Support Assistant Jobs in England

Support Assistant
UK > England

The median Support Assistant salary in England is £26,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 719 872 1161
Rank change year-on-year +153 +289 -266
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Assistant 134 24 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.029% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.032% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 90 21 24
10th Percentile £24,626 £24,250 £21,250
25th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £25,263
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,500 £32,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.46% +8.33% +36.36%
75th Percentile £31,938 £33,750 £35,938
90th Percentile £37,000 £41,750 £46,050
UK median annual salary £26,500 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year -18.46% +8.33% +36.36%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 88,752 75,954 137,584
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 91.23% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 65,003 49,705 75,781
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,249 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.86% +0.42% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £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%

Support Assistant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Assistant in England

Support Assistant
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Support Assistant in England

Support Assistant
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Assistant in England over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Assistant in England

Support Assistant
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 Assistant within the England region over the 6 months to 7 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
East of England +48 56 £26,000 +6.12% 1
South West - 23 £26,500 - 2
North of England +51 21 £32,500 +18.18% 5
Midlands - 16 £24,696 - 4
West Midlands - 15 £24,696 - 1
South East -8 13 £34,000 +22.52% 5
North West +6 10 £40,000 +45.45% 5
Yorkshire - 6 £28,918 -
London +75 5 £42,500 +30.77% 7
North East - 5 £28,975 -
East Midlands - 1 - - 3
Support Assistant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 June 2024, Support Assistant 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 Support Assistant in the job title.

1 57 (42.54%) Customer Service
2 55 (41.04%) Microsoft
3 49 (36.57%) Microsoft Office
4 48 (35.82%) CRM
5 40 (29.85%) Social Skills
6 36 (26.87%) Problem-Solving
7 35 (26.12%) Case Management
7 35 (26.12%) FTP
7 35 (26.12%) Replication
8 30 (22.39%) Windows
9 25 (18.66%) TCP/IP
10 18 (13.43%) SQL
11 16 (11.94%) SQL Server
12 13 (9.70%) Microsoft Exchange
13 12 (8.96%) SharePoint
13 12 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
13 12 (8.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (8.21%) Driving Licence
14 11 (8.21%) Windows 10
15 10 (7.46%) ERP
15 10 (7.46%) Electronics
15 10 (7.46%) Finance
16 9 (6.72%) Marketing
16 9 (6.72%) Windows 7
16 9 (6.72%) Degree
16 9 (6.72%) LAN
16 9 (6.72%) VoIP
16 9 (6.72%) WAN
16 9 (6.72%) DBS Check
16 9 (6.72%) Network Monitoring

Support Assistant 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 13 (9.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (8.96%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.49%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.75%) CMS
4 1 (0.75%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 49 (36.57%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 5 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (2.99%) Azure
3 2 (1.49%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 35 (26.12%) FTP
2 25 (18.66%) TCP/IP
3 9 (6.72%) LAN
3 9 (6.72%) VoIP
3 9 (6.72%) WAN
4 7 (5.22%) Wireless
5 2 (1.49%) Network Security
5 2 (1.49%) Skype
5 2 (1.49%) WebEx
6 1 (0.75%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (11.94%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
General
1 40 (29.85%) Social Skills
2 12 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (8.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (7.46%) Electronics
3 10 (7.46%) Finance
4 9 (6.72%) Marketing
5 8 (5.97%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.73%) Legal
7 3 (2.24%) Law
8 2 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.49%) Publishing
8 2 (1.49%) Retail
9 1 (0.75%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 35 (26.12%) Replication
2 11 (8.21%) Driving Licence
3 7 (5.22%) Data Centre
4 6 (4.48%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.99%) Freedom of Information
6 2 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.49%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 2 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 30 (22.39%) Windows
2 11 (8.21%) Windows 10
3 9 (6.72%) Windows 7
4 3 (2.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (42.54%) Customer Service
2 48 (35.82%) CRM
3 36 (26.87%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (26.12%) Case Management
5 10 (7.46%) ERP
6 9 (6.72%) Housing Management
6 9 (6.72%) Network Monitoring
7 7 (5.22%) Geotechnical Engineering
8 5 (3.73%) Customer Experience
9 4 (2.99%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (2.99%) Conflict Resolution
9 4 (2.99%) Kalman Filter
9 4 (2.99%) Preventative Maintenance
10 3 (2.24%) Biomedicine
10 3 (2.24%) Biotechnology
10 3 (2.24%) Logistics
11 2 (1.49%) Computer Science
11 2 (1.49%) ISMS
11 2 (1.49%) System Testing
11 2 (1.49%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 18 (13.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (6.72%) DBS Check
1 9 (6.72%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.22%) QA
2 3 (2.24%) SLA
3 2 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.75%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 7 (5.22%) Firmware
2 4 (2.99%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.49%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 55 (41.04%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.24%) Polycom
3 2 (1.49%) VMware
4 1 (0.75%) Oracle