Technical Support Officer Job Trends in the West Midlands

Technical Support Officer
England > West Midlands

The median Technical Support Officer salary in the West Midlands is £28,600 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 166 220 188
Rank change year-on-year +54 -32 +114
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support Officer 2 1 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.063% 0.018% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.068% 0.019% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27,900 - £26,020
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,600 - £26,631
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.16%
75th Percentile £29,300 - £27,241
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £26,000 £40,000 £26,631
% change year-on-year -35.00% +50.20% +10.83%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 2,956 5,222 3,432
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 94.72% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,923 2,754 2,749
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £34,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,001 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% -4.17% -

Technical Support Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Technical Support Officer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Technical Support Officer job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Technical Support Officer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Technical Support Officer job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Technical Support Officer job vacancies in the West Midlands

Technical Support Officer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Support Officer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 October 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
West Bromwich - 2 £28,600 - 1
Technical Support Officer
England

Technical Support Officer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 19 October 2025, Technical Support Officer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Technical Support Officer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Aruba
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (100.00%) iSCSI
1 2 (100.00%) Meraki
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Proactive Maintenance
1 2 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless

Technical Support Officer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) iSCSI
1 2 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (100.00%) Proactive Maintenance
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Aruba
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) Meraki
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft