Support Engineer Job Trends in the City of London

Support Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Support Engineer salary in the City of London is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 July 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 107 90
Rank change year-on-year +8 -17 +30
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 47 34 81
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.20% 1.79% 2.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.25% 1.90% 2.86%
Number of salaries quoted 45 34 62
10th Percentile - £27,500 £28,475
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,063 £36,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year - -20.45% +20.55%
75th Percentile £48,750 £43,563 £51,250
90th Percentile £57,500 £53,750 £62,500
Central London median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £43,000
% change year-on-year - -18.60% +21.13%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 3,751 1,793 2,830
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.59% 94.57% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,724 1,394 2,287
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,310 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £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 £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile - £119,625 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +10.34% - -3.33%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of 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 the City of London.

Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the City of London

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in the City of London.

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in the City of London

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in the City of London over the 6 months to 21 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in the City of London

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 21 July 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 City of London region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 35 (74.47%) Microsoft
1 35 (74.47%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (65.96%) Windows
3 16 (34.04%) Active Directory
3 16 (34.04%) Azure
4 15 (31.91%) ITIL
5 12 (25.53%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (25.53%) Windows Server
6 11 (23.40%) Change Management
6 11 (23.40%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (23.40%) PowerShell
7 10 (21.28%) Microsoft Exchange
8 9 (19.15%) Customer Service
8 9 (19.15%) Hyper-V
8 9 (19.15%) SaaS
8 9 (19.15%) SLA
8 9 (19.15%) VMware
8 9 (19.15%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (17.02%) Degree
9 8 (17.02%) Entra ID
9 8 (17.02%) Microsoft Office
9 8 (17.02%) VMware Infrastructure
10 7 (14.89%) A+ Certification
10 7 (14.89%) Computer Science
10 7 (14.89%) DHCP
10 7 (14.89%) DNS
10 7 (14.89%) ITSM
10 7 (14.89%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (14.89%) Problem Management
11 6 (12.77%) Infrastructure as Code

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 10 (21.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (17.02%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 35 (74.47%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (34.04%) Azure
3 9 (19.15%) SaaS
4 8 (17.02%) Entra ID
5 3 (6.38%) Mimecast
6 2 (4.26%) Azure Storage
7 1 (2.13%) AWS
7 1 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.13%) Azure Event Grid
7 1 (2.13%) Azure Functions
7 1 (2.13%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (2.13%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.13%) Google Workspace
7 1 (2.13%) OneDrive
7 1 (2.13%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.13%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.13%) PowerApps
7 1 (2.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (19.15%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (14.89%) DHCP
2 7 (14.89%) DNS
3 5 (10.64%) ADSL
4 4 (8.51%) VPN
5 3 (6.38%) WebEx
6 2 (4.26%) Firewall
6 2 (4.26%) VLAN
6 2 (4.26%) VoIP
7 1 (2.13%) LAN
7 1 (2.13%) TCP/IP
7 1 (2.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.13%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (2.13%) Power BI
1 1 (2.13%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (4.26%) JIRA
1 2 (4.26%) Postman
2 1 (2.13%) Git
2 1 (2.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (38.30%) Social Skills
2 14 (29.79%) Finance
3 8 (17.02%) Law
4 5 (10.64%) Legal
5 4 (8.51%) Financial Institution
6 3 (6.38%) Front Office
6 3 (6.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (6.38%) Retail
7 2 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (4.26%) Marketing
7 2 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.13%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) .NET
1 1 (2.13%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.26%) Derivative
1 2 (4.26%) Equities
1 2 (4.26%) Fixed Income
1 2 (4.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 2 (4.26%) Marketing Technology
1 2 (4.26%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.13%) Fat Client
2 1 (2.13%) Reinsurance
2 1 (2.13%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 31 (65.96%) Windows
2 12 (25.53%) Windows Server
3 6 (12.77%) Linux
3 6 (12.77%) Windows 10
4 3 (6.38%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (4.26%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (2.13%) Android
6 1 (2.13%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.13%) Mac OS
6 1 (2.13%) Mac OS X
6 1 (2.13%) VMS
6 1 (2.13%) Windows 7
6 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (31.91%) ITIL
2 12 (25.53%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (23.40%) Change Management
4 9 (19.15%) Customer Service
5 7 (14.89%) Computer Science
5 7 (14.89%) ITSM
5 7 (14.89%) Problem Management
6 6 (12.77%) Infrastructure as Code
7 5 (10.64%) Configuration Management
7 5 (10.64%) Service Management
8 4 (8.51%) Asset Management
9 3 (6.38%) Mobile Device Management
9 3 (6.38%) Process Improvement
9 3 (6.38%) Service Delivery
10 2 (4.26%) API Management
10 2 (4.26%) CI/CD
10 2 (4.26%) E-Commerce
10 2 (4.26%) Kalman Filter
10 2 (4.26%) Service Desk Management
10 2 (4.26%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 11 (23.40%) PowerShell
2 5 (10.64%) SQL
3 2 (4.26%) Bash
3 2 (4.26%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.26%) PHP
3 2 (4.26%) Python
4 1 (2.13%) C#
4 1 (2.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (17.02%) Degree
2 7 (14.89%) A+ Certification
2 7 (14.89%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (4.26%) CCNA
3 2 (4.26%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (19.15%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (34.04%) Active Directory
2 9 (19.15%) Hyper-V
3 8 (17.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (23.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.26%) SCCM
3 1 (2.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (2.13%) Grafana
3 1 (2.13%) Kibana
Vendors
1 35 (74.47%) Microsoft
2 9 (19.15%) VMware
3 2 (4.26%) Apple
3 2 (4.26%) Bloomberg
3 2 (4.26%) BT
3 2 (4.26%) Cisco
3 2 (4.26%) ConnectWise
4 1 (2.13%) Acronis
4 1 (2.13%) Citrix
4 1 (2.13%) Datto
4 1 (2.13%) Meraki
4 1 (2.13%) Okta