Digital support services
Careers in digital support services
Working in digital support services offers lots of different roles.
You could:
- provide technical help
- maintain digital systems
- deliver customer support
- ensure that digital tools and platforms run smoothly
There are roles at all levels with lots of routes in. You can find out about the different entry routes you can take on the job profiles.
Examples of careers in digital support services
Within this sub-sector, you'll find a range of career opportunities.
We've selected a few examples to show the variety of roles, levels and training times. Training time is the amount of time it takes to learn and gain the experience needed to do the job well.
Click on any of the job profiles to view information on entry routes, salary and progressions opportunities, plus much more.
Database administrator
Database administrators organise and update computer systems that store data for commercial companies and public organisations.
IT support technician
IT support technicians give technical help to computer users by identifying and fixing hardware, software and network problems.
Network manager
Network managers help design, install and run an organisation's IT, data and telephone systems.
Example pay ranges in digital support services
Below are some examples of the pay you could earn from working in different jobs in this sub-sector.
If you’d like to see more salary information for more jobs in this sub-sector, you can view all careers in digital support services.
We estimate our salary ranges based on different sources. Find out more about the sources we use for salary information.
We'll put a salary as variable if reliable information is difficult to find. This might happen for jobs that are often freelance or have lots of self-employed workers.
| Job role | Starting pay | Pay with experience |
|---|---|---|
| Broadcast engineer | £27,000 | £55,000 |
| Cyber intelligence officer | £32,000 | £65,000 |
| Data analyst-statistician | £28,000 | £65,000 |
| Data scientist | £32,000 | £83,000 |
| Database administrator | £28,000 | £62,000 |
| Forensic computer analyst | £30,000 | £65,000 |
| Information scientist | £28,000 | £55,000 |
| IT security co-ordinator | £35,000 | £76,000 |
| IT support technician | £24,000 | £36,000 |
| Live sound engineer | £25,000 | £50,000 |
| Market research data analyst | £24,000 | £50,000 |
| Market researcher | £24,000 | £28,000 |
| Marketing executive | £23,000 | £50,000 |
| Network engineer | £25,500 | £52,000 |
| Network manager | £30,000 | £70,000 |
| Security Service personnel | £26,000 | £60,000 |
| Technical author | £27,000 | £50,000 |
| Web content editor | £25,000 | £40,000 |
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