Support Specialist Jobs in the North of England

Support Specialist
England > North of England

The median Support Specialist salary in the North of England is £36,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 304 306 418
Rank change year-on-year +2 +112 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 35 84 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.30% 0.48% 0.076%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.50% 0.085%
Number of salaries quoted 24 67 9
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,000 £32,250
25th Percentile £33,438 £30,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £35,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.29% -36.36% +69.23%
75th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £40,500 £50,000 -
England median annual salary £40,500 £38,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +6.58% -17.39% +15.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 10,709 16,656 15,224
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 94.98% 89.50%
Number of salaries quoted 5,748 12,889 8,062
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £39,544
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +7.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in the North of England

Support Specialist
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Support Specialist in the North of England.

Salary trend for Support Specialist in the North of England

Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Specialist in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Specialist in the North of England

Support Specialist
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Specialist within the North of England region over the 6 months to 16 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
North West -7 31 £36,500 +14.06% 20
Yorkshire +34 3 £30,000 -15.68% 10
North East +43 1 £60,000 +84.62% 6
Support Specialist
England

Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, 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 North of England region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 30 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 26 (74.29%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (40.00%) Firewall
4 12 (34.29%) SQL
4 12 (34.29%) Azure
5 11 (31.43%) Hyper-V
5 11 (31.43%) Microsoft
6 10 (28.57%) Cisco
6 10 (28.57%) Active Directory
7 9 (25.71%) Fortinet
7 9 (25.71%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (25.71%) Infrastructure Management
7 9 (25.71%) Cybersecurity
7 9 (25.71%) Meraki
7 9 (25.71%) WatchGuard
7 9 (25.71%) SonicWALL
7 9 (25.71%) Windows
8 8 (22.86%) ERP
9 7 (20.00%) Unit4 Business World
9 7 (20.00%) Time Management
10 6 (17.14%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (17.14%) MCSE
10 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (14.29%) Linux
11 5 (14.29%) VoIP
11 5 (14.29%) Preventative Maintenance
12 4 (11.43%) Windows 10
12 4 (11.43%) Spreadsheet
12 4 (11.43%) Android
12 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Excel

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (8.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (11.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (20.00%) Unit4 Business World
2 3 (8.57%) Sage 50
3 1 (2.86%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (34.29%) Azure
2 9 (25.71%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (8.57%) AWS
3 3 (8.57%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.86%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.86%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.86%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (40.00%) Firewall
2 5 (14.29%) VoIP
3 3 (8.57%) DHCP
3 3 (8.57%) DNS
4 1 (2.86%) Broadband
4 1 (2.86%) LAN
4 1 (2.86%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.57%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (2.86%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Cypress.io
1 1 (2.86%) Git
General
1 30 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 6 (17.14%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (11.43%) Manufacturing
4 3 (8.57%) Automotive
5 2 (5.71%) Retail
5 2 (5.71%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) .NET
1 1 (2.86%) CSS
1 1 (2.86%) HTML
1 1 (2.86%) Jest
1 1 (2.86%) Node.js
1 1 (2.86%) React
1 1 (2.86%) RESTful
1 1 (2.86%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.57%) e-Learning
2 2 (5.71%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 9 (25.71%) Windows
2 5 (14.29%) Linux
3 4 (11.43%) Android
3 4 (11.43%) Windows 10
4 3 (8.57%) Windows Server
5 2 (5.71%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (74.29%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (25.71%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (25.71%) Infrastructure Management
3 8 (22.86%) ERP
4 7 (20.00%) Time Management
5 5 (14.29%) Preventative Maintenance
6 3 (8.57%) Coaching
6 3 (8.57%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (8.57%) Customer Service
6 3 (8.57%) Proactive Monitoring
6 3 (8.57%) Server Management
7 2 (5.71%) CRM
7 2 (5.71%) Document Management
7 2 (5.71%) ITIL
7 2 (5.71%) Workflow
8 1 (2.86%) Agile
8 1 (2.86%) Information Security
8 1 (2.86%) Logistics
8 1 (2.86%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 1 (2.86%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 12 (34.29%) SQL
2 3 (8.57%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.86%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.86%) PHP
3 1 (2.86%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (17.14%) MCSE
1 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (11.43%) CCNA
2 4 (11.43%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (8.57%) Degree
3 3 (8.57%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (5.71%) MCP
4 2 (5.71%) MCSA
5 1 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.86%) CCDA
5 1 (2.86%) CCNP
5 1 (2.86%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.86%) ISO 9001
1 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.86%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (31.43%) Hyper-V
2 10 (28.57%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (5.71%) PaperCut
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.86%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (31.43%) Microsoft
2 10 (28.57%) Cisco
3 9 (25.71%) Fortinet
3 9 (25.71%) Meraki
3 9 (25.71%) SonicWALL
3 9 (25.71%) WatchGuard
4 3 (8.57%) Acronis
4 3 (8.57%) Kaseya
4 3 (8.57%) Sage
5 1 (2.86%) Blue Prism
5 1 (2.86%) Databricks
5 1 (2.86%) Facebook
5 1 (2.86%) UiPath