Support Specialist Jobs in the East Midlands

Support Specialist
England > East Midlands

The median Support Specialist salary in the East Midlands is £32,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 165 155
Rank change year-on-year +30 -10 +34
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 16 19 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.61% 0.43% 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.46% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 16 18 4
10th Percentile - £26,750 £39,825
25th Percentile £29,750 £28,000 £39,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £29,500 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.47% -28.05% -0.61%
75th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £44,938
90th Percentile - - £50,225
England median annual salary £41,000 £38,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +7.89% -17.39% +15.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 2,509 4,151 2,517
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.89% 94.49% 88.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,038 3,011 1,355
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £56,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in the East Midlands

Support Specialist
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Support Specialist in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for Support Specialist in the East Midlands

Support Specialist
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Specialist within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 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
Nottinghamshire +40 16 £32,000 -4.48% 1
Support Specialist
England

Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 14 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 East Midlands region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) Windows
1 16 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (68.75%) Social Skills
2 11 (68.75%) Customer Service
2 11 (68.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (68.75%) Microsoft
2 11 (68.75%) PowerShell
2 11 (68.75%) Azure
3 6 (37.50%) Hyper-V
3 6 (37.50%) Network Security
3 6 (37.50%) Migration
3 6 (37.50%) Data Analysis
3 6 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (37.50%) DHCP
3 6 (37.50%) DNS
3 6 (37.50%) Firewall
3 6 (37.50%) Azure Certification
3 6 (37.50%) Windows 7
3 6 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (37.50%) Windows Server
3 6 (37.50%) GDPR
4 5 (31.25%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (31.25%) Task Automation
4 5 (31.25%) Meraki
4 5 (31.25%) Email Management
4 5 (31.25%) User Experience
4 5 (31.25%) OneDrive

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 11 (68.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (31.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (68.75%) Azure
3 5 (31.25%) Entra ID
3 5 (31.25%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (37.50%) DHCP
1 6 (37.50%) DNS
1 6 (37.50%) Firewall
1 6 (37.50%) Network Security
2 5 (31.25%) VoIP
General
1 11 (68.75%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (37.50%) Windows 7
2 6 (37.50%) Windows Server
3 5 (31.25%) Android
3 5 (31.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Customer Service
2 6 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (37.50%) Data Analysis
2 6 (37.50%) Migration
2 6 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (31.25%) CRM
3 5 (31.25%) Email Management
3 5 (31.25%) Information Security
3 5 (31.25%) ITIL
3 5 (31.25%) ITSM
3 5 (31.25%) Logistics
3 5 (31.25%) Mobile Device Management
3 5 (31.25%) Project Management
3 5 (31.25%) Roadmaps
3 5 (31.25%) Task Automation
3 5 (31.25%) User Experience
3 5 (31.25%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 11 (68.75%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Azure Certification
2 5 (31.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (37.50%) GDPR
2 5 (31.25%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 16 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (37.50%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (68.75%) Microsoft
2 5 (31.25%) Apple
2 5 (31.25%) Meraki
2 5 (31.25%) Sage
2 5 (31.25%) Veeam
2 5 (31.25%) Zoho