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 £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 October 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 118 122
Rank change year-on-year +39 +4 +80
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 55 53 60
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 3.40% 1.89% 1.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.60% 2.01% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 50 44 58
10th Percentile £29,750 £34,825 £27,925
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £30,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +20.00% -11.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £54,375 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £71,250
Central London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +25.00% -20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 1,529 2,638 3,074
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.56% 94.08% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,243 1,750 2,747
10th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £74,000 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% +1.37% -2.67%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,125
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £115,500
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% - -

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 13 October 2025.

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 13 October 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 City of London region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 33 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 28 (50.91%) Degree
3 27 (49.09%) Windows
4 26 (47.27%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (41.82%) Microsoft
5 23 (41.82%) Active Directory
6 18 (32.73%) Finance
6 18 (32.73%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (25.45%) Microsoft Intune
7 14 (25.45%) VMware
8 13 (23.64%) Python
9 12 (21.82%) VMware Infrastructure
9 12 (21.82%) Azure
9 12 (21.82%) Machine Learning
9 12 (21.82%) Bash
9 12 (21.82%) Customer Experience
10 11 (20.00%) OneDrive
10 11 (20.00%) Windows 10
10 11 (20.00%) Cisco
10 11 (20.00%) SharePoint
10 11 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
10 11 (20.00%) ITIL
11 10 (18.18%) SCCM
12 9 (16.36%) Continuous Improvement
12 9 (16.36%) Cybersecurity
13 8 (14.55%) Mentoring
13 8 (14.55%) Microsoft Office
14 7 (12.73%) Apple
14 7 (12.73%) Self-Motivation
15 6 (10.91%) Inclusion and Diversity

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 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.82%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 8 (14.55%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (7.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.82%) Endur
2 1 (1.82%) EuroRunner
Cloud Services
1 18 (32.73%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (21.82%) Azure
3 11 (20.00%) OneDrive
4 4 (7.27%) Azure Logic Apps
4 4 (7.27%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (7.27%) Power Automate
4 4 (7.27%) Power Platform
4 4 (7.27%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.82%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (1.82%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.82%) AWS
5 1 (1.82%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (1.82%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (1.82%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.82%) Mimecast
5 1 (1.82%) Serverless
5 1 (1.82%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.91%) WAN
2 5 (9.09%) LAN
2 5 (9.09%) Modbus
2 5 (9.09%) VPN
2 5 (9.09%) WebEx
3 4 (7.27%) DHCP
3 4 (7.27%) DNS
3 4 (7.27%) Firewall
3 4 (7.27%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.64%) NetScaler
4 2 (3.64%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (3.64%) Wireless
5 1 (1.82%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (1.82%) Cisco IPT
5 1 (1.82%) IP Telephony
5 1 (1.82%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (1.82%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.82%) Unified Communications
5 1 (1.82%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.27%) Power BI
2 1 (1.82%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 5 (9.09%) Git
2 4 (7.27%) Visual Studio
3 3 (5.45%) JIRA
General
1 33 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 18 (32.73%) Finance
3 6 (10.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (7.27%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (7.27%) Banking
5 4 (7.27%) Financial Institution
5 4 (7.27%) Front Office
5 4 (7.27%) Wholesale Banking
6 2 (3.64%) Advertising
6 2 (3.64%) Back Office
6 2 (3.64%) Games
7 1 (1.82%) Billing
7 1 (1.82%) Law
7 1 (1.82%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.27%) REST
1 4 (7.27%) SOAP
1 4 (7.27%) Web Services
2 2 (3.64%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (1.82%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.73%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (9.09%) Onboarding
3 4 (7.27%) CCTV
4 3 (5.45%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (3.64%) Equities
5 2 (3.64%) iPhone
6 1 (1.82%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.82%) Fat Client
6 1 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.82%) iPad
6 1 (1.82%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.82%) Thin Client
6 1 (1.82%) TWAP
6 1 (1.82%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.82%) VWAP
Operating Systems
1 27 (49.09%) Windows
2 11 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 6 (10.91%) Windows Server
4 4 (7.27%) Linux
5 2 (3.64%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.82%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (47.27%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (21.82%) Customer Experience
2 12 (21.82%) Machine Learning
3 11 (20.00%) ITIL
4 9 (16.36%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (16.36%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (14.55%) Mentoring
6 6 (10.91%) Computer Science
7 5 (9.09%) Break/Fix
7 5 (9.09%) Data Protection
7 5 (9.09%) Energy Management
7 5 (9.09%) Inventory Management
7 5 (9.09%) Line Management
7 5 (9.09%) Trend Analysis
8 4 (7.27%) Agile
8 4 (7.27%) Data Analysis
8 4 (7.27%) Data Migration
8 4 (7.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (7.27%) OWASP
8 4 (7.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 13 (23.64%) Python
2 12 (21.82%) Bash
3 3 (5.45%) SQL
4 1 (1.82%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 28 (50.91%) Degree
2 1 (1.82%) A+ Certification
2 1 (1.82%) CCENT
2 1 (1.82%) CCNA
2 1 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (1.82%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.45%) SLA
2 1 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 23 (41.82%) Active Directory
2 12 (21.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (7.27%) BitLocker
4 1 (1.82%) Docker
4 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (1.82%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.82%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (1.82%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.82%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 14 (25.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (18.18%) SCCM
3 4 (7.27%) Nagios
4 1 (1.82%) Kibana
4 1 (1.82%) logstash
4 1 (1.82%) Plesk
Vendors
1 23 (41.82%) Microsoft
2 14 (25.45%) VMware
3 11 (20.00%) Cisco
4 7 (12.73%) Apple
5 6 (10.91%) HP
6 4 (7.27%) Citrix
6 4 (7.27%) Fortinet
6 4 (7.27%) Meraki
6 4 (7.27%) Symantec
7 3 (5.45%) CheckPoint
7 3 (5.45%) ServiceNow
8 2 (3.64%) Zscaler
9 1 (1.82%) ConnectWise
9 1 (1.82%) Datto
9 1 (1.82%) iManage
9 1 (1.82%) Intapp
9 1 (1.82%) ION Trading
9 1 (1.82%) LogicMonitor
9 1 (1.82%) Okta
9 1 (1.82%) Palo Alto