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 22 October 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 463 477 540
Rank change year-on-year +14 +63 +236
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Consultant 75 128 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.22% 0.26% 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.27% 0.085%
Number of salaries quoted 69 55 21
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £38,750 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.21% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £50,750 £57,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £36,750
% change year-on-year -21.05% +29.25% -8.13%

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 30,682 46,595 30,631
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.59% 95.44% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 17,623 25,495 22,934
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,390 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.22% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £56,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.08% -5.83% -

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 22 October 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 22 October 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
North of England -2 23 £37,500 +7.14% 3
South East +14 18 £36,000 -24.21% 6
North West -1 17 £37,500 +7.14% 1
East of England +6 12 £55,000 +10.00%
Scotland -5 11 £25,000 -41.18% 2
Yorkshire +5 6 £30,500 -
Midlands +18 5 £37,500 +10.29% 3
East Midlands +13 5 £37,500 +10.29% 1
Wales - 5 £27,500 - 3
South West +48 1 £28,500 - 5
Support Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 October 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 34 (45.33%) SQL
2 26 (34.67%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (28.00%) Microsoft
4 19 (25.33%) Customer Service
5 18 (24.00%) Active Directory
5 18 (24.00%) Windows
6 17 (22.67%) ERP
7 14 (18.67%) ServiceNow
8 13 (17.33%) Azure
8 13 (17.33%) Mentoring
9 12 (16.00%) CSS
9 12 (16.00%) HTML
9 12 (16.00%) ITSM
9 12 (16.00%) JavaScript
9 12 (16.00%) JSON
9 12 (16.00%) Problem Management
9 12 (16.00%) XML
10 11 (14.67%) Degree
11 10 (13.33%) Data Entry
11 10 (13.33%) Inventory Management
11 10 (13.33%) Oracle
11 10 (13.33%) Relational Database
11 10 (13.33%) Sage
11 10 (13.33%) SQL Server
12 9 (12.00%) SaaS
13 8 (10.67%) Hyper-V
13 8 (10.67%) Microsoft 365
13 8 (10.67%) Windows Server
14 7 (9.33%) JIRA
14 7 (9.33%) Service Delivery

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 (5.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (8.00%) SAP Business One
2 5 (6.67%) NetSuite
2 5 (6.67%) Sage 200
2 5 (6.67%) Sage CRM
2 5 (6.67%) Sage X3
3 1 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (17.33%) Azure
2 9 (12.00%) SaaS
3 8 (10.67%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (6.67%) Entra ID
4 5 (6.67%) Intacct
5 1 (1.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.67%) DHCP
1 5 (6.67%) DNS
1 5 (6.67%) Firewall
1 5 (6.67%) TCP/IP
1 5 (6.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (13.33%) Relational Database
1 10 (13.33%) SQL Server
2 6 (8.00%) Crystal Reports
2 6 (8.00%) GIS
Development Applications
1 7 (9.33%) JIRA
General
1 54 (72.00%) Social Skills
2 14 (18.67%) Finance
3 12 (16.00%) Law
4 5 (6.67%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.67%) Advertising
5 2 (2.67%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.67%) Marketing
6 1 (1.33%) Automotive
6 1 (1.33%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (16.00%) CSS
1 12 (16.00%) HTML
1 12 (16.00%) JSON
1 12 (16.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.67%) Onboarding
2 10 (13.33%) e-Learning
2 10 (13.33%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.67%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 18 (24.00%) Windows
2 8 (10.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (34.67%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (25.33%) Customer Service
3 17 (22.67%) ERP
4 13 (17.33%) Mentoring
5 12 (16.00%) ITSM
5 12 (16.00%) Problem Management
6 10 (13.33%) Data Entry
6 10 (13.33%) Inventory Management
7 7 (9.33%) Service Delivery
7 7 (9.33%) Software Testing
8 6 (8.00%) CRM
8 6 (8.00%) Incident Management
8 6 (8.00%) Information Security
8 6 (8.00%) ITIL
8 6 (8.00%) Performance Monitoring
8 6 (8.00%) Service Management
8 6 (8.00%) Technical Leadership
8 6 (8.00%) Workflow
9 5 (6.67%) Client Onboarding
9 5 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 34 (45.33%) SQL
2 12 (16.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (14.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.67%) QA
2 2 (2.67%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (24.00%) Active Directory
2 8 (10.67%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 21 (28.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (18.67%) ServiceNow
3 10 (13.33%) Oracle
3 10 (13.33%) Sage
4 6 (8.00%) Cisco
4 6 (8.00%) SAP
5 2 (2.67%) Freshdesk