Systems Support Jobs in England

Systems Support
UK > England

The median Systems Support salary in England is £35,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 538 684 700
Rank change year-on-year +146 +16 +230
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Support 160 96 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.30% 0.13% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.14% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 138 73 77
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,556 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £29,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £39,000 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.97% +8.33% +1.41%
75th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £49,000
90th Percentile £57,255 £59,500 £60,100
UK median annual salary £35,500 £33,442 £37,500
% change year-on-year +6.15% -10.82% +5.63%

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 47,964 70,932 60,318
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.29% 94.99% 91.80%
Number of salaries quoted 26,547 47,097 43,638
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Systems Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Support in England

Systems Support
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Systems Support in England

Systems Support
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Support in England over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Support in England

Systems Support
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Support within the England region over the 6 months to 14 August 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
North of England +34 41 £35,500 +14.52% 3
North West +6 41 £35,500 +18.33% 3
South East +51 38 £35,854 -12.55% 8
Midlands +56 34 £32,500 +8.33% 9
East of England 0 26 £27,750 -32.47% 4
East Midlands +21 22 £32,500 +8.33% 5
London +65 20 £51,650 +3.30% 6
West Midlands +49 12 £57,500 +63.39% 4
South West +65 1 £25,000 -50.00% 3
Systems Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 August 2025, Systems Support 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 Systems Support in the job title.

1 69 (43.13%) Microsoft
2 62 (38.75%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (38.75%) Social Skills
3 44 (27.50%) SQL
4 34 (21.25%) Microsoft 365
5 31 (19.38%) ERP
6 26 (16.25%) Power Platform
7 25 (15.63%) SQL Server
8 24 (15.00%) Management Information System
9 23 (14.38%) Finance
9 23 (14.38%) Microsoft Excel
9 23 (14.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 23 (14.38%) Degree
10 22 (13.75%) Azure
11 21 (13.13%) Power BI
12 20 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
13 19 (11.88%) Project Management
14 18 (11.25%) Windows
14 18 (11.25%) Stakeholder Management
14 18 (11.25%) Driving Licence
15 17 (10.63%) Police
15 17 (10.63%) Workflow
16 16 (10.00%) Knowledge Management
16 16 (10.00%) ITIL
16 16 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
16 16 (10.00%) LAN
16 16 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
16 16 (10.00%) Unit4 Business World
16 16 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
16 16 (10.00%) Data Quality

Systems Support 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 16 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (7.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 23 (14.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (10.00%) Unit4 Business World
2 9 (5.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (3.13%) SAP Business One
4 2 (1.25%) Infor M3
5 1 (0.63%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 34 (21.25%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (16.25%) Power Platform
3 22 (13.75%) Azure
4 12 (7.50%) Entra ID
5 10 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
5 10 (6.25%) Microsoft Copilot
6 7 (4.38%) SaaS
7 6 (3.75%) Azure Storage
8 5 (3.13%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (3.13%) Power Automate
8 5 (3.13%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.63%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 16 (10.00%) LAN
2 11 (6.88%) WAN
3 9 (5.63%) Network Security
3 9 (5.63%) VoIP
4 6 (3.75%) DHCP
4 6 (3.75%) DNS
4 6 (3.75%) TCP/IP
4 6 (3.75%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (3.75%) Wireless
4 6 (3.75%) Wireless Security
5 3 (1.88%) FTP
5 3 (1.88%) VPN
6 2 (1.25%) Firewall
6 2 (1.25%) Intranet
6 2 (1.25%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (15.63%) SQL Server
2 21 (13.13%) Power BI
3 13 (8.13%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (3.13%) Metadata
5 3 (1.88%) Big Data
5 3 (1.88%) Crystal Reports
5 3 (1.88%) MySQL
6 1 (0.63%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.63%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.63%) ClearCase
1 1 (0.63%) ClearQuest
1 1 (0.63%) JIRA
1 1 (0.63%) Rational DOORS
General
1 62 (38.75%) Social Skills
2 23 (14.38%) Finance
3 17 (10.63%) Police
4 16 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (7.50%) Public Sector
5 12 (7.50%) Retail
6 6 (3.75%) Manufacturing
7 5 (3.13%) Japanese Language
8 4 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.50%) Games
8 4 (2.50%) Local Government
8 4 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.88%) Publishing
10 2 (1.25%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.25%) Banking
10 2 (1.25%) Environmental Health
10 2 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.63%) Automotive
11 1 (0.63%) Aviation
11 1 (0.63%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.75%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.88%) HTML
2 3 (1.88%) JSON
2 3 (1.88%) REST
2 3 (1.88%) SOAP
2 3 (1.88%) Web Services
2 3 (1.88%) XML
3 1 (0.63%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 24 (15.00%) Management Information System
2 18 (11.25%) Driving Licence
3 9 (5.63%) Client/Server
4 8 (5.00%) Onboarding
5 7 (4.38%) Data Centre
6 5 (3.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.88%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.88%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.88%) Solar Panel
8 2 (1.25%) NHS
9 1 (0.63%) CCTV
9 1 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.63%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 18 (11.25%) Windows
2 8 (5.00%) Windows Server
3 7 (4.38%) Linux
3 7 (4.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (3.75%) VMS
5 5 (3.13%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.63%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (38.75%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (19.38%) ERP
3 23 (14.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 19 (11.88%) Project Management
5 18 (11.25%) Stakeholder Management
6 17 (10.63%) Workflow
7 16 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
7 16 (10.00%) ITIL
7 16 (10.00%) Knowledge Management
8 15 (9.38%) Customer Service
9 14 (8.75%) Change Control
10 13 (8.13%) Data Analysis
11 12 (7.50%) Analytics
11 12 (7.50%) CRM
11 12 (7.50%) Data Security
11 12 (7.50%) E-Commerce
11 12 (7.50%) System Testing
12 11 (6.88%) Service Delivery
13 10 (6.25%) Change Management
13 10 (6.25%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 44 (27.50%) SQL
2 11 (6.88%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.25%) Bash
Qualifications
1 23 (14.38%) Degree
2 13 (8.13%) DBS Check
2 13 (8.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 11 (6.88%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (3.75%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (3.13%) CCNA
5 5 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (3.13%) MCSE
5 5 (3.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (2.50%) Security Cleared
7 2 (1.25%) NVQ Level 4
7 2 (1.25%) RHCSA
8 1 (0.63%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.63%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.00%) Data Quality
2 7 (4.38%) SLA
3 5 (3.13%) MiFID
4 1 (0.63%) GDPR
System Software
1 13 (8.13%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.13%) vSphere
3 2 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (3.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.25%) Nagios
3 1 (0.63%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 69 (43.13%) Microsoft
2 15 (9.38%) Oracle
3 11 (6.88%) SAP
4 7 (4.38%) Salesforce
4 7 (4.38%) VMware
5 5 (3.13%) Ariba
5 5 (3.13%) Cisco
6 4 (2.50%) HubSpot
6 4 (2.50%) Zoho
7 2 (1.25%) IBM
7 2 (1.25%) Northgate
7 2 (1.25%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.25%) Sage
7 2 (1.25%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.63%) Adaptive Insights
8 1 (0.63%) Apple
8 1 (0.63%) JD Edwards
8 1 (0.63%) Workday