Support Analyst Job Trends

Support Analyst
UK

The median Support Analyst salary in the UK is £33,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 November 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 184 163
Rank change year-on-year +60 -21 +65
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Analyst 1,164 1,004 1,057
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.18% 1.47% 2.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.42% 1.55% 2.12%
Number of salaries quoted 943 581 919
10th Percentile £25,875 £26,250 £23,750
25th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £37,500 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% +2.74% +5.95%
75th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £46,750
90th Percentile £53,750 £73,750 £63,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £33,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -2.99% +3.08% +3.48%

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 48,061 64,786 49,849
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.17% 94.56% 95.40%
Number of salaries quoted 30,303 36,624 38,666
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.86% -2.86% -

Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Support Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Support Analyst
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Support Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Support Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Support Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Analyst over the 6 months to 22 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Analyst in the UK

Support Analyst
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 22 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 +71 1,037 £33,500 -10.67% 198
UK excluding London +90 854 £32,500 -2.99% 163
Work from Home +63 260 £32,203 -14.69% 74
London +19 260 £45,000 -2.17% 77
South East +72 244 £32,750 -2.96% 64
Midlands +90 176 £29,500 -11.94% 28
North of England +75 156 £31,000 -11.43% 19
South West +36 108 £35,000 +8.53% 17
East Midlands +74 107 £29,500 -9.23% 9
East of England +58 92 £27,500 -21.43% 19
Yorkshire +54 80 £27,500 -29.03% 12
West Midlands +53 69 £34,000 -3.55% 18
North West +21 50 £33,000 -1.49% 4
Scotland +1 50 £35,000 +20.69% 13
North East - 26 £31,500 - 3
Wales +3 15 £48,500 +59.02% 4
Northern Ireland +11 11 £38,250 +11.19% 2
Channel Islands - 2 £34,000 -

Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 22 November 2025, Support Analyst 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 Support Analyst in the job title.

1 532 (45.70%) Microsoft
2 479 (41.15%) Problem-Solving
3 450 (38.66%) Windows
4 384 (32.99%) Customer Service
5 350 (30.07%) Microsoft 365
6 319 (27.41%) Active Directory
7 305 (26.20%) SQL
8 278 (23.88%) ITIL
9 242 (20.79%) Azure
10 184 (15.81%) Microsoft Office
11 172 (14.78%) Degree
12 135 (11.60%) Entra ID
12 135 (11.60%) Microsoft Intune
13 132 (11.34%) Microsoft Excel
14 131 (11.25%) Windows Server
15 127 (10.91%) Power Platform
16 117 (10.05%) Continuous Improvement
17 114 (9.79%) ERP
18 112 (9.62%) SLA
19 108 (9.28%) DNS
20 107 (9.19%) ITSM
21 105 (9.02%) Firewall
22 104 (8.93%) Business Intelligence
23 99 (8.51%) Windows 10
24 98 (8.42%) Power BI
25 97 (8.33%) SharePoint
26 95 (8.16%) DHCP
27 94 (8.08%) SQL Server
28 93 (7.99%) Microsoft Exchange
29 91 (7.82%) LAN

Support Analyst 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:

Application Platforms
1 97 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 93 (7.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (1.63%) IIS
4 18 (1.55%) Confluence
5 11 (0.95%) Skype for Business
6 5 (0.43%) CMS
7 4 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.086%) Appian
9 1 (0.086%) Moodle
9 1 (0.086%) Office Communications Server
9 1 (0.086%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.086%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.086%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.086%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 184 (15.81%) Microsoft Office
2 132 (11.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 47 (4.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (1.80%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.26%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.086%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.086%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.086%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.086%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 25 (2.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.37%) NetSuite
3 12 (1.03%) Visualfiles
4 11 (0.95%) Oracle EBS
5 9 (0.77%) Endur
5 9 (0.77%) SAP HR
5 9 (0.77%) SAP Payroll
5 9 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
6 7 (0.60%) Dynamics NAV
6 7 (0.60%) PeopleSoft Financials
7 6 (0.52%) SAP HCM
8 5 (0.43%) Exchequer
8 5 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
8 5 (0.43%) SAP Business One
9 4 (0.34%) Elite 3E
9 4 (0.34%) Fidessa
9 4 (0.34%) SAP EWM
9 4 (0.34%) SAP WM
10 3 (0.26%) Sage 1000
11 1 (0.086%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 350 (30.07%) Microsoft 365
2 242 (20.79%) Azure
3 135 (11.60%) Entra ID
4 127 (10.91%) Power Platform
5 50 (4.30%) Dynamics 365
5 50 (4.30%) SaaS
6 31 (2.66%) OneDrive
7 30 (2.58%) AWS
7 30 (2.58%) PowerApps
8 20 (1.72%) Power Automate
9 6 (0.52%) OCI
9 6 (0.52%) SuccessFactors
10 5 (0.43%) Google Workspace
11 4 (0.34%) Adobe Analytics
11 4 (0.34%) Google Analytics
12 3 (0.26%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (0.26%) dbt
12 3 (0.26%) IaaS
12 3 (0.26%) PaaS
13 2 (0.17%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 108 (9.28%) DNS
2 105 (9.02%) Firewall
3 95 (8.16%) DHCP
4 91 (7.82%) LAN
5 78 (6.70%) VPN
6 74 (6.36%) WAN
7 47 (4.04%) TCP/IP
8 39 (3.35%) Remote Desktop
9 32 (2.75%) Wireless
10 29 (2.49%) VoIP
11 25 (2.15%) Internet
12 23 (1.98%) Wi-Fi
13 20 (1.72%) WebEx
14 19 (1.63%) Broadband
15 16 (1.37%) Kerberos
15 16 (1.37%) SD-WAN
16 14 (1.20%) Unified Communications
17 12 (1.03%) MPLS
17 12 (1.03%) Skype
17 12 (1.03%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (8.42%) Power BI
2 94 (8.08%) SQL Server
3 24 (2.06%) MySQL
4 23 (1.98%) Oracle Reports
5 17 (1.46%) Relational Database
6 14 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 11 (0.95%) Crystal Reports
8 6 (0.52%) BusinessObjects
8 6 (0.52%) Oracle Database
8 6 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (0.43%) EDRMS
9 5 (0.43%) Geospatial Data
9 5 (0.43%) GIS
9 5 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.34%) Metadata
11 3 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.26%) Metabase
12 1 (0.086%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.086%) MS Access
12 1 (0.086%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 75 (6.44%) JIRA
2 8 (0.69%) Git
3 7 (0.60%) Bitbucket
4 5 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 595 (51.12%) Social Skills
2 178 (15.29%) Analytical Skills
3 164 (14.09%) Finance
4 142 (12.20%) Law
5 92 (7.90%) Organisational Skills
6 77 (6.62%) Manufacturing
7 66 (5.67%) Legal
8 53 (4.55%) Marketing
9 51 (4.38%) Retail
10 49 (4.21%) Telecoms
11 32 (2.75%) Advertising
12 17 (1.46%) Automotive
13 16 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
14 15 (1.29%) Front Office
14 15 (1.29%) Police
15 12 (1.03%) Back Office
15 12 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 9 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
17 8 (0.69%) Public Sector
17 8 (0.69%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.06%) HTML
2 19 (1.63%) EDI
2 19 (1.63%) LDAP
2 19 (1.63%) Oracle Fusion
3 18 (1.55%) CSS
4 14 (1.20%) .NET
5 10 (0.86%) FIX Protocol
6 8 (0.69%) XML
7 6 (0.52%) JSON
7 6 (0.52%) SAP Fiori
8 5 (0.43%) ASP.NET
8 5 (0.43%) Lightning Web Components
8 5 (0.43%) REST
8 5 (0.43%) SOAP
8 5 (0.43%) Software Packaging
8 5 (0.43%) Web Services
9 4 (0.34%) Middleware
9 4 (0.34%) React
10 2 (0.17%) jQuery
11 1 (0.086%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 108 (9.28%) Onboarding
2 73 (6.27%) Management Information System
3 72 (6.19%) Driving Licence
4 44 (3.78%) Video Conferencing
5 40 (3.44%) Enterprise Software
6 25 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (1.55%) Data Centre
8 16 (1.37%) PKI
9 13 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (1.03%) iPhone
10 12 (1.03%) NHS
11 10 (0.86%) Client/Server
11 10 (0.86%) iSeries
11 10 (0.86%) Smartphone
12 8 (0.69%) EPoS
12 8 (0.69%) FMCG
12 8 (0.69%) iPad
13 7 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
13 7 (0.60%) Data Structures
13 7 (0.60%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 450 (38.66%) Windows
2 131 (11.25%) Windows Server
3 99 (8.51%) Windows 10
4 74 (6.36%) Mac OS
5 38 (3.26%) Linux
6 37 (3.18%) Windows Server 2019
7 34 (2.92%) Apple iOS
8 27 (2.32%) Android
9 24 (2.06%) Windows Server 2016
10 18 (1.55%) Unix
11 6 (0.52%) Mac OS X
11 6 (0.52%) Windows 7
12 4 (0.34%) Solaris
13 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.17%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.17%) VMS
15 1 (0.086%) AIX
15 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 479 (41.15%) Problem-Solving
2 384 (32.99%) Customer Service
3 278 (23.88%) ITIL
4 117 (10.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 114 (9.79%) ERP
6 107 (9.19%) ITSM
7 104 (8.93%) Business Intelligence
8 81 (6.96%) Process Improvement
9 79 (6.79%) Service Management
10 76 (6.53%) Cybersecurity
11 74 (6.36%) Change Management
12 73 (6.27%) Incident Management
13 68 (5.84%) CRM
13 68 (5.84%) Mentoring
14 58 (4.98%) Data Analysis
15 52 (4.47%) Problem Management
16 51 (4.38%) Logistics
17 50 (4.30%) Patch Management
18 46 (3.95%) Asset Management
19 43 (3.69%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 305 (26.20%) SQL
2 49 (4.21%) C#
3 44 (3.78%) PowerShell
4 35 (3.01%) Python
5 24 (2.06%) T-SQL
6 21 (1.80%) JavaScript
7 19 (1.63%) VB
8 11 (0.95%) PL/SQL
9 10 (0.86%) VB.NET
10 9 (0.77%) Java
10 9 (0.77%) VBA
11 6 (0.52%) ABAP
11 6 (0.52%) Bash
12 5 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.26%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.26%) Bicep
14 2 (0.17%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.086%) PHP
15 1 (0.086%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 172 (14.78%) Degree
2 70 (6.01%) Microsoft Certification
3 63 (5.41%) Security Cleared
4 61 (5.24%) SC Cleared
5 35 (3.01%) A+ Certification
6 29 (2.49%) DBS Check
6 29 (2.49%) MCP
7 28 (2.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 22 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (1.55%) CCNA
9 18 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
10 17 (1.46%) ITIL Certification
11 13 (1.12%) Network+ Certification
12 12 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (0.77%) HNC
13 9 (0.77%) HND
14 6 (0.52%) MCSA
15 5 (0.43%) MCTS
16 4 (0.34%) Master's Degree
17 3 (0.26%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (9.62%) SLA
2 27 (2.32%) QA
3 16 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (1.29%) GDPR
5 14 (1.20%) Data Quality
6 13 (1.12%) Accessibility
7 11 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (0.43%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 5 (0.43%) GxP
10 1 (0.086%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 319 (27.41%) Active Directory
2 27 (2.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (1.72%) Hyper-V
3 20 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (0.77%) BitLocker
4 9 (0.77%) Firmware
5 5 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.086%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.086%) Xen
7 1 (0.086%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 135 (11.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (1.80%) SCCM
3 16 (1.37%) WSUS
4 12 (1.03%) Autotask
4 12 (1.03%) Grafana
4 12 (1.03%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (0.60%) Control-M
5 7 (0.60%) Kubernetes
5 7 (0.60%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.26%) Terraform
7 1 (0.086%) SCOM
7 1 (0.086%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 532 (45.70%) Microsoft
2 49 (4.21%) Oracle
3 47 (4.04%) Cisco
4 43 (3.69%) SAP
5 36 (3.09%) Meraki
6 31 (2.66%) ServiceNow
7 28 (2.41%) Apple
7 28 (2.41%) VMware
8 21 (1.80%) Adobe
8 21 (1.80%) Salesforce
9 20 (1.72%) Citrix
10 18 (1.55%) Polycom
11 16 (1.37%) Intapp
12 15 (1.29%) HP
13 14 (1.20%) CheckPoint
13 14 (1.20%) Google
13 14 (1.20%) Palo Alto
14 13 (1.12%) Guidewire
15 12 (1.03%) Fortinet
15 12 (1.03%) Sage