Systems Support
UK
The median Systems Support salary in the UK is £38,455 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 June 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 7 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 599 | 723 | 822 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +124 | +99 | +205 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Support | 122 | 183 | 134 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.22% | 0.17% | 0.14% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.24% | 0.18% | 0.16% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 106 | 147 | 116 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,750 | £26,400 | £25,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £26,500 | £30,000 | £27,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £38,455 | £37,500 | £35,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.55% | +7.14% | -6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £51,875 | £55,000 | £47,105 |
| 90th Percentile | £60,000 | £66,000 | £56,125 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £30,000 | £31,000 | £35,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.23% | -11.43% | - |
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 | 50,996 | 101,545 | 85,653 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.28% | 94.91% | 91.24% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,743 | 71,806 | 55,466 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,818 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.64% | -6.54% | +6.48% |
Systems Support
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Systems Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Systems Support
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Support.
Systems Support
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Support over the 6 months to 7 June 2025.
Systems Support
Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Support within the UK over the 6 months to 7 June 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 | +94 | 104 | £38,500 | +0.65% | 77 |
| UK excluding London | +140 | 90 | £30,000 | -3.23% | 59 |
| Work from Home | +130 | 38 | £41,408 | +6.86% | 19 |
| Midlands | +54 | 27 | £43,750 | +45.83% | 14 |
| London | +96 | 24 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 22 |
| South East | +89 | 20 | £27,000 | -28.00% | 24 |
| East of England | +42 | 19 | £39,416 | +43.33% | 11 |
| East Midlands | +26 | 16 | £32,500 | +8.33% | 10 |
| North of England | +45 | 13 | £30,000 | -5.51% | 6 |
| North West | -12 | 12 | £28,500 | -8.06% | 3 |
| West Midlands | +72 | 11 | £57,500 | +59.72% | 4 |
| Scotland | +113 | 6 | £27,000 | +25.58% | 3 |
| Wales | +42 | 3 | £30,000 | +11.11% | |
| South West | +103 | 1 | £25,000 | -50.00% | 2 |
| Yorkshire | +52 | 1 | £30,000 | -16.67% | 1 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | £50,000 | - |
Systems Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 7 June 2025, Systems Support 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 Systems Support in the job title.
|
|
Systems Support 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:
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||