Support Assistant Jobs in the UK excluding London

Support Assistant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Support Assistant salary in the UK excluding London is £26,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 650 742 860
Rank change year-on-year +92 +118 -173
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Assistant 125 12 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.021% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.023% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 85 12 12
10th Percentile £24,278 £15,400 £20,100
25th Percentile £25,000 £21,813 £21,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,250 £27,500 £23,400
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +17.52% +6.36%
75th Percentile £30,078 £34,179 £27,313
90th Percentile £37,000 £48,965 £29,750
UK median annual salary £26,250 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year -19.23% +8.33% +36.36%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 70,239 51,739 70,521
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.92% 89.07% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 49,597 29,705 42,866
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Support Assistant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Support Assistant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Support Assistant in the UK excluding London

Support Assistant
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Support Assistant in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Support Assistant in the UK excluding London

Support Assistant
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Assistant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Assistant in the UK excluding London

Support Assistant
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Assistant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
East of England +46 55 £26,000 +6.12% 3
South West - 23 £26,500 - 3
North of England +66 19 £32,500 +18.18% 6
Midlands - 15 £24,696 - 7
West Midlands - 15 £24,696 - 2
South East +14 13 £34,000 +23.64% 2
North West +13 8 £40,000 +45.45% 5
Yorkshire - 6 £28,918 -
North East - 5 £28,975 - 1
Support Assistant
UK

Support Assistant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, Support Assistant 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 UK excluding London region featuring Support Assistant in the job title.

1 55 (44.00%) Customer Service
2 54 (43.20%) Microsoft
3 48 (38.40%) CRM
4 47 (37.60%) Microsoft Office
5 38 (30.40%) Social Skills
6 35 (28.00%) Case Management
6 35 (28.00%) FTP
6 35 (28.00%) Replication
7 34 (27.20%) Problem-Solving
8 29 (23.20%) Windows
9 25 (20.00%) TCP/IP
10 18 (14.40%) SQL
11 16 (12.80%) SQL Server
12 13 (10.40%) Microsoft Exchange
13 11 (8.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (8.80%) Driving Licence
13 11 (8.80%) Windows 10
13 11 (8.80%) Analytical Skills
13 11 (8.80%) SharePoint
14 10 (8.00%) ERP
15 9 (7.20%) Electronics
15 9 (7.20%) Finance
15 9 (7.20%) LAN
15 9 (7.20%) VoIP
15 9 (7.20%) WAN
15 9 (7.20%) Network Monitoring
15 9 (7.20%) Marketing
15 9 (7.20%) Degree
15 9 (7.20%) Windows 7
15 9 (7.20%) DBS Check

Support Assistant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 13 (10.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (8.80%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 47 (37.60%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.80%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.20%) Azure
1 4 (3.20%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (1.60%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 35 (28.00%) FTP
2 25 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 9 (7.20%) LAN
3 9 (7.20%) VoIP
3 9 (7.20%) WAN
4 7 (5.60%) Wireless
5 2 (1.60%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.80%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.80%) Oracle Reports
General
1 38 (30.40%) Social Skills
2 11 (8.80%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (8.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (7.20%) Electronics
3 9 (7.20%) Finance
3 9 (7.20%) Marketing
4 7 (5.60%) Manufacturing
5 4 (3.20%) Legal
6 2 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.60%) Publishing
6 2 (1.60%) Retail
7 1 (0.80%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 35 (28.00%) Replication
2 11 (8.80%) Driving Licence
3 7 (5.60%) Data Centre
4 5 (4.00%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.20%) Freedom of Information
6 2 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.60%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 29 (23.20%) Windows
2 11 (8.80%) Windows 10
3 9 (7.20%) Windows 7
4 3 (2.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (44.00%) Customer Service
2 48 (38.40%) CRM
3 35 (28.00%) Case Management
4 34 (27.20%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (8.00%) ERP
6 9 (7.20%) Housing Management
6 9 (7.20%) Network Monitoring
7 7 (5.60%) Geotechnical Engineering
8 5 (4.00%) Customer Experience
9 4 (3.20%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (3.20%) Conflict Resolution
9 4 (3.20%) Kalman Filter
10 3 (2.40%) Biomedicine
10 3 (2.40%) Biotechnology
10 3 (2.40%) Logistics
11 2 (1.60%) Computer Science
11 2 (1.60%) Critical Thinking
11 2 (1.60%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 2 (1.60%) Security Monitoring
11 2 (1.60%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 18 (14.40%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (7.20%) DBS Check
1 9 (7.20%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.60%) QA
2 2 (1.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.80%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (5.60%) Firmware
2 4 (3.20%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.60%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 54 (43.20%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.60%) VMware
3 1 (0.80%) Oracle