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Technical Support Specialist Career Market Report 2026

337 active jobs. 179 companies. Median salary $58K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

337
Active Job Openings
179
Companies Hiring
$58K
Median Salary (US)
77%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Technical Support Specialist market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 77% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $58K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $50K to $112K.

Remote roles pay 29% above the US national median

Remote-first employers competing nationally for talent. The premium reflects company quality (remote-first firms tend to be well-funded), not a work-mode bonus.

AI/LLM is the most-demanded skill at 34%

Python demand rose +7.7pp — fastest-growing skill

Coupa Software Inc Ats leads hiring with 14 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Junior → Senior (+$34K, +53%)

Salary increase: +$34K · Sample: Junior → Senior

AI automation risk: medium-high (score 70/100)

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 34% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Junior14$53K$65K$90K
Senior6$75K$99K$208K
Mid-Level5$53K$55K$156K

What jumps out

Junior → Senior: +$34K (53%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States20$75KUSD
Remote6$97KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site3.9%
Remote19.6%
Hybrid5.3%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

AI/LLM
34%
SQL
14%
JavaScript
10%
Azure
10%
HTML/CSS
10%
Salesforce
9%
R
8%
Linux
8%
AWS
8%
Python
8%
Quality Assurance
7%
Data Analysis
7%

Skills on the Rise

Python ↑+7.7ppAWS ↑+7.7ppR ↑+7.7ppQuality Assurance ↑+6.9ppData Analysis ↑+6.6pp

Declining in Demand

Customer Service ↓-38.5ppJournalism ↓-15.5ppExcel ↓-13.0ppCustomer Success ↓-11.8ppAttention to Detail ↓-11.2pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Coupa Software Inc Ats144.2%
Geotab82.4%
Prosidianconsulting82.4%
Autodesk72.1%
Braze61.8%
Okendo51.5%
Insiderone51.5%
Remote Va51.5%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States89
Remote28
India23
Canada13
Portugal11
Colombia8
Philippines7
Brazil6

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree62.5%162
Master's Degree9.3%24
Bachelor's Degree8.5%22
High School / GED0.4%1

Certifications

ITIL (8%)CompTIA (3%)

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