Support Manager Jobs in the South East

Support Manager
England > South East

The median Support Manager salary in the South East is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 271 367 369
Rank change year-on-year +96 +2 +46
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Manager 28 26 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.30% 0.15% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.16% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 19 20 23
10th Percentile £31,250 £44,125 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,555 £47,188 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £61,875 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £61,875 £70,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% +0.92%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 8,004 15,797 13,153
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.47% 93.98% 90.40%
Number of salaries quoted 4,536 11,357 8,268
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Support Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Support Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Support Manager in the South East

Support Manager
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Support Manager in the South East.

Salary trend for Support Manager in the South East

Support Manager
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Manager in the South East

Support Manager
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 Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 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
Surrey +54 6 £45,000 -5.26% 1
Thames Valley +54 6 £70,000 +18.53% 2
West Sussex +40 5 - -
Berkshire +49 4 £70,000 +7.69%
Middlesex - 4 - -
Sussex - 3 £32,500 -
Oxfordshire +35 2 £43,750 -7.89% 2
East Sussex - 2 £44,720 -
Hampshire - 2 £57,500 - 1
Support Manager
England

Support Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Support Manager 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 South East region featuring Support Manager in the job title.

1 18 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 9 (32.14%) Customer Service
2 9 (32.14%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (32.14%) Mentoring
2 9 (32.14%) Coaching
3 6 (21.43%) ERP
4 5 (17.86%) ISO 9001
4 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
4 5 (17.86%) Manufacturing
4 5 (17.86%) Telecoms
4 5 (17.86%) Finance
4 5 (17.86%) Retail
4 5 (17.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (17.86%) GDPR
5 4 (14.29%) Creative Thinking
5 4 (14.29%) IT Audit
5 4 (14.29%) Agile
5 4 (14.29%) Data Analytics
5 4 (14.29%) Analytics
5 4 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (14.29%) CISA
5 4 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (14.29%) ITIL
5 4 (14.29%) CRM
6 3 (10.71%) Advertising
6 3 (10.71%) Legal
6 3 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (10.71%) Incident Management
6 3 (10.71%) Server Management
7 2 (7.14%) Filmmaking

Support Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.14%) Azure
2 1 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.14%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Relational Database
General
1 18 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.86%) Finance
2 5 (17.86%) Manufacturing
2 5 (17.86%) Retail
2 5 (17.86%) Telecoms
3 3 (10.71%) Advertising
3 3 (10.71%) Legal
4 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle Fusion
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.14%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Coaching
1 9 (32.14%) Customer Service
1 9 (32.14%) Mentoring
1 9 (32.14%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (21.43%) ERP
3 4 (14.29%) Agile
3 4 (14.29%) Analytics
3 4 (14.29%) Creative Thinking
3 4 (14.29%) CRM
3 4 (14.29%) Data Analytics
3 4 (14.29%) IT Audit
3 4 (14.29%) ITIL
3 4 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (10.71%) Incident Management
4 3 (10.71%) Server Management
5 2 (7.14%) Change Management
5 2 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (7.14%) Service Delivery
5 2 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) CISA
2 2 (7.14%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.86%) GDPR
1 5 (17.86%) ISO 9001
1 5 (17.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (3.57%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.57%) Oracle