IT Support Specialist Jobs in England

IT Support Specialist
UK > England

The median IT Support Specialist salary in England is £33,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 712 849 1137
Rank change year-on-year +137 +288 -242
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Specialist 151 45 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.055% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.060% 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 79 21 42
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £21,806
25th Percentile £31,049 £35,000 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,250 £40,000 £30,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.88% +31.15% +17.31%
75th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £41,863
90th Percentile £48,750 £45,000 £47,500
UK median annual salary £33,250 £39,750 £30,500
% change year-on-year -16.35% +30.33% +17.31%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Specialist in England

IT Support Specialist
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Support Specialist in England

IT Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support Specialist in England over the 6 months to 16 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Support Specialist in England

IT Support Specialist
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 16 June 2024. 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
London +146 67 £47,500 +22.58% 2
Midlands -22 34 £32,500 - 1
West Midlands - 33 £32,500 -
North of England +25 16 £37,500 -19.87% 1
South East -18 14 £33,500 -21.18% 4
East of England - 13 £30,000 - 2
North West -15 9 £43,750 -6.52%
South West -35 7 £29,605 +5.73% 2
Yorkshire +71 6 - -
East Midlands -47 1 £33,500 - 1
North East - 1 £32,500 - 1
IT Support Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 June 2024, IT 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 England region featuring IT Support Specialist in the job title.

1 102 (67.55%) Windows
1 102 (67.55%) Microsoft
2 98 (64.90%) Social Skills
3 83 (54.97%) Microsoft 365
4 76 (50.33%) Active Directory
5 74 (49.01%) Degree
6 73 (48.34%) Video Conferencing
7 70 (46.36%) Android
7 70 (46.36%) Windows 10
8 57 (37.75%) Microsoft Exchange
8 57 (37.75%) Cisco
9 53 (35.10%) WAN
9 53 (35.10%) Computer Science
9 53 (35.10%) Computer Science Degree
10 52 (34.44%) SD-WAN
10 52 (34.44%) Cisco IOS
10 52 (34.44%) SCCM
10 52 (34.44%) Citrix
10 52 (34.44%) Business Continuity
11 51 (33.77%) Mobile Device Management
12 50 (33.11%) Business Continuity Planning
12 50 (33.11%) AirWatch
12 50 (33.11%) WebEx
12 50 (33.11%) Master's Degree
12 50 (33.11%) Application Virtualisation
12 50 (33.11%) Contract Negotiation
12 50 (33.11%) Microsoft App-V
12 50 (33.11%) Wireless
12 50 (33.11%) BCP
12 50 (33.11%) Wiki

IT Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 57 (37.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (10.60%) Skype for Business
3 9 (5.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 24 (15.89%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Sage 300 ERP
1 1 (0.66%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 83 (54.97%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (8.61%) Azure
3 8 (5.30%) AWS
4 4 (2.65%) Google Workspace
5 3 (1.99%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.32%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.32%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.66%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 53 (35.10%) WAN
2 52 (34.44%) Cisco IOS
2 52 (34.44%) SD-WAN
3 50 (33.11%) WebEx
3 50 (33.11%) Wireless
4 16 (10.60%) Skype
5 6 (3.97%) Firewall
6 5 (3.31%) Network Security
6 5 (3.31%) SAN
6 5 (3.31%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.99%) DNS
7 3 (1.99%) LAN
7 3 (1.99%) NAS
8 2 (1.32%) iSCSI
9 1 (0.66%) DHCP
9 1 (0.66%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.66%) VoIP
9 1 (0.66%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.32%) Power BI
1 2 (1.32%) SQL Server
General
1 98 (64.90%) Social Skills
2 30 (19.87%) Law
3 11 (7.28%) Legal
4 10 (6.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (5.30%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (4.64%) Telecoms
7 5 (3.31%) Finance
8 3 (1.99%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.32%) Banking
9 2 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.66%) Advertising
10 1 (0.66%) Back Office
10 1 (0.66%) Front Office
10 1 (0.66%) Games
10 1 (0.66%) German Language
10 1 (0.66%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 73 (48.34%) Video Conferencing
2 50 (33.11%) Wiki
3 16 (10.60%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (3.31%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.31%) Smartphone
5 2 (1.32%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.66%) Apple TV
6 1 (0.66%) BYOD
6 1 (0.66%) Derivative
6 1 (0.66%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.66%) IoT
6 1 (0.66%) Social Media
6 1 (0.66%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 102 (67.55%) Windows
2 70 (46.36%) Android
2 70 (46.36%) Windows 10
3 16 (10.60%) Apple iOS
4 7 (4.64%) Windows Server
5 6 (3.97%) Linux
6 1 (0.66%) CentOS
6 1 (0.66%) Debian
6 1 (0.66%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.66%) Scientific Linux
6 1 (0.66%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (35.10%) Computer Science
2 52 (34.44%) Business Continuity
3 51 (33.77%) Mobile Device Management
4 50 (33.11%) Application Virtualisation
4 50 (33.11%) BCP
4 50 (33.11%) Business Continuity Planning
4 50 (33.11%) Contract Negotiation
5 24 (15.89%) ITIL
5 24 (15.89%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (13.91%) Time Management
7 17 (11.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (11.26%) Inventory Management
7 17 (11.26%) Stakeholder Management
8 12 (7.95%) Customer Service
9 11 (7.28%) Incident Management
10 8 (5.30%) Cybersecurity
11 6 (3.97%) Decision-Making
11 6 (3.97%) Document Management
11 6 (3.97%) Project Delivery
11 6 (3.97%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.31%) SQL
2 2 (1.32%) Python
3 1 (0.66%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.66%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 74 (49.01%) Degree
2 53 (35.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 50 (33.11%) Master's Degree
4 9 (5.96%) Security Cleared
5 7 (4.64%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (3.31%) A+ Certification
6 5 (3.31%) DBS Check
6 5 (3.31%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.65%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.32%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.66%) CCNA
9 1 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.66%) HND
9 1 (0.66%) MCP
9 1 (0.66%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.97%) GDPR
2 4 (2.65%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.66%) SLA
System Software
1 76 (50.33%) Active Directory
2 50 (33.11%) Microsoft App-V
2 50 (33.11%) VMware ESXi
2 50 (33.11%) XenApp
2 50 (33.11%) XenDesktop
3 8 (5.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (4.64%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.99%) vSphere
6 2 (1.32%) Docker
7 1 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 52 (34.44%) SCCM
2 50 (33.11%) AirWatch
3 5 (3.31%) Autotask
3 5 (3.31%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 102 (67.55%) Microsoft
2 57 (37.75%) Cisco
3 52 (34.44%) Citrix
4 16 (10.60%) VMware
5 4 (2.65%) Datto
6 3 (1.99%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.99%) Veeam
7 2 (1.32%) Alteryx
7 2 (1.32%) Apple
7 2 (1.32%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.32%) SAP
8 1 (0.66%) Adobe
8 1 (0.66%) Avaya
8 1 (0.66%) iManage
8 1 (0.66%) Instagram
8 1 (0.66%) Meraki
8 1 (0.66%) Oracle
8 1 (0.66%) Sage