IT Support Specialist Jobs in England

IT Support Specialist
UK > England

The median IT Support Specialist salary in England is £35,000 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 573 659 884
Rank change year-on-year +86 +225 +201
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Specialist 98 172 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.20% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.21% 0.057%
Number of salaries quoted 61 67 22
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,700 £31,600
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £37,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £33,250 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -19.39% +28.91%
75th Percentile £52,500 £38,750 £45,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £48,750 £50,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £33,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -16.88% +25.00%

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 43,417 81,048 82,564
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.53% 94.49% 91.47%
Number of salaries quoted 24,595 60,528 52,373
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

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 9 May 2025.

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 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
Midlands +80 42 £31,500 -3.08% 1
West Midlands +66 31 - - 1
London +32 28 £50,000 +25.00% 16
East of England +37 12 £55,000 +83.33%
East Midlands +55 11 £31,500 -5.97%
North of England +52 10 £35,000 -6.67% 4
North West +14 8 £35,000 -6.67%
South East +84 5 £27,500 -17.91% 8
South West +111 1 £35,000 - 3
North East +50 1 £60,000 +84.62% 2
Yorkshire - 1 £30,000 - 2
IT Support Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, 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 87 (88.78%) Windows
2 86 (87.76%) Social Skills
3 84 (85.71%) Microsoft
4 62 (63.27%) Microsoft 365
5 58 (59.18%) Degree
6 57 (58.16%) Cybersecurity
7 54 (55.10%) Active Directory
8 50 (51.02%) Azure
9 42 (42.86%) Windows 10
10 39 (39.80%) VoIP
11 35 (35.71%) WAN
11 35 (35.71%) LAN
12 31 (31.63%) Retail
13 30 (30.61%) CCTV
14 27 (27.55%) Problem-Solving
15 25 (25.51%) Microsoft Excel
16 24 (24.49%) Customer Service
17 23 (23.47%) Microsoft Office
18 17 (17.35%) ITIL
19 16 (16.33%) Microsoft Exchange
19 16 (16.33%) A+ Certification
20 15 (15.31%) Data Management
20 15 (15.31%) Document Management
20 15 (15.31%) Law
20 15 (15.31%) Legal
20 15 (15.31%) Firewall
20 15 (15.31%) Telecoms
20 15 (15.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
20 15 (15.31%) Video Conferencing
20 15 (15.31%) PowerShell

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 16 (16.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (9.18%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.02%) IIS
Applications
1 25 (25.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (23.47%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (15.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (4.08%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.06%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 62 (63.27%) Microsoft 365
2 50 (51.02%) Azure
3 10 (10.20%) Entra ID
4 9 (9.18%) AWS
5 6 (6.12%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.02%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (39.80%) VoIP
2 35 (35.71%) LAN
2 35 (35.71%) WAN
3 15 (15.31%) Firewall
4 14 (14.29%) DHCP
4 14 (14.29%) DNS
5 6 (6.12%) Intranet
5 6 (6.12%) Network Security
5 6 (6.12%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.04%) VPN
7 1 (1.02%) DECT
7 1 (1.02%) NAS
7 1 (1.02%) PBX
7 1 (1.02%) SAN
7 1 (1.02%) VLAN
7 1 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.02%) SQL Server
General
1 86 (87.76%) Social Skills
2 31 (31.63%) Retail
3 15 (15.31%) Law
3 15 (15.31%) Legal
3 15 (15.31%) Telecoms
4 6 (6.12%) Finance
5 3 (3.06%) Automotive
5 3 (3.06%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 30 (30.61%) CCTV
2 15 (15.31%) Video Conferencing
3 7 (7.14%) Data Centre
4 5 (5.10%) FMCG
5 1 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 87 (88.78%) Windows
2 42 (42.86%) Windows 10
3 14 (14.29%) Windows Server
4 6 (6.12%) Windows 7
5 5 (5.10%) Unix
6 4 (4.08%) Android
6 4 (4.08%) Linux
7 1 (1.02%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (58.16%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (27.55%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (24.49%) Customer Service
4 17 (17.35%) ITIL
5 15 (15.31%) Data Management
5 15 (15.31%) Document Management
6 12 (12.24%) Migration
7 8 (8.16%) Collaborative Culture
7 8 (8.16%) Computer Science
8 6 (6.12%) Data Analysis
8 6 (6.12%) Data Privacy
8 6 (6.12%) Information Security
8 6 (6.12%) Mobile Device Management
8 6 (6.12%) Network Management
8 6 (6.12%) Task Automation
9 5 (5.10%) Asset Management
9 5 (5.10%) IT Asset Management
9 5 (5.10%) ITSM
9 5 (5.10%) Logistics
9 5 (5.10%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (15.31%) PowerShell
2 6 (6.12%) SQL
Qualifications
1 58 (59.18%) Degree
2 16 (16.33%) A+ Certification
3 6 (6.12%) Azure Certification
4 4 (4.08%) CCNA
4 4 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (4.08%) MCSE
4 4 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (4.08%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.02%) CCDA
5 1 (1.02%) CCNP
5 1 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.02%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.02%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.12%) GDPR
2 5 (5.10%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.02%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.02%) SLA
System Software
1 54 (55.10%) Active Directory
2 14 (14.29%) Hyper-V
3 11 (11.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.02%) Ansible
2 1 (1.02%) SCCM
2 1 (1.02%) WSUS
Vendors
1 84 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 12 (12.24%) VMware
3 8 (8.16%) Meraki
3 8 (8.16%) Sage
4 6 (6.12%) Cisco
4 6 (6.12%) Veeam
5 5 (5.10%) Citrix
6 3 (3.06%) Acronis
6 3 (3.06%) Fortinet
6 3 (3.06%) Kaseya
6 3 (3.06%) SonicWALL
6 3 (3.06%) WatchGuard
7 1 (1.02%) Apple
7 1 (1.02%) EMC
7 1 (1.02%) HP
7 1 (1.02%) Mitel
7 1 (1.02%) NetApp
7 1 (1.02%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.02%) Veritas