Support Engineer Jobs in the East Midlands

Support Engineer
England > East Midlands

The median Support Engineer salary in the East Midlands is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 July 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 54 87
Rank change year-on-year -4 +33 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 116 183 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 4.22% 3.53% 3.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.46% 3.74% 3.46%
Number of salaries quoted 98 153 62
10th Percentile £24,838 £24,000 £24,550
25th Percentile £28,625 £26,000 £26,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £31,500 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +14.55% -11.29%
75th Percentile £43,063 £37,500 £33,563
90th Percentile £58,000 £47,500 £42,238
England median annual salary £37,500 £32,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year +15.38% -2.99% -1.47%

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 2,603 4,891 2,309
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 94.33% 89.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,229 3,263 1,251
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £44,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.49% -15.24% +10.53%
75th Percentile £58,000 £56,250 £63,875
90th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.77% -11.67% -

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 12 July 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 12 July 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 +18 52 £40,000 +31.15% 12
Leicestershire +12 21 £40,000 +33.33% 7
Nottinghamshire +13 19 £38,500 +10.00% 18
Derbyshire +13 18 £28,500 +2.70% 13
Lincolnshire -8 6 £24,763 -29.25% 5
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 July 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 44 (37.93%) Windows
2 41 (35.34%) Driving Licence
3 38 (32.76%) Social Skills
4 33 (28.45%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (28.45%) Microsoft
5 32 (27.59%) Active Directory
6 31 (26.72%) Microsoft 365
7 23 (19.83%) Windows Server
8 18 (15.52%) Azure
8 18 (15.52%) HP
8 18 (15.52%) DNS
8 18 (15.52%) Firewall
8 18 (15.52%) Customer Service
9 16 (13.79%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (12.93%) Manufacturing
11 14 (12.07%) Microsoft Exchange
12 13 (11.21%) DHCP
13 12 (10.34%) SharePoint
13 12 (10.34%) HNC
13 12 (10.34%) HND
13 12 (10.34%) Automotive
14 11 (9.48%) Hyper-V
14 11 (9.48%) Cisco
14 11 (9.48%) CCNA
14 11 (9.48%) SAN
14 11 (9.48%) Siemens
15 10 (8.62%) VMware Infrastructure
15 10 (8.62%) VMware
15 10 (8.62%) Aruba
15 10 (8.62%) DBS Check

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 14 (12.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (10.34%) SharePoint
3 6 (5.17%) IIS
4 1 (0.86%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 6 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 31 (26.72%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (15.52%) Azure
3 8 (6.90%) SaaS
4 4 (3.45%) AWS
5 3 (2.59%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.86%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.86%) GCP
7 1 (0.86%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (15.52%) DNS
1 18 (15.52%) Firewall
2 13 (11.21%) DHCP
3 11 (9.48%) SAN
4 9 (7.76%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (5.17%) LAN
5 6 (5.17%) Remote Desktop
5 6 (5.17%) VLAN
5 6 (5.17%) WAN
6 5 (4.31%) Cisco Firepower
6 5 (4.31%) iSCSI
6 5 (4.31%) SD-WAN
7 3 (2.59%) VPN
8 2 (1.72%) Broadband
9 1 (0.86%) 3G
9 1 (0.86%) 4G
9 1 (0.86%) ADSL
9 1 (0.86%) Skype
9 1 (0.86%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.03%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.86%) DTS
General
1 38 (32.76%) Social Skills
2 15 (12.93%) Manufacturing
3 12 (10.34%) Automotive
4 7 (6.03%) Advertising
4 7 (6.03%) Aerospace
4 7 (6.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (6.03%) Marketing
4 7 (6.03%) Pharmaceutical
5 6 (5.17%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (4.31%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.31%) Billing
6 5 (4.31%) Electronics
7 3 (2.59%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.86%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 41 (35.34%) Driving Licence
2 7 (6.03%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.59%) EPoS
3 3 (2.59%) Social Media
4 2 (1.72%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.72%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.86%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 44 (37.93%) Windows
2 23 (19.83%) Windows Server
3 7 (6.03%) Windows 10
4 3 (2.59%) Linux
4 3 (2.59%) Windows 7
5 2 (1.72%) Mac OS X
5 2 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.86%) Android
6 1 (0.86%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.86%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.86%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (28.45%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (15.52%) Customer Service
3 9 (7.76%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (7.76%) Incident Management
4 8 (6.90%) ERP
5 7 (6.03%) Cost Control
5 7 (6.03%) Service Delivery
6 5 (4.31%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (4.31%) Design for Test
6 5 (4.31%) ITIL
6 5 (4.31%) Migration
6 5 (4.31%) Performance Monitoring
6 5 (4.31%) Presales
6 5 (4.31%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 5 (4.31%) Tech Ops
6 5 (4.31%) Telematics
6 5 (4.31%) Zero Trust
7 3 (2.59%) Computer Science
7 3 (2.59%) Decision-Making
7 3 (2.59%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.90%) VB
2 7 (6.03%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (13.79%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (10.34%) HNC
2 12 (10.34%) HND
3 11 (9.48%) CCNA
4 10 (8.62%) DBS Check
5 6 (5.17%) CCNP
6 5 (4.31%) CCIE
6 5 (4.31%) Degree
6 5 (4.31%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (3.45%) MCP
8 3 (2.59%) MCSA
8 3 (2.59%) MCSE
9 2 (1.72%) A+ Certification
9 2 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.72%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (1.72%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.03%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 32 (27.59%) Active Directory
2 11 (9.48%) Hyper-V
3 10 (8.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (5.17%) Terminal Services
4 6 (5.17%) vSphere
5 2 (1.72%) Firmware
6 1 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (7.76%) SCCM
2 5 (4.31%) Autotask
2 5 (4.31%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.86%) Nagios
3 1 (0.86%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 33 (28.45%) Microsoft
2 18 (15.52%) HP
3 11 (9.48%) Cisco
3 11 (9.48%) Siemens
4 10 (8.62%) Aruba
4 10 (8.62%) VMware
5 6 (5.17%) Dell
5 6 (5.17%) NetApp
6 5 (4.31%) Datto
6 5 (4.31%) Fortinet
6 5 (4.31%) Meraki
6 5 (4.31%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.72%) Apple
7 2 (1.72%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.72%) Sun
8 1 (0.86%) BMC
8 1 (0.86%) Citrix
8 1 (0.86%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.86%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.86%) SAP