Support Engineer Jobs 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 20 September 2024.

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

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 159 138 175
Rank change year-on-year -21 +37 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 34 44 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.82% 1.44% 1.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% 1.52% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 26 42 69
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,775 £22,950
25th Percentile £29,188 £26,250 £23,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £30,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -0.83%
75th Percentile £46,875 £38,750 £42,875
90th Percentile £50,000 £57,972 £52,500
North West median annual salary £32,500 £32,000 £30,875
% change year-on-year +1.56% +3.64% +12.27%

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 3,898 2,900 5,311
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.54% 94.96% 96.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,179 2,120 3,713
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,000 £31,971
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £84,006 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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

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

Salary trend for Support Engineer in Manchester

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Manchester over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

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 20 September 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
Wigan - 2 £30,000 -
Stockport -17 1 £30,500 +11.93%
Bolton -19 1 £28,000 -5.08% 2
Bury - 1 £16,700 -
Rochdale - 1 - -
Support Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 20 September 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 Manchester region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 19 (55.88%) Windows
2 14 (41.18%) Social Skills
3 13 (38.24%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (35.29%) Azure
4 12 (35.29%) Microsoft
4 12 (35.29%) Customer Service
5 11 (32.35%) Active Directory
6 9 (26.47%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (20.59%) Finance
7 7 (20.59%) Cisco
8 5 (14.71%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (14.71%) ITIL
8 5 (14.71%) Unix
8 5 (14.71%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (14.71%) Law
8 5 (14.71%) Financial Institution
8 5 (14.71%) Banking
8 5 (14.71%) PowerShell
8 5 (14.71%) Windows 10
8 5 (14.71%) Anti-Money Laundering
8 5 (14.71%) Power BI
8 5 (14.71%) Virtual Team
8 5 (14.71%) Databricks
8 5 (14.71%) Power Platform
9 4 (11.76%) Software Deployment
9 4 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (11.76%) Mathematics
9 4 (11.76%) Firewall
10 3 (8.82%) SQL
10 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Office

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 1 (2.94%) Appian
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.94%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 13 (38.24%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (35.29%) Azure
3 5 (14.71%) Power Platform
4 2 (5.88%) Azure AKS
4 2 (5.88%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.88%) WhatsApp
5 1 (2.94%) AWS
5 1 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.94%) Cloudflare
5 1 (2.94%) GCP
5 1 (2.94%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.76%) Firewall
2 2 (5.88%) DNS
2 2 (5.88%) Internet
2 2 (5.88%) NAS
2 2 (5.88%) SAN
2 2 (5.88%) TCP/IP
2 2 (5.88%) Unified Communications
3 1 (2.94%) DHCP
3 1 (2.94%) Network Security
3 1 (2.94%) VLAN
3 1 (2.94%) VoIP
3 1 (2.94%) VPN
3 1 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (2.94%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.71%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (14.71%) Power BI
2 2 (5.88%) SQL Server
General
1 14 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 7 (20.59%) Finance
3 5 (14.71%) Banking
3 5 (14.71%) Financial Institution
3 5 (14.71%) Law
4 2 (5.88%) Back Office
5 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Marketing
5 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.94%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) Virtual Team
2 3 (8.82%) CCTV
2 3 (8.82%) Home Automation
3 2 (5.88%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.94%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.94%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (55.88%) Windows
2 5 (14.71%) Unix
2 5 (14.71%) Windows 10
3 3 (8.82%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.94%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.94%) Windows 7
4 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (35.29%) Customer Service
2 9 (26.47%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (14.71%) Anti-Money Laundering
3 5 (14.71%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (14.71%) ITIL
4 4 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (11.76%) Mathematics
4 4 (11.76%) Software Deployment
5 3 (8.82%) Analytics
5 3 (8.82%) Chat Support
5 3 (8.82%) Commercial Awareness
5 3 (8.82%) Conflict Resolution
5 3 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (8.82%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (8.82%) Ticket Management
6 2 (5.88%) Asset Management
6 2 (5.88%) Cost Management
6 2 (5.88%) Knowledge Management
6 2 (5.88%) Service Delivery
6 2 (5.88%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (14.71%) PowerShell
2 3 (8.82%) SQL
3 2 (5.88%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 3 (8.82%) Azure Certification
1 3 (8.82%) Degree
1 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (5.88%) A+ Certification
2 2 (5.88%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.88%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.94%) CESG Certified Professional
3 1 (2.94%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (2.94%) MCITP
3 1 (2.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (32.35%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.88%) Hyper-V
2 2 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.94%) vSphere
3 1 (2.94%) XenApp
3 1 (2.94%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (8.82%) SCCM
2 2 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 7 (20.59%) Cisco
3 5 (14.71%) Databricks
4 2 (5.88%) ESET
4 2 (5.88%) Sophos
4 2 (5.88%) VMware
5 1 (2.94%) Apple
5 1 (2.94%) Citrix
5 1 (2.94%) ConnectWise
5 1 (2.94%) Facebook
5 1 (2.94%) Google
5 1 (2.94%) Meraki
5 1 (2.94%) Veeam
5 1 (2.94%) Webroot