Support Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Support Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Support Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £38,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 93 119
Rank change year-on-year +26 +26 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 237 200 192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.53% 3.33% 2.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.73% 3.71% 2.87%
Number of salaries quoted 223 176 182
10th Percentile £25,500 £24,500 £21,850
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £31,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -3.08% -7.14%
75th Percentile £43,750 £35,400 £43,750
90th Percentile £46,250 £46,000 £52,375
South East median annual salary £34,500 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +9.52% -3.08% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,355 5,389 6,697
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 89.80% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 4,451 3,175 4,126
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £81,813
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in the Thames Valley

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Support Engineer in the Thames Valley

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in the Thames Valley

Support Engineer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Berkshire +50 87 £35,400 +10.63% 24
Buckinghamshire -15 80 £32,500 - 12
Oxfordshire +29 70 £42,000 +33.33% 20
Support Engineer
South East

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 12 May 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 Thames Valley region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 114 (48.10%) Windows
1 114 (48.10%) Microsoft
2 109 (45.99%) Microsoft 365
3 81 (34.18%) Social Skills
4 79 (33.33%) SQL
5 75 (31.65%) Firewall
6 66 (27.85%) VMware
6 66 (27.85%) Active Directory
7 59 (24.89%) VMware Infrastructure
8 53 (22.36%) Azure
9 52 (21.94%) Microsoft Exchange
10 47 (19.83%) Windows Server
11 46 (19.41%) Linux
12 45 (18.99%) SharePoint
13 43 (18.14%) SQL Server
14 42 (17.72%) Degree
14 42 (17.72%) Customer Service
15 41 (17.30%) Citrix
16 37 (15.61%) Microsoft Office
17 36 (15.19%) Veeam
18 35 (14.77%) Problem-Solving
19 31 (13.08%) Windows 10
20 27 (11.39%) Microsoft Excel
21 26 (10.97%) Wi-Fi
21 26 (10.97%) OneDrive
22 24 (10.13%) TCP/IP
23 23 (9.70%) DNS
24 22 (9.28%) Security Cleared
24 22 (9.28%) Cybersecurity
24 22 (9.28%) Service Delivery

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 52 (21.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 45 (18.99%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.69%) JBoss
3 4 (1.69%) WebSphere
4 3 (1.27%) Confluence
4 3 (1.27%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 37 (15.61%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (11.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.84%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.84%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (2.11%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.42%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 109 (45.99%) Microsoft 365
2 53 (22.36%) Azure
3 26 (10.97%) OneDrive
4 17 (7.17%) AWS
5 8 (3.38%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.11%) Google Workspace
6 5 (2.11%) iTunes
7 4 (1.69%) GCP
8 3 (1.27%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.42%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.42%) OCI
9 1 (0.42%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 75 (31.65%) Firewall
2 26 (10.97%) Wi-Fi
3 24 (10.13%) TCP/IP
4 23 (9.70%) DNS
5 21 (8.86%) VLAN
6 17 (7.17%) LAN
7 16 (6.75%) DHCP
8 12 (5.06%) SAN
8 12 (5.06%) VPN
9 11 (4.64%) NAS
9 11 (4.64%) VoIP
9 11 (4.64%) Wireless
10 10 (4.22%) Network Security
10 10 (4.22%) SSL
11 9 (3.80%) WAN
12 5 (2.11%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (2.11%) Wireless Security
13 4 (1.69%) Asterisk PBX
13 4 (1.69%) PBX
13 4 (1.69%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (18.14%) SQL Server
2 16 (6.75%) MySQL
3 5 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.69%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.42%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (4.22%) JIRA
2 2 (0.84%) Git
2 2 (0.84%) IntelliJ
3 1 (0.42%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.42%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.42%) Gradle
3 1 (0.42%) JUnit
General
1 81 (34.18%) Social Skills
2 19 (8.02%) Documentation Skills
3 17 (7.17%) Manufacturing
4 16 (6.75%) Law
5 15 (6.33%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (5.49%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (3.80%) Finance
8 5 (2.11%) Legal
8 5 (2.11%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.27%) Games
9 3 (1.27%) Retail
10 2 (0.84%) Billing
10 2 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.42%) Advertising
11 1 (0.42%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.69%) .NET
2 3 (1.27%) HTML
2 3 (1.27%) Kafka
3 2 (0.84%) Spring
3 2 (0.84%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.42%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.17%) Replication
2 16 (6.75%) Driving Licence
3 11 (4.64%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.80%) Linux Command Line
5 6 (2.53%) Public Cloud
6 5 (2.11%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.11%) Smartphone
7 4 (1.69%) Chip and PIN
7 4 (1.69%) Mobile Payment
8 1 (0.42%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.42%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.42%) Tandem
8 1 (0.42%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 114 (48.10%) Windows
2 47 (19.83%) Windows Server
3 46 (19.41%) Linux
4 31 (13.08%) Windows 10
5 21 (8.86%) Android
6 10 (4.22%) Windows 7
7 8 (3.38%) VMS
8 6 (2.53%) Apple iOS
8 6 (2.53%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (2.53%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (2.11%) Mac OS X
10 4 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (1.27%) Mac OS
11 3 (1.27%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.84%) Windows Mobile
13 1 (0.42%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (17.72%) Customer Service
2 35 (14.77%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (9.28%) Cybersecurity
3 22 (9.28%) Service Delivery
4 21 (8.86%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 17 (7.17%) Change Control
6 16 (6.75%) ITIL
6 16 (6.75%) Project Management
7 12 (5.06%) Software Deployment
8 11 (4.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 10 (4.22%) Software Testing
10 9 (3.80%) Customer Requirements
11 8 (3.38%) Data Integration
11 8 (3.38%) OO
12 7 (2.95%) ITSM
12 7 (2.95%) Service Management
13 6 (2.53%) Incident Management
14 5 (2.11%) Migration
14 5 (2.11%) Problem Management
14 5 (2.11%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 79 (33.33%) SQL
2 13 (5.49%) PL/SQL
3 8 (3.38%) Java
3 8 (3.38%) PowerShell
4 7 (2.95%) Python
5 4 (1.69%) Bash
6 3 (1.27%) C#
Qualifications
1 42 (17.72%) Degree
2 22 (9.28%) Security Cleared
3 16 (6.75%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (6.33%) DV Cleared
5 12 (5.06%) CCNA
5 12 (5.06%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (4.22%) MCSE
6 10 (4.22%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.53%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.69%) HNC
8 4 (1.69%) HND
8 4 (1.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (1.27%) MCP
10 1 (0.42%) CCNP
10 1 (0.42%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.42%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.80%) SLA
2 5 (2.11%) GDPR
3 2 (0.84%) ISO 14001
3 2 (0.84%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.42%) QA
System Software
1 66 (27.85%) Active Directory
2 59 (24.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (8.02%) Hyper-V
4 9 (3.80%) Firmware
5 6 (2.53%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (2.11%) Docker
7 3 (1.27%) GPFS
8 1 (0.42%) NFS
8 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (5.06%) SCCM
2 11 (4.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (2.53%) vCenter Server
4 3 (1.27%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.42%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.42%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.42%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.42%) PaperCut
5 1 (0.42%) SCOM
5 1 (0.42%) WSUS
Vendors
1 114 (48.10%) Microsoft
2 66 (27.85%) VMware
3 41 (17.30%) Citrix
4 36 (15.19%) Veeam
5 12 (5.06%) Apple
6 10 (4.22%) HP
6 10 (4.22%) Oracle
7 8 (3.38%) Barracuda Networks
7 8 (3.38%) Cisco
8 6 (2.53%) Google
9 5 (2.11%) Draytek
9 5 (2.11%) Sage
10 3 (1.27%) CrowdStrike
10 3 (1.27%) Datto
10 3 (1.27%) Sophos
10 3 (1.27%) WatchGuard
11 2 (0.84%) Dell
11 2 (0.84%) Juniper
12 1 (0.42%) EMC
12 1 (0.42%) JD Edwards