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 13 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 13 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 680 | 829 | 946 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +149 | +117 | +232 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support Specialist | 32 | 72 | 14 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.058% | 0.073% | 0.014% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.064% | 0.077% | 0.015% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 21 | 52 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,750 | £25,175 | £27,285 |
| 25th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,813 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £37,500 | £32,500 | £40,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.38% | -18.75% | -8.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £48,000 | £48,750 | £47,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £60,000 | £50,000 | £49,060 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £37,500 | £32,500 | £40,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.38% | -18.75% | +23.08% |
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 | 50,162 | 93,945 | 92,753 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.62% | 94.63% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,234 | 67,289 | 58,554 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,500 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.62% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £80,627 |
| 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% |
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 13 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 13 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 | 32 | £37,500 | +15.38% | 23 |
| UK excluding London | +154 | 28 | £37,500 | +15.38% | 13 |
| North of England | +33 | 14 | £37,500 | -6.25% | 2 |
| North West | +9 | 11 | £37,500 | +15.38% | 2 |
| Work from Home | +117 | 8 | £37,500 | -8.54% | 7 |
| South East | +102 | 7 | £33,500 | -16.25% | 7 |
| London | +92 | 4 | £47,500 | +58.33% | 11 |
| South West | +121 | 3 | £46,000 | +48.39% | 1 |
| Midlands | +62 | 2 | £31,000 | +8.77% | 2 |
| Yorkshire | +58 | 2 | - | - | |
| West Midlands | +49 | 2 | £31,000 | +14.81% | |
| East of England | +33 | 2 | £28,750 | +10.58% | 2 |
| North East | +45 | 1 | £60,000 | +140.00% |
Technical Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 13 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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