IT Support Engineer Job Trends in Derbyshire

IT Support Engineer
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The median IT Support Engineer salary in Derbyshire is £26,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 October 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 47 40
Rank change year-on-year +17 -7 +10
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 30 4 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Derbyshire 6.70% 0.80% 1.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.09% 0.83% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 29 2 5
10th Percentile £23,500 £28,100 £22,950
25th Percentile £24,250 £28,250 £24,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,500 £29,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.62% +5.45% -38.89%
75th Percentile £28,750 £30,250 £28,750
90th Percentile £31,450 £30,700 -
East Midlands median annual salary £28,750 £30,250 £30,000
% change year-on-year -4.96% +0.83% -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Derbyshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Derbyshire. 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 Derbyshire with a recognized job title 423 482 341
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.42% 96.98% 99.13%
Number of salaries quoted 211 244 185
10th Percentile £25,625 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £35,000 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £44,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.22% -11.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £50,447 £55,625 £58,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% -9.52% +5.00%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

IT Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

IT Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Derbyshire

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

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Derbyshire

IT Support Engineer
Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Engineer within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 18 October 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
Derby +18 26 £26,500 -8.62% 3
Belper - 2 £31,500 -
Heanor - 1 £29,500 - 1
IT Support Engineer
East Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 18 October 2025, 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 Derbyshire region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 29 (96.67%) Microsoft 365
1 29 (96.67%) Windows
2 27 (90.00%) Windows Server
3 25 (83.33%) Active Directory
4 23 (76.67%) DHCP
4 23 (76.67%) DNS
5 21 (70.00%) Customer Service
5 21 (70.00%) Incident Management
5 21 (70.00%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (20.00%) Azure
7 5 (16.67%) Entra ID
7 5 (16.67%) Firewall
7 5 (16.67%) Hyper-V
7 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (16.67%) VMware
8 4 (13.33%) AWS
8 4 (13.33%) CCNA
8 4 (13.33%) CCNP
8 4 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (13.33%) ITIL
8 4 (13.33%) ITSM
8 4 (13.33%) Linux
8 4 (13.33%) MCP
8 4 (13.33%) MCSA
8 4 (13.33%) MCSE
8 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (10.00%) Draytek
9 3 (10.00%) IP Telephony

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (6.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 29 (96.67%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (20.00%) Azure
3 5 (16.67%) Entra ID
4 4 (13.33%) AWS
5 2 (6.67%) Nutanix
6 1 (3.33%) PaaS
6 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (76.67%) DHCP
1 23 (76.67%) DNS
2 5 (16.67%) Firewall
3 3 (10.00%) IP Telephony
3 3 (10.00%) TCP/IP
4 2 (6.67%) Network Security
4 2 (6.67%) VLAN
5 1 (3.33%) 3G
5 1 (3.33%) 4G
5 1 (3.33%) ADSL
5 1 (3.33%) Wireless
General
1 3 (10.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.33%) Electronics
2 1 (3.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 26 (86.67%) Driving Licence
2 3 (10.00%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 29 (96.67%) Windows
2 27 (90.00%) Windows Server
3 4 (13.33%) Linux
4 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (70.00%) Customer Service
1 21 (70.00%) Incident Management
1 21 (70.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (13.33%) ITIL
2 4 (13.33%) ITSM
3 3 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (10.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (3.33%) Asset Management
5 1 (3.33%) Coaching
Qualifications
1 4 (13.33%) CCNA
1 4 (13.33%) CCNP
1 4 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (13.33%) MCP
1 4 (13.33%) MCSA
1 4 (13.33%) MCSE
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 25 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (16.67%) Hyper-V
3 2 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (16.67%) VMware
2 3 (10.00%) Draytek
2 3 (10.00%) Mitel
2 3 (10.00%) WatchGuard
3 2 (6.67%) Cisco
3 2 (6.67%) Darktrace
3 2 (6.67%) Meraki
4 1 (3.33%) Microsoft