Senior IT Support Jobs

Senior IT Support
UK

The median Senior IT Support salary in the UK is £35,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 784 869 1155
Rank change year-on-year +85 +286 -281
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Support 121 77 109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.081% 0.064%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.089% 0.067%
Number of salaries quoted 119 63 102
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,400 £30,050
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £49,707 £56,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +4.17% +5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 99,838 86,540 162,414
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 91.29% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,991 55,953 84,888
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,676
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,238
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%

Senior IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Support in the UK

Senior IT Support
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior IT Support.

Salary trend for Senior IT Support in the UK

Senior IT Support
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Support over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior IT Support in the UK

Senior IT Support
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior IT Support within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England +102 104 £35,500 -11.25% 15
UK excluding London +18 96 £35,000 -6.67% 12
Midlands +7 23 £35,000 -0.61% 2
North of England +46 22 £34,500 -27.54% 3
London +94 21 £37,250 -8.47% 4
Work from Home +37 18 £34,000 -16.46% 2
South East +5 18 £47,500 +21.02% 4
Yorkshire - 13 £30,500 -
West Midlands -2 12 £35,000 -6.04% 2
East Midlands -5 11 £35,000 -0.61%
South West -26 11 £39,000 -2.50% 1
Wales - 11 £34,000 - 1
East of England -4 9 £35,000 +16.67% 2
North West -7 9 £36,000 - 3
Northern Ireland +20 1 £32,500 -
Scotland -73 1 £50,000 +33.33% 1

Senior IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Senior IT 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 featuring Senior IT Support in the job title.

1 75 (61.98%) Microsoft 365
2 68 (56.20%) Windows
3 58 (47.93%) Active Directory
4 51 (42.15%) Microsoft
5 44 (36.36%) Social Skills
5 44 (36.36%) Azure
6 38 (31.40%) Windows Server
7 31 (25.62%) ITIL
8 28 (23.14%) Firewall
9 27 (22.31%) Entra ID
10 23 (19.01%) Problem-Solving
10 23 (19.01%) DNS
11 22 (18.18%) DHCP
12 21 (17.36%) SCCM
13 20 (16.53%) Windows 10
13 20 (16.53%) Microsoft Exchange
13 20 (16.53%) VMware
14 19 (15.70%) Customer Service
15 17 (14.05%) Finance
15 17 (14.05%) SharePoint
16 15 (12.40%) Project Management
16 15 (12.40%) Degree
16 15 (12.40%) Windows Server 2019
16 15 (12.40%) Microsoft Intune
16 15 (12.40%) Cybersecurity
17 14 (11.57%) Agile
18 12 (9.92%) VLAN
18 12 (9.92%) Service Management
18 12 (9.92%) VPN
18 12 (9.92%) Data Centre

Senior IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 20 (16.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (14.05%) SharePoint
3 7 (5.79%) OpenStack
4 2 (1.65%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (6.61%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.83%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 75 (61.98%) Microsoft 365
2 44 (36.36%) Azure
3 27 (22.31%) Entra ID
4 11 (9.09%) OneDrive
5 8 (6.61%) AWS
6 7 (5.79%) Nutanix
7 6 (4.96%) Google Workspace
8 4 (3.31%) IaaS
8 4 (3.31%) Mimecast
8 4 (3.31%) PaaS
8 4 (3.31%) SaaS
9 2 (1.65%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.65%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.83%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 1 (0.83%) Azure Storage
10 1 (0.83%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 28 (23.14%) Firewall
2 23 (19.01%) DNS
3 22 (18.18%) DHCP
4 12 (9.92%) VLAN
4 12 (9.92%) VPN
5 7 (5.79%) TCP/IP
6 6 (4.96%) Internet
7 5 (4.13%) Network Security
7 5 (4.13%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (3.31%) SAN
8 4 (3.31%) Structured Cabling
8 4 (3.31%) VoIP
8 4 (3.31%) Wireless
9 3 (2.48%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (1.65%) DKIM
10 2 (1.65%) DMARC
10 2 (1.65%) Ethernet
10 2 (1.65%) PBX
10 2 (1.65%) SMTP
10 2 (1.65%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (1.65%) MSI
General
1 44 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 17 (14.05%) Finance
3 11 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (3.31%) Advertising
4 4 (3.31%) Public Sector
5 3 (2.48%) Law
5 3 (2.48%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (0.83%) Legal
6 1 (0.83%) Social Science
6 1 (0.83%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.48%) Software Packaging
2 2 (1.65%) CSS
2 2 (1.65%) HTML
3 1 (0.83%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.92%) Data Centre
2 9 (7.44%) Driving Licence
3 5 (4.13%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.13%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.31%) CCTV
5 2 (1.65%) Handset
6 1 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.83%) iPad
6 1 (0.83%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.83%) NHS
6 1 (0.83%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 68 (56.20%) Windows
2 38 (31.40%) Windows Server
3 20 (16.53%) Windows 10
4 15 (12.40%) Windows Server 2019
5 11 (9.09%) Linux
6 9 (7.44%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (4.13%) Apple iOS
8 4 (3.31%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (2.48%) Windows 7
9 3 (2.48%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (1.65%) Mac OS
10 2 (1.65%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.83%) Android
11 1 (0.83%) Unix
11 1 (0.83%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (25.62%) ITIL
2 23 (19.01%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (15.70%) Customer Service
4 15 (12.40%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (12.40%) Project Management
5 14 (11.57%) Agile
6 12 (9.92%) Infrastructure Maintenance
6 12 (9.92%) Service Management
7 11 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 10 (8.26%) Disaster Recovery
9 9 (7.44%) Problem Management
10 8 (6.61%) Mobile Device Management
10 8 (6.61%) Service Delivery
11 7 (5.79%) Agile Project Management
11 7 (5.79%) CI/CD
11 7 (5.79%) Hardware Maintenance
12 6 (4.96%) Application Virtualisation
12 6 (4.96%) Business Case
12 6 (4.96%) Data Loss Prevention
12 6 (4.96%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 9 (7.44%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.83%) Bash
2 1 (0.83%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (12.40%) Degree
2 7 (5.79%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (4.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (3.31%) AWS Certification
5 3 (2.48%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.65%) CCNA
6 2 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.65%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (0.83%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.83%) CCAA
7 1 (0.83%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (0.83%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.83%) MCP
7 1 (0.83%) MCSE
7 1 (0.83%) MCTS
7 1 (0.83%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.79%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (2.48%) GDPR
4 1 (0.83%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.83%) QA
4 1 (0.83%) SLA
System Software
1 58 (47.93%) Active Directory
2 10 (8.26%) Hyper-V
3 9 (7.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (5.79%) Docker
5 6 (4.96%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (4.96%) vSphere
6 2 (1.65%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.83%) Firmware
7 1 (0.83%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.83%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.83%) Xen
7 1 (0.83%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 21 (17.36%) SCCM
2 15 (12.40%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (5.79%) Ansible
3 7 (5.79%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.48%) NetCrunch
5 2 (1.65%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.83%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.83%) Graylog
6 1 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.83%) SmoothWall
6 1 (0.83%) WSUS
Vendors
1 51 (42.15%) Microsoft
2 20 (16.53%) VMware
3 10 (8.26%) Citrix
3 10 (8.26%) HP
4 9 (7.44%) Cisco
5 7 (5.79%) Dell
5 7 (5.79%) Palo Alto
6 6 (4.96%) Adobe
6 6 (4.96%) Bloomberg
7 5 (4.13%) Google
7 5 (4.13%) Sage
8 4 (3.31%) Avaya
8 4 (3.31%) Sophos
9 3 (2.48%) Acronis
9 3 (2.48%) Draytek
9 3 (2.48%) Ivanti
9 3 (2.48%) Splunk
10 2 (1.65%) Aruba
10 2 (1.65%) Meraki
10 2 (1.65%) Veeam