Support Specialist Jobs in the North West

Support Specialist
England > North West

The median Support Specialist salary in the North West is £32,000 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 249 283 323
Rank change year-on-year +34 +40 -66
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 60 7 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.53% 0.096% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.11% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 41 6 19
10th Percentile £28,000 £47,950 £21,770
25th Percentile £29,750 £52,500 £21,806
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £55,000 £26,500
Median % change year-on-year -41.82% +107.55% -33.75%
75th Percentile £33,750 £57,500 £36,875
90th Percentile £44,000 - £44,000
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 West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 10,796 6,520 9,462
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 89.55% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 8,061 3,995 5,421
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,500 £40,834 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,500 £81,250 £81,250
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in the North West

Support Specialist
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Support Specialist in the North West

Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Support Specialist in the North West

Support Specialist
Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Manchester +31 33 £32,000 -41.82% 5
Cheshire - 19 £30,000 - 2
Cumbria -8 4 £50,000 +6.84%
Lancashire - 4 £30,000 - 1
Support Specialist
England

Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

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 West region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 25 (41.67%) Degree
2 18 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (28.33%) Social Skills
4 14 (23.33%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (21.67%) Windows
5 13 (21.67%) Onboarding
6 12 (20.00%) Management Information System
7 11 (18.33%) Driving Licence
8 10 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
8 10 (16.67%) Law
8 10 (16.67%) Microsoft
8 10 (16.67%) HNC
8 10 (16.67%) HND
8 10 (16.67%) LAN
8 10 (16.67%) QlikView
9 9 (15.00%) Customer Service
10 8 (13.33%) Data Centre
10 8 (13.33%) Active Directory
10 8 (13.33%) Manufacturing
11 5 (8.33%) IPsec
11 5 (8.33%) Python
11 5 (8.33%) VPN
11 5 (8.33%) DNS
11 5 (8.33%) SSL
11 5 (8.33%) C#
11 5 (8.33%) SQL
11 5 (8.33%) Marketing
11 5 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 5 (8.33%) Blue Prism
11 5 (8.33%) Robotic Process Automation

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (1.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (23.33%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (8.33%) Azure
2 5 (8.33%) Power Automate
2 5 (8.33%) Power Platform
3 4 (6.67%) AWS
3 4 (6.67%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 10 (16.67%) LAN
2 5 (8.33%) DNS
2 5 (8.33%) IPsec
2 5 (8.33%) SSL
2 5 (8.33%) VPN
3 4 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (5.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (16.67%) QlikView
General
1 17 (28.33%) Social Skills
2 10 (16.67%) Law
3 8 (13.33%) Manufacturing
4 5 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (8.33%) Marketing
5 3 (5.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 13 (21.67%) Onboarding
2 12 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 11 (18.33%) Driving Licence
4 8 (13.33%) Data Centre
5 3 (5.00%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 13 (21.67%) Windows
2 2 (3.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
3 9 (15.00%) Customer Service
4 5 (8.33%) Computer Science
4 5 (8.33%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 5 (8.33%) Robotic Process Automation
5 4 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (6.67%) ITIL
5 4 (6.67%) Mentoring
5 4 (6.67%) Service Management
6 3 (5.00%) ERP
7 2 (3.33%) Customer Experience
7 2 (3.33%) Customer-Centricity
7 2 (3.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (3.33%) Knowledge Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.33%) C#
1 5 (8.33%) Python
1 5 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (41.67%) Degree
2 10 (16.67%) HNC
2 10 (16.67%) HND
3 5 (8.33%) DBS Check
4 4 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 4 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (6.67%) GDPR
2 4 (6.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (13.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (8.33%) Autotask
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.33%) Automation Anywhere
2 5 (8.33%) Blue Prism
2 5 (8.33%) Pega
2 5 (8.33%) UiPath
3 4 (6.67%) Datto