Support Specialist Jobs in Leicestershire

Support Specialist
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median Support Specialist salary in Leicestershire is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 97 85
Rank change year-on-year +37 -12 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 2 3 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 0.36% 0.31% 0.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.34% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,250 - £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £28,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.07% +1.82% -26.67%
75th Percentile £33,750 £28,750 £41,625
90th Percentile - £29,200 £42,000
East Midlands median annual salary £32,000 £37,500 £27,500
% change year-on-year -14.67% +36.36% -26.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leicestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 532 884 716
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.66% 92.76% 94.58%
Number of salaries quoted 201 422 274
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,775 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £45,000 £52,375
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -14.08% +23.24%
75th Percentile £58,000 £60,000 £60,800
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -14.29% +10.53%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in Leicestershire

Support Specialist
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

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

Salary trend for Support Specialist in Leicestershire

Support Specialist
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Specialist within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 16 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
Leicester +28 1 - - 2
Support Specialist
East Midlands

Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire

For the 6 months to 16 August 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 Leicestershire region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) PayPal
1 1 (50.00%) Chatbot
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Conversational UI
1 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Chatbot
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Conversational UI
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) PayPal