Support Engineer Jobs in the East Midlands

Support Engineer
England > East Midlands

The median Support Engineer salary in the East Midlands is £37,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 53 81
Rank change year-on-year -32 +28 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 76 182 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 2.85% 4.14% 3.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.00% 4.38% 4.08%
Number of salaries quoted 64 159 84
10th Percentile £25,000 £23,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,875 £25,688 £26,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £30,000 £27,750
Median % change year-on-year +23.33% +8.11% -7.50%
75th Percentile £52,500 £37,500 £39,031
90th Percentile £64,650 £47,500 £53,923
England median annual salary £37,500 £32,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year +15.38% -2.99% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 2,534 4,160 2,503
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.91% 94.55% 88.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,034 3,019 1,342
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £58,750 £55,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings that featured Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in the East Midlands

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for Support Engineer 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 15 May 2025.

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 15 May 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
Northamptonshire -31 34 £40,500 +32.79% 11
Nottinghamshire +10 14 £38,500 +18.46% 16
Leicestershire +3 13 £31,500 +10.53% 13
Derbyshire +4 10 £30,000 +9.09% 19
Lincolnshire -11 5 £24,763 -23.81% 15
Support Engineer
England

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, Support Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the East Midlands region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 34 (44.74%) Windows
2 32 (42.11%) Microsoft
3 28 (36.84%) Social Skills
4 25 (32.89%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (31.58%) Active Directory
6 23 (30.26%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (30.26%) Driving Licence
7 19 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
8 18 (23.68%) Windows Server
9 17 (22.37%) Firewall
10 16 (21.05%) HP
11 15 (19.74%) Cisco
11 15 (19.74%) Azure
12 13 (17.11%) CCNP
13 12 (15.79%) CCNA
13 12 (15.79%) DNS
13 12 (15.79%) Microsoft Exchange
14 11 (14.47%) Wi-Fi
14 11 (14.47%) Analytical Skills
15 10 (13.16%) DHCP
15 10 (13.16%) Hyper-V
16 9 (11.84%) VMware
16 9 (11.84%) Customer Service
17 8 (10.53%) LAN
17 8 (10.53%) WAN
17 8 (10.53%) Aruba
18 7 (9.21%) Meraki
18 7 (9.21%) VMware Infrastructure
18 7 (9.21%) Fortinet
18 7 (9.21%) Degree

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (15.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (9.21%) SharePoint
3 6 (7.89%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (6.58%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 23 (30.26%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (19.74%) Azure
3 5 (6.58%) SaaS
4 2 (2.63%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.32%) AWS
5 1 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.32%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (22.37%) Firewall
2 12 (15.79%) DNS
3 11 (14.47%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (13.16%) DHCP
5 8 (10.53%) LAN
5 8 (10.53%) WAN
6 7 (9.21%) Cisco Firepower
6 7 (9.21%) SAN
6 7 (9.21%) SD-WAN
7 6 (7.89%) Remote Desktop
8 5 (6.58%) Internet
8 5 (6.58%) Network Security
8 5 (6.58%) WLAN
9 2 (2.63%) Broadband
9 2 (2.63%) TCP/IP
9 2 (2.63%) VLAN
10 1 (1.32%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.21%) SQL Server
General
1 28 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 11 (14.47%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (9.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (9.21%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (5.26%) Law
5 3 (3.95%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.32%) Automotive
6 1 (1.32%) Billing
6 1 (1.32%) Electronics
6 1 (1.32%) Finance
6 1 (1.32%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.32%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 23 (30.26%) Driving Licence
2 5 (6.58%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.95%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (3.95%) EPoS
3 3 (3.95%) Social Media
4 1 (1.32%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.32%) PlayStation
4 1 (1.32%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 34 (44.74%) Windows
2 18 (23.68%) Windows Server
3 7 (9.21%) Windows 10
4 6 (7.89%) Linux
5 3 (3.95%) Windows 7
6 2 (2.63%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.32%) Android
7 1 (1.32%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (32.89%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (11.84%) Customer Service
3 7 (9.21%) ITIL
3 7 (9.21%) Presales
3 7 (9.21%) Zero Trust
4 6 (7.89%) Mentoring
5 5 (6.58%) Asset Management
5 5 (6.58%) Computer Science
5 5 (6.58%) IT Asset Management
5 5 (6.58%) Network Management
5 5 (6.58%) Service Management
6 4 (5.26%) Customer Requirements
6 4 (5.26%) Incident Management
6 4 (5.26%) User Experience
7 3 (3.95%) Coaching
7 3 (3.95%) Customer Experience
7 3 (3.95%) Decision-Making
7 3 (3.95%) Mathematics
7 3 (3.95%) Proactive Maintenance
7 3 (3.95%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.63%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.32%) SQL
2 1 (1.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (17.11%) CCNP
3 12 (15.79%) CCNA
4 7 (9.21%) CCIE
4 7 (9.21%) Degree
4 7 (9.21%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (7.89%) MCP
5 6 (7.89%) MCSE
6 5 (6.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (6.58%) LPIC
7 3 (3.95%) DBS Check
8 2 (2.63%) A+ Certification
8 2 (2.63%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (1.32%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.58%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (31.58%) Active Directory
2 10 (13.16%) Hyper-V
3 7 (9.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (7.89%) Terminal Services
4 6 (7.89%) vSphere
5 2 (2.63%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (6.58%) SCCM
2 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.32%) Autotask
3 1 (1.32%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 32 (42.11%) Microsoft
2 16 (21.05%) HP
3 15 (19.74%) Cisco
4 9 (11.84%) VMware
5 8 (10.53%) Aruba
6 7 (9.21%) Fortinet
6 7 (9.21%) Meraki
6 7 (9.21%) Palo Alto
7 6 (7.89%) Dell
7 6 (7.89%) NetApp
8 5 (6.58%) Siemens
9 2 (2.63%) Apple
9 2 (2.63%) ServiceNow
9 2 (2.63%) Sun
10 1 (1.32%) Datto
10 1 (1.32%) SAP