Support Engineer Job Trends in Aberdeen

Support Engineer
Scotland > Aberdeen

The median Support Engineer salary in Aberdeen is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 25 24
Rank change year-on-year +23 -1 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 22 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Aberdeen 21.57% 0.71% 2.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 22.00% 0.75% 2.21%
Number of salaries quoted 12 1 0
10th Percentile £35,000 - -
25th Percentile £48,125 £23,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £24,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +129.17% - -
75th Percentile £60,000 £25,000 -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £30,000 £32,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -12.41%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Aberdeen

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Aberdeen. 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 Aberdeen with a recognized job title 100 133 136
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.04% 94.33% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 63 77 78
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £91,000 £65,000
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -9.09%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen.

Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Aberdeen

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Aberdeen

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Aberdeen.

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Aberdeen

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Aberdeen

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Aberdeen over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in Aberdeen

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeen

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Support Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Aberdeen region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (45.45%) CAD
2 5 (22.73%) Budget Management
2 5 (22.73%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 5 (22.73%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (22.73%) Degree
3 3 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (13.64%) OneDrive
3 3 (13.64%) SCCM
3 3 (13.64%) Time Management
3 3 (13.64%) Windows
3 3 (13.64%) Windows 10
4 1 (4.55%) Incident Management
4 1 (4.55%) SLA

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeen by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (13.64%) OneDrive
General
1 3 (13.64%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Windows
1 3 (13.64%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) CAD
2 5 (22.73%) Budget Management
2 5 (22.73%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 5 (22.73%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (13.64%) Time Management
4 1 (4.55%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (13.64%) SCCM