Support Specialist Jobs in Preston

Support Specialist
Lancashire > Preston

The median Support Specialist salary in Preston is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 1.65% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.72% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
Lancashire median annual salary £50,000 £30,000 -
% change year-on-year +66.67% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Preston

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Preston. 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 Preston with a recognized job title 233 172 221
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.88% 86.00% 84.35%
Number of salaries quoted 194 141 159
10th Percentile - £25,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £47,683 £35,000 £30,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £48,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.28% +9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £54,948 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £59,724 £70,000 £69,000
Lancashire median annual salary £50,055 £47,683 £47,500
% change year-on-year +4.97% +0.39% +5.56%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in Preston

Support Specialist
Salary Trend in Preston

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

Salary trend for Support Specialist in Preston

Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston

For the 6 months to 3 August 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 Preston region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) HTML
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) CSS
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 4 (100.00%) Web Development
1 4 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 4 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Git
1 4 (100.00%) RESTful
1 4 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 4 (100.00%) Node.js
1 4 (100.00%) Analytics
1 4 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 4 (100.00%) Docker
1 4 (100.00%) Microservices
1 4 (100.00%) React
1 4 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 4 (100.00%) Vue
1 4 (100.00%) Jest
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 4 (100.00%) Git
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) CSS
1 4 (100.00%) HTML
1 4 (100.00%) Jest
1 4 (100.00%) Node.js
1 4 (100.00%) React
1 4 (100.00%) RESTful
1 4 (100.00%) Vue
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Analytics
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Microservices
1 4 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 4 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Docker