IT Support Engineer Job Trends in the East of England

IT Support Engineer
England > East of England

The median IT Support Engineer salary in the East of England is £33,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 September 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 156 137
Rank change year-on-year +103 -19 -31
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 212 19 39
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.67% 0.56% 0.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.87% 0.60% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 207 17 34
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,050 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £26,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £34,500 £32,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +6.98% +7.50%
75th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £40,250
90th Percentile £40,750 £41,750 £47,500
England median annual salary £34,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -2.86% +7.69% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 7,397 3,162 4,182
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.29% 92.73% 94.36%
Number of salaries quoted 5,241 1,778 2,562
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,250 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,300 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.82% - -8.33%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

IT Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the East of England

IT Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in the East of England.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in the East of England

IT Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Support Engineer in the East of England

IT Support Engineer
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Engineer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 13 September 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
Hertfordshire +25 51 £35,000 +9.38% 3
Essex +29 50 £35,000 -22.22% 3
Cambridgeshire +8 46 £32,500 -7.14% 4
Suffolk - 40 £35,000 -
Norfolk -19 15 £35,000 +7.58% 2
Bedfordshire -4 10 £30,000 -13.04%
IT Support Engineer
England

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 13 September 2026, IT 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 of England region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 125 (58.96%) Microsoft 365
2 123 (58.02%) Microsoft
3 98 (46.23%) Windows
4 68 (32.08%) Active Directory
5 64 (30.19%) Azure
6 58 (27.36%) Problem-Solving
6 58 (27.36%) SharePoint
7 55 (25.94%) Entra ID
8 52 (24.53%) Customer Service
8 52 (24.53%) Windows Server
9 40 (18.87%) Microsoft Exchange
10 36 (16.98%) Microsoft Intune
11 29 (13.68%) DNS
12 27 (12.74%) Firewall
13 26 (12.26%) Cybersecurity
13 26 (12.26%) OneDrive
13 26 (12.26%) VPN
14 24 (11.32%) DHCP
15 23 (10.85%) Windows 10
16 22 (10.38%) Hyper-V
17 18 (8.49%) Remote Monitoring and Management
17 18 (8.49%) VMware
18 17 (8.02%) TCP/IP
19 15 (7.08%) Microsoft Certification
19 15 (7.08%) VMware Infrastructure
19 15 (7.08%) Wi-Fi
20 13 (6.13%) Continuous Improvement
20 13 (6.13%) Microsoft Office
21 12 (5.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
22 11 (5.19%) Cloud Security

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 58 (27.36%) SharePoint
2 40 (18.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (3.30%) IIS
4 4 (1.89%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (1.89%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (1.89%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 13 (6.13%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 125 (58.96%) Microsoft 365
2 64 (30.19%) Azure
3 55 (25.94%) Entra ID
4 26 (12.26%) OneDrive
5 11 (5.19%) Dynamics 365
5 11 (5.19%) Power Platform
6 5 (2.36%) Google Workspace
7 4 (1.89%) Nutanix
8 3 (1.42%) AWS
8 3 (1.42%) Cloudflare
8 3 (1.42%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.47%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (13.68%) DNS
2 27 (12.74%) Firewall
3 26 (12.26%) VPN
4 24 (11.32%) DHCP
5 17 (8.02%) TCP/IP
6 15 (7.08%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (5.19%) VoIP
8 8 (3.77%) PBX
8 8 (3.77%) Wireless
9 5 (2.36%) WAN
10 4 (1.89%) LAN
11 3 (1.42%) VLAN
12 2 (0.94%) Internet
12 2 (0.94%) WLAN
13 1 (0.47%) L2TP
13 1 (0.47%) Network Security
13 1 (0.47%) OpenVPN
13 1 (0.47%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.94%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
General
1 84 (39.62%) Social Skills
2 26 (12.26%) Legal
3 13 (6.13%) Retail
3 13 (6.13%) Telecoms
4 9 (4.25%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (1.89%) Finance
5 4 (1.89%) Games
5 4 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (1.42%) Aviation
7 2 (0.94%) Local Government
8 1 (0.47%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 35 (16.51%) Driving Licence
2 18 (8.49%) Onboarding
3 5 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.89%) Clustering
5 2 (0.94%) CCTV
5 2 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.47%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 98 (46.23%) Windows
2 52 (24.53%) Windows Server
3 23 (10.85%) Windows 10
4 10 (4.72%) Linux
5 9 (4.25%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (3.30%) Apple iOS
7 6 (2.83%) Mac OS
7 6 (2.83%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (2.36%) Windows 7
9 4 (1.89%) Android
9 4 (1.89%) Windows 8
9 4 (1.89%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (27.36%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (24.53%) Customer Service
3 26 (12.26%) Cybersecurity
4 18 (8.49%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 13 (6.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (5.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 11 (5.19%) Cloud Security
7 11 (5.19%) Collaborative Working
7 11 (5.19%) Time Management
7 11 (5.19%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 10 (4.72%) Service Delivery
9 9 (4.25%) Service Management
9 9 (4.25%) User Experience
10 8 (3.77%) Incident Management
10 8 (3.77%) Migration
10 8 (3.77%) Virtual Environments
11 7 (3.30%) Server Management
12 6 (2.83%) Data Protection
12 6 (2.83%) Disaster Recovery
12 6 (2.83%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.19%) PowerShell
2 5 (2.36%) SQL
3 3 (1.42%) VB
Qualifications
1 15 (7.08%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (3.77%) Degree
3 4 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.42%) Azure Certification
4 3 (1.42%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.47%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.72%) GDPR
2 6 (2.83%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.94%) SLA
4 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.47%) QA
System Software
1 68 (32.08%) Active Directory
2 22 (10.38%) Hyper-V
3 15 (7.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.42%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.47%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 36 (16.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.89%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 123 (58.02%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.49%) VMware
3 8 (3.77%) Apple
4 5 (2.36%) Google
5 3 (1.42%) Cisco
5 3 (1.42%) Meraki
6 2 (0.94%) Samsung
6 2 (0.94%) Sophos
7 1 (0.47%) ConnectWise
7 1 (0.47%) Sage
7 1 (0.47%) Veeam