Support Specialist Jobs in England

Support Specialist
UK > England

The median Support Specialist salary in England is £41,000 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 465 411 762
Rank change year-on-year -54 +351 +79
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 214 479 171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.45% 0.56% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.59% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 159 328 131
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £38,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% -17.39% +15.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £58,750 £59,300 £62,000
UK median annual salary £40,500 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +8.00% -16.67% +12.50%

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% -

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in England

Support Specialist
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Support Specialist in England

Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Specialist in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Specialist in England

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 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
London -13 60 £45,000 -5.26% 75
Midlands +64 56 £32,000 -1.54% 15
West Midlands +63 40 £31,000 -4.62% 10
South East +52 33 £42,500 -22.73% 48
North of England -2 32 £36,500 +4.29% 31
East of England +27 29 £44,000 +29.81% 8
North West -3 28 £36,500 +14.06% 20
East Midlands +42 16 £32,000 +8.47% 4
South West +88 4 £46,000 +48.39% 11
Yorkshire +27 3 £30,000 -15.68% 8
North East +48 1 £60,000 +84.62% 3
Support Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, 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 Support Specialist in the job title.

1 137 (64.02%) Social Skills
2 122 (57.01%) Microsoft
3 119 (55.61%) Windows
4 90 (42.06%) Microsoft 365
5 85 (39.72%) Azure
6 76 (35.51%) Problem-Solving
7 75 (35.05%) Degree
8 74 (34.58%) Active Directory
9 63 (29.44%) Cybersecurity
10 48 (22.43%) Windows 10
11 46 (21.50%) VoIP
12 44 (20.56%) Customer Service
13 39 (18.22%) WAN
13 39 (18.22%) Microsoft Office
14 36 (16.82%) Microsoft Excel
14 36 (16.82%) LAN
15 35 (16.36%) Retail
16 30 (14.02%) ITIL
16 30 (14.02%) CCTV
16 30 (14.02%) Windows Server
17 28 (13.08%) Hyper-V
18 26 (12.15%) PowerShell
18 26 (12.15%) DNS
18 26 (12.15%) Finance
18 26 (12.15%) Data Management
19 25 (11.68%) DHCP
20 24 (11.21%) Firewall
20 24 (11.21%) AWS
21 23 (10.75%) SQL
22 20 (9.35%) ERP

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 19 (8.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (6.54%) SharePoint
3 9 (4.21%) IIS
Applications
1 39 (18.22%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (16.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (7.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.87%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (3.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.80%) NetSuite
2 6 (2.80%) Unit4 Business World
3 5 (2.34%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (1.40%) Sage 50
4 3 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.93%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.47%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 90 (42.06%) Microsoft 365
2 85 (39.72%) Azure
3 24 (11.21%) AWS
4 14 (6.54%) Entra ID
5 7 (3.27%) OneDrive
6 4 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.93%) IaaS
7 2 (0.93%) PaaS
8 1 (0.47%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.47%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.47%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.47%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.47%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.47%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.47%) SaaS
8 1 (0.47%) Serverless
8 1 (0.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 46 (21.50%) VoIP
2 39 (18.22%) WAN
3 36 (16.82%) LAN
4 26 (12.15%) DNS
5 25 (11.68%) DHCP
6 24 (11.21%) Firewall
7 9 (4.21%) TCP/IP
8 7 (3.27%) NAS
8 7 (3.27%) SAN
9 6 (2.80%) Intranet
9 6 (2.80%) Network Security
9 6 (2.80%) VSAN
10 5 (2.34%) VPN
11 4 (1.87%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (1.40%) SD-WAN
13 2 (0.93%) Broadband
14 1 (0.47%) DECT
14 1 (0.47%) Internet
14 1 (0.47%) PBX
14 1 (0.47%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.61%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.74%) GIS
3 3 (1.40%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (0.93%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.93%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.47%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (2.80%) JIRA
2 2 (0.93%) Git
General
1 137 (64.02%) Social Skills
2 35 (16.36%) Retail
3 26 (12.15%) Finance
4 18 (8.41%) Telecoms
5 16 (7.48%) Legal
6 15 (7.01%) Law
7 12 (5.61%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (4.67%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.74%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.80%) Advertising
10 6 (2.80%) Automotive
10 6 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.87%) German Language
12 3 (1.40%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.40%) Electronics
12 3 (1.40%) Marketing
13 2 (0.93%) Banking
13 2 (0.93%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.47%) Games
14 1 (0.47%) Italian Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.34%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (1.40%) EDI
2 3 (1.40%) REST
2 3 (1.40%) SOAP
3 1 (0.47%) .NET
3 1 (0.47%) Django
3 1 (0.47%) Middleware
3 1 (0.47%) SAP XI
3 1 (0.47%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 30 (14.02%) CCTV
2 18 (8.41%) Video Conferencing
3 8 (3.74%) FMCG
4 7 (3.27%) Data Centre
4 7 (3.27%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.80%) Clustering
5 6 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.40%) e-Learning
6 3 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.40%) IoT
6 3 (1.40%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.40%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.40%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.47%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.47%) Equities
7 1 (0.47%) iPhone
7 1 (0.47%) PACS
7 1 (0.47%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 119 (55.61%) Windows
2 48 (22.43%) Windows 10
3 30 (14.02%) Windows Server
4 15 (7.01%) Linux
5 10 (4.67%) Android
5 10 (4.67%) Unix
6 6 (2.80%) Mac OS
6 6 (2.80%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (35.51%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (29.44%) Cybersecurity
3 44 (20.56%) Customer Service
4 30 (14.02%) ITIL
5 26 (12.15%) Data Management
6 20 (9.35%) CRM
6 20 (9.35%) ERP
7 18 (8.41%) Migration
8 17 (7.94%) Document Management
9 13 (6.07%) Task Automation
10 12 (5.61%) Computer Science
10 12 (5.61%) Time Management
11 11 (5.14%) Asset Management
11 11 (5.14%) Data Analysis
11 11 (5.14%) Mobile Device Management
12 9 (4.21%) Collaborative Culture
12 9 (4.21%) Infrastructure Management
12 9 (4.21%) Logistics
12 9 (4.21%) User Experience
13 8 (3.74%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 26 (12.15%) PowerShell
2 23 (10.75%) SQL
3 7 (3.27%) Python
4 2 (0.93%) Bash
4 2 (0.93%) C++
5 1 (0.47%) C#
5 1 (0.47%) Java
5 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.47%) PHP
Qualifications
1 75 (35.05%) Degree
2 20 (9.35%) A+ Certification
3 11 (5.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (3.74%) Azure Certification
4 8 (3.74%) Security Cleared
5 6 (2.80%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.80%) MCSE
5 6 (2.80%) Network+ Certification
5 6 (2.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (1.87%) CCNA
6 4 (1.87%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.93%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.93%) MCP
7 2 (0.93%) MCSA
7 2 (0.93%) PhD
8 1 (0.47%) CCDA
8 1 (0.47%) CCNP
8 1 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.47%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.47%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.74%) SLA
2 6 (2.80%) GDPR
3 5 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.93%) PMO
4 2 (0.93%) QA
5 1 (0.47%) DICOM
5 1 (0.47%) HL7
5 1 (0.47%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 74 (34.58%) Active Directory
2 28 (13.08%) Hyper-V
3 17 (7.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.80%) Docker
4 6 (2.80%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (2.80%) vSphere
5 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (4.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (3.27%) Ansible
3 6 (2.80%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.80%) PowerCLI
3 6 (2.80%) Puppet
3 6 (2.80%) vCenter Server
3 6 (2.80%) vMotion
3 6 (2.80%) vRealize
4 4 (1.87%) SCCM
5 3 (1.40%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.93%) PaperCut
7 1 (0.47%) WSUS
Vendors
1 122 (57.01%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.41%) VMware
3 15 (7.01%) Cisco
4 14 (6.54%) Meraki
5 12 (5.61%) Citrix
5 12 (5.61%) Fortinet
5 12 (5.61%) Veeam
6 9 (4.21%) Apple
6 9 (4.21%) SonicWALL
6 9 (4.21%) WatchGuard
7 8 (3.74%) Sage
8 7 (3.27%) HP
9 6 (2.80%) Oracle
10 5 (2.34%) SAP
10 5 (2.34%) Zoho
11 3 (1.40%) Acronis
11 3 (1.40%) Aruba
11 3 (1.40%) Kaseya
11 3 (1.40%) Okta
12 2 (0.93%) Freshdesk