Technical Support Job Trends in Berkshire

Technical Support
South East > Berkshire

The median Technical Support salary in Berkshire is £36,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 104 111
Rank change year-on-year +10 +7 +48
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support 32 19 34
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 1.64% 1.15% 1.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.78% 1.39% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 26 11 33
10th Percentile £24,500 £31,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £25,500 - £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +17.65% +57.41%
75th Percentile £37,000 - £46,250
90th Percentile £41,000 - -
South East median annual salary £32,500 £33,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year -2.99% +6.35% -21.25%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 1,801 1,363 1,969
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.22% 82.66% 94.12%
Number of salaries quoted 905 705 1,442
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £81,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,500 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £56,509 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.52% +7.64% -4.55%

Technical Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Technical Support' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Technical Support job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Technical Support
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for Technical Support job vacancies in Berkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Technical Support job vacancies in Berkshire

Technical Support
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Support in Berkshire over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

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 12 January 2026. 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 +33 13 £36,000 +16.13% 4
Slough -22 6 - - 4
Hungerford - 5 £41,000 -
Technical Support
South East

Technical Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, Technical Support job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Technical Support in the job title.

1 12 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (25.00%) SQL
3 6 (18.75%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 5 (15.63%) Analytics
4 5 (15.63%) Change Management
4 5 (15.63%) Client Onboarding
4 5 (15.63%) Customer Service
4 5 (15.63%) Degree
4 5 (15.63%) JD Edwards
4 5 (15.63%) Mentoring
4 5 (15.63%) Oracle
4 5 (15.63%) Relational Database
4 5 (15.63%) SaaS
5 4 (12.50%) Service Management
6 3 (9.38%) .NET
6 3 (9.38%) ASP.NET
6 3 (9.38%) C#
6 3 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (9.38%) T-SQL
7 2 (6.25%) Boomi
7 2 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (6.25%) Dell
7 2 (6.25%) IBM
7 2 (6.25%) Linux
7 2 (6.25%) Project Delivery
7 2 (6.25%) Qlik Sense
7 2 (6.25%) Release Management
7 2 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 1 (3.13%) 3GPP
8 1 (3.13%) 4G

Technical Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 6 (18.75%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.63%) SaaS
2 2 (6.25%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) 3GPP
1 1 (3.13%) 4G
1 1 (3.13%) 5G
1 1 (3.13%) Diameter Protocol
1 1 (3.13%) ICMP
1 1 (3.13%) IPv4
1 1 (3.13%) IPv6
1 1 (3.13%) SCTP
1 1 (3.13%) TCP/IP
1 1 (3.13%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.63%) Relational Database
2 2 (6.25%) Qlik Sense
General
1 11 (34.38%) Social Skills
2 10 (31.25%) Retail
3 6 (18.75%) Manufacturing
4 5 (15.63%) Finance
5 4 (12.50%) French Language
5 4 (12.50%) Military
6 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.38%) .NET
1 3 (9.38%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) Legacy Applications
1 5 (15.63%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.13%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Linux
2 1 (3.13%) Unix
2 1 (3.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (15.63%) Analytics
2 5 (15.63%) Change Management
2 5 (15.63%) Client Onboarding
2 5 (15.63%) Customer Service
2 5 (15.63%) Mentoring
3 4 (12.50%) Service Management
4 3 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (6.25%) Project Delivery
5 2 (6.25%) Release Management
5 2 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (3.13%) Computer Science
6 1 (3.13%) Logistics
6 1 (3.13%) Mathematics
6 1 (3.13%) Scenario Testing
6 1 (3.13%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 8 (25.00%) SQL
2 3 (9.38%) C#
2 3 (9.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (15.63%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) JD Edwards
1 5 (15.63%) Oracle
2 2 (6.25%) Dell
2 2 (6.25%) IBM