Support Manager Job Trends in England

Support Manager
UK > England

The median Support Manager salary in England is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 October 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 475 443 474
Rank change year-on-year -32 +31 +160
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Manager 306 197 266
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.29% 0.46% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.50% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 232 173 166
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £39,790
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £59,375
90th Percentile £77,500 £97,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -16.67%

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 96,649 39,098 62,464
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.85% 90.50% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 67,643 23,014 36,042
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.18% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,589 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.50% -0.91% -8.33%

Support Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Support Manager job vacancy trend in England

Support Manager
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Support Manager job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Support Manager job vacancies in England

Support Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Manager in England over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Support Manager in England

Support Manager
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 Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 6 October 2026. 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 -4 81 £45,000 +2.27% 8
South East +1 61 £50,000 +5.26% 11
London -83 60 £70,000 +7.69% 23
North of England -45 58 £50,000 +11.11% 13
West Midlands -8 44 £52,500 -4.55% 8
South West -46 38 £47,500 +11.76% 7
East Midlands -5 37 £35,000 -12.50%
North West -23 34 £51,000 +13.33% 9
Yorkshire -21 23 £42,500 -26.09% 3
East of England -48 8 £58,750 +14.08% 7
North East - 1 £33,500 - 1
Support Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 October 2026, Support Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 108 (35.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 71 (23.20%) Microsoft
3 63 (20.59%) Service Delivery
4 58 (18.95%) ITIL
5 55 (17.97%) Stakeholder Management
6 49 (16.01%) Problem-Solving
7 48 (15.69%) Microsoft 365
8 41 (13.40%) Incident Management
9 38 (12.42%) Customer Service
10 37 (12.09%) Root Cause Analysis
11 35 (11.44%) Mentoring
12 32 (10.46%) Azure
12 32 (10.46%) Project Delivery
12 32 (10.46%) SQL
13 30 (9.80%) Agile
13 30 (9.80%) Service Management
13 30 (9.80%) Windows
14 29 (9.48%) SLA
15 26 (8.50%) Customer Experience
16 24 (7.84%) Active Directory
16 24 (7.84%) ERP
17 23 (7.52%) Coaching
18 21 (6.86%) Problem Management
18 21 (6.86%) SaaS
18 21 (6.86%) Windows Server
19 20 (6.54%) Performance Management
20 19 (6.21%) JIRA
20 19 (6.21%) People Management
21 17 (5.56%) Business Continuity
21 17 (5.56%) CRM

Support Manager 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 16 (5.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.29%) OpenEdge
3 5 (1.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.63%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 3 (0.98%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.33%) Misys Equation
3 1 (0.33%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 48 (15.69%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (10.46%) Azure
3 21 (6.86%) SaaS
4 15 (4.90%) Power Platform
5 14 (4.58%) Entra ID
6 9 (2.94%) AWS
7 8 (2.61%) Power Automate
8 5 (1.63%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.65%) OCI
10 1 (0.33%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.90%) VPN
2 13 (4.25%) DHCP
2 13 (4.25%) DNS
2 13 (4.25%) Firewall
3 10 (3.27%) VLAN
4 5 (1.63%) Cisco IOS
4 5 (1.63%) LAN
4 5 (1.63%) SSH
5 3 (0.98%) FIX Connectivity
5 3 (0.98%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.90%) Power BI
2 5 (1.63%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.31%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.98%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 19 (6.21%) JIRA
General
1 69 (22.55%) Social Skills
2 45 (14.71%) Manufacturing
3 41 (13.40%) Finance
4 18 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (4.90%) Banking
6 12 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (3.92%) Legal
7 9 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.61%) Automotive
8 8 (2.61%) Financial Institution
9 7 (2.29%) Retail
10 6 (1.96%) Marketing
11 5 (1.63%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.31%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.65%) Local Government
13 2 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.33%) Front Office
14 1 (0.33%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.33%) Law
14 1 (0.33%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.59%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (1.31%) Middleware
3 3 (0.98%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.17%) Onboarding
2 20 (6.54%) Enterprise Software
3 18 (5.88%) FMCG
4 15 (4.90%) Management Information System
5 10 (3.27%) AS400
5 10 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.29%) Virtual Team
7 6 (1.96%) Educational Technology
7 6 (1.96%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.63%) e-Learning
8 5 (1.63%) IoT
9 3 (0.98%) Equity Derivative
9 3 (0.98%) Eurex
9 3 (0.98%) Reference Data
9 3 (0.98%) Social Media
10 2 (0.65%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.65%) iSeries
10 2 (0.65%) Learning Management System
10 2 (0.65%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 30 (9.80%) Windows
2 21 (6.86%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.29%) Linux
3 7 (2.29%) Mac OS
3 7 (2.29%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.98%) CentOS
4 3 (0.98%) Rocky
4 3 (0.98%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (35.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 63 (20.59%) Service Delivery
3 58 (18.95%) ITIL
4 55 (17.97%) Stakeholder Management
5 49 (16.01%) Problem-Solving
6 41 (13.40%) Incident Management
7 38 (12.42%) Customer Service
8 37 (12.09%) Root Cause Analysis
9 35 (11.44%) Mentoring
10 32 (10.46%) Project Delivery
11 30 (9.80%) Agile
11 30 (9.80%) Service Management
12 26 (8.50%) Customer Experience
13 24 (7.84%) ERP
14 23 (7.52%) Coaching
15 21 (6.86%) Problem Management
16 20 (6.54%) Performance Management
17 19 (6.21%) People Management
18 17 (5.56%) Business Continuity
18 17 (5.56%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 32 (10.46%) SQL
2 10 (3.27%) RPG
3 9 (2.94%) COBOL
4 7 (2.29%) C#
4 7 (2.29%) Python
5 3 (0.98%) Bash
5 3 (0.98%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.98%) Perl
5 3 (0.98%) Ruby
6 2 (0.65%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.65%) R
6 2 (0.65%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (5.23%) Degree
2 9 (2.94%) ITIL Certification
3 8 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (0.98%) Security Cleared
5 2 (0.65%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.65%) PMI Certification
5 2 (0.65%) PMP
6 1 (0.33%) APMP
6 1 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (9.48%) SLA
2 13 (4.25%) QA
3 5 (1.63%) GDPR
4 3 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.65%) EMIR
5 2 (0.65%) GRC
5 2 (0.65%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.65%) PMO
6 1 (0.33%) Def Stans
System Software
1 24 (7.84%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (3.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.29%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.96%) SCCM
4 5 (1.63%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 71 (23.20%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.23%) Oracle
3 11 (3.59%) VMware
4 10 (3.27%) IBM
5 9 (2.94%) ServiceNow
6 8 (2.61%) Cisco
7 7 (2.29%) YouTube
8 6 (1.96%) SolarWinds
9 5 (1.63%) Apple
9 5 (1.63%) Atlassian
9 5 (1.63%) Google
9 5 (1.63%) ION Trading
9 5 (1.63%) JD Edwards
9 5 (1.63%) Okta
9 5 (1.63%) Palo Alto
9 5 (1.63%) Zoho
10 4 (1.31%) Citrix
10 4 (1.31%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.98%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.98%) Trayport