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 £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 October 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 553 462 503
Rank change year-on-year -91 +41 +30
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Consultant 115 78 124
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.23% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.25% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 106 73 55
10th Percentile £26,563 £25,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,250 £28,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £37,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -21.05% -
75th Percentile £50,750 £41,250 £50,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £50,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £37,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -21.05% +26.67%

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 80,159 30,989 48,952
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 89.62% 95.40%
Number of salaries quoted 55,290 17,375 26,993
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% -8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £58,396 £53,688 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.77% -2.39% -8.33%

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 10 October 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 10 October 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
Midlands -19 28 £45,000 +20.00% 4
South East -51 27 £47,500 +26.67% 6
North of England -54 26 £40,000 +6.67% 1
West Midlands -24 23 £45,000 +28.57% 4
North West -18 20 £40,000 +2.56%
South West -60 15 £50,000 +75.44% 2
Northern Ireland - 11 £38,500 - 1
North East - 6 £39,000 -
Scotland +6 5 £27,250 +9.00% 3
East Midlands -35 5 £45,000 +20.00%
East of England -45 3 - - 1
Support Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 October 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 52 (45.22%) Microsoft
2 40 (34.78%) Dynamics 365
3 30 (26.09%) ERP
4 27 (23.48%) Power Platform
5 26 (22.61%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (17.39%) Customer Service
7 16 (13.91%) Azure
8 12 (10.43%) CRM
8 12 (10.43%) Security Cleared
9 11 (9.57%) Collaborative Working
9 11 (9.57%) DV Cleared
9 11 (9.57%) Dynamics NAV
9 11 (9.57%) Windows
10 10 (8.70%) Fintech
10 10 (8.70%) SQL
11 9 (7.83%) Business Intelligence
11 9 (7.83%) Dynamics CRM
11 9 (7.83%) ITIL
11 9 (7.83%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (7.83%) Oracle
12 8 (6.96%) JIRA
12 8 (6.96%) Presales
12 8 (6.96%) SAP
13 7 (6.09%) Active Directory
13 7 (6.09%) Continuous Improvement
13 7 (6.09%) Process Improvement
13 7 (6.09%) Sage
13 7 (6.09%) Sage X3
13 7 (6.09%) SAP S/4HANA
14 6 (5.22%) AWS

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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.61%) Confluence
2 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (9.57%) Dynamics NAV
2 9 (7.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (6.09%) Sage X3
3 7 (6.09%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (4.35%) Workday HCM
5 4 (3.48%) SAP PM
6 2 (1.74%) SAP CO
6 2 (1.74%) SAP FI
6 2 (1.74%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (1.74%) SAP MM
6 2 (1.74%) SAP PP
6 2 (1.74%) SAP PS
6 2 (1.74%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.87%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 40 (34.78%) Dynamics 365
2 27 (23.48%) Power Platform
3 16 (13.91%) Azure
4 9 (7.83%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (5.22%) AWS
5 6 (5.22%) OpenShift
5 6 (5.22%) Snowflake
6 5 (4.35%) SaaS
7 4 (3.48%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (3.48%) Entra ID
7 4 (3.48%) Mimecast
7 4 (3.48%) Power Automate
7 4 (3.48%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.74%) Azure Functions
8 2 (1.74%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (1.74%) Azure Service Bus
8 2 (1.74%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.22%) Firewall
2 4 (3.48%) LAN
2 4 (3.48%) WAN
3 2 (1.74%) DHCP
3 2 (1.74%) DNS
3 2 (1.74%) SAN
3 2 (1.74%) SNMP
3 2 (1.74%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.22%) Power BI
2 4 (3.48%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.74%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (6.96%) JIRA
2 1 (0.87%) PowerBuilder
General
1 32 (27.83%) Finance
2 21 (18.26%) Social Skills
3 12 (10.43%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (9.57%) Manufacturing
5 7 (6.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (6.09%) Public Sector
6 6 (5.22%) Law
6 6 (5.22%) Legal
7 3 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.74%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.74%) Back Office
8 2 (1.74%) Retail
8 2 (1.74%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.74%) XML
2 1 (0.87%) .NET
2 1 (0.87%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (1.74%) Driving Licence
1 2 (1.74%) e-Learning
1 2 (1.74%) Onboarding
1 2 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (9.57%) Windows
2 5 (4.35%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.74%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (26.09%) ERP
2 26 (22.61%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (17.39%) Customer Service
4 12 (10.43%) CRM
5 11 (9.57%) Collaborative Working
6 10 (8.70%) Fintech
7 9 (7.83%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (7.83%) ITIL
8 8 (6.96%) Presales
9 7 (6.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (6.09%) Process Improvement
10 6 (5.22%) Computer Science
11 5 (4.35%) Customer Requirements
11 5 (4.35%) Data Security
11 5 (4.35%) Objectives and Key Results
11 5 (4.35%) Supply Chain Management
12 4 (3.48%) Active Listening
12 4 (3.48%) Order Management
12 4 (3.48%) Service Delivery
12 4 (3.48%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.70%) SQL
2 2 (1.74%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.74%) Python
3 1 (0.87%) C#
3 1 (0.87%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.87%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 12 (10.43%) Security Cleared
2 11 (9.57%) DV Cleared
3 6 (5.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (4.35%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.48%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.74%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.22%) SLA
2 5 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 2 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.74%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (6.09%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.22%) Hyper-V
3 4 (3.48%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (3.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.74%) Nagios
2 2 (1.74%) Netcool
2 2 (1.74%) Tivoli
2 2 (1.74%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 52 (45.22%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.83%) Oracle
3 8 (6.96%) SAP
4 7 (6.09%) Sage
5 6 (5.22%) OutSystems
5 6 (5.22%) Red Hat
6 5 (4.35%) Workday
7 4 (3.48%) Acronis
7 4 (3.48%) N-able
7 4 (3.48%) VMware
8 2 (1.74%) Ariba
8 2 (1.74%) BMC
8 2 (1.74%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.74%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.74%) Veeam