IT Support Specialist Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Support Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Support Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 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
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 510 680 730
Rank change year-on-year +170 +50 +88
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Specialist 70 78 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.11% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.12% 0.060%
Number of salaries quoted 34 68 8
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £25,875
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,049 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £32,500 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -20.73% +41.38%
75th Percentile £37,500 £36,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £38,750 £45,685
UK median annual salary £35,000 £33,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -16.88% +25.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,260 67,223 53,634
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.53% 94.80% 89.17%
Number of salaries quoted 18,851 47,591 30,483
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,716 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,000 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

IT Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Specialist in the UK excluding London

IT Support Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Support Specialist in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for IT Support Specialist in the UK excluding London

IT Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Support Specialist in the UK excluding London

IT Support Specialist
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 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
Midlands +86 42 £31,500 -3.08% 1
West Midlands +63 31 - - 1
East of England +43 12 £55,000 +83.33%
East Midlands +55 11 £31,500 -5.97%
North of England +61 10 £35,000 -6.67% 5
North West +14 8 £35,000 -6.67% 1
South East +89 5 £27,500 -17.91% 9
South West +108 1 £35,000 - 3
North East +51 1 £60,000 +84.62% 2
Yorkshire - 1 £30,000 - 2
IT Support Specialist
UK

IT Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 10 May 2025, IT 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Support Specialist in the job title.

1 64 (91.43%) Social Skills
1 64 (91.43%) Windows
2 57 (81.43%) Microsoft
3 56 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
4 52 (74.29%) Microsoft 365
5 47 (67.14%) Active Directory
6 42 (60.00%) Degree
7 40 (57.14%) Windows 10
7 40 (57.14%) Azure
8 38 (54.29%) VoIP
9 35 (50.00%) WAN
9 35 (50.00%) LAN
10 31 (44.29%) Retail
11 30 (42.86%) CCTV
12 22 (31.43%) Problem-Solving
13 19 (27.14%) Customer Service
14 15 (21.43%) Microsoft Exchange
15 14 (20.00%) PowerShell
15 14 (20.00%) Firewall
16 10 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
17 9 (12.86%) SharePoint
17 9 (12.86%) DHCP
17 9 (12.86%) DNS
17 9 (12.86%) Hyper-V
17 9 (12.86%) Windows Server
17 9 (12.86%) Entra ID
18 8 (11.43%) Meraki
18 8 (11.43%) Sage
19 7 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
19 7 (10.00%) Computer Science

IT Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 15 (21.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (12.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (5.71%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (4.29%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 52 (74.29%) Microsoft 365
2 40 (57.14%) Azure
3 9 (12.86%) Entra ID
4 6 (8.57%) OneDrive
5 5 (7.14%) AWS
6 1 (1.43%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 38 (54.29%) VoIP
2 35 (50.00%) LAN
2 35 (50.00%) WAN
3 14 (20.00%) Firewall
4 9 (12.86%) DHCP
4 9 (12.86%) DNS
5 6 (8.57%) Intranet
5 6 (8.57%) Network Security
5 6 (8.57%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.43%) VPN
6 1 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
General
1 64 (91.43%) Social Skills
2 31 (44.29%) Retail
3 6 (8.57%) Finance
4 3 (4.29%) Automotive
4 3 (4.29%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 30 (42.86%) CCTV
2 6 (8.57%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 64 (91.43%) Windows
2 40 (57.14%) Windows 10
3 9 (12.86%) Windows Server
4 6 (8.57%) Windows 7
5 5 (7.14%) Unix
6 4 (5.71%) Android
7 3 (4.29%) Linux
8 1 (1.43%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (31.43%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (27.14%) Customer Service
4 7 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 6 (8.57%) Data Analysis
5 6 (8.57%) Data Privacy
5 6 (8.57%) Information Security
5 6 (8.57%) Migration
5 6 (8.57%) Mobile Device Management
5 6 (8.57%) Network Management
6 5 (7.14%) Email Management
6 5 (7.14%) ITSM
6 5 (7.14%) Logistics
6 5 (7.14%) Project Management
6 5 (7.14%) Roadmaps
6 5 (7.14%) Server Migrations
6 5 (7.14%) Task Automation
7 3 (4.29%) Collaborative Culture
7 3 (4.29%) Infrastructure Management
7 3 (4.29%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 6 (8.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (60.00%) Degree
2 6 (8.57%) Azure Certification
3 4 (5.71%) CCNA
3 4 (5.71%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (5.71%) MCSE
3 4 (5.71%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (4.29%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.43%) CCDA
5 1 (1.43%) CCNP
5 1 (1.43%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.57%) GDPR
2 5 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.43%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.43%) SLA
System Software
1 47 (67.14%) Active Directory
2 9 (12.86%) Hyper-V
3 6 (8.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (8.57%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 57 (81.43%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.43%) Meraki
2 8 (11.43%) Sage
3 6 (8.57%) VMware
4 5 (7.14%) Veeam
5 4 (5.71%) Cisco
6 3 (4.29%) Acronis
6 3 (4.29%) Fortinet
6 3 (4.29%) Kaseya
6 3 (4.29%) SonicWALL
6 3 (4.29%) WatchGuard
7 1 (1.43%) Apple
7 1 (1.43%) Salesforce