Support Engineer Jobs in Cambridge

Support Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Support Engineer salary in Cambridge is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 32 58
Rank change year-on-year -2 +26 +47
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 8 54 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 3.07% 5.39% 3.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.32% 5.55% 4.50%
Number of salaries quoted 8 54 33
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,240 £27,100
25th Percentile £29,063 £26,063 £31,931
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% - +29.63%
75th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £38,750
90th Percentile - £47,500 £39,350
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £29,500 £34,750 £35,000
% change year-on-year -15.11% -0.71% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title 241 973 800
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.34% 97.11% 84.84%
Number of salaries quoted 150 750 386
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £66,250 £73,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,875 £85,000 £92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +8.00%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Cambridge

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridge

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

Salary trend for Support Engineer in Cambridge

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Cambridge over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in Cambridge

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 15 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 Cambridge region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) CRM
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
1 5 (62.50%) Physics
1 5 (62.50%) Computer Science
1 5 (62.50%) Driving Licence
1 5 (62.50%) User Experience
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (37.50%) Windows
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (25.00%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (25.00%) Cost Reduction
3 2 (25.00%) OneDrive
3 2 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (25.00%) Azure
3 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Firewall
3 2 (25.00%) VMware
3 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (12.50%) SLA

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
1 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Amazon RDS
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Computer Science
1 5 (62.50%) CRM
1 5 (62.50%) Physics
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (62.50%) User Experience
2 2 (25.00%) Cost Reduction
2 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) VMware