Support Officer Jobs in England

Support Officer
UK > England

The median Support Officer salary in England is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 637 723 849
Rank change year-on-year +86 +126 +260
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Officer 42 127 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.085% 0.14% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.094% 0.15% 0.072%
Number of salaries quoted 36 118 38
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,700 £21,479
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,162 £25,128
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £29,936
Median % change year-on-year - +8.56% -7.49%
75th Percentile £41,062 £39,507 £34,534
90th Percentile £41,912 £45,000 £40,825
UK median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £29,936
% change year-on-year - +8.56% -7.49%

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 44,774 85,031 77,815
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.67% 91.36%
Number of salaries quoted 23,692 62,917 50,230
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,066 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Support Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Officer in England

Support Officer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Support Officer in England

Support Officer
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Support Officer in England

Support Officer
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 Officer within the England region over the 6 months to 31 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
London +88 20 £37,204 +16.04% 8
Midlands +66 12 £32,500 +6.63% 4
West Midlands +59 12 £32,500 -1.16% 2
East of England +47 5 £32,500 +20.37% 1
South East +47 2 - - 4
North of England +13 1 £26,406 -33.99% 4
North West -14 1 £26,406 -41.32% 4
Support Officer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Support Officer 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 Officer in the job title.

1 29 (69.05%) Microsoft
2 18 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 17 (40.48%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (38.10%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (28.57%) VMware
6 11 (26.19%) DHCP
6 11 (26.19%) TCP/IP
6 11 (26.19%) Hyper-V
6 11 (26.19%) Degree
6 11 (26.19%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (26.19%) PowerShell
6 11 (26.19%) Power Platform
7 10 (23.81%) Finance
7 10 (23.81%) CRM
8 8 (19.05%) SharePoint
9 7 (16.67%) Project Management
9 7 (16.67%) Active Directory
9 7 (16.67%) Decision-Making
9 7 (16.67%) Customer Service
9 7 (16.67%) Public Sector
10 6 (14.29%) Windows
11 5 (11.90%) NHS
11 5 (11.90%) PowerApps
11 5 (11.90%) Power Automate
11 5 (11.90%) Dynamics CRM
11 5 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (11.90%) Metadata
11 5 (11.90%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (11.90%) Risk Register

Support Officer 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 8 (19.05%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (38.10%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (11.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (4.76%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 17 (40.48%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (26.19%) Power Platform
3 5 (11.90%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Copilot
3 5 (11.90%) Power Automate
3 5 (11.90%) PowerApps
4 3 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 11 (26.19%) DHCP
1 11 (26.19%) TCP/IP
2 2 (4.76%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.90%) Metadata
2 3 (7.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 18 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 10 (23.81%) Finance
3 7 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (7.14%) Local Government
4 3 (7.14%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.76%) Environmental Health
5 2 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (4.76%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.14%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) NHS
2 4 (9.52%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.38%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.29%) Windows
2 3 (7.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (23.81%) CRM
2 7 (16.67%) Customer Service
2 7 (16.67%) Decision-Making
2 7 (16.67%) Project Management
3 5 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (11.90%) Risk Register
4 3 (7.14%) Agile
4 3 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (7.14%) ERP
4 3 (7.14%) PRINCE2
4 3 (7.14%) Service Delivery
5 2 (4.76%) Change Management
5 2 (4.76%) Data Analysis
5 2 (4.76%) Data Management
5 2 (4.76%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (4.76%) Digital Transformation Strategy
5 2 (4.76%) Due Diligence
5 2 (4.76%) Infographics
5 2 (4.76%) Migration
5 2 (4.76%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 11 (26.19%) PowerShell
2 3 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (26.19%) Degree
2 3 (7.14%) DBS Check
3 2 (4.76%) NVQ Level 4
4 1 (2.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.38%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (26.19%) Hyper-V
1 11 (26.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 29 (69.05%) Microsoft
2 12 (28.57%) VMware
3 2 (4.76%) Northgate
3 2 (4.76%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.38%) Apple