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 24 July 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 108 88
Rank change year-on-year 0 -20 +34
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 43 33 77
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.11% 1.74% 2.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.16% 1.84% 2.78%
Number of salaries quoted 41 33 59
10th Percentile - - £30,050
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £36,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -22.22% +23.29%
75th Percentile £44,750 £45,000 £51,875
90th Percentile £57,500 £53,750 £63,750
Central London median annual salary £35,000 £35,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.10% -20.56% +26.32%

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 3,702 1,798 2,766
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.58% 94.58% 95.48%
Number of salaries quoted 2,683 1,398 2,224
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £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 - £120,000 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -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 24 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 24 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 33 (76.74%) Microsoft
1 33 (76.74%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (65.12%) Windows
3 14 (32.56%) Active Directory
3 14 (32.56%) Azure
3 14 (32.56%) ITIL
4 11 (25.58%) Change Management
4 11 (25.58%) PowerShell
4 11 (25.58%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (25.58%) Windows Server
5 10 (23.26%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (20.93%) Customer Service
6 9 (20.93%) Hyper-V
6 9 (20.93%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (20.93%) SaaS
6 9 (20.93%) VMware
7 8 (18.60%) Entra ID
7 8 (18.60%) SLA
7 8 (18.60%) VMware Infrastructure
7 8 (18.60%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (16.28%) A+ Certification
8 7 (16.28%) Computer Science
8 7 (16.28%) Degree
8 7 (16.28%) ITSM
8 7 (16.28%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (16.28%) Microsoft Office
9 6 (13.95%) DHCP
9 6 (13.95%) DNS
9 6 (13.95%) Infrastructure as Code
9 6 (13.95%) Linux

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 9 (20.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (16.28%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 33 (76.74%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (32.56%) Azure
3 9 (20.93%) SaaS
4 8 (18.60%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.65%) Mimecast
6 1 (2.33%) AWS
6 1 (2.33%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (2.33%) Azure Storage
6 1 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (2.33%) Google Workspace
6 1 (2.33%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (18.60%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (13.95%) DHCP
2 6 (13.95%) DNS
3 5 (11.63%) ADSL
4 3 (6.98%) VPN
5 2 (4.65%) Firewall
5 2 (4.65%) VLAN
5 2 (4.65%) VoIP
5 2 (4.65%) WebEx
6 1 (2.33%) LAN
6 1 (2.33%) TCP/IP
6 1 (2.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) Power BI
1 1 (2.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (4.65%) JIRA
1 2 (4.65%) Postman
2 1 (2.33%) Git
2 1 (2.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 16 (37.21%) Social Skills
2 12 (27.91%) Finance
3 8 (18.60%) Law
4 5 (11.63%) Legal
5 4 (9.30%) Financial Institution
6 3 (6.98%) Front Office
6 3 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (4.65%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (4.65%) Marketing
7 2 (4.65%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (4.65%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.65%) Derivative
1 2 (4.65%) Equities
1 2 (4.65%) Fixed Income
1 2 (4.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 2 (4.65%) Marketing Technology
1 2 (4.65%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.33%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 28 (65.12%) Windows
2 11 (25.58%) Windows Server
3 6 (13.95%) Linux
4 4 (9.30%) Windows 10
5 3 (6.98%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (4.65%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (2.33%) Android
7 1 (2.33%) Apple iOS
7 1 (2.33%) Mac OS
7 1 (2.33%) Mac OS X
7 1 (2.33%) VMS
7 1 (2.33%) Windows 7
7 1 (2.33%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (2.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (32.56%) ITIL
2 11 (25.58%) Change Management
2 11 (25.58%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (20.93%) Customer Service
4 7 (16.28%) Computer Science
4 7 (16.28%) ITSM
5 6 (13.95%) Infrastructure as Code
6 5 (11.63%) Configuration Management
6 5 (11.63%) Problem Management
6 5 (11.63%) Service Management
7 4 (9.30%) Asset Management
8 3 (6.98%) Service Delivery
9 2 (4.65%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (4.65%) E-Commerce
9 2 (4.65%) Kalman Filter
9 2 (4.65%) Mobile Device Management
9 2 (4.65%) Process Improvement
9 2 (4.65%) Service Desk Management
9 2 (4.65%) Use Case
10 1 (2.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 11 (25.58%) PowerShell
2 4 (9.30%) SQL
3 2 (4.65%) Bash
3 2 (4.65%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.65%) PHP
3 2 (4.65%) Python
4 1 (2.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (16.28%) A+ Certification
1 7 (16.28%) Degree
1 7 (16.28%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (4.65%) CCNA
2 2 (4.65%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (18.60%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (32.56%) Active Directory
2 9 (20.93%) Hyper-V
3 8 (18.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (23.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.65%) SCCM
3 1 (2.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 33 (76.74%) Microsoft
2 9 (20.93%) VMware
3 2 (4.65%) Bloomberg
3 2 (4.65%) BT
3 2 (4.65%) Cisco
3 2 (4.65%) ConnectWise
4 1 (2.33%) Apple
4 1 (2.33%) Citrix
4 1 (2.33%) Meraki
4 1 (2.33%) Okta