Support Engineer Job Trends in Manchester

Support Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Support Engineer salary in Manchester is £33,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 150 130
Rank change year-on-year +62 -20 +56
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 71 35 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 2.96% 0.86% 1.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.25% 0.91% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 64 27 42
10th Percentile £29,950 £26,800 £25,775
25th Percentile £31,188 £29,375 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £32,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £38,500 £46,250 £38,750
90th Percentile £43,750 £50,000 £57,972
North West median annual salary £35,000 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -2.44%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 2,183 3,851 2,707
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.88% 94.50% 93.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,307 2,251 2,168
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £34,626
25th Percentile £35,500 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £84,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Manchester

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Manchester.

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Manchester

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Manchester over the 6 months to 13 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in Manchester

Support Engineer
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 13 September 2025. 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
Stockport +17 7 £32,500 +6.56%
Support Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 13 September 2025, 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 Manchester region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 35 (49.30%) Social Skills
2 31 (43.66%) Microsoft
3 30 (42.25%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (38.03%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (33.80%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (29.58%) Continuous Improvement
7 19 (26.76%) Entra ID
7 19 (26.76%) Driving Licence
7 19 (26.76%) Linux
8 18 (25.35%) Azure
9 16 (22.54%) Windows
10 15 (21.13%) SQL
11 14 (19.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 14 (19.72%) Analytical Mindset
11 14 (19.72%) Task Automation
12 13 (18.31%) Active Directory
13 12 (16.90%) AWS
14 11 (15.49%) PowerShell
14 11 (15.49%) DevOps
14 11 (15.49%) Client Onboarding
14 11 (15.49%) Onboarding
15 10 (14.08%) Microsoft Purview
15 10 (14.08%) Microsoft Copilot
15 10 (14.08%) Knowledge Management
15 10 (14.08%) SharePoint
15 10 (14.08%) Microsoft Exchange
15 10 (14.08%) Firewall
15 10 (14.08%) Manufacturing
16 9 (12.68%) Electronics
16 9 (12.68%) Logistics

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 (14.08%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (14.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (8.45%) AutoCAD
2 5 (7.04%) Autodesk Inventor
Cloud Services
1 30 (42.25%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (26.76%) Entra ID
3 18 (25.35%) Azure
4 12 (16.90%) AWS
5 10 (14.08%) Microsoft Copilot
5 10 (14.08%) Microsoft Purview
6 6 (8.45%) IaaS
7 5 (7.04%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (1.41%) GitHub
8 1 (1.41%) PaaS
8 1 (1.41%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (14.08%) Firewall
2 8 (11.27%) VoIP
3 6 (8.45%) VPN
4 5 (7.04%) DMZ
4 5 (7.04%) SSH
4 5 (7.04%) STUN
4 5 (7.04%) VLAN
5 3 (4.23%) DNS
6 2 (2.82%) HTTP
7 1 (1.41%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.04%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.63%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (2.82%) Big Data
4 1 (1.41%) MySQL
General
1 35 (49.30%) Social Skills
2 24 (33.80%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (14.08%) Manufacturing
4 9 (12.68%) Avionics
4 9 (12.68%) Electronics
5 5 (7.04%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (4.23%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.82%) Advertising
7 2 (2.82%) Cantonese Language
7 2 (2.82%) Finance
7 2 (2.82%) Games
7 2 (2.82%) Law
7 2 (2.82%) Mandarin Language
7 2 (2.82%) Marketing
7 2 (2.82%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.04%) FreeSWITCH
Miscellaneous
1 19 (26.76%) Driving Licence
2 14 (19.72%) Analytical Mindset
3 11 (15.49%) Onboarding
4 9 (12.68%) Cloud Native
4 9 (12.68%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.82%) Tandem
6 1 (1.41%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.41%) Life Science
6 1 (1.41%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 19 (26.76%) Linux
2 16 (22.54%) Windows
3 7 (9.86%) Windows Server
4 6 (8.45%) Windows 10
5 5 (7.04%) Debian
6 1 (1.41%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.41%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (38.03%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (29.58%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (19.72%) Task Automation
4 11 (15.49%) Client Onboarding
4 11 (15.49%) DevOps
5 10 (14.08%) Knowledge Management
6 9 (12.68%) Logistics
6 9 (12.68%) Preventative Maintenance
7 8 (11.27%) Mentoring
8 6 (8.45%) Migration
9 5 (7.04%) CAD
9 5 (7.04%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (7.04%) High Availability
9 5 (7.04%) Identity Management
9 5 (7.04%) Incident Management
9 5 (7.04%) ITIL
9 5 (7.04%) Performance Analysis
9 5 (7.04%) Software Licensing
9 5 (7.04%) Telematics
9 5 (7.04%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (21.13%) SQL
2 11 (15.49%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.82%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.41%) Bash
4 1 (1.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (11.27%) Degree
2 5 (7.04%) HND
3 3 (4.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.82%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (2.82%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.82%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.41%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.41%) CCNA
5 1 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.41%) MCSE
5 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.41%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (19.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (7.04%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (7.04%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.41%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (18.31%) Active Directory
2 9 (12.68%) Hyper-V
3 5 (7.04%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 9 (12.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.82%) Grafana
2 2 (2.82%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.82%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (43.66%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.04%) Salesforce
2 5 (7.04%) SAP
2 5 (7.04%) Siemens
3 2 (2.82%) SolarWinds
3 2 (2.82%) Splunk
4 1 (1.41%) Apple