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 3 April 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 28 48
Rank change year-on-year -4 +20 +42
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 177 97 162
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 4.71% 6.79% 4.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.03% 7.19% 4.52%
Number of salaries quoted 145 61 138
10th Percentile £25,750 £24,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £31,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +1.69%
75th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £35,000
90th Percentile £43,250 £67,500 £45,800
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 3,520 1,350 3,588
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 94.54% 94.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,221 913 2,828
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £33,500 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £43,251
Median % change year-on-year - +4.04% -13.50%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £56,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.71%

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 3 April 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 3 April 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 +3 77 £28,500 -9.52% 2
Nottinghamshire +13 31 £30,000 -14.29% 5
Leicestershire -40 24 £35,000 +14.75% 4
Lincolnshire -7 23 £37,500 +51.44% 5
Northamptonshire -15 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 3 April 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 64 (36.16%) Windows
2 61 (34.46%) Microsoft 365
3 54 (30.51%) Problem-Solving
4 45 (25.42%) Customer Service
5 36 (20.34%) Active Directory
6 35 (19.77%) Azure
7 33 (18.64%) Microsoft
7 33 (18.64%) Windows Server
8 26 (14.69%) DHCP
8 26 (14.69%) Entra ID
9 25 (14.12%) DNS
10 24 (13.56%) ITSM
10 24 (13.56%) Microsoft Intune
11 23 (12.99%) Incident Management
12 17 (9.60%) Root Cause Analysis
13 15 (8.47%) ITIL
13 15 (8.47%) Linux
13 15 (8.47%) Mentoring
14 12 (6.78%) Cybersecurity
14 12 (6.78%) VMware
15 11 (6.21%) Microsoft Certification
15 11 (6.21%) SharePoint
16 10 (5.65%) Firewall
16 10 (5.65%) Salesforce
16 10 (5.65%) SLA
16 10 (5.65%) SQL
17 9 (5.08%) Agile
17 9 (5.08%) Hyper-V
18 8 (4.52%) Confluence
18 8 (4.52%) CRM

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 (6.21%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.52%) Confluence
3 7 (3.95%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.56%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (2.82%) Q-Pulse
2 1 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 61 (34.46%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (19.77%) Azure
3 26 (14.69%) Entra ID
4 7 (3.95%) AWS
5 6 (3.39%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.13%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (14.69%) DHCP
2 25 (14.12%) DNS
3 10 (5.65%) Firewall
4 8 (4.52%) TCP/IP
5 7 (3.95%) IP Telephony
6 5 (2.82%) TETRA
7 4 (2.26%) LAN
7 4 (2.26%) WAN
7 4 (2.26%) WLAN
8 3 (1.69%) VLAN
8 3 (1.69%) Wireless
9 2 (1.13%) Network Security
9 2 (1.13%) VoIP
10 1 (0.56%) VPN
Development Applications
1 8 (4.52%) JIRA
General
1 45 (25.42%) Social Skills
2 11 (6.21%) Manufacturing
3 10 (5.65%) Law
4 8 (4.52%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (3.95%) Telecoms
6 5 (2.82%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.82%) Multimedia
6 5 (2.82%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.56%) Electronics
7 1 (0.56%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.56%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 46 (25.99%) Driving Licence
2 9 (5.08%) CCTV
3 7 (3.95%) Robotics
4 4 (2.26%) CAN bus
4 4 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.69%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.69%) Smartphone
6 2 (1.13%) FMCG
6 2 (1.13%) PKI
6 2 (1.13%) Social Media
7 1 (0.56%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.56%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 64 (36.16%) Windows
2 33 (18.64%) Windows Server
3 15 (8.47%) Linux
4 5 (2.82%) Mac OS
4 5 (2.82%) Windows 10
4 5 (2.82%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (1.69%) CentOS
5 3 (1.69%) SUSE
5 3 (1.69%) Ubuntu
6 2 (1.13%) Android
6 2 (1.13%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.13%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (30.51%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (25.42%) Customer Service
3 24 (13.56%) ITSM
4 23 (12.99%) Incident Management
5 17 (9.60%) Root Cause Analysis
6 15 (8.47%) ITIL
6 15 (8.47%) Mentoring
7 12 (6.78%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (5.08%) Agile
9 8 (4.52%) CRM
9 8 (4.52%) Service Delivery
10 7 (3.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 7 (3.95%) Proactive Monitoring
10 7 (3.95%) Process Improvement
11 6 (3.39%) Time Management
12 5 (2.82%) Data Protection
12 5 (2.82%) Network Management
12 5 (2.82%) Proactive Maintenance
12 5 (2.82%) Project Delivery
12 5 (2.82%) QMS
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.65%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (6.21%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (3.95%) CCNA
2 7 (3.95%) CCNP
2 7 (3.95%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (3.95%) HNC
2 7 (3.95%) HND
2 7 (3.95%) MCSA
2 7 (3.95%) MCSE
2 7 (3.95%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 4 (2.26%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.56%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.65%) SLA
2 7 (3.95%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (2.82%) COSHH
3 5 (2.82%) GMP
System Software
1 36 (20.34%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.08%) Hyper-V
3 5 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (13.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.69%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 33 (18.64%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.78%) VMware
3 10 (5.65%) Salesforce
4 8 (4.52%) ServiceNow
5 7 (3.95%) Draytek
5 7 (3.95%) Mitel
5 7 (3.95%) WatchGuard
6 6 (3.39%) Google
6 6 (3.39%) Siemens
7 5 (2.82%) Fortinet
7 5 (2.82%) Freshdesk
7 5 (2.82%) Fujitsu
7 5 (2.82%) Virgin Media
8 4 (2.26%) Cisco
8 4 (2.26%) Meraki
9 3 (1.69%) Red Hat
10 2 (1.13%) Darktrace
11 1 (0.56%) Apple
11 1 (0.56%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.56%) Samsung