Systems Support Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Systems Support
UK > UK excluding London

The median Systems Support salary in the UK excluding London is £35,854 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 354 501 502
Rank change year-on-year +147 +1 +161
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Support 156 65 71
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.37% 0.18% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.19% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 123 35 54
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,779 £30,000
25th Percentile £27,750 £31,375 £31,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,854 £41,000 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.55% +5.13% +14.71%
75th Percentile £51,125 £50,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £59,500 - £60,000
UK median annual salary £35,854 £50,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year -28.29% +4.17% +37.14%

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 38,388 33,377 32,893
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.52% 92.91% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23,454 16,215 24,936
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%
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%

Systems Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Systems Support' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Systems Support job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Systems Support
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Systems Support job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Systems Support job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Systems Support
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Support in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Systems Support in the UK excluding London

Systems Support
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 Systems Support within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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 +72 52 £58,000 +78.46% 8
Midlands +54 38 £29,000 -38.95% 7
North West +32 27 £36,500 -27.00% 1
North of England +16 27 £36,500 -27.00% 4
East Midlands +10 23 £28,000 -41.05% 5
East of England +38 19 £27,500 -32.40% 6
West Midlands - 15 £29,000 - 2
Northern Ireland - 14 £30,000 -
Scotland 0 3 £26,000 -25.71%
South West +6 2 £45,000 - 1
Wales - 1 £30,000 - 1
Systems Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Systems Support 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 Systems Support in the job title.

1 73 (46.79%) Microsoft
2 45 (28.85%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (24.36%) Windows
4 37 (23.72%) Security Cleared
5 36 (23.08%) Active Directory
5 36 (23.08%) Degree
5 36 (23.08%) Microsoft Exchange
6 33 (21.15%) VMware
7 31 (19.87%) Microsoft Excel
7 31 (19.87%) Oracle
8 27 (17.31%) Customer Service
8 27 (17.31%) PowerShell
9 24 (15.38%) ERP
9 24 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
9 24 (15.38%) SQL
10 23 (14.74%) Business Intelligence
10 23 (14.74%) DHCP
10 23 (14.74%) DNS
10 23 (14.74%) HPUX
10 23 (14.74%) Incident Management
10 23 (14.74%) Oracle Database
10 23 (14.74%) Oracle Database 10g
10 23 (14.74%) SLA
10 23 (14.74%) Solaris
10 23 (14.74%) Unix
11 22 (14.10%) DV Cleared
11 22 (14.10%) Exchange Server 2003
11 22 (14.10%) Perl
11 22 (14.10%) SC Cleared
11 22 (14.10%) Windows 7

Systems Support 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 36 (23.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (14.10%) Exchange Server 2003
3 7 (4.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 31 (19.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (12.82%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (4.49%) Unit4 Business World
2 6 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.64%) SAP Business ByDesign
3 1 (0.64%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 24 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (11.54%) Entra ID
3 17 (10.90%) Azure
4 12 (7.69%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (1.92%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (1.92%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (1.28%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (14.74%) DHCP
1 23 (14.74%) DNS
2 6 (3.85%) VoIP
2 6 (3.85%) Wireless
3 5 (3.21%) Firewall
3 5 (3.21%) FTP
3 5 (3.21%) Unified Communications
4 4 (2.56%) LAN
4 4 (2.56%) VPN
4 4 (2.56%) WAN
5 3 (1.92%) VLAN
6 1 (0.64%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (14.74%) Oracle Database
1 23 (14.74%) Oracle Database 10g
2 12 (7.69%) Power BI
3 11 (7.05%) SQL Server
4 7 (4.49%) Oracle Reports
5 6 (3.85%) Power Query
6 5 (3.21%) MySQL
General
1 55 (35.26%) Social Skills
2 11 (7.05%) Finance
3 9 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (5.13%) Police
5 6 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (2.56%) Public Sector
7 3 (1.92%) Law
7 3 (1.92%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.28%) Legal
8 2 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.28%) Retail
9 1 (0.64%) Advertising
9 1 (0.64%) Electronics
9 1 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.77%) EDI
2 8 (5.13%) HTML
2 8 (5.13%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (3.21%) JSON
3 5 (3.21%) REST
3 5 (3.21%) SOAP
3 5 (3.21%) Web Services
3 5 (3.21%) XML
4 3 (1.92%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 30 (19.23%) Driving Licence
2 13 (8.33%) Management Information System
3 8 (5.13%) Onboarding
3 8 (5.13%) SCADA
4 7 (4.49%) FMCG
5 6 (3.85%) Pricing Data
6 5 (3.21%) CCTV
7 4 (2.56%) Learning Management System
7 4 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.92%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.64%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.64%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 38 (24.36%) Windows
2 23 (14.74%) HPUX
2 23 (14.74%) Solaris
2 23 (14.74%) Unix
3 22 (14.10%) Windows 7
3 22 (14.10%) Windows Server 2003
3 22 (14.10%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (3.85%) Windows Server
5 5 (3.21%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (28.85%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (17.31%) Customer Service
3 24 (15.38%) ERP
4 23 (14.74%) Business Intelligence
4 23 (14.74%) Incident Management
5 21 (13.46%) Continuous Improvement
5 21 (13.46%) Data Analysis
6 18 (11.54%) Process Improvement
7 16 (10.26%) Mathematics
8 15 (9.62%) Disaster Recovery
9 14 (8.97%) Collaborative Working
9 14 (8.97%) ITIL
10 10 (6.41%) Knowledge Management
11 9 (5.77%) Cybersecurity
11 9 (5.77%) ITSM
11 9 (5.77%) Kalman Filter
11 9 (5.77%) Performance Metrics
12 7 (4.49%) Asset Management
12 7 (4.49%) Change Control
12 7 (4.49%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 27 (17.31%) PowerShell
2 24 (15.38%) SQL
3 22 (14.10%) Perl
4 3 (1.92%) Apex Code
4 3 (1.92%) Python
5 1 (0.64%) C#
5 1 (0.64%) C++
Qualifications
1 37 (23.72%) Security Cleared
2 36 (23.08%) Degree
3 22 (14.10%) DV Cleared
3 22 (14.10%) SC Cleared
4 9 (5.77%) HNC
4 9 (5.77%) HND
5 8 (5.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 7 (4.49%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (3.21%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.64%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.64%) MCP
8 1 (0.64%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (14.74%) SLA
2 14 (8.97%) Data Quality
System Software
1 36 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 11 (7.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.28%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 1 (0.64%) WMI
Vendors
1 73 (46.79%) Microsoft
2 33 (21.15%) VMware
3 31 (19.87%) Oracle
4 16 (10.26%) SAP
5 9 (5.77%) Adobe
5 9 (5.77%) Zoho
6 8 (5.13%) Allen-Bradley
6 8 (5.13%) Rockwell
6 8 (5.13%) Siemens
7 6 (3.85%) Salesforce
8 5 (3.21%) HubSpot
8 5 (3.21%) Mitel
9 4 (2.56%) HP
10 3 (1.92%) Sage
10 3 (1.92%) ServiceNow