Junior Support Engineer Jobs

Junior Support Engineer
UK

The median Junior Support Engineer salary in the UK is £24,240 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 813 948 1208
Rank change year-on-year +135 +260 -312
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Support Engineer 75 47 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.076% 0.046% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.051% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 71 23 25
10th Percentile £20,750 £19,596 £20,600
25th Percentile £23,000 £20,078 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,240 £22,000 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.18% -8.33% +6.67%
75th Percentile £27,000 £33,750 £37,500
90th Percentile £32,500 £33,950 £42,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £24,240 £20,850 £22,500
% change year-on-year +16.26% -7.33% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 93,864 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,182 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Junior Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Support Engineer in the UK

Junior Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Junior Support Engineer in the UK

Junior Support Engineer
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Support Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
UK excluding London +30 71 £24,240 +16.26% 6
England +102 69 £24,240 +10.18% 12
South East +11 18 £21,500 +4.88% 1
Work from Home +82 17 £22,250 -31.54% 2
East of England +22 15 £24,240 +10.18% 1
North of England - 14 £27,000 - 2
Midlands - 10 £24,240 -
North West - 10 £27,000 - 1
South West -19 8 £33,000 +27.71% 2
Scotland - 6 £24,240 -
West Midlands - 5 £25,000 -
East Midlands - 5 £24,240 -
London +113 4 £30,000 -7.69% 5
Yorkshire - 4 £25,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Junior 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 featuring Junior Support Engineer in the job title.

1 47 (62.67%) Microsoft
2 42 (56.00%) Windows
3 40 (53.33%) Driving Licence
4 26 (34.67%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (29.33%) SLA
5 22 (29.33%) Social Skills
6 20 (26.67%) Degree
6 20 (26.67%) Asset Management
7 19 (25.33%) Wi-Fi
7 19 (25.33%) Dell
7 19 (25.33%) KVM
7 19 (25.33%) Security Cleared
7 19 (25.33%) PCI DSS
7 19 (25.33%) BPSS Clearance
7 19 (25.33%) Proactive Maintenance
8 17 (22.67%) Azure
9 15 (20.00%) Active Directory
10 14 (18.67%) Wireless
11 13 (17.33%) Firewall
11 13 (17.33%) Network+ Certification
11 13 (17.33%) Fortinet
11 13 (17.33%) ServiceCenter
11 13 (17.33%) HP
11 13 (17.33%) CCNA
11 13 (17.33%) Cisco
11 13 (17.33%) Cisco Certification
11 13 (17.33%) Cisco CUCM
11 13 (17.33%) Meraki
11 13 (17.33%) Aruba
11 13 (17.33%) Unified Communications

Junior Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 8 (10.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.33%) Exchange Server 2013
2 1 (1.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (16.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (34.67%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (22.67%) Azure
3 3 (4.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 19 (25.33%) Wi-Fi
2 14 (18.67%) Wireless
3 13 (17.33%) Firewall
3 13 (17.33%) Unified Communications
4 5 (6.67%) DNS
5 1 (1.33%) 3G
5 1 (1.33%) DHCP
5 1 (1.33%) GPRS
5 1 (1.33%) LTE
5 1 (1.33%) Modbus
5 1 (1.33%) Softphone
5 1 (1.33%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.33%) JIRA
General
1 22 (29.33%) Social Skills
2 13 (17.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (5.33%) Finance
3 4 (5.33%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.33%) Electronics
5 1 (1.33%) Games
5 1 (1.33%) Marketing
5 1 (1.33%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.33%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.33%) RESTEasy
Miscellaneous
1 40 (53.33%) Driving Licence
2 3 (4.00%) Smartphone
3 1 (1.33%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.33%) IoT
3 1 (1.33%) NB-IoT
3 1 (1.33%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (1.33%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 42 (56.00%) Windows
2 9 (12.00%) Windows 10
3 8 (10.67%) Windows Server
4 4 (5.33%) Linux
4 4 (5.33%) Unix
5 3 (4.00%) Windows 7
5 3 (4.00%) Windows 8
6 2 (2.67%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.33%) Android
7 1 (1.33%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (26.67%) Asset Management
2 19 (25.33%) Proactive Maintenance
3 11 (14.67%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (8.00%) Customer Service
5 4 (5.33%) Computer Science
5 4 (5.33%) Fintech
6 3 (4.00%) Customer Experience
6 3 (4.00%) High Availability
6 3 (4.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 2 (2.67%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (2.67%) IT Strategy
8 1 (1.33%) Customer Requirements
8 1 (1.33%) Digital Marketing
8 1 (1.33%) ITSM
8 1 (1.33%) Mobile Device Management
8 1 (1.33%) Product Management
8 1 (1.33%) Programme Management
8 1 (1.33%) Supply Chain Management
8 1 (1.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.67%) SQL
2 4 (5.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 20 (26.67%) Degree
2 19 (25.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 19 (25.33%) Security Cleared
3 13 (17.33%) CCNA
3 13 (17.33%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (17.33%) Network+ Certification
4 5 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (5.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.33%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.33%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (29.33%) SLA
2 19 (25.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (25.33%) KVM
2 15 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (17.33%) Cisco CUCM
1 13 (17.33%) ServiceCenter
2 3 (4.00%) SCCM
2 3 (4.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 47 (62.67%) Microsoft
2 19 (25.33%) Dell
3 13 (17.33%) Aruba
3 13 (17.33%) Cisco
3 13 (17.33%) Fortinet
3 13 (17.33%) HP
3 13 (17.33%) Meraki
3 13 (17.33%) Palo Alto
4 3 (4.00%) Kaseya
4 3 (4.00%) SolarWinds
4 3 (4.00%) VMware
5 1 (1.33%) Apple
5 1 (1.33%) SAP