Support Engineer Job Trends in the East Midlands

Support Engineer
England > East Midlands

The median Support Engineer salary in the East Midlands is £36,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 37 75
Rank change year-on-year -22 +38 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 149 161 110
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 2.27% 6.93% 2.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.44% 7.40% 2.91%
Number of salaries quoted 114 137 88
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,375 £27,275
25th Percentile £28,000 £28,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £37,500 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +10.29% +7.94%
75th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £38,750
90th Percentile £45,000 £57,500 £43,750
England median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% +1.45%

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 6,099 2,175 3,783
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.07% 93.67% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 3,969 1,261 2,015
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £41,645 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.06% -7.46% -14.29%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,250 £73,750
England median annual salary £59,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.18% - -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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -23 45 £40,000 - 5
Lincolnshire +1 35 £30,000 -45.45% 3
Derbyshire -12 24 £30,000 +13.21% 4
Northamptonshire -32 23 £40,000 +6.67% 11
Nottinghamshire -29 22 £35,000 +22.81% 2
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 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 59 (39.60%) Microsoft
2 58 (38.93%) Windows
3 53 (35.57%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (31.54%) Problem-Solving
5 39 (26.17%) Active Directory
6 37 (24.83%) Azure
7 36 (24.16%) Customer Service
8 30 (20.13%) Entra ID
9 29 (19.46%) Windows Server
10 27 (18.12%) DNS
11 25 (16.78%) Cybersecurity
12 24 (16.11%) Continuous Improvement
13 20 (13.42%) DHCP
14 19 (12.75%) VPN
15 18 (12.08%) Microsoft Intune
15 18 (12.08%) Wireless
16 17 (11.41%) Firewall
16 17 (11.41%) Hyper-V
16 17 (11.41%) SQL
17 15 (10.07%) DBS Check
18 14 (9.40%) Linux
19 13 (8.72%) ITSM
19 13 (8.72%) TCP/IP
20 12 (8.05%) ITIL
21 11 (7.38%) Business Continuity
21 11 (7.38%) IIS
21 11 (7.38%) Microsoft Certification
21 11 (7.38%) VMware
22 10 (6.71%) Cyber Essentials
22 10 (6.71%) Microsoft Exchange

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 11 (7.38%) IIS
2 10 (6.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (6.04%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.67%) Mendix
Applications
1 4 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (2.68%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 53 (35.57%) Microsoft 365
2 37 (24.83%) Azure
3 30 (20.13%) Entra ID
4 8 (5.37%) Google Workspace
5 6 (4.03%) AWS
6 3 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (2.01%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.67%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 27 (18.12%) DNS
2 20 (13.42%) DHCP
3 19 (12.75%) VPN
4 18 (12.08%) Wireless
5 17 (11.41%) Firewall
6 13 (8.72%) TCP/IP
7 8 (5.37%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (3.36%) IP Telephony
9 4 (2.68%) Internet
9 4 (2.68%) MQTT
9 4 (2.68%) Network Security
9 4 (2.68%) VLAN
10 3 (2.01%) LAN
10 3 (2.01%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (2.01%) VoIP
10 3 (2.01%) WAN
11 1 (0.67%) DMZ
11 1 (0.67%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.03%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.68%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (2.68%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (0.67%) JIRA
General
1 47 (31.54%) Social Skills
2 18 (12.08%) Manufacturing
3 11 (7.38%) Organisational Skills
4 10 (6.71%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (5.37%) Spanish Language
5 8 (5.37%) Telecoms
6 6 (4.03%) Agriculture
7 4 (2.68%) Finance
7 4 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.01%) Retail
9 1 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.67%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.67%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 36 (24.16%) Driving Licence
2 15 (10.07%) CCTV
3 12 (8.05%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (3.36%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.68%) IoT
6 3 (2.01%) PKI
6 3 (2.01%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (1.34%) FMCG
7 2 (1.34%) Robotics
8 1 (0.67%) Clustering
8 1 (0.67%) Replication
8 1 (0.67%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 58 (38.93%) Windows
2 29 (19.46%) Windows Server
3 14 (9.40%) Linux
4 10 (6.71%) Windows 10
5 4 (2.68%) VMS
6 3 (2.01%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (31.54%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (24.16%) Customer Service
3 25 (16.78%) Cybersecurity
4 24 (16.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (8.72%) ITSM
6 12 (8.05%) ITIL
7 11 (7.38%) Business Continuity
8 10 (6.71%) Time Management
9 9 (6.04%) Incident Management
9 9 (6.04%) Mentoring
10 6 (4.03%) CRM
10 6 (4.03%) Disaster Recovery
10 6 (4.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 6 (4.03%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (4.03%) User Experience
11 5 (3.36%) AI
12 4 (2.68%) Product Management
12 4 (2.68%) Service Management
12 4 (2.68%) Systems Engineering
12 4 (2.68%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 17 (11.41%) SQL
2 10 (6.71%) PowerShell
3 5 (3.36%) Python
4 1 (0.67%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 15 (10.07%) DBS Check
2 11 (7.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (5.37%) CCNA
3 8 (5.37%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (3.36%) CCNP
4 5 (3.36%) MCSA
4 5 (3.36%) MCSE
4 5 (3.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 4 (2.68%) Degree
6 3 (2.01%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.01%) HND
7 2 (1.34%) HNC
8 1 (0.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.71%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (3.36%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.67%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.67%) GDPR
3 1 (0.67%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (26.17%) Active Directory
2 17 (11.41%) Hyper-V
3 6 (4.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.01%) Firmware
5 1 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (12.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.67%) Backup Exec
2 1 (0.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 59 (39.60%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.38%) VMware
3 8 (5.37%) Google
3 8 (5.37%) WatchGuard
4 7 (4.70%) ServiceNow
5 5 (3.36%) Draytek
5 5 (3.36%) Mitel
6 4 (2.68%) Freshdesk
6 4 (2.68%) SonicWALL
7 3 (2.01%) Apple
7 3 (2.01%) Cisco
7 3 (2.01%) Fortinet
7 3 (2.01%) HP
7 3 (2.01%) JD Edwards
7 3 (2.01%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.01%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.01%) Sophos
7 3 (2.01%) Veeam
8 2 (1.34%) Siemens
9 1 (0.67%) Datto