Support Specialist Jobs in Bedfordshire

Support Specialist
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median Support Specialist salary in Bedfordshire is £28,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 47 -
Rank change year-on-year -8 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 2 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 0.34% 0.68% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.70% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile - £29,410 -
25th Percentile £28,125 £30,024 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,750 £33,895 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.18% - -
75th Percentile £29,375 £36,740 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £44,000 £33,895 £44,535
% change year-on-year +29.81% -23.89% +11.34%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bedfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bedfordshire. 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 Bedfordshire with a recognized job title 555 428 572
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.43% 97.05% 84.37%
Number of salaries quoted 118 323 291
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,250 £32,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,484 £49,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.99% -13.91% +21.05%
75th Percentile £61,813 £63,750 £68,125
90th Percentile £72,875 £85,000 £85,000
East of England median annual salary £50,967 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.30% -13.64% +10.00%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in Bedfordshire

Support Specialist
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Salary trend for Support Specialist in Bedfordshire

Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, 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 Bedfordshire region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 2 (100.00%) Freshdesk
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Certification

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Freshdesk
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft