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 20 February 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 91 63
Rank change year-on-year +56 -28 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 228 83 160
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 4.74% 2.54% 3.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.29% 2.86% 3.75%
Number of salaries quoted 168 74 159
10th Percentile £26,250 - £24,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £21,250 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £30,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £50,000 £37,563 £37,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £43,750 £40,000
England median annual salary £35,000 £35,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year -1.41% +7.58% -1.49%

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 4,311 2,899 4,263
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.59% 88.68% 94.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,684 1,374 3,413
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,296 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 20 February 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 20 February 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 +43 81 £35,000 -4.11% 14
Cambridgeshire +52 76 £50,000 +66.67% 11
Bedfordshire +44 24 £35,000 +7.69% 1
Essex -15 22 £27,500 +22.22% 10
Suffolk +11 17 £40,000 -3.61% 9
Norfolk +2 8 £31,625 -18.39% 3
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 February 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 61 (26.75%) Windows
2 60 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 60 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
3 50 (21.93%) Microsoft 365
4 49 (21.49%) Active Directory
5 40 (17.54%) Windows Server
6 35 (15.35%) Entra ID
7 31 (13.60%) Azure
8 29 (12.72%) SLA
9 26 (11.40%) Firewall
10 25 (10.96%) Apple iOS
10 25 (10.96%) Security Cleared
11 22 (9.65%) Apple
11 22 (9.65%) Cybersecurity
11 22 (9.65%) PowerShell
11 22 (9.65%) SC Cleared
12 20 (8.77%) Android
13 19 (8.33%) Service Management
14 18 (7.89%) Microsoft Intune
14 18 (7.89%) Service Delivery
15 16 (7.02%) Configuration Management
15 16 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
15 16 (7.02%) CSS
15 16 (7.02%) Customer Service
15 16 (7.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 16 (7.02%) Jamf Pro
15 16 (7.02%) Mentoring
15 16 (7.02%) Mobile Device Management
16 15 (6.58%) Virtual Desktop
16 15 (6.58%) Windows Server 2019

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 11 (4.82%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (4.82%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.75%) Confluence
2 4 (1.75%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (1.32%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (3.95%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.19%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (1.75%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.88%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 50 (21.93%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (15.35%) Entra ID
3 31 (13.60%) Azure
4 9 (3.95%) OneDrive
5 5 (2.19%) Google Workspace
5 5 (2.19%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.32%) AWS
7 2 (0.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (0.88%) Amazon S3
7 2 (0.88%) Amazon SQS
7 2 (0.88%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (0.88%) Serverless
7 2 (0.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (0.44%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 26 (11.40%) Firewall
2 14 (6.14%) VPN
3 11 (4.82%) TCP/IP
3 11 (4.82%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (3.07%) DHCP
4 7 (3.07%) DNS
5 6 (2.63%) LAN
5 6 (2.63%) VLAN
5 6 (2.63%) Wireless
6 5 (2.19%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.88%) Network Security
7 2 (0.88%) WAN
8 1 (0.44%) Cisco Wireless
8 1 (0.44%) IMAP
8 1 (0.44%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.44%) POP3
8 1 (0.44%) SAN
8 1 (0.44%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.44%) SMTP
8 1 (0.44%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.51%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (2.19%) Power BI
3 4 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.75%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (1.75%) MS Access
3 4 (1.75%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 4 (1.75%) JIRA
1 4 (1.75%) Toad
General
1 57 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 19 (8.33%) Marketing
3 16 (7.02%) Law
4 11 (4.82%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (4.39%) Electronics
6 9 (3.95%) Retail
7 8 (3.51%) Manufacturing
8 7 (3.07%) Finance
9 6 (2.63%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.19%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.75%) Italian Language
11 4 (1.75%) Local Government
11 4 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.88%) Multimedia
14 1 (0.44%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.02%) CSS
2 7 (3.07%) .NET
3 2 (0.88%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.89%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (6.58%) Driving Licence
3 12 (5.26%) CCTV
4 9 (3.95%) Robotics
5 7 (3.07%) Embedded Systems
6 6 (2.63%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.19%) Home Automation
8 4 (1.75%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.75%) Solar Panel
9 3 (1.32%) Replication
10 2 (0.88%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.88%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 61 (26.75%) Windows
2 40 (17.54%) Windows Server
3 25 (10.96%) Apple iOS
4 20 (8.77%) Android
5 15 (6.58%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (6.14%) Windows 10
7 10 (4.39%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (2.19%) Linux
8 5 (2.19%) Unix
9 4 (1.75%) Debian
10 1 (0.44%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.44%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (9.65%) Cybersecurity
3 19 (8.33%) Service Management
4 18 (7.89%) Service Delivery
5 16 (7.02%) Configuration Management
5 16 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (7.02%) Customer Service
5 16 (7.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 16 (7.02%) Mentoring
5 16 (7.02%) Mobile Device Management
6 11 (4.82%) Root Cause Analysis
7 10 (4.39%) Collaborative Working
8 9 (3.95%) ERP
8 9 (3.95%) ITIL
9 7 (3.07%) Collaborative Engineering
9 7 (3.07%) DevOps
9 7 (3.07%) Mathematics
9 7 (3.07%) Physics
9 7 (3.07%) Presales
10 6 (2.63%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 22 (9.65%) PowerShell
2 9 (3.95%) SQL
2 9 (3.95%) VB
3 7 (3.07%) C#
3 7 (3.07%) C++
4 6 (2.63%) Python
5 4 (1.75%) Bash
5 4 (1.75%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.88%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.44%) Korn
Qualifications
1 25 (10.96%) Security Cleared
2 22 (9.65%) SC Cleared
3 14 (6.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (4.82%) Degree
5 6 (2.63%) DBS Check
6 5 (2.19%) NVQ Level 4
7 4 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.75%) HNC
8 2 (0.88%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.88%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.88%) PhD
9 1 (0.44%) CCNA
9 1 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.44%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (12.72%) SLA
System Software
1 49 (21.49%) Active Directory
2 15 (6.58%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (2.63%) Hyper-V
3 6 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (7.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (7.02%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.88%) SCCM
3 2 (0.88%) Terraform
4 1 (0.44%) Ansible
Vendors
1 60 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.65%) Apple
3 11 (4.82%) Samsung
4 6 (2.63%) VMware
5 5 (2.19%) Google
6 4 (1.75%) NEC
6 4 (1.75%) Oracle
6 4 (1.75%) SAP
7 3 (1.32%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.88%) Fujitsu
8 2 (0.88%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.88%) Virgin Media
9 1 (0.44%) Aruba
9 1 (0.44%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.44%) Cisco
9 1 (0.44%) F5
9 1 (0.44%) Meraki
9 1 (0.44%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.44%) Progress
9 1 (0.44%) Sophos