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 31 August 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 555 470 569
Rank change year-on-year -85 +99 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Consultant 104 73 82
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.21% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.23% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 97 65 69
10th Percentile £24,600 £25,500 £29,000
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% -2.70%
75th Percentile £50,750 £41,250 £50,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 -
UK median annual salary £45,000 £39,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% -13.33% +12.50%

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 75,753 31,252 55,369
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.15% 89.46% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 52,558 18,055 34,763
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
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 31 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 31 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 -13 27 £45,000 +28.57% 4
North of England -66 24 £40,000 +6.67% 5
South East -32 20 £27,000 -30.77% 5
North West -4 19 £40,000 +4.58% 5
West Midlands -15 18 £70,000 +100.00% 4
South West - 15 £50,000 -
Northern Ireland - 12 £38,500 -
East Midlands - 9 £45,000 -
North East -56 5 £40,000 +14.29%
Scotland -5 3 £27,250 +9.00%
East of England -22 3 £31,500 -42.73% 4
Support Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 32 (30.77%) ERP
2 30 (28.85%) Microsoft
3 29 (27.88%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (22.12%) Dynamics 365
5 20 (19.23%) Customer Service
6 18 (17.31%) Azure
7 13 (12.50%) Windows
8 12 (11.54%) Sage
8 12 (11.54%) Sage X3
9 11 (10.58%) SQL
10 10 (9.62%) Collaborative Working
10 10 (9.62%) Fintech
10 10 (9.62%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (9.62%) Power Platform
11 9 (8.65%) Security Cleared
12 8 (7.69%) Active Directory
12 8 (7.69%) Ariba
12 8 (7.69%) Customer Requirements
12 8 (7.69%) Dynamics NAV
12 8 (7.69%) JIRA
12 8 (7.69%) Presales
12 8 (7.69%) SAP
13 7 (6.73%) Computer Science
13 7 (6.73%) ITIL
14 6 (5.77%) Business Intelligence
14 6 (5.77%) Firewall
14 6 (5.77%) Hyper-V
14 6 (5.77%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (5.77%) Microsoft Intune
14 6 (5.77%) SLA

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 (2.88%) Confluence
2 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (11.54%) Sage X3
2 8 (7.69%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (4.81%) Workday HCM
4 4 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (2.88%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.96%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 23 (22.12%) Dynamics 365
2 18 (17.31%) Azure
3 10 (9.62%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (9.62%) Power Platform
4 5 (4.81%) Entra ID
4 5 (4.81%) SaaS
5 4 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (3.85%) Mimecast
6 3 (2.88%) AWS
6 3 (2.88%) OpenShift
6 3 (2.88%) Power Automate
6 3 (2.88%) PowerApps
6 3 (2.88%) Snowflake
7 2 (1.92%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.96%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.96%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.96%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.77%) Firewall
2 4 (3.85%) LAN
2 4 (3.85%) WAN
3 3 (2.88%) DHCP
3 3 (2.88%) DNS
4 2 (1.92%) SAN
4 2 (1.92%) SNMP
4 2 (1.92%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.88%) Power BI
1 3 (2.88%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.92%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 30 (28.85%) Finance
2 20 (19.23%) Social Skills
3 11 (10.58%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (8.65%) Manufacturing
5 8 (7.69%) Law
6 7 (6.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.81%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.92%) Back Office
8 2 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.92%) Retail
8 2 (1.92%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.96%) Automotive
9 1 (0.96%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.85%) XML
2 1 (0.96%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (2.88%) Onboarding
2 2 (1.92%) Driving Licence
2 2 (1.92%) e-Learning
3 1 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (0.96%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (12.50%) Windows
2 5 (4.81%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.92%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (30.77%) ERP
2 29 (27.88%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (19.23%) Customer Service
4 10 (9.62%) Collaborative Working
4 10 (9.62%) Fintech
5 8 (7.69%) Customer Requirements
5 8 (7.69%) Presales
6 7 (6.73%) Computer Science
6 7 (6.73%) ITIL
7 6 (5.77%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (4.81%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (4.81%) CRM
8 5 (4.81%) Customer Engagement
8 5 (4.81%) Data Security
8 5 (4.81%) Objectives and Key Results
8 5 (4.81%) Process Improvement
9 4 (3.85%) Active Listening
9 4 (3.85%) Decision-Making
9 4 (3.85%) Thought Leadership
9 4 (3.85%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.58%) SQL
2 2 (1.92%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.92%) Python
3 1 (0.96%) C#
3 1 (0.96%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (8.65%) Security Cleared
2 6 (5.77%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (4.81%) DV Cleared
3 5 (4.81%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.85%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.77%) SLA
2 5 (4.81%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 2 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.92%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.77%) Hyper-V
3 4 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (5.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.92%) Nagios
2 2 (1.92%) Netcool
2 2 (1.92%) Tivoli
2 2 (1.92%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 30 (28.85%) Microsoft
2 12 (11.54%) Sage
3 8 (7.69%) Ariba
3 8 (7.69%) SAP
4 5 (4.81%) Oracle
4 5 (4.81%) Workday
5 4 (3.85%) Acronis
5 4 (3.85%) N-able
5 4 (3.85%) VMware
6 3 (2.88%) OutSystems
6 3 (2.88%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.92%) BMC
7 2 (1.92%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.92%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.92%) Veeam
8 1 (0.96%) Adyen