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 21 October 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 48 87
Rank change year-on-year +10 +39 -34
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 293 159 97
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 3.41% 4.78% 2.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.73% 5.22% 2.47%
Number of salaries quoted 266 146 82
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,228 £24,050
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £38,250 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.50% +15.91% -2.94%
75th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £40,000
90th Percentile £45,000 £49,375 £50,000
England median annual salary £36,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -2.67% +7.14% -

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.

6 months to
21 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies in the East of England with a recognized job title 7,858 3,046 3,929
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.52% 91.58% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 5,605 1,750 2,037
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £31,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,222 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.05% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £60,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £59,832 £54,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.80% -6.09% -4.17%

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 21 October 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 21 October 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 +1 90 £37,500 -11.76% 5
Essex +8 74 £35,000 -22.22% 11
Suffolk +36 36 £35,000 -38.60% 2
Bedfordshire -10 36 £30,500 -12.86% 3
Cambridgeshire -34 34 £33,000 -5.71% 12
Norfolk - 28 £48,750 -
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 October 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.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Microsoft 36546.1%135
2Microsoft44.7%131
3Windows39.9%117
4Active Directory24.6%72
4Azure24.6%72
4Problem-Solving24.6%72
7Customer Service23.2%68
8Windows Server17.7%52
9Entra ID17.1%50
10SharePoint16.7%49
11Microsoft Intune14.3%42
12Microsoft Exchange11.9%35
13DNS11.6%34
14Degree10.9%32
15Firewall10.2%30
16DHCP9.9%29
16OneDrive9.9%29
18TCP/IP9.2%27
19Windows 108.9%26
20VPN8.5%25
21Hyper-V7.8%23
22Continuous Improvement7.5%22
23Infrastructure Engineering7.2%21
24Wireless6.8%20
25Cybersecurity6.5%19
26Service Delivery6.1%18
27Cloud Security5.5%16
27Migration5.5%16
29Microsoft Office4.8%14
29Remote Monitoring and Management4.8%14

Support Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1IT Support Engineer59.7%175
2Technical Support Engineer28.3%83
3Technical Engineer27.0%79
42nd Line Support Engineer19.1%56
51st/2nd Line Support Engineer11.6%34
6Infrastructure Support Engineer4.1%12
7Network Support Engineer2.7%8
83rd Line Support Engineer2.0%6
8Audit Engineer2.0%6
8Graduate Support Engineer2.0%6
8IT Audit Support2.0%6
8Senior IT Engineer2.0%6
8Senior IT Support2.0%6
8Senior Support Engineer2.0%6
15Mechanical Engineer1.7%5
15Microsoft Engineer1.7%5
172nd/3rd Line Support Engineer1.4%4
17Audio Visual Engineer1.4%4
17Automation Engineer1.4%4
17Graduate Infrastructure Engineer1.4%4
33 Support Engineer jobs in the East of England