Support Engineer Jobs in Cardiff

Support Engineer
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Support Engineer salary in Cardiff is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 56 63
Rank change year-on-year +26 +7 +16
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 2 10 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 1.09% 1.51% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.12% 1.61% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 3
10th Percentile £30,750 £30,300 -
25th Percentile £31,875 £39,625 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £70,576 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -46.87% +135.25% -11.76%
75th Percentile £46,875 £72,433 £32,500
90th Percentile £50,250 - £34,000
South Wales median annual salary £30,500 £28,290 £30,000
% change year-on-year +7.81% -5.70% -9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 178 620 525
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.27% 93.80% 90.99%
Number of salaries quoted 126 539 401
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,157 £30,750
25th Percentile £33,656 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year - -0.34% -4.43%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,766 £67,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £51,500 £45,000 £45,496
% change year-on-year +14.44% -1.09% -9.01%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Cardiff

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Cardiff

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

Salary trend for Support Engineer in Cardiff

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Cardiff

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Cardiff over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in Cardiff

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 3 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 Cardiff region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) JUnit
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Spring
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Docker
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) JUnit
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Spring
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Fintech
1 1 (50.00%) High Availability
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Docker