Technical Support Engineer Job Trends in Birmingham

Technical Support Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Technical Support Engineer salary in Birmingham is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 August 2026.

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

 6 months to
1 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 97 112
Rank change year-on-year -9 +15 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support Engineer 14 1 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.42% 0.080% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.084% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 10 1 12
10th Percentile £51,250 - -
25th Percentile £53,125 £56,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +27.78% +30.43%
75th Percentile £56,875 £58,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £58,000 - £53,125
West Midlands median annual salary £42,000 £35,506 £35,000
% change year-on-year +18.29% +1.44% +29.63%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 3,133 1,193 2,336
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 95.14% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2,472 856 1,762
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £31,275
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,860 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.84% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%

Technical Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Technical Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Technical Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for Technical Support Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham.

Salary distribution trend for Technical Support Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham

Technical Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Support Engineer in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Support Engineer in Birmingham

Technical Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 1 August 2026, Technical 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 Birmingham region featuring Technical Support Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (28.57%) Motion Control
2 3 (21.43%) AI
2 3 (21.43%) Apache
2 3 (21.43%) Citrix
2 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (21.43%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (21.43%) DNS
2 3 (21.43%) Entra ID
2 3 (21.43%) Firewall
2 3 (21.43%) IIS
2 3 (21.43%) Linux
2 3 (21.43%) Load Balancing
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Copilot
2 3 (21.43%) Migration
2 3 (21.43%) nginx
2 3 (21.43%) Power Automate
2 3 (21.43%) PowerShell
2 3 (21.43%) Presales
2 3 (21.43%) Service Delivery
2 3 (21.43%) SharePoint
2 3 (21.43%) SLA
2 3 (21.43%) SonicWALL
2 3 (21.43%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (21.43%) Ubuntu
2 3 (21.43%) VMware
2 3 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (21.43%) Windows
2 3 (21.43%) Windows Server

Technical Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (21.43%) Apache
1 3 (21.43%) IIS
1 3 (21.43%) nginx
1 3 (21.43%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Entra ID
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Copilot
1 3 (21.43%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) DNS
1 3 (21.43%) Firewall
General
1 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Electronics
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Linux
1 3 (21.43%) Ubuntu
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
1 3 (21.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Motion Control
2 3 (21.43%) AI
2 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (21.43%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (21.43%) Load Balancing
2 3 (21.43%) Migration
2 3 (21.43%) Presales
2 3 (21.43%) Service Delivery
2 3 (21.43%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Citrix
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
1 3 (21.43%) SonicWALL
1 3 (21.43%) VMware
Technical Support Engineer jobs