Support Specialist Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Support Specialist
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Support Specialist salary in Hertfordshire is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 95 65
Rank change year-on-year +20 -30 +67
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 15 6 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 0.90% 0.50% 1.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.99% 0.58% 1.55%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 11
10th Percentile £38,000 - £26,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £53,750 £48,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £56,000 - £66,250
East of England median annual salary £37,500 £30,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -40.00% +14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 1,514 1,033 773
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.66% 85.51% 94.73%
Number of salaries quoted 881 471 590
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £77,500
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.78%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Support Specialist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Support Specialist job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Support Specialist
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution trend for Support Specialist job vacancies in Hertfordshire.

Salary distribution trend for Support Specialist job vacancies in Hertfordshire

Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Specialist in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 10 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Support Specialist in Hertfordshire

Support Specialist
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Specialist within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 10 January 2026. 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
Borehamwood - 6 - -
St Albans -2 5 - -
Hemel Hempstead - 1 - -
Support Specialist
East of England

Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 10 January 2026, Support Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Hertfordshire region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 7 (46.67%) Windows
2 6 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (40.00%) Azure
2 6 (40.00%) Customer Service
2 6 (40.00%) Degree
2 6 (40.00%) Entra ID
2 6 (40.00%) Firewall
2 6 (40.00%) Mac OS
2 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (40.00%) Preventative Maintenance
2 6 (40.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 6 (40.00%) Windows Server
2 6 (40.00%) Windows Server 2019
3 5 (33.33%) AI
3 5 (33.33%) Chatbot
3 5 (33.33%) Conversational UI
3 5 (33.33%) PayPal
4 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (13.33%) Mobile Device Management
4 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
5 1 (6.67%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (6.67%) Computer Science
5 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (6.67%) CRM
5 1 (6.67%) Customer Experience
5 1 (6.67%) E-Commerce
5 1 (6.67%) EDI

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 5 (33.33%) Chatbot
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (40.00%) Azure
1 6 (40.00%) Entra ID
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (40.00%) Firewall
2 1 (6.67%) FTP
2 1 (6.67%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (6.67%) MySQL
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
1 1 (6.67%) QlikView
1 1 (6.67%) Relational Database
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server
1 1 (6.67%) Tableau
General
1 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) EDI
1 1 (6.67%) HTML
1 1 (6.67%) REST
1 1 (6.67%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 7 (46.67%) Windows
2 6 (40.00%) Mac OS
2 6 (40.00%) Windows Server
2 6 (40.00%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (6.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Customer Service
1 6 (40.00%) Preventative Maintenance
2 5 (33.33%) AI
2 5 (33.33%) Conversational UI
3 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (13.33%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (6.67%) Computer Science
4 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (6.67%) CRM
4 1 (6.67%) Customer Experience
4 1 (6.67%) E-Commerce
4 1 (6.67%) ERP
4 1 (6.67%) Logistics
4 1 (6.67%) Presales
4 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (6.67%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (6.67%) Supply Chain Management
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 6 (40.00%) Active Directory
1 6 (40.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (33.33%) PayPal