Support Engineer Jobs 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 30 May 2025.

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

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 52 78
Rank change year-on-year -21 +26 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 87 192 98
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 3.24% 3.98% 3.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.42% 4.20% 3.98%
Number of salaries quoted 72 168 80
10th Percentile £25,063 £23,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £26,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £30,000 £27,750
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +8.11% -10.48%
75th Percentile £52,500 £37,813 £39,000
90th Percentile £58,000 £48,250 £53,923
England median annual salary £38,750 £32,500 £33,060
% change year-on-year +19.23% -1.69% -2.76%

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 2,544 4,571 2,464
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 94.72% 88.70%
Number of salaries quoted 997 3,254 1,275
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £50,498
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -15.84% +6.31%
75th Percentile £57,500 £56,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £75,750
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for Support Engineer 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 30 May 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 30 May 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 -9 45 £37,500 +22.95% 16
Leicestershire +5 16 £40,000 +40.35% 18
Nottinghamshire +8 12 £38,500 +18.46% 26
Derbyshire -1 9 £30,000 +9.09% 35
Lincolnshire -8 5 £24,763 -29.25% 20
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 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 33 (37.93%) Windows
2 32 (36.78%) Microsoft
3 29 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 28 (32.18%) Driving Licence
5 24 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (26.44%) Active Directory
7 22 (25.29%) Microsoft 365
8 20 (22.99%) Cisco Certification
9 17 (19.54%) Firewall
9 17 (19.54%) HP
9 17 (19.54%) Windows Server
10 15 (17.24%) Cisco
10 15 (17.24%) Azure
11 13 (14.94%) CCNP
11 13 (14.94%) CCNA
12 12 (13.79%) DNS
13 11 (12.64%) Microsoft Exchange
13 11 (12.64%) Wi-Fi
14 10 (11.49%) DHCP
14 10 (11.49%) Hyper-V
14 10 (11.49%) Customer Service
15 9 (10.34%) Aruba
15 9 (10.34%) VMware
15 9 (10.34%) Siemens
16 8 (9.20%) SAN
16 8 (9.20%) LAN
16 8 (9.20%) WAN
16 8 (9.20%) SharePoint
17 7 (8.05%) Palo Alto
17 7 (8.05%) Presales

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 11 (12.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (9.20%) SharePoint
3 6 (6.90%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (25.29%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (17.24%) Azure
3 7 (8.05%) SaaS
4 2 (2.30%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.15%) AWS
5 1 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.15%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (19.54%) Firewall
2 12 (13.79%) DNS
3 11 (12.64%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (11.49%) DHCP
5 8 (9.20%) LAN
5 8 (9.20%) SAN
5 8 (9.20%) WAN
6 7 (8.05%) Cisco Firepower
6 7 (8.05%) SD-WAN
7 6 (6.90%) Remote Desktop
8 5 (5.75%) Internet
8 5 (5.75%) Network Security
8 5 (5.75%) WLAN
9 3 (3.45%) VLAN
10 2 (2.30%) Broadband
10 2 (2.30%) iSCSI
10 2 (2.30%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.05%) SQL Server
General
1 29 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 7 (8.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (4.60%) Automotive
4 4 (4.60%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (3.45%) Electronics
5 3 (3.45%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.30%) Billing
6 2 (2.30%) Law
6 2 (2.30%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.15%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.15%) Finance
7 1 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 28 (32.18%) Driving Licence
2 6 (6.90%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.45%) EPoS
3 3 (3.45%) Social Media
4 1 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 33 (37.93%) Windows
2 17 (19.54%) Windows Server
3 6 (6.90%) Linux
3 6 (6.90%) Windows 10
4 3 (3.45%) Windows 7
5 2 (2.30%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.15%) Android
6 1 (1.15%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (11.49%) Customer Service
3 7 (8.05%) ITIL
3 7 (8.05%) Presales
3 7 (8.05%) Zero Trust
4 6 (6.90%) Mentoring
5 5 (5.75%) Asset Management
5 5 (5.75%) Computer Science
5 5 (5.75%) IT Asset Management
5 5 (5.75%) Network Management
6 4 (4.60%) Incident Management
6 4 (4.60%) Service Delivery
7 3 (3.45%) Coaching
7 3 (3.45%) Customer Experience
7 3 (3.45%) Decision-Making
7 3 (3.45%) Mathematics
7 3 (3.45%) Migration
7 3 (3.45%) Service Management
8 2 (2.30%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 2 (2.30%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.45%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.15%) SQL
2 1 (1.15%) T-SQL
2 1 (1.15%) VB
Qualifications
1 20 (22.99%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (14.94%) CCNA
2 13 (14.94%) CCNP
3 7 (8.05%) CCIE
3 7 (8.05%) Degree
3 7 (8.05%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (6.90%) MCP
4 6 (6.90%) MCSE
5 5 (5.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (5.75%) LPIC
6 3 (3.45%) DBS Check
7 2 (2.30%) A+ Certification
7 2 (2.30%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.15%) HNC
8 1 (1.15%) HND
8 1 (1.15%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.45%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (26.44%) Active Directory
2 10 (11.49%) Hyper-V
3 7 (8.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (6.90%) Terminal Services
4 6 (6.90%) vSphere
5 2 (2.30%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (6.90%) SCCM
2 2 (2.30%) Autotask
2 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 32 (36.78%) Microsoft
2 17 (19.54%) HP
3 15 (17.24%) Cisco
4 9 (10.34%) Aruba
4 9 (10.34%) Siemens
4 9 (10.34%) VMware
5 7 (8.05%) Fortinet
5 7 (8.05%) Meraki
5 7 (8.05%) Palo Alto
6 6 (6.90%) Dell
6 6 (6.90%) NetApp
7 2 (2.30%) Apple
7 2 (2.30%) Datto
7 2 (2.30%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.30%) Sun
8 1 (1.15%) SAP