Windows Support Engineer Jobs

Windows Support Engineer
UK

The median Windows Support Engineer salary in the UK is £36,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 865 926 1193
Rank change year-on-year +61 +267 -324
Permanent jobs requiring a Windows Support Engineer 31 49 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.031% 0.049% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.053% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 26 43 42
10th Percentile £25,750 £24,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,125 £25,000 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £27,500 £32,250
Median % change year-on-year +30.91% -14.73% -2.27%
75th Percentile £43,750 £34,375 £41,875
90th Percentile £50,125 £40,000 £47,575
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,500 £27,500 £28,000
% change year-on-year +21.82% -1.79% -

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 93,739 91,836 153,630
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 91.52% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 67,104 57,926 84,939
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,604
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Windows Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Support Engineer in the UK

Windows Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Windows Support Engineer in the UK

Windows Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Support Engineer over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows Support Engineer in the UK

Windows Support Engineer
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Support Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
England +59 27 £35,000 +27.27% 2
UK excluding London -26 18 £33,500 +21.82% 1
London +118 9 £66,250 +69.87% 1
Midlands +8 7 £28,000 +1.82%
South East +1 6 £37,500 +50.00%
West Midlands - 6 £27,250 -
Work from Home +71 5 £37,250 -36.60% 1
East of England +6 3 £34,000 +6.25%
North of England +23 2 £26,250 -4.55% 1
North West -2 2 £26,250 - 1
East Midlands -20 1 £44,000 +60.00%

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, Windows 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 Windows Support Engineer in the job title.

1 31 (100.00%) Windows
2 16 (51.61%) Microsoft
3 13 (41.94%) Azure
4 12 (38.71%) Windows Server
5 11 (35.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 11 (35.48%) Social Skills
6 10 (32.26%) PowerShell
6 10 (32.26%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (25.81%) VMware
8 7 (22.58%) VMware Infrastructure
8 7 (22.58%) Windows 10
8 7 (22.58%) Entra ID
8 7 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (22.58%) Active Directory
9 6 (19.35%) Management Information System
9 6 (19.35%) Firewall
10 5 (16.13%) Knowledge Transfer
10 5 (16.13%) Cisco
10 5 (16.13%) Configuration Management
10 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Exchange
11 4 (12.90%) Linux
11 4 (12.90%) SQL Server
11 4 (12.90%) HP
11 4 (12.90%) TCP/IP
11 4 (12.90%) VPN
11 4 (12.90%) SLA
11 4 (12.90%) Telecoms
11 4 (12.90%) Finance
11 4 (12.90%) Law
11 4 (12.90%) DMZ

Windows 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 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (9.68%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.23%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (41.94%) Azure
2 10 (32.26%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (22.58%) Entra ID
4 4 (12.90%) IaaS
5 2 (6.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 2 (6.45%) AWS
5 2 (6.45%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (19.35%) Firewall
2 4 (12.90%) DMZ
2 4 (12.90%) Network Security
2 4 (12.90%) TCP/IP
2 4 (12.90%) VLAN
2 4 (12.90%) VPN
3 2 (6.45%) DHCP
3 2 (6.45%) DNS
4 1 (3.23%) LAN
4 1 (3.23%) SAN
4 1 (3.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.90%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (6.45%) JIRA
General
1 11 (35.48%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.90%) Finance
2 4 (12.90%) Law
2 4 (12.90%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.23%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (19.35%) Management Information System
2 4 (12.90%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (6.45%) Client/Server
3 2 (6.45%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.23%) Derivative
4 1 (3.23%) iPad
4 1 (3.23%) iPhone
4 1 (3.23%) Smartphone
4 1 (3.23%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 31 (100.00%) Windows
2 12 (38.71%) Windows Server
3 7 (22.58%) Windows 10
4 4 (12.90%) Linux
5 3 (9.68%) Mac OS
6 1 (3.23%) Android
6 1 (3.23%) Windows Mobile
6 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (35.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (16.13%) Configuration Management
3 5 (16.13%) Knowledge Transfer
4 4 (12.90%) Customer Service
5 3 (9.68%) Break/Fix
5 3 (9.68%) Preventative Maintenance
6 2 (6.45%) Computer Science
6 2 (6.45%) Data Protection
6 2 (6.45%) DevOps
6 2 (6.45%) Fintech
6 2 (6.45%) Project Delivery
6 2 (6.45%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (6.45%) Server Virtualisation
6 2 (6.45%) Service Management
7 1 (3.23%) Business Continuity
7 1 (3.23%) Disaster Recovery
7 1 (3.23%) ITSM
7 1 (3.23%) Service Delivery
7 1 (3.23%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (32.26%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (12.90%) Azure Certification
2 3 (9.68%) Degree
3 2 (6.45%) AWS Certification
3 2 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (6.45%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.90%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (22.58%) Active Directory
1 7 (22.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.23%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.23%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (51.61%) Microsoft
2 8 (25.81%) VMware
3 5 (16.13%) Cisco
4 4 (12.90%) HP
5 3 (9.68%) Apple
5 3 (9.68%) Dell
6 1 (3.23%) Agilent
6 1 (3.23%) Intel
6 1 (3.23%) NetApp