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 £43,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 August 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 546 482 586
Rank change year-on-year -64 +104 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Consultant 95 72 82
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.21% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.23% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 89 65 72
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,500 £28,125
25th Percentile £33,125 £28,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.67% -16.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £50,750 £41,250 £49,063
90th Percentile £72,000 £60,000 £50,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £39,000 £44,250
% change year-on-year +15.38% -11.86% +10.63%

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 74,163 31,014 56,658
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.27% 89.45% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 51,317 17,801 36,818
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £28,550
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £47,683 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.25% -4.63% -5.21%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 August 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 22 August 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
Midlands -19 27 £45,000 +28.57% 3
South East -28 20 £27,000 -30.77% 4
West Midlands -15 18 £75,000 +114.29% 3
North of England -59 16 £39,000 +4.00% 4
North West -9 15 £40,000 +6.67% 3
South West - 14 £50,000 -
Northern Ireland - 12 £38,500 -
East Midlands - 9 £45,000 -
Scotland +6 3 £27,250 +9.00%
East of England -34 3 £31,500 -42.73% 3
North East -52 1 £38,000 +10.95% 1
Support Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 August 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 (30.53%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (28.42%) ERP
3 20 (21.05%) Customer Service
3 20 (21.05%) Microsoft
4 17 (17.89%) Azure
5 14 (14.74%) Dynamics 365
5 14 (14.74%) Windows
6 12 (12.63%) Sage
6 12 (12.63%) Sage X3
7 11 (11.58%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (11.58%) SQL
8 10 (10.53%) Fintech
8 10 (10.53%) Security Cleared
9 9 (9.47%) Collaborative Working
9 9 (9.47%) SAP
10 8 (8.42%) Active Directory
10 8 (8.42%) Ariba
10 8 (8.42%) Customer Requirements
10 8 (8.42%) JIRA
11 7 (7.37%) Computer Science
11 7 (7.37%) Microsoft Intune
11 7 (7.37%) Presales
11 7 (7.37%) SLA
12 6 (6.32%) Firewall
12 6 (6.32%) Hyper-V
12 6 (6.32%) ITIL
12 6 (6.32%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (5.26%) AI
13 5 (5.26%) Customer Engagement
13 5 (5.26%) Data Privacy

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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.16%) Confluence
2 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (12.63%) Sage X3
2 5 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (5.26%) Workday HCM
3 4 (4.21%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (1.05%) Magento
4 1 (1.05%) SAP CO
4 1 (1.05%) SAP FI
4 1 (1.05%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (1.05%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 17 (17.89%) Azure
2 14 (14.74%) Dynamics 365
3 11 (11.58%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (5.26%) Entra ID
4 5 (5.26%) SaaS
5 4 (4.21%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (4.21%) Mimecast
5 4 (4.21%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.11%) AWS
6 2 (2.11%) OpenShift
6 2 (2.11%) Power Automate
6 2 (2.11%) PowerApps
6 2 (2.11%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.05%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.32%) Firewall
2 4 (4.21%) LAN
2 4 (4.21%) WAN
3 3 (3.16%) DHCP
3 3 (3.16%) DNS
4 2 (2.11%) SAN
4 2 (2.11%) SNMP
4 2 (2.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.11%) Relational Database
1 2 (2.11%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.05%) Power BI
2 1 (1.05%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (8.42%) JIRA
General
1 29 (30.53%) Finance
2 19 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 11 (11.58%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (8.42%) Law
4 8 (8.42%) Manufacturing
5 7 (7.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (5.26%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.11%) Automotive
7 2 (2.11%) Back Office
7 2 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.11%) Legal
7 2 (2.11%) Retail
7 2 (2.11%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.21%) XML
2 1 (1.05%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.21%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.11%) Driving Licence
2 2 (2.11%) e-Learning
2 2 (2.11%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.05%) Private Cloud
3 1 (1.05%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.05%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 14 (14.74%) Windows
2 5 (5.26%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (30.53%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (28.42%) ERP
3 20 (21.05%) Customer Service
4 10 (10.53%) Fintech
5 9 (9.47%) Collaborative Working
6 8 (8.42%) Customer Requirements
7 7 (7.37%) Computer Science
7 7 (7.37%) Presales
8 6 (6.32%) ITIL
9 5 (5.26%) AI
9 5 (5.26%) Customer Engagement
9 5 (5.26%) Data Privacy
9 5 (5.26%) Data Security
9 5 (5.26%) Objectives and Key Results
9 5 (5.26%) Process Improvement
10 4 (4.21%) Active Listening
10 4 (4.21%) Collaborative Culture
10 4 (4.21%) Decision-Making
10 4 (4.21%) Roadmaps
10 4 (4.21%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 11 (11.58%) SQL
2 2 (2.11%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.11%) Python
3 1 (1.05%) C#
3 1 (1.05%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 6 (6.32%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (5.26%) DV Cleared
3 5 (5.26%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.21%) Azure Certification
4 4 (4.21%) Degree
5 1 (1.05%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.37%) SLA
2 5 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 2 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.11%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.05%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 8 (8.42%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.32%) Hyper-V
3 4 (4.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (7.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.11%) Nagios
2 2 (2.11%) Netcool
2 2 (2.11%) Tivoli
2 2 (2.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 20 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 12 (12.63%) Sage
3 9 (9.47%) SAP
4 8 (8.42%) Ariba
5 5 (5.26%) Workday
6 4 (4.21%) Acronis
6 4 (4.21%) N-able
6 4 (4.21%) Oracle
6 4 (4.21%) VMware
7 2 (2.11%) BMC
7 2 (2.11%) OutSystems
7 2 (2.11%) Palo Alto
7 2 (2.11%) Red Hat
7 2 (2.11%) SolarWinds
7 2 (2.11%) Veeam
8 1 (1.05%) Adyen