Support Engineer Job Trends in the East Midlands

Support Engineer
England > East Midlands

The median Support Engineer salary in the East Midlands is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 June 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 46 50
Rank change year-on-year +7 +4 +24
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 158 101 211
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 3.25% 5.03% 3.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.41% 5.34% 4.16%
Number of salaries quoted 118 88 171
10th Percentile £25,000 £24,461 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,265 £29,750 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +25.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £43,750 £52,500 £35,500
90th Percentile £45,000 £58,000 £43,750
England median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +15.38% -2.99%

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 4,636 1,892 5,078
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.41% 94.27% 94.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2,929 1,019 3,608
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,000 £25,579
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £42,500 £44,225
Median % change year-on-year +15.29% -3.90% -15.16%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,500 £56,200
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.50%

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 23 June 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 23 June 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 +31 48 £26,000 -8.77% 3
Leicestershire -8 44 £37,500 -6.25% 5
Nottinghamshire -10 29 £35,000 -9.09% 1
Lincolnshire -7 19 £27,500 +11.06% 2
Northamptonshire -17 16 £37,500 -6.25% 5
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 June 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 41 (25.95%) Windows
2 38 (24.05%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (22.15%) Microsoft
4 30 (18.99%) Active Directory
4 30 (18.99%) Microsoft 365
5 19 (12.03%) Customer Service
5 19 (12.03%) DNS
5 19 (12.03%) SQL
6 18 (11.39%) Azure
6 18 (11.39%) Windows Server
7 17 (10.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (10.76%) DBS Check
7 17 (10.76%) Root Cause Analysis
8 14 (8.86%) Incident Management
8 14 (8.86%) Wireless
9 13 (8.23%) ITSM
10 12 (7.59%) DHCP
10 12 (7.59%) Linux
11 11 (6.96%) Entra ID
11 11 (6.96%) Time Management
12 10 (6.33%) Agile
12 10 (6.33%) PowerShell
12 10 (6.33%) Salesforce
12 10 (6.33%) SLA
12 10 (6.33%) VPN
13 9 (5.70%) CRM
13 9 (5.70%) JIRA
13 9 (5.70%) Microsoft Office
13 9 (5.70%) Service Delivery
13 9 (5.70%) Windows 10

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 8 (5.06%) Confluence
2 5 (3.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.53%) IIS
4 2 (1.27%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.63%) Mendix
Applications
1 9 (5.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (3.16%) Q-Pulse
2 2 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 30 (18.99%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (11.39%) Azure
3 11 (6.96%) Entra ID
4 6 (3.80%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.63%) AWS
5 1 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.63%) Mimecast
5 1 (0.63%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (12.03%) DNS
2 14 (8.86%) Wireless
3 12 (7.59%) DHCP
4 10 (6.33%) VPN
5 8 (5.06%) Firewall
6 6 (3.80%) TCP/IP
7 5 (3.16%) VoIP
8 4 (2.53%) Internet
8 4 (2.53%) MQTT
8 4 (2.53%) TETRA
9 1 (0.63%) DMZ
9 1 (0.63%) Network Security
9 1 (0.63%) SAN
9 1 (0.63%) VLAN
9 1 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.16%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.53%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (2.53%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 9 (5.70%) JIRA
General
1 32 (20.25%) Social Skills
2 16 (10.13%) Manufacturing
3 10 (6.33%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (5.70%) Law
5 5 (3.16%) Multimedia
5 5 (3.16%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (1.90%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.27%) Finance
7 2 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.63%) Military
8 1 (0.63%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.63%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 24 (15.19%) Driving Licence
2 9 (5.70%) CCTV
3 7 (4.43%) Robotics
4 4 (2.53%) CAN bus
4 4 (2.53%) IoT
5 3 (1.90%) FMCG
5 3 (1.90%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.90%) PKI
5 3 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.27%) Social Media
7 1 (0.63%) Clustering
7 1 (0.63%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.63%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 41 (25.95%) Windows
2 18 (11.39%) Windows Server
3 12 (7.59%) Linux
4 9 (5.70%) Windows 10
5 4 (2.53%) VMS
6 3 (1.90%) CentOS
6 3 (1.90%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.90%) SUSE
6 3 (1.90%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (24.05%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (12.03%) Customer Service
3 17 (10.76%) Continuous Improvement
3 17 (10.76%) Root Cause Analysis
4 14 (8.86%) Incident Management
5 13 (8.23%) ITSM
6 11 (6.96%) Time Management
7 10 (6.33%) Agile
8 9 (5.70%) CRM
8 9 (5.70%) Service Delivery
9 7 (4.43%) Cybersecurity
10 6 (3.80%) Mentoring
11 5 (3.16%) AI
11 5 (3.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 5 (3.16%) Proactive Maintenance
11 5 (3.16%) QMS
11 5 (3.16%) Quality Management
12 4 (2.53%) Break/Fix
12 4 (2.53%) Decision-Making
12 4 (2.53%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 19 (12.03%) SQL
2 10 (6.33%) PowerShell
3 5 (3.16%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (10.76%) DBS Check
2 7 (4.43%) HNC
2 7 (4.43%) HND
3 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (0.63%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.33%) SLA
2 5 (3.16%) COSHH
2 5 (3.16%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (3.16%) GMP
2 5 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (3.16%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.63%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.63%) GDPR
System Software
1 30 (18.99%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.16%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (4.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.27%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.63%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 35 (22.15%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.33%) Salesforce
3 6 (3.80%) Google
3 6 (3.80%) Siemens
4 5 (3.16%) Fortinet
4 5 (3.16%) Fujitsu
4 5 (3.16%) Virgin Media
5 4 (2.53%) Freshdesk
5 4 (2.53%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.90%) Apple
6 3 (1.90%) HP
6 3 (1.90%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.27%) Cisco
7 2 (1.27%) Meraki
8 1 (0.63%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.63%) SonicWALL
8 1 (0.63%) Veeam
8 1 (0.63%) VMware
8 1 (0.63%) Zoho