Support Analyst Job Trends in the South East

Support Analyst
England > South East

The median Support Analyst salary in the South East is £33,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 149 134
Rank change year-on-year +64 -15 +65
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Analyst 290 101 315
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 2.12% 1.49% 2.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.25% 1.76% 2.15%
Number of salaries quoted 217 66 254
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £23,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +7.69% +4.84%
75th Percentile £38,250 £48,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £42,500 £60,000 £53,000
England median annual salary £34,828 £39,050 £35,750
% change year-on-year -10.81% +9.23% +6.72%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 12,862 5,724 14,628
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.23% 84.64% 93.72%
Number of salaries quoted 8,576 3,598 11,043
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.71%

Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Support Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Support Analyst job vacancy trend in the South East

Support Analyst
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for Support Analyst job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for Support Analyst job vacancies in the South East

Support Analyst
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Support Analyst in the South East

Support Analyst
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Analyst within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 April 2026. 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
Thames Valley +45 106 £34,500 -1.43% 6
Hampshire +50 99 £32,500 +18.18% 10
Buckinghamshire +1 61 £34,500 -13.75% 2
Surrey -5 42 £31,000 -4.62% 4
Kent -40 27 £34,828 -25.90% 2
Oxfordshire +12 24 £30,000 -4.76% 2
Berkshire +26 21 £37,500 +19.52% 2
East Sussex -9 10 £40,000 +33.33% 6
West Sussex -22 2 £45,000 +12.50% 2
Sussex - 2 - - 1
Home Counties - 2 £80,000 -
Support Analyst
England

Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 11 April 2026, Support Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring Support Analyst in the job title.

1 75 (25.86%) Microsoft
2 74 (25.52%) Problem-Solving
3 73 (25.17%) Windows
4 52 (17.93%) Active Directory
5 50 (17.24%) SQL
6 47 (16.21%) Microsoft 365
7 35 (12.07%) Continuous Improvement
8 33 (11.38%) Customer Service
9 31 (10.69%) JIRA
10 30 (10.34%) Azure
10 30 (10.34%) ERP
11 29 (10.00%) Degree
11 29 (10.00%) ITSM
11 29 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
12 28 (9.66%) Change Management
13 22 (7.59%) Power Platform
14 20 (6.90%) Cybersecurity
14 20 (6.90%) Process Improvement
15 19 (6.55%) Microsoft Excel
15 19 (6.55%) SLA
16 17 (5.86%) ITIL
17 16 (5.52%) Dynamics 365
17 16 (5.52%) SaaS
18 15 (5.17%) Microsoft Exchange
19 14 (4.83%) Business Intelligence
19 14 (4.83%) Data Analysis
19 14 (4.83%) Google
19 14 (4.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
19 14 (4.83%) Power BI
19 14 (4.83%) Security Cleared

Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 15 (5.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (4.83%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.76%) IIS
4 1 (0.34%) CMS
Applications
1 29 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (6.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (4.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.76%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.69%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.69%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.69%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.69%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.69%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.34%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.34%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.34%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.34%) JDE OneWorld
4 1 (0.34%) JDE World
4 1 (0.34%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.34%) Q-Pulse
4 1 (0.34%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 47 (16.21%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (10.34%) Azure
3 22 (7.59%) Power Platform
4 16 (5.52%) Dynamics 365
4 16 (5.52%) SaaS
5 12 (4.14%) Google Workspace
6 9 (3.10%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.38%) AWS
8 4 (1.38%) BigCommerce
8 4 (1.38%) ClickUp
8 4 (1.38%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.03%) GCP
10 2 (0.69%) OCI
11 1 (0.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 1 (0.34%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.48%) DNS
2 12 (4.14%) DHCP
3 9 (3.10%) VPN
4 8 (2.76%) Firewall
4 8 (2.76%) TCP/IP
5 7 (2.41%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (2.07%) VoIP
6 6 (2.07%) Wireless
7 4 (1.38%) LAN
7 4 (1.38%) VLAN
7 4 (1.38%) WAN
8 3 (1.03%) Network Security
9 1 (0.34%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.83%) Power BI
2 12 (4.14%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.41%) Relational Database
4 5 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.69%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.34%) MySQL
7 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 31 (10.69%) JIRA
General
1 97 (33.45%) Social Skills
2 50 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (9.31%) Finance
4 19 (6.55%) Retail
4 19 (6.55%) Telecoms
5 14 (4.83%) Manufacturing
6 12 (4.14%) Legal
7 10 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.72%) Automotive
10 4 (1.38%) Aviation
11 3 (1.03%) Games
11 3 (1.03%) Local Government
12 2 (0.69%) Advertising
12 2 (0.69%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.69%) Law
13 1 (0.34%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.34%) Electronics
13 1 (0.34%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.72%) .NET
1 5 (1.72%) Middleware
2 3 (1.03%) CSS
2 3 (1.03%) HTML
3 1 (0.34%) EDI
3 1 (0.34%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.34%) JSON
3 1 (0.34%) Kafka
3 1 (0.34%) REST
3 1 (0.34%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.59%) Driving Licence
2 15 (5.17%) NHS
3 8 (2.76%) Client/Server
3 8 (2.76%) EPoS
3 8 (2.76%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (2.07%) IoT
4 6 (2.07%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.07%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.38%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.03%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.69%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.34%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.34%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 73 (25.17%) Windows
2 14 (4.83%) Windows Server
3 11 (3.79%) Android
4 5 (1.72%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.38%) Linux
6 2 (0.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (25.52%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (12.07%) Continuous Improvement
3 33 (11.38%) Customer Service
4 30 (10.34%) ERP
5 29 (10.00%) ITSM
6 28 (9.66%) Change Management
7 20 (6.90%) Cybersecurity
7 20 (6.90%) Process Improvement
8 17 (5.86%) ITIL
9 14 (4.83%) Business Intelligence
9 14 (4.83%) Data Analysis
9 14 (4.83%) Service Management
10 13 (4.48%) User Acceptance Testing
11 12 (4.14%) Logistics
12 10 (3.45%) Customer-Centricity
12 10 (3.45%) Incident Management
12 10 (3.45%) Project Management
13 9 (3.10%) Customer-Centric Approach
13 9 (3.10%) Migration
13 9 (3.10%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 50 (17.24%) SQL
2 9 (3.10%) Python
3 6 (2.07%) C#
4 5 (1.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (1.72%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (1.03%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.03%) VBA
6 2 (0.69%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.34%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.34%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.34%) R
Qualifications
1 29 (10.00%) Degree
2 14 (4.83%) Security Cleared
3 13 (4.48%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (2.41%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.07%) A+ Certification
5 6 (2.07%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.72%) HNC
6 5 (1.72%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 4 (1.38%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.03%) CTC Cleared
8 3 (1.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.69%) MCSE
9 2 (0.69%) NVQ Level 3
9 2 (0.69%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.34%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.55%) SLA
2 7 (2.41%) QA
3 2 (0.69%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.34%) PMO
System Software
1 52 (17.93%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.72%) XenApp
4 4 (1.38%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.34%) Kibana
Vendors
1 75 (25.86%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.83%) Google
3 11 (3.79%) ServiceNow
4 9 (3.10%) Citrix
4 9 (3.10%) VMware
5 6 (2.07%) Oracle
5 6 (2.07%) SAP
5 6 (2.07%) TP-LINK
5 6 (2.07%) Ubiquiti
6 5 (1.72%) CheckPoint
6 5 (1.72%) MuleSoft
6 5 (1.72%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.03%) IFS
7 3 (1.03%) WatchGuard
8 1 (0.34%) Aderant
8 1 (0.34%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.34%) iManage
8 1 (0.34%) Infor
8 1 (0.34%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.34%) Workday