Support Engineer Job Trends in Manchester

Support Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Support Engineer salary in Manchester is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 October 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 88 144
Rank change year-on-year -16 +56 -38
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 104 71 31
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.36% 3.01% 0.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.45% 3.32% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 86 62 22
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £27,175
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £30,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £33,750 £33,750
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - +8.87%
75th Percentile £54,375 £38,500 £49,375
90th Percentile £60,250 £52,250 £50,000
North West median annual salary £35,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +1.43% +7.69% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 7,159 2,139 3,702
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.61% 90.56% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 5,388 1,273 1,950
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £79,093 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £84,075
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Support Engineer job vacancy trend 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 10 October 2026.

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 10 October 2026. 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
Bolton - 10 £35,000 - 2
Rochdale - 7 £45,000 -
Bury - 3 £29,000 -
Salford - 2 £50,000 -
Cheadle - 1 £26,000 -
Altrincham - 1 £50,000 -
Support Engineer
North West

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 10 October 2026, Support Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Manchester region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 49 (47.12%) Microsoft
2 34 (32.69%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (31.73%) Windows
4 27 (25.96%) Entra ID
4 27 (25.96%) Firewall
4 27 (25.96%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (23.08%) Active Directory
6 22 (21.15%) Azure
7 21 (20.19%) PowerShell
8 19 (18.27%) Identity Access Management
9 18 (17.31%) VPN
10 17 (16.35%) Change Management
11 16 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
11 16 (15.38%) VMware
12 14 (13.46%) DHCP
12 14 (13.46%) DNS
12 14 (13.46%) Windows Server
13 13 (12.50%) Customer Service
14 12 (11.54%) SharePoint
14 12 (11.54%) TCP/IP
15 11 (10.58%) High Availability
15 11 (10.58%) Microsoft Intune
15 11 (10.58%) Problem Management
15 11 (10.58%) SQL
15 11 (10.58%) SQL Server
16 10 (9.62%) Business Continuity
16 10 (9.62%) Disaster Recovery
17 9 (8.65%) AWS
17 9 (8.65%) Change Control
17 9 (8.65%) ITIL

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 16 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (11.54%) SharePoint
3 8 (7.69%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 34 (32.69%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (25.96%) Entra ID
3 22 (21.15%) Azure
4 9 (8.65%) AWS
5 7 (6.73%) Microsoft Copilot
5 7 (6.73%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (2.88%) IaaS
7 2 (1.92%) SaaS
8 1 (0.96%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.96%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 27 (25.96%) Firewall
2 18 (17.31%) VPN
3 14 (13.46%) DHCP
3 14 (13.46%) DNS
4 12 (11.54%) TCP/IP
5 7 (6.73%) VLAN
6 5 (4.81%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (3.85%) VoIP
8 3 (2.88%) BGP
8 3 (2.88%) Cisco Firepower
8 3 (2.88%) LAN
8 3 (2.88%) OSPF
8 3 (2.88%) SSL
8 3 (2.88%) WAN
8 3 (2.88%) Wireless
9 2 (1.92%) SAN
10 1 (0.96%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (10.58%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.92%) JIRA
2 1 (0.96%) Browser DevTools
General
1 36 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 10 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (9.62%) Manufacturing
3 9 (8.65%) Documentation Skills
4 6 (5.77%) German Language
4 6 (5.77%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (3.85%) Advertising
6 3 (2.88%) Aerospace
6 3 (2.88%) Automotive
7 1 (0.96%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.69%) Middleware
2 3 (2.88%) OpenID
2 3 (2.88%) SAML
3 1 (0.96%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 19 (18.27%) Onboarding
2 10 (9.62%) Driving Licence
2 10 (9.62%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (4.81%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.81%) PKI
4 4 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.88%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Licensing
6 2 (1.92%) CMDB
7 1 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 33 (31.73%) Windows
2 14 (13.46%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.88%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.92%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (25.96%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (18.27%) Identity Access Management
3 17 (16.35%) Change Management
4 13 (12.50%) Customer Service
5 11 (10.58%) High Availability
5 11 (10.58%) Problem Management
6 10 (9.62%) Business Continuity
6 10 (9.62%) Disaster Recovery
7 9 (8.65%) Change Control
7 9 (8.65%) ITIL
8 8 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 8 (7.69%) Server Building
8 8 (7.69%) Server Management
8 8 (7.69%) Server Monitoring
8 8 (7.69%) System Testing
9 7 (6.73%) Client Onboarding
9 7 (6.73%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (6.73%) Knowledge Management
9 7 (6.73%) Task Automation
10 6 (5.77%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 21 (20.19%) PowerShell
2 11 (10.58%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (5.77%) Degree
2 4 (3.85%) DBS Check
2 4 (3.85%) NVQ Level 3
3 3 (2.88%) A+ Certification
3 3 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (2.88%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.92%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.96%) CCA
5 1 (0.96%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.88%) SLA
3 1 (0.96%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 24 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 8 (7.69%) Hyper-V
2 8 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.96%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.96%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (10.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (2.88%) Autotask
3 3 (2.88%) SCCM
4 2 (1.92%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.96%) WSUS
Vendors
1 49 (47.12%) Microsoft
2 16 (15.38%) VMware
3 6 (5.77%) BeyondTrust
3 6 (5.77%) Juniper
3 6 (5.77%) Palo Alto
3 6 (5.77%) Veeam
4 4 (3.85%) Apple
4 4 (3.85%) Cisco
4 4 (3.85%) Facebook
4 4 (3.85%) Okta
5 3 (2.88%) Aruba
5 3 (2.88%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (2.88%) Datto
5 3 (2.88%) WatchGuard
6 1 (0.96%) BroadSoft
6 1 (0.96%) Dell
6 1 (0.96%) Freshdesk
6 1 (0.96%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.96%) Starlink
6 1 (0.96%) Yealink