Systems Support Jobs

Systems Support
UK

The median Systems Support salary in the UK is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 December 2024.

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

6 months to
11 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 664 661 897
Rank change year-on-year -3 +236 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Support 109 75 175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.15% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 58 63 136
10th Percentile £28,049 £31,050 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,625 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +28.57% -
75th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £42,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,409 £48,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,681 £39,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year +4.31% +14.71% -2.86%

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 65,159 49,884 116,652
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 95.43% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 32,152 36,466 73,525
10th Percentile £33,000 £31,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,560 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.07% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - +5.00%

Systems Support
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Support in the UK

Systems Support
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Systems Support in the UK

Systems Support
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Support over the 6 months to 11 December 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Support in the UK

Systems Support
Top 14 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 11 December 2024. 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 -8 95 £47,500 -3.55% 18
UK excluding London -33 78 £40,681 +4.31% 15
Work from Home +22 28 £47,500 +5.56% 11
London -10 28 £58,750 +6.82% 7
South East -29 22 £36,250 -14.20% 3
North of England -32 20 £50,000 +17.65% 3
North West -44 15 £50,000 +42.86% 3
South West +18 11 £28,500 -17.99% 3
Scotland -3 11 £35,000 -12.50% 2
East Midlands -15 6 £47,500 +18.75% 1
Midlands -30 6 £47,500 +18.75% 1
East of England -58 6 £40,681 +30.18% 1
Yorkshire +13 5 £27,250 -39.44%
Northern Ireland - 2 £30,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 11 December 2024, 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.

1 37 (33.94%) Social Skills
2 32 (29.36%) Microsoft
3 22 (20.18%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (18.35%) ERP
4 20 (18.35%) Customer Service
5 19 (17.43%) Finance
6 18 (16.51%) Azure
6 18 (16.51%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (15.60%) SQL
8 15 (13.76%) Power Platform
9 14 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (11.93%) SharePoint
11 12 (11.01%) Windows
11 12 (11.01%) Degree
12 10 (9.17%) Project Management
13 9 (8.26%) Law
13 9 (8.26%) Manufacturing
14 8 (7.34%) Microsoft Office
14 8 (7.34%) HTML
14 8 (7.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 8 (7.34%) AWS
15 7 (6.42%) Agile Project Management
15 7 (6.42%) Moodle
15 7 (6.42%) Computer Science
15 7 (6.42%) User Acceptance Testing
15 7 (6.42%) ASP.NET Web Forms
15 7 (6.42%) JavaScript
15 7 (6.42%) .NET
15 7 (6.42%) CSS
15 7 (6.42%) Microsoft Excel

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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (11.93%) SharePoint
2 7 (6.42%) Moodle
3 5 (4.59%) CMS
4 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.92%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (7.34%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (6.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.92%) CATIA
3 1 (0.92%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (1.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.92%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.92%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.92%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 22 (20.18%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (16.51%) Azure
3 15 (13.76%) Power Platform
4 8 (7.34%) AWS
5 4 (3.67%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.75%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (2.75%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.83%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.92%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.50%) LAN
2 5 (4.59%) Network Security
2 5 (4.59%) VoIP
2 5 (4.59%) WAN
3 2 (1.83%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (1.83%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.92%) 5G
4 1 (0.92%) DHCP
4 1 (0.92%) DNS
4 1 (0.92%) Internet
4 1 (0.92%) Wireless
4 1 (0.92%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.50%) Power BI
1 6 (5.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 5 (4.59%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.92%) Crystal Reports
General
1 37 (33.94%) Social Skills
2 19 (17.43%) Finance
3 18 (16.51%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (8.26%) Law
4 9 (8.26%) Manufacturing
5 5 (4.59%) French Language
6 3 (2.75%) Health Technology
6 3 (2.75%) Retail
7 1 (0.92%) Advertising
7 1 (0.92%) Banking
7 1 (0.92%) Billing
7 1 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.34%) HTML
2 7 (6.42%) .NET
2 7 (6.42%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 7 (6.42%) CSS
3 4 (3.67%) ASP.NET
3 4 (3.67%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.50%) Driving Licence
1 6 (5.50%) e-Learning
1 6 (5.50%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.59%) Client/Server
2 5 (4.59%) Reinsurance
3 4 (3.67%) Learning Management System
4 2 (1.83%) NHS
4 2 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.92%) IoT
5 1 (0.92%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.92%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.92%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 12 (11.01%) Windows
2 5 (4.59%) Linux
3 4 (3.67%) Windows 10
3 4 (3.67%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.67%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.92%) AIX
4 1 (0.92%) CentOS
4 1 (0.92%) Solaris
4 1 (0.92%) SUSE
4 1 (0.92%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (18.35%) Customer Service
1 20 (18.35%) ERP
2 14 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (9.17%) Project Management
4 7 (6.42%) Agile
4 7 (6.42%) Agile Project Management
4 7 (6.42%) CI/CD
4 7 (6.42%) Computer Science
4 7 (6.42%) MVC
4 7 (6.42%) User Acceptance Testing
5 5 (4.59%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (4.59%) DevOps
5 5 (4.59%) E-Commerce
5 5 (4.59%) Process Improvement
5 5 (4.59%) Roadmaps
6 4 (3.67%) Data Analysis
6 4 (3.67%) Network Management
6 4 (3.67%) Security Management
6 4 (3.67%) Software Engineering
6 4 (3.67%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 17 (15.60%) SQL
2 7 (6.42%) C#
2 7 (6.42%) JavaScript
3 3 (2.75%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.92%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (11.01%) Degree
2 4 (3.67%) SC Cleared
2 4 (3.67%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.83%) AAT
3 2 (1.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.92%) A+ Certification
4 1 (0.92%) CCNA
4 1 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.92%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.92%) MCP
4 1 (0.92%) MCSA
4 1 (0.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (6.42%) SLA
3 4 (3.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.92%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.92%) GDPR
4 1 (0.92%) ISO 13485
4 1 (0.92%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (4.59%) Active Directory
1 5 (4.59%) Hyper-V
2 4 (3.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.92%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.92%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 32 (29.36%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.59%) VMware
3 4 (3.67%) Epicor
3 4 (3.67%) Salesforce
3 4 (3.67%) SAP
4 1 (0.92%) Adobe
4 1 (0.92%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.92%) Cisco
4 1 (0.92%) Draytek
4 1 (0.92%) Fortinet
4 1 (0.92%) Intapp
4 1 (0.92%) Kronos
4 1 (0.92%) LogicMonitor
4 1 (0.92%) Red Hat
4 1 (0.92%) Sage
4 1 (0.92%) Siemens
4 1 (0.92%) SolarWinds
4 1 (0.92%) SonicWALL
4 1 (0.92%) Veeam
4 1 (0.92%) WatchGuard