Support Specialist Jobs in London

Support Specialist
England > London

The median Support Specialist salary in London is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 323 530 729
Rank change year-on-year +207 +199 -150
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 193 83 159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.82% 0.24% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% 0.25% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 88 73 126
10th Percentile £31,750 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.15% +9.41% +6.25%
75th Percentile £66,250 £60,000 £62,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £38,000 £46,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -17.39% +15.00% +9.59%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 22,209 32,673 64,762
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 94.98% 96.34%
Number of salaries quoted 16,661 24,068 34,399
10th Percentile £38,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in London

Support Specialist
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Support Specialist in London

Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Specialist in London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Specialist in London

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 Support Specialist within the London region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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 +54 16 £47,500 +11.11% 1
East London +22 5 £40,000 -3.03%
South London -8 3 £37,500 +7.14% 1
West London - 3 £65,000 - 2
Support Specialist
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, 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 Support Specialist in the job title.

1 135 (69.95%) Windows
2 128 (66.32%) Microsoft
3 127 (65.80%) Social Skills
4 109 (56.48%) Active Directory
5 107 (55.44%) Microsoft 365
6 104 (53.89%) Degree
7 102 (52.85%) Cisco
8 100 (51.81%) Windows 10
9 98 (50.78%) Video Conferencing
10 97 (50.26%) Citrix
10 97 (50.26%) WAN
11 96 (49.74%) BCP
11 96 (49.74%) WebEx
12 95 (49.22%) SCCM
12 95 (49.22%) Microsoft Exchange
13 94 (48.70%) Computer Science
13 94 (48.70%) Android
14 93 (48.19%) Cisco IOS
14 93 (48.19%) Business Continuity
14 93 (48.19%) Computer Science Degree
15 92 (47.67%) Master's Degree
15 92 (47.67%) Wireless
15 92 (47.67%) Mobile Device Management
16 91 (47.15%) Business Continuity Planning
16 91 (47.15%) AirWatch
16 91 (47.15%) Wiki
16 91 (47.15%) VMware ESXi
16 91 (47.15%) XenApp
16 91 (47.15%) XenDesktop
16 91 (47.15%) Microsoft App-V

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 95 (49.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (11.92%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.59%) JBoss
4 4 (2.07%) Confluence
5 2 (1.04%) CMS
5 2 (1.04%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 15 (7.77%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.04%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (1.04%) InCopy
3 2 (1.04%) InDesign
3 2 (1.04%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 5 (2.59%) Dynamics AX
1 5 (2.59%) Temenos T24
2 2 (1.04%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.52%) iTrent
3 1 (0.52%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 107 (55.44%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (7.25%) Azure
3 9 (4.66%) Power Platform
4 6 (3.11%) PowerApps
5 5 (2.59%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.55%) Google Workspace
6 3 (1.55%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.04%) AWS
7 2 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.04%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.04%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.52%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.52%) IaaS
8 1 (0.52%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.52%) PaaS
8 1 (0.52%) Slack
8 1 (0.52%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 97 (50.26%) WAN
2 96 (49.74%) WebEx
3 93 (48.19%) Cisco IOS
4 92 (47.67%) Wireless
5 91 (47.15%) SD-WAN
6 9 (4.66%) DNS
7 7 (3.63%) VPN
8 6 (3.11%) FTP
8 6 (3.11%) LAN
9 5 (2.59%) DHCP
9 5 (2.59%) Telepresence
10 4 (2.07%) 5G
11 3 (1.55%) HTTP
12 2 (1.04%) iSCSI
12 2 (1.04%) NAS
12 2 (1.04%) Network Security
12 2 (1.04%) SAN
12 2 (1.04%) Skype
13 1 (0.52%) Remote Desktop
13 1 (0.52%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.11%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.59%) Power BI
3 4 (2.07%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.04%) DataStage
4 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.52%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 5 (2.59%) JIRA
2 2 (1.04%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.52%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.52%) Git
General
1 127 (65.80%) Social Skills
2 27 (13.99%) Finance
3 16 (8.29%) Banking
3 16 (8.29%) Law
4 12 (6.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (5.18%) Legal
6 9 (4.66%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (2.59%) German Language
7 5 (2.59%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.07%) Investment Banking
8 4 (2.07%) Multimedia
8 4 (2.07%) Retail
9 3 (1.55%) Advertising
9 3 (1.55%) Back Office
9 3 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.04%) Environmental Health
10 2 (1.04%) French Language
10 2 (1.04%) Publishing
11 1 (0.52%) Front Office
11 1 (0.52%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.59%) REST
1 5 (2.59%) Web Services
2 4 (2.07%) .NET
2 4 (2.07%) XMPP
3 3 (1.55%) EDI
4 2 (1.04%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.52%) SAML
5 1 (0.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 98 (50.78%) Video Conferencing
2 91 (47.15%) Wiki
3 6 (3.11%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.59%) Client/Server
5 4 (2.07%) Blackberry
5 4 (2.07%) CMDB
5 4 (2.07%) EFT
5 4 (2.07%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.07%) Market Risk
6 3 (1.55%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.52%) Apple TV
7 1 (0.52%) BYOD
7 1 (0.52%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.52%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.52%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 135 (69.95%) Windows
2 100 (51.81%) Windows 10
3 94 (48.70%) Android
4 13 (6.74%) Linux
5 8 (4.15%) Mac OS
5 8 (4.15%) Unix
6 6 (3.11%) AIX
7 4 (2.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (2.07%) Windows Server
8 3 (1.55%) CentOS
9 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.52%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.52%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (49.74%) BCP
2 94 (48.70%) Computer Science
3 93 (48.19%) Business Continuity
4 92 (47.67%) Mobile Device Management
5 91 (47.15%) Application Virtualisation
5 91 (47.15%) Business Continuity Planning
5 91 (47.15%) Contract Negotiation
6 28 (14.51%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (10.36%) Customer Service
8 19 (9.84%) ITIL
9 10 (5.18%) Root Cause Analysis
10 9 (4.66%) DevOps
11 8 (4.15%) Document Management
11 8 (4.15%) Problem Management
11 8 (4.15%) Workflow
12 7 (3.63%) Fintech
12 7 (3.63%) Incident Management
13 6 (3.11%) Decision-Making
14 5 (2.59%) Batch Processing
14 5 (2.59%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 19 (9.84%) SQL
2 5 (2.59%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.07%) Java
3 4 (2.07%) Python
4 3 (1.55%) Bash
4 3 (1.55%) Perl
4 3 (1.55%) PHP
4 3 (1.55%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 104 (53.89%) Degree
2 93 (48.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 92 (47.67%) Master's Degree
4 5 (2.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 4 (2.07%) A+ Certification
5 4 (2.07%) CIPD
6 2 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.52%) ACSA
7 1 (0.52%) ACSP
7 1 (0.52%) MBA
7 1 (0.52%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.74%) SLA
2 2 (1.04%) GDPR
3 1 (0.52%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 109 (56.48%) Active Directory
2 91 (47.15%) Microsoft App-V
2 91 (47.15%) VMware ESXi
2 91 (47.15%) XenApp
2 91 (47.15%) XenDesktop
3 2 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 95 (49.22%) SCCM
2 91 (47.15%) AirWatch
3 5 (2.59%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (2.07%) Grafana
5 1 (0.52%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.52%) Packer
5 1 (0.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 128 (66.32%) Microsoft
2 102 (52.85%) Cisco
3 97 (50.26%) Citrix
4 7 (3.63%) Apple
5 6 (3.11%) Oracle
5 6 (3.11%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.59%) iManage
6 5 (2.59%) Temenos
7 4 (2.07%) Splunk
8 3 (1.55%) Adobe
8 3 (1.55%) Google
8 3 (1.55%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.55%) Snow
8 3 (1.55%) VMware
9 2 (1.04%) Alteryx
9 2 (1.04%) Guidewire
9 2 (1.04%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.04%) Polycom
10 1 (0.52%) BroadSoft
10 1 (0.52%) Meraki