Support Engineer Job Trends in the East Midlands

Support Engineer
England > East Midlands

The median Support Engineer salary in the East Midlands is £33,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 December 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 46 71
Rank change year-on-year +22 +25 +23
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 179 101 38
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 6.95% 4.30% 2.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.50% 4.47% 2.57%
Number of salaries quoted 159 59 31
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,250 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £26,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £32,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £40,924
90th Percentile £43,800 £42,500 £50,000
England median annual salary £36,500 £37,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -1.35% +5.71% +6.06%

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 2,387 2,259 1,480
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.63% 96.13% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,598 1,022 1,155
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -0.99%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,400
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 25 December 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 25 December 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
Derbyshire +9 60 £28,500 -26.45% 5
Nottinghamshire +37 33 £30,000 -20.00% 7
Northamptonshire +20 33 £29,000 +2.65% 1
Lincolnshire - 31 £40,000 - 2
Leicestershire -17 22 £35,000 +9.38% 3
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 December 2025, 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.

1 102 (56.98%) Microsoft 365
2 91 (50.84%) Windows
3 83 (46.37%) Problem-Solving
4 78 (43.58%) Active Directory
5 66 (36.87%) Azure
6 63 (35.20%) Microsoft
7 58 (32.40%) Windows Server
8 56 (31.28%) Customer Service
9 47 (26.26%) DHCP
10 46 (25.70%) DNS
11 43 (24.02%) Entra ID
12 35 (19.55%) SharePoint
13 34 (18.99%) Microsoft Exchange
14 32 (17.88%) Incident Management
15 30 (16.76%) Microsoft Intune
16 29 (16.20%) ITIL
17 26 (14.53%) Cybersecurity
17 26 (14.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 26 (14.53%) Microsoft Certification
17 26 (14.53%) VMware
18 25 (13.97%) Mentoring
19 21 (11.73%) AWS
20 19 (10.61%) VMware Infrastructure
21 17 (9.50%) CRM
21 17 (9.50%) Dynamics CRM
21 17 (9.50%) Linux
21 17 (9.50%) MCP
22 16 (8.94%) Project Delivery
23 15 (8.38%) Degree
23 15 (8.38%) Firewall

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 35 (19.55%) SharePoint
2 34 (18.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (5.03%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (2.79%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 17 (9.50%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 102 (56.98%) Microsoft 365
2 66 (36.87%) Azure
3 43 (24.02%) Entra ID
4 21 (11.73%) AWS
5 9 (5.03%) Azure Sentinel
5 9 (5.03%) GCP
6 5 (2.79%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (2.79%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (2.79%) iPaaS
6 5 (2.79%) OneDrive
6 5 (2.79%) SaaS
7 2 (1.12%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 47 (26.26%) DHCP
2 46 (25.70%) DNS
3 15 (8.38%) Firewall
4 11 (6.15%) TCP/IP
4 11 (6.15%) VPN
5 9 (5.03%) Skype
6 8 (4.47%) VLAN
7 7 (3.91%) IP Telephony
8 5 (2.79%) SAN
9 4 (2.23%) LAN
9 4 (2.23%) WAN
9 4 (2.23%) WLAN
10 2 (1.12%) Network Security
11 1 (0.56%) TETRA
11 1 (0.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.03%) DTS
General
1 55 (30.73%) Social Skills
2 25 (13.97%) Manufacturing
3 16 (8.94%) Automotive
4 15 (8.38%) Law
5 11 (6.15%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (5.59%) Aerospace
6 10 (5.59%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (5.59%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (5.59%) Marketing
7 9 (5.03%) Retail
8 7 (3.91%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.79%) Advertising
9 5 (2.79%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.23%) Local Government
10 4 (2.23%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.56%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 58 (32.40%) Driving Licence
2 20 (11.17%) Onboarding
3 9 (5.03%) CMDB
3 9 (5.03%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (5.03%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (3.91%) CCTV
5 5 (2.79%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (2.79%) Clustering
5 5 (2.79%) Cyber Security Posture
5 5 (2.79%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.68%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.56%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 1 (0.56%) NHS
7 1 (0.56%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 91 (50.84%) Windows
2 58 (32.40%) Windows Server
3 17 (9.50%) Linux
4 10 (5.59%) Mac OS
4 10 (5.59%) Windows Server 2008
5 8 (4.47%) Windows 10
6 6 (3.35%) Android
6 6 (3.35%) Apple iOS
7 5 (2.79%) Mac OS X
7 5 (2.79%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (1.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (46.37%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (31.28%) Customer Service
3 32 (17.88%) Incident Management
4 29 (16.20%) ITIL
5 26 (14.53%) Cybersecurity
5 26 (14.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 25 (13.97%) Mentoring
7 17 (9.50%) CRM
8 16 (8.94%) Project Delivery
9 14 (7.82%) ITSM
9 14 (7.82%) Network Management
10 13 (7.26%) Root Cause Analysis
10 13 (7.26%) Service Management
11 12 (6.70%) Process Improvement
12 10 (5.59%) Computer Science
13 9 (5.03%) Data Protection
13 9 (5.03%) Infrastructure Management
13 9 (5.03%) Problem Management
13 9 (5.03%) Server Management
14 7 (3.91%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 14 (7.82%) PowerShell
2 6 (3.35%) VB
3 5 (2.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (14.53%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (9.50%) MCP
3 15 (8.38%) Degree
4 12 (6.70%) MCSA
4 12 (6.70%) MCSE
5 10 (5.59%) DBS Check
5 10 (5.59%) Security Cleared
6 7 (3.91%) CCNA
6 7 (3.91%) CCNP
6 7 (3.91%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.79%) City & Guilds
7 5 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.79%) HNC
7 5 (2.79%) HND
7 5 (2.79%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.70%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (5.59%) GDPR
3 5 (2.79%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 5 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.79%) SLA
System Software
1 78 (43.58%) Active Directory
2 19 (10.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (7.82%) Hyper-V
4 9 (5.03%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (2.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 30 (16.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (5.03%) Nagios
2 9 (5.03%) ZABBIX
3 5 (2.79%) Failover Clustering
3 5 (2.79%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.56%) MOM
4 1 (0.56%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 63 (35.20%) Microsoft
2 26 (14.53%) VMware
3 11 (6.15%) Darktrace
4 9 (5.03%) BMC
4 9 (5.03%) Citrix
4 9 (5.03%) Google
4 9 (5.03%) Proofpoint
4 9 (5.03%) Red Hat
4 9 (5.03%) SolarWinds
4 9 (5.03%) Tanium
4 9 (5.03%) Trend Micro
5 8 (4.47%) HubSpot
5 8 (4.47%) Salesforce
5 8 (4.47%) Zoho
6 7 (3.91%) Cisco
6 7 (3.91%) Draytek
6 7 (3.91%) Mitel
6 7 (3.91%) ServiceNow
6 7 (3.91%) WatchGuard
7 5 (2.79%) Progress