Support Analyst Job Trends in England

Support Analyst
UK > England

The median Support Analyst salary in England is £33,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 203 145
Rank change year-on-year +81 -58 +81
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Analyst 997 746 964
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.92% 1.50% 2.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.11% 1.61% 2.24%
Number of salaries quoted 801 455 846
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,300 £24,250
25th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £40,000 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.25% +9.59% +4.29%
75th Percentile £41,264 £51,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £67,500 £62,500
UK median annual salary £34,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -13.75% +6.67% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 47,143 46,289 42,955
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.66% 92.98% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 29,526 24,707 33,707
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,000 £79,875
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Support Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Support Analyst job vacancy trend in England

Support Analyst
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Support Analyst job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Support Analyst job vacancies in England

Support Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Analyst in England over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Analyst in England

Support Analyst
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
London +11 257 £45,000 -5.26% 33
South East +81 244 £32,750 -6.43% 31
Midlands +73 167 £31,250 -8.09% 18
North of England +43 148 £31,000 -4.98% 18
South West +60 104 £33,500 +4.69% 11
East Midlands +48 88 £29,500 -13.87% 5
West Midlands +49 79 £35,000 +1.27% 13
Yorkshire +33 76 £26,450 -27.53% 4
East of England +60 75 £27,750 -20.71% 3
North West +6 50 £33,000 +3.13% 14
North East +29 22 £31,500 -18.90%
Support Analyst
UK

Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, Support Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Support Analyst in the job title.

1 420 (42.13%) Microsoft
2 367 (36.81%) Problem-Solving
3 362 (36.31%) Windows
4 285 (28.59%) Customer Service
5 266 (26.68%) Microsoft 365
6 253 (25.38%) SQL
7 251 (25.18%) Active Directory
8 234 (23.47%) ITIL
9 179 (17.95%) Azure
10 164 (16.45%) Microsoft Office
11 134 (13.44%) Degree
12 110 (11.03%) Entra ID
12 110 (11.03%) Windows Server
13 105 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
14 101 (10.13%) Microsoft Intune
15 97 (9.73%) Continuous Improvement
16 92 (9.23%) ERP
16 92 (9.23%) ITSM
17 87 (8.73%) Power Platform
18 86 (8.63%) DNS
18 86 (8.63%) Windows 10
19 84 (8.43%) Firewall
20 82 (8.22%) DHCP
21 79 (7.92%) Service Management
22 76 (7.62%) Microsoft Exchange
22 76 (7.62%) SLA
23 71 (7.12%) SQL Server
24 67 (6.72%) JIRA
25 66 (6.62%) Change Management
26 63 (6.32%) Power BI

Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 76 (7.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 56 (5.62%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.81%) Confluence
4 16 (1.60%) IIS
5 13 (1.30%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.10%) Appian
6 1 (0.10%) Moodle
6 1 (0.10%) Office Communications Server
6 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.10%) Umbraco
Applications
1 164 (16.45%) Microsoft Office
2 105 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 46 (4.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (2.11%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.40%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.10%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.10%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 18 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.50%) NetSuite
3 12 (1.20%) Endur
3 12 (1.20%) Visualfiles
4 8 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (0.70%) Dynamics AX
6 6 (0.60%) Dynamics NAV
6 6 (0.60%) Fidessa
6 6 (0.60%) NEC Housing
6 6 (0.60%) SAP HR
6 6 (0.60%) SAP Payroll
7 5 (0.50%) Shopify
8 4 (0.40%) Elite 3E
8 4 (0.40%) Magento
9 3 (0.30%) PeopleSoft Financials
9 3 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
9 3 (0.30%) SAP Business One
9 3 (0.30%) SAP HCM
10 1 (0.10%) IBM Planning Analytics
10 1 (0.10%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 266 (26.68%) Microsoft 365
2 179 (17.95%) Azure
3 110 (11.03%) Entra ID
4 87 (8.73%) Power Platform
5 45 (4.51%) Dynamics 365
6 44 (4.41%) SaaS
7 28 (2.81%) AWS
8 23 (2.31%) OneDrive
9 17 (1.71%) Power Automate
9 17 (1.71%) PowerApps
10 13 (1.30%) Google Workspace
11 6 (0.60%) OCI
12 5 (0.50%) Azure Monitor
13 4 (0.40%) dbt
14 3 (0.30%) BigCommerce
14 3 (0.30%) Oracle Service Cloud
14 3 (0.30%) SuccessFactors
15 2 (0.20%) Mimecast
15 2 (0.20%) PaaS
16 1 (0.10%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 86 (8.63%) DNS
2 84 (8.43%) Firewall
3 82 (8.22%) DHCP
4 63 (6.32%) VPN
5 54 (5.42%) LAN
6 48 (4.81%) WAN
7 43 (4.31%) TCP/IP
8 37 (3.71%) Remote Desktop
9 24 (2.41%) Wireless
10 23 (2.31%) VoIP
11 22 (2.21%) WebEx
12 21 (2.11%) Internet
13 18 (1.81%) Wi-Fi
14 15 (1.50%) SD-WAN
14 15 (1.50%) Unified Communications
15 14 (1.40%) Skype
16 13 (1.30%) MPLS
17 11 (1.10%) Broadband
17 11 (1.10%) Kerberos
18 9 (0.90%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (7.12%) SQL Server
2 63 (6.32%) Power BI
3 31 (3.11%) Oracle Reports
4 22 (2.21%) Relational Database
5 21 (2.11%) MySQL
6 7 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (0.60%) Oracle Database
7 6 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.50%) Crystal Reports
8 5 (0.50%) Metabase
8 5 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.10%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 67 (6.72%) JIRA
2 14 (1.40%) Git
3 7 (0.70%) Bitbucket
4 5 (0.50%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.30%) LabVIEW
General
1 513 (51.45%) Social Skills
2 160 (16.05%) Analytical Skills
3 132 (13.24%) Finance
4 115 (11.53%) Law
5 70 (7.02%) Organisational Skills
6 57 (5.72%) Legal
7 52 (5.22%) Retail
8 48 (4.81%) Manufacturing
9 47 (4.71%) Telecoms
10 33 (3.31%) Marketing
11 26 (2.61%) Advertising
12 15 (1.50%) Automotive
12 15 (1.50%) Police
13 14 (1.40%) Back Office
14 13 (1.30%) Front Office
15 12 (1.20%) Banking
16 10 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
17 9 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
18 6 (0.60%) Billing
18 6 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (1.91%) Oracle Fusion
2 16 (1.60%) HTML
3 11 (1.10%) CSS
3 11 (1.10%) LDAP
4 10 (1.00%) .NET
4 10 (1.00%) FIX Protocol
5 8 (0.80%) REST
5 8 (0.80%) SOAP
6 6 (0.60%) EDI
6 6 (0.60%) XML
7 5 (0.50%) JSON
7 5 (0.50%) Lightning Web Components
7 5 (0.50%) Software Packaging
8 4 (0.40%) Middleware
8 4 (0.40%) React
8 4 (0.40%) Web Services
9 3 (0.30%) SAP Fiori
10 2 (0.20%) jQuery
11 1 (0.10%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 97 (9.73%) Onboarding
2 64 (6.42%) Management Information System
3 62 (6.22%) Driving Licence
4 41 (4.11%) Video Conferencing
5 39 (3.91%) Enterprise Software
6 17 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (1.60%) NHS
8 15 (1.50%) Data Centre
9 11 (1.10%) PKI
10 9 (0.90%) Client/Server
11 8 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (0.80%) iPhone
11 8 (0.80%) iSeries
11 8 (0.80%) Mobile App
12 7 (0.70%) EPoS
12 7 (0.70%) Handset
12 7 (0.70%) Renewable Energy
13 6 (0.60%) FMCG
13 6 (0.60%) iPad
14 5 (0.50%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 362 (36.31%) Windows
2 110 (11.03%) Windows Server
3 86 (8.63%) Windows 10
4 49 (4.91%) Mac OS
5 41 (4.11%) Linux
6 36 (3.61%) Apple iOS
7 28 (2.81%) Windows Server 2019
8 23 (2.31%) Android
9 16 (1.60%) Windows Server 2016
10 14 (1.40%) Unix
11 6 (0.60%) Mac OS X
12 5 (0.50%) Solaris
13 3 (0.30%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.30%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.10%) AIX
14 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 367 (36.81%) Problem-Solving
2 285 (28.59%) Customer Service
3 234 (23.47%) ITIL
4 97 (9.73%) Continuous Improvement
5 92 (9.23%) ERP
5 92 (9.23%) ITSM
6 79 (7.92%) Service Management
7 66 (6.62%) Change Management
8 61 (6.12%) Business Intelligence
8 61 (6.12%) Process Improvement
9 50 (5.02%) Incident Management
10 48 (4.81%) Cybersecurity
11 43 (4.31%) Mentoring
12 41 (4.11%) CRM
12 41 (4.11%) Data Analysis
13 39 (3.91%) Asset Management
14 38 (3.81%) User Experience
15 35 (3.51%) Computer Science
16 34 (3.41%) Logistics
17 31 (3.11%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 253 (25.38%) SQL
2 37 (3.71%) PowerShell
3 30 (3.01%) Python
4 28 (2.81%) C#
5 27 (2.71%) T-SQL
6 13 (1.30%) VB
7 9 (0.90%) JavaScript
7 9 (0.90%) VB.NET
8 8 (0.80%) Java
9 6 (0.60%) VBA
10 5 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.50%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (0.40%) Bash
12 3 (0.30%) ABAP
12 3 (0.30%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.20%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.10%) Bicep
14 1 (0.10%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 134 (13.44%) Degree
2 51 (5.12%) Microsoft Certification
3 50 (5.02%) Security Cleared
4 47 (4.71%) SC Cleared
5 29 (2.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 29 (2.91%) MCP
6 25 (2.51%) A+ Certification
7 24 (2.41%) DBS Check
8 19 (1.91%) CCNA
8 19 (1.91%) Cisco Certification
8 19 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (1.60%) ITIL Certification
10 15 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
11 13 (1.30%) Network+ Certification
12 10 (1.00%) MCSA
13 5 (0.50%) MCSE
13 5 (0.50%) MCTS
14 4 (0.40%) Master's Degree
15 3 (0.30%) Azure Certification
15 3 (0.30%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (7.62%) SLA
2 21 (2.11%) QA
3 13 (1.30%) Data Quality
3 13 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (0.90%) Accessibility
6 8 (0.80%) GDPR
7 5 (0.50%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 5 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.50%) GxP
8 1 (0.10%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 251 (25.18%) Active Directory
2 27 (2.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (1.40%) Hyper-V
4 11 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.70%) BitLocker
5 7 (0.70%) Firmware
6 6 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.10%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.10%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 101 (10.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (2.41%) SCCM
3 11 (1.10%) WSUS
4 10 (1.00%) Grafana
5 9 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
6 7 (0.70%) Control-M
6 7 (0.70%) Kubernetes
6 7 (0.70%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.60%) Autotask
8 1 (0.10%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.10%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.10%) SCOM
8 1 (0.10%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
8 1 (0.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 420 (42.13%) Microsoft
2 45 (4.51%) Oracle
3 36 (3.61%) Cisco
4 30 (3.01%) VMware
5 24 (2.41%) ServiceNow
6 21 (2.11%) Meraki
6 21 (2.11%) SAP
7 20 (2.01%) Polycom
8 19 (1.91%) Apple
9 16 (1.60%) Citrix
10 15 (1.50%) CheckPoint
10 15 (1.50%) Palo Alto
11 14 (1.40%) Salesforce
12 13 (1.30%) Fortinet
12 13 (1.30%) Google
13 12 (1.20%) Guidewire
13 12 (1.20%) Intapp
14 11 (1.10%) HP
15 9 (0.90%) Sage
16 8 (0.80%) Adobe