Support Engineer Job Trends in the East Midlands

Support Engineer
England > East Midlands

The median Support Engineer salary in the East Midlands is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 78 80
Rank change year-on-year +41 +2 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 161 110 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 6.93% 2.76% 2.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.40% 2.92% 2.83%
Number of salaries quoted 137 88 39
10th Percentile £25,375 £27,275 £24,300
25th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £34,000 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% +7.94% -
75th Percentile £43,750 £38,750 £33,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £43,750 £42,100
England median annual salary £37,500 £35,000 £34,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% +1.45% +1.47%

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 2,176 3,773 1,626
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.71% 94.78% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,264 2,022 1,132
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £71,950 £73,750 £77,375
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

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

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 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 18 September 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
Northamptonshire +46 62 £37,500 +15.38% 4
Nottinghamshire +25 32 £28,500 -24.00% 14
Leicestershire +26 28 £40,000 +17.65% 9
Derbyshire +10 26 £26,500 -29.33% 6
Lincolnshire -3 13 £55,000 +57.14% 7
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, 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 64 (39.75%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (38.51%) Windows
2 62 (38.51%) Active Directory
3 61 (37.89%) Microsoft 365
4 54 (33.54%) Microsoft
5 49 (30.43%) Social Skills
6 44 (27.33%) Driving Licence
7 41 (25.47%) Azure
8 40 (24.84%) Windows Server
9 32 (19.88%) Microsoft Exchange
10 31 (19.25%) DNS
11 30 (18.63%) SharePoint
11 30 (18.63%) Manufacturing
12 27 (16.77%) Customer Service
13 26 (16.15%) Automotive
13 26 (16.15%) DHCP
14 19 (11.80%) Incident Management
14 19 (11.80%) Entra ID
15 18 (11.18%) Onboarding
15 18 (11.18%) PowerShell
15 18 (11.18%) ITIL
16 17 (10.56%) CRM
16 17 (10.56%) VMware Infrastructure
16 17 (10.56%) Dynamics CRM
16 17 (10.56%) VMware
16 17 (10.56%) Mentoring
16 17 (10.56%) Cybersecurity
17 16 (9.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 16 (9.94%) Microsoft Certification
18 15 (9.32%) Aerospace

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 32 (19.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (18.63%) SharePoint
3 8 (4.97%) Skype for Business
4 4 (2.48%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (3.73%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 17 (10.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 61 (37.89%) Microsoft 365
2 41 (25.47%) Azure
3 19 (11.80%) Entra ID
4 14 (8.70%) AWS
5 11 (6.83%) SaaS
6 8 (4.97%) Azure Sentinel
6 8 (4.97%) GCP
7 5 (3.11%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (3.11%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (3.11%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.86%) iPaaS
9 1 (0.62%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (19.25%) DNS
2 26 (16.15%) DHCP
3 13 (8.07%) Firewall
4 12 (7.45%) SAN
5 10 (6.21%) VPN
6 9 (5.59%) VLAN
7 8 (4.97%) Skype
8 5 (3.11%) iSCSI
9 4 (2.48%) Remote Desktop
9 4 (2.48%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.62%) 3G
10 1 (0.62%) 4G
10 1 (0.62%) ADSL
10 1 (0.62%) LAN
10 1 (0.62%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.97%) DTS
2 4 (2.48%) SQL Server
General
1 49 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 30 (18.63%) Manufacturing
3 26 (16.15%) Automotive
4 15 (9.32%) Aerospace
5 10 (6.21%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (5.59%) Law
7 8 (4.97%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (4.97%) Marketing
7 8 (4.97%) Retail
8 7 (4.35%) Advertising
8 7 (4.35%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (3.73%) Public Sector
10 5 (3.11%) Billing
10 5 (3.11%) Electronics
10 5 (3.11%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (2.48%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 44 (27.33%) Driving Licence
2 18 (11.18%) Onboarding
3 9 (5.59%) Video Conferencing
4 8 (4.97%) CMDB
5 7 (4.35%) Data Centre
6 5 (3.11%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (3.11%) Cyber Security Posture
6 5 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.86%) Clustering
7 3 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.62%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 1 (0.62%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 62 (38.51%) Windows
2 40 (24.84%) Windows Server
3 8 (4.97%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (3.73%) Linux
4 6 (3.73%) Windows 10
5 5 (3.11%) Mac OS
5 5 (3.11%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.62%) Android
6 1 (0.62%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (39.75%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (16.77%) Customer Service
3 19 (11.80%) Incident Management
4 18 (11.18%) ITIL
5 17 (10.56%) CRM
5 17 (10.56%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (10.56%) Mentoring
6 16 (9.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 11 (6.83%) Network Management
8 10 (6.21%) Computer Science
9 9 (5.59%) Project Delivery
10 8 (4.97%) Infrastructure Management
10 8 (4.97%) Problem Management
10 8 (4.97%) Root Cause Analysis
10 8 (4.97%) Server Management
11 7 (4.35%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (4.35%) Cost Control
11 7 (4.35%) ERP
11 7 (4.35%) Service Management
12 6 (3.73%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 18 (11.18%) PowerShell
2 11 (6.83%) VB
3 5 (3.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (9.94%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (9.32%) Degree
3 14 (8.70%) City & Guilds
4 12 (7.45%) DBS Check
4 12 (7.45%) HNC
4 12 (7.45%) HND
5 11 (6.83%) CCNA
5 11 (6.83%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (6.83%) MCP
6 6 (3.73%) MCSA
6 6 (3.73%) MCSE
6 6 (3.73%) Security Cleared
7 5 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.62%) CCNP
8 1 (0.62%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.62%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.97%) GDPR
2 7 (4.35%) Accessibility
3 5 (3.11%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (3.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 5 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.62%) SLA
System Software
1 62 (38.51%) Active Directory
2 17 (10.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (7.45%) Hyper-V
4 8 (4.97%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (4.35%) Firmware
6 4 (2.48%) Terminal Services
6 4 (2.48%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (9.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (4.97%) Nagios
2 8 (4.97%) ZABBIX
3 7 (4.35%) SCCM
4 5 (3.11%) Autotask
5 3 (1.86%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.62%) MOM
6 1 (0.62%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 54 (33.54%) Microsoft
2 17 (10.56%) VMware
3 11 (6.83%) Cisco
3 11 (6.83%) HP
3 11 (6.83%) Siemens
4 8 (4.97%) BMC
4 8 (4.97%) Citrix
4 8 (4.97%) Darktrace
4 8 (4.97%) Google
4 8 (4.97%) HubSpot
4 8 (4.97%) Proofpoint
4 8 (4.97%) Red Hat
4 8 (4.97%) Salesforce
4 8 (4.97%) SolarWinds
4 8 (4.97%) Tanium
4 8 (4.97%) Trend Micro
4 8 (4.97%) Zoho
5 5 (3.11%) Aruba
5 5 (3.11%) Datto
5 5 (3.11%) Progress