IT Support Specialist
UK
The median IT Support Specialist salary in the UK is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 August 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 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 643 | 726 | 821 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +83 | +95 | +355 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Specialist | 89 | 95 | 24 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.14% | 0.11% | 0.032% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.16% | 0.12% | 0.035% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 83 | 73 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,300 | £26,900 | £30,600 |
| 25th Percentile | £29,750 | £30,000 | £32,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £35,000 | £32,500 | £40,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.69% | -18.75% | +29.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £50,000 | £36,740 | £45,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £52,500 | £48,750 | £50,660 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £31,500 | £32,500 | £35,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.08% | -7.14% | +16.67% |
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 | 54,804 | 82,141 | 69,213 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.22% | 95.09% | 91.99% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 30,098 | 53,145 | 49,171 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,750 | £30,000 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £36,250 | £40,000 | £44,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -8.33% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £72,950 | £71,991 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £91,805 | £91,250 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -6.54% | +1.90% |
IT Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured IT Support Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
IT Support Specialist
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Support Specialist.
IT Support Specialist
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support Specialist over the 6 months to 13 August 2025.
IT Support Specialist
Top 13 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 13 August 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 |
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| England | +76 | 88 | £35,000 | +7.69% | 11 |
| UK excluding London | +71 | 50 | £31,500 | -3.08% | 15 |
| London | +93 | 39 | £43,750 | -7.89% | |
| Midlands | +39 | 18 | £31,500 | -3.08% | 1 |
| East of England | -15 | 13 | £35,000 | +9.56% | 2 |
| East Midlands | +34 | 12 | £32,000 | -4.48% | 1 |
| North of England | -12 | 7 | £35,000 | -20.00% | 3 |
| North West | -15 | 7 | £35,000 | -20.00% | 1 |
| South West | +80 | 6 | £29,000 | -2.04% | 3 |
| West Midlands | +12 | 6 | £29,500 | -9.23% | |
| Work from Home | +23 | 5 | £35,000 | +3.26% | 4 |
| South East | +18 | 5 | £27,500 | -15.38% | 2 |
| Scotland | +82 | 1 | £31,500 | +10.53% | 4 |
IT Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 13 August 2025, IT 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 featuring IT Support Specialist in the job title.
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IT Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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