Support Specialist Jobs in Berkshire

Support Specialist
South East > Berkshire

The median Support Specialist salary in Berkshire is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 184 179
Rank change year-on-year +72 -5 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 50 1 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.63% 0.031% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.71% 0.034% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 45 1 3
10th Percentile £45,000 - £31,750
25th Percentile - - £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +57.14% -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £59,000 - £43,125
90th Percentile - - £45,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% +12.50% +14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 2,931 2,951 3,317
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.44% 92.42% 96.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2,105 1,670 2,146
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £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 Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in Berkshire

Support Specialist
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Support Specialist in Berkshire

Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Specialist in Berkshire over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Specialist in Berkshire

Support Specialist
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Specialist within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 5 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
Reading - 47 £55,000 - 5
Windsor - 1 - -
Support Specialist
South East

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

For the 6 months to 5 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 Berkshire region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 38 (76.00%) Security Cleared
2 33 (66.00%) Active Directory
3 31 (62.00%) SCCM
4 30 (60.00%) DV Cleared
5 26 (52.00%) SC Cleared
5 26 (52.00%) Service Management
5 26 (52.00%) ITIL
6 25 (50.00%) Microsoft
7 24 (48.00%) Windows
7 24 (48.00%) WSUS
7 24 (48.00%) Windows Server
7 24 (48.00%) Windows Server 2016
7 24 (48.00%) Windows Server 2019
8 23 (46.00%) Azure
9 16 (32.00%) Social Skills
9 16 (32.00%) Agile
10 15 (30.00%) Degree
10 15 (30.00%) Customer Service
10 15 (30.00%) Self-Motivation
11 14 (28.00%) Privileged Identity Management
11 14 (28.00%) Infrastructure as Code
11 14 (28.00%) Azure Storage
11 14 (28.00%) DevOps
11 14 (28.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 14 (28.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 14 (28.00%) Virtual Machines
11 14 (28.00%) Virtual Desktop
11 14 (28.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 14 (28.00%) Bicep
11 14 (28.00%) ARM Templates

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 14 (28.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (6.00%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 23 (46.00%) Azure
2 14 (28.00%) Azure Monitor
2 14 (28.00%) Azure Storage
2 14 (28.00%) Entra ID
2 14 (28.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.00%) SaaS
3 1 (2.00%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 14 (28.00%) DHCP
1 14 (28.00%) DNS
1 14 (28.00%) Firewall
2 3 (6.00%) 5G
2 3 (6.00%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) JIRA
General
1 16 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.00%) Finance
3 3 (6.00%) Legal
4 1 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (28.00%) ARM Templates
2 3 (6.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 15 (30.00%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (28.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 24 (48.00%) Windows
1 24 (48.00%) Windows Server
1 24 (48.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 24 (48.00%) Windows Server 2019
2 14 (28.00%) Linux
3 10 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 10 (20.00%) Windows NT
3 10 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (52.00%) ITIL
1 26 (52.00%) Service Management
2 16 (32.00%) Agile
3 15 (30.00%) Customer Service
4 14 (28.00%) Analytics
4 14 (28.00%) CI/CD
4 14 (28.00%) DevOps
4 14 (28.00%) Identity Management
4 14 (28.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 14 (28.00%) Log Analytics
4 14 (28.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 14 (28.00%) Privileged Identity Management
4 14 (28.00%) RBAC
4 14 (28.00%) Release Management
5 11 (22.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 10 (20.00%) Deployment Automation
7 3 (6.00%) Collaborative Culture
7 3 (6.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (6.00%) Customer Requirements
7 3 (6.00%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 14 (28.00%) Bicep
1 14 (28.00%) C#
1 14 (28.00%) PowerShell
1 14 (28.00%) VB
1 14 (28.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 38 (76.00%) Security Cleared
2 30 (60.00%) DV Cleared
3 26 (52.00%) SC Cleared
4 15 (30.00%) Degree
5 14 (28.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.00%) QA
System Software
1 33 (66.00%) Active Directory
2 14 (28.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 14 (28.00%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (20.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 31 (62.00%) SCCM
2 24 (48.00%) WSUS
3 14 (28.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 14 (28.00%) Kubernetes
3 14 (28.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (28.00%) SCOM
4 10 (20.00%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 25 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.00%) Oracle
2 3 (6.00%) Virgin Media
3 2 (4.00%) ServiceNow