Systems Support Jobs in England

Systems Support
UK > England

The median Systems Support salary in England is £38,455 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 590 678 772
Rank change year-on-year +88 +94 +186
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Support 105 175 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.21% 0.18% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.19% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 91 143 110
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,550 £25,750
25th Percentile £26,750 £30,000 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,455 £40,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.86% +14.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £48,750 £55,000 £47,316
90th Percentile £58,750 £67,500 £56,600
UK median annual salary £38,455 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +2.55% +7.14% -6.67%

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 44,495 90,045 75,210
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.69% 94.61% 91.23%
Number of salaries quoted 23,724 65,776 49,535
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,331
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.98% +0.55%
75th Percentile £74,075 £70,000 £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% -

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 12 June 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 12 June 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
Midlands +76 27 £43,750 +45.83% 11
London +80 24 £51,650 -6.09% 22
South East +95 21 £27,000 -28.00% 15
East of England +48 20 £33,708 +22.57% 9
East Midlands +46 16 £32,500 +8.33% 9
North of England +43 12 £28,500 -10.24% 6
North West +6 12 £28,500 -8.06% 3
West Midlands +74 11 £57,500 +59.72% 2
South West +103 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 12 June 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 41 (39.05%) Microsoft
2 35 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 31 (29.52%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (25.71%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (21.90%) Power Platform
6 22 (20.95%) SQL
7 16 (15.24%) Azure
8 15 (14.29%) Finance
9 14 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
9 14 (13.33%) Management Information System
9 14 (13.33%) Project Management
9 14 (13.33%) Windows
9 14 (13.33%) LAN
10 12 (11.43%) Business Intelligence
10 12 (11.43%) E-Commerce
10 12 (11.43%) Change Management
10 12 (11.43%) Degree
10 12 (11.43%) Customer Service
10 12 (11.43%) Power BI
11 11 (10.48%) Driving Licence
11 11 (10.48%) ERP
11 11 (10.48%) SQL Server
12 10 (9.52%) Service Delivery
12 10 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
12 10 (9.52%) Network Security
13 9 (8.57%) PowerShell
13 9 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
13 9 (8.57%) DBS Check
13 9 (8.57%) Dynamics 365
13 9 (8.57%) Client/Server

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 5 (4.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (7.62%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (4.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.90%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.95%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 27 (25.71%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (21.90%) Power Platform
3 16 (15.24%) Azure
4 9 (8.57%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (6.67%) PowerApps
5 7 (6.67%) SaaS
6 6 (5.71%) Azure Storage
7 5 (4.76%) Microsoft Copilot
7 5 (4.76%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.90%) AWS
8 2 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.95%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.95%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 14 (13.33%) LAN
2 10 (9.52%) Network Security
3 9 (8.57%) VoIP
3 9 (8.57%) WAN
4 7 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (6.67%) Wireless
5 6 (5.71%) DHCP
5 6 (5.71%) DNS
5 6 (5.71%) TCP/IP
5 6 (5.71%) Wireless Security
6 2 (1.90%) FTP
6 2 (1.90%) Intranet
7 1 (0.95%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (11.43%) Power BI
2 11 (10.48%) SQL Server
3 5 (4.76%) Metadata
4 3 (2.86%) Big Data
4 3 (2.86%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (1.90%) MySQL
6 1 (0.95%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (0.95%) ClearCase
1 1 (0.95%) ClearQuest
1 1 (0.95%) JIRA
1 1 (0.95%) Rational DOORS
General
1 35 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 15 (14.29%) Finance
3 10 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (4.76%) Manufacturing
4 5 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (4.76%) Retail
5 4 (3.81%) Games
6 3 (2.86%) Local Government
6 3 (2.86%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.86%) Publishing
7 2 (1.90%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.90%) Banking
7 2 (1.90%) Environmental Health
7 2 (1.90%) Japanese Language
7 2 (1.90%) Law
7 2 (1.90%) Police
8 1 (0.95%) Aviation
8 1 (0.95%) Back Office
8 1 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.95%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.90%) EDI
1 2 (1.90%) HTML
1 2 (1.90%) JSON
1 2 (1.90%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (1.90%) REST
1 2 (1.90%) SOAP
1 2 (1.90%) Web Services
1 2 (1.90%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.33%) Management Information System
2 11 (10.48%) Driving Licence
3 9 (8.57%) Client/Server
4 7 (6.67%) Data Centre
5 4 (3.81%) Reinsurance
6 3 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.86%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.86%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (2.86%) Solar Panel
7 2 (1.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.95%) CCTV
8 1 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.95%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (13.33%) Windows
2 7 (6.67%) Windows Server
3 6 (5.71%) VMS
4 3 (2.86%) Linux
4 3 (2.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.90%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.95%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (29.52%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (13.33%) Project Management
2 14 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (11.43%) Business Intelligence
3 12 (11.43%) Change Management
3 12 (11.43%) Customer Service
3 12 (11.43%) E-Commerce
4 11 (10.48%) ERP
5 10 (9.52%) Service Delivery
6 9 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (8.57%) Incident Management
7 8 (7.62%) Analytics
7 8 (7.62%) CRM
8 6 (5.71%) ITIL
8 6 (5.71%) Network Virtualisation
8 6 (5.71%) Storage Management
9 5 (4.76%) Contract Management
9 5 (4.76%) Data Analytics
9 5 (4.76%) Process Improvement
9 5 (4.76%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 22 (20.95%) SQL
2 9 (8.57%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.90%) Bash
Qualifications
1 12 (11.43%) Degree
2 9 (8.57%) DBS Check
3 5 (4.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.90%) A+ Certification
5 2 (1.90%) NVQ Level 4
5 2 (1.90%) RHCSA
6 1 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.95%) CCNA
6 1 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.95%) MCSE
6 1 (0.95%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (0.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.62%) SLA
2 4 (3.81%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.90%) MiFID
4 1 (0.95%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (6.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.90%) vSphere
3 1 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (5.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.90%) Nagios
3 1 (0.95%) AirWatch
3 1 (0.95%) SCCM
Vendors
1 41 (39.05%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.76%) Ariba
3 4 (3.81%) Oracle
4 3 (2.86%) Salesforce
4 3 (2.86%) SAP
4 3 (2.86%) VMware
5 2 (1.90%) IBM
5 2 (1.90%) JD Edwards
5 2 (1.90%) Northgate
5 2 (1.90%) Red Hat
5 2 (1.90%) SolarWinds
6 1 (0.95%) Adaptive Insights
6 1 (0.95%) Apple
6 1 (0.95%) Cisco
6 1 (0.95%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (0.95%) Workday
6 1 (0.95%) Yardi