Technical Support Jobs in the West Midlands

Technical Support
England > West Midlands

The median Technical Support salary in the West Midlands is £31,335 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 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
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 147 235
Rank change year-on-year -9 +88 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support 40 109 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.93% 1.46% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.03% 1.54% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 29 82 20
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,750 £26,020
25th Percentile - £28,501 £26,380
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,335 £35,000 £30,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.47% +14.75% +4.27%
75th Percentile £34,500 £47,500 £40,924
90th Percentile £36,043 £50,000 £47,935
England median annual salary £34,500 £33,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year +2.99% -10.67% +15.38%

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 3,898 7,069 5,623
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.01% 94.40% 90.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,743 5,274 3,232
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £38,966
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,887 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%

Technical Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Support in the West Midlands

Technical Support
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Support in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Technical Support in the West Midlands

Technical Support
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Support in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Technical Support in the West Midlands

Technical Support
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 within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 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
Warwickshire -32 24 £32,168 -8.09% 1
Staffordshire +13 10 £26,000 -20.00% 8
Birmingham +20 2 £31,000 -11.43% 1
Wolverhampton +11 2 £40,000 -20.00% 3
Worcestershire +14 1 £34,011 +17.28% 3
Coventry - 1 £32,500 -
Technical Support
England

Technical Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 21 May 2025, Technical 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Technical Support in the job title.

1 21 (52.50%) Social Skills
2 16 (40.00%) Finance
2 16 (40.00%) Retail
3 14 (35.00%) Degree
4 12 (30.00%) Windows
5 8 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (15.00%) Proactive Monitoring
6 6 (15.00%) SIEM
6 6 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (15.00%) Data Centre
6 6 (15.00%) Firewall
6 6 (15.00%) VMware
6 6 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (15.00%) LAN
6 6 (15.00%) WAN
6 6 (15.00%) SLA
6 6 (15.00%) Cisco
6 6 (15.00%) Dell
6 6 (15.00%) Juniper
6 6 (15.00%) McAfee
6 6 (15.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (12.50%) Customer Experience
7 5 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (12.50%) MCSE
7 5 (12.50%) MCSA
7 5 (12.50%) Asset Management
7 5 (12.50%) Management Information System
7 5 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (10.00%) Conversational UI

Technical Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Chatbot
2 1 (2.50%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.00%) Firewall
1 6 (15.00%) LAN
1 6 (15.00%) WAN
General
1 21 (52.50%) Social Skills
2 16 (40.00%) Finance
2 16 (40.00%) Retail
3 6 (15.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (5.00%) Arabic Language
5 2 (5.00%) Dutch Language
5 2 (5.00%) French Language
5 2 (5.00%) German Language
5 2 (5.00%) Italian Language
5 2 (5.00%) Japanese Language
5 2 (5.00%) Mandarin Language
5 2 (5.00%) Polish Language
5 2 (5.00%) Portuguese Language
5 2 (5.00%) Spanish Language
6 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.00%) Data Centre
2 5 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 4 (10.00%) Onboarding
4 2 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (30.00%) Windows
2 2 (5.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (15.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 6 (15.00%) SIEM
3 5 (12.50%) Asset Management
3 5 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
3 5 (12.50%) Customer Experience
4 4 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (10.00%) Conversational UI
4 4 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (10.00%) Market Research
4 4 (10.00%) Process Improvement
4 4 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (5.00%) Bill of Materials
5 2 (5.00%) Mathematics
5 2 (5.00%) Microscopy
5 2 (5.00%) Physics
5 2 (5.00%) QMS
5 2 (5.00%) Time Management
5 2 (5.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.00%) C++
1 2 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (35.00%) Degree
2 5 (12.50%) MCSA
2 5 (12.50%) MCSE
2 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (5.00%) Master's Degree
3 2 (5.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.00%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (15.00%) Cisco
1 6 (15.00%) Dell
1 6 (15.00%) Juniper
1 6 (15.00%) McAfee
1 6 (15.00%) VMware
2 4 (10.00%) Microsoft