Support Specialist Jobs in the City of London

Support Specialist
Central London > City of London

The median Support Specialist salary in the City of London is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 165 211
Rank change year-on-year +46 +46 +32
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 29 15 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 1.40% 0.45% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.51% 0.47% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 28 14 12
10th Percentile £31,250 - £36,375
25th Percentile £42,188 £42,000 £38,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -7.32% -14.58%
75th Percentile £52,500 £63,750 £61,813
90th Percentile - £65,500 £62,450
Central London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -25.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,922 3,219 4,451
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 95.86% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,471 2,556 3,735
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,125 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.69% -1.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £74,372
% change year-on-year - -2.52% +2.58%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in the City of London

Support Specialist
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Support Specialist in the City of London.

Salary trend for Support Specialist in the City of London

Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Specialist in the City of London over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Specialist in the City of London

Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 11 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 City of London region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 25 (86.21%) Microsoft
2 22 (75.86%) Social Skills
3 19 (65.52%) Degree
3 19 (65.52%) Microsoft Office
4 18 (62.07%) ITIL
4 18 (62.07%) Windows
4 18 (62.07%) Microsoft Excel
5 16 (55.17%) Telecoms
5 16 (55.17%) Law
5 16 (55.17%) Legal
5 16 (55.17%) A+ Certification
5 16 (55.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (55.17%) Data Management
5 16 (55.17%) Document Management
5 16 (55.17%) Video Conferencing
6 7 (24.14%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (20.69%) Azure
8 5 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (17.24%) Creative Thinking
8 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (17.24%) IT Asset Management
8 5 (17.24%) FMCG
8 5 (17.24%) Asset Management
8 5 (17.24%) Finance
8 5 (17.24%) Collaborative Culture
9 4 (13.79%) Onboarding
9 4 (13.79%) Client Onboarding
10 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (10.34%) Test Automation
10 3 (10.34%) REST

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 (10.34%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 19 (65.52%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (62.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (55.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (20.69%) Azure
3 1 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) Relational Database
2 1 (3.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Git
General
1 22 (75.86%) Social Skills
2 16 (55.17%) Law
2 16 (55.17%) Legal
2 16 (55.17%) Telecoms
3 5 (17.24%) Finance
4 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.90%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.34%) FIX Protocol
1 3 (10.34%) REST
1 3 (10.34%) SOAP
2 1 (3.45%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 16 (55.17%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (17.24%) FMCG
3 4 (13.79%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.45%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 18 (62.07%) Windows
2 2 (6.90%) Linux
2 2 (6.90%) Unix
2 2 (6.90%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (62.07%) ITIL
2 16 (55.17%) Data Management
2 16 (55.17%) Document Management
3 5 (17.24%) Asset Management
3 5 (17.24%) Collaborative Culture
3 5 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (17.24%) Creative Thinking
3 5 (17.24%) IT Asset Management
3 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (13.79%) Client Onboarding
5 3 (10.34%) Business Analysis
5 3 (10.34%) Computer Science
5 3 (10.34%) Inventory Management
5 3 (10.34%) Test Automation
6 2 (6.90%) Knowledge Transfer
7 1 (3.45%) Change Management
7 1 (3.45%) CRM
7 1 (3.45%) Customer Service
7 1 (3.45%) Electronic Trading
7 1 (3.45%) Preventative Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) Bash
1 2 (6.90%) Python
1 2 (6.90%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (65.52%) Degree
2 16 (55.17%) A+ Certification
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) WSUS
Vendors
1 25 (86.21%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.45%) Cisco
2 1 (3.45%) Citrix
2 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow
2 1 (3.45%) VMware