Support Consultant Jobs

Support Consultant
UK

The median Support Consultant salary in the UK is £39,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 670 753 872
Rank change year-on-year +83 +119 +298
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Consultant 59 130 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.13% 0.090%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.14% 0.098%
Number of salaries quoted 47 111 38
10th Percentile £32,000 £21,718 £29,375
25th Percentile £33,125 £25,000 £36,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £32,500 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -46.94% +32.43%
75th Percentile £41,250 £45,250 £78,125
90th Percentile £49,250 £52,500 £96,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,000 £30,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -53.85% +62.50%

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 50,837 94,491 90,806
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.77% 94.69% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 27,317 67,546 57,366
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,886 £71,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +6.00%

Support Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Support Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Support Consultant in the UK

Support Consultant
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Support Consultant.

Salary trend for Support Consultant in the UK

Support Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Consultant over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Consultant in the UK

Support Consultant
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 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 +64 55 £39,000 +20.00% 23
UK excluding London +129 50 £39,000 +30.00% 16
Work from Home +112 33 £39,000 -10.34% 22
South East +99 22 £39,000 +20.00% 5
North of England +21 18 £37,500 +7.14% 8
North West -17 13 £37,500 +3.45% 3
Midlands +60 9 £35,000 +37.25% 1
West Midlands +45 9 £35,000 +41.41% 1
London +93 6 £42,500 -15.00% 8
North East +34 3 £34,000 -2.86% 1
Yorkshire +60 2 £29,500 -1.67% 4
Scotland +112 1 £25,000 +4.17% 2

Support Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 2025, Support Consultant 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 Support Consultant in the job title.

1 29 (49.15%) Microsoft
2 20 (33.90%) Social Skills
3 18 (30.51%) ERP
4 15 (25.42%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (23.73%) SQL
6 9 (15.25%) Customer Service
6 9 (15.25%) Degree
6 9 (15.25%) Collaborative Working
7 8 (13.56%) Security Cleared
7 8 (13.56%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (13.56%) CRM
7 8 (13.56%) Business Intelligence
7 8 (13.56%) Project Management
8 7 (11.86%) Windows
8 7 (11.86%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (11.86%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (10.17%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (10.17%) Dynamics NAV
10 5 (8.47%) Computer Science
10 5 (8.47%) Finance
10 5 (8.47%) Oracle
10 5 (8.47%) Sage
10 5 (8.47%) SCCM
10 5 (8.47%) Roadmaps
11 4 (6.78%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (6.78%) Project Delivery
11 4 (6.78%) Inventory Management
11 4 (6.78%) Manual Testing
11 4 (6.78%) Test Automation
11 4 (6.78%) SC Cleared

Support Consultant 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (5.08%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 6 (10.17%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (6.78%) NetSuite
2 4 (6.78%) Sage 200
2 4 (6.78%) Sage CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (11.86%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (6.78%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (6.78%) SaaS
3 3 (5.08%) Azure
3 3 (5.08%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.69%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.69%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.08%) LAN
1 3 (5.08%) VPN
1 3 (5.08%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.78%) DB2
1 4 (6.78%) MaxDB
1 4 (6.78%) Oracle Reports
1 4 (6.78%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.69%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.69%) JIRA
General
1 20 (33.90%) Social Skills
2 7 (11.86%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (8.47%) Finance
4 4 (6.78%) Law
4 4 (6.78%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.39%) Local Government
6 1 (1.69%) Agriculture
6 1 (1.69%) Italian Language
6 1 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.69%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.78%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.69%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.78%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (3.39%) Learning Management System
2 2 (3.39%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.69%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.69%) e-Learning
3 1 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 7 (11.86%) Windows
2 4 (6.78%) AIX
2 4 (6.78%) Unix
3 2 (3.39%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (30.51%) ERP
2 15 (25.42%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (15.25%) Collaborative Working
3 9 (15.25%) Customer Service
4 8 (13.56%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (13.56%) CRM
4 8 (13.56%) Project Management
5 5 (8.47%) Computer Science
5 5 (8.47%) Roadmaps
6 4 (6.78%) Analytics
6 4 (6.78%) Business Analytics
6 4 (6.78%) Data Privacy
6 4 (6.78%) Inventory Management
6 4 (6.78%) Manual Testing
6 4 (6.78%) Project Delivery
6 4 (6.78%) Regression Testing
6 4 (6.78%) SAP Security
6 4 (6.78%) Test Automation
7 3 (5.08%) Customer-Centricity
7 3 (5.08%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 14 (23.73%) SQL
2 4 (6.78%) ABAP
2 4 (6.78%) Java
3 1 (1.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (15.25%) Degree
2 8 (13.56%) Security Cleared
3 6 (10.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (6.78%) SC Cleared
5 2 (3.39%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (5.08%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.69%) Firmware
2 1 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (13.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (8.47%) SCCM
3 3 (5.08%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 29 (49.15%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.47%) Oracle
2 5 (8.47%) Sage
3 4 (6.78%) BMC
3 4 (6.78%) SAP
4 3 (5.08%) Veritas
5 2 (3.39%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.69%) Cisco
6 1 (1.69%) Freshdesk
6 1 (1.69%) Meraki
6 1 (1.69%) Qualys
6 1 (1.69%) Sophos