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 30 September 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 132 194
Rank change year-on-year -33 +62 -25
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Analyst 1,423 1,190 1,062
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.21% 2.41% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% 2.69% 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,145 1,001 622
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £28,000 £29,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £33,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% -4.29% -1.61%
75th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £47,344
90th Percentile £51,178 £53,750 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,000 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -1.59% -3.08% -

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 109,655 44,258 71,074
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.93% 89.76% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 74,828 25,506 41,262
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -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 30 September 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 30 September 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 -26 1,281 £34,000 +1.49% 212
UK excluding London -2 1,170 £31,000 -1.59% 147
South East +10 323 £32,500 -1.89% 30
Work from Home -4 321 £37,500 +15.38% 83
North of England +27 288 £32,250 +4.03% 44
London -65 237 £43,558 -3.21% 82
Midlands -52 162 £35,000 +16.67% 19
North West +59 159 £32,500 +14.04% 28
East of England -2 144 £30,000 +1.69% 15
South West -63 127 £32,500 -2.99% 14
Yorkshire -11 118 £32,500 +16.07% 16
East Midlands -31 103 £35,000 +18.64% 12
West Midlands -68 59 £34,500 +4.55% 7
Northern Ireland -41 57 £40,000 -20.00% 7
Scotland +25 47 £30,000 -14.29% 11
Wales -69 22 £35,000 +16.67% 8
North East -75 11 £30,000 -14.29%

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

For the 6 months to 30 September 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.

1 494 (34.72%) Microsoft
2 465 (32.68%) Problem-Solving
3 426 (29.94%) Windows
4 422 (29.66%) Microsoft 365
5 295 (20.73%) ITIL
6 293 (20.59%) Active Directory
7 278 (19.54%) Customer Service
8 258 (18.13%) Continuous Improvement
9 251 (17.64%) SQL
10 207 (14.55%) Azure
10 207 (14.55%) ITSM
11 185 (13.00%) Service Management
12 146 (10.26%) Degree
13 142 (9.98%) ERP
14 139 (9.77%) Entra ID
15 134 (9.42%) SharePoint
16 131 (9.21%) Windows Server
17 123 (8.64%) Microsoft Office
18 117 (8.22%) Project Delivery
19 116 (8.15%) Change Management
20 103 (7.24%) Microsoft Intune
21 99 (6.96%) Root Cause Analysis
22 92 (6.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
23 90 (6.32%) DNS
24 89 (6.25%) User Experience
25 88 (6.18%) Microsoft Exchange
26 84 (5.90%) Collaborative Working
26 84 (5.90%) Service Delivery
27 82 (5.76%) DHCP
28 81 (5.69%) SaaS

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
1 134 (9.42%) SharePoint
2 88 (6.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (1.83%) IIS
4 14 (0.98%) Confluence
5 10 (0.70%) Skype for Business
6 3 (0.21%) SAS
7 2 (0.14%) Office Communications Server
7 2 (0.14%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.070%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.070%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 123 (8.64%) Microsoft Office
2 65 (4.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.21%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.14%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.070%) Revit
6 1 (0.070%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 17 (1.19%) iTrent
2 15 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.05%) NetSuite
3 14 (0.98%) Oracle Retail
4 13 (0.91%) Visualfiles
5 9 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
6 8 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
6 8 (0.56%) Oracle Financials
7 7 (0.49%) Dynamics AX
7 7 (0.49%) Fidessa
7 7 (0.49%) Infor M3
8 6 (0.42%) NEC Housing
9 5 (0.35%) Elite 3E
9 5 (0.35%) SAP Business One
9 5 (0.35%) Unit4 Business World
10 4 (0.28%) JDE OneWorld
10 4 (0.28%) JDE World
10 4 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
10 4 (0.28%) Oracle EBS R12
10 4 (0.28%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 422 (29.66%) Microsoft 365
2 207 (14.55%) Azure
3 139 (9.77%) Entra ID
4 81 (5.69%) SaaS
5 68 (4.78%) Power Platform
6 61 (4.29%) OneDrive
7 59 (4.15%) Dynamics 365
8 21 (1.48%) PowerApps
9 19 (1.34%) Power Automate
10 16 (1.12%) Google Workspace
11 15 (1.05%) Microsoft Copilot
12 12 (0.84%) AWS
12 12 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (0.63%) Mimecast
14 6 (0.42%) BigCommerce
14 6 (0.42%) GitHub
14 6 (0.42%) Slack
15 5 (0.35%) GCP
16 4 (0.28%) OCI
17 3 (0.21%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 90 (6.32%) DNS
2 82 (5.76%) DHCP
3 62 (4.36%) TCP/IP
4 51 (3.58%) Firewall
4 51 (3.58%) VPN
5 50 (3.51%) WAN
6 47 (3.30%) Wi-Fi
7 38 (2.67%) LAN
8 25 (1.76%) Unified Communications
9 21 (1.48%) VLAN
10 20 (1.41%) VoIP
11 13 (0.91%) WebEx
11 13 (0.91%) Wireless
12 12 (0.84%) SD-WAN
13 11 (0.77%) Broadband
14 10 (0.70%) 4G
14 10 (0.70%) FIX Connectivity
14 10 (0.70%) Skype
15 6 (0.42%) MPLS
15 6 (0.42%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (4.50%) SQL Server
2 45 (3.16%) Power BI
3 23 (1.62%) Crystal Reports
4 6 (0.42%) Relational Database
4 6 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (0.35%) MySQL
5 5 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.28%) Oracle Database
6 4 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.28%) Qlik Sense
6 4 (0.28%) Tableau
7 3 (0.21%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (0.21%) Power Query
8 1 (0.070%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.070%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 55 (3.87%) JIRA
2 4 (0.28%) Eclipse
2 4 (0.28%) Git
2 4 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (0.28%) Toad
3 1 (0.070%) Hudson
General
1 542 (38.09%) Social Skills
2 225 (15.81%) Analytical Skills
3 200 (14.05%) Finance
4 91 (6.39%) Law
5 90 (6.32%) Organisational Skills
6 74 (5.20%) Manufacturing
7 69 (4.85%) Legal
8 66 (4.64%) Retail
9 50 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
10 35 (2.46%) Banking
10 35 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
11 21 (1.48%) Public Sector
12 18 (1.26%) Advertising
13 14 (0.98%) Automotive
14 11 (0.77%) Front Office
14 11 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 9 (0.63%) Investment Banking
15 9 (0.63%) Legal Technology
16 8 (0.56%) Local Government
17 7 (0.49%) International Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.11%) XML
2 22 (1.55%) .NET
2 22 (1.55%) HTML
3 21 (1.48%) FIX Protocol
4 19 (1.34%) CSS
4 19 (1.34%) Web Services
5 15 (1.05%) REST
6 12 (0.84%) .NET Framework
6 12 (0.84%) SOAP
7 9 (0.63%) JSON
8 6 (0.42%) EDI
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (0.28%) WSDL
9 4 (0.28%) XSD
9 4 (0.28%) XSLT
10 3 (0.21%) Elastic Stack
10 3 (0.21%) Kafka
10 3 (0.21%) Middleware
11 2 (0.14%) ASP.NET Web Forms
11 2 (0.14%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 81 (5.69%) Onboarding
2 64 (4.50%) Driving Licence
3 49 (3.44%) Management Information System
4 34 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
5 30 (2.11%) Video Conferencing
6 20 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
7 17 (1.19%) Client/Server
8 16 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (0.98%) FMCG
10 12 (0.84%) iPhone
11 11 (0.77%) CMDB
12 10 (0.70%) iPad
13 9 (0.63%) Fixed Income
14 8 (0.56%) Data Structures
14 8 (0.56%) Hybrid Cloud
15 7 (0.49%) Equities
16 6 (0.42%) Hedge funds
16 6 (0.42%) Linux Command Line
16 6 (0.42%) Mobile App
16 6 (0.42%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 426 (29.94%) Windows
2 131 (9.21%) Windows Server
3 74 (5.20%) Windows 10
4 51 (3.58%) Linux
5 27 (1.90%) Mac OS
6 23 (1.62%) Android
7 22 (1.55%) Apple iOS
8 16 (1.12%) Unix
8 16 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.42%) CentOS
9 6 (0.42%) Rocky
9 6 (0.42%) Ubuntu
10 5 (0.35%) Solaris
11 4 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 465 (32.68%) Problem-Solving
2 295 (20.73%) ITIL
3 278 (19.54%) Customer Service
4 258 (18.13%) Continuous Improvement
5 207 (14.55%) ITSM
6 185 (13.00%) Service Management
7 142 (9.98%) ERP
8 117 (8.22%) Project Delivery
9 116 (8.15%) Change Management
10 99 (6.96%) Root Cause Analysis
11 92 (6.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 89 (6.25%) User Experience
13 84 (5.90%) Collaborative Working
13 84 (5.90%) Service Delivery
14 74 (5.20%) Problem Management
15 73 (5.13%) Process Improvement
16 71 (4.99%) Incident Management
16 71 (4.99%) Logistics
17 69 (4.85%) Release Management
18 62 (4.36%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 251 (17.64%) SQL
2 69 (4.85%) PowerShell
3 32 (2.25%) C#
4 31 (2.18%) JavaScript
5 18 (1.26%) Python
6 12 (0.84%) Java
7 11 (0.77%) Bash
8 9 (0.63%) C++
8 9 (0.63%) Ruby
9 8 (0.56%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.42%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.35%) Perl
12 4 (0.28%) PHP
12 4 (0.28%) VB
12 4 (0.28%) XPath
13 3 (0.21%) VBA
14 2 (0.14%) Google Apps Script
14 2 (0.14%) Tcl
15 1 (0.070%) R
15 1 (0.070%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 146 (10.26%) Degree
2 61 (4.29%) A+ Certification
3 39 (2.74%) Security Cleared
4 38 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 23 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (1.12%) SC Cleared
7 14 (0.98%) Network+ Certification
8 11 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
10 9 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 8 (0.56%) DBS Check
11 8 (0.56%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 7 (0.49%) CCNA
12 7 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (0.42%) AAT
13 6 (0.42%) MBCS
14 4 (0.28%) MCSA
14 4 (0.28%) MCSE
15 3 (0.21%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (3.58%) SLA
2 23 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (1.05%) Data Quality
4 12 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (0.70%) GDPR
6 7 (0.49%) QA
7 4 (0.28%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.14%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.070%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.070%) PMO
System Software
1 293 (20.59%) Active Directory
2 36 (2.53%) Hyper-V
3 33 (2.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.77%) Firmware
5 10 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.14%) vSphere
7 2 (0.14%) XenApp
8 1 (0.070%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 103 (7.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (0.84%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 10 (0.70%) SCCM
4 7 (0.49%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (0.42%) Kibana
6 2 (0.14%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.14%) Grafana
7 1 (0.070%) Autotask
7 1 (0.070%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.070%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 494 (34.72%) Microsoft
2 74 (5.20%) ServiceNow
3 55 (3.87%) Oracle
4 43 (3.02%) VMware
5 39 (2.74%) SAP
6 31 (2.18%) Cisco
7 19 (1.34%) IFS
7 19 (1.34%) iManage
8 17 (1.19%) Apple
8 17 (1.19%) Citrix
9 16 (1.12%) Google
10 15 (1.05%) Salesforce
11 14 (0.98%) Sage
12 13 (0.91%) Epicor
13 12 (0.84%) IBM
13 12 (0.84%) Meraki
14 11 (0.77%) Polycom
15 10 (0.70%) IBM Sterling
15 10 (0.70%) Starlink
16 9 (0.63%) FIS