Support Engineer Job Trends in Central London

Support Engineer
London > Central London

The median Support Engineer salary in Central London is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 November 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 116 94
Rank change year-on-year +47 -22 +84
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 72 74 84
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 3.70% 2.28% 2.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.91% 2.44% 2.69%
Number of salaries quoted 63 60 80
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,625 £36,125 £32,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £37,120
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +21.23% -18.42%
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £46,375
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,250 £71,250
London median annual salary £40,000 £42,750 £38,000
% change year-on-year -6.43% +12.50% -5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 1,841 3,029 3,124
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.56% 93.49% 96.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,451 1,970 2,818
10th Percentile £36,750 £42,500 £39,085
25th Percentile £55,000 £54,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -3.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £115,000
London median annual salary £72,367 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.51% - +3.45%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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 Central London.

Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Central London

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Central London.

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Central London

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Central London over the 6 months to 13 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in Central London

Support Engineer
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 13 November 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
City of London +62 68 £43,000 -4.44% 58
City of Westminster +27 4 £30,000 -10.45%
Support Engineer
London

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 13 November 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 Central London region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 37 (51.39%) Degree
2 31 (43.06%) Windows
3 30 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (34.72%) Microsoft
5 24 (33.33%) Active Directory
6 19 (26.39%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (22.22%) Bash
7 16 (22.22%) Python
8 15 (20.83%) Azure
8 15 (20.83%) Customer Experience
8 15 (20.83%) Machine Learning
9 14 (19.44%) ITIL
9 14 (19.44%) Microsoft Exchange
9 14 (19.44%) Windows 10
10 13 (18.06%) Continuous Improvement
11 12 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
11 12 (16.67%) OneDrive
11 12 (16.67%) SharePoint
11 12 (16.67%) VMware
12 11 (15.28%) SCCM
13 10 (13.89%) VMware Infrastructure
14 9 (12.50%) Cisco
14 9 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
14 9 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
15 8 (11.11%) Apple
15 8 (11.11%) AWS
15 8 (11.11%) LAN
15 8 (11.11%) Line Management
15 8 (11.11%) Mentoring
15 8 (11.11%) WAN

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 14 (19.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (8.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.39%) Endur
2 1 (1.39%) EuroRunner
Cloud Services
1 19 (26.39%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (20.83%) Azure
3 12 (16.67%) OneDrive
4 8 (11.11%) AWS
5 6 (8.33%) Azure Logic Apps
5 6 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (8.33%) Power Automate
5 6 (8.33%) Power Platform
5 6 (8.33%) PowerApps
6 3 (4.17%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (1.39%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.39%) Datadog
7 1 (1.39%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.39%) GCP
7 1 (1.39%) GitHub
7 1 (1.39%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.39%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.39%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 8 (11.11%) LAN
1 8 (11.11%) WAN
1 8 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (9.72%) DHCP
2 7 (9.72%) DNS
2 7 (9.72%) TCP/IP
3 5 (6.94%) Modbus
3 5 (6.94%) VPN
3 5 (6.94%) WebEx
4 3 (4.17%) Firewall
4 3 (4.17%) VoIP
5 2 (2.78%) NetScaler
6 1 (1.39%) Cisco IPT
6 1 (1.39%) IP Telephony
6 1 (1.39%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (1.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.33%) Power BI
2 3 (4.17%) MySQL
3 1 (1.39%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (8.33%) Git
1 6 (8.33%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.78%) JIRA
3 1 (1.39%) GitLab
3 1 (1.39%) Jenkins
General
1 37 (51.39%) Social Skills
2 19 (26.39%) Finance
3 5 (6.94%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (5.56%) Banking
4 4 (5.56%) Financial Institution
4 4 (5.56%) Front Office
4 4 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (5.56%) Wholesale Banking
5 3 (4.17%) Games
6 2 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.78%) Back Office
7 1 (1.39%) Advertising
7 1 (1.39%) Billing
7 1 (1.39%) Law
7 1 (1.39%) Legal
7 1 (1.39%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.33%) REST
1 6 (8.33%) SOAP
1 6 (8.33%) Web Services
2 3 (4.17%) LAMP
3 2 (2.78%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (1.39%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.72%) Data Centre
1 7 (9.72%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (6.94%) iPhone
2 5 (6.94%) Onboarding
3 4 (5.56%) CCTV
4 2 (2.78%) Equities
4 2 (2.78%) Fat Client
4 2 (2.78%) Thin Client
4 2 (2.78%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.39%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.39%) iPad
5 1 (1.39%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.39%) TWAP
5 1 (1.39%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.39%) VWAP
Operating Systems
1 31 (43.06%) Windows
2 14 (19.44%) Windows 10
3 8 (11.11%) Windows Server
4 7 (9.72%) Mac OS
5 6 (8.33%) Linux
6 3 (4.17%) CentOS
6 3 (4.17%) Rocky
6 3 (4.17%) Ubuntu
6 3 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (4.17%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (4.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.39%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.39%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (20.83%) Customer Experience
2 15 (20.83%) Machine Learning
3 14 (19.44%) ITIL
4 13 (18.06%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (11.11%) Line Management
6 8 (11.11%) Mentoring
7 7 (9.72%) CI/CD
7 7 (9.72%) Computer Science
7 7 (9.72%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (8.33%) Agile
8 6 (8.33%) API Management
8 6 (8.33%) CRM
8 6 (8.33%) Data Migration
8 6 (8.33%) Migration
8 6 (8.33%) OWASP
8 6 (8.33%) Scrum
9 5 (6.94%) Break/Fix
9 5 (6.94%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (22.22%) Bash
1 16 (22.22%) Python
2 3 (4.17%) Shell Script
3 2 (2.78%) SQL
4 1 (1.39%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 37 (51.39%) Degree
2 2 (2.78%) A+ Certification
2 2 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.39%) CCNA
3 1 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.39%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.78%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 10 (13.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.56%) BitLocker
4 3 (4.17%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.39%) Docker
5 1 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (15.28%) SCCM
3 7 (9.72%) Nagios
4 5 (6.94%) Kubernetes
5 4 (5.56%) Ansible
6 3 (4.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (1.39%) Grafana
7 1 (1.39%) Plesk
7 1 (1.39%) Prometheus
7 1 (1.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (34.72%) Microsoft
2 12 (16.67%) VMware
3 9 (12.50%) Cisco
4 8 (11.11%) Apple
5 6 (8.33%) HP
6 5 (6.94%) Toshiba
7 4 (5.56%) Fortinet
7 4 (5.56%) Symantec
8 3 (4.17%) CheckPoint
8 3 (4.17%) Citrix
8 3 (4.17%) Google
8 3 (4.17%) Meraki
8 3 (4.17%) ServiceNow
9 2 (2.78%) Acronis
9 2 (2.78%) Datto
9 2 (2.78%) Zscaler
10 1 (1.39%) ConnectWise
10 1 (1.39%) Intapp
10 1 (1.39%) LogicMonitor
10 1 (1.39%) Okta