Support Engineer Job Trends in the East Midlands

Support Engineer
England > East Midlands

The median Support Engineer salary in the East Midlands is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2026.

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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 49 48
Rank change year-on-year +6 -1 +30
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 167 83 172
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 3.73% 5.02% 4.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.94% 5.33% 4.38%
Number of salaries quoted 132 60 149
10th Percentile £26,000 £24,946 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,265 £26,625 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £40,000 £43,375 £37,500
90th Percentile £43,750 £67,500 £44,700
England median annual salary £35,000 £35,599 £32,500
% change year-on-year -1.68% +9.53% -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 4,239 1,558 3,929
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 94.20% 94.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,617 979 2,990
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.65% -14.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -11.13%

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 2 May 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 2 May 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 +7 62 £27,500 -8.33%
Leicestershire -25 34 £35,000 +12.90% 3
Nottinghamshire +3 26 £30,000 -14.29% 5
Lincolnshire -4 26 £28,000 +13.07%
Northamptonshire -15 17 £37,500 -8.54% 4
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 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 54 (32.34%) Windows
2 46 (27.54%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (26.35%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (22.16%) Active Directory
5 35 (20.96%) Customer Service
6 33 (19.76%) Windows Server
7 30 (17.96%) Microsoft
8 25 (14.97%) DNS
9 21 (12.57%) Incident Management
10 20 (11.98%) Azure
11 19 (11.38%) DHCP
12 18 (10.78%) ITSM
13 16 (9.58%) Root Cause Analysis
13 16 (9.58%) SQL
14 15 (8.98%) Entra ID
15 14 (8.38%) Linux
16 13 (7.78%) Time Management
17 12 (7.19%) DBS Check
17 12 (7.19%) Wireless
18 11 (6.59%) Continuous Improvement
19 10 (5.99%) Microsoft Intune
19 10 (5.99%) Salesforce
19 10 (5.99%) SLA
20 9 (5.39%) Agile
20 9 (5.39%) Mentoring
21 8 (4.79%) Confluence
21 8 (4.79%) CRM
21 8 (4.79%) Firewall
21 8 (4.79%) ITIL
21 8 (4.79%) JIRA

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 (4.79%) Confluence
1 8 (4.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.59%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.20%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (4.19%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (2.99%) Q-Pulse
2 1 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 44 (26.35%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (11.98%) Azure
3 15 (8.98%) Entra ID
4 6 (3.59%) Google Workspace
5 3 (1.80%) AWS
6 1 (0.60%) Mimecast
6 1 (0.60%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (14.97%) DNS
2 19 (11.38%) DHCP
3 12 (7.19%) Wireless
4 8 (4.79%) Firewall
5 6 (3.59%) TCP/IP
6 5 (2.99%) TETRA
6 5 (2.99%) VoIP
7 4 (2.40%) Internet
7 4 (2.40%) LAN
7 4 (2.40%) WAN
7 4 (2.40%) WLAN
8 3 (1.80%) MQTT
8 3 (1.80%) VPN
9 2 (1.20%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.60%) DMZ
10 1 (0.60%) Network Security
10 1 (0.60%) SAN
10 1 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.40%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (1.80%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 8 (4.79%) JIRA
General
1 39 (23.35%) Social Skills
2 12 (7.19%) Manufacturing
3 9 (5.39%) Law
4 8 (4.79%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (2.99%) Multimedia
5 5 (2.99%) Pharmaceutical
5 5 (2.99%) Telecoms
6 4 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.60%) Finance
7 1 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.60%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.60%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 41 (24.55%) Driving Licence
2 11 (6.59%) CCTV
3 7 (4.19%) Robotics
4 4 (2.40%) CAN bus
4 4 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.80%) FMCG
5 3 (1.80%) IoT
5 3 (1.80%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.80%) PKI
6 2 (1.20%) Smartphone
6 2 (1.20%) Social Media
7 1 (0.60%) Clustering
7 1 (0.60%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.60%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 54 (32.34%) Windows
2 33 (19.76%) Windows Server
3 14 (8.38%) Linux
4 4 (2.40%) Mac OS
4 4 (2.40%) Windows 10
4 4 (2.40%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (1.80%) CentOS
5 3 (1.80%) SUSE
5 3 (1.80%) Ubuntu
5 3 (1.80%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (27.54%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (20.96%) Customer Service
3 21 (12.57%) Incident Management
4 18 (10.78%) ITSM
5 16 (9.58%) Root Cause Analysis
6 13 (7.78%) Time Management
7 11 (6.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (5.39%) Agile
8 9 (5.39%) Mentoring
9 8 (4.79%) CRM
9 8 (4.79%) ITIL
9 8 (4.79%) Service Delivery
10 6 (3.59%) Cybersecurity
10 6 (3.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 5 (2.99%) Proactive Maintenance
11 5 (2.99%) Proactive Monitoring
11 5 (2.99%) QMS
11 5 (2.99%) Quality Management
12 4 (2.40%) AI
12 4 (2.40%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (9.58%) SQL
2 4 (2.40%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.40%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (7.19%) DBS Check
2 7 (4.19%) HNC
2 7 (4.19%) HND
3 3 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.20%) CCNA
4 2 (1.20%) CCNP
4 2 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.20%) MCSA
4 2 (1.20%) MCSE
4 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.99%) SLA
2 5 (2.99%) COSHH
2 5 (2.99%) GMP
3 2 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.60%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.60%) GDPR
System Software
1 37 (22.16%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.19%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (5.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.20%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 30 (17.96%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.99%) Salesforce
3 6 (3.59%) Google
3 6 (3.59%) ServiceNow
3 6 (3.59%) Siemens
4 5 (2.99%) Fortinet
4 5 (2.99%) Fujitsu
4 5 (2.99%) Virgin Media
4 5 (2.99%) VMware
5 4 (2.40%) Freshdesk
6 3 (1.80%) Apple
6 3 (1.80%) HP
6 3 (1.80%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.20%) Cisco
7 2 (1.20%) Draytek
7 2 (1.20%) Meraki
7 2 (1.20%) Mitel
7 2 (1.20%) WatchGuard
8 1 (0.60%) Veeam
8 1 (0.60%) Zoho