Support Engineer Job Trends in Central London

Support Engineer
London > Central London

The median Support Engineer salary in Central London is £37,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 101 86
Rank change year-on-year -1 -15 +111
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 42 82 110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 2.11% 2.48% 2.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.24% 2.62% 3.10%
Number of salaries quoted 40 66 107
10th Percentile - £32,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £45,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.78% +28.57% -17.65%
75th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £45,500
90th Percentile £63,000 £73,750 £70,000
London median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% +13.33% -6.25%

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 1,878 3,134 3,548
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.42% 94.97% 96.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,516 2,129 3,193
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,315 £39,085
25th Percentile £53,734 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
75th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £115,000
London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £73,000
% change year-on-year - -0.68% +4.29%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 +25 40 £38,250 -15.00% 7
City of Westminster +6 2 £30,000 -10.45%
Support Engineer
London

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 18 September 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 Central London region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 26 (61.90%) Social Skills
2 23 (54.76%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (50.00%) Windows
4 20 (47.62%) Degree
5 17 (40.48%) Microsoft
6 16 (38.10%) Active Directory
7 15 (35.71%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (30.95%) Finance
9 12 (28.57%) Python
10 10 (23.81%) Microsoft Intune
10 10 (23.81%) Bash
10 10 (23.81%) Customer Experience
10 10 (23.81%) Machine Learning
11 9 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
12 8 (19.05%) SharePoint
12 8 (19.05%) OneDrive
13 7 (16.67%) Windows 10
13 7 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
13 7 (16.67%) Cisco
13 7 (16.67%) VMware
13 7 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
13 7 (16.67%) Mentoring
13 7 (16.67%) SCCM
13 7 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
14 6 (14.29%) Computer Science
14 6 (14.29%) Azure
14 6 (14.29%) WAN
15 5 (11.90%) LAN
15 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Office
15 5 (11.90%) Linux

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 8 (19.05%) SharePoint
2 7 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.38%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Endur
1 1 (2.38%) EuroRunner
Cloud Services
1 15 (35.71%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (19.05%) OneDrive
3 6 (14.29%) Azure
4 4 (9.52%) AWS
5 2 (4.76%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (4.76%) Amazon S3
5 2 (4.76%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (4.76%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (4.76%) Serverless
6 1 (2.38%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.38%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.29%) WAN
2 5 (11.90%) LAN
2 5 (11.90%) Modbus
3 4 (9.52%) DHCP
3 4 (9.52%) DNS
3 4 (9.52%) TCP/IP
4 3 (7.14%) WebEx
4 3 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (4.76%) VPN
5 2 (4.76%) Wireless
6 1 (2.38%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (2.38%) Cisco IPT
6 1 (2.38%) Firewall
6 1 (2.38%) IP Telephony
6 1 (2.38%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (2.38%) SD-WAN
6 1 (2.38%) Unified Communications
6 1 (2.38%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 3 (7.14%) JIRA
2 2 (4.76%) Git
General
1 26 (61.90%) Social Skills
2 13 (30.95%) Finance
3 5 (11.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (11.90%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (9.52%) Banking
4 4 (9.52%) Wholesale Banking
5 3 (7.14%) Advertising
5 3 (7.14%) Financial Institution
5 3 (7.14%) Front Office
6 2 (4.76%) Back Office
7 1 (2.38%) Billing
7 1 (2.38%) Games
7 1 (2.38%) Law
7 1 (2.38%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (4.76%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) Onboarding
1 5 (11.90%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (9.52%) CCTV
2 4 (9.52%) iPhone
3 3 (7.14%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (4.76%) Data Centre
4 2 (4.76%) Equities
5 1 (2.38%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.38%) iPad
5 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.38%) TWAP
5 1 (2.38%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.38%) VWAP
Operating Systems
1 21 (50.00%) Windows
2 7 (16.67%) Windows 10
3 5 (11.90%) Linux
4 3 (7.14%) Windows Server
5 2 (4.76%) Mac OS
5 2 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (2.38%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (54.76%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (23.81%) Customer Experience
2 10 (23.81%) Machine Learning
3 9 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (16.67%) Mentoring
5 6 (14.29%) Computer Science
6 5 (11.90%) Data Protection
6 5 (11.90%) Energy Management
7 4 (9.52%) BCP
7 4 (9.52%) Data Analysis
7 4 (9.52%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (9.52%) ITIL
7 4 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (7.14%) Break/Fix
8 3 (7.14%) Incident Management
8 3 (7.14%) Inventory Management
8 3 (7.14%) Service Management
8 3 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (7.14%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 12 (28.57%) Python
2 10 (23.81%) Bash
3 4 (9.52%) SQL
4 1 (2.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (47.62%) Degree
2 1 (2.38%) A+ Certification
2 1 (2.38%) CCENT
2 1 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.38%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.14%) SLA
2 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 16 (38.10%) Active Directory
2 7 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (9.52%) BitLocker
4 2 (4.76%) Docker
5 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (2.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.38%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (2.38%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (2.38%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 10 (23.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (16.67%) SCCM
3 4 (9.52%) Nagios
4 2 (4.76%) Kibana
4 2 (4.76%) Kubernetes
4 2 (4.76%) logstash
5 1 (2.38%) Plesk
Vendors
1 17 (40.48%) Microsoft
2 7 (16.67%) Cisco
2 7 (16.67%) VMware
3 4 (9.52%) Apple
3 4 (9.52%) Fortinet
3 4 (9.52%) HP
3 4 (9.52%) Symantec
4 3 (7.14%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.38%) Citrix
5 1 (2.38%) iManage
5 1 (2.38%) Intapp
5 1 (2.38%) ION Trading
5 1 (2.38%) Meraki
5 1 (2.38%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.38%) Rackspace
5 1 (2.38%) Trayport
5 1 (2.38%) Zscaler