IT Support Engineer Jobs in the South East

IT Support Engineer
England > South East

The median IT Support Engineer salary in the South East is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 156 274 310
Rank change year-on-year +118 +36 -50
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 287 135 176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.73% 0.90% 0.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.84% 0.99% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 281 113 168
10th Percentile £23,000 £25,350 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £26,912
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £30,000 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +15.32%
75th Percentile £40,500 £33,750 £35,344
90th Percentile £43,750 £42,900 £43,400
England median annual salary £30,000 £32,500 £30,450
% change year-on-year -7.69% +6.73% +3.22%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 15,600 13,575 19,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.87% 90.54% 96.42%
Number of salaries quoted 11,294 8,525 12,666
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in the South East

IT Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for IT Support Engineer in the South East

IT Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Support Engineer in the South East

IT Support Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 28 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
Thames Valley +84 116 £38,500 +24.19% 14
Oxfordshire +62 61 £42,000 +32.28% 4
Hampshire +14 57 £29,000 -1.69% 6
East Sussex +48 47 £25,000 -44.44% 3
West Sussex +55 28 £30,000 +20.00% 7
Berkshire +41 28 £37,750 +29.06% 3
Buckinghamshire -7 27 £30,000 -7.69% 7
Kent -6 19 £28,000 +5.66%
Surrey +15 17 £33,000 +10.00% 7
Middlesex - 2 £28,000 -
IT Support Engineer
England

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 28 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 South East region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 203 (70.73%) Microsoft 365
2 196 (68.29%) Windows
3 170 (59.23%) Microsoft
4 130 (45.30%) Active Directory
5 119 (41.46%) Firewall
6 107 (37.28%) Azure
7 100 (34.84%) Social Skills
8 91 (31.71%) Windows Server
9 78 (27.18%) Microsoft Exchange
10 71 (24.74%) Microsoft Office
11 67 (23.34%) VMware
12 66 (23.00%) SQL
13 60 (20.91%) Customer Service
14 58 (20.21%) Windows 10
15 54 (18.82%) Degree
16 53 (18.47%) VMware Infrastructure
17 49 (17.07%) SharePoint
18 45 (15.68%) Problem-Solving
19 38 (13.24%) Hyper-V
19 38 (13.24%) Veeam
20 37 (12.89%) Citrix
21 36 (12.54%) VPN
21 36 (12.54%) SQL Server
22 35 (12.20%) Driving Licence
22 35 (12.20%) Microsoft Excel
23 34 (11.85%) Cisco
24 30 (10.45%) DNS
24 30 (10.45%) Wireless
24 30 (10.45%) Cybersecurity
24 30 (10.45%) Infrastructure Engineering

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 78 (27.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (17.07%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.09%) Exchange Server 2000
4 4 (1.39%) IIS
5 3 (1.05%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.35%) Apache
6 1 (0.35%) CMS
6 1 (0.35%) Confluence
6 1 (0.35%) Tomcat
Applications
1 71 (24.74%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (12.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.35%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 5 (1.74%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 203 (70.73%) Microsoft 365
2 107 (37.28%) Azure
3 28 (9.76%) Entra ID
4 20 (6.97%) OneDrive
5 16 (5.57%) AWS
6 11 (3.83%) Mimecast
7 5 (1.74%) Google Workspace
7 5 (1.74%) iTunes
8 3 (1.05%) IaaS
9 2 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.70%) GCP
9 2 (0.70%) PaaS
9 2 (0.70%) SaaS
10 1 (0.35%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.35%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.35%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 119 (41.46%) Firewall
2 36 (12.54%) VPN
3 30 (10.45%) DNS
3 30 (10.45%) Wireless
4 28 (9.76%) VLAN
4 28 (9.76%) Wi-Fi
5 26 (9.06%) TCP/IP
6 22 (7.67%) DHCP
6 22 (7.67%) VoIP
7 13 (4.53%) SAN
7 13 (4.53%) Unified Communications
7 13 (4.53%) WAN
8 12 (4.18%) SSL
9 11 (3.83%) NAS
9 11 (3.83%) Network Security
10 8 (2.79%) LAN
11 5 (1.74%) Broadband
11 5 (1.74%) Cisco IOS
11 5 (1.74%) Remote Desktop
11 5 (1.74%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (12.54%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.14%) MySQL
3 2 (0.70%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.35%) Power BI
4 1 (0.35%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 7 (2.44%) JIRA
2 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
General
1 100 (34.84%) Social Skills
2 25 (8.71%) Law
3 16 (5.57%) Documentation Skills
4 15 (5.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (4.18%) Games
6 11 (3.83%) Back Office
6 11 (3.83%) Legal
7 10 (3.48%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.79%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (1.39%) Retail
10 3 (1.05%) Finance
10 3 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.70%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.35%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.74%) Kafka
2 1 (0.35%) .NET
2 1 (0.35%) LAMP
2 1 (0.35%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 35 (12.20%) Driving Licence
2 17 (5.92%) Replication
3 9 (3.14%) Management Information System
3 9 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.39%) CCTV
5 3 (1.05%) Apple TV
6 2 (0.70%) Clustering
6 2 (0.70%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (0.70%) NHS
6 2 (0.70%) Smartphone
6 2 (0.70%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.35%) Blackberry
7 1 (0.35%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.35%) Device Driver
7 1 (0.35%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.35%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.35%) iPhone
7 1 (0.35%) IVR
7 1 (0.35%) PropTech
7 1 (0.35%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 196 (68.29%) Windows
2 91 (31.71%) Windows Server
3 58 (20.21%) Windows 10
4 24 (8.36%) Android
5 21 (7.32%) Linux
6 19 (6.62%) Windows Server 2016
7 18 (6.27%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (3.14%) Apple iOS
9 8 (2.79%) Windows Server 2008
10 7 (2.44%) Windows 7
11 6 (2.09%) Mac OS X
12 5 (1.74%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.70%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (20.91%) Customer Service
2 45 (15.68%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (10.45%) Cybersecurity
3 30 (10.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 20 (6.97%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 18 (6.27%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 16 (5.57%) Service Delivery
7 15 (5.23%) Change Control
8 12 (4.18%) Cloud Security
8 12 (4.18%) ITIL
9 11 (3.83%) ERP
10 9 (3.14%) Case Management
10 9 (3.14%) Issue Tracking
11 8 (2.79%) B2B
11 8 (2.79%) Customer Experience
11 8 (2.79%) Data Integration
11 8 (2.79%) Fault Analysis
11 8 (2.79%) Problem Management
11 8 (2.79%) Project Delivery
11 8 (2.79%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 66 (23.00%) SQL
2 16 (5.57%) PowerShell
3 8 (2.79%) Bash
3 8 (2.79%) Python
4 2 (0.70%) C++
5 1 (0.35%) PHP
Qualifications
1 54 (18.82%) Degree
2 29 (10.10%) CCNA
2 29 (10.10%) Cisco Certification
3 17 (5.92%) Microsoft Certification
4 16 (5.57%) Network+ Certification
5 11 (3.83%) MCSE
6 6 (2.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (1.05%) MCP
7 3 (1.05%) Security Cleared
8 2 (0.70%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.70%) CCNP
8 2 (0.70%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.70%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.35%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.23%) SLA
2 8 (2.79%) GDPR
3 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.70%) NIST
4 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 130 (45.30%) Active Directory
2 53 (18.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (13.24%) Hyper-V
4 6 (2.09%) Docker
5 2 (0.70%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 2 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.70%) vSphere
6 1 (0.35%) NFS
6 1 (0.35%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.35%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 26 (9.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (4.53%) Cisco CUCM
2 13 (4.53%) ServiceCenter
3 6 (2.09%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.70%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.70%) NetCrunch
5 1 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.35%) Backup Exec
5 1 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 170 (59.23%) Microsoft
2 67 (23.34%) VMware
3 38 (13.24%) Veeam
4 37 (12.89%) Citrix
5 34 (11.85%) Cisco
6 25 (8.71%) Apple
7 22 (7.67%) Barracuda Networks
8 17 (5.92%) Sophos
9 15 (5.23%) Palo Alto
10 14 (4.88%) Aruba
10 14 (4.88%) Draytek
10 14 (4.88%) Fortinet
10 14 (4.88%) Meraki
11 13 (4.53%) HP
12 11 (3.83%) ConnectWise
13 6 (2.09%) Google
14 5 (1.74%) Sage
15 4 (1.39%) Datto
16 3 (1.05%) CrowdStrike
16 3 (1.05%) WatchGuard