Support Specialist Jobs in Cheshire

Support Specialist
North West > Cheshire

The median Support Specialist salary in Cheshire is £36,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 94 -
Rank change year-on-year +35 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 22 10 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 3.08% 0.65% -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.17% 0.67% -
Number of salaries quoted 17 4 0
10th Percentile £32,500 - -
25th Percentile £35,000 £27,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £30,750 -
Median % change year-on-year +18.70% - -
75th Percentile £38,750 £34,063 -
90th Percentile - £36,875 -
North West median annual salary £36,500 £32,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.06% -41.82% +100.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 528 1,496 824
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 73.95% 96.89% 89.66%
Number of salaries quoted 268 1,124 482
10th Percentile £23,503 £25,000 £25,420
25th Percentile £23,504 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.21% -1.05% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £67,188
90th Percentile £77,150 £72,324 £88,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in Cheshire

Support Specialist
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for Support Specialist in Cheshire

Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Specialist in Cheshire over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Specialist in Cheshire

Support Specialist
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Specialist within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 9 May 2025. 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
Runcorn - 5 - - 1
Warrington - 4 £35,000 - 1
Chester +21 1 £24,000 -36.00% 1
Crewe - 1 £35,000 -
Support Specialist
North West

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 Cheshire region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 19 (86.36%) Social Skills
2 16 (72.73%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (40.91%) Firewall
3 9 (40.91%) Fortinet
3 9 (40.91%) WatchGuard
3 9 (40.91%) SonicWALL
3 9 (40.91%) Cisco
3 9 (40.91%) Active Directory
3 9 (40.91%) Hyper-V
3 9 (40.91%) Azure
3 9 (40.91%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (40.91%) Infrastructure Management
3 9 (40.91%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (40.91%) Meraki
4 6 (27.27%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (27.27%) Unit4 Business World
4 6 (27.27%) SQL
4 6 (27.27%) ERP
4 6 (27.27%) Time Management
5 5 (22.73%) Preventative Maintenance
6 4 (18.18%) Manufacturing
6 4 (18.18%) VoIP
7 3 (13.64%) DHCP
7 3 (13.64%) DNS
7 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
7 3 (13.64%) CCNA
7 3 (13.64%) Sage
7 3 (13.64%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (13.64%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 6 (27.27%) Unit4 Business World
2 3 (13.64%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 9 (40.91%) Azure
1 9 (40.91%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (13.64%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (40.91%) Firewall
2 4 (18.18%) VoIP
3 3 (13.64%) DHCP
3 3 (13.64%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 19 (86.36%) Social Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Manufacturing
4 3 (13.64%) Automotive
5 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Linux
1 3 (13.64%) Windows
1 3 (13.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (72.73%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (40.91%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (40.91%) Infrastructure Management
3 6 (27.27%) ERP
3 6 (27.27%) Time Management
4 5 (22.73%) Preventative Maintenance
5 3 (13.64%) Coaching
5 3 (13.64%) Collaborative Culture
5 3 (13.64%) Proactive Monitoring
5 3 (13.64%) Server Management
6 1 (4.55%) CRM
6 1 (4.55%) Customer Engagement
6 1 (4.55%) Customer Experience
6 1 (4.55%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) SQL
2 3 (13.64%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.55%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) CCNA
1 3 (13.64%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (13.64%) Degree
1 3 (13.64%) MCSE
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (13.64%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 9 (40.91%) Active Directory
1 9 (40.91%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 9 (40.91%) Cisco
1 9 (40.91%) Fortinet
1 9 (40.91%) Meraki
1 9 (40.91%) SonicWALL
1 9 (40.91%) WatchGuard
2 3 (13.64%) Acronis
2 3 (13.64%) Kaseya
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) Sage