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 £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 February 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 456 443 570
Rank change year-on-year -13 +127 +153
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Consultant 66 102 73
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.31% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.33% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 56 19 61
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,800 £21,718
25th Percentile £33,688 £32,000 £24,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £42,500 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +54.55% -38.89%
75th Percentile £45,000 £49,375 £35,000
90th Percentile £51,250 £55,250 £48,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% +30.77% -27.78%

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 42,281 30,578 47,228
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.00% 91.81% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 26,129 14,776 36,727
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 9 February 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 9 February 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 +20 26 £36,000 -10.00% 3
Midlands +5 16 £40,000 -38.46% 4
East Midlands -6 12 £42,500 - 1
North West +11 11 £50,000 +11.11% 2
North of England -26 11 £50,000 +66.67% 2
Scotland -25 5 £26,000 -38.82%
West Midlands +8 4 £31,000 -52.31% 3
South West -5 3 £47,500 - 1
Wales - 3 £35,000 -
East of England +10 1 - -
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 9 February 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 26 (39.39%) Microsoft
2 23 (34.85%) ERP
3 22 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (27.27%) Customer Service
4 18 (27.27%) SQL
5 15 (22.73%) Active Directory
5 15 (22.73%) Windows
6 13 (19.70%) Sage
7 11 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
7 11 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (15.15%) Azure
8 10 (15.15%) CRM
8 10 (15.15%) Hyper-V
8 10 (15.15%) Intacct
8 10 (15.15%) Mentoring
8 10 (15.15%) Sage X3
8 10 (15.15%) Windows Server
9 9 (13.64%) SQL Server
9 9 (13.64%) TCP/IP
9 9 (13.64%) VPN
10 7 (10.61%) Dynamics CRM
11 6 (9.09%) Crystal Reports
11 6 (9.09%) Power Platform
11 6 (9.09%) SAP
11 6 (9.09%) SAP Business One
11 6 (9.09%) Workflow
12 5 (7.58%) Cybersecurity
12 5 (7.58%) DHCP
12 5 (7.58%) DNS
12 5 (7.58%) Firewall

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 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (15.15%) Sage X3
2 7 (10.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (9.09%) SAP Business One
4 4 (6.06%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 11 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
1 11 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (15.15%) Azure
2 10 (15.15%) Intacct
3 6 (9.09%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (13.64%) TCP/IP
1 9 (13.64%) VPN
2 5 (7.58%) DHCP
2 5 (7.58%) DNS
2 5 (7.58%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.64%) SQL Server
2 6 (9.09%) Crystal Reports
3 4 (6.06%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 27 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 11 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (3.03%) Advertising
3 2 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.52%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.15%) Onboarding
2 8 (12.12%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (6.06%) Driving Licence
3 4 (6.06%) e-Learning
3 4 (6.06%) NHS
4 3 (4.55%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 15 (22.73%) Windows
2 10 (15.15%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.52%) CentOS
3 1 (1.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (34.85%) ERP
2 22 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (27.27%) Customer Service
4 10 (15.15%) CRM
4 10 (15.15%) Mentoring
5 6 (9.09%) Workflow
6 5 (7.58%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (6.06%) Data Entry
7 4 (6.06%) Speech Recognition
7 4 (6.06%) Time Management
8 3 (4.55%) Software Testing
9 1 (1.52%) Business Intelligence
9 1 (1.52%) E-Commerce
9 1 (1.52%) Project Delivery
9 1 (1.52%) Project Planning
9 1 (1.52%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 18 (27.27%) SQL
2 1 (1.52%) Bash
2 1 (1.52%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (6.06%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.03%) SLA
2 1 (1.52%) QA
System Software
1 15 (22.73%) Active Directory
2 10 (15.15%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (6.06%) SCCM
Vendors
1 26 (39.39%) Microsoft
2 13 (19.70%) Sage
3 6 (9.09%) SAP
4 4 (6.06%) Oracle
5 2 (3.03%) Freshdesk
5 2 (3.03%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.52%) Red Hat