Support Specialist Jobs in Wales

Support Specialist
UK > Wales

The median Support Specialist salary in Wales is £34,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 125 143
Rank change year-on-year +15 +18 -47
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 11 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.54% 0.18% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.21% 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 11 3 1
10th Percentile - £22,800 -
25th Percentile £30,000 £22,875 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £23,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +44.68% -44.71% +80.85%
75th Percentile £36,000 £25,000 £46,250
90th Percentile - £25,450 -
UK median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +12.50% +9.59%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 1,892 1,416 1,822
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 85.87% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,285 806 1,147
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,391 £30,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in Wales

Support Specialist
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Support Specialist in Wales

Support Specialist
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Specialist within the Wales region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
North Wales - 11 £34,000 -
Support Specialist
UK

Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, 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 across the Wales region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 7 (63.64%) Windows Server
2 7 (63.64%) Hardware Maintenance
2 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 7 (63.64%) Infrastructure Maintenance
2 7 (63.64%) Nutanix
2 7 (63.64%) CI/CD
2 7 (63.64%) SCCM
2 7 (63.64%) OpenStack
2 7 (63.64%) Agile Project Management
2 7 (63.64%) Ansible
2 7 (63.64%) Docker
2 7 (63.64%) Kubernetes
2 7 (63.64%) Agile
2 7 (63.64%) ITIL
2 7 (63.64%) Windows
2 7 (63.64%) Linux
2 7 (63.64%) DHCP
2 7 (63.64%) DNS
2 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 7 (63.64%) Active Directory
2 7 (63.64%) Project Management
3 5 (45.45%) Management Information System
3 5 (45.45%) Degree
3 5 (45.45%) Computer Science
3 5 (45.45%) Computer Science Degree

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 7 (63.64%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 7 (63.64%) DHCP
1 7 (63.64%) DNS
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 11 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 5 (45.45%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) Linux
1 7 (63.64%) Windows
1 7 (63.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Agile
1 7 (63.64%) Agile Project Management
1 7 (63.64%) CI/CD
1 7 (63.64%) Hardware Maintenance
1 7 (63.64%) Infrastructure Maintenance
1 7 (63.64%) ITIL
1 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (63.64%) Project Management
2 5 (45.45%) Computer Science
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (45.45%) Degree
System Software
1 7 (63.64%) Active Directory
1 7 (63.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (63.64%) Ansible
1 7 (63.64%) Kubernetes
1 7 (63.64%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft