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 8 October 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 88 147
Rank change year-on-year -16 +59 -39
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 104 71 32
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.37% 2.99% 0.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.46% 3.30% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 86 62 23
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £33,750 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +3.85% +6.56%
75th Percentile £54,375 £38,500 £48,750
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 7,129 2,153 3,735
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.65% 90.54% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 5,381 1,271 1,983
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £32,550
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 £79,500 £70,000 £69,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £83,750
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 8 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 8 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 -
Salford - 3 £50,000 -
Bury - 3 £29,000 -
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 8 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 48 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 33 (31.73%) Microsoft 365
2 33 (31.73%) Windows
3 27 (25.96%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 26 (25.00%) Firewall
5 24 (23.08%) Active Directory
6 22 (21.15%) Azure
7 20 (19.23%) PowerShell
8 19 (18.27%) Identity Access Management
9 17 (16.35%) Change Management
9 17 (16.35%) VMware
9 17 (16.35%) VPN
10 15 (14.42%) Microsoft Exchange
11 14 (13.46%) Windows Server
12 13 (12.50%) Customer Service
12 13 (12.50%) DHCP
12 13 (12.50%) DNS
13 12 (11.54%) High Availability
13 12 (11.54%) SharePoint
14 11 (10.58%) Business Continuity
14 11 (10.58%) Disaster Recovery
14 11 (10.58%) SQL
14 11 (10.58%) SQL Server
14 11 (10.58%) TCP/IP
15 10 (9.62%) Microsoft Intune
15 10 (9.62%) Problem Management
16 9 (8.65%) AWS
16 9 (8.65%) ITIL
17 8 (7.69%) Change Control

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 15 (14.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (11.54%) SharePoint
3 8 (7.69%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 33 (31.73%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (25.00%) 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 2 (1.92%) IaaS
6 2 (1.92%) SaaS
7 1 (0.96%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.96%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 26 (25.00%) Firewall
2 17 (16.35%) VPN
3 13 (12.50%) DHCP
3 13 (12.50%) DNS
4 11 (10.58%) TCP/IP
5 6 (5.77%) 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%) SAN
8 3 (2.88%) WAN
8 3 (2.88%) Wireless
9 2 (1.92%) SSL
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 35 (33.65%) Social Skills
2 10 (9.62%) Manufacturing
3 9 (8.65%) Analytical Skills
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%) Video Conferencing
3 9 (8.65%) Driving Licence
4 5 (4.81%) PKI
5 4 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.85%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.88%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Licensing
7 2 (1.92%) CMDB
8 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 12 (11.54%) High Availability
6 11 (10.58%) Business Continuity
6 11 (10.58%) Disaster Recovery
7 10 (9.62%) Problem Management
8 9 (8.65%) ITIL
9 8 (7.69%) Change Control
9 8 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (7.69%) Server Building
9 8 (7.69%) Server Management
9 8 (7.69%) Server Monitoring
9 8 (7.69%) System Testing
10 7 (6.73%) Client Onboarding
10 7 (6.73%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (6.73%) Knowledge Management
10 7 (6.73%) Task Automation
11 6 (5.77%) Infrastructure Transformation
Programming Languages
1 20 (19.23%) PowerShell
2 11 (10.58%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (4.81%) Degree
2 4 (3.85%) NVQ Level 3
3 3 (2.88%) A+ Certification
3 3 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (2.88%) DBS Check
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 2 (1.92%) 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 10 (9.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (2.88%) SCCM
4 2 (1.92%) Autotask
4 2 (1.92%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.96%) WSUS
Vendors
1 48 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 17 (16.35%) 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
6 2 (1.92%) Datto
6 2 (1.92%) WatchGuard
7 1 (0.96%) BroadSoft
7 1 (0.96%) Dell
7 1 (0.96%) Freshdesk
7 1 (0.96%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.96%) Starlink
7 1 (0.96%) Yealink