Technical Support Specialist
UK
The median Technical Support Specialist salary in the UK is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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 28 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 676 | 826 | 949 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +150 | +123 | +245 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support Specialist | 35 | 84 | 15 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.064% | 0.082% | 0.015% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.071% | 0.087% | 0.017% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 20 | 63 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,725 | £25,000 | £27,402 |
| 25th Percentile | £29,531 | £28,500 | £37,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £37,500 | £32,500 | £46,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.38% | -30.11% | +16.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £48,000 | £41,500 | £48,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £60,125 | £50,000 | £51,850 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £37,500 | £32,500 | £40,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.38% | -18.75% | +28.00% |
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 | 49,435 | 96,820 | 89,564 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.41% | 94.78% | 91.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,727 | 69,155 | 56,824 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,822 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,000 | £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 | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,399 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.80% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
Technical Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Technical Support Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Technical Support Specialist
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Support Specialist.
Technical Support Specialist
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Support Specialist over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.
Technical Support Specialist
Top 13 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Support Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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 |
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| England | +114 | 35 | £37,500 | +15.38% | 44 |
| UK excluding London | +156 | 31 | £37,500 | +15.38% | 34 |
| North of England | +20 | 14 | £37,500 | +15.38% | 10 |
| North West | -4 | 11 | £37,500 | +15.38% | 8 |
| Work from Home | +122 | 8 | £37,500 | -12.79% | 17 |
| South East | +93 | 8 | £30,000 | -25.00% | 11 |
| South West | +121 | 5 | £46,000 | +21.05% | 5 |
| London | +112 | 4 | £47,500 | +58.33% | 15 |
| West Midlands | +63 | 2 | £31,000 | +40.91% | |
| Midlands | +49 | 2 | £31,000 | +8.77% | 8 |
| Yorkshire | +47 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| East of England | +34 | 2 | £28,750 | -4.17% | |
| North East | +47 | 1 | £60,000 | +71.43% |
Technical Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Technical Support Specialist 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 Technical Support Specialist in the job title.
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Technical Support Specialist 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:
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