Support Engineer Job Trends in the East Midlands

Support Engineer
England > East Midlands

The median Support Engineer salary in the East Midlands is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 October 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 28 59
Rank change year-on-year -30 +31 +21
Permanent Support Engineer jobs 157 188 113
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 2.31% 8.11% 3.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.53% 8.68% 3.39%
Number of salaries quoted 122 162 72
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,413 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,563 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £36,500 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% +7.35% +6.25%
75th Percentile £44,813 £42,500 £38,750
90th Percentile £47,500 £56,500 £43,750
England median annual salary £37,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -1.33% +7.14% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in the East Midlands matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
24 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the East Midlands matching a recognised job title 6,200 2,165 3,335
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.10% 93.44% 94.91%
Number of salaries quoted 4,145 1,225 1,599
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -15.79% -9.52%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £53,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year +11.63% -6.52% -4.17%

Support Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Support Engineer job postings 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 Support Engineer jobs in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 24 October 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 Support Engineer jobs within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 October 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
Leicestershire -34 42 £35,000 -12.50% 4
Derbyshire -15 35 £30,000 +13.21% 3
Northamptonshire -30 29 £41,000 +9.33% 10
Lincolnshire -4 28 £42,500 +6.25% 4
Nottinghamshire -28 23 £35,000 +4.48% 5
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 October 2026, Support Engineer job ads cited 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 Support Engineer job ads across the East Midlands region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Windows38.9%61
2Microsoft38.2%60
3Microsoft 36533.8%53
4Problem-Solving33.1%52
5Customer Service26.8%42
6Active Directory21.0%33
6Azure21.0%33
8Cybersecurity17.2%27
9Entra ID16.6%26
10DNS15.3%24
10VPN15.3%24
12Windows Server13.4%21
13Continuous Improvement12.7%20
13DHCP12.7%20
15Microsoft Intune10.8%17
16Hyper-V10.2%16
17TCP/IP9.6%15
18Business Continuity8.9%14
18Firewall8.9%14
18ITIL8.9%14
18SQL8.9%14
22ITSM8.3%13
22Windows 108.3%13
24Microsoft Certification7.6%12
24VMware7.6%12
26SharePoint7.0%11
26Wi-Fi7.0%11
28Cyber Essentials6.4%10
28Disaster Recovery6.4%10
28Google6.4%10

Support Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1IT Support Engineer42.7%67
2Technical Support Engineer33.8%53
3Senior Support Engineer11.5%18
4Azure Engineer8.3%13
5Cybersecurity Engineer7.6%12
5Desktop Support Engineer7.6%12
5Security Support Engineer7.6%12
8Senior IT Engineer7.0%11
8Senior IT Support7.0%11
10Azure Security Engineer5.7%9
111st Line Support Engineer4.5%7
113rd Line Support Engineer4.5%7
11Active Directory Support Engineer4.5%7
11Applications Support Engineer4.5%7
11Customer Support Engineer4.5%7
11DOORS Engineer4.5%7
11Senior Applications Engineer4.5%7
11Senior Applications Support4.5%7
11Windows Support Engineer4.5%7
20Systems Support Engineer3.8%6
32 Support Engineer jobs in the East Midlands