Technical Support Jobs in Berkshire

Technical Support
South East > Berkshire

The median Technical Support salary in Berkshire is £34,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 162 149
Rank change year-on-year +48 -13 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support 49 25 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.59% 0.79% 1.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.67% 0.85% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 43 11 38
10th Percentile £25,500 - £22,925
25th Percentile £27,000 £26,000 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £42,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +30.77% +22.64%
75th Percentile £46,250 £60,000 £41,813
90th Percentile - £75,000 £47,500
South East median annual salary £32,500 £42,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -23.53% +30.77% +6.56%

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 2,941 2,939 3,288
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.39% 92.39% 96.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,122 1,672 2,149
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,875 £40,688 £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 £74,813 £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%

Technical Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Support in Berkshire

Technical Support
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Technical Support in Berkshire

Technical Support
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Support in Berkshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Support in Berkshire

Technical Support
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Support within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +22 22 £29,500 - 4
Bracknell +11 15 £42,500 -22.73% 4
Newbury - 4 £21,500 -
Ascot - 3 - -
Slough +29 1 £50,000 -4.76%
Wokingham - 1 £28,000 -
Maidenhead - 1 £54,000 -
Technical Support
South East

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Technical Support 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 Technical Support in the job title.

1 26 (53.06%) Social Skills
2 18 (36.73%) SQL
3 15 (30.61%) PL/SQL
3 15 (30.61%) MySQL
3 15 (30.61%) Linux
4 10 (20.41%) Customer Service
5 9 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (16.33%) Linux Command Line
6 8 (16.33%) Automotive
7 6 (12.24%) Manufacturing
7 6 (12.24%) French Language
8 5 (10.20%) Degree
8 5 (10.20%) Microsoft
9 4 (8.16%) Wireless
9 4 (8.16%) B2B
9 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Office
9 4 (8.16%) German Language
9 4 (8.16%) SaaS
10 3 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (6.12%) Data Centre
10 3 (6.12%) Geotechnical Engineering
10 3 (6.12%) ERP
10 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Excel
10 3 (6.12%) Firmware
11 2 (4.08%) Telecoms
11 2 (4.08%) CRM
11 2 (4.08%) Azure
11 2 (4.08%) Swedish Language
11 2 (4.08%) Mathematics
11 2 (4.08%) Dutch Language

Technical Support 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 1 (2.04%) Alfresco
1 1 (2.04%) Documentum
1 1 (2.04%) FileNet
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.16%) SaaS
2 2 (4.08%) Azure
3 1 (2.04%) AWS
3 1 (2.04%) Dropbox
3 1 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (2.04%) OneDrive
3 1 (2.04%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.16%) Wireless
2 2 (4.08%) 4G
2 2 (4.08%) xDSL
3 1 (2.04%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (30.61%) MySQL
General
1 26 (53.06%) Social Skills
2 8 (16.33%) Automotive
3 6 (12.24%) French Language
3 6 (12.24%) Manufacturing
4 4 (8.16%) German Language
5 3 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.08%) Dutch Language
6 2 (4.08%) Games
6 2 (4.08%) Swedish Language
6 2 (4.08%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.04%) Advertising
7 1 (2.04%) Finance
7 1 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.04%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.33%) Linux Command Line
2 3 (6.12%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (30.61%) Linux
2 1 (2.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (20.41%) Customer Service
2 9 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (8.16%) B2B
4 3 (6.12%) ERP
4 3 (6.12%) Geotechnical Engineering
5 2 (4.08%) Architectural Design
5 2 (4.08%) CRM
5 2 (4.08%) Mathematics
6 1 (2.04%) Artificial Intelligence
6 1 (2.04%) Commercial Awareness
6 1 (2.04%) Competitor Analysis
6 1 (2.04%) Content Management
6 1 (2.04%) Data Migration
6 1 (2.04%) Document Management
6 1 (2.04%) Incident Management
6 1 (2.04%) Inventory Management
6 1 (2.04%) Migration
6 1 (2.04%) Roadmaps
6 1 (2.04%) Server Management
6 1 (2.04%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 18 (36.73%) SQL
2 15 (30.61%) PL/SQL
3 1 (2.04%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (10.20%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.04%) QA
1 1 (2.04%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (6.12%) Firmware
2 1 (2.04%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (10.20%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.04%) EMC
2 1 (2.04%) Hyland
2 1 (2.04%) IBM
2 1 (2.04%) iManage
2 1 (2.04%) JD Edwards
2 1 (2.04%) Laserfiche
2 1 (2.04%) OpenText
2 1 (2.04%) Oracle
2 1 (2.04%) Salesforce