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 £36,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 411 477 637
Rank change year-on-year +66 +160 +77
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 167 304 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.42% 0.43% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.45% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 112 260 61
10th Percentile £27,050 £27,250 £27,402
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £35,000 £44,535
Median % change year-on-year +4.29% -21.41% +27.24%
75th Percentile £48,000 £48,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £51,850
UK median annual salary £39,228 £37,500 £45,500
% change year-on-year +4.61% -17.58% +13.75%

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 35,759 67,300 52,885
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 94.85% 89.15%
Number of salaries quoted 18,598 47,582 30,032
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

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 16 May 2025.

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 16 May 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
Midlands +65 56 £32,000 -1.54% 11
West Midlands +61 40 £31,000 -4.62% 8
South East +64 37 £42,500 -22.73% 34
North of England +2 35 £36,500 +4.29% 30
North West -7 31 £36,500 +14.06% 17
East of England +33 29 £44,000 +29.81% 1
East Midlands +29 16 £32,000 +8.47% 3
South West +85 6 £46,000 +48.39% 12
Yorkshire +34 3 £30,000 -15.68% 8
Scotland +105 2 £24,000 -15.79% 3
Northern Ireland - 2 £52,500 -
North East +43 1 £60,000 +84.62% 5
Support Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, 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 (64.67%) Social Skills
2 91 (54.49%) Microsoft
3 90 (53.89%) Windows
4 78 (46.71%) Microsoft 365
5 77 (46.11%) Azure
6 69 (41.32%) Active Directory
7 62 (37.13%) Cybersecurity
7 62 (37.13%) Problem-Solving
8 54 (32.34%) Degree
9 47 (28.14%) Windows 10
10 45 (26.95%) VoIP
11 39 (23.35%) WAN
12 36 (21.56%) LAN
13 33 (19.76%) Customer Service
14 32 (19.16%) Retail
15 30 (17.96%) CCTV
16 23 (13.77%) Firewall
16 23 (13.77%) Hyper-V
16 23 (13.77%) PowerShell
17 22 (13.17%) Windows Server
18 21 (12.57%) ERP
18 21 (12.57%) CRM
19 20 (11.98%) Microsoft Excel
20 19 (11.38%) DNS
21 18 (10.78%) Microsoft Office
22 17 (10.18%) SQL
22 17 (10.18%) DHCP
22 17 (10.18%) AWS
23 16 (9.58%) Finance
24 15 (8.98%) Microsoft Exchange

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 15 (8.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (8.38%) SharePoint
3 8 (4.79%) IIS
Applications
1 20 (11.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (10.78%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (4.19%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (4.19%) Unit4 Business World
2 6 (3.59%) NetSuite
3 4 (2.40%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (2.40%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.80%) Sage 50
5 2 (1.20%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.60%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 78 (46.71%) Microsoft 365
2 77 (46.11%) Azure
3 17 (10.18%) AWS
4 13 (7.78%) Entra ID
5 9 (5.39%) OneDrive
6 4 (2.40%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.20%) IaaS
7 2 (1.20%) PaaS
7 2 (1.20%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.20%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.20%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.20%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (26.95%) VoIP
2 39 (23.35%) WAN
3 36 (21.56%) LAN
4 23 (13.77%) Firewall
5 19 (11.38%) DNS
6 17 (10.18%) DHCP
7 10 (5.99%) TCP/IP
8 6 (3.59%) Intranet
8 6 (3.59%) NAS
8 6 (3.59%) Network Security
8 6 (3.59%) SAN
8 6 (3.59%) VSAN
9 5 (2.99%) VPN
10 4 (2.40%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (1.80%) Broadband
11 3 (1.80%) SD-WAN
12 1 (0.60%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.59%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.79%) GIS
3 3 (1.80%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.60%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.60%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (2.40%) JIRA
2 1 (0.60%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.60%) Git
General
1 108 (64.67%) Social Skills
2 32 (19.16%) Retail
3 16 (9.58%) Finance
4 10 (5.99%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (5.39%) Manufacturing
6 8 (4.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.59%) Advertising
7 6 (3.59%) Automotive
7 6 (3.59%) German Language
8 3 (1.80%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.80%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (1.80%) Electronics
8 3 (1.80%) Marketing
8 3 (1.80%) Spanish Language
9 2 (1.20%) French Language
9 2 (1.20%) Swedish Language
9 2 (1.20%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.60%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.60%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.40%) EDI
2 2 (1.20%) .NET
2 2 (1.20%) Middleware
2 2 (1.20%) SAP XI
3 1 (0.60%) CSS
3 1 (0.60%) Django
3 1 (0.60%) HTML
3 1 (0.60%) Jest
3 1 (0.60%) Node.js
3 1 (0.60%) React
3 1 (0.60%) RESTful
3 1 (0.60%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 30 (17.96%) CCTV
2 6 (3.59%) Clustering
2 6 (3.59%) Data Centre
2 6 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (1.80%) e-Learning
3 3 (1.80%) FMCG
3 3 (1.80%) IoT
3 3 (1.80%) Management Information System
3 3 (1.80%) Onboarding
3 3 (1.80%) Operational Technology
3 3 (1.80%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (1.80%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.60%) iPhone
4 1 (0.60%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 90 (53.89%) Windows
2 47 (28.14%) Windows 10
3 22 (13.17%) Windows Server
4 9 (5.39%) Android
4 9 (5.39%) Linux
5 6 (3.59%) Windows 7
6 5 (2.99%) Mac OS
6 5 (2.99%) Unix
7 2 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (37.13%) Cybersecurity
1 62 (37.13%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (19.76%) Customer Service
3 21 (12.57%) CRM
3 21 (12.57%) ERP
4 13 (7.78%) Time Management
5 12 (7.19%) Migration
5 12 (7.19%) Mobile Device Management
6 11 (6.59%) Data Management
6 11 (6.59%) Logistics
6 11 (6.59%) Task Automation
7 9 (5.39%) Infrastructure Management
7 9 (5.39%) ITIL
7 9 (5.39%) ITSM
8 8 (4.79%) Computer Science
8 8 (4.79%) Data Analysis
9 7 (4.19%) API Integration
9 7 (4.19%) Incident Management
9 7 (4.19%) Project Delivery
9 7 (4.19%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 23 (13.77%) PowerShell
2 17 (10.18%) SQL
3 3 (1.80%) Python
4 2 (1.20%) C++
5 1 (0.60%) C#
5 1 (0.60%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.60%) PHP
5 1 (0.60%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 54 (32.34%) Degree
2 11 (6.59%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (4.79%) Azure Certification
3 8 (4.79%) Security Cleared
4 6 (3.59%) DV Cleared
4 6 (3.59%) MCSE
4 6 (3.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 5 (2.99%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (2.40%) A+ Certification
6 4 (2.40%) CCNA
6 4 (2.40%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.20%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.20%) MCP
7 2 (1.20%) MCSA
7 2 (1.20%) PhD
8 1 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.60%) CCDA
8 1 (0.60%) CCNP
8 1 (0.60%) MCSD
8 1 (0.60%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.59%) GDPR
2 5 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.60%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.60%) SLA
System Software
1 69 (41.32%) Active Directory
2 23 (13.77%) Hyper-V
3 12 (7.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (4.19%) Docker
5 6 (3.59%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (3.59%) vSphere
6 1 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (5.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (3.59%) Ansible
2 6 (3.59%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.59%) PowerCLI
2 6 (3.59%) Puppet
2 6 (3.59%) vCenter Server
2 6 (3.59%) vMotion
2 6 (3.59%) vRealize
3 4 (2.40%) SCCM
4 2 (1.20%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 91 (54.49%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.38%) Meraki
3 13 (7.78%) Cisco
4 12 (7.19%) Fortinet
4 12 (7.19%) VMware
5 11 (6.59%) Veeam
6 9 (5.39%) SonicWALL
6 9 (5.39%) WatchGuard
7 8 (4.79%) Sage
8 6 (3.59%) Apple
8 6 (3.59%) Citrix
8 6 (3.59%) HP
8 6 (3.59%) SAP
9 5 (2.99%) Zoho
10 4 (2.40%) Oracle
11 3 (1.80%) Acronis
11 3 (1.80%) Ariba
11 3 (1.80%) Aruba
11 3 (1.80%) Kaseya
11 3 (1.80%) Okta