IT Support Engineer Job Trends in the East Midlands

IT Support Engineer
England > East Midlands

The median IT Support Engineer salary in the East Midlands is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 January 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 80 106
Rank change year-on-year +33 +26 +41
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 114 52 33
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 4.37% 2.42% 1.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.73% 2.53% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 103 17 30
10th Percentile £25,375 £26,250 £23,000
25th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £23,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £29,000 £26,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +11.54% -18.75%
75th Percentile £38,750 £31,250 £32,063
90th Percentile £40,000 £33,900 £34,325
England median annual salary £31,500 £31,000 £31,500
% change year-on-year +1.61% -1.59% +1.61%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 2,411 2,054 2,233
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 95.67% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,610 944 1,815
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,250 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -7.77%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +7.14% -10.40%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

IT Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

IT Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in the East Midlands

IT Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 23 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Support Engineer in the East Midlands

IT Support Engineer
Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 January 2026. 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
Derbyshire +10 50 £28,500 -5.00% 2
Lincolnshire - 24 £37,500 - 1
Nottinghamshire +31 17 £27,875 -7.08% 3
Northamptonshire +12 15 £27,625 -4.74% 4
Leicestershire -25 8 £45,000 +47.54% 4
IT Support Engineer
England

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 23 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 East Midlands region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 84 (73.68%) Microsoft 365
2 67 (58.77%) Windows
3 61 (53.51%) Problem-Solving
4 59 (51.75%) Active Directory
5 49 (42.98%) Windows Server
6 47 (41.23%) Azure
7 42 (36.84%) Customer Service
8 41 (35.96%) DHCP
8 41 (35.96%) DNS
9 40 (35.09%) Microsoft
10 34 (29.82%) Entra ID
11 30 (26.32%) Microsoft Intune
12 27 (23.68%) Incident Management
13 26 (22.81%) SharePoint
14 18 (15.79%) ITIL
15 16 (14.04%) Mentoring
15 16 (14.04%) Microsoft Certification
15 16 (14.04%) Microsoft Exchange
16 15 (13.16%) Cybersecurity
16 15 (13.16%) Firewall
17 14 (12.28%) Hyper-V
17 14 (12.28%) ITSM
18 12 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 12 (10.53%) Linux
18 12 (10.53%) VMware
19 10 (8.77%) GDPR
19 10 (8.77%) Project Delivery
19 10 (8.77%) TCP/IP
20 9 (7.89%) Data Protection
21 8 (7.02%) Network Management

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 26 (22.81%) SharePoint
2 16 (14.04%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 4 (3.51%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 84 (73.68%) Microsoft 365
2 47 (41.23%) Azure
3 34 (29.82%) Entra ID
4 7 (6.14%) AWS
5 5 (4.39%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (4.39%) iPaaS
5 5 (4.39%) OneDrive
5 5 (4.39%) SaaS
6 2 (1.75%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.88%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 41 (35.96%) DHCP
1 41 (35.96%) DNS
2 15 (13.16%) Firewall
3 10 (8.77%) TCP/IP
4 7 (6.14%) IP Telephony
4 7 (6.14%) VLAN
5 5 (4.39%) SAN
5 5 (4.39%) TETRA
6 4 (3.51%) LAN
6 4 (3.51%) WAN
6 4 (3.51%) WLAN
7 2 (1.75%) Network Security
8 1 (0.88%) Wireless
General
1 39 (34.21%) Social Skills
2 10 (8.77%) Law
3 7 (6.14%) Telecoms
4 5 (4.39%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (4.39%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (4.39%) Multimedia
4 5 (4.39%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (0.88%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 55 (48.25%) Driving Licence
2 7 (6.14%) CCTV
3 6 (5.26%) Onboarding
4 5 (4.39%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (4.39%) Clustering
4 5 (4.39%) Cyber Security Posture
4 5 (4.39%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.63%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.88%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 67 (58.77%) Windows
2 49 (42.98%) Windows Server
3 12 (10.53%) Linux
4 5 (4.39%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (3.51%) Mac OS
6 3 (2.63%) Windows 10
7 2 (1.75%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.88%) Android
8 1 (0.88%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (53.51%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (36.84%) Customer Service
3 27 (23.68%) Incident Management
4 18 (15.79%) ITIL
5 16 (14.04%) Mentoring
6 15 (13.16%) Cybersecurity
7 14 (12.28%) ITSM
8 12 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 10 (8.77%) Project Delivery
10 9 (7.89%) Data Protection
11 8 (7.02%) Network Management
12 7 (6.14%) Proactive Monitoring
13 6 (5.26%) Process Improvement
14 5 (4.39%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 5 (4.39%) Disaster Recovery
14 5 (4.39%) IT Strategy
14 5 (4.39%) Risk Management
14 5 (4.39%) Strategic Roadmap
14 5 (4.39%) Technology Roadmap
14 5 (4.39%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.39%) PowerShell
1 5 (4.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (14.04%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (6.14%) CCNA
2 7 (6.14%) CCNP
2 7 (6.14%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (6.14%) MCP
2 7 (6.14%) MCSA
2 7 (6.14%) MCSE
3 5 (4.39%) DBS Check
3 5 (4.39%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.77%) GDPR
2 7 (6.14%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (4.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 59 (51.75%) Active Directory
2 14 (12.28%) Hyper-V
3 5 (4.39%) Firmware
3 5 (4.39%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (26.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (4.39%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 40 (35.09%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.53%) VMware
3 7 (6.14%) Cisco
3 7 (6.14%) Draytek
3 7 (6.14%) Mitel
3 7 (6.14%) WatchGuard
4 6 (5.26%) ServiceNow
5 5 (4.39%) Fortinet
5 5 (4.39%) Fujitsu
5 5 (4.39%) Progress
5 5 (4.39%) Veeam
5 5 (4.39%) Virgin Media
6 4 (3.51%) HubSpot
6 4 (3.51%) Salesforce
6 4 (3.51%) Zoho
7 3 (2.63%) Freshdesk
8 2 (1.75%) Darktrace
8 2 (1.75%) Meraki
9 1 (0.88%) Google