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 3 May 2026.

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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 115 88
Rank change year-on-year +37 -27 +35
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 88 48 104
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 2.12% 1.91% 2.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.23% 2.09% 3.04%
Number of salaries quoted 82 46 66
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £42,000 £40,125
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +4.67% +11.85%
75th Percentile £48,750 £54,688 £51,188
90th Percentile £74,000 £68,125 £60,000
London median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% +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 3,941 2,294 3,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.96% 91.14% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 2,831 1,641 2,822
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% - -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £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 3 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 3 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 +22 84 £37,500 -11.24% 12
Southwark - 4 £38,750 -
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 3 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 65 (73.86%) Windows
2 61 (69.32%) Microsoft 365
3 60 (68.18%) Microsoft
4 36 (40.91%) Active Directory
5 31 (35.23%) ITIL
6 30 (34.09%) Azure
7 23 (26.14%) Problem-Solving
7 23 (26.14%) Windows 10
8 22 (25.00%) Windows Server
9 21 (23.86%) Microsoft Exchange
10 20 (22.73%) Problem Management
11 18 (20.45%) Degree
11 18 (20.45%) SLA
12 17 (19.32%) DNS
13 16 (18.18%) Customer Service
13 16 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
14 15 (17.05%) DHCP
14 15 (17.05%) Microsoft Intune
15 14 (15.91%) PowerShell
16 13 (14.77%) A+ Certification
16 13 (14.77%) Change Management
17 12 (13.64%) Apple
17 12 (13.64%) Entra ID
17 12 (13.64%) ITSM
18 11 (12.50%) Computer Science
18 11 (12.50%) Hyper-V
18 11 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
18 11 (12.50%) SharePoint
18 11 (12.50%) SQL
18 11 (12.50%) VMware

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 21 (23.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (12.50%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.14%) CMS
Applications
1 16 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 61 (69.32%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (34.09%) Azure
3 12 (13.64%) Entra ID
4 10 (11.36%) SaaS
5 8 (9.09%) Azure Storage
5 8 (9.09%) OneDrive
6 7 (7.95%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (7.95%) Azure Event Grid
6 7 (7.95%) Azure Functions
6 7 (7.95%) Azure Monitor
6 7 (7.95%) Serverless
7 5 (5.68%) Google Workspace
8 3 (3.41%) AWS
8 3 (3.41%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 17 (19.32%) DNS
2 15 (17.05%) DHCP
3 11 (12.50%) VPN
4 10 (11.36%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (7.95%) Firewall
5 7 (7.95%) TCP/IP
6 5 (5.68%) ADSL
6 5 (5.68%) WAN
7 4 (4.55%) LAN
8 3 (3.41%) WebEx
9 2 (2.27%) SAN
9 2 (2.27%) VLAN
9 2 (2.27%) VoIP
10 1 (1.14%) Cisco Wireless
10 1 (1.14%) NetScaler
10 1 (1.14%) SD-WAN
10 1 (1.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.95%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (2.27%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.14%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (4.55%) JIRA
2 2 (2.27%) Postman
General
1 34 (38.64%) Social Skills
2 29 (32.95%) Finance
3 9 (10.23%) Legal
4 8 (9.09%) Games
4 8 (9.09%) Law
5 4 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.55%) Financial Institution
5 4 (4.55%) Retail
6 2 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.27%) Front Office
6 2 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.27%) Marketing
6 2 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.27%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.14%) Advertising
7 1 (1.14%) Banking
7 1 (1.14%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.95%) .NET
1 7 (7.95%) WPF
2 1 (1.14%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.23%) Onboarding
2 8 (9.09%) Fat Client
2 8 (9.09%) Thin Client
3 5 (5.68%) Reinsurance
4 2 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.27%) Derivative
4 2 (2.27%) Equities
4 2 (2.27%) Fixed Income
4 2 (2.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.27%) Marketing Technology
4 2 (2.27%) PKI
4 2 (2.27%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (2.27%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.14%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.14%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.14%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 65 (73.86%) Windows
2 23 (26.14%) Windows 10
3 22 (25.00%) Windows Server
4 10 (11.36%) Linux
5 7 (7.95%) Mac OS
6 5 (5.68%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (4.55%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (2.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (2.27%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (1.14%) Android
9 1 (1.14%) Apple iOS
9 1 (1.14%) CentOS
9 1 (1.14%) Mac OS X
9 1 (1.14%) Rocky
9 1 (1.14%) Ubuntu
9 1 (1.14%) VMS
9 1 (1.14%) Windows 7
9 1 (1.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (35.23%) ITIL
2 23 (26.14%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (22.73%) Problem Management
4 16 (18.18%) Customer Service
5 13 (14.77%) Change Management
6 12 (13.64%) ITSM
7 11 (12.50%) Computer Science
8 8 (9.09%) Analytics
8 8 (9.09%) Line Management
8 8 (9.09%) Service Management
9 7 (7.95%) API Management
9 7 (7.95%) CI/CD
9 7 (7.95%) Data Pipeline
9 7 (7.95%) DevOps
9 7 (7.95%) Log Analytics
9 7 (7.95%) Microservices
9 7 (7.95%) Observability
9 7 (7.95%) Runbook
9 7 (7.95%) Storage Management
9 7 (7.95%) Systems Thinking
Programming Languages
1 14 (15.91%) PowerShell
2 11 (12.50%) SQL
3 7 (7.95%) C#
4 4 (4.55%) Bash
4 4 (4.55%) Python
5 2 (2.27%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.27%) PHP
6 1 (1.14%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (20.45%) Degree
2 13 (14.77%) A+ Certification
3 11 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.27%) CCNA
4 2 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.27%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.27%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.27%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (2.27%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.14%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.14%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (20.45%) SLA
2 2 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 36 (40.91%) Active Directory
2 11 (12.50%) Hyper-V
2 11 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.27%) vSphere
4 1 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 15 (17.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (9.09%) SCCM
3 7 (7.95%) Grafana
3 7 (7.95%) Kibana
4 2 (2.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (2.27%) WSUS
5 1 (1.14%) Ansible
5 1 (1.14%) Nagios
Vendors
1 60 (68.18%) Microsoft
2 12 (13.64%) Apple
3 11 (12.50%) VMware
4 8 (9.09%) Acronis
4 8 (9.09%) Datto
5 6 (6.82%) Bloomberg
6 5 (5.68%) HP
6 5 (5.68%) Okta
7 4 (4.55%) FactSet
7 4 (4.55%) Google
7 4 (4.55%) Salesforce
7 4 (4.55%) ServiceNow
8 3 (3.41%) ConnectWise
9 2 (2.27%) BT
9 2 (2.27%) Cisco
9 2 (2.27%) McAfee
9 2 (2.27%) Meraki
9 2 (2.27%) Toshiba
10 1 (1.14%) CheckPoint
10 1 (1.14%) Fortinet