Customer Support Technician Job Trends

Customer Support Technician
UK

The median Customer Support Technician salary in the UK is £29,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 November 2025.

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

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 657 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Customer Support Technician 13 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.026% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% - -
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 - -
75th Percentile £29,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 45,243 64,602 51,549
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.17% 95.05% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 27,411 36,584 39,961
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,509
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,200 £42,798
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% -4.76% -

Customer Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Customer Support Technician' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Customer Support Technician job vacancy trend in the UK

Customer Support Technician
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Customer Support Technician job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Customer Support Technician job vacancies in the UK

Customer Support Technician
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Support Technician within the UK over the 6 months to 2 November 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
England - 13 £29,000 - 4
UK excluding London - 13 £29,000 - 3
South East - 6 £29,000 -
East Midlands - 5 - - 2
Midlands - 5 - - 2
North of England - 2 - -
Yorkshire - 2 - -

Customer Support Technician Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 November 2025, Customer Support Technician 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 featuring Customer Support Technician in the job title.

1 6 (46.15%) Presales
1 6 (46.15%) User Experience
2 5 (38.46%) Break/Fix
2 5 (38.46%) Customer Service
2 5 (38.46%) ISMS
2 5 (38.46%) ITIL
2 5 (38.46%) LAN
2 5 (38.46%) Project Delivery
2 5 (38.46%) Service Delivery
2 5 (38.46%) SLA

Customer Support Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) LAN
General
1 6 (46.15%) Electronics
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Presales
1 6 (46.15%) User Experience
2 5 (38.46%) Break/Fix
2 5 (38.46%) Customer Service
2 5 (38.46%) ISMS
2 5 (38.46%) ITIL
2 5 (38.46%) Project Delivery
2 5 (38.46%) Service Delivery
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) SLA