Support Engineer Job Trends in the East Midlands

Support Engineer
England > East Midlands

The median Support Engineer salary in the East Midlands is £31,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 January 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 44 63
Rank change year-on-year +22 +19 +23
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 179 102 65
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 7.04% 4.66% 3.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.62% 4.87% 3.58%
Number of salaries quoted 148 62 49
10th Percentile £25,638 £26,250 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,000 £28,125 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £32,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £39,063 £38,750 £35,000
90th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £44,000
England median annual salary £36,000 £37,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -2.70% +5.71% +6.06%

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 2,348 2,095 1,816
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 95.71% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,571 941 1,469
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +2.04% -2.49%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -7.26%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

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

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

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 16 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in the East Midlands

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 Support Engineer within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 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 +6 63 £27,500 -31.25% 5
Nottinghamshire +43 38 £33,500 -10.67% 3
Lincolnshire +13 31 £40,000 +6.67% 1
Northamptonshire +8 27 £29,000 - 4
Leicestershire -21 20 £35,000 +11.11% 6
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 January 2026, 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 96 (53.63%) Microsoft 365
2 81 (45.25%) Windows
3 77 (43.02%) Problem-Solving
4 72 (40.22%) Active Directory
5 61 (34.08%) Azure
6 56 (31.28%) Microsoft
6 56 (31.28%) Windows Server
7 55 (30.73%) Customer Service
8 44 (24.58%) DHCP
9 43 (24.02%) DNS
10 41 (22.91%) Entra ID
11 34 (18.99%) SharePoint
12 30 (16.76%) Microsoft Intune
13 29 (16.20%) Incident Management
13 29 (16.20%) Mentoring
13 29 (16.20%) Microsoft Exchange
14 25 (13.97%) ITIL
15 23 (12.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 23 (12.85%) VMware
16 22 (12.29%) Cybersecurity
16 22 (12.29%) Microsoft Certification
17 18 (10.06%) AWS
18 16 (8.94%) Project Delivery
18 16 (8.94%) VMware Infrastructure
19 15 (8.38%) Firewall
19 15 (8.38%) Linux
20 14 (7.82%) Hyper-V
20 14 (7.82%) ITSM
20 14 (7.82%) Network Management
21 13 (7.26%) MCP

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 34 (18.99%) SharePoint
2 29 (16.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (4.47%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (6.70%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 96 (53.63%) Microsoft 365
2 61 (34.08%) Azure
3 41 (22.91%) Entra ID
4 18 (10.06%) AWS
5 8 (4.47%) Azure Sentinel
5 8 (4.47%) GCP
6 5 (2.79%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (2.79%) iPaaS
6 5 (2.79%) OneDrive
6 5 (2.79%) SaaS
7 3 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.12%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 44 (24.58%) DHCP
2 43 (24.02%) DNS
3 15 (8.38%) Firewall
4 11 (6.15%) TCP/IP
5 8 (4.47%) Skype
5 8 (4.47%) VLAN
6 7 (3.91%) IP Telephony
6 7 (3.91%) VPN
7 5 (2.79%) SAN
7 5 (2.79%) TETRA
8 4 (2.23%) LAN
8 4 (2.23%) WAN
8 4 (2.23%) WLAN
9 2 (1.12%) Network Security
10 1 (0.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.47%) DTS
General
1 50 (27.93%) Social Skills
2 16 (8.94%) Manufacturing
3 15 (8.38%) Law
4 13 (7.26%) Automotive
5 9 (5.03%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (4.47%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (4.47%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (4.47%) Retail
7 7 (3.91%) Aerospace
7 7 (3.91%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.79%) Marketing
8 5 (2.79%) Multimedia
9 3 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.68%) Local Government
9 3 (1.68%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.56%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 56 (31.28%) Driving Licence
2 17 (9.50%) Onboarding
3 8 (4.47%) CMDB
3 8 (4.47%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (3.91%) CCTV
4 7 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.79%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (2.79%) Clustering
5 5 (2.79%) Cyber Security Posture
5 5 (2.79%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.68%) CAN bus
6 3 (1.68%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.56%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 1 (0.56%) NHS
7 1 (0.56%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 81 (45.25%) Windows
2 56 (31.28%) Windows Server
3 15 (8.38%) Linux
4 9 (5.03%) Windows Server 2008
5 8 (4.47%) Mac OS
6 6 (3.35%) Android
6 6 (3.35%) Apple iOS
6 6 (3.35%) Windows 10
7 5 (2.79%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.68%) Mac OS X
9 2 (1.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (43.02%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (30.73%) Customer Service
3 29 (16.20%) Incident Management
3 29 (16.20%) Mentoring
4 25 (13.97%) ITIL
5 23 (12.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 22 (12.29%) Cybersecurity
7 16 (8.94%) Project Delivery
8 14 (7.82%) ITSM
8 14 (7.82%) Network Management
9 12 (6.70%) CRM
9 12 (6.70%) Root Cause Analysis
10 11 (6.15%) Service Management
11 10 (5.59%) Process Improvement
12 9 (5.03%) Data Protection
13 8 (4.47%) Infrastructure Management
13 8 (4.47%) Problem Management
13 8 (4.47%) Server Management
14 7 (3.91%) Proactive Monitoring
15 6 (3.35%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (7.26%) PowerShell
2 5 (2.79%) SQL
3 2 (1.12%) VB
Qualifications
1 22 (12.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (7.26%) MCP
3 11 (6.15%) Degree
4 10 (5.59%) MCSA
4 10 (5.59%) MCSE
5 8 (4.47%) Security Cleared
6 7 (3.91%) CCNA
6 7 (3.91%) CCNP
6 7 (3.91%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.79%) DBS Check
7 5 (2.79%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.59%) Cyber Essentials
1 10 (5.59%) GDPR
2 5 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.79%) SLA
3 3 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 72 (40.22%) Active Directory
2 16 (8.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (7.82%) Hyper-V
4 8 (4.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (2.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 30 (16.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (4.47%) Nagios
2 8 (4.47%) ZABBIX
3 5 (2.79%) Failover Clustering
3 5 (2.79%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.56%) MOM
4 1 (0.56%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 56 (31.28%) Microsoft
2 23 (12.85%) VMware
3 10 (5.59%) Darktrace
4 8 (4.47%) BMC
4 8 (4.47%) Citrix
4 8 (4.47%) Google
4 8 (4.47%) Proofpoint
4 8 (4.47%) Red Hat
4 8 (4.47%) SolarWinds
4 8 (4.47%) Tanium
4 8 (4.47%) Trend Micro
5 7 (3.91%) Cisco
5 7 (3.91%) Draytek
5 7 (3.91%) Mitel
5 7 (3.91%) ServiceNow
5 7 (3.91%) WatchGuard
6 6 (3.35%) HubSpot
6 6 (3.35%) Salesforce
6 6 (3.35%) Zoho
7 5 (2.79%) Apple