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 £36,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 November 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 419 463 524
Rank change year-on-year +44 +61 +241
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Consultant 84 129 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.22% 0.28% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.30% 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 74 48 18
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £27,250 £35,000 £33,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £47,500 £40,250
Median % change year-on-year -24.21% +18.01% +0.63%
75th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £50,375 £50,750
UK median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £38,750
% change year-on-year -21.05% +22.58% -3.13%

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 33,945 42,922 28,084
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.20% 94.10% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 21,393 22,830 21,309
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,416 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% -0.16% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £54,855 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.60% -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 30 November 2025.

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 30 November 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 +38 23 £36,000 -24.21% 10
North of England +31 17 £37,750 +7.86% 1
East of England +32 12 £55,000 +10.00% 2
Scotland +3 12 £25,000 -41.18%
Midlands +37 11 £42,500 +25.00% 8
North West +35 11 £50,000 +42.86% 1
East Midlands +29 10 £40,000 +17.65% 4
Wales - 7 £27,500 - 2
Yorkshire +7 6 £30,500 -
West Midlands +34 1 £45,000 - 3
South West +32 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 30 November 2025, 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 29 (34.52%) Problem-Solving
1 29 (34.52%) SQL
2 25 (29.76%) Microsoft
3 20 (23.81%) Active Directory
4 19 (22.62%) Windows
5 17 (20.24%) ERP
6 16 (19.05%) Customer Service
7 15 (17.86%) Azure
7 15 (17.86%) Mentoring
8 14 (16.67%) ServiceNow
9 13 (15.48%) Sage
9 13 (15.48%) SQL Server
10 12 (14.29%) CSS
10 12 (14.29%) HTML
10 12 (14.29%) ITSM
10 12 (14.29%) JavaScript
10 12 (14.29%) JSON
10 12 (14.29%) Problem Management
10 12 (14.29%) XML
11 11 (13.10%) Degree
12 10 (11.90%) Data Entry
12 10 (11.90%) Hyper-V
12 10 (11.90%) Intacct
12 10 (11.90%) Microsoft 365
12 10 (11.90%) Oracle
12 10 (11.90%) Relational Database
12 10 (11.90%) Sage X3
12 10 (11.90%) Windows Server
13 8 (9.52%) Software Testing
13 8 (9.52%) TCP/IP

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 4 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (11.90%) Sage X3
2 6 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (7.14%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 15 (17.86%) Azure
2 10 (11.90%) Intacct
2 10 (11.90%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (8.33%) SaaS
4 6 (7.14%) Power Platform
5 5 (5.95%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (5.95%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.52%) TCP/IP
1 8 (9.52%) VPN
2 5 (5.95%) DHCP
2 5 (5.95%) DNS
2 5 (5.95%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (15.48%) SQL Server
2 10 (11.90%) Relational Database
3 6 (7.14%) Crystal Reports
3 6 (7.14%) GIS
Development Applications
1 7 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 50 (59.52%) Social Skills
2 12 (14.29%) Finance
2 12 (14.29%) Law
3 2 (2.38%) Advertising
3 2 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (2.38%) Marketing
4 1 (1.19%) Automotive
4 1 (1.19%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (14.29%) CSS
1 12 (14.29%) HTML
1 12 (14.29%) JSON
1 12 (14.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 13 (15.48%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (11.90%) e-Learning
4 3 (3.57%) Driving Licence
4 3 (3.57%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 19 (22.62%) Windows
2 10 (11.90%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (34.52%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (20.24%) ERP
3 16 (19.05%) Customer Service
4 15 (17.86%) Mentoring
5 12 (14.29%) ITSM
5 12 (14.29%) Problem Management
6 10 (11.90%) Data Entry
7 8 (9.52%) Software Testing
8 6 (7.14%) CRM
8 6 (7.14%) Incident Management
8 6 (7.14%) Information Security
8 6 (7.14%) ITIL
8 6 (7.14%) Performance Monitoring
8 6 (7.14%) Service Delivery
8 6 (7.14%) Service Management
8 6 (7.14%) Technical Leadership
8 6 (7.14%) Workflow
9 5 (5.95%) Client Onboarding
9 5 (5.95%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (5.95%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 29 (34.52%) SQL
2 12 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (13.10%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.14%) QA
2 2 (2.38%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (23.81%) Active Directory
2 10 (11.90%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (3.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 25 (29.76%) Microsoft
2 14 (16.67%) ServiceNow
3 13 (15.48%) Sage
4 10 (11.90%) Oracle
5 6 (7.14%) Cisco
5 6 (7.14%) SAP
6 2 (2.38%) Freshdesk