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 6 November 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 452 476 524
Rank change year-on-year +24 +48 +257
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Consultant 73 127 28
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.21% 0.27% 0.092%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.28% 0.096%
Number of salaries quoted 66 54 22
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,000 £26,150
25th Percentile £26,250 £38,750 £33,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £47,500 £42,750
Median % change year-on-year -24.21% +11.11% +6.88%
75th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £49,688
90th Percentile £60,000 - £57,125
UK median annual salary £36,000 £47,500 £36,750
% change year-on-year -24.21% +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 31,229 45,382 29,110
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.91% 95.02% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 19,301 24,614 21,949
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £64,000 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,410 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.55% -4.32% -

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 6 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 6 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 +13 18 £36,000 -24.21% 13
North of England -1 18 £37,500 +7.14% 5
East of England +28 12 £55,000 +10.00% 2
North West +21 12 £43,750 +25.00%
Scotland -4 11 £25,000 -41.18% 2
Wales - 7 £27,500 - 2
Midlands +34 6 £37,500 +10.29% 8
East Midlands +22 6 £37,500 +10.29% 3
Yorkshire +10 6 £30,500 - 2
South West +37 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 6 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 32 (43.84%) SQL
2 27 (36.99%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (26.03%) Active Directory
3 19 (26.03%) Microsoft
3 19 (26.03%) Windows
4 18 (24.66%) Customer Service
5 16 (21.92%) ERP
6 14 (19.18%) Azure
6 14 (19.18%) Mentoring
6 14 (19.18%) ServiceNow
7 12 (16.44%) CSS
7 12 (16.44%) HTML
7 12 (16.44%) ITSM
7 12 (16.44%) JavaScript
7 12 (16.44%) JSON
7 12 (16.44%) Problem Management
7 12 (16.44%) XML
8 11 (15.07%) Degree
8 11 (15.07%) Sage
9 10 (13.70%) Data Entry
9 10 (13.70%) Oracle
9 10 (13.70%) Relational Database
9 10 (13.70%) SQL Server
10 9 (12.33%) Hyper-V
10 9 (12.33%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (12.33%) Windows Server
11 8 (10.96%) Inventory Management
12 7 (9.59%) JIRA
12 7 (9.59%) SaaS
12 7 (9.59%) 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 (5.48%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (8.22%) Sage X3
1 6 (8.22%) SAP Business One
2 3 (4.11%) NetSuite
2 3 (4.11%) Sage 200
2 3 (4.11%) Sage CRM
3 1 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (19.18%) Azure
2 9 (12.33%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (9.59%) SaaS
4 6 (8.22%) Intacct
5 5 (6.85%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.37%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.85%) DHCP
1 5 (6.85%) DNS
1 5 (6.85%) Firewall
1 5 (6.85%) TCP/IP
1 5 (6.85%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (13.70%) Relational Database
1 10 (13.70%) SQL Server
2 6 (8.22%) Crystal Reports
2 6 (8.22%) GIS
Development Applications
1 7 (9.59%) JIRA
General
1 53 (72.60%) Social Skills
2 14 (19.18%) Finance
3 12 (16.44%) Law
4 3 (4.11%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.74%) Advertising
5 2 (2.74%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.74%) Marketing
6 1 (1.37%) Automotive
6 1 (1.37%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (16.44%) CSS
1 12 (16.44%) HTML
1 12 (16.44%) JSON
1 12 (16.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.07%) Onboarding
2 10 (13.70%) e-Learning
2 10 (13.70%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (4.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (26.03%) Windows
2 9 (12.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (36.99%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (24.66%) Customer Service
3 16 (21.92%) ERP
4 14 (19.18%) Mentoring
5 12 (16.44%) ITSM
5 12 (16.44%) Problem Management
6 10 (13.70%) Data Entry
7 8 (10.96%) Inventory Management
8 7 (9.59%) Service Delivery
8 7 (9.59%) Software Testing
9 6 (8.22%) Incident Management
9 6 (8.22%) Information Security
9 6 (8.22%) ITIL
9 6 (8.22%) Performance Monitoring
9 6 (8.22%) Service Management
9 6 (8.22%) Technical Leadership
9 6 (8.22%) Workflow
10 5 (6.85%) Client Onboarding
10 5 (6.85%) Cybersecurity
10 5 (6.85%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 32 (43.84%) SQL
2 12 (16.44%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (15.07%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.85%) QA
2 2 (2.74%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (26.03%) Active Directory
2 9 (12.33%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 19 (26.03%) Microsoft
2 14 (19.18%) ServiceNow
3 11 (15.07%) Sage
4 10 (13.70%) Oracle
5 6 (8.22%) Cisco
5 6 (8.22%) SAP
6 2 (2.74%) Freshdesk