IT Support Engineer Job Trends in Derby

IT Support Engineer
Derbyshire > Derby

The median IT Support Engineer salary in Derby is £27,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 January 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 23 21
Rank change year-on-year +15 -2 +42
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 45 2 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Derby 20.45% 1.37% 3.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 20.74% 1.40% 3.16%
Number of salaries quoted 43 2 5
10th Percentile £24,400 £28,100 £22,250
25th Percentile £25,750 £28,250 £23,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £29,000 £25,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +13.73% -26.09%
75th Percentile £31,000 £30,250 £30,000
90th Percentile £33,750 £30,700 £33,000
Derbyshire median annual salary £28,000 £29,000 £25,500
% change year-on-year -3.45% +13.73% -26.09%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Derby

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Derby. 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 Derby with a recognized job title 217 143 158
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.64% 97.95% 96.34%
Number of salaries quoted 147 96 110
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,852 £23,000
25th Percentile £27,750 £37,500 £30,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.76% +2.78% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £56,048
90th Percentile £63,500 £67,500 £65,000
Derbyshire median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Derby.

IT Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Derby

IT Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Derby

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Derby.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Derby

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby

For the 6 months to 15 January 2026, IT 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 Derby region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 40 (88.89%) Microsoft 365
1 40 (88.89%) Windows
2 37 (82.22%) Windows Server
3 33 (73.33%) Customer Service
3 33 (73.33%) DHCP
3 33 (73.33%) DNS
3 33 (73.33%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (64.44%) Active Directory
5 26 (57.78%) Incident Management
6 10 (22.22%) Azure
6 10 (22.22%) Entra ID
6 10 (22.22%) ITSM
6 10 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (15.56%) AWS
7 7 (15.56%) CCNA
7 7 (15.56%) CCNP
7 7 (15.56%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (15.56%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (15.56%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (15.56%) Draytek
7 7 (15.56%) Firewall
7 7 (15.56%) Hyper-V
7 7 (15.56%) IP Telephony
7 7 (15.56%) ITIL
7 7 (15.56%) Linux
7 7 (15.56%) MCP
7 7 (15.56%) MCSA
7 7 (15.56%) MCSE
7 7 (15.56%) Microsoft
7 7 (15.56%) Microsoft Certification

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby 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 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (8.89%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 40 (88.89%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (22.22%) Azure
2 10 (22.22%) Entra ID
3 7 (15.56%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (73.33%) DHCP
1 33 (73.33%) DNS
2 7 (15.56%) Firewall
2 7 (15.56%) IP Telephony
3 4 (8.89%) LAN
3 4 (8.89%) WAN
3 4 (8.89%) WLAN
4 3 (6.67%) TCP/IP
General
1 7 (15.56%) Social Skills
1 7 (15.56%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.22%) Multimedia
Miscellaneous
1 38 (84.44%) Driving Licence
2 7 (15.56%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 40 (88.89%) Windows
2 37 (82.22%) Windows Server
3 7 (15.56%) Linux
4 4 (8.89%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (6.67%) Windows 10
6 2 (4.44%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (73.33%) Customer Service
1 33 (73.33%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (57.78%) Incident Management
3 10 (22.22%) ITSM
4 7 (15.56%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (15.56%) ITIL
5 4 (8.89%) Proactive Monitoring
5 4 (8.89%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 3 (6.67%) Data Protection
7 1 (2.22%) Mentoring
Qualifications
1 7 (15.56%) CCNA
1 7 (15.56%) CCNP
1 7 (15.56%) Cisco Certification
1 7 (15.56%) MCP
1 7 (15.56%) MCSA
1 7 (15.56%) MCSE
1 7 (15.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.56%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 29 (64.44%) Active Directory
2 7 (15.56%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (15.56%) Draytek
1 7 (15.56%) Microsoft
1 7 (15.56%) Mitel
1 7 (15.56%) VMware
1 7 (15.56%) WatchGuard
2 3 (6.67%) Freshdesk
2 3 (6.67%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.22%) Fortinet
3 1 (2.22%) Fujitsu
3 1 (2.22%) Virgin Media