Support Engineer Jobs in Cumbria

Support Engineer
North West > Cumbria

The median Support Engineer salary in Cumbria is £39,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 May 2025.

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

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 40 26
Rank change year-on-year +27 -14 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 305 6 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 13.01% 1.32% 6.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.45% 1.40% 6.84%
Number of salaries quoted 70 6 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £26,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £29,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.21% -17.14% +42.86%
75th Percentile - £34,500 £36,250
90th Percentile £53,000 - -
North West median annual salary £39,500 £28,000 £30,690
% change year-on-year +41.07% -8.77% +2.30%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cumbria

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cumbria. 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 Cumbria with a recognized job title 2,268 429 190
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.76% 94.08% 99.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,074 316 97
10th Percentile £7,000 £26,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,628 £41,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.95% -7.78% +28.57%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £70,000 £69,490
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Cumbria

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Cumbria

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in Cumbria.

Salary trend for Support Engineer in Cumbria

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Cumbria

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Cumbria over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in Cumbria

Support Engineer
Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 5 May 2025. 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
Dalton-in-Furness - 38 £39,500 -
Kirkby-in-Furness - 37 £39,500 -
Millom - 37 £39,500 -
Ulverston - 37 £39,500 -
Grange-over-Sands - 36 £39,500 -
Barrow-in-Furness - 36 £39,500 - 9
Broughton-in-Furness - 34 £39,500 -
Whitehaven +2 10 £52,000 +100.00%
Carlisle - 2 £30,000 - 2
Wigton - 1 £45,000 -
Workington - 1 £35,698 -
Support Engineer
North West

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria

For the 6 months to 5 May 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 Cumbria region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 280 (91.80%) BPSS Clearance
2 271 (88.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 174 (57.05%) Degree
4 146 (47.87%) Social Skills
5 123 (40.33%) Def Stans
5 123 (40.33%) IEC 61508
6 72 (23.61%) Management Information System
7 20 (6.56%) Bill of Materials
7 20 (6.56%) Manufacturing
7 20 (6.56%) Siemens
7 20 (6.56%) PLM
7 20 (6.56%) Teamcenter
8 10 (3.28%) ITIL
8 10 (3.28%) Data Centre
8 10 (3.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 9 (2.95%) Security Cleared
9 9 (2.95%) SC Cleared
10 8 (2.62%) DV Cleared
11 4 (1.31%) Microsoft
11 4 (1.31%) Active Directory
11 4 (1.31%) Problem-Solving
12 3 (0.98%) Windows 10
12 3 (0.98%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (0.98%) VMware
12 3 (0.98%) Windows
13 2 (0.66%) Linux
13 2 (0.66%) SLA
13 2 (0.66%) Cisco
13 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
13 2 (0.66%) Meraki

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 20 (6.56%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 3 (0.98%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (0.66%) Azure
3 1 (0.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.33%) Firewall
1 1 (0.33%) SAN
General
1 146 (47.87%) Social Skills
2 20 (6.56%) Manufacturing
3 1 (0.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 72 (23.61%) Management Information System
2 10 (3.28%) Data Centre
3 2 (0.66%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.33%) Housing Association
4 1 (0.33%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.98%) Windows
1 3 (0.98%) Windows 10
2 2 (0.66%) Linux
2 2 (0.66%) Windows 7
3 1 (0.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 271 (88.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 20 (6.56%) Bill of Materials
2 20 (6.56%) PLM
3 10 (3.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 10 (3.28%) ITIL
4 4 (1.31%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (0.33%) Change Control
5 1 (0.33%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (0.33%) Data Security
5 1 (0.33%) Housing Management
5 1 (0.33%) Mathematics
5 1 (0.33%) Project Management
5 1 (0.33%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (0.33%) Systems Analysis
5 1 (0.33%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.33%) Progress 4GL
Qualifications
1 280 (91.80%) BPSS Clearance
2 174 (57.05%) Degree
3 9 (2.95%) SC Cleared
3 9 (2.95%) Security Cleared
4 8 (2.62%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.33%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (40.33%) Def Stans
1 123 (40.33%) IEC 61508
2 2 (0.66%) SLA
3 1 (0.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (1.31%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.33%) vSphere
Vendors
1 20 (6.56%) Siemens
2 4 (1.31%) Microsoft
3 3 (0.98%) VMware
4 2 (0.66%) Cisco
4 2 (0.66%) Meraki
5 1 (0.33%) Capita
5 1 (0.33%) CyberArk
5 1 (0.33%) Progress