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 £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2026.

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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 140 99
Rank change year-on-year +90 -41 +52
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 187 29 146
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.97% 0.99% 2.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.19% 1.06% 2.41%
Number of salaries quoted 167 27 146
10th Percentile £26,000 - £23,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £21,250 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £29,000 £29,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.07% -1.69% -5.98%
75th Percentile £35,000 £32,533 £34,500
90th Percentile £40,000 £36,050 £43,125
England median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -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 5,862 2,748 6,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.14% 93.92% 93.97%
Number of salaries quoted 3,903 1,461 4,612
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £25,809
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.61% +9.52% -13.32%

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 31 May 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 31 May 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
Cambridgeshire +22 61 £31,500 +11.50% 4
Essex +2 38 £32,500 +44.44% 3
Suffolk +44 34 £35,000 -2.78% 1
Hertfordshire +8 32 £32,500 - 1
Norfolk -18 16 £32,500 -0.10% 3
Bedfordshire +14 6 £30,000 -13.04% 1
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 31 May 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 86 (45.99%) Microsoft
2 83 (44.39%) Microsoft 365
3 64 (34.22%) Windows
4 57 (30.48%) Active Directory
5 44 (23.53%) Windows Server
6 43 (22.99%) Entra ID
6 43 (22.99%) Problem-Solving
7 36 (19.25%) SharePoint
8 33 (17.65%) Customer Service
9 32 (17.11%) Azure
10 27 (14.44%) Firewall
11 25 (13.37%) Cybersecurity
12 21 (11.23%) Microsoft Exchange
12 21 (11.23%) Microsoft Intune
12 21 (11.23%) VPN
13 20 (10.70%) Windows 10
14 18 (9.63%) Remote Monitoring and Management
15 17 (9.09%) Hyper-V
16 16 (8.56%) DNS
16 16 (8.56%) Microsoft Certification
16 16 (8.56%) VMware
17 15 (8.02%) Wi-Fi
17 15 (8.02%) Windows Server 2019
18 14 (7.49%) OneDrive
18 14 (7.49%) VMware Infrastructure
19 13 (6.95%) PowerShell
19 13 (6.95%) Service Delivery
19 13 (6.95%) Virtual Environments
20 12 (6.42%) DHCP
20 12 (6.42%) VoIP

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 36 (19.25%) SharePoint
2 21 (11.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.14%) Confluence
3 4 (2.14%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (2.14%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (2.14%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (1.60%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (3.74%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.67%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 83 (44.39%) Microsoft 365
2 43 (22.99%) Entra ID
3 32 (17.11%) Azure
4 14 (7.49%) OneDrive
5 5 (2.67%) Google Workspace
6 4 (2.14%) Nutanix
7 3 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.60%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.07%) AWS
8 2 (1.07%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.53%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (14.44%) Firewall
2 21 (11.23%) VPN
3 16 (8.56%) DNS
4 15 (8.02%) Wi-Fi
5 12 (6.42%) DHCP
5 12 (6.42%) VoIP
6 9 (4.81%) LAN
7 6 (3.21%) Wireless
8 5 (2.67%) VLAN
8 5 (2.67%) WAN
9 3 (1.60%) TCP/IP
10 2 (1.07%) L2TP
10 2 (1.07%) OpenVPN
10 2 (1.07%) WLAN
11 1 (0.53%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.60%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.07%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 4 (2.14%) JIRA
General
1 50 (26.74%) Social Skills
2 19 (10.16%) Telecoms
3 12 (6.42%) Retail
4 11 (5.88%) Legal
5 2 (1.07%) Multimedia
6 1 (0.53%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (0.53%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.07%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 26 (13.90%) Driving Licence
2 7 (3.74%) CCTV
3 6 (3.21%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.67%) Robotics
5 4 (2.14%) NHS
6 3 (1.60%) Clustering
7 1 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 64 (34.22%) Windows
2 44 (23.53%) Windows Server
3 20 (10.70%) Windows 10
4 15 (8.02%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (5.35%) Windows Server 2016
6 9 (4.81%) Apple iOS
6 9 (4.81%) Linux
7 5 (2.67%) Windows 7
8 4 (2.14%) Android
8 4 (2.14%) Mac OS
8 4 (2.14%) Windows 8
9 3 (1.60%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (22.99%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (17.65%) Customer Service
3 25 (13.37%) Cybersecurity
4 18 (9.63%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 13 (6.95%) Service Delivery
5 13 (6.95%) Virtual Environments
6 11 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (5.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 9 (4.81%) Incident Management
8 9 (4.81%) Mentoring
8 9 (4.81%) Server Management
8 9 (4.81%) Time Management
9 8 (4.28%) User Experience
10 7 (3.74%) Asset Management
11 6 (3.21%) Proactive Monitoring
12 5 (2.67%) AI
12 5 (2.67%) Business Continuity
12 5 (2.67%) Data Protection
12 5 (2.67%) Disaster Recovery
12 5 (2.67%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 13 (6.95%) PowerShell
2 5 (2.67%) VB
3 1 (0.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (8.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (3.74%) Degree
3 5 (2.67%) DBS Check
4 4 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.53%) A+ Certification
5 1 (0.53%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.81%) SLA
2 2 (1.07%) QA
System Software
1 57 (30.48%) Active Directory
2 17 (9.09%) Hyper-V
3 14 (7.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (4.28%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.53%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 21 (11.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.60%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 86 (45.99%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.56%) VMware
3 7 (3.74%) Apple
4 5 (2.67%) Google
5 3 (1.60%) Sophos
6 2 (1.07%) Cisco
6 2 (1.07%) ConnectWise
6 2 (1.07%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.07%) Fujitsu
6 2 (1.07%) Meraki
6 2 (1.07%) Samsung
6 2 (1.07%) Veeam
6 2 (1.07%) Virgin Media
7 1 (0.53%) Sage