Software Support Engineer Jobs in the South East

Software Support Engineer
England > South East

The median Software Support Engineer salary in the South East is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 358 400 474
Rank change year-on-year +42 +74 -114
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Support Engineer 33 12 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.20% 0.079% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.087% 0.047%
Number of salaries quoted 26 12 9
10th Percentile £32,500 - £22,250
25th Percentile - £31,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +36.36% -21.43%
75th Percentile £43,750 £38,750 £32,500
90th Percentile £51,250 £39,425 £51,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £32,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +23.08% -18.75% +17.65%

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 15,598 13,777 18,958
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.89% 90.63% 96.39%
Number of salaries quoted 11,310 8,629 12,627
10th Percentile £27,475 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £39,750 £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 £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

Software Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Support Engineer in the South East

Software Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Software Support Engineer in the South East

Software Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Support Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Support Engineer in the South East

Software 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 Software Support Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 24 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 +35 20 £40,000 +6.67%
Buckinghamshire -3 18 £40,000 +6.67%
Isle of Wight - 5 £42,500 -
East Sussex - 4 £47,500 -
Hampshire -12 3 £35,000 -6.67% 1
Berkshire - 2 - -
Surrey +6 1 £30,000 -7.69%
Software Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Software 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 Software Support Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (36.36%) Project Management
1 12 (36.36%) Oracle
1 12 (36.36%) SQL Server
1 12 (36.36%) OO
2 11 (33.33%) SQL
2 11 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 10 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (30.30%) Manufacturing
3 10 (30.30%) Degree
4 8 (24.24%) Java
4 8 (24.24%) .NET
4 8 (24.24%) VMS
5 7 (21.21%) Public Cloud
6 6 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (12.12%) Data Acquisition
7 4 (12.12%) Customer-Centric Approach
7 4 (12.12%) Customer Requirements
7 4 (12.12%) Customer-Centricity
7 4 (12.12%) Presales
7 4 (12.12%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (12.12%) Mobile Payment
7 4 (12.12%) Oracle Database
7 4 (12.12%) SaaS
7 4 (12.12%) MongoDB
7 4 (12.12%) REST
7 4 (12.12%) Chip and PIN
7 4 (12.12%) WebSphere
7 4 (12.12%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (12.12%) AIX
7 4 (12.12%) Linux

Software 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 4 (12.12%) Apache
1 4 (12.12%) JBoss
1 4 (12.12%) WebSphere
2 1 (3.03%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.12%) SaaS
2 1 (3.03%) AWS
2 1 (3.03%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Firewall
1 1 (3.03%) TCP/IP
1 1 (3.03%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (36.36%) SQL Server
2 4 (12.12%) MongoDB
2 4 (12.12%) Oracle Database
2 4 (12.12%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (3.03%) NoSQL
3 1 (3.03%) Relational Database
General
1 11 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 10 (30.30%) Manufacturing
3 6 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (12.12%) Finance
4 4 (12.12%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Legal
6 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (24.24%) .NET
2 4 (12.12%) REST
2 4 (12.12%) SOAP
2 4 (12.12%) Web Services
3 1 (3.03%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) Public Cloud
2 4 (12.12%) Chip and PIN
2 4 (12.12%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (12.12%) Mobile Payment
3 1 (3.03%) PropTech
3 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (24.24%) VMS
2 4 (12.12%) AIX
2 4 (12.12%) Linux
3 1 (3.03%) Windows
3 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (36.36%) OO
1 12 (36.36%) Project Management
2 10 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (12.12%) Customer Requirements
3 4 (12.12%) Customer-Centric Approach
3 4 (12.12%) Customer-Centricity
3 4 (12.12%) Data Acquisition
3 4 (12.12%) ERP
3 4 (12.12%) Presales
4 2 (6.06%) Customer Service
4 2 (6.06%) Mathematics
4 2 (6.06%) Software Deployment
4 2 (6.06%) Software Engineering
4 2 (6.06%) Time Management
5 1 (3.03%) Case Management
5 1 (3.03%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (3.03%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (3.03%) Customer Experience
5 1 (3.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (3.03%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 11 (33.33%) SQL
2 8 (24.24%) Java
3 4 (12.12%) C
3 4 (12.12%) C#
3 4 (12.12%) C++
3 4 (12.12%) VB
Qualifications
1 10 (30.30%) Degree
2 4 (12.12%) HNC
2 4 (12.12%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.03%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 12 (36.36%) Oracle
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.03%) Veeam
3 1 (3.03%) VMware