Systems Support Jobs in England

Systems Support
UK > England

The median Systems Support salary in England is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 March 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 582 649 851
Rank change year-on-year +67 +202 +60
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Support 69 161 121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.21% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.22% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 62 136 106
10th Percentile £26,378 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £33,424 £31,000 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +28.57% -5.41%
75th Percentile £58,750 £55,250 £47,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £54,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £41,871 £35,000
% change year-on-year +13.44% +19.63% -3.45%

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 40,813 74,056 91,320
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.66% 94.47% 92.46%
Number of salaries quoted 23,887 56,779 57,141
10th Percentile £31,500 £28,501 £32,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,560 £55,000 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% -9.19% +0.95%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,560 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.65% -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 24 March 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 24 March 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 +56 25 £62,500 +13.64% 5
North of England +63 19 £30,000 -16.67% 3
Midlands +42 16 £47,500 +58.33% 3
North West +7 14 £32,482 -13.38% 3
East Midlands +37 10 £47,500 +58.33% 2
West Midlands +40 6 £57,500 +21.05% 1
Yorkshire +67 5 £27,250 -24.31%
South East +65 4 £28,500 -24.00% 5
East of England +43 3 £39,416 +43.33% 1
South West +94 1 - - 1
Systems Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 March 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 28 (40.58%) Social Skills
2 26 (37.68%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (26.09%) Power Platform
4 17 (24.64%) Microsoft
5 16 (23.19%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (20.29%) Azure
7 12 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (17.39%) Management Information System
8 11 (15.94%) Change Management
9 10 (14.49%) Reinsurance
10 9 (13.04%) ITIL
11 8 (11.59%) Windows
11 8 (11.59%) ERP
11 8 (11.59%) Project Management
11 8 (11.59%) Service Delivery
11 8 (11.59%) Scrum
11 8 (11.59%) Degree
12 7 (10.14%) DevOps
12 7 (10.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 7 (10.14%) Customer Service
12 7 (10.14%) Incident Management
12 7 (10.14%) SQL
13 6 (8.70%) SLA
13 6 (8.70%) VMware
13 6 (8.70%) PowerApps
13 6 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (8.70%) AWS
13 6 (8.70%) PowerShell
14 5 (7.25%) User Acceptance Testing
14 5 (7.25%) VMware Infrastructure

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 (7.25%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.45%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Infor M3
2 1 (1.45%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 26 (37.68%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (26.09%) Power Platform
3 14 (20.29%) Azure
4 6 (8.70%) AWS
4 6 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (8.70%) PowerApps
5 2 (2.90%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.45%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.80%) LAN
2 3 (4.35%) Network Security
3 2 (2.90%) Intranet
3 2 (2.90%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.90%) VoIP
3 2 (2.90%) WAN
3 2 (2.90%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (2.90%) Wireless
4 1 (1.45%) 5G
4 1 (1.45%) DHCP
4 1 (1.45%) DNS
4 1 (1.45%) FTP
4 1 (1.45%) Internet
4 1 (1.45%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (1.45%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.35%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.90%) Power BI
3 1 (1.45%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (1.45%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) ClearCase
1 1 (1.45%) ClearQuest
1 1 (1.45%) JIRA
1 1 (1.45%) Rational DOORS
General
1 28 (40.58%) Social Skills
2 12 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (7.25%) Finance
3 5 (7.25%) Law
4 4 (5.80%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.35%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.35%) Publishing
5 3 (4.35%) Retail
6 2 (2.90%) Environmental Health
6 2 (2.90%) Health Technology
6 2 (2.90%) Local Government
6 2 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.90%) Police
7 1 (1.45%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.45%) Aviation
7 1 (1.45%) Banking
7 1 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.90%) EDI
1 2 (2.90%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.45%) HTML
2 1 (1.45%) JSON
2 1 (1.45%) REST
2 1 (1.45%) SOAP
2 1 (1.45%) Web Services
2 1 (1.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (17.39%) Management Information System
2 10 (14.49%) Reinsurance
3 4 (5.80%) Driving Licence
4 3 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (4.35%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.35%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (4.35%) Solar Panel
5 2 (2.90%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.45%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.45%) IoT
6 1 (1.45%) NHS
6 1 (1.45%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.45%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.59%) Windows
2 4 (5.80%) Linux
3 3 (4.35%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.45%) CentOS
4 1 (1.45%) SUSE
4 1 (1.45%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (23.19%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (15.94%) Change Management
3 9 (13.04%) ITIL
4 8 (11.59%) ERP
4 8 (11.59%) Project Management
4 8 (11.59%) Scrum
4 8 (11.59%) Service Delivery
5 7 (10.14%) Customer Service
5 7 (10.14%) DevOps
5 7 (10.14%) Incident Management
6 5 (7.25%) E-Commerce
6 5 (7.25%) High Availability
6 5 (7.25%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (5.80%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (5.80%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (4.35%) Change Control
8 3 (4.35%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (4.35%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (4.35%) Line Management
8 3 (4.35%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.14%) SQL
2 6 (8.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (11.59%) Degree
2 7 (10.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 3 (4.35%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.90%) NVQ Level 4
5 1 (1.45%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.45%) CCNA
5 1 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.45%) MCSA
5 1 (1.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.70%) SLA
2 1 (1.45%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.45%) GDPR
2 1 (1.45%) ISO 13485
2 1 (1.45%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (7.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (5.80%) Hyper-V
3 3 (4.35%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.45%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (1.45%) VirtualBox
4 1 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (24.64%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.70%) VMware
3 4 (5.80%) SAP
4 3 (4.35%) Oracle
4 3 (4.35%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.90%) JD Edwards
5 2 (2.90%) Northgate
6 1 (1.45%) Adaptive Insights
6 1 (1.45%) Apple
6 1 (1.45%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.45%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (1.45%) IBM
6 1 (1.45%) LogicMonitor
6 1 (1.45%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.45%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.45%) Workday
6 1 (1.45%) Yardi