Systems Support Jobs in the UK excluding London

Systems Support
UK > UK excluding London

The median Systems Support salary in the UK excluding London is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 496 638 665
Rank change year-on-year +142 +27 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Support 80 122 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.17% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.18% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 71 101 81
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £26,313 £30,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £34,385 £33,444
Median % change year-on-year -5.48% +2.81% -4.45%
75th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £38,750
90th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £49,000
UK median annual salary £41,408 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +3.52% +14.29% -6.67%

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 35,491 67,312 53,678
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.80% 89.23%
Number of salaries quoted 18,637 47,638 30,603
10th Percentile £27,250 £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% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -

Systems Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Support in the UK excluding London

Systems Support
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Systems Support 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 13 May 2025.

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 13 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 +62 22 £47,500 +58.33% 9
South East +90 16 £27,000 -28.00% 16
North of England +31 16 £27,000 -12.90% 8
North West -4 13 £27,000 -21.17% 7
East of England +39 12 £45,000 +63.64% 5
East Midlands +23 12 £36,250 +20.83% 6
Scotland +129 10 £27,000 +25.58% 1
West Midlands +50 10 £57,500 +27.78% 2
Yorkshire +70 3 £24,500 -20.97%
Wales +39 3 £30,000 +11.11% 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £50,000 - 1
Systems Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, Systems Support 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 Systems Support in the job title.

1 39 (48.75%) Social Skills
2 31 (38.75%) Microsoft
3 20 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (22.50%) Windows
5 17 (21.25%) SQL
6 15 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (17.50%) Management Information System
8 13 (16.25%) ERP
8 13 (16.25%) LAN
9 12 (15.00%) Project Management
10 11 (13.75%) Service Delivery
10 11 (13.75%) SQL Server
11 10 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
11 10 (12.50%) E-Commerce
11 10 (12.50%) Change Management
12 9 (11.25%) Active Directory
12 9 (11.25%) Incident Management
12 9 (11.25%) PowerShell
12 9 (11.25%) Driving Licence
12 9 (11.25%) Azure
13 8 (10.00%) SLA
13 8 (10.00%) WAN
14 7 (8.75%) VoIP
14 7 (8.75%) Client/Server
14 7 (8.75%) Network Security
14 7 (8.75%) Windows Server
14 7 (8.75%) Customer Service
15 6 (7.50%) Azure Storage
15 6 (7.50%) Storage Management
15 6 (7.50%) Network Virtualisation

Systems Support 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 3 (3.75%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.50%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 15 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (11.25%) Azure
3 6 (7.50%) Azure Storage
4 5 (6.25%) Power Platform
5 4 (5.00%) SaaS
6 2 (2.50%) AWS
6 2 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (16.25%) LAN
2 8 (10.00%) WAN
3 7 (8.75%) Network Security
3 7 (8.75%) VoIP
4 6 (7.50%) DHCP
4 6 (7.50%) DNS
4 6 (7.50%) TCP/IP
4 6 (7.50%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (7.50%) Wireless
4 6 (7.50%) Wireless Security
5 2 (2.50%) FTP
5 2 (2.50%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (13.75%) SQL Server
2 5 (6.25%) Power BI
3 3 (3.75%) Big Data
3 3 (3.75%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (2.50%) MS Access
4 2 (2.50%) MySQL
5 1 (1.25%) DB2
5 1 (1.25%) Oracle Database
5 1 (1.25%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.25%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 1 (1.25%) ClearCase
1 1 (1.25%) ClearQuest
1 1 (1.25%) JIRA
1 1 (1.25%) Rational DOORS
General
1 39 (48.75%) Social Skills
2 6 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (6.25%) Retail
4 4 (5.00%) Finance
5 3 (3.75%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.50%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.50%) Environmental Health
6 2 (2.50%) Games
6 2 (2.50%) Law
6 2 (2.50%) Local Government
6 2 (2.50%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.50%) Police
7 1 (1.25%) Aviation
7 1 (1.25%) Back Office
7 1 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.50%) EDI
1 2 (2.50%) HTML
1 2 (2.50%) JSON
1 2 (2.50%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (2.50%) REST
1 2 (2.50%) SOAP
1 2 (2.50%) Web Services
1 2 (2.50%) XML
2 1 (1.25%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 14 (17.50%) Management Information System
2 9 (11.25%) Driving Licence
3 7 (8.75%) Client/Server
4 4 (5.00%) Data Centre
5 3 (3.75%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (3.75%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (3.75%) Solar Panel
6 1 (1.25%) AS400
6 1 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.25%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 18 (22.50%) Windows
2 7 (8.75%) Windows Server
3 6 (7.50%) VMS
4 4 (5.00%) Windows 10
5 3 (3.75%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.25%) AIX
6 1 (1.25%) Linux
6 1 (1.25%) Solaris
6 1 (1.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (16.25%) ERP
3 12 (15.00%) Project Management
4 11 (13.75%) Service Delivery
5 10 (12.50%) Change Management
5 10 (12.50%) E-Commerce
6 9 (11.25%) Incident Management
7 7 (8.75%) Customer Service
8 6 (7.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (7.50%) Network Virtualisation
8 6 (7.50%) Storage Management
9 5 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
10 4 (5.00%) Analytics
10 4 (5.00%) Change Control
10 4 (5.00%) Mentoring
10 4 (5.00%) Stakeholder Management
11 3 (3.75%) Contract Management
11 3 (3.75%) Line Management
11 3 (3.75%) Root Cause Analysis
11 3 (3.75%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 17 (21.25%) SQL
2 9 (11.25%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.25%) RPG
3 1 (1.25%) RPG IV
3 1 (1.25%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (5.00%) DBS Check
1 4 (5.00%) Degree
2 3 (3.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (2.50%) NVQ Level 4
4 1 (1.25%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.25%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.25%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.00%) SLA
2 4 (5.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.25%) GDPR
System Software
1 9 (11.25%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (7.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 31 (38.75%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.00%) Oracle
3 3 (3.75%) Ariba
3 3 (3.75%) IBM
3 3 (3.75%) SAP
4 2 (2.50%) JD Edwards
4 2 (2.50%) Northgate
5 1 (1.25%) Apple
5 1 (1.25%) VMware