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 11 January 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 432 448 528
Rank change year-on-year +16 +80 +204
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Consultant 78 111 32
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.31% 0.093%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.33% 0.097%
Number of salaries quoted 67 28 24
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,450 £24,300
25th Percentile £29,125 £32,000 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £46,250 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.16% +15.63% -
75th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £52,500 £54,125 £51,750
UK median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +12.50% -5.88%

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 37,951 33,588 32,956
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 92.94% 95.36%
Number of salaries quoted 23,133 16,400 24,992
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,743
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -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 11 January 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 11 January 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 +36 26 £36,000 -24.21%
North of England +4 17 £37,750 +27.97%
Midlands +12 14 £42,500 +25.00% 2
East Midlands +1 12 £42,500 +25.00%
North West +16 11 £50,000 -
Scotland -4 9 £25,000 -41.18%
East of England +10 7 £55,000 +10.00%
Yorkshire -22 6 £30,500 +3.39%
Wales - 3 £35,000 -
West Midlands +17 2 £38,000 - 2
South West +5 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 11 January 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 29 (37.18%) Microsoft
2 27 (34.62%) SQL
3 24 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (26.92%) ERP
5 20 (25.64%) Active Directory
6 17 (21.79%) Customer Service
7 15 (19.23%) Azure
7 15 (19.23%) Mentoring
7 15 (19.23%) Windows
8 13 (16.67%) Sage
9 12 (15.38%) SQL Server
10 10 (12.82%) CRM
10 10 (12.82%) Hyper-V
10 10 (12.82%) Intacct
10 10 (12.82%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (12.82%) Sage X3
10 10 (12.82%) Windows Server
11 9 (11.54%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (11.54%) TCP/IP
11 9 (11.54%) VPN
12 8 (10.26%) Data Entry
12 8 (10.26%) Degree
12 8 (10.26%) Oracle
12 8 (10.26%) Relational Database
12 8 (10.26%) ServiceNow
12 8 (10.26%) Software Testing
13 7 (8.97%) Dynamics CRM
13 7 (8.97%) JIRA
14 6 (7.69%) Crystal Reports
14 6 (7.69%) CSS

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 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (12.82%) Sage X3
2 7 (8.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (7.69%) SAP Business One
4 2 (2.56%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 15 (19.23%) Azure
2 10 (12.82%) Intacct
2 10 (12.82%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (11.54%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (7.69%) Power Platform
5 5 (6.41%) Entra ID
5 5 (6.41%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (11.54%) TCP/IP
1 9 (11.54%) VPN
2 5 (6.41%) DHCP
2 5 (6.41%) DNS
2 5 (6.41%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 8 (10.26%) Relational Database
3 6 (7.69%) Crystal Reports
4 4 (5.13%) GIS
Development Applications
1 7 (8.97%) JIRA
General
1 40 (51.28%) Social Skills
2 12 (15.38%) Finance
3 6 (7.69%) Law
4 2 (2.56%) Advertising
4 2 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.56%) Marketing
5 1 (1.28%) Automotive
5 1 (1.28%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.69%) CSS
1 6 (7.69%) HTML
1 6 (7.69%) JSON
1 6 (7.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (19.23%) Onboarding
2 12 (15.38%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (10.26%) e-Learning
4 4 (5.13%) Driving Licence
4 4 (5.13%) NHS
5 1 (1.28%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 15 (19.23%) Windows
2 10 (12.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (26.92%) ERP
3 17 (21.79%) Customer Service
4 15 (19.23%) Mentoring
5 10 (12.82%) CRM
6 8 (10.26%) Data Entry
6 8 (10.26%) Software Testing
7 6 (7.69%) ITSM
7 6 (7.69%) Problem Management
7 6 (7.69%) Workflow
8 5 (6.41%) Client Onboarding
8 5 (6.41%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (6.41%) Regression Testing
9 4 (5.13%) Incident Management
9 4 (5.13%) Information Security
9 4 (5.13%) Service Management
9 4 (5.13%) Speech Recognition
10 2 (2.56%) ITIL
10 2 (2.56%) Service Delivery
10 2 (2.56%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (34.62%) SQL
2 6 (7.69%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (10.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.69%) QA
2 2 (2.56%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (25.64%) Active Directory
2 10 (12.82%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (5.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (37.18%) Microsoft
2 13 (16.67%) Sage
3 8 (10.26%) Oracle
3 8 (10.26%) ServiceNow
4 6 (7.69%) SAP
5 4 (5.13%) Cisco
6 2 (2.56%) Freshdesk