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 £39,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 109 117
Rank change year-on-year +21 +8 +83
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 41 58 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 2.35% 2.04% 2.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.49% 2.14% 2.28%
Number of salaries quoted 39 47 71
10th Percentile - £33,350 £28,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £36,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £45,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +21.62% -12.94%
75th Percentile £50,625 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £63,500 £85,000 £71,250
Central London median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +28.57% -17.65%

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 1,648 2,704 3,376
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.66% 94.98% 96.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,320 1,913 3,015
10th Percentile £36,750 £42,500 £40,950
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year - -2.03% +2.07%
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £72,500

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer 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 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in the City of London

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 13 September 2025, Support Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number 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 27 (65.85%) Social Skills
2 24 (58.54%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (48.78%) Windows
3 20 (48.78%) Degree
4 18 (43.90%) Microsoft
5 17 (41.46%) Active Directory
6 16 (39.02%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (34.15%) Finance
8 12 (29.27%) Python
9 11 (26.83%) Microsoft Intune
10 10 (24.39%) Machine Learning
10 10 (24.39%) Bash
10 10 (24.39%) Customer Experience
11 9 (21.95%) Cybersecurity
12 8 (19.51%) SCCM
12 8 (19.51%) SharePoint
12 8 (19.51%) Microsoft Exchange
12 8 (19.51%) Cisco
12 8 (19.51%) OneDrive
12 8 (19.51%) Windows 10
13 7 (17.07%) Mentoring
13 7 (17.07%) VMware
13 7 (17.07%) VMware Infrastructure
13 7 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
14 6 (14.63%) Azure
14 6 (14.63%) Computer Science
14 6 (14.63%) WAN
14 6 (14.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (14.63%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (12.20%) Onboarding

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (19.51%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (19.51%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.44%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Eikon
1 1 (2.44%) Endur
1 1 (2.44%) EuroRunner
Cloud Services
1 16 (39.02%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (19.51%) OneDrive
3 6 (14.63%) Azure
4 2 (4.88%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (4.88%) Amazon S3
4 2 (4.88%) AWS
4 2 (4.88%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (4.88%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (4.88%) Entra ID
4 2 (4.88%) Serverless
5 1 (2.44%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.63%) WAN
2 5 (12.20%) LAN
2 5 (12.20%) Modbus
3 4 (9.76%) DHCP
3 4 (9.76%) DNS
3 4 (9.76%) TCP/IP
4 3 (7.32%) WebEx
5 2 (4.88%) VPN
5 2 (4.88%) Wireless
6 1 (2.44%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (2.44%) Cisco IPT
6 1 (2.44%) Firewall
6 1 (2.44%) IP Telephony
6 1 (2.44%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (2.44%) SD-WAN
6 1 (2.44%) Unified Communications
6 1 (2.44%) VoIP
6 1 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 3 (7.32%) JIRA
2 2 (4.88%) Git
General
1 27 (65.85%) Social Skills
2 14 (34.15%) Finance
3 6 (14.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (14.63%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (9.76%) Banking
4 4 (9.76%) Wholesale Banking
5 3 (7.32%) Advertising
5 3 (7.32%) Financial Institution
5 3 (7.32%) Front Office
6 2 (4.88%) Back Office
7 1 (2.44%) Billing
7 1 (2.44%) Games
7 1 (2.44%) Law
7 1 (2.44%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (4.88%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.20%) Onboarding
1 5 (12.20%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (9.76%) CCTV
3 3 (7.32%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (4.88%) Equities
4 2 (4.88%) iPhone
5 1 (2.44%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.44%) iPad
5 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.44%) TWAP
5 1 (2.44%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.44%) VWAP
Operating Systems
1 20 (48.78%) Windows
2 8 (19.51%) Windows 10
3 5 (12.20%) Linux
4 3 (7.32%) Windows Server
5 2 (4.88%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (2.44%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (58.54%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (24.39%) Customer Experience
2 10 (24.39%) Machine Learning
3 9 (21.95%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (17.07%) Mentoring
5 6 (14.63%) Computer Science
6 5 (12.20%) Data Protection
6 5 (12.20%) Energy Management
7 4 (9.76%) BCP
7 4 (9.76%) Collaborative Culture
7 4 (9.76%) Data Analysis
7 4 (9.76%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (9.76%) ITIL
7 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (7.32%) Incident Management
8 3 (7.32%) Inventory Management
8 3 (7.32%) Service Management
8 3 (7.32%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (7.32%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 12 (29.27%) Python
2 10 (24.39%) Bash
3 4 (9.76%) SQL
4 1 (2.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (48.78%) Degree
2 1 (2.44%) A+ Certification
2 1 (2.44%) CCENT
2 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.44%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.32%) SLA
2 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 17 (41.46%) Active Directory
2 7 (17.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (9.76%) BitLocker
4 2 (4.88%) Docker
5 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (2.44%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.44%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (2.44%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (2.44%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 11 (26.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (19.51%) SCCM
3 4 (9.76%) Nagios
4 2 (4.88%) Kibana
4 2 (4.88%) logstash
5 1 (2.44%) Plesk
Vendors
1 18 (43.90%) Microsoft
2 8 (19.51%) Cisco
3 7 (17.07%) VMware
4 4 (9.76%) Apple
4 4 (9.76%) Fortinet
4 4 (9.76%) HP
4 4 (9.76%) Symantec
5 3 (7.32%) ServiceNow
6 2 (4.88%) Citrix
7 1 (2.44%) Bloomberg
7 1 (2.44%) FactSet
7 1 (2.44%) iManage
7 1 (2.44%) Intapp
7 1 (2.44%) ION Trading
7 1 (2.44%) Meraki
7 1 (2.44%) Mitel
7 1 (2.44%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.44%) Rackspace
7 1 (2.44%) Trayport
7 1 (2.44%) Zscaler