Support Specialist Jobs in Scotland

Support Specialist
UK > Scotland

The median Support Specialist salary in Scotland is £28,500 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 274 213 241
Rank change year-on-year -61 +28 -59
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 8 9 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.12% 0.19% 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.21% 0.073%
Number of salaries quoted 8 5 3
10th Percentile - £25,792 £25,200
25th Percentile £22,500 £26,230 £32,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £27,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -42.71% +47.69%
75th Percentile £30,250 £47,500 £52,000
90th Percentile £30,775 - -
UK median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +12.50% +10.34%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 6,504 4,273 5,497
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.86% 90.24% 96.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,617 2,331 2,950
10th Percentile £27,900 £31,569 £28,247
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,635
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in Scotland

Support Specialist
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Support Specialist in Scotland

Support Specialist
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Specialist within the Scotland 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
Aberdeenshire +9 3 £28,500 +9.62%
Glasgow -107 3 £25,000 -25.93%
Renfrewshire - 2 £31,000 -
Support Specialist
UK

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

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 Scotland region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
1 3 (37.50%) Linux
1 3 (37.50%) SharePoint
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (37.50%) LAN
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
1 3 (37.50%) Project Management
1 3 (37.50%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (37.50%) Wireless
1 3 (37.50%) VMware
1 3 (37.50%) WAN
1 3 (37.50%) VPN
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
1 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
1 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (37.50%) Cloud Computing
1 3 (37.50%) Hyper-V
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (37.50%) Entra ID
1 3 (37.50%) Windows 10
1 3 (37.50%) Virtual Machines
1 3 (37.50%) Slack
1 3 (37.50%) Asana
1 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (25.00%) French Language
2 2 (25.00%) German Language
2 2 (25.00%) Italian Language

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (37.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Asana
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
1 3 (37.50%) Cloud Computing
1 3 (37.50%) Entra ID
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (37.50%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) LAN
1 3 (37.50%) VPN
1 3 (37.50%) WAN
1 3 (37.50%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (37.50%) Wireless
2 1 (12.50%) SMS
General
1 2 (25.00%) French Language
1 2 (25.00%) German Language
1 2 (25.00%) Italian Language
1 2 (25.00%) Spanish Language
2 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Linux
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
1 3 (37.50%) Windows 10
1 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
1 3 (37.50%) Project Management
2 1 (12.50%) CRM
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
2 1 (12.50%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
1 3 (37.50%) Hyper-V
1 3 (37.50%) Virtual Machines
1 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
1 3 (37.50%) VMware