Support Analyst Job Trends

Support Analyst
UK

The median Support Analyst salary in the UK is £34,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 October 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 131 191
Rank change year-on-year -35 +60 -26
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Analyst 1,418 1,180 1,013
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.20% 2.41% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.29% 2.68% 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,131 989 587
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,875 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £28,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £33,000 £35,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% -7.04% -1.39%
75th Percentile £43,750 £41,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £68,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,000 £31,000 £32,750
% change year-on-year - -5.34% +0.77%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 109,503 44,040 68,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 89.76% 95.37%
Number of salaries quoted 74,366 25,685 38,800
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £53,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.81% -2.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +19.57% -8.00% -4.76%

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 13 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Support Analyst in the UK

Support Analyst
Top 17 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 13 October 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
England -31 1,270 £34,500 +4.55% 182
UK excluding London -16 1,163 £31,000 - 113
Work from Home -2 331 £37,500 +19.05% 59
South East +7 312 £33,500 +1.13% 23
North of England +32 295 £32,250 +4.03% 28
London -61 240 £44,615 -0.86% 72
North West +60 165 £32,250 +13.16% 21
Midlands -55 154 £35,000 +16.67% 21
East of England -3 151 £30,000 +9.09% 9
Yorkshire -5 119 £34,000 +22.52% 5
South West -63 118 £31,000 -11.43% 18
East Midlands -25 108 £35,000 +18.64% 12
Northern Ireland -25 67 £40,000 - 2
West Midlands -75 46 £36,000 +9.09% 9
Scotland +4 41 £30,000 -14.29% 5
Wales -64 25 £35,000 +16.67% 7
North East -83 11 £30,000 -14.29% 2

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

For the 6 months to 13 October 2026, 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.

1 490 (34.56%) Microsoft
2 475 (33.50%) Problem-Solving
3 420 (29.62%) Windows
4 412 (29.06%) Microsoft 365
5 310 (21.86%) ITIL
6 291 (20.52%) Customer Service
7 285 (20.10%) Active Directory
8 266 (18.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 241 (17.00%) SQL
10 219 (15.44%) ITSM
11 211 (14.88%) Azure
12 194 (13.68%) Service Management
13 159 (11.21%) Degree
14 142 (10.01%) Entra ID
15 135 (9.52%) ERP
16 132 (9.31%) SharePoint
17 130 (9.17%) Windows Server
18 126 (8.89%) Project Delivery
19 125 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
20 122 (8.60%) Change Management
21 114 (8.04%) Microsoft Intune
22 106 (7.48%) Root Cause Analysis
23 101 (7.12%) User Experience
24 99 (6.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
25 96 (6.77%) DNS
26 93 (6.56%) Collaborative Working
27 91 (6.42%) Microsoft Exchange
28 89 (6.28%) DHCP
29 86 (6.06%) SaaS
30 81 (5.71%) Logistics

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
1 132 (9.31%) SharePoint
2 91 (6.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (1.34%) IIS
4 15 (1.06%) Confluence
5 7 (0.49%) Skype for Business
6 4 (0.28%) Office Communications Server
7 3 (0.21%) SAS
8 2 (0.14%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.071%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.071%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 125 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
2 57 (4.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.14%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.071%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.071%) Revit
5 1 (0.071%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 17 (1.20%) iTrent
2 15 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.99%) NetSuite
3 14 (0.99%) Oracle Retail
4 11 (0.78%) Visualfiles
5 8 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.56%) Oracle Financials
6 7 (0.49%) Dynamics AX
6 7 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
6 7 (0.49%) Fidessa
7 6 (0.42%) Infor M3
7 6 (0.42%) NEC Housing
8 5 (0.35%) Unit4 Business World
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle EBS R12
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.28%) SAP Business One
9 4 (0.28%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 412 (29.06%) Microsoft 365
2 211 (14.88%) Azure
3 142 (10.01%) Entra ID
4 86 (6.06%) SaaS
5 63 (4.44%) Dynamics 365
5 63 (4.44%) Power Platform
6 60 (4.23%) OneDrive
7 19 (1.34%) PowerApps
8 17 (1.20%) Power Automate
9 15 (1.06%) BigCommerce
10 13 (0.92%) Google Workspace
10 13 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
11 11 (0.78%) AWS
11 11 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (0.63%) Mimecast
13 6 (0.42%) GitHub
13 6 (0.42%) Slack
14 5 (0.35%) GCP
15 4 (0.28%) ChatGPT
15 4 (0.28%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 96 (6.77%) DNS
2 89 (6.28%) DHCP
3 69 (4.87%) TCP/IP
4 52 (3.67%) Firewall
5 46 (3.24%) VPN
6 45 (3.17%) Wi-Fi
7 43 (3.03%) WAN
8 34 (2.40%) LAN
9 23 (1.62%) Unified Communications
10 19 (1.34%) VLAN
11 17 (1.20%) VoIP
12 14 (0.99%) Wireless
13 12 (0.85%) Broadband
14 11 (0.78%) SD-WAN
14 11 (0.78%) WebEx
15 10 (0.71%) 4G
15 10 (0.71%) FIX Connectivity
16 7 (0.49%) Skype
17 6 (0.42%) MPLS
17 6 (0.42%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (4.37%) SQL Server
2 42 (2.96%) Power BI
3 18 (1.27%) Crystal Reports
4 6 (0.42%) Relational Database
4 6 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.28%) Oracle Database
5 4 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (0.28%) Qlik Sense
5 4 (0.28%) Tableau
6 3 (0.21%) MySQL
6 3 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.14%) Power Query
8 1 (0.071%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.071%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.071%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 53 (3.74%) JIRA
2 4 (0.28%) Eclipse
2 4 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (0.28%) Toad
3 3 (0.21%) Git
4 2 (0.14%) Hudson
General
1 558 (39.35%) Social Skills
2 239 (16.85%) Analytical Skills
3 200 (14.10%) Finance
4 94 (6.63%) Organisational Skills
5 91 (6.42%) Law
6 66 (4.65%) Manufacturing
7 65 (4.58%) Retail
8 62 (4.37%) Legal
9 61 (4.30%) Presentation Skills
10 33 (2.33%) Banking
11 31 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
12 20 (1.41%) Public Sector
13 17 (1.20%) Advertising
14 15 (1.06%) Automotive
15 12 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 11 (0.78%) Front Office
17 9 (0.63%) Investment Banking
18 8 (0.56%) Telecoms
19 7 (0.49%) Legal Technology
19 7 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.12%) XML
2 22 (1.55%) .NET
3 21 (1.48%) FIX Protocol
4 19 (1.34%) HTML
4 19 (1.34%) Web Services
5 16 (1.13%) CSS
6 14 (0.99%) REST
7 12 (0.85%) .NET Framework
7 12 (0.85%) SOAP
8 7 (0.49%) JSON
9 6 (0.42%) EDI
10 4 (0.28%) Oracle Fusion
10 4 (0.28%) WSDL
10 4 (0.28%) XSD
10 4 (0.28%) XSLT
11 3 (0.21%) ASP.NET Web Forms
11 3 (0.21%) WinForms
12 2 (0.14%) Elastic Stack
12 2 (0.14%) Kafka
13 1 (0.071%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 84 (5.92%) Onboarding
2 69 (4.87%) Driving Licence
3 47 (3.31%) Management Information System
4 35 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
5 27 (1.90%) Video Conferencing
6 19 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
7 18 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
8 17 (1.20%) FMCG
9 15 (1.06%) Mobile App
10 14 (0.99%) Client/Server
11 13 (0.92%) iPhone
12 11 (0.78%) CMDB
13 10 (0.71%) iPad
14 9 (0.63%) Fixed Income
15 8 (0.56%) Data Structures
16 7 (0.49%) Equities
17 6 (0.42%) Hedge funds
17 6 (0.42%) Manufacturing Execution System
17 6 (0.42%) NHS
17 6 (0.42%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 420 (29.62%) Windows
2 130 (9.17%) Windows Server
3 78 (5.50%) Windows 10
4 50 (3.53%) Linux
5 25 (1.76%) macOS
6 24 (1.69%) Android
6 24 (1.69%) Apple iOS
7 16 (1.13%) Unix
7 16 (1.13%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (0.42%) CentOS
8 6 (0.42%) Rocky
8 6 (0.42%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.35%) Solaris
10 4 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.071%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 475 (33.50%) Problem-Solving
2 310 (21.86%) ITIL
3 291 (20.52%) Customer Service
4 266 (18.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 219 (15.44%) ITSM
6 194 (13.68%) Service Management
7 135 (9.52%) ERP
8 126 (8.89%) Project Delivery
9 122 (8.60%) Change Management
10 106 (7.48%) Root Cause Analysis
11 101 (7.12%) User Experience
12 99 (6.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 93 (6.56%) Collaborative Working
14 81 (5.71%) Logistics
15 80 (5.64%) Problem Management
15 80 (5.64%) Release Management
16 75 (5.29%) Service Delivery
17 72 (5.08%) Decision-Making
18 70 (4.94%) Process Improvement
19 69 (4.87%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 241 (17.00%) SQL
2 72 (5.08%) PowerShell
3 32 (2.26%) C#
4 25 (1.76%) JavaScript
5 18 (1.27%) Python
6 12 (0.85%) Java
7 11 (0.78%) Bash
8 9 (0.63%) C++
8 9 (0.63%) Ruby
9 7 (0.49%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.35%) Perl
10 5 (0.35%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.28%) VB
11 4 (0.28%) XPath
12 3 (0.21%) PHP
13 2 (0.14%) Google Apps Script
13 2 (0.14%) Tcl
14 1 (0.071%) R
14 1 (0.071%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.071%) VBA
Qualifications
1 159 (11.21%) Degree
2 63 (4.44%) A+ Certification
3 40 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
4 39 (2.75%) Security Cleared
5 22 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (0.99%) Network+ Certification
7 14 (0.99%) SC Cleared
8 11 (0.78%) DBS Check
9 10 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
9 10 (0.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 8 (0.56%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 7 (0.49%) AAT
11 7 (0.49%) CCNA
11 7 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.28%) MCSA
12 4 (0.28%) MCSE
13 3 (0.21%) Azure Certification
13 3 (0.21%) MBCS
14 1 (0.071%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (3.53%) SLA
2 20 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (0.99%) Data Quality
4 12 (0.85%) GDPR
5 9 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (0.56%) QA
7 4 (0.28%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.14%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.071%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 285 (20.10%) Active Directory
2 34 (2.40%) Hyper-V
2 34 (2.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (0.92%) Firmware
4 11 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.14%) vSphere
6 2 (0.14%) XenApp
7 1 (0.071%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 114 (8.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (0.99%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 7 (0.49%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (0.42%) SCCM
5 5 (0.35%) Kibana
6 2 (0.14%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.14%) Grafana
7 1 (0.071%) Autotask
7 1 (0.071%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.071%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.071%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 490 (34.56%) Microsoft
2 76 (5.36%) ServiceNow
3 54 (3.81%) Oracle
4 41 (2.89%) VMware
5 38 (2.68%) SAP
6 35 (2.47%) Cisco
7 19 (1.34%) Apple
8 18 (1.27%) iManage
9 17 (1.20%) IFS
10 15 (1.06%) Salesforce
11 14 (0.99%) Sage
12 13 (0.92%) Citrix
12 13 (0.92%) Google
12 13 (0.92%) Meraki
13 12 (0.85%) Epicor
13 12 (0.85%) IBM
14 10 (0.71%) IBM Sterling
14 10 (0.71%) Polycom
14 10 (0.71%) Starlink
15 9 (0.63%) FIS