2.53%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.27%) Avaya
6 1 (1.27%) Citrix
6 1 (1.27%) Oracle
6 1 (1.27%) Sage
6 1 (1.27%) SAP