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 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 89 101 81
Rank change year-on-year +12 -20 +55
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 67 38 100
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.59% 1.96% 3.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.66% 2.09% 3.26%
Number of salaries quoted 65 38 63
10th Percentile £29,600 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,875 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -5.29% +16.44%
75th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £51,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £67,500 £62,500
Central London median annual salary £35,000 £40,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year -13.58% -2.41% +18.57%

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 4,042 1,816 3,065
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.74% 93.56% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2,917 1,381 2,503
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,500 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% -1.69% -1.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £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 8 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in the City of London

Support Engineer
Job Locations in the City of 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 City of 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
London Bridge - 2 £43,500 -
Support Engineer
Central London

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 City of London region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 49 (73.13%) Windows
2 43 (64.18%) Microsoft
2 43 (64.18%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (38.81%) Azure
4 21 (31.34%) Active Directory
4 21 (31.34%) ITIL
5 20 (29.85%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (25.37%) Windows Server
7 16 (23.88%) Problem Management
8 13 (19.40%) Customer Service
8 13 (19.40%) Degree
8 13 (19.40%) PowerShell
8 13 (19.40%) SLA
9 12 (17.91%) Microsoft Intune
9 12 (17.91%) SQL
9 12 (17.91%) Windows 10
10 11 (16.42%) Change Management
10 11 (16.42%) DNS
10 11 (16.42%) Microsoft Exchange
10 11 (16.42%) Microsoft Office
10 11 (16.42%) VMware
10 11 (16.42%) VMware Infrastructure
11 10 (14.93%) Hyper-V
12 9 (13.43%) Computer Science
12 9 (13.43%) DHCP
12 9 (13.43%) Entra ID
12 9 (13.43%) Linux
12 9 (13.43%) SaaS
12 9 (13.43%) Wi-Fi
13 8 (11.94%) A+ Certification

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 11 (16.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (10.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (16.42%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 43 (64.18%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (38.81%) Azure
3 9 (13.43%) Entra ID
3 9 (13.43%) SaaS
4 8 (11.94%) Azure Storage
5 7 (10.45%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (10.45%) Azure Event Grid
5 7 (10.45%) Azure Functions
5 7 (10.45%) Azure Monitor
5 7 (10.45%) Serverless
6 4 (5.97%) OneDrive
7 3 (4.48%) Google Workspace
7 3 (4.48%) Mimecast
8 2 (2.99%) AWS
9 1 (1.49%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.49%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.49%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.49%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (16.42%) DNS
2 9 (13.43%) DHCP
2 9 (13.43%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (11.94%) VPN
4 6 (8.96%) Firewall
5 5 (7.46%) ADSL
6 4 (5.97%) WAN
7 3 (4.48%) LAN
7 3 (4.48%) TCP/IP
7 3 (4.48%) WebEx
8 2 (2.99%) SAN
8 2 (2.99%) VLAN
9 1 (1.49%) Cisco Wireless
9 1 (1.49%) NetScaler
9 1 (1.49%) SD-WAN
9 1 (1.49%) VoIP
9 1 (1.49%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.45%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (2.99%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.49%) Power BI
3 1 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (4.48%) JIRA
2 2 (2.99%) Postman
3 1 (1.49%) Git
3 1 (1.49%) Visual Studio
General
1 24 (35.82%) Social Skills
2 21 (31.34%) Finance
3 8 (11.94%) Law
4 7 (10.45%) Legal
5 4 (5.97%) Financial Institution
5 4 (5.97%) Games
5 4 (5.97%) Retail
6 3 (4.48%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.99%) Front Office
7 2 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.99%) Marketing
7 2 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.99%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.49%) Advertising
8 1 (1.49%) Banking
8 1 (1.49%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.45%) .NET
1 7 (10.45%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.46%) Onboarding
2 4 (5.97%) Fat Client
2 4 (5.97%) Thin Client
3 3 (4.48%) Reinsurance
4 2 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.99%) Derivative
4 2 (2.99%) Equities
4 2 (2.99%) Fixed Income
4 2 (2.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.99%) Marketing Technology
4 2 (2.99%) PKI
5 1 (1.49%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.49%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 49 (73.13%) Windows
2 17 (25.37%) Windows Server
3 12 (17.91%) Windows 10
4 9 (13.43%) Linux
5 5 (7.46%) Mac OS
6 4 (5.97%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (4.48%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (2.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (1.49%) Android
9 1 (1.49%) Apple iOS
9 1 (1.49%) Mac OS X
9 1 (1.49%) VMS
9 1 (1.49%) Windows 7
9 1 (1.49%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (1.49%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (31.34%) ITIL
2 20 (29.85%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (23.88%) Problem Management
4 13 (19.40%) Customer Service
5 11 (16.42%) Change Management
6 9 (13.43%) Computer Science
7 8 (11.94%) API Management
7 8 (11.94%) CI/CD
7 8 (11.94%) ITSM
8 7 (10.45%) Analytics
8 7 (10.45%) Data Pipeline
8 7 (10.45%) DevOps
8 7 (10.45%) Incident Management
8 7 (10.45%) Log Analytics
8 7 (10.45%) Microservices
8 7 (10.45%) Migration
8 7 (10.45%) Observability
8 7 (10.45%) Runbook
8 7 (10.45%) Storage Management
8 7 (10.45%) Systems Thinking
Programming Languages
1 13 (19.40%) PowerShell
2 12 (17.91%) SQL
3 7 (10.45%) C#
4 3 (4.48%) Bash
4 3 (4.48%) Python
5 2 (2.99%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.99%) PHP
6 1 (1.49%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (19.40%) Degree
2 8 (11.94%) A+ Certification
3 7 (10.45%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.99%) CCNA
4 2 (2.99%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.99%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.99%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.49%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.49%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.49%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.49%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (19.40%) SLA
2 1 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.49%) SOC 2
System Software
1 21 (31.34%) Active Directory
2 11 (16.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (14.93%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.99%) vSphere
5 1 (1.49%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (17.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (10.45%) Grafana
2 7 (10.45%) Kibana
3 2 (2.99%) SCCM
3 2 (2.99%) WSUS
4 1 (1.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 43 (64.18%) Microsoft
2 11 (16.42%) VMware
3 7 (10.45%) Apple
4 4 (5.97%) Acronis
4 4 (5.97%) Datto
5 3 (4.48%) ConnectWise
5 3 (4.48%) Okta
6 2 (2.99%) Bloomberg
6 2 (2.99%) BT
6 2 (2.99%) Cisco
6 2 (2.99%) Google
6 2 (2.99%) McAfee
6 2 (2.99%) Meraki
7 1 (1.49%) Aruba
7 1 (1.49%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.49%) F5
7 1 (1.49%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.49%) HP
7 1 (1.49%) Palo Alto