Support Specialist Jobs in England

Support Specialist
UK > England

The median Support Specialist salary in England is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 427 730 877
Rank change year-on-year +303 +147 -93
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 506 169 310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.53% 0.21% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.22% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 368 128 225
10th Percentile £27,175 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £38,652 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £46,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.48% +15.00% +9.59%
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £59,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK median annual salary £37,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -17.78% +12.50% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 90,043 75,204 138,046
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.22% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 65,775 49,529 75,271
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in England

Support Specialist
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Support Specialist in England

Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Specialist in England over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Specialist in England

Support Specialist
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 11 June 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
London +155 146 £47,500 +2.15% 16
North of England +116 111 £35,000 -26.58% 13
South East +51 97 £45,000 - 28
Midlands +14 71 £32,500 -35.00% 13
North West +34 60 £32,000 -41.82% 7
West Midlands +29 52 £32,500 -35.00% 7
Yorkshire +97 46 £35,579 +0.93% 6
East of England +24 44 £33,895 -23.89% 9
South West +3 35 £31,250 +3.31% 7
East Midlands -40 19 £29,500 -28.05% 6
North East -16 5 £40,000 -16.09%
Support Specialist
UK

Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 11 June 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 England region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 203 (40.12%) Windows
2 183 (36.17%) Microsoft
3 181 (35.77%) Social Skills
4 146 (28.85%) Active Directory
5 144 (28.46%) Microsoft 365
6 134 (26.48%) Degree
7 98 (19.37%) Problem-Solving
8 92 (18.18%) SCCM
9 88 (17.39%) Windows 10
10 80 (15.81%) Microsoft Exchange
11 79 (15.61%) Video Conferencing
11 79 (15.61%) Android
12 72 (14.23%) Customer Service
13 70 (13.83%) Cisco
14 67 (13.24%) Azure
15 65 (12.85%) Wireless
16 63 (12.45%) Citrix
17 62 (12.25%) ITIL
17 62 (12.25%) Security Cleared
18 61 (12.06%) Computer Science
18 61 (12.06%) WAN
19 58 (11.46%) WebEx
20 57 (11.26%) BCP
21 55 (10.87%) Cisco IOS
21 55 (10.87%) Computer Science Degree
22 54 (10.67%) SD-WAN
22 54 (10.67%) Business Continuity
22 54 (10.67%) Law
23 53 (10.47%) Master's Degree
23 53 (10.47%) Mobile Device Management

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 80 (15.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 38 (7.51%) SharePoint
3 19 (3.75%) Skype for Business
4 5 (0.99%) JBoss
5 4 (0.79%) Confluence
6 2 (0.40%) CMS
Applications
1 38 (7.51%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.99%) Dynamics AX
1 5 (0.99%) Oracle ERP
1 5 (0.99%) Temenos T24
2 4 (0.79%) Magento
2 4 (0.79%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.40%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.20%) iTrent
4 1 (0.20%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.20%) Sage 300 ERP
4 1 (0.20%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 144 (28.46%) Microsoft 365
2 67 (13.24%) Azure
3 39 (7.71%) Power Platform
4 26 (5.14%) Entra ID
5 19 (3.75%) Azure Monitor
5 19 (3.75%) Azure Storage
6 13 (2.57%) AWS
7 11 (2.17%) SaaS
8 6 (1.19%) Power Automate
9 5 (0.99%) GCP
9 5 (0.99%) Google Workspace
9 5 (0.99%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.40%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.40%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.40%) Snowflake
10 2 (0.40%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.20%) IaaS
11 1 (0.20%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.20%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 65 (12.85%) Wireless
2 61 (12.06%) WAN
3 58 (11.46%) WebEx
4 55 (10.87%) Cisco IOS
5 54 (10.67%) SD-WAN
6 35 (6.92%) DNS
7 30 (5.93%) Firewall
8 27 (5.34%) DHCP
9 19 (3.75%) Skype
10 18 (3.56%) LAN
11 14 (2.77%) VPN
12 10 (1.98%) FTP
12 10 (1.98%) Internet
13 9 (1.78%) 5G
13 9 (1.78%) Ethernet
14 7 (1.38%) VoIP
15 6 (1.19%) SSL
15 6 (1.19%) TCP/IP
16 5 (0.99%) Broadband
16 5 (0.99%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (4.55%) Power BI
1 23 (4.55%) QlikView
2 17 (3.36%) SQL Server
3 13 (2.57%) BusinessObjects
3 13 (2.57%) Relational Database
4 5 (0.99%) Crystal Reports
5 4 (0.79%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.40%) DataStage
6 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (1.19%) JIRA
2 1 (0.20%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.20%) Git
General
1 181 (35.77%) Social Skills
2 54 (10.67%) Law
3 41 (8.10%) Finance
4 24 (4.74%) Legal
5 21 (4.15%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (4.15%) Retail
6 20 (3.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (3.36%) Telecoms
8 15 (2.96%) Banking
8 15 (2.96%) Manufacturing
9 10 (1.98%) Marketing
9 10 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (1.58%) Games
11 7 (1.38%) Electronics
12 6 (1.19%) German Language
13 4 (0.79%) Advertising
13 4 (0.79%) Agriculture
13 4 (0.79%) Back Office
13 4 (0.79%) Investment Banking
13 4 (0.79%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.75%) ARM Templates
2 9 (1.78%) EDI
2 9 (1.78%) HTML
3 7 (1.38%) .NET
4 5 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (0.99%) REST
4 5 (0.99%) Web Services
5 4 (0.79%) XMPP
6 3 (0.59%) XML
7 2 (0.40%) EDIFACT
7 2 (0.40%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (0.40%) JSON
8 1 (0.20%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 79 (15.61%) Video Conferencing
2 52 (10.28%) Wiki
3 45 (8.89%) Self-Motivation
4 29 (5.73%) Driving Licence
5 22 (4.35%) Onboarding
6 19 (3.75%) PKI
7 17 (3.36%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.58%) Data Centre
9 7 (1.38%) Smartphone
10 5 (0.99%) Blackberry
10 5 (0.99%) Client/Server
11 4 (0.79%) CMDB
11 4 (0.79%) EFT
11 4 (0.79%) Market Risk
12 3 (0.59%) CCTV
12 3 (0.59%) Product Ownership
13 2 (0.40%) BYOD
13 2 (0.40%) Digital Signage
13 2 (0.40%) Life Science
13 2 (0.40%) TRADACOMS
Operating Systems
1 203 (40.12%) Windows
2 88 (17.39%) Windows 10
3 79 (15.61%) Android
4 50 (9.88%) Linux
5 39 (7.71%) Windows Server
6 24 (4.74%) Windows Server 2016
6 24 (4.74%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (3.36%) Apple iOS
8 9 (1.78%) Mac OS
8 9 (1.78%) Unix
9 6 (1.19%) AIX
10 5 (0.99%) Windows NT
10 5 (0.99%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.59%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.20%) CentOS
13 1 (0.20%) Debian
13 1 (0.20%) Scientific Linux
13 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (19.37%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (14.23%) Customer Service
3 62 (12.25%) ITIL
4 61 (12.06%) Computer Science
5 57 (11.26%) BCP
6 54 (10.67%) Business Continuity
7 53 (10.47%) Mobile Device Management
8 52 (10.28%) Application Virtualisation
8 52 (10.28%) Business Continuity Planning
8 52 (10.28%) Contract Negotiation
9 32 (6.32%) Service Management
10 31 (6.13%) Agile
10 31 (6.13%) Business Intelligence
11 27 (5.34%) Continuous Improvement
11 27 (5.34%) DevOps
11 27 (5.34%) Stakeholder Management
12 24 (4.74%) Incident Management
13 22 (4.35%) ERP
13 22 (4.35%) Time Management
14 20 (3.95%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (7.91%) SQL
2 27 (5.34%) C#
2 27 (5.34%) PowerShell
3 20 (3.95%) VBScript
4 19 (3.75%) Bicep
4 19 (3.75%) VB
5 8 (1.58%) Python
6 4 (0.79%) Bash
6 4 (0.79%) Java
7 1 (0.20%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.20%) PHP
Qualifications
1 134 (26.48%) Degree
2 62 (12.25%) Security Cleared
3 55 (10.87%) Computer Science Degree
4 53 (10.47%) Master's Degree
5 49 (9.68%) SC Cleared
6 37 (7.31%) DV Cleared
7 24 (4.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 19 (3.75%) HNC
9 11 (2.17%) HND
10 7 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.99%) A+ Certification
11 5 (0.99%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.79%) CIPD
13 3 (0.59%) Postgraduate
14 2 (0.40%) NVQ Level 3
15 1 (0.20%) CCNA
15 1 (0.20%) Cisco Certification
15 1 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
15 1 (0.20%) MBA
15 1 (0.20%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.77%) SLA
2 13 (2.57%) GDPR
3 7 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.79%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.20%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.20%) QA
System Software
1 146 (28.85%) Active Directory
2 52 (10.28%) Microsoft App-V
2 52 (10.28%) VMware ESXi
2 52 (10.28%) XenApp
2 52 (10.28%) XenDesktop
3 20 (3.95%) Virtual Desktop
4 19 (3.75%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (2.37%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (1.78%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.99%) Firmware
8 3 (0.59%) vSphere
9 2 (0.40%) Docker
Systems Management
1 92 (18.18%) SCCM
2 52 (10.28%) AirWatch
3 30 (5.93%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (4.74%) WSUS
5 20 (3.95%) Kubernetes
6 19 (3.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 19 (3.75%) SCOM
7 5 (0.99%) Autotask
7 5 (0.99%) Sysprep
8 4 (0.79%) Grafana
9 1 (0.20%) Packer
9 1 (0.20%) Terraform
Vendors
1 183 (36.17%) Microsoft
2 70 (13.83%) Cisco
3 63 (12.45%) Citrix
4 22 (4.35%) VMware
5 18 (3.56%) Oracle
6 13 (2.57%) Cognos
7 9 (1.78%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.19%) Datto
9 5 (0.99%) Automation Anywhere
9 5 (0.99%) Blue Prism
9 5 (0.99%) iManage
9 5 (0.99%) Pega
9 5 (0.99%) Temenos
9 5 (0.99%) UiPath
9 5 (0.99%) Veeam
9 5 (0.99%) Virgin Media
10 4 (0.79%) Apple
10 4 (0.79%) Epicor
10 4 (0.79%) Splunk
11 3 (0.59%) Sage