Support Analyst Job Trends in the Midlands

Support Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Support Analyst salary in the Midlands is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 May 2026.

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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 117 172
Rank change year-on-year +10 +55 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Analyst 176 106 159
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.37% 2.09% 1.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.47% 2.31% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 131 98 128
10th Percentile £26,000 £21,250 £22,250
25th Percentile £29,500 £25,500 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £30,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - 0.00%
75th Percentile £41,875 £40,813 £37,813
90th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £47,875
England median annual salary £35,000 £37,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -5.41% +5.71% +2.94%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 11,999 4,598 10,870
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.07% 90.71% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 7,639 2,797 8,247
10th Percentile £29,250 £27,500 £26,150
25th Percentile £35,750 £33,750 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £60,741
90th Percentile £81,250 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -11.18%

Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Support Analyst job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Support Analyst
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Support Analyst job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Support Analyst job vacancies in the Midlands

Support Analyst
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Analyst in the Midlands over the 6 months to 5 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Support Analyst in the Midlands

Support Analyst
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Analyst within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
West Midlands +13 112 £35,000 +16.67% 6
East Midlands -18 64 £33,500 +28.85% 10
Support Analyst
England

Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 5 May 2026, Support Analyst 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 Midlands region featuring Support Analyst in the job title.

1 57 (32.39%) Microsoft
2 49 (27.84%) Windows
3 46 (26.14%) Problem-Solving
4 45 (25.57%) SQL
5 42 (23.86%) Active Directory
6 38 (21.59%) ERP
6 38 (21.59%) Microsoft 365
7 26 (14.77%) Entra ID
8 24 (13.64%) Azure
8 24 (13.64%) ITIL
8 24 (13.64%) Windows Server
9 23 (13.07%) Continuous Improvement
10 20 (11.36%) Customer Service
11 18 (10.23%) Process Improvement
12 17 (9.66%) Root Cause Analysis
13 16 (9.09%) SAP
14 15 (8.52%) Windows 10
15 14 (7.95%) CRM
15 14 (7.95%) Logistics
15 14 (7.95%) SharePoint
15 14 (7.95%) SQL Server
15 14 (7.95%) Validation
16 13 (7.39%) SaaS
17 12 (6.82%) End-to-End Testing
17 12 (6.82%) Oracle
17 12 (6.82%) Oracle Reports
18 11 (6.25%) ITSM
18 11 (6.25%) SLA
19 10 (5.68%) Data Validation
19 10 (5.68%) DHCP

Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (7.95%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.41%) Confluence
3 5 (2.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.84%) Skype for Business
4 3 (1.70%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (5.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.70%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (3.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (3.41%) SAP HR
2 6 (3.41%) SAP Payroll
3 5 (2.84%) NetSuite
3 5 (2.84%) SAP Business One
4 4 (2.27%) Elite 3E
4 4 (2.27%) Exchequer
4 4 (2.27%) Primavera
4 4 (2.27%) Visualfiles
5 3 (1.70%) SAP Business ByDesign
6 2 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.57%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.57%) SAP WM
7 1 (0.57%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 38 (21.59%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (14.77%) Entra ID
3 24 (13.64%) Azure
4 13 (7.39%) SaaS
5 8 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (3.98%) IaaS
6 7 (3.98%) PaaS
7 4 (2.27%) AWS
8 2 (1.14%) OCI
8 2 (1.14%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.57%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.57%) Oracle Service Cloud
9 1 (0.57%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.68%) DHCP
1 10 (5.68%) DNS
2 8 (4.55%) VPN
3 5 (2.84%) Skype
3 5 (2.84%) VoIP
4 4 (2.27%) Remote Desktop
4 4 (2.27%) RFID
4 4 (2.27%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.70%) Firewall
6 2 (1.14%) Broadband
6 2 (1.14%) Ethernet
6 2 (1.14%) PBX
6 2 (1.14%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.57%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.95%) SQL Server
2 12 (6.82%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (2.84%) Crystal Reports
4 4 (2.27%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.70%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (5.11%) JIRA
2 4 (2.27%) LabVIEW
General
1 52 (29.55%) Social Skills
2 31 (17.61%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (16.48%) Manufacturing
4 23 (13.07%) Law
5 19 (10.80%) Finance
6 17 (9.66%) Retail
7 9 (5.11%) Legal
8 3 (1.70%) Advertising
8 3 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.14%) Marketing
10 1 (0.57%) Automotive
10 1 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.70%) CSS
1 3 (1.70%) HTML
1 3 (1.70%) JSON
2 2 (1.14%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.57%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.68%) Onboarding
2 6 (3.41%) Driving Licence
3 3 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (1.70%) FMCG
3 3 (1.70%) iSeries
3 3 (1.70%) Social Media
4 1 (0.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 49 (27.84%) Windows
2 24 (13.64%) Windows Server
3 15 (8.52%) Windows 10
4 8 (4.55%) Linux
5 1 (0.57%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.57%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (26.14%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (21.59%) ERP
3 24 (13.64%) ITIL
4 23 (13.07%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (11.36%) Customer Service
6 18 (10.23%) Process Improvement
7 17 (9.66%) Root Cause Analysis
8 14 (7.95%) CRM
8 14 (7.95%) Logistics
8 14 (7.95%) Validation
9 12 (6.82%) End-to-End Testing
10 11 (6.25%) ITSM
11 10 (5.68%) Data Validation
11 10 (5.68%) Problem Management
11 10 (5.68%) System Testing
12 9 (5.11%) Business Process Analysis
13 8 (4.55%) Project Delivery
13 8 (4.55%) User Acceptance Testing
14 7 (3.98%) Cybersecurity
14 7 (3.98%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 45 (25.57%) SQL
2 5 (2.84%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.70%) C#
3 3 (1.70%) JavaScript
3 3 (1.70%) PHP
3 3 (1.70%) Python
3 3 (1.70%) VBA
4 1 (0.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (3.98%) Degree
1 7 (3.98%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (3.41%) SC Cleared
2 6 (3.41%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.27%) HNC
3 4 (2.27%) MCSA
3 4 (2.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 3 (1.70%) A+ Certification
5 1 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.25%) SLA
2 6 (3.41%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (3.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (1.70%) QA
4 2 (1.14%) GDPR
5 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 42 (23.86%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.14%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.57%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (5.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (3.98%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 57 (32.39%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.09%) SAP
3 12 (6.82%) Oracle
4 10 (5.68%) VMware
5 5 (2.84%) Dell
5 5 (2.84%) iManage
5 5 (2.84%) McAfee
5 5 (2.84%) Sophos
6 4 (2.27%) Aderant
6 4 (2.27%) Intapp
6 4 (2.27%) Sage
6 4 (2.27%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.27%) Veeam
6 4 (2.27%) Zoho
7 3 (1.70%) Adobe
7 3 (1.70%) ConnectWise
7 3 (1.70%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.14%) Kaseya
9 1 (0.57%) Autodesk
9 1 (0.57%) Freshdesk