Support Engineer Job Trends in Central London

Support Engineer
London > Central London

The median Support Engineer salary in Central London is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 June 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 118 74
Rank change year-on-year +26 -44 +46
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 70 43 117
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 1.58% 1.85% 3.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.66% 2.01% 3.38%
Number of salaries quoted 68 41 80
10th Percentile £30,425 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,500 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.58% -2.41% +18.57%
75th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £51,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £67,500 £62,500
London median annual salary £39,000 £40,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year -3.11% +0.63% +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 4,213 2,140 3,459
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.38% 92.00% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 3,029 1,552 2,751
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £51,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% - -3.33%
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 8 June 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 8 June 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 +12 67 £35,000 -13.04% 5
Southwark - 4 £38,750 -
City of Westminster +22 1 £21,500 -28.33% 1
Support Engineer
London

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

For the 6 months to 8 June 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 50 (71.43%) Windows
2 46 (65.71%) Microsoft
2 46 (65.71%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (40.00%) Azure
4 24 (34.29%) Active Directory
4 24 (34.29%) ITIL
5 20 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (24.29%) Windows Server
7 16 (22.86%) Problem Management
8 14 (20.00%) Degree
8 14 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
8 14 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
8 14 (20.00%) SLA
9 13 (18.57%) Change Management
9 13 (18.57%) Customer Service
9 13 (18.57%) DNS
9 13 (18.57%) PowerShell
10 12 (17.14%) Microsoft Office
10 12 (17.14%) SQL
10 12 (17.14%) Windows 10
11 11 (15.71%) DHCP
11 11 (15.71%) Entra ID
11 11 (15.71%) VMware
11 11 (15.71%) VMware Infrastructure
12 10 (14.29%) Hyper-V
12 10 (14.29%) ITSM
13 9 (12.86%) Computer Science
13 9 (12.86%) Linux
13 9 (12.86%) SaaS
13 9 (12.86%) Wi-Fi

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 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (17.14%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 46 (65.71%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (40.00%) Azure
3 11 (15.71%) Entra ID
4 9 (12.86%) SaaS
5 8 (11.43%) Azure Storage
6 7 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (10.00%) Azure Event Grid
6 7 (10.00%) Azure Functions
6 7 (10.00%) Azure Monitor
6 7 (10.00%) Serverless
7 4 (5.71%) OneDrive
8 3 (4.29%) Google Workspace
8 3 (4.29%) Mimecast
9 2 (2.86%) AWS
10 1 (1.43%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (1.43%) Power Automate
10 1 (1.43%) Power Platform
10 1 (1.43%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (18.57%) DNS
2 11 (15.71%) DHCP
3 9 (12.86%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (11.43%) VPN
5 6 (8.57%) Firewall
6 5 (7.14%) ADSL
6 5 (7.14%) TCP/IP
7 4 (5.71%) WAN
8 3 (4.29%) LAN
8 3 (4.29%) WebEx
9 2 (2.86%) SAN
9 2 (2.86%) VLAN
10 1 (1.43%) Cisco Wireless
10 1 (1.43%) NetScaler
10 1 (1.43%) SD-WAN
10 1 (1.43%) VoIP
10 1 (1.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (2.86%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.43%) Power BI
3 1 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (4.29%) JIRA
2 2 (2.86%) Postman
3 1 (1.43%) Git
3 1 (1.43%) Visual Studio
General
1 24 (34.29%) Social Skills
2 21 (30.00%) Finance
3 8 (11.43%) Law
4 7 (10.00%) Legal
5 4 (5.71%) Financial Institution
5 4 (5.71%) Games
5 4 (5.71%) Retail
6 3 (4.29%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.86%) Front Office
7 2 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.86%) Marketing
7 2 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.86%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.43%) Advertising
8 1 (1.43%) Banking
8 1 (1.43%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.00%) .NET
1 7 (10.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 4 (5.71%) Fat Client
2 4 (5.71%) Thin Client
3 3 (4.29%) Reinsurance
4 2 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.86%) Derivative
4 2 (2.86%) Equities
4 2 (2.86%) Fixed Income
4 2 (2.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.86%) Marketing Technology
4 2 (2.86%) PKI
5 1 (1.43%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.43%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.43%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 50 (71.43%) Windows
2 17 (24.29%) Windows Server
3 12 (17.14%) Windows 10
4 9 (12.86%) Linux
5 5 (7.14%) Mac OS
6 4 (5.71%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (4.29%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (2.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (1.43%) Android
9 1 (1.43%) Apple iOS
9 1 (1.43%) Mac OS X
9 1 (1.43%) VMS
9 1 (1.43%) Windows 7
9 1 (1.43%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (1.43%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (34.29%) ITIL
2 20 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (22.86%) Problem Management
4 13 (18.57%) Change Management
4 13 (18.57%) Customer Service
5 10 (14.29%) ITSM
6 9 (12.86%) Computer Science
7 8 (11.43%) API Management
7 8 (11.43%) CI/CD
7 8 (11.43%) Service Management
8 7 (10.00%) Analytics
8 7 (10.00%) Data Pipeline
8 7 (10.00%) DevOps
8 7 (10.00%) Incident Management
8 7 (10.00%) Log Analytics
8 7 (10.00%) Microservices
8 7 (10.00%) Observability
8 7 (10.00%) Runbook
8 7 (10.00%) Storage Management
8 7 (10.00%) Systems Thinking
Programming Languages
1 13 (18.57%) PowerShell
2 12 (17.14%) SQL
3 7 (10.00%) C#
4 3 (4.29%) Bash
4 3 (4.29%) Python
5 2 (2.86%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.86%) PHP
6 1 (1.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (20.00%) Degree
2 8 (11.43%) A+ Certification
3 7 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.86%) CCNA
4 2 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.86%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.86%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.43%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.43%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.43%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.43%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (20.00%) SLA
2 1 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (34.29%) Active Directory
2 11 (15.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (14.29%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.86%) vSphere
5 1 (1.43%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (10.00%) Grafana
2 7 (10.00%) Kibana
3 4 (5.71%) SCCM
4 2 (2.86%) WSUS
5 1 (1.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 46 (65.71%) Microsoft
2 11 (15.71%) VMware
3 7 (10.00%) Apple
4 4 (5.71%) Acronis
4 4 (5.71%) Datto
5 3 (4.29%) ConnectWise
5 3 (4.29%) Okta
6 2 (2.86%) Bloomberg
6 2 (2.86%) BT
6 2 (2.86%) Cisco
6 2 (2.86%) Google
6 2 (2.86%) McAfee
6 2 (2.86%) Meraki
7 1 (1.43%) Aruba
7 1 (1.43%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.43%) F5
7 1 (1.43%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.43%) HP
7 1 (1.43%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.43%) Snow