Technical Support Jobs in Manchester

Technical Support
North West > Manchester

The median Technical Support salary in Manchester is £43,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 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
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 189 224
Rank change year-on-year +44 +35 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support 10 30 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.45% 0.58% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.62% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 6 25 9
10th Percentile £33,813 £21,718 £28,678
25th Percentile £36,250 £22,000 £29,285
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £27,500 £30,690
Median % change year-on-year +59.09% -10.39% +3.16%
75th Percentile £56,625 £33,750 £32,125
90th Percentile £62,750 - £33,500
North West median annual salary £37,500 £32,500 £29,936
% change year-on-year +15.38% +8.56% +27.39%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,992 4,849 4,551
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.30% 94.50% 91.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,288 3,739 2,670
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,988 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £54,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.26% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,000 £81,250 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Technical Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Support in Manchester

Technical Support
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Support in Manchester.

Salary trend for Technical Support in Manchester

Technical Support
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Support in Manchester over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Technical Support in Manchester

Technical Support
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Support within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 6 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
Altrincham - 1 £50,000 -
Technical Support
North West

Technical Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 6 May 2025, Technical 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 Manchester region featuring Technical Support in the job title.

1 5 (50.00%) ITIL
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (30.00%) Azure
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (30.00%) Linux
2 3 (30.00%) JIRA
3 2 (20.00%) Degree
3 2 (20.00%) Application Packaging
3 2 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 2 (20.00%) Service Management
3 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (20.00%) VMware
3 2 (20.00%) Business Continuity
3 2 (20.00%) SQL
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle
3 2 (20.00%) Windows
3 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (20.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (20.00%) AWS
3 2 (20.00%) Software Packaging
3 2 (20.00%) Compatibility Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Storage Management
3 2 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
3 2 (20.00%) Linux Command Line

Technical Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) AutoCAD
1 1 (10.00%) Autodesk Inventor
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Azure
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (20.00%) AWS
3 1 (10.00%) GCP
3 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) DNS
1 1 (10.00%) HTTP
1 1 (10.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (10.00%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (10.00%) e-Learning
2 1 (10.00%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Linux
2 2 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (10.00%) Unix
3 1 (10.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) ITIL
1 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (20.00%) Application Packaging
2 2 (20.00%) Business Continuity
2 2 (20.00%) Compatibility Testing
2 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 2 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
2 2 (20.00%) Service Management
2 2 (20.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (20.00%) Storage Management
2 2 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (10.00%) CAD
3 1 (10.00%) CRM
3 1 (10.00%) Ergonomics
3 1 (10.00%) Logistics
3 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) Go
2 1 (10.00%) Java
2 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (10.00%) HND
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle
1 2 (20.00%) ServiceNow
1 2 (20.00%) VMware
2 1 (10.00%) Google
2 1 (10.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) Siemens