Support Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Support Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Support Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £38,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 70 101 116
Rank change year-on-year +31 +15 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 234 188 191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.48% 3.18% 2.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.68% 3.55% 2.83%
Number of salaries quoted 219 165 182
10th Percentile £25,500 £24,500 £22,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £31,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.63% -3.08% -7.14%
75th Percentile £43,750 £35,400 £42,500
90th Percentile £46,250 £45,600 £51,000
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 6,356 5,298 6,745
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 89.68% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 4,419 3,122 4,108
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £29,675
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,682 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £64,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,882 £87,500 £81,588
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 17 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 17 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 +46 83 £35,400 +10.63% 32
Buckinghamshire -15 79 £32,500 +6.56% 9
Oxfordshire +26 72 £42,000 +33.33% 22
Support Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 17 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.

1 115 (49.15%) Microsoft
2 112 (47.86%) Windows
3 110 (47.01%) Microsoft 365
4 82 (35.04%) Social Skills
5 78 (33.33%) SQL
6 76 (32.48%) Firewall
7 65 (27.78%) Active Directory
8 64 (27.35%) VMware
9 57 (24.36%) VMware Infrastructure
10 55 (23.50%) Azure
11 53 (22.65%) Microsoft Exchange
12 46 (19.66%) SharePoint
13 45 (19.23%) Windows Server
14 43 (18.38%) SQL Server
15 42 (17.95%) Linux
15 42 (17.95%) Citrix
15 42 (17.95%) Degree
16 41 (17.52%) Customer Service
17 37 (15.81%) Microsoft Office
18 36 (15.38%) Veeam
19 35 (14.96%) Problem-Solving
20 32 (13.68%) Windows 10
21 27 (11.54%) OneDrive
21 27 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
22 26 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
23 24 (10.26%) TCP/IP
24 23 (9.83%) DNS
25 22 (9.40%) Service Delivery
25 22 (9.40%) Android
25 22 (9.40%) Cybersecurity

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 53 (22.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 46 (19.66%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.71%) JBoss
3 4 (1.71%) WebSphere
4 3 (1.28%) Confluence
4 3 (1.28%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 37 (15.81%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.85%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.85%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (2.14%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.43%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 110 (47.01%) Microsoft 365
2 55 (23.50%) Azure
3 27 (11.54%) OneDrive
4 18 (7.69%) AWS
5 9 (3.85%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.14%) Google Workspace
6 5 (2.14%) iTunes
7 4 (1.71%) GCP
8 3 (1.28%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.43%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.43%) OCI
9 1 (0.43%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 76 (32.48%) Firewall
2 26 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
3 24 (10.26%) TCP/IP
4 23 (9.83%) DNS
5 21 (8.97%) VLAN
6 17 (7.26%) LAN
7 16 (6.84%) DHCP
8 13 (5.56%) VPN
9 12 (5.13%) SAN
9 12 (5.13%) Wireless
10 11 (4.70%) NAS
10 11 (4.70%) Network Security
10 11 (4.70%) VoIP
11 10 (4.27%) SSL
12 9 (3.85%) WAN
13 5 (2.14%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (2.14%) Wireless Security
14 4 (1.71%) Asterisk PBX
14 4 (1.71%) PBX
14 4 (1.71%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (18.38%) SQL Server
2 15 (6.41%) MySQL
3 6 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.71%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.43%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (4.27%) JIRA
2 2 (0.85%) Git
2 2 (0.85%) IntelliJ
3 1 (0.43%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.43%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.43%) Gradle
3 1 (0.43%) JUnit
General
1 82 (35.04%) Social Skills
2 20 (8.55%) Manufacturing
3 19 (8.12%) Documentation Skills
4 16 (6.84%) Law
5 15 (6.41%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (3.85%) Finance
8 6 (2.56%) Legal
9 5 (2.14%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.71%) Retail
11 3 (1.28%) Games
12 2 (0.85%) Billing
12 2 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.43%) Advertising
13 1 (0.43%) Automotive
13 1 (0.43%) Electronics
13 1 (0.43%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.71%) .NET
2 3 (1.28%) HTML
2 3 (1.28%) Kafka
3 2 (0.85%) Spring
3 2 (0.85%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.43%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.26%) Replication
2 16 (6.84%) Driving Licence
3 11 (4.70%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.85%) Linux Command Line
5 6 (2.56%) Public Cloud
5 6 (2.56%) Smartphone
6 5 (2.14%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.71%) Chip and PIN
7 4 (1.71%) Mobile Payment
8 1 (0.43%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.43%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.43%) Tandem
8 1 (0.43%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 112 (47.86%) Windows
2 45 (19.23%) Windows Server
3 42 (17.95%) Linux
4 32 (13.68%) Windows 10
5 22 (9.40%) Android
6 10 (4.27%) Windows 7
7 8 (3.42%) VMS
8 7 (2.99%) Apple iOS
9 6 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (2.14%) Mac OS X
11 4 (1.71%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (1.28%) Mac OS
12 3 (1.28%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.85%) Windows Mobile
14 1 (0.43%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (17.52%) Customer Service
2 35 (14.96%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (9.40%) Cybersecurity
3 22 (9.40%) Service Delivery
4 21 (8.97%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 17 (7.26%) Change Control
6 16 (6.84%) Project Management
7 15 (6.41%) ITIL
8 12 (5.13%) Software Deployment
9 11 (4.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 10 (4.27%) Software Testing
11 9 (3.85%) Customer Requirements
12 8 (3.42%) Data Integration
12 8 (3.42%) OO
13 7 (2.99%) ITSM
13 7 (2.99%) Logistics
14 6 (2.56%) Service Management
15 5 (2.14%) ERP
15 5 (2.14%) Migration
15 5 (2.14%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 78 (33.33%) SQL
2 12 (5.13%) PL/SQL
3 8 (3.42%) Java
3 8 (3.42%) PowerShell
4 7 (2.99%) Python
5 4 (1.71%) Bash
6 3 (1.28%) C#
Qualifications
1 42 (17.95%) Degree
2 19 (8.12%) Security Cleared
3 16 (6.84%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (5.98%) DV Cleared
5 13 (5.56%) CCNA
5 13 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (4.27%) MCSE
7 7 (2.99%) SC Cleared
8 6 (2.56%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.71%) HNC
9 4 (1.71%) HND
9 4 (1.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (1.28%) MCP
11 2 (0.85%) CCNP
11 2 (0.85%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.43%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.85%) SLA
2 5 (2.14%) GDPR
3 2 (0.85%) ISO 14001
3 2 (0.85%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.43%) QA
System Software
1 65 (27.78%) Active Directory
2 57 (24.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (8.55%) Hyper-V
4 10 (4.27%) Firmware
5 5 (2.14%) Docker
6 4 (1.71%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.85%) GPFS
8 1 (0.43%) NFS
8 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (5.13%) SCCM
2 11 (4.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.71%) vCenter Server
4 3 (1.28%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.43%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.43%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.43%) PaperCut
5 1 (0.43%) SCOM
5 1 (0.43%) WSUS
Vendors
1 115 (49.15%) Microsoft
2 64 (27.35%) VMware
3 42 (17.95%) Citrix
4 36 (15.38%) Veeam
5 12 (5.13%) Apple
6 10 (4.27%) HP
6 10 (4.27%) Oracle
7 9 (3.85%) Cisco
8 8 (3.42%) Barracuda Networks
9 6 (2.56%) Google
10 5 (2.14%) Draytek
10 5 (2.14%) Sage
11 3 (1.28%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (1.28%) Datto
11 3 (1.28%) Sophos
11 3 (1.28%) WatchGuard
12 2 (0.85%) Dell
12 2 (0.85%) Juniper
13 1 (0.43%) EMC
13 1 (0.43%) JD Edwards