Support Specialist Jobs in the Midlands

Support Specialist
England > Midlands

The median Support Specialist salary in the Midlands is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 264 290 335
Rank change year-on-year +26 +45 -54
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 53 34 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.45% 0.35% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.39% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 51 13 10
10th Percentile £26,750 £38,636 £23,725
25th Percentile £29,750 £40,000 £28,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £50,000 £36,750
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +36.05% +33.64%
75th Percentile £41,250 - £44,938
90th Percentile £48,750 £51,480 £47,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £46,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% +9.59%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 10,986 8,613 10,285
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.28% 89.50% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 8,233 4,790 7,091
10th Percentile £26,050 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in the Midlands

Support Specialist
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Support Specialist in the Midlands

Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Specialist in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Specialist in the Midlands

Support Specialist
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 Specialist within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
West Midlands +52 35 £32,500 -35.00% 6
East Midlands -23 18 £29,000 -29.27% 4
Support Specialist
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 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 Midlands region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 30 (56.60%) Social Skills
2 26 (49.06%) Microsoft
3 24 (45.28%) Windows
4 19 (35.85%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (28.30%) Microsoft Office
6 14 (26.42%) Time Management
6 14 (26.42%) Android
7 13 (24.53%) Windows 10
7 13 (24.53%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (22.64%) Skype
8 12 (22.64%) Inventory Management
8 12 (22.64%) Apple iOS
8 12 (22.64%) Skype for Business
8 12 (22.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (22.64%) Video Conferencing
8 12 (22.64%) Law
8 12 (22.64%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (20.75%) Active Directory
9 11 (20.75%) Microsoft 365
9 11 (20.75%) Customer Service
10 10 (18.87%) Analytical Skills
11 9 (16.98%) SharePoint
12 8 (15.09%) SQL Server
13 7 (13.21%) Business Intelligence
13 7 (13.21%) Retail
14 6 (11.32%) Artificial Intelligence
14 6 (11.32%) Performance Tuning
14 6 (11.32%) Power BI
14 6 (11.32%) Electronics
14 6 (11.32%) E-Commerce

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 12 (22.64%) Skype for Business
2 9 (16.98%) SharePoint
3 4 (7.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (28.30%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 11 (20.75%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (11.32%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.89%) SaaS
3 1 (1.89%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 12 (22.64%) Skype
2 2 (3.77%) WAN
3 1 (1.89%) DHCP
3 1 (1.89%) DNS
3 1 (1.89%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.89%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (15.09%) SQL Server
2 6 (11.32%) Power BI
General
1 30 (56.60%) Social Skills
2 12 (22.64%) Law
3 10 (18.87%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (13.21%) Retail
5 6 (11.32%) Electronics
6 1 (1.89%) Back Office
6 1 (1.89%) Front Office
6 1 (1.89%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 19 (35.85%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (22.64%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (5.66%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.89%) Derivative
4 1 (1.89%) IoT
4 1 (1.89%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 24 (45.28%) Windows
2 14 (26.42%) Android
3 13 (24.53%) Windows 10
4 12 (22.64%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.89%) CentOS
5 1 (1.89%) Debian
5 1 (1.89%) Linux
5 1 (1.89%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.89%) Scientific Linux
5 1 (1.89%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (26.42%) Time Management
2 13 (24.53%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (22.64%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (22.64%) Inventory Management
3 12 (22.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (20.75%) Customer Service
5 7 (13.21%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (11.32%) Artificial Intelligence
6 6 (11.32%) E-Commerce
6 6 (11.32%) Performance Tuning
6 6 (11.32%) Proactive Management
6 6 (11.32%) Project Delivery
7 3 (5.66%) Logistics
8 2 (3.77%) Customer Experience
9 1 (1.89%) Collaborative Culture
9 1 (1.89%) Customer Retention
9 1 (1.89%) Network Virtualisation
9 1 (1.89%) Patch Management
9 1 (1.89%) Proactive Monitoring
9 1 (1.89%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.32%) SQL
2 1 (1.89%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.89%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (5.66%) Degree
1 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 11 (20.75%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.66%) vSphere
3 1 (1.89%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 26 (49.06%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.66%) VMware
3 1 (1.89%) Avaya
3 1 (1.89%) Oracle
3 1 (1.89%) Sage
3 1 (1.89%) SAP