Support Engineer Job Trends in Central London

Support Engineer
London > Central London

The median Support Engineer salary in Central London is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 May 2026.

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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 114 83
Rank change year-on-year +23 -31 +37
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 77 44 113
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 1.75% 1.90% 3.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.84% 2.08% 3.29%
Number of salaries quoted 74 42 75
10th Percentile £29,325 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £41,250 £40,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +2.48% +15.00%
75th Percentile £48,750 £54,688 £50,500
90th Percentile £81,125 £67,500 £60,500
London median annual salary £39,000 £41,750 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.59% +4.38% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 4,191 2,116 3,430
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.38% 91.40% 95.30%
Number of salaries quoted 3,051 1,522 2,782
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% - -0.97%
75th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -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 24 May 2026.

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 24 May 2026. 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 +9 73 £37,500 -6.83% 5
Southwark - 4 £38,750 - 1
City of Westminster - 1 £21,500 -
Support Engineer
London

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

For the 6 months to 24 May 2026, 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 56 (72.73%) Windows
2 52 (67.53%) Microsoft
2 52 (67.53%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (36.36%) Azure
3 28 (36.36%) ITIL
4 27 (35.06%) Active Directory
5 21 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (23.38%) Windows Server
7 17 (22.08%) Problem Management
8 16 (20.78%) Customer Service
8 16 (20.78%) Microsoft Exchange
9 15 (19.48%) Degree
9 15 (19.48%) SLA
9 15 (19.48%) Windows 10
10 14 (18.18%) DNS
10 14 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
11 13 (16.88%) Change Management
11 13 (16.88%) Microsoft Office
11 13 (16.88%) PowerShell
12 12 (15.58%) DHCP
13 11 (14.29%) Entra ID
13 11 (14.29%) ITSM
13 11 (14.29%) SQL
13 11 (14.29%) VMware
13 11 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
14 10 (12.99%) A+ Certification
14 10 (12.99%) Computer Science
14 10 (12.99%) Hyper-V
14 10 (12.99%) SaaS
15 9 (11.69%) Apple

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 16 (20.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (10.39%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.30%) CMS
Applications
1 13 (16.88%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 52 (67.53%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (36.36%) Azure
3 11 (14.29%) Entra ID
4 10 (12.99%) SaaS
5 8 (10.39%) Azure Storage
6 7 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (9.09%) Azure Event Grid
6 7 (9.09%) Azure Functions
6 7 (9.09%) Azure Monitor
6 7 (9.09%) Serverless
7 5 (6.49%) OneDrive
8 3 (3.90%) Google Workspace
8 3 (3.90%) Mimecast
9 2 (2.60%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (18.18%) DNS
2 12 (15.58%) DHCP
3 9 (11.69%) VPN
3 9 (11.69%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (9.09%) Firewall
5 5 (6.49%) ADSL
5 5 (6.49%) TCP/IP
6 4 (5.19%) WAN
7 3 (3.90%) LAN
7 3 (3.90%) WebEx
8 2 (2.60%) SAN
8 2 (2.60%) VLAN
9 1 (1.30%) Cisco Wireless
9 1 (1.30%) NetScaler
9 1 (1.30%) SD-WAN
9 1 (1.30%) VoIP
9 1 (1.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.09%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (2.60%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.90%) JIRA
2 2 (2.60%) Postman
General
1 26 (33.77%) Social Skills
2 25 (32.47%) Finance
3 9 (11.69%) Legal
4 8 (10.39%) Law
5 5 (6.49%) Games
6 4 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (5.19%) Financial Institution
6 4 (5.19%) Retail
7 2 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.60%) Front Office
7 2 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.60%) Marketing
7 2 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.60%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.30%) Advertising
8 1 (1.30%) Banking
8 1 (1.30%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.09%) .NET
1 7 (9.09%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.39%) Onboarding
2 5 (6.49%) Fat Client
2 5 (6.49%) Reinsurance
2 5 (6.49%) Thin Client
3 2 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (2.60%) Derivative
3 2 (2.60%) Equities
3 2 (2.60%) Fixed Income
3 2 (2.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (2.60%) Marketing Technology
3 2 (2.60%) PKI
3 2 (2.60%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (1.30%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.30%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 56 (72.73%) Windows
2 18 (23.38%) Windows Server
3 15 (19.48%) Windows 10
4 9 (11.69%) Linux
5 5 (6.49%) Mac OS
6 4 (5.19%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (3.90%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (2.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (1.30%) Android
9 1 (1.30%) Apple iOS
9 1 (1.30%) Mac OS X
9 1 (1.30%) VMS
9 1 (1.30%) Windows 7
9 1 (1.30%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (1.30%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (36.36%) ITIL
2 21 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (22.08%) Problem Management
4 16 (20.78%) Customer Service
5 13 (16.88%) Change Management
6 11 (14.29%) ITSM
7 10 (12.99%) Computer Science
8 8 (10.39%) Analytics
8 8 (10.39%) Service Management
9 7 (9.09%) API Management
9 7 (9.09%) CI/CD
9 7 (9.09%) Data Pipeline
9 7 (9.09%) DevOps
9 7 (9.09%) Log Analytics
9 7 (9.09%) Microservices
9 7 (9.09%) Migration
9 7 (9.09%) Observability
9 7 (9.09%) Runbook
9 7 (9.09%) Storage Management
9 7 (9.09%) Systems Thinking
Programming Languages
1 13 (16.88%) PowerShell
2 11 (14.29%) SQL
3 7 (9.09%) C#
4 3 (3.90%) Bash
4 3 (3.90%) Python
5 2 (2.60%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.60%) PHP
Qualifications
1 15 (19.48%) Degree
2 10 (12.99%) A+ Certification
3 8 (10.39%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.60%) CCNA
4 2 (2.60%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.60%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (2.60%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.60%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (2.60%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.30%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.30%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (19.48%) SLA
2 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 27 (35.06%) Active Directory
2 11 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (12.99%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.60%) vSphere
5 1 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (9.09%) Grafana
2 7 (9.09%) Kibana
3 5 (6.49%) SCCM
4 2 (2.60%) WSUS
5 1 (1.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 52 (67.53%) Microsoft
2 11 (14.29%) VMware
3 9 (11.69%) Apple
4 5 (6.49%) Acronis
4 5 (6.49%) Datto
4 5 (6.49%) Okta
5 3 (3.90%) Bloomberg
5 3 (3.90%) ConnectWise
6 2 (2.60%) BT
6 2 (2.60%) Cisco
6 2 (2.60%) Google
6 2 (2.60%) HP
6 2 (2.60%) McAfee
6 2 (2.60%) Meraki
7 1 (1.30%) F5
7 1 (1.30%) FactSet
7 1 (1.30%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.30%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.30%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.30%) Snow