Support Engineer Jobs in Cheshire

Support Engineer
North West > Cheshire

The median Support Engineer salary in Cheshire is £34,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 55 87
Rank change year-on-year -22 +32 -25
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 29 38 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 1.89% 4.09% 1.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.95% 4.58% 1.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27 36 15
10th Percentile £24,696 £14,250 £26,400
25th Percentile £25,750 £25,420 £28,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £26,340 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.08% -12.20% +20.00%
75th Percentile £44,375 £35,938 £31,875
90th Percentile £50,000 £38,750 £39,900
North West median annual salary £28,000 £30,690 £30,000
% change year-on-year -8.77% +2.30% -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 1,485 829 982
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.00% 89.24% 93.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,116 477 530
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,250 £24,963
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,074 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £88,750 £72,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Cheshire

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for Support Engineer in Cheshire

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Cheshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in Cheshire

Support Engineer
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Warrington -25 7 £34,000 -10.53% 5
Northwich -4 3 £34,000 -9.33% 1
Chester -14 3 £26,000 +0.62% 3
Middlewich - 3 £26,000 - 2
Runcorn +4 2 £35,500 +9.23%
Macclesfield - 2 £22,500 - 1
Support Engineer
North West

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Support Engineer 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 across the Cheshire region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 15 (51.72%) Windows
1 15 (51.72%) Microsoft
2 9 (31.03%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (27.59%) Active Directory
4 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (20.69%) Driving Licence
4 6 (20.69%) Architectural Design
5 5 (17.24%) Windows Server
5 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
5 5 (17.24%) Customer Service
5 5 (17.24%) Windows 10
5 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (17.24%) ITIL
5 5 (17.24%) VPN
5 5 (17.24%) VMware
6 4 (13.79%) TCP/IP
6 4 (13.79%) SQL Server
6 4 (13.79%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (10.34%) Security Cleared
7 3 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (10.34%) Thin Client
7 3 (10.34%) Firewall
7 3 (10.34%) Degree
7 3 (10.34%) Fat Client
7 3 (10.34%) SCCM
8 2 (6.90%) Billing
8 2 (6.90%) Software Testing
8 2 (6.90%) ITSM
8 2 (6.90%) Electronics

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (6.90%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (31.03%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.90%) Azure
3 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.45%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.24%) VPN
2 4 (13.79%) TCP/IP
3 3 (10.34%) Firewall
4 2 (6.90%) DHCP
4 2 (6.90%) DNS
4 2 (6.90%) Internet
5 1 (3.45%) DMZ
5 1 (3.45%) LAN
5 1 (3.45%) Network Security
5 1 (3.45%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (3.45%) VLAN
5 1 (3.45%) WAN
5 1 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.79%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.45%) MySQL
General
1 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.90%) Billing
2 2 (6.90%) Electronics
2 2 (6.90%) Finance
2 2 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (6.90%) Law
2 2 (6.90%) Military
2 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
2 2 (6.90%) Retail
3 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) Driving Licence
2 3 (10.34%) Fat Client
2 3 (10.34%) Thin Client
3 2 (6.90%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (51.72%) Windows
2 5 (17.24%) Windows 10
2 5 (17.24%) Windows Server
3 2 (6.90%) VMS
4 1 (3.45%) Android
4 1 (3.45%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (20.69%) Architectural Design
2 5 (17.24%) Customer Service
2 5 (17.24%) ITIL
3 3 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (6.90%) Decision-Making
4 2 (6.90%) ITSM
4 2 (6.90%) Service Management
4 2 (6.90%) Software Testing
4 2 (6.90%) Statistics
5 1 (3.45%) Asset Management
5 1 (3.45%) ERP
5 1 (3.45%) Incident Management
5 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (3.45%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (3.45%) Migration
5 1 (3.45%) Proactive Maintenance
5 1 (3.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (3.45%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (10.34%) Degree
2 3 (10.34%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.45%) Azure Certification
3 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.45%) CCNA
3 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.45%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) SLA
2 1 (3.45%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (27.59%) Active Directory
2 4 (13.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (6.90%) Terminal Services
3 2 (6.90%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (3.45%) Hyper-V
4 1 (3.45%) KVM
4 1 (3.45%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) SCCM
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (51.72%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.24%) VMware
3 2 (6.90%) Citrix
3 2 (6.90%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.45%) Cisco
4 1 (3.45%) Dell
4 1 (3.45%) SAP