Support Engineer Jobs in Berkshire

Support Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median Support Engineer salary in Berkshire is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 83 121
Rank change year-on-year +12 +38 -31
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 49 90 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 3.05% 2.93% 2.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.89% 3.07% 2.25%
Number of salaries quoted 47 86 50
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,500 £23,950
25th Percentile £32,000 £27,500 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,200 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.53% +10.00% -1.54%
75th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £35,400
90th Percentile £53,500 £51,250 £41,975
South East median annual salary £36,500 £34,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year +5.80% +9.52% -3.08%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,259 2,934 2,887
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 78.44% 95.45% 92.41%
Number of salaries quoted 574 2,089 1,639
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £83,750 £92,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Berkshire

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Support Engineer in Berkshire

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Berkshire over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in Berkshire

Support Engineer
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 9 May 2025. 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
Bracknell +22 18 £50,000 +17.65% 1
Reading +23 14 £37,500 +8.70% 10
Windsor - 8 £29,500 - 2
Maidenhead -21 3 £30,000 +11.11% 1
Slough -31 2 £34,000 +13.33% 2
Support Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, 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 Berkshire region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 28 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (55.10%) Windows
3 25 (51.02%) Microsoft
4 19 (38.78%) Microsoft Exchange
5 18 (36.73%) SQL
5 18 (36.73%) Social Skills
6 17 (34.69%) Linux
7 16 (32.65%) Active Directory
7 16 (32.65%) DNS
7 16 (32.65%) DHCP
7 16 (32.65%) Windows 10
8 14 (28.57%) SharePoint
9 13 (26.53%) VMware
9 13 (26.53%) VMware Infrastructure
9 13 (26.53%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (24.49%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (24.49%) VPN
11 11 (22.45%) MySQL
11 11 (22.45%) PL/SQL
11 11 (22.45%) Mac OS
11 11 (22.45%) Hyper-V
12 10 (20.41%) Customer Service
13 8 (16.33%) Windows Server
13 8 (16.33%) Azure
13 8 (16.33%) TCP/IP
13 8 (16.33%) Firewall
13 8 (16.33%) VLAN
14 7 (14.29%) A+ Certification
14 7 (14.29%) MCP
15 6 (12.24%) Windows Server 2012

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 19 (38.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (28.57%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (8.16%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 28 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (16.33%) Azure
3 2 (4.08%) AWS
3 2 (4.08%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (32.65%) DHCP
1 16 (32.65%) DNS
2 12 (24.49%) VPN
3 8 (16.33%) Firewall
3 8 (16.33%) TCP/IP
3 8 (16.33%) VLAN
4 5 (10.20%) Remote Desktop
4 5 (10.20%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (6.12%) VoIP
6 1 (2.04%) SD-WAN
6 1 (2.04%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (22.45%) MySQL
2 4 (8.16%) Metabase
3 3 (6.12%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.04%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (8.16%) JIRA
2 1 (2.04%) Eclipse
2 1 (2.04%) Git
2 1 (2.04%) Gradle
2 1 (2.04%) IntelliJ
2 1 (2.04%) JUnit
General
1 18 (36.73%) Social Skills
2 3 (6.12%) Advertising
3 2 (4.08%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.08%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.24%) Driving Licence
2 4 (8.16%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (6.12%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 27 (55.10%) Windows
2 17 (34.69%) Linux
3 16 (32.65%) Windows 10
4 11 (22.45%) Mac OS
5 8 (16.33%) Windows Server
6 6 (12.24%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (6.12%) Android
7 3 (6.12%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (26.53%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (20.41%) Customer Service
3 6 (12.24%) Service Desk Management
4 5 (10.20%) CRM
5 3 (6.12%) Data Privacy
5 3 (6.12%) Issue Tracking
5 3 (6.12%) Mobile Device Management
5 3 (6.12%) Project Delivery
5 3 (6.12%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 2 (4.08%) Agile
6 2 (4.08%) Asset Management
6 2 (4.08%) Change Control
6 2 (4.08%) Coaching
6 2 (4.08%) ITSM
6 2 (4.08%) User Experience
7 1 (2.04%) Computer Science
7 1 (2.04%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (2.04%) High Availability
7 1 (2.04%) Performance Optimisation
7 1 (2.04%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 18 (36.73%) SQL
2 11 (22.45%) PL/SQL
3 4 (8.16%) C++
3 4 (8.16%) Python
4 2 (4.08%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (24.49%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (14.29%) A+ Certification
2 7 (14.29%) MCP
3 6 (12.24%) Degree
4 5 (10.20%) Security Cleared
5 4 (8.16%) Dell Certification
6 3 (6.12%) DBS Check
6 3 (6.12%) MCSA
6 3 (6.12%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.08%) COSHH
System Software
1 16 (32.65%) Active Directory
2 13 (26.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (22.45%) Hyper-V
4 5 (10.20%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (2.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (10.20%) vCenter Server
2 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (4.08%) SCCM
3 2 (4.08%) SCOM
3 2 (4.08%) SCSM
Vendors
1 25 (51.02%) Microsoft
2 13 (26.53%) VMware
3 5 (10.20%) Sophos
3 5 (10.20%) Ubiquiti
4 4 (8.16%) Dell
5 3 (6.12%) Apple
5 3 (6.12%) Google
5 3 (6.12%) SonicWALL
6 1 (2.04%) Cisco
6 1 (2.04%) Siemens