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 16 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 470 555 543
Rank change year-on-year +85 -12 +263
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Consultant 83 96 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.17% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.18% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 74 52 24
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £42,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +2.70% +15.63%
75th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £60,000 - £71,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -21.05% +26.67% -6.25%

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 30,620 52,611 32,782
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.26% 95.19% 93.12%
Number of salaries quoted 17,340 30,810 24,526
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Support Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Consultant 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 +37 28 £39,000 -17.89% 4
North of England +55 24 £37,500 +7.14% 8
North West +8 17 £39,000 +11.43% 4
East of England -1 12 £55,000 +10.00%
Scotland +54 7 £25,000 -41.18%
Midlands +57 6 £35,000 +2.94% 2
Yorkshire +15 6 £30,500 +15.09% 4
Wales - 5 £27,500 -
West Midlands +53 4 £35,000 -
East Midlands +16 2 £37,500 +10.29% 2
North East - 1 £35,000 -
South West - 1 £28,500 - 1
Support Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, Support Consultant 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 Consultant in the job title.

1 51 (61.45%) Social Skills
2 36 (43.37%) Microsoft
3 29 (34.94%) SQL
4 27 (32.53%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (24.10%) Customer Service
6 19 (22.89%) ERP
7 14 (16.87%) ServiceNow
8 13 (15.66%) Windows
8 13 (15.66%) Active Directory
8 13 (15.66%) Finance
8 13 (15.66%) Law
9 12 (14.46%) ITSM
9 12 (14.46%) JSON
9 12 (14.46%) Problem Management
9 12 (14.46%) HTML
9 12 (14.46%) JavaScript
9 12 (14.46%) CSS
9 12 (14.46%) XML
10 11 (13.25%) Azure
10 11 (13.25%) Mentoring
10 11 (13.25%) Degree
11 10 (12.05%) Inventory Management
12 9 (10.84%) SaaS
12 9 (10.84%) Sage
13 7 (8.43%) JIRA
13 7 (8.43%) Software Testing
13 7 (8.43%) Onboarding
14 6 (7.23%) Technical Leadership
14 6 (7.23%) Windows Server
14 6 (7.23%) Microsoft 365

Support Consultant 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:

Applications
1 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (6.02%) NetSuite
1 5 (6.02%) Sage 200
1 5 (6.02%) Sage CRM
1 5 (6.02%) SAP Business One
2 4 (4.82%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (4.82%) Sage X3
3 1 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (13.25%) Azure
2 9 (10.84%) SaaS
3 6 (7.23%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (6.02%) Entra ID
5 4 (4.82%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (4.82%) Intacct
6 1 (1.20%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.41%) DHCP
1 2 (2.41%) DNS
1 2 (2.41%) Firewall
1 2 (2.41%) TCP/IP
1 2 (2.41%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.23%) GIS
1 6 (7.23%) Relational Database
1 6 (7.23%) SQL Server
2 5 (6.02%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (8.43%) JIRA
General
1 51 (61.45%) Social Skills
2 13 (15.66%) Finance
2 13 (15.66%) Law
3 6 (7.23%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.02%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.41%) Advertising
5 2 (2.41%) Marketing
6 1 (1.20%) Automotive
6 1 (1.20%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (14.46%) CSS
1 12 (14.46%) HTML
1 12 (14.46%) JSON
1 12 (14.46%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.43%) Onboarding
2 6 (7.23%) e-Learning
2 6 (7.23%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (6.02%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.41%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 13 (15.66%) Windows
2 6 (7.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (32.53%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (24.10%) Customer Service
3 19 (22.89%) ERP
4 12 (14.46%) ITSM
4 12 (14.46%) Problem Management
5 11 (13.25%) Mentoring
6 10 (12.05%) Inventory Management
7 7 (8.43%) Software Testing
8 6 (7.23%) CRM
8 6 (7.23%) Data Entry
8 6 (7.23%) Incident Management
8 6 (7.23%) Information Security
8 6 (7.23%) ITIL
8 6 (7.23%) Performance Monitoring
8 6 (7.23%) Regression Testing
8 6 (7.23%) Service Delivery
8 6 (7.23%) Service Management
8 6 (7.23%) Technical Leadership
9 5 (6.02%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (6.02%) Client Onboarding
Programming Languages
1 29 (34.94%) SQL
2 12 (14.46%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (13.25%) Degree
2 4 (4.82%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (4.82%) SC Cleared
2 4 (4.82%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.02%) QA
2 2 (2.41%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (15.66%) Active Directory
2 6 (7.23%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 36 (43.37%) Microsoft
2 14 (16.87%) ServiceNow
3 9 (10.84%) Sage
4 6 (7.23%) Cisco
4 6 (7.23%) Oracle
5 5 (6.02%) SAP
6 4 (4.82%) BMC
7 2 (2.41%) Freshdesk