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 27 March 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 28 46
Rank change year-on-year -4 +18 +34
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 176 95 159
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 4.92% 6.77% 4.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.26% 7.14% 4.53%
Number of salaries quoted 145 59 135
10th Percentile £25,750 £24,692 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,000 £26,500 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £31,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £38,750 £43,125 £35,000
90th Percentile £43,250 £67,500 £47,600
England median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -1.52%

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 3,349 1,331 3,511
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 94.80% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2,122 894 2,780
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,750 £33,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £44,100
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +7.71% -11.80%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,438 £56,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £68,300
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.09%

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 27 March 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 27 March 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 +5 77 £28,000 -11.11% 2
Nottinghamshire +15 33 £30,000 -20.00% 5
Leicestershire -33 24 £35,000 +14.75% 4
Lincolnshire -10 20 £37,500 +51.44% 5
Northamptonshire -16 20 £26,500 -47.00% 3
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 March 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 65 (36.93%) Windows
2 62 (35.23%) Microsoft 365
3 56 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
4 46 (26.14%) Customer Service
5 37 (21.02%) Active Directory
6 34 (19.32%) Windows Server
7 33 (18.75%) Azure
7 33 (18.75%) Microsoft
8 28 (15.91%) DHCP
9 27 (15.34%) DNS
10 25 (14.20%) Entra ID
10 25 (14.20%) Incident Management
11 24 (13.64%) ITSM
12 23 (13.07%) Microsoft Intune
13 17 (9.66%) Root Cause Analysis
14 15 (8.52%) ITIL
14 15 (8.52%) Linux
14 15 (8.52%) Mentoring
15 12 (6.82%) SharePoint
15 12 (6.82%) VMware
16 11 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
16 11 (6.25%) Firewall
16 11 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
16 11 (6.25%) SLA
17 10 (5.68%) Hyper-V
18 9 (5.11%) Agile
18 9 (5.11%) Salesforce
18 9 (5.11%) SQL
19 8 (4.55%) Confluence
19 8 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineering

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 12 (6.82%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.55%) Confluence
2 8 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (2.84%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (2.84%) Q-Pulse
2 1 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 62 (35.23%) Microsoft 365
2 33 (18.75%) Azure
3 25 (14.20%) Entra ID
4 7 (3.98%) AWS
5 6 (3.41%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.14%) Nutanix
6 2 (1.14%) SaaS
7 1 (0.57%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (15.91%) DHCP
2 27 (15.34%) DNS
3 11 (6.25%) Firewall
4 8 (4.55%) TCP/IP
5 7 (3.98%) IP Telephony
6 5 (2.84%) TETRA
7 4 (2.27%) LAN
7 4 (2.27%) VLAN
7 4 (2.27%) WAN
7 4 (2.27%) WLAN
8 2 (1.14%) Network Security
8 2 (1.14%) VoIP
9 1 (0.57%) SAN
9 1 (0.57%) VPN
9 1 (0.57%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 8 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 44 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (6.82%) Law
3 10 (5.68%) Manufacturing
4 8 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (3.98%) Telecoms
6 5 (2.84%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.84%) Multimedia
6 5 (2.84%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.14%) Marketing
8 1 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.57%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 47 (26.70%) Driving Licence
2 7 (3.98%) CCTV
3 6 (3.41%) Robotics
4 4 (2.27%) CAN bus
4 4 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.70%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.70%) Smartphone
6 2 (1.14%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.14%) Social Media
7 1 (0.57%) Clustering
7 1 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.57%) FMCG
7 1 (0.57%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.57%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 65 (36.93%) Windows
2 34 (19.32%) Windows Server
3 15 (8.52%) Linux
4 5 (2.84%) Mac OS
4 5 (2.84%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (2.27%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.70%) Android
6 3 (1.70%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.70%) CentOS
6 3 (1.70%) SUSE
6 3 (1.70%) Ubuntu
7 2 (1.14%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (26.14%) Customer Service
3 25 (14.20%) Incident Management
4 24 (13.64%) ITSM
5 17 (9.66%) Root Cause Analysis
6 15 (8.52%) ITIL
6 15 (8.52%) Mentoring
7 11 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (5.11%) Agile
9 8 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (4.55%) Service Delivery
10 7 (3.98%) CRM
10 7 (3.98%) Proactive Monitoring
10 7 (3.98%) Process Improvement
11 6 (3.41%) Asset Management
11 6 (3.41%) Project Delivery
12 5 (2.84%) IT Asset Management
12 5 (2.84%) Proactive Maintenance
12 5 (2.84%) QMS
12 5 (2.84%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 9 (5.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (3.98%) CCNA
2 7 (3.98%) CCNP
2 7 (3.98%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (3.98%) MCSA
2 7 (3.98%) MCSE
2 7 (3.98%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 6 (3.41%) HNC
3 6 (3.41%) HND
4 2 (1.14%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.14%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.25%) SLA
2 7 (3.98%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (2.84%) COSHH
3 5 (2.84%) GMP
4 1 (0.57%) GDPR
System Software
1 37 (21.02%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.68%) Hyper-V
3 5 (2.84%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (13.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.27%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.57%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 33 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.82%) VMware
3 9 (5.11%) Salesforce
4 7 (3.98%) Draytek
4 7 (3.98%) Mitel
4 7 (3.98%) ServiceNow
4 7 (3.98%) WatchGuard
5 6 (3.41%) Google
6 5 (2.84%) Fortinet
6 5 (2.84%) Fujitsu
6 5 (2.84%) Siemens
6 5 (2.84%) Virgin Media
7 4 (2.27%) Cisco
7 4 (2.27%) Freshdesk
7 4 (2.27%) Meraki
8 3 (1.70%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.14%) Apple
9 2 (1.14%) Darktrace
9 2 (1.14%) Samsung
10 1 (0.57%) HubSpot