Support Engineer Job Trends in Central London

Support Engineer
London > Central London

The median Support Engineer salary in Central London is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 December 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 120 97
Rank change year-on-year +67 -23 +68
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 92 63 77
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 3.97% 1.94% 2.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.23% 2.10% 2.59%
Number of salaries quoted 79 49 71
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,650 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +20.00% -12.28%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £54,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,500 £71,250
London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +3.90%

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 2,174 3,002 2,978
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.83% 92.43% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,668 1,927 2,658
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £39,085
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -4.11% -2.67%
75th Percentile £97,500 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £115,000
London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +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 25 December 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 25 December 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 +76 88 £42,500 -5.56% 12
City of Westminster +33 4 £30,000 -36.84%
Southwark - 1 £43,500 - 1
Support Engineer
London

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

For the 6 months to 25 December 2025, 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 47 (51.09%) Windows
2 40 (43.48%) Degree
3 38 (41.30%) Microsoft
4 35 (38.04%) Problem-Solving
5 33 (35.87%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (33.70%) Active Directory
7 23 (25.00%) Windows 10
8 22 (23.91%) Azure
8 22 (23.91%) ITIL
9 19 (20.65%) Microsoft Exchange
10 18 (19.57%) Bash
10 18 (19.57%) Python
11 16 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (17.39%) Customer Experience
12 15 (16.30%) Machine Learning
12 15 (16.30%) OneDrive
12 15 (16.30%) SharePoint
13 14 (15.22%) Microsoft Intune
14 13 (14.13%) Apple
14 13 (14.13%) SCCM
14 13 (14.13%) VMware
15 12 (13.04%) DHCP
15 12 (13.04%) DNS
15 12 (13.04%) Windows Server
16 11 (11.96%) Line Management
16 11 (11.96%) Microsoft Office
16 11 (11.96%) VMware Infrastructure
17 10 (10.87%) Computer Science
17 10 (10.87%) Cybersecurity
17 10 (10.87%) HP

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 19 (20.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (16.30%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.09%) CMS
Applications
1 11 (11.96%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (6.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.09%) Endur
2 1 (1.09%) EuroRunner
Cloud Services
1 33 (35.87%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (23.91%) Azure
3 15 (16.30%) OneDrive
4 8 (8.70%) AWS
5 6 (6.52%) Azure Logic Apps
5 6 (6.52%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (6.52%) Google Workspace
5 6 (6.52%) Power Automate
5 6 (6.52%) Power Platform
5 6 (6.52%) PowerApps
6 3 (3.26%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.17%) Azure Event Grid
7 2 (2.17%) Azure Functions
7 2 (2.17%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (2.17%) Azure Storage
7 2 (2.17%) Serverless
8 1 (1.09%) GCP
8 1 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.09%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 12 (13.04%) DHCP
1 12 (13.04%) DNS
2 10 (10.87%) TCP/IP
2 10 (10.87%) VPN
3 9 (9.78%) WAN
4 8 (8.70%) LAN
5 7 (7.61%) Firewall
5 7 (7.61%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (5.43%) Modbus
6 5 (5.43%) WebEx
7 3 (3.26%) NetScaler
7 3 (3.26%) VoIP
8 1 (1.09%) Cisco Wireless
8 1 (1.09%) IP Telephony
8 1 (1.09%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (1.09%) SD-WAN
8 1 (1.09%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.52%) Power BI
2 3 (3.26%) MySQL
3 2 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.09%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (6.52%) Git
1 6 (6.52%) Visual Studio
2 4 (4.35%) JIRA
3 1 (1.09%) GitLab
3 1 (1.09%) Jenkins
General
1 46 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 26 (28.26%) Finance
3 5 (5.43%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (5.43%) Games
3 5 (5.43%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (4.35%) Banking
4 4 (4.35%) Financial Institution
4 4 (4.35%) Front Office
4 4 (4.35%) Wholesale Banking
5 3 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (3.26%) Legal
6 2 (2.17%) Advertising
6 2 (2.17%) Back Office
6 2 (2.17%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.09%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.52%) REST
1 6 (6.52%) SOAP
1 6 (6.52%) Web Services
2 3 (3.26%) LAMP
3 2 (2.17%) .NET
3 2 (2.17%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (2.17%) WPF
4 1 (1.09%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.78%) Onboarding
2 6 (6.52%) Data Centre
2 6 (6.52%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (5.43%) Fat Client
3 5 (5.43%) Thin Client
4 4 (4.35%) CCTV
5 3 (3.26%) iPhone
5 3 (3.26%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (3.26%) Virtual Team
6 2 (2.17%) Equities
6 2 (2.17%) Reinsurance
7 1 (1.09%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.09%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.09%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.09%) TWAP
7 1 (1.09%) VWAP
Operating Systems
1 47 (51.09%) Windows
2 23 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 12 (13.04%) Windows Server
4 10 (10.87%) Mac OS
5 7 (7.61%) Linux
6 4 (4.35%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (4.35%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (3.26%) CentOS
7 3 (3.26%) Rocky
7 3 (3.26%) Ubuntu
7 3 (3.26%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.09%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (38.04%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (23.91%) ITIL
3 16 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
3 16 (17.39%) Customer Experience
4 15 (16.30%) Machine Learning
5 11 (11.96%) Line Management
6 10 (10.87%) Computer Science
6 10 (10.87%) Cybersecurity
7 9 (9.78%) CI/CD
8 8 (8.70%) API Management
8 8 (8.70%) Mentoring
8 8 (8.70%) Migration
9 7 (7.61%) Disaster Recovery
9 7 (7.61%) Problem Management
10 6 (6.52%) Agile
10 6 (6.52%) CRM
10 6 (6.52%) Data Migration
10 6 (6.52%) Incident Management
10 6 (6.52%) OWASP
10 6 (6.52%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 18 (19.57%) Bash
1 18 (19.57%) Python
2 4 (4.35%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.35%) SQL
3 3 (3.26%) Shell Script
4 2 (2.17%) C#
Qualifications
1 40 (43.48%) Degree
2 7 (7.61%) A+ Certification
3 5 (5.43%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.17%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (2.17%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (1.09%) CCNA
6 1 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.09%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.09%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.52%) SLA
2 2 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 31 (33.70%) Active Directory
2 11 (11.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.35%) BitLocker
3 4 (4.35%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.09%) Docker
4 1 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (15.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (14.13%) SCCM
3 7 (7.61%) Nagios
4 4 (4.35%) Ansible
4 4 (4.35%) Kubernetes
5 3 (3.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (3.26%) Grafana
6 2 (2.17%) Kibana
7 1 (1.09%) Prometheus
7 1 (1.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 38 (41.30%) Microsoft
2 13 (14.13%) Apple
2 13 (14.13%) VMware
3 10 (10.87%) HP
4 9 (9.78%) Cisco
5 6 (6.52%) Google
6 5 (5.43%) Acronis
6 5 (5.43%) Datto
6 5 (5.43%) Fortinet
6 5 (5.43%) ServiceNow
6 5 (5.43%) Toshiba
7 4 (4.35%) Bloomberg
7 4 (4.35%) CheckPoint
7 4 (4.35%) FactSet
7 4 (4.35%) Meraki
7 4 (4.35%) Salesforce
7 4 (4.35%) Symantec
8 3 (3.26%) Citrix
8 3 (3.26%) Okta
9 2 (2.17%) ConnectWise