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it support specialist

Learned from 33 real résumés for this role.

Across 33 real U.S. résumés for a it support specialist, the most distinctive skills are Mail Servers, Visual Merchandising and Sccm 2007 — each far more common in this role than across all résumés. This is the real skill fingerprint, learned from résumés, not a job description.

Mail Servers
9% have it · 1474.2× vs average
Visual Merchandising
9% have it · 982.8× vs average
Sccm 2007
9% have it · 982.8× vs average

Based on Futureful's analysis of 102,822 U.S. résumés (2026).

Skill fingerprint

ranked by distinctiveness

The skills that most define this role, more common here than across all résumés. The bar shows how distinctive; the % is how many people in the role have it.

mail servers
1474.2×
9% · N=3
visual merchandising
982.8×
9% · N=3
sccm 2007
982.8×
9% · N=3
cyber security awareness
982.8×
9% · N=3
trends
982.8×
9% · N=3
outlook configuration
982.8×
9% · N=3
gotoassist
737.1×
9% · N=3
network activity
737.1×
9% · N=3
data scrubbing
737.1×
9% · N=3
aruba access points
737.1×
9% · N=3
circuit troubleshooting
737.1×
9% · N=3
goverlan
680.4×
9% · N=3
device repair
589.7×
9% · N=3
technical issue troubleshooting
589.7×
9% · N=3
data restoration
589.7×
9% · N=3

Where people go next

Real onward moves from dated work history.

network administrator8% · N=15information security analyst6% · N=12project manager5% · N=9database administrator3% · N=6help desk analyst3% · N=6it manager3% · N=6software eng intern2% · N=3head cashier2% · N=3

Where people come from

The roles that feed into this one.

desktop support analyst11% · N=6help desk support analyst33% · N=3information assurance analyst6% · N=3information security20% · N=3it help desk5% · N=3network administrator intern13% · N=3network support engineer4% · N=3product specialist25% · N=3

Common questions

Straight answers, every one backed by the real counts on this page.

What skills does a It Support Specialist need?

In 33 real résumés for this role, the most defining skills are Mail Servers (9% have it), Visual Merchandising (9% have it), Sccm 2007 (9% have it), Cyber Security Awareness (9% have it), Trends (9% have it). These are the skills that separate this role from the rest of the workforce.

What do people in It Support Specialist roles move on to next?

From real dated work history, the most common next roles are Network Administrator (8% of moves, N=15), Information Security Analyst (6% of moves, N=12), Project Manager (5% of moves, N=9).

What roles lead into It Support Specialist?

The roles that most often feed into this one are Desktop Support Analyst (11% of arrivals, N=6), Help Desk Support Analyst (33% of arrivals, N=3), Information Assurance Analyst (6% of arrivals, N=3).

Does this page show It Support Specialist salary?

No. Résumés do not carry pay, so Futureful holds no compensation data for this role and never invents a dollar figure. Every statistic here is a skill or career-move count backed by real résumés.

Where does this data come from?

The Futureful Career Atlas is built from 102,822 real US résumés, aggregated with no personal data. 33 of them are It Support Specialist résumés. Every number on this page is a count of real people, and thin pages are kept out of search. Full method: futureful.app/careers/methodology.

Every figure on this page is a real count over real résumés (N = résumés behind it). No salary is shown, we hold no compensation data, so every claim is a skill or frequency truth, never a dollar promise. How we count · Explore more roles →

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