IT Support Engineer Jobs in Essex

IT Support Engineer
East of England > Essex

The median IT Support Engineer salary in Essex is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 76 99
Rank change year-on-year +36 +23 -33
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 34 15 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 3.87% 1.75% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.10% 2.21% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 34 12 2
10th Percentile £22,500 £32,000 £22,175
25th Percentile £24,063 £34,250 £22,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £35,000 £24,750
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +41.41% -4.81%
75th Percentile £33,750 - £25,813
90th Percentile £37,500 £37,700 £25,925
East of England median annual salary £29,500 £31,375 £29,000
% change year-on-year -5.98% +8.19% +5.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Essex

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 829 679 870
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.31% 79.23% 93.05%
Number of salaries quoted 678 380 429
10th Percentile £25,759 £26,250 £26,200
25th Percentile £30,091 £36,188 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in Essex

IT Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Essex

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

Salary trend for IT Support Engineer in Essex

IT Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support Engineer in Essex over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Support Engineer in Essex

IT Support Engineer
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Engineer within the Essex region over the 6 months to 25 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
Chelmsford +5 7 £35,000 -
Grays - 6 £26,000 -
Saffron Walden - 6 £30,000 -
Basildon - 5 £25,500 -
Witham +10 4 £30,000 -
Loughton +2 2 £32,500 +1.56%
Colchester -2 1 £25,000 -34.21% 1
IT Support Engineer
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, IT 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 Essex region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 21 (61.76%) Windows
2 18 (52.94%) Microsoft
2 18 (52.94%) Social Skills
3 17 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (44.12%) Active Directory
5 11 (32.35%) Windows Server
6 10 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (29.41%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (23.53%) Firewall
7 8 (23.53%) Azure
7 8 (23.53%) Windows 10
8 7 (20.59%) Hyper-V
9 6 (17.65%) ITIL
9 6 (17.65%) Customer Service
10 5 (14.71%) Entra ID
10 5 (14.71%) Driving Licence
10 5 (14.71%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (14.71%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (14.71%) Spreadsheet
10 5 (14.71%) VMware
11 4 (11.76%) Mitel
11 4 (11.76%) VLAN
11 4 (11.76%) Cocoa
11 4 (11.76%) A+ Certification
11 4 (11.76%) SharePoint
11 4 (11.76%) DHCP
11 4 (11.76%) DNS
12 3 (8.82%) OneDrive
12 3 (8.82%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (8.82%) Mac OS

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 10 (29.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (11.76%) SharePoint
3 2 (5.88%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (5.88%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (5.88%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (5.88%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (5.88%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (14.71%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (23.53%) Azure
3 5 (14.71%) Entra ID
4 3 (8.82%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.94%) Mimecast
5 1 (2.94%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (23.53%) Firewall
2 4 (11.76%) DHCP
2 4 (11.76%) DNS
2 4 (11.76%) VLAN
3 2 (5.88%) MPLS
3 2 (5.88%) Network Security
3 2 (5.88%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (5.88%) SAN
3 2 (5.88%) Skype
3 2 (5.88%) TCP/IP
3 2 (5.88%) VoIP
3 2 (5.88%) VPLS
3 2 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (5.88%) WLAN
4 1 (2.94%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) SQL Server
General
1 18 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 3 (8.82%) Manufacturing
3 2 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.88%) Automotive
3 2 (5.88%) Marketing
4 1 (2.94%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.76%) Cocoa
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.88%) Educational Technology
3 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 21 (61.76%) Windows
2 11 (32.35%) Windows Server
3 8 (23.53%) Windows 10
4 3 (8.82%) Mac OS
5 2 (5.88%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (5.88%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (2.94%) Linux
6 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (17.65%) Customer Service
2 6 (17.65%) ITIL
3 3 (8.82%) Computer Science
4 2 (5.88%) CAD
4 2 (5.88%) Incident Management
4 2 (5.88%) Information Security
4 2 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (5.88%) ISMS
4 2 (5.88%) IT Strategy
5 1 (2.94%) Customer Experience
5 1 (2.94%) Data Entry
5 1 (2.94%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (14.71%) ITIL Certification
1 5 (14.71%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (11.76%) A+ Certification
3 3 (8.82%) Degree
4 1 (2.94%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.94%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (44.12%) Active Directory
2 7 (20.59%) Hyper-V
3 3 (8.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (5.88%) Firmware
5 1 (2.94%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (8.82%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (5.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (52.94%) Microsoft
2 5 (14.71%) VMware
3 4 (11.76%) Mitel
4 2 (5.88%) Acronis
4 2 (5.88%) Dell
4 2 (5.88%) EqualLogic
4 2 (5.88%) Symantec
4 2 (5.88%) Synology
5 1 (2.94%) Barracuda Networks
5 1 (2.94%) Citrix
5 1 (2.94%) ConnectWise
5 1 (2.94%) Meraki
5 1 (2.94%) SonicWALL