Support Consultant Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Support Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Support Consultant salary in the UK excluding London is £36,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 January 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 439 459 550
Rank change year-on-year +20 +91 +178
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Consultant 72 109 39
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.31% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.33% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 62 25 30
10th Percentile £25,100 £26,400 £22,450
25th Percentile £32,750 £32,000 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,750 £45,000 £31,250
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% +44.00% -30.56%
75th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £52,500 £54,500 £50,250
UK median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +28.57% -17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 39,084 32,989 35,820
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 92.66% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 23,896 15,997 27,300
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,715
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Support Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Support Consultant' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Support Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Support Consultant
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Support Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Support Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Support Consultant
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Consultant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Support Consultant in the UK excluding London

Support Consultant
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 Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 January 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
South East +37 26 £36,000 -24.21% 3
Midlands +16 15 £42,500 - 2
North of England -3 14 £45,000 +52.54% 1
East Midlands +2 12 £42,500 - 1
North West +7 11 £50,000 - 1
Scotland -12 7 £25,000 -41.18%
East of England +18 5 £55,000 +10.00%
West Midlands +13 3 £31,000 - 1
Yorkshire -27 3 £30,500 +3.39%
Wales - 3 £35,000 -
South West +5 1 £28,500 -
Northern Ireland - 1 £45,000 -
Support Consultant
UK

Support Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 19 January 2026, Support Consultant 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 UK excluding London region featuring Support Consultant in the job title.

1 27 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 23 (31.94%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (31.94%) SQL
3 22 (30.56%) ERP
4 18 (25.00%) Active Directory
5 17 (23.61%) Customer Service
6 15 (20.83%) Windows
7 13 (18.06%) Azure
7 13 (18.06%) Mentoring
7 13 (18.06%) Sage
8 10 (13.89%) CRM
8 10 (13.89%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (13.89%) Hyper-V
8 10 (13.89%) Intacct
8 10 (13.89%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (13.89%) Sage X3
8 10 (13.89%) SQL Server
8 10 (13.89%) Windows Server
9 9 (12.50%) TCP/IP
9 9 (12.50%) VPN
10 7 (9.72%) Dynamics CRM
11 6 (8.33%) Crystal Reports
11 6 (8.33%) Data Entry
11 6 (8.33%) Degree
11 6 (8.33%) Oracle
11 6 (8.33%) Power Platform
11 6 (8.33%) Relational Database
11 6 (8.33%) SAP
11 6 (8.33%) SAP Business One
11 6 (8.33%) ServiceNow

Support Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (13.89%) Sage X3
2 7 (9.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (8.33%) SAP Business One
4 3 (4.17%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 13 (18.06%) Azure
2 10 (13.89%) Dynamics 365
2 10 (13.89%) Intacct
2 10 (13.89%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (8.33%) Power Platform
4 3 (4.17%) Entra ID
4 3 (4.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (12.50%) TCP/IP
1 9 (12.50%) VPN
2 5 (6.94%) DHCP
2 5 (6.94%) DNS
2 5 (6.94%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (13.89%) SQL Server
2 6 (8.33%) Crystal Reports
2 6 (8.33%) Relational Database
3 3 (4.17%) GIS
Development Applications
1 5 (6.94%) JIRA
General
1 35 (48.61%) Social Skills
2 11 (15.28%) Finance
3 4 (5.56%) Law
4 2 (2.78%) Advertising
4 2 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.39%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.56%) CSS
1 4 (5.56%) HTML
1 4 (5.56%) JSON
1 4 (5.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (18.06%) Onboarding
2 10 (13.89%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (8.33%) e-Learning
4 4 (5.56%) Driving Licence
4 4 (5.56%) NHS
5 2 (2.78%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 15 (20.83%) Windows
2 10 (13.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (31.94%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (30.56%) ERP
3 17 (23.61%) Customer Service
4 13 (18.06%) Mentoring
5 10 (13.89%) CRM
6 6 (8.33%) Data Entry
6 6 (8.33%) Software Testing
6 6 (8.33%) Workflow
7 5 (6.94%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (5.56%) ITSM
8 4 (5.56%) Problem Management
8 4 (5.56%) Speech Recognition
9 3 (4.17%) Client Onboarding
9 3 (4.17%) Incident Management
9 3 (4.17%) Information Security
9 3 (4.17%) Regression Testing
9 3 (4.17%) Service Management
9 3 (4.17%) Time Management
10 1 (1.39%) Performance Monitoring
10 1 (1.39%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 23 (31.94%) SQL
2 4 (5.56%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.56%) QA
2 2 (2.78%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 10 (13.89%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (5.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 27 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 13 (18.06%) Sage
3 6 (8.33%) Oracle
3 6 (8.33%) SAP
3 6 (8.33%) ServiceNow
4 3 (4.17%) Cisco
5 2 (2.78%) Freshdesk