Support Specialist Job Trends in Chelmsford

Support Specialist
Essex > Chelmsford

The median Support Specialist salary in Chelmsford is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 December 2025.

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

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 6 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Chelmsford 4.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.11% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
Essex median annual salary £28,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Chelmsford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Chelmsford. 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 Chelmsford with a recognized job title 146 63 96
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.33% 86.30% 98.97%
Number of salaries quoted 96 36 75
10th Percentile £27,500 £39,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £59,719 £38,534
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,125 £49,323
Median % change year-on-year -25.16% +21.90% +3.84%
75th Percentile £64,063 £70,000 £69,375
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £71,500
Essex median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +10.00%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Chelmsford

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

Support Specialist job vacancy trend in Chelmsford

Support Specialist
Salary Trend in Chelmsford

Salary distribution trend for Support Specialist job vacancies in Chelmsford.

Salary distribution trend for Support Specialist job vacancies in Chelmsford

Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chelmsford

For the 6 months to 26 December 2025, Support Specialist 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 Chelmsford region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) AI
1 4 (66.67%) Chatbot
1 4 (66.67%) Conversational UI
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
1 4 (66.67%) PayPal
2 2 (33.33%) Epicor
2 2 (33.33%) ERP
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) SAP
3 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 1 (16.67%) Azure
3 1 (16.67%) CRM
3 1 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (16.67%) EDI
3 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 1 (16.67%) Inventory Control
3 1 (16.67%) Inventory Management
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (16.67%) OneDrive
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow
3 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
3 1 (16.67%) SQL

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chelmsford 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Workflow
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (16.67%) OneDrive
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) AI
1 4 (66.67%) Conversational UI
2 2 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (16.67%) CRM
3 1 (16.67%) Inventory Control
3 1 (16.67%) Inventory Management
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) User Experience
3 1 (16.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) PayPal
2 2 (33.33%) Epicor
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) SAP
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow