Technical Support
UK

The median Technical Support salary in the UK is £33,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 272 499 603
Rank change year-on-year +227 +104 -33
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support 1,098 570 846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.10% 0.57% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.16% 0.63% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 904 276 503
10th Percentile £24,000 £26,250 £19,750
25th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £24,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £37,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% +15.38% +3.17%
75th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £43,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £57,250 £57,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £37,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year -12.16% +23.33% +5.26%

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 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Technical Support
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Support in the UK

Technical Support
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Technical Support in the UK

Technical Support
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Support over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Support in the UK

Technical Support
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Support within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
England +240 998 £33,500 -10.67% 194
UK excluding London +137 964 £32,500 -12.16% 161
South East +112 244 £32,500 -23.53% 39
North of England +118 231 £32,500 -2.99% 42
Work from Home +98 198 £32,500 -18.75% 117
Midlands +134 197 £30,000 -3.23% 33
North West +102 135 £34,000 +13.58% 25
South West +11 130 £34,000 -15.00% 21
West Midlands +85 109 £35,000 +14.75% 20
London +155 108 £40,000 - 38
East Midlands - 88 £28,000 - 13
East of England +30 86 £34,250 -2.14% 24
Yorkshire +58 80 £32,500 -27.78% 11
Scotland -65 36 £30,000 -33.33% 7
Wales +16 19 £32,500 -18.75% 4
North East +8 16 £30,000 -35.14% 6
Northern Ireland +24 13 £37,250 -6.88% 1
Isle of Man - 8 £45,000 -

Technical Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Technical 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 Technical Support in the job title.

1 287 (26.14%) Customer Service
2 269 (24.50%) Social Skills
3 226 (20.58%) Windows
4 214 (19.49%) Microsoft
5 161 (14.66%) Problem-Solving
6 141 (12.84%) Microsoft 365
7 138 (12.57%) Active Directory
8 108 (9.84%) Degree
8 108 (9.84%) Azure
9 103 (9.38%) ITIL
10 100 (9.11%) Manufacturing
11 98 (8.93%) Windows Server
12 91 (8.29%) SQL
13 83 (7.56%) SharePoint
14 70 (6.38%) Finance
15 68 (6.19%) Linux
16 66 (6.01%) CRM
17 65 (5.92%) Entra ID
18 63 (5.74%) Analytical Skills
19 61 (5.56%) Firewall
20 60 (5.46%) Telecoms
21 58 (5.28%) Microsoft Office
22 56 (5.10%) SQL Server
22 56 (5.10%) Retail
23 55 (5.01%) VMware
23 55 (5.01%) Continuous Improvement
24 51 (4.64%) Hyper-V
25 49 (4.46%) French Language
25 49 (4.46%) Driving Licence
26 45 (4.10%) Wireless

Technical 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 83 (7.56%) SharePoint
2 41 (3.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.55%) Confluence
4 2 (0.18%) IIS
4 2 (0.18%) WordPress
5 1 (0.091%) Apache
5 1 (0.091%) CMS
5 1 (0.091%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.091%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 58 (5.28%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.27%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.27%) Trello
5 2 (0.18%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.18%) Revit
6 1 (0.091%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.091%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 20 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.00%) NEC Housing
3 4 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.18%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.091%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (0.091%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 141 (12.84%) Microsoft 365
2 108 (9.84%) Azure
3 65 (5.92%) Entra ID
4 37 (3.37%) OneDrive
5 26 (2.37%) AWS
6 19 (1.73%) SaaS
7 12 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (0.82%) Power Automate
8 9 (0.82%) Power Platform
9 8 (0.73%) GCP
10 7 (0.64%) Mimecast
11 5 (0.46%) Google Workspace
12 2 (0.18%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.18%) Oracle CX
12 2 (0.18%) Snowflake
12 2 (0.18%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (0.18%) WhatsApp
13 1 (0.091%) Apple Pay
13 1 (0.091%) Azure Sentinel
13 1 (0.091%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 61 (5.56%) Firewall
2 45 (4.10%) Wireless
3 36 (3.28%) TCP/IP
4 33 (3.01%) WAN
5 31 (2.82%) DNS
6 29 (2.64%) LAN
7 27 (2.46%) VoIP
8 20 (1.82%) DHCP
9 18 (1.64%) SNMP
10 17 (1.55%) 4G
10 17 (1.55%) LTE
10 17 (1.55%) Remote Desktop
11 16 (1.46%) 3G
12 15 (1.37%) Ethernet
12 15 (1.37%) VSAT
13 14 (1.28%) Internet
14 13 (1.18%) SAN
14 13 (1.18%) SSH
15 12 (1.09%) GPRS
15 12 (1.09%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (5.10%) SQL Server
2 29 (2.64%) MySQL
3 22 (2.00%) Relational Database
4 16 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (0.73%) Power BI
5 8 (0.73%) QlikView
6 4 (0.36%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (0.27%) Crystal Reports
7 3 (0.27%) GIS
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.18%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.091%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 23 (2.09%) JIRA
2 13 (1.18%) Eclipse
3 3 (0.27%) GCC
4 2 (0.18%) PowerBuilder
5 1 (0.091%) Subversion
General
1 269 (24.50%) Social Skills
2 100 (9.11%) Manufacturing
3 70 (6.38%) Finance
4 63 (5.74%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (5.46%) Telecoms
6 56 (5.10%) Retail
7 49 (4.46%) French Language
8 37 (3.37%) Electronics
9 35 (3.19%) German Language
10 27 (2.46%) Military
11 25 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
12 20 (1.82%) Public Sector
13 19 (1.73%) Marketing
14 17 (1.55%) Automotive
14 17 (1.55%) Banking
15 13 (1.18%) Games
16 11 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (0.91%) Front Office
17 10 (0.91%) Law
17 10 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (2.55%) HTML
2 25 (2.28%) CSS
3 20 (1.82%) XML
4 19 (1.73%) REST
5 15 (1.37%) Web Services
6 13 (1.18%) Ajax
6 13 (1.18%) AngularJS
6 13 (1.18%) JDBC
6 13 (1.18%) ODBC
6 13 (1.18%) SOAP
6 13 (1.18%) XHTML
7 11 (1.00%) .NET
8 10 (0.91%) FIX Protocol
9 3 (0.27%) ASP.NET
9 3 (0.27%) EDI
9 3 (0.27%) JSON
9 3 (0.27%) Lightning Web Components
9 3 (0.27%) React
10 1 (0.091%) BREW
10 1 (0.091%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 49 (4.46%) Driving Licence
2 30 (2.73%) Management Information System
3 21 (1.91%) CCTV
3 21 (1.91%) Data Centre
3 21 (1.91%) Onboarding
3 21 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (1.18%) CMDB
5 8 (0.73%) Fat Client
5 8 (0.73%) Housing Association
5 8 (0.73%) Linux Command Line
5 8 (0.73%) Social Media
5 8 (0.73%) Thin Client
6 7 (0.64%) Algorithms
6 7 (0.64%) EPoS
6 7 (0.64%) Fibre Optics
7 6 (0.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (0.46%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (0.46%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (0.46%) Low-Code
8 5 (0.46%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 226 (20.58%) Windows
2 98 (8.93%) Windows Server
3 68 (6.19%) Linux
4 42 (3.83%) Windows 10
5 26 (2.37%) Mac OS
6 15 (1.37%) Apple iOS
6 15 (1.37%) Unix
7 13 (1.18%) Android
8 12 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
8 12 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
9 10 (0.91%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.18%) Solaris
10 2 (0.18%) VMS
10 2 (0.18%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (26.14%) Customer Service
2 161 (14.66%) Problem-Solving
3 103 (9.38%) ITIL
4 66 (6.01%) CRM
5 55 (5.01%) Continuous Improvement
6 41 (3.73%) Customer Experience
7 33 (3.01%) Coaching
8 30 (2.73%) Business Intelligence
8 30 (2.73%) Mentoring
8 30 (2.73%) Time Management
9 26 (2.37%) Disaster Recovery
10 25 (2.28%) Commercial Awareness
11 24 (2.19%) B2B
12 21 (1.91%) Incident Management
12 21 (1.91%) Root Cause Analysis
13 20 (1.82%) Change Management
13 20 (1.82%) ITSM
14 19 (1.73%) Network Management
15 18 (1.64%) Customer-Centricity
15 18 (1.64%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 91 (8.29%) SQL
2 30 (2.73%) PL/SQL
3 24 (2.19%) Java
3 24 (2.19%) JavaScript
4 21 (1.91%) Python
5 20 (1.82%) T-SQL
6 18 (1.64%) PowerShell
7 15 (1.37%) C#
8 13 (1.18%) Perl
9 7 (0.64%) PHP
10 4 (0.36%) VBA
10 4 (0.36%) VBScript
11 3 (0.27%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.18%) C++
12 2 (0.18%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 108 (9.84%) Degree
2 34 (3.10%) HNC
3 21 (1.91%) HND
4 20 (1.82%) Security Cleared
5 8 (0.73%) CCNA
5 8 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (0.73%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 7 (0.64%) Azure Certification
7 6 (0.55%) GCSC
8 5 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (0.46%) SC Cleared
9 4 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.36%) MCP
10 3 (0.27%) MCT
11 2 (0.18%) CESG Certified Professional
11 2 (0.18%) Citrix Certification
11 2 (0.18%) MCSA
11 2 (0.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (3.92%) SLA
2 20 (1.82%) QA
3 12 (1.09%) GDPR
4 5 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (0.27%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.18%) ISO 14001
6 2 (0.18%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.091%) EMIR
7 1 (0.091%) MiFID
System Software
1 138 (12.57%) Active Directory
2 51 (4.64%) Hyper-V
3 38 (3.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (0.73%) Firmware
5 8 (0.73%) vSphere
6 6 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (0.36%) NFS
8 4 (0.36%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.18%) XenApp
9 2 (0.18%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.091%) FreeRADIUS
10 1 (0.091%) Shibboleth
10 1 (0.091%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 39 (3.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (1.18%) WMI
3 8 (0.73%) SCCM
4 7 (0.64%) Progress Chef
5 6 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.36%) Backup Exec
7 3 (0.27%) Cisco Prime
7 3 (0.27%) McAfee ePO
7 3 (0.27%) SCOM
8 1 (0.091%) Autotask
8 1 (0.091%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 214 (19.49%) Microsoft
2 55 (5.01%) VMware
3 31 (2.82%) Cisco
4 23 (2.09%) Oracle
5 20 (1.82%) Salesforce
6 15 (1.37%) Citrix
7 14 (1.28%) Veeam
8 13 (1.18%) HP
8 13 (1.18%) Splunk
9 11 (1.00%) NEC
10 10 (0.91%) Siemens
11 9 (0.82%) SAP
12 7 (0.64%) Apple
13 6 (0.55%) Acronis
13 6 (0.55%) Commvault
14 5 (0.46%) ServiceNow
15 4 (0.36%) Cognos
15 4 (0.36%) ConnectWise
15 4 (0.36%) HubSpot
15 4 (0.36%) Veritas