Support Engineer Job Trends in the East of England

Support Engineer
England > East of England

The median Support Engineer salary in the East of England is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 April 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 69 59
Rank change year-on-year +29 -10 +29
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 277 87 213
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 4.50% 3.36% 3.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.92% 3.88% 3.77%
Number of salaries quoted 221 80 209
10th Percentile £26,000 £21,250 £24,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £30,000 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -3.23% -4.62%
75th Percentile £47,500 £39,063 £38,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £43,850 £43,750
England median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -1.52%

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 5,632 2,240 5,644
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.41% 86.59% 93.86%
Number of salaries quoted 3,457 1,464 4,317
10th Percentile £29,900 £27,500 £25,809
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,000 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -13.64%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,230 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £75,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.04%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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 of England.

Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the East of England

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

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

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in the East of England

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 Support Engineer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 18 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
Cambridgeshire +30 91 £32,500 +10.17% 6
Hertfordshire +27 86 £35,000 -13.58% 9
Essex -11 44 £28,500 +26.67% 5
Suffolk +24 30 £35,000 -6.67% 4
Norfolk -11 14 £31,625 -2.79% 3
Bedfordshire +15 13 £34,500 +6.15% 2
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 of England region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 77 (27.80%) Microsoft
2 66 (23.83%) Microsoft 365
3 61 (22.02%) Problem-Solving
4 60 (21.66%) Windows
5 57 (20.58%) Active Directory
6 42 (15.16%) Windows Server
7 36 (13.00%) Azure
8 33 (11.91%) Entra ID
9 30 (10.83%) Firewall
10 26 (9.39%) SLA
11 25 (9.03%) SharePoint
12 22 (7.94%) Cybersecurity
13 21 (7.58%) Microsoft Intune
14 20 (7.22%) Customer Service
14 20 (7.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 20 (7.22%) Microsoft Exchange
15 19 (6.86%) VPN
16 18 (6.50%) Windows 10
17 16 (5.78%) Apple iOS
17 16 (5.78%) CSS
17 16 (5.78%) Microsoft Certification
17 16 (5.78%) PowerShell
17 16 (5.78%) Service Delivery
18 15 (5.42%) Mentoring
18 15 (5.42%) Security Cleared
18 15 (5.42%) Virtual Desktop
18 15 (5.42%) Wi-Fi
18 15 (5.42%) Windows Server 2019
19 14 (5.05%) Apple
20 12 (4.33%) Android

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 25 (9.03%) SharePoint
2 20 (7.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.44%) Confluence
4 3 (1.08%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.81%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.72%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 66 (23.83%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (13.00%) Azure
3 33 (11.91%) Entra ID
4 9 (3.25%) OneDrive
5 5 (1.81%) Google Workspace
6 3 (1.08%) AWS
6 3 (1.08%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (0.72%) Amazon S3
7 2 (0.72%) Amazon SQS
7 2 (0.72%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (0.72%) Nutanix
7 2 (0.72%) Serverless
7 2 (0.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 30 (10.83%) Firewall
2 19 (6.86%) VPN
3 15 (5.42%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (3.97%) DHCP
4 11 (3.97%) DNS
5 9 (3.25%) TCP/IP
5 9 (3.25%) Wireless
6 8 (2.89%) LAN
7 6 (2.17%) VLAN
7 6 (2.17%) WAN
8 5 (1.81%) VoIP
9 4 (1.44%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.72%) Network Security
10 2 (0.72%) WLAN
11 1 (0.36%) Cisco Wireless
11 1 (0.36%) IMAP
11 1 (0.36%) L2TP
11 1 (0.36%) NetScaler
11 1 (0.36%) POP3
11 1 (0.36%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.44%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.08%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (1.44%) JIRA
General
1 56 (20.22%) Social Skills
2 15 (5.42%) Electronics
3 14 (5.05%) Marketing
4 12 (4.33%) Retail
5 11 (3.97%) Finance
6 10 (3.61%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.61%) Manufacturing
6 10 (3.61%) Telecoms
7 6 (2.17%) Law
8 5 (1.81%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.08%) Italian Language
9 3 (1.08%) Legal
10 2 (0.72%) Multimedia
10 2 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.36%) Advertising
11 1 (0.36%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.78%) CSS
2 7 (2.53%) .NET
3 2 (0.72%) JSON
4 1 (0.36%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.75%) Driving Licence
2 21 (7.58%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (3.25%) Robotics
4 7 (2.53%) CCTV
4 7 (2.53%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (1.44%) NHS
5 4 (1.44%) Solar Panel
6 3 (1.08%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.08%) Replication
7 2 (0.72%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.72%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.36%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.36%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 60 (21.66%) Windows
2 42 (15.16%) Windows Server
3 18 (6.50%) Windows 10
4 16 (5.78%) Apple iOS
5 15 (5.42%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (4.33%) Android
7 10 (3.61%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.72%) Linux
9 1 (0.36%) Debian
9 1 (0.36%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (22.02%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (7.94%) Cybersecurity
3 20 (7.22%) Customer Service
3 20 (7.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 16 (5.78%) Service Delivery
5 15 (5.42%) Mentoring
6 11 (3.97%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (3.25%) ERP
7 9 (3.25%) Service Management
7 9 (3.25%) Virtual Environments
8 8 (2.89%) Collaborative Working
8 8 (2.89%) Mobile Device Management
8 8 (2.89%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 8 (2.89%) Time Management
9 7 (2.53%) Collaborative Engineering
9 7 (2.53%) DevOps
9 7 (2.53%) Mathematics
9 7 (2.53%) Physics
9 7 (2.53%) Presales
9 7 (2.53%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (5.78%) PowerShell
2 7 (2.53%) C#
2 7 (2.53%) C++
3 5 (1.81%) Python
3 5 (1.81%) SQL
3 5 (1.81%) VB
4 3 (1.08%) Bash
5 2 (0.72%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 16 (5.78%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (5.42%) Security Cleared
3 12 (4.33%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.25%) Degree
5 6 (2.17%) DBS Check
6 4 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.44%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.44%) PhD
7 2 (0.72%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.36%) CCNA
8 1 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.36%) HNC
8 1 (0.36%) HP APS
8 1 (0.36%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.39%) SLA
2 7 (2.53%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.36%) QA
System Software
1 57 (20.58%) Active Directory
2 15 (5.42%) Virtual Desktop
3 11 (3.97%) Hyper-V
4 9 (3.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.72%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (7.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.17%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.72%) Terraform
4 1 (0.36%) SCCM
Vendors
1 77 (27.80%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.05%) Apple
3 9 (3.25%) Samsung
3 9 (3.25%) VMware
4 5 (1.81%) Google
5 3 (1.08%) Fortinet
6 2 (0.72%) Fujitsu
6 2 (0.72%) HP
6 2 (0.72%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.72%) Virgin Media
7 1 (0.36%) Aruba
7 1 (0.36%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.36%) Cisco
7 1 (0.36%) ConnectWise
7 1 (0.36%) F5
7 1 (0.36%) Meraki
7 1 (0.36%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.36%) Progress
7 1 (0.36%) Sophos
7 1 (0.36%) Veeam