IT Support Specialist Jobs in London

IT Support Specialist
England > London

The median IT Support Specialist salary in London is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 May 2025.

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

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 371 393 613
Rank change year-on-year +22 +220 +263
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Specialist 29 107 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.22% 0.45% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.48% 0.046%
Number of salaries quoted 28 13 12
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,550 £34,514
25th Percentile £40,188 £36,250 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -9.09% +9.21%
75th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £49,063
90th Percentile - - £50,000
England median annual salary £35,000 £33,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -21.76% +32.81%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,742 22,276 32,688
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.30% 94.14% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 7,310 16,685 24,119
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

IT Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Specialist in London

IT Support Specialist
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for IT Support Specialist in London

IT Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support Specialist in London over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Support Specialist in London

IT Support Specialist
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Specialist within the London region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
Central London +48 22 £50,000 +5.26% 3
North London - 4 £42,500 -
West London - 1 £42,500 - 1
IT Support Specialist
England

IT Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, IT 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 London region featuring IT Support Specialist in the job title.

1 28 (96.55%) Microsoft
2 24 (82.76%) Windows
3 23 (79.31%) Social Skills
4 18 (62.07%) ITIL
5 17 (58.62%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (58.62%) A+ Certification
5 17 (58.62%) Degree
6 16 (55.17%) Video Conferencing
6 16 (55.17%) Data Management
6 16 (55.17%) Document Management
6 16 (55.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 16 (55.17%) Telecoms
6 16 (55.17%) Law
6 16 (55.17%) Legal
6 16 (55.17%) Microsoft Excel
7 10 (34.48%) Azure
7 10 (34.48%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (24.14%) Active Directory
9 6 (20.69%) Migration
9 6 (20.69%) VMware
10 5 (17.24%) Citrix
10 5 (17.24%) FMCG
10 5 (17.24%) VMware Infrastructure
10 5 (17.24%) IT Asset Management
10 5 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (17.24%) Hyper-V
10 5 (17.24%) DNS
10 5 (17.24%) DHCP
10 5 (17.24%) Customer Service
10 5 (17.24%) Collaborative Culture

IT Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (3.45%) IIS
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 17 (58.62%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (55.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (55.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (34.48%) Azure
1 10 (34.48%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (13.79%) AWS
3 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.24%) DHCP
1 5 (17.24%) DNS
2 1 (3.45%) DECT
2 1 (3.45%) Firewall
2 1 (3.45%) NAS
2 1 (3.45%) PBX
2 1 (3.45%) SAN
2 1 (3.45%) VLAN
2 1 (3.45%) VoIP
2 1 (3.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) SQL Server
General
1 23 (79.31%) Social Skills
2 16 (55.17%) Law
2 16 (55.17%) Legal
2 16 (55.17%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 16 (55.17%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (17.24%) FMCG
3 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 24 (82.76%) Windows
2 5 (17.24%) Windows Server
3 2 (6.90%) Windows 10
4 1 (3.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (62.07%) ITIL
2 16 (55.17%) Data Management
2 16 (55.17%) Document Management
3 6 (20.69%) Migration
4 5 (17.24%) Asset Management
4 5 (17.24%) Collaborative Culture
4 5 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (17.24%) Creative Thinking
4 5 (17.24%) Customer Service
4 5 (17.24%) IT Asset Management
4 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (3.45%) Computer Science
6 1 (3.45%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (3.45%) Disk Encryption
6 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure as Code
6 1 (3.45%) Preventative Maintenance
6 1 (3.45%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (58.62%) A+ Certification
1 17 (58.62%) Degree
2 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.45%) DBS Check
2 1 (3.45%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (24.14%) Active Directory
2 5 (17.24%) Hyper-V
2 5 (17.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Ansible
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.45%) SCCM
1 1 (3.45%) WSUS
Vendors
1 28 (96.55%) Microsoft
2 6 (20.69%) VMware
3 5 (17.24%) Citrix
4 2 (6.90%) Cisco
5 1 (3.45%) EMC
5 1 (3.45%) HP
5 1 (3.45%) Mitel
5 1 (3.45%) NetApp
5 1 (3.45%) Veeam
5 1 (3.45%) Veritas