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 26 September 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 103 105
Rank change year-on-year -20 +2 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 21 43 80
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.67% 2.19% 2.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 2.33% 2.54%
Number of salaries quoted 19 41 64
10th Percentile £26,250 - £32,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £29,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -16.67% +28.57%
75th Percentile £50,625 £62,500 £51,000
90th Percentile £76,900 £77,500 £74,250
London median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% -5.88% +13.33%

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 2,973 1,848 3,145
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 94.33% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 2,133 1,495 2,083
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £93,750
90th Percentile - £120,000 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% - -3.33%

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 26 September 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 26 September 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 -18 19 £35,000 -10.26% 25
City of Westminster +16 4 £27,500 -8.33% 2
Southwark - 1 £47,500 -
West End of London - 1 £30,000 - 1
Support Engineer
London

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

For the 6 months to 26 September 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 16 (76.19%) Windows
2 13 (61.90%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (57.14%) Microsoft
4 11 (52.38%) Active Directory
5 9 (42.86%) Degree
5 9 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (38.10%) Computer Science
7 7 (33.33%) DHCP
7 7 (33.33%) DNS
7 7 (33.33%) Windows 10
8 6 (28.57%) Customer Service
8 6 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
9 5 (23.81%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (19.05%) A+ Certification
10 4 (19.05%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (19.05%) GDPR
10 4 (19.05%) ITIL
10 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (19.05%) PowerShell
10 4 (19.05%) SQL
10 4 (19.05%) TCP/IP
10 4 (19.05%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (19.05%) VPN
10 4 (19.05%) Wireless
11 3 (14.29%) Cisco
11 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
11 3 (14.29%) Service Delivery
12 2 (9.52%) Azure
12 2 (9.52%) Bloomberg
12 2 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement

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 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (61.90%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (9.52%) Azure
2 2 (9.52%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (9.52%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Storage
3 1 (4.76%) Google Workspace
3 1 (4.76%) Power Automate
3 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.76%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (33.33%) DHCP
1 7 (33.33%) DNS
2 4 (19.05%) TCP/IP
2 4 (19.05%) VPN
2 4 (19.05%) Wireless
3 2 (9.52%) VLAN
3 2 (9.52%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Power BI
1 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Git
1 1 (4.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 13 (61.90%) Social Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Finance
3 3 (14.29%) Front Office
3 3 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (9.52%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Derivative
1 2 (9.52%) Equities
1 2 (9.52%) Fixed Income
1 2 (9.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (4.76%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 16 (76.19%) Windows
2 7 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 2 (9.52%) Windows Server
4 1 (4.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (38.10%) Computer Science
3 6 (28.57%) Customer Service
4 5 (23.81%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (19.05%) ITIL
6 3 (14.29%) Service Delivery
7 2 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (9.52%) User Experience
8 1 (4.76%) API Management
8 1 (4.76%) Break/Fix
8 1 (4.76%) CI/CD
8 1 (4.76%) Collaborative Culture
8 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 1 (4.76%) Inventory Management
8 1 (4.76%) OWASP
8 1 (4.76%) Patch Management
8 1 (4.76%) Proactive Maintenance
8 1 (4.76%) Project Delivery
8 1 (4.76%) Release Management
8 1 (4.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) PowerShell
1 4 (19.05%) SQL
2 1 (4.76%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (42.86%) Degree
2 4 (19.05%) A+ Certification
2 4 (19.05%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) GDPR
2 2 (9.52%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (52.38%) Active Directory
2 4 (19.05%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (4.76%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) SCCM
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (14.29%) Cisco
3 2 (9.52%) Bloomberg
3 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.76%) Apple
4 1 (4.76%) Citrix
4 1 (4.76%) Google
4 1 (4.76%) Snow
4 1 (4.76%) VMware