Support Engineer Jobs in the East Midlands

Support Engineer
England > East Midlands

The median Support Engineer salary in the East Midlands is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 105 80
Rank change year-on-year +38 -25 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 147 63 137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 3.24% 2.55% 3.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.44% 2.83% 4.10%
Number of salaries quoted 121 49 97
10th Percentile £24,750 £24,900 £23,000
25th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £27,500 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -11.29% +8.77%
75th Percentile £40,000 £33,000 £35,000
90th Percentile £50,000 £40,400 £47,500
England median annual salary £34,000 £34,000 £34,000

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 4,276 2,225 3,344
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.33% 89.90% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,688 1,192 2,036
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,685 £25,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £34,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% +7.95%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 +20 51 £32,500 +8.33% 11
Northamptonshire -11 30 £30,000 +9.09% 1
Lincolnshire - 26 £35,000 - 2
Nottinghamshire -12 25 £35,000 -8.50% 4
Derbyshire -2 15 £32,500 +18.18%
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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 76 (51.70%) Windows
2 72 (48.98%) Problem-Solving
3 65 (44.22%) Microsoft
4 37 (25.17%) Social Skills
5 35 (23.81%) SQL
5 35 (23.81%) ITIL
6 34 (23.13%) Windows Server
7 33 (22.45%) Degree
8 32 (21.77%) Microsoft 365
9 30 (20.41%) Azure
9 30 (20.41%) Active Directory
10 28 (19.05%) Customer Service
11 27 (18.37%) Analytical Skills
12 26 (17.69%) Computer Science
13 25 (17.01%) Driving Licence
14 24 (16.33%) Microsoft Certification
14 24 (16.33%) Linux
15 23 (15.65%) Network Security
16 21 (14.29%) VMware
16 21 (14.29%) MCP
16 21 (14.29%) Onboarding
16 21 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
17 20 (13.61%) Cybersecurity
17 20 (13.61%) Law
18 19 (12.93%) VMware Infrastructure
18 19 (12.93%) Asset Management
18 19 (12.93%) WLAN
18 19 (12.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 18 (12.24%) DHCP
19 18 (12.24%) DNS

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 13 (8.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (6.12%) SharePoint
3 8 (5.44%) IIS
4 2 (1.36%) Apache
Applications
1 8 (5.44%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.68%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 5 (3.40%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 32 (21.77%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (20.41%) Azure
3 11 (7.48%) SaaS
4 10 (6.80%) AWS
4 10 (6.80%) Entra ID
5 9 (6.12%) Serverless
6 5 (3.40%) Mimecast
6 5 (3.40%) OneDrive
7 3 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.36%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.68%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 23 (15.65%) Network Security
2 19 (12.93%) WLAN
3 18 (12.24%) DHCP
3 18 (12.24%) DNS
4 17 (11.56%) Internet
5 14 (9.52%) Firewall
6 11 (7.48%) SAN
7 10 (6.80%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (6.12%) LAN
8 9 (6.12%) WAN
9 8 (5.44%) VPN
10 7 (4.76%) TCP/IP
11 2 (1.36%) Cisco IOS
11 2 (1.36%) VSAN
12 1 (0.68%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (10.88%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.76%) MySQL
3 2 (1.36%) MariaDB
3 2 (1.36%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
General
1 37 (25.17%) Social Skills
2 27 (18.37%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (13.61%) Law
4 6 (4.08%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (3.40%) Telecoms
6 4 (2.72%) Finance
7 2 (1.36%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.68%) Agriculture
8 1 (0.68%) Marketing
8 1 (0.68%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.76%) .NET
1 7 (4.76%) Web Services
2 5 (3.40%) CSS
2 5 (3.40%) CSS3
2 5 (3.40%) HTML
2 5 (3.40%) HTML5
2 5 (3.40%) jQuery
2 5 (3.40%) React
3 2 (1.36%) LAPP Stack
3 2 (1.36%) REST
3 2 (1.36%) SOAP
4 1 (0.68%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 25 (17.01%) Driving Licence
2 21 (14.29%) Onboarding
3 8 (5.44%) Data Centre
4 7 (4.76%) Clustering
4 7 (4.76%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.68%) CCTV
7 1 (0.68%) iPhone
7 1 (0.68%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.68%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 76 (51.70%) Windows
2 34 (23.13%) Windows Server
3 24 (16.33%) Linux
4 7 (4.76%) Mac OS
5 5 (3.40%) CentOS
5 5 (3.40%) SUSE
5 5 (3.40%) Ubuntu
6 2 (1.36%) AIX
6 2 (1.36%) Debian
6 2 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.36%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.68%) Android
7 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (48.98%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (23.81%) ITIL
3 28 (19.05%) Customer Service
4 26 (17.69%) Computer Science
5 20 (13.61%) Cybersecurity
6 19 (12.93%) Asset Management
6 19 (12.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 15 (10.20%) IT Asset Management
7 15 (10.20%) Mentoring
7 15 (10.20%) Network Management
8 13 (8.84%) Customer Requirements
8 13 (8.84%) Service Management
9 12 (8.16%) User Acceptance Testing
9 12 (8.16%) User Experience
10 9 (6.12%) Customer-Centricity
10 9 (6.12%) Problem Management
11 7 (4.76%) High Availability
11 7 (4.76%) Patch Management
12 6 (4.08%) Customer-Centric Approach
12 6 (4.08%) Proactive Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 35 (23.81%) SQL
2 7 (4.76%) C#
3 5 (3.40%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.04%) Python
5 2 (1.36%) C
5 2 (1.36%) C++
5 2 (1.36%) VB
6 1 (0.68%) Perl
Qualifications
1 33 (22.45%) Degree
2 24 (16.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 21 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 21 (14.29%) MCP
4 15 (10.20%) CCNA
4 15 (10.20%) CCNP
4 15 (10.20%) Cisco Certification
4 15 (10.20%) LPIC
4 15 (10.20%) MCSE
5 13 (8.84%) Security Cleared
6 7 (4.76%) DBS Check
7 6 (4.08%) A+ Certification
8 4 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.68%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.68%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (0.68%) Citrix Certification
9 1 (0.68%) HNC
9 1 (0.68%) MCITP
9 1 (0.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (12.24%) SLA
2 5 (3.40%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.36%) GDPR
System Software
1 30 (20.41%) Active Directory
2 19 (12.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (6.12%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.72%) KVM
4 4 (2.72%) vSphere
5 2 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.68%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.68%) XenApp
6 1 (0.68%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 13 (8.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (6.12%) Kubernetes
3 7 (4.76%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 65 (44.22%) Microsoft
2 21 (14.29%) VMware
3 17 (11.56%) Cisco
4 5 (3.40%) Acronis
4 5 (3.40%) Citrix
4 5 (3.40%) Red Hat
4 5 (3.40%) Salesforce
5 4 (2.72%) Dell
5 4 (2.72%) HP
5 4 (2.72%) Sophos
5 4 (2.72%) Veeam
6 3 (2.04%) Google
7 2 (1.36%) Meraki
7 2 (1.36%) Oracle