Technical Support Specialist Jobs in the North West

Technical Support Specialist
England > North West

The median Technical Support Specialist salary in the North West is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 273 300 335
Rank change year-on-year +27 +35 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support Specialist 14 1 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.14% 0.013% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.014% 0.056%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,250 - £21,806
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - £22,613
75th Percentile £33,750 - £23,419
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £32,500 £43,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year -24.86% +1.76% +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 9,248 6,965 8,974
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.67% 88.96% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 7,102 4,048 5,399
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Technical Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Support Specialist in the North West

Technical Support Specialist
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Support Specialist in the North West.

Salary trend for Technical Support Specialist in the North West

Technical Support Specialist
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Support Specialist within the North West region over the 6 months to 7 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
Manchester +36 8 £32,500 - 1
Cheshire - 6 - - 1
Technical Support Specialist
England

Technical Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Technical 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 West region featuring Technical Support Specialist in the job title.

1 9 (64.29%) Degree
2 8 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 8 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (57.14%) Data Centre
2 8 (57.14%) Driving Licence
2 8 (57.14%) Customer Service
2 8 (57.14%) Onboarding
3 6 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (35.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (35.71%) Computer Science
4 5 (35.71%) VPN
4 5 (35.71%) DNS
4 5 (35.71%) SSL
4 5 (35.71%) IPsec
5 4 (28.57%) Law
5 4 (28.57%) Management Information System
5 4 (28.57%) HNC
5 4 (28.57%) HND
5 4 (28.57%) Windows
5 4 (28.57%) LAN
5 4 (28.57%) QlikView
5 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
5 4 (28.57%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (21.43%) Wireless
6 3 (21.43%) CCTV

Technical Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) DNS
1 5 (35.71%) IPsec
1 5 (35.71%) SSL
1 5 (35.71%) VPN
2 4 (28.57%) LAN
3 3 (21.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) QlikView
General
1 4 (28.57%) Law
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 8 (57.14%) Data Centre
1 8 (57.14%) Driving Licence
1 8 (57.14%) Onboarding
2 4 (28.57%) Management Information System
3 3 (21.43%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Customer Service
2 6 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (35.71%) Computer Science
4 4 (28.57%) Collaborative Culture
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) Degree
2 4 (28.57%) HNC
2 4 (28.57%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (57.14%) Active Directory