Support Assistant Jobs in the UK excluding London

Support Assistant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Support Assistant salary in the UK excluding London is £29,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 543 634 732
Rank change year-on-year +91 +98 +107
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Assistant 32 121 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.081% 0.17% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.089% 0.18% 0.028%
Number of salaries quoted 24 81 13
10th Percentile £24,650 £24,000 £15,800
25th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £22,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,500 £26,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.46% -5.45% +17.52%
75th Percentile £32,250 £28,750 £33,890
90th Percentile £41,175 £37,000 £48,965
UK median annual salary £29,500 £26,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +13.46% -20.00% +8.33%

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 36,103 67,726 52,846
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.94% 94.86% 89.17%
Number of salaries quoted 18,704 47,866 30,035
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Support Assistant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Assistant in the UK excluding London

Support Assistant
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Support Assistant in the UK excluding London

Support Assistant
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Assistant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Assistant in the UK excluding London

Support Assistant
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 Support Assistant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 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
South East +93 22 £31,500 -7.35% 3
Midlands +51 6 £29,500 +19.45% 1
West Midlands +46 6 £29,500 +19.45%
North of England +32 3 £24,500 -15.44%
North West 0 3 £24,500 -38.75%
South West +89 1 £27,500 +3.77% 2
Support Assistant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, Support Assistant 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 Support Assistant in the job title.

1 17 (53.13%) Microsoft
2 10 (31.25%) Windows
2 10 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (28.13%) Customer Service
4 8 (25.00%) DBS Check
5 7 (21.88%) SQL
5 7 (21.88%) GDPR
6 6 (18.75%) Digital Signage
6 6 (18.75%) Mentoring
6 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
6 6 (18.75%) Retail
6 6 (18.75%) SLA
6 6 (18.75%) Finance
6 6 (18.75%) Automotive
6 6 (18.75%) Test Scripting
7 4 (12.50%) Data Management
7 4 (12.50%) Windows Server
8 3 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (9.38%) Power Automate
8 3 (9.38%) Social Skills
8 3 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (9.38%) Entra ID
8 3 (9.38%) PowerShell
8 3 (9.38%) Azure
8 3 (9.38%) Active Directory
8 3 (9.38%) SharePoint
8 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (3.13%) TCP/IP
9 1 (3.13%) Electronics
9 1 (3.13%) MS Access

Support Assistant 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 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (9.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.38%) Azure
1 3 (9.38%) Entra ID
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (9.38%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) MS Access
1 1 (3.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Git
General
1 6 (18.75%) Automotive
1 6 (18.75%) Finance
1 6 (18.75%) Retail
2 3 (9.38%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.13%) Electronics
3 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) Digital Signage
2 1 (3.13%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 10 (31.25%) Windows
2 4 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (28.13%) Customer Service
3 6 (18.75%) Mentoring
3 6 (18.75%) Test Scripting
4 4 (12.50%) Data Management
5 3 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (3.13%) Computer Science
6 1 (3.13%) Mathematics
6 1 (3.13%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.88%) SQL
2 3 (9.38%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.13%) C
3 1 (3.13%) C++
3 1 (3.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (25.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.88%) GDPR
2 6 (18.75%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (9.38%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 17 (53.13%) Microsoft