Support Specialist Jobs in the UK excluding London

Support Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Support Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £35,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 468 658 720
Rank change year-on-year +190 +62 -117
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 307 96 135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.43% 0.16% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.18% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 263 60 94
10th Percentile £27,300 £27,362 £24,300
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £44,535 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.41% +27.24% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £49,063 £43,500
90th Percentile £55,000 £52,040 £51,025
UK median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +12.50% +10.34%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 67,946 52,777 68,977
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.21% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 47,984 30,164 42,468
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,183 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +6.37% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Support Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in the UK excluding London

Support Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Support Specialist in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Support Specialist in the UK excluding London

Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Specialist in the UK excluding London

Support Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 May 2024. 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 +117 86 £35,000 -36.36% 21
South East +50 74 £55,000 +22.22% 22
Midlands +22 55 £32,500 -35.00% 13
North West +41 46 £32,250 -41.36% 9
East of England +29 39 £33,895 -23.89% 8
Yorkshire +113 37 £35,579 +0.93% 9
West Midlands +40 36 £32,500 -35.00% 10
South West +18 30 £31,000 +2.48% 6
East Midlands -16 19 £29,500 -28.05% 3
Wales +12 11 £34,000 +44.68% 2
Scotland -71 8 £28,500 +2.20% 8
Isle of Man - 4 £37,000 -
North East 0 3 £32,500 -18.75% 4
Support Specialist
UK

Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, Support Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 108 (35.18%) Windows
2 102 (33.22%) Microsoft
3 92 (29.97%) Social Skills
4 84 (27.36%) Active Directory
5 79 (25.73%) Microsoft 365
6 69 (22.48%) Problem-Solving
7 60 (19.54%) Degree
8 59 (19.22%) Security Cleared
9 56 (18.24%) Customer Service
10 52 (16.94%) ITIL
11 46 (14.98%) Azure
12 43 (14.01%) Linux
13 41 (13.36%) Windows Server
14 40 (13.03%) SC Cleared
15 38 (12.38%) DV Cleared
15 38 (12.38%) SCCM
16 37 (12.05%) Self-Motivation
17 32 (10.42%) DNS
18 30 (9.77%) Power Platform
18 30 (9.77%) Windows 10
19 29 (9.45%) Driving Licence
19 29 (9.45%) Service Management
20 27 (8.79%) Business Intelligence
20 27 (8.79%) Microsoft Exchange
21 26 (8.47%) Agile
22 25 (8.14%) Firewall
22 25 (8.14%) DHCP
22 25 (8.14%) Windows Server 2016
23 23 (7.49%) SharePoint
23 23 (7.49%) Data Centre

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 27 (8.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (7.49%) SharePoint
3 13 (4.23%) Skype for Business
4 7 (2.28%) OpenStack
Applications
1 21 (6.84%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.63%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (1.30%) Magento
2 4 (1.30%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.33%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 79 (25.73%) Microsoft 365
2 46 (14.98%) Azure
3 30 (9.77%) Power Platform
4 20 (6.51%) Entra ID
5 14 (4.56%) Azure Monitor
5 14 (4.56%) Azure Storage
6 12 (3.91%) SaaS
7 9 (2.93%) AWS
8 7 (2.28%) Nutanix
9 5 (1.63%) GCP
9 5 (1.63%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.30%) Google Workspace
10 4 (1.30%) Mimecast
10 4 (1.30%) Slack
11 3 (0.98%) Asana
11 3 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.65%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 32 (10.42%) DNS
2 25 (8.14%) DHCP
2 25 (8.14%) Firewall
3 15 (4.89%) Wireless
4 13 (4.23%) Skype
5 10 (3.26%) Internet
5 10 (3.26%) VPN
6 8 (2.61%) LAN
7 7 (2.28%) Ethernet
7 7 (2.28%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (1.63%) 5G
8 5 (1.63%) Broadband
8 5 (1.63%) IPsec
8 5 (1.63%) SSL
8 5 (1.63%) TCP/IP
8 5 (1.63%) VoIP
8 5 (1.63%) WAN
9 4 (1.30%) FTP
9 4 (1.30%) SMTP
9 4 (1.30%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.86%) Power BI
2 16 (5.21%) QlikView
3 12 (3.91%) BusinessObjects
3 12 (3.91%) Relational Database
4 10 (3.26%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.30%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (0.65%) JIRA
General
1 92 (29.97%) Social Skills
2 22 (7.17%) Law
3 20 (6.51%) Finance
4 16 (5.21%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (4.89%) Retail
5 15 (4.89%) Telecoms
6 9 (2.93%) Legal
7 8 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.28%) Electronics
8 7 (2.28%) Games
8 7 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.95%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.63%) Marketing
11 3 (0.98%) French Language
11 3 (0.98%) German Language
12 2 (0.65%) Italian Language
12 2 (0.65%) Military
12 2 (0.65%) Spanish Language
13 1 (0.33%) Back Office
13 1 (0.33%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.56%) ARM Templates
2 9 (2.93%) HTML
3 6 (1.95%) EDI
4 5 (1.63%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.65%) .NET
5 2 (0.65%) EDIFACT
5 2 (0.65%) JSON
5 2 (0.65%) XML
6 1 (0.33%) EJB
Miscellaneous
1 37 (12.05%) Self-Motivation
2 29 (9.45%) Driving Licence
3 23 (7.49%) Data Centre
4 20 (6.51%) Onboarding
5 15 (4.89%) PKI
6 14 (4.56%) Video Conferencing
7 13 (4.23%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.95%) Smartphone
9 3 (0.98%) CCTV
10 2 (0.65%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.65%) Digital Media
10 2 (0.65%) Digital Signage
10 2 (0.65%) TRADACOMS
11 1 (0.33%) Blackberry
11 1 (0.33%) BYOD
11 1 (0.33%) Derivative
11 1 (0.33%) e-Learning
11 1 (0.33%) IoT
11 1 (0.33%) iPhone
11 1 (0.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 108 (35.18%) Windows
2 43 (14.01%) Linux
3 41 (13.36%) Windows Server
4 30 (9.77%) Windows 10
5 25 (8.14%) Windows Server 2016
6 22 (7.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 20 (6.51%) Android
8 13 (4.23%) Apple iOS
9 8 (2.61%) Mac OS
9 8 (2.61%) Windows NT
9 8 (2.61%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.65%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.33%) CentOS
11 1 (0.33%) Debian
11 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.33%) Scientific Linux
11 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (22.48%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (18.24%) Customer Service
3 52 (16.94%) ITIL
4 29 (9.45%) Service Management
5 27 (8.79%) Business Intelligence
6 26 (8.47%) Agile
7 22 (7.17%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (6.84%) CI/CD
8 21 (6.84%) ERP
8 21 (6.84%) Project Management
9 19 (6.19%) Stakeholder Management
10 17 (5.54%) Computer Science
10 17 (5.54%) Time Management
11 15 (4.89%) Incident Management
12 14 (4.56%) Analytics
12 14 (4.56%) DevOps
12 14 (4.56%) Identity Management
12 14 (4.56%) Log Analytics
12 14 (4.56%) Release Management
12 14 (4.56%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 22 (7.17%) C#
2 21 (6.84%) SQL
3 15 (4.89%) PowerShell
3 15 (4.89%) VBScript
4 14 (4.56%) Bicep
4 14 (4.56%) VB
5 5 (1.63%) Python
Qualifications
1 60 (19.54%) Degree
2 59 (19.22%) Security Cleared
3 40 (13.03%) SC Cleared
4 38 (12.38%) DV Cleared
5 14 (4.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 11 (3.58%) HNC
7 7 (2.28%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.63%) HND
8 5 (1.63%) NVQ Level 3
9 4 (1.30%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.65%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.33%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.58%) GDPR
2 5 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.30%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.65%) SLA
5 1 (0.33%) QA
System Software
1 84 (27.36%) Active Directory
2 17 (5.54%) Virtual Machines
3 14 (4.56%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (3.91%) Hyper-V
5 11 (3.58%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (2.61%) Firmware
7 7 (2.28%) Docker
8 3 (0.98%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 38 (12.38%) SCCM
2 22 (7.17%) WSUS
3 21 (6.84%) Kubernetes
4 20 (6.51%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (4.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 14 (4.56%) SCOM
6 8 (2.61%) Sysprep
7 7 (2.28%) Ansible
8 4 (1.30%) Autotask
Vendors
1 102 (33.22%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.19%) VMware
3 12 (3.91%) Cognos
3 12 (3.91%) Oracle
4 6 (1.95%) Datto
5 5 (1.63%) Automation Anywhere
5 5 (1.63%) Blue Prism
5 5 (1.63%) Cisco
5 5 (1.63%) Pega
5 5 (1.63%) UiPath
5 5 (1.63%) Veeam
5 5 (1.63%) Virgin Media
6 4 (1.30%) Epicor
7 3 (0.98%) Sage
8 2 (0.65%) Citrix
8 2 (0.65%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.65%) Sybase
9 1 (0.33%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.33%) Avaya
9 1 (0.33%) SAP