Support Specialist Jobs in the North of England

Support Specialist
England > North of England

The median Support Specialist salary in the North of England is £35,000 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 292 408 417
Rank change year-on-year +116 +9 -66
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 111 17 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.56% 0.11% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.12% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 73 11 30
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £21,806
25th Percentile £30,000 £39,950 £23,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £47,672 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.58% +46.68% -10.96%
75th Percentile £38,750 £57,500 £33,750
90th Percentile £50,000 - £40,400
England median annual salary £37,500 £46,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -18.48% +15.00% +9.59%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 18,985 14,072 18,129
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.93% 89.33% 96.29%
Number of salaries quoted 14,304 7,972 10,952
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,136 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in the North of England

Support Specialist
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Support Specialist in the North of England

Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Support Specialist in the North of England

Support Specialist
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of 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
North West +34 60 £32,000 -41.82% 7
Yorkshire +97 46 £35,579 +0.93% 5
North East -16 5 £40,000 -16.09%
Support Specialist
England

Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 North of England region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 32 (28.83%) Degree
1 32 (28.83%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (26.13%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (24.32%) Microsoft
4 21 (18.92%) Social Skills
5 19 (17.12%) Driving Licence
6 17 (15.32%) HNC
6 17 (15.32%) Windows
7 14 (12.61%) Customer Service
8 13 (11.71%) Onboarding
8 13 (11.71%) ERP
8 13 (11.71%) Law
9 12 (10.81%) Management Information System
9 12 (10.81%) Manufacturing
9 12 (10.81%) SQL
9 12 (10.81%) Collaborative Culture
9 12 (10.81%) Power Platform
10 11 (9.91%) GDPR
10 11 (9.91%) User Experience
11 10 (9.01%) QlikView
11 10 (9.01%) HND
11 10 (9.01%) Active Directory
11 10 (9.01%) LAN
12 9 (8.11%) SharePoint
12 9 (8.11%) Marketing
12 9 (8.11%) SaaS
13 8 (7.21%) Data Centre
13 8 (7.21%) C#
14 7 (6.31%) CRM
14 7 (6.31%) Ethernet

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 9 (8.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.60%) Magento
2 2 (1.80%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 29 (26.13%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (10.81%) Power Platform
3 9 (8.11%) SaaS
4 7 (6.31%) Azure
5 5 (4.50%) Power Automate
6 4 (3.60%) AWS
6 4 (3.60%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 10 (9.01%) LAN
2 7 (6.31%) Ethernet
3 5 (4.50%) DNS
3 5 (4.50%) IPsec
3 5 (4.50%) SSL
3 5 (4.50%) VPN
4 4 (3.60%) FTP
4 4 (3.60%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (2.70%) Firewall
5 3 (2.70%) Wireless
6 2 (1.80%) 5G
6 2 (1.80%) Broadband
7 1 (0.90%) Internet
7 1 (0.90%) Intranet
7 1 (0.90%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.90%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.01%) QlikView
2 4 (3.60%) Crystal Reports
General
1 21 (18.92%) Social Skills
2 13 (11.71%) Law
3 12 (10.81%) Manufacturing
4 9 (8.11%) Marketing
5 7 (6.31%) Games
5 7 (6.31%) Retail
6 6 (5.41%) Finance
7 5 (4.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.50%) Legal
8 1 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.90%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.60%) EDI
2 2 (1.80%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 19 (17.12%) Driving Licence
2 13 (11.71%) Onboarding
3 12 (10.81%) Management Information System
4 8 (7.21%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.70%) CCTV
6 1 (0.90%) Blackberry
6 1 (0.90%) iPhone
6 1 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (15.32%) Windows
2 2 (1.80%) Mac OS
2 2 (1.80%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.90%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (28.83%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (12.61%) Customer Service
3 13 (11.71%) ERP
4 12 (10.81%) Collaborative Culture
5 11 (9.91%) User Experience
6 7 (6.31%) Asset Management
6 7 (6.31%) CRM
6 7 (6.31%) Software Asset Management
7 6 (5.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (5.41%) Decision-Making
8 5 (4.50%) Computer Science
8 5 (4.50%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 5 (4.50%) Robotic Process Automation
9 4 (3.60%) Email Marketing
9 4 (3.60%) ITIL
9 4 (3.60%) Marketing Automation
9 4 (3.60%) Project Management
9 4 (3.60%) Requirements Analysis
9 4 (3.60%) Service Management
9 4 (3.60%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 12 (10.81%) SQL
2 8 (7.21%) C#
3 5 (4.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 32 (28.83%) Degree
2 17 (15.32%) HNC
3 10 (9.01%) HND
4 5 (4.50%) DBS Check
5 4 (3.60%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (3.60%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.60%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.90%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.91%) GDPR
2 5 (4.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.60%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.90%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (9.01%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.80%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (4.50%) Autotask
2 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 27 (24.32%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.41%) Datto
3 5 (4.50%) Automation Anywhere
3 5 (4.50%) Blue Prism
3 5 (4.50%) Pega
3 5 (4.50%) UiPath
4 4 (3.60%) Epicor
5 2 (1.80%) Oracle
5 2 (1.80%) Veeam
5 2 (1.80%) Virgin Media
6 1 (0.90%) Cisco
6 1 (0.90%) Citrix
6 1 (0.90%) VMware