Support Analyst Job Trends

Support Analyst
UK

The median Support Analyst salary in the UK is £34,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 March 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 185 169
Rank change year-on-year +49 -16 +92
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Analyst 1,140 722 1,483
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.52% 1.68% 1.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.66% 1.86% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 851 559 1,202
10th Percentile £26,000 £24,500 £24,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £38,500 £37,284
Median % change year-on-year -10.39% +3.26% +12.98%
75th Percentile £43,750 £52,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £67,500 £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,750 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +0.77% - +8.33%

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 68,739 38,903 80,284
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 90.47% 94.61%
Number of salaries quoted 43,768 23,119 61,505
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £43,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,934
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -5.23%

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 17 March 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 17 March 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 +42 1,026 £34,500 -10.97% 94
UK excluding London +86 853 £32,750 +0.77% 88
South East +86 274 £33,000 -5.71% 40
London -2 253 £42,500 -15.00% 22
Work from Home +39 241 £35,000 -17.65% 35
Midlands +55 168 £33,500 +20.72% 12
North of England -21 159 £33,750 +11.57% 10
South West +33 102 £32,500 +4.84% 11
West Midlands +65 101 £35,000 +4.48% 8
Yorkshire -16 90 £30,000 - 5
Scotland +29 69 £30,000 -21.05% 7
East of England +11 68 £30,000 -7.69% 9
East Midlands +6 67 £28,500 +26.67% 4
North West -16 57 £35,221 +17.40% 5
North East -24 12 £51,500 +51.47%
Northern Ireland -22 11 £32,000 +15.11% 1
Wales -16 2 £42,000 -4.69%

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

For the 6 months to 17 March 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.

1 409 (35.88%) Microsoft
2 363 (31.84%) Windows
3 332 (29.12%) Problem-Solving
4 290 (25.44%) Microsoft 365
5 253 (22.19%) Customer Service
6 242 (21.23%) Active Directory
7 236 (20.70%) ITIL
8 232 (20.35%) SQL
9 222 (19.47%) Azure
10 165 (14.47%) Degree
11 138 (12.11%) ERP
12 130 (11.40%) Continuous Improvement
12 130 (11.40%) Microsoft Office
13 122 (10.70%) Entra ID
14 115 (10.09%) ITSM
15 97 (8.51%) Microsoft Intune
15 97 (8.51%) Power Platform
16 94 (8.25%) SharePoint
17 93 (8.16%) Process Improvement
18 91 (7.98%) Windows 10
19 88 (7.72%) Business Intelligence
20 85 (7.46%) Microsoft Exchange
21 83 (7.28%) SQL Server
21 83 (7.28%) Windows Server
22 81 (7.11%) JIRA
23 79 (6.93%) Change Management
23 79 (6.93%) Microsoft Excel
24 78 (6.84%) Service Management
25 75 (6.58%) Power BI
26 73 (6.40%) DNS

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 94 (8.25%) SharePoint
2 85 (7.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.32%) Confluence
4 10 (0.88%) IIS
5 5 (0.44%) CMS
5 5 (0.44%) Skype for Business
6 4 (0.35%) WebSphere
6 4 (0.35%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.18%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.088%) Appian
8 1 (0.088%) Moodle
8 1 (0.088%) Umbraco
Applications
1 130 (11.40%) Microsoft Office
2 79 (6.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 32 (2.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.14%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.088%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.088%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.088%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 29 (2.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.40%) Endur
3 15 (1.32%) NEC Housing
4 12 (1.05%) Dynamics AX
5 11 (0.96%) NetSuite
5 11 (0.96%) Unit4 Business World
6 10 (0.88%) Visualfiles
7 9 (0.79%) Magento
7 9 (0.79%) Shopify
8 8 (0.70%) Dynamics NAV
9 7 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
10 6 (0.53%) Elite 3E
10 6 (0.53%) Fidessa
10 6 (0.53%) SAP HR
10 6 (0.53%) SAP Payroll
11 5 (0.44%) SAP ERP
12 4 (0.35%) Dynamics GP
13 3 (0.26%) Exchequer
13 3 (0.26%) Primavera
13 3 (0.26%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 290 (25.44%) Microsoft 365
2 222 (19.47%) Azure
3 122 (10.70%) Entra ID
4 97 (8.51%) Power Platform
5 51 (4.47%) Dynamics 365
6 49 (4.30%) SaaS
7 40 (3.51%) OneDrive
8 27 (2.37%) AWS
9 23 (2.02%) Power Automate
10 17 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (1.14%) Google Workspace
12 12 (1.05%) dbt
12 12 (1.05%) PowerApps
13 11 (0.96%) Boomi
13 11 (0.96%) iPaaS
13 11 (0.96%) Workato
14 9 (0.79%) ClickUp
14 9 (0.79%) PaaS
15 8 (0.70%) IaaS
16 6 (0.53%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 73 (6.40%) DNS
2 67 (5.88%) DHCP
3 61 (5.35%) VPN
4 59 (5.18%) Firewall
5 42 (3.68%) TCP/IP
6 24 (2.11%) Remote Desktop
7 17 (1.49%) Broadband
7 17 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
8 16 (1.40%) WAN
9 15 (1.32%) LAN
9 15 (1.32%) Wireless
10 12 (1.05%) VoIP
10 12 (1.05%) WinSCP
11 11 (0.96%) VLAN
12 10 (0.88%) WebEx
13 9 (0.79%) 4G
13 9 (0.79%) Unified Communications
14 7 (0.61%) MPLS
15 6 (0.53%) DKIM
15 6 (0.53%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (7.28%) SQL Server
2 75 (6.58%) Power BI
3 26 (2.28%) Relational Database
4 15 (1.32%) Metabase
4 15 (1.32%) Oracle Reports
4 15 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 13 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 12 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.44%) SAP BW
9 4 (0.35%) DB2
10 3 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.18%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.18%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.18%) Power Query
12 1 (0.088%) MySQL
12 1 (0.088%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 81 (7.11%) JIRA
2 22 (1.93%) Git
3 15 (1.32%) Visual Studio
4 7 (0.61%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.35%) LabVIEW
6 2 (0.18%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.088%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 433 (37.98%) Social Skills
2 197 (17.28%) Finance
3 170 (14.91%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (6.49%) Law
5 72 (6.32%) Organisational Skills
6 69 (6.05%) Retail
7 66 (5.79%) Manufacturing
8 63 (5.53%) Legal
9 52 (4.56%) Telecoms
10 30 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
11 25 (2.19%) Advertising
12 19 (1.67%) Marketing
13 17 (1.49%) Banking
14 15 (1.32%) Automotive
15 13 (1.14%) Billing
16 12 (1.05%) Back Office
17 9 (0.79%) Financial Institution
18 7 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 6 (0.53%) Publishing
20 5 (0.44%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (2.54%) .NET
2 15 (1.32%) Web Services
3 14 (1.23%) Middleware
4 9 (0.79%) EDI
4 9 (0.79%) FIX Protocol
5 8 (0.70%) REST
5 8 (0.70%) SOAP
6 4 (0.35%) CSS
6 4 (0.35%) HTML
6 4 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (0.35%) Software Packaging
7 2 (0.18%) JSON
7 2 (0.18%) XML
8 1 (0.088%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.088%) MFC
8 1 (0.088%) React
8 1 (0.088%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 99 (8.68%) Onboarding
2 80 (7.02%) Driving Licence
3 53 (4.65%) Management Information System
4 40 (3.51%) Video Conferencing
5 29 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
6 22 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
7 19 (1.67%) NHS
8 16 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
9 15 (1.32%) Product Ownership
9 15 (1.32%) Renewable Energy
10 11 (0.96%) Low-Code
11 9 (0.79%) Client/Server
12 8 (0.70%) EPoS
12 8 (0.70%) iPhone
12 8 (0.70%) Mobile App
13 7 (0.61%) IoT
14 6 (0.53%) Data Protection Act
14 6 (0.53%) Reference Data
15 5 (0.44%) FMCG
15 5 (0.44%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 363 (31.84%) Windows
2 91 (7.98%) Windows 10
3 83 (7.28%) Windows Server
4 45 (3.95%) Linux
5 40 (3.51%) Mac OS
6 35 (3.07%) Android
7 32 (2.81%) Apple iOS
8 11 (0.96%) Unix
9 8 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
10 7 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (0.26%) Solaris
13 3 (0.26%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.18%) VMS
14 2 (0.18%) Windows 7
15 1 (0.088%) AIX
15 1 (0.088%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.088%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 332 (29.12%) Problem-Solving
2 253 (22.19%) Customer Service
3 236 (20.70%) ITIL
4 138 (12.11%) ERP
5 130 (11.40%) Continuous Improvement
6 115 (10.09%) ITSM
7 93 (8.16%) Process Improvement
8 88 (7.72%) Business Intelligence
9 79 (6.93%) Change Management
10 78 (6.84%) Service Management
11 63 (5.53%) CRM
12 55 (4.82%) Cybersecurity
13 50 (4.39%) Mentoring
14 39 (3.42%) Computer Science
14 39 (3.42%) Data Management
15 38 (3.33%) Migration
15 38 (3.33%) Root Cause Analysis
16 37 (3.25%) Data Analysis
16 37 (3.25%) User Experience
17 36 (3.16%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 232 (20.35%) SQL
2 41 (3.60%) PowerShell
3 34 (2.98%) T-SQL
4 31 (2.72%) Python
5 27 (2.37%) C#
6 17 (1.49%) Java
7 14 (1.23%) VB.NET
8 5 (0.44%) ABAP
8 5 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
8 5 (0.44%) PL/SQL
8 5 (0.44%) VBA
9 4 (0.35%) Delphi
9 4 (0.35%) Pascal
9 4 (0.35%) PHP
10 3 (0.26%) Apex Code
10 3 (0.26%) Bash
10 3 (0.26%) Bicep
10 3 (0.26%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.18%) VB
Qualifications
1 165 (14.47%) Degree
2 43 (3.77%) Microsoft Certification
3 40 (3.51%) Security Cleared
4 35 (3.07%) A+ Certification
5 23 (2.02%) SC Cleared
6 21 (1.84%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 19 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (1.58%) HND
9 15 (1.32%) HNC
10 12 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 10 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
12 9 (0.79%) DBS Check
12 9 (0.79%) Network+ Certification
13 7 (0.61%) CCNA
13 7 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (0.61%) DV Cleared
14 6 (0.53%) MCSA
15 5 (0.44%) MCSE
15 5 (0.44%) SAP Certification
16 4 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (6.23%) SLA
2 23 (2.02%) QA
3 16 (1.40%) Accessibility
4 11 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (0.79%) GDPR
5 9 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.44%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.088%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 242 (21.23%) Active Directory
2 26 (2.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (1.14%) Hyper-V
4 9 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.44%) BitLocker
5 5 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.44%) XenApp
6 3 (0.26%) Docker
7 1 (0.088%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 97 (8.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (1.84%) SCCM
3 9 (0.79%) Grafana
4 7 (0.61%) Control-M
4 7 (0.61%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.61%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.26%) Terraform
8 1 (0.088%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.088%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.088%) SCOM
8 1 (0.088%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 409 (35.88%) Microsoft
2 43 (3.77%) ServiceNow
3 32 (2.81%) Oracle
4 30 (2.63%) VMware
5 26 (2.28%) SAP
6 20 (1.75%) Adobe
7 18 (1.58%) Cisco
8 16 (1.40%) Google
9 15 (1.32%) Apple
9 15 (1.32%) Freshdesk
10 12 (1.05%) Nintex
10 12 (1.05%) Salesforce
11 11 (0.96%) CheckPoint
11 11 (0.96%) ConnectWise
11 11 (0.96%) HubSpot
11 11 (0.96%) iManage
11 11 (0.96%) Northgate
11 11 (0.96%) Palo Alto
12 10 (0.88%) Sage
13 9 (0.79%) Starlink