Support Engineer Job Trends 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 10 August 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 43 58
Rank change year-on-year -9 +15 +25
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 148 135 142
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 2.52% 5.86% 3.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.68% 6.26% 3.64%
Number of salaries quoted 111 114 116
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £28,500 £29,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - +15.38% +16.07%
75th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £40,500
90th Percentile £45,000 £58,000 £50,000
England median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% +2.94%

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 5,521 2,158 3,899
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.02% 93.62% 94.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3,510 1,261 2,443
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 10 August 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 10 August 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
Leicestershire -18 42 £40,000 - 3
Derbyshire 0 28 £37,500 +31.58% 7
Nottinghamshire -18 28 £35,000 +4.48%
Lincolnshire +1 26 £27,750 +12.06% 1
Northamptonshire -24 24 £40,000 +6.67% 8
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 August 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 46 (31.08%) Microsoft
2 43 (29.05%) Windows
3 40 (27.03%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (23.65%) Microsoft 365
5 34 (22.97%) Active Directory
6 30 (20.27%) Azure
7 23 (15.54%) Continuous Improvement
7 23 (15.54%) Customer Service
8 22 (14.86%) DNS
9 21 (14.19%) Entra ID
9 21 (14.19%) Windows Server
10 19 (12.84%) SQL
11 17 (11.49%) Wireless
12 15 (10.14%) Cybersecurity
12 15 (10.14%) DBS Check
12 15 (10.14%) DHCP
13 12 (8.11%) Linux
13 12 (8.11%) VPN
14 10 (6.76%) Firewall
14 10 (6.76%) IIS
14 10 (6.76%) Microsoft Intune
14 10 (6.76%) PowerShell
15 9 (6.08%) CRM
15 9 (6.08%) Root Cause Analysis
15 9 (6.08%) Salesforce
15 9 (6.08%) TCP/IP
15 9 (6.08%) Time Management
15 9 (6.08%) Windows 10
16 8 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
17 7 (4.73%) Hyper-V

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 10 (6.76%) IIS
2 8 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.03%) Confluence
3 3 (2.03%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.68%) Mendix
Applications
1 6 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.35%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 35 (23.65%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (20.27%) Azure
3 21 (14.19%) Entra ID
4 4 (2.70%) Google Workspace
5 3 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.68%) AWS
6 1 (0.68%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 22 (14.86%) DNS
2 17 (11.49%) Wireless
3 15 (10.14%) DHCP
4 12 (8.11%) VPN
5 10 (6.76%) Firewall
6 9 (6.08%) TCP/IP
7 4 (2.70%) Internet
7 4 (2.70%) MQTT
8 3 (2.03%) Network Security
8 3 (2.03%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (2.03%) VLAN
8 3 (2.03%) VoIP
9 2 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.68%) DMZ
10 1 (0.68%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.38%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.70%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (2.70%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (2.70%) JIRA
General
1 38 (25.68%) Social Skills
2 21 (14.19%) Manufacturing
3 11 (7.43%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (2.70%) Agriculture
5 4 (2.70%) Finance
5 4 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (2.03%) Law
6 3 (2.03%) Retail
6 3 (2.03%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.68%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.68%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 21 (14.19%) Driving Licence
2 9 (6.08%) CCTV
2 9 (6.08%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (4.05%) Robotics
4 5 (3.38%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.70%) IoT
6 3 (2.03%) FMCG
6 3 (2.03%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.03%) PKI
7 1 (0.68%) Clustering
7 1 (0.68%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 43 (29.05%) Windows
2 21 (14.19%) Windows Server
3 12 (8.11%) Linux
4 9 (6.08%) Windows 10
5 4 (2.70%) VMS
6 3 (2.03%) CentOS
6 3 (2.03%) Mac OS
6 3 (2.03%) SUSE
6 3 (2.03%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (27.03%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (15.54%) Continuous Improvement
2 23 (15.54%) Customer Service
3 15 (10.14%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (6.08%) CRM
4 9 (6.08%) Root Cause Analysis
4 9 (6.08%) Time Management
5 7 (4.73%) Incident Management
5 7 (4.73%) ITSM
6 6 (4.05%) Agile
6 6 (4.05%) Business Continuity
6 6 (4.05%) Mentoring
6 6 (4.05%) User Experience
7 5 (3.38%) AI
7 5 (3.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (3.38%) Service Delivery
7 5 (3.38%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (2.70%) High Availability
8 4 (2.70%) ITIL
8 4 (2.70%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (12.84%) SQL
2 10 (6.76%) PowerShell
3 5 (3.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (10.14%) DBS Check
2 6 (4.05%) HNC
2 6 (4.05%) HND
3 5 (3.38%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.35%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.35%) CCNA
4 2 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.35%) Degree
5 1 (0.68%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.38%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (3.38%) PCI DSS
2 4 (2.70%) SLA
3 2 (1.35%) COSHH
3 2 (1.35%) GMP
4 1 (0.68%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.68%) GDPR
System Software
1 34 (22.97%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.73%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.35%) Firmware
5 1 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.68%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (6.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.68%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 46 (31.08%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.08%) Salesforce
3 6 (4.05%) Siemens
4 4 (2.70%) Freshdesk
4 4 (2.70%) Google
4 4 (2.70%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.70%) VMware
5 3 (2.03%) Apple
5 3 (2.03%) HP
5 3 (2.03%) Red Hat
5 3 (2.03%) SonicWALL
6 2 (1.35%) Cisco
6 2 (1.35%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.35%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.35%) Sophos
6 2 (1.35%) Veeam
6 2 (1.35%) WatchGuard