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 16 September 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 55 75
Rank change year-on-year +25 +20 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 311 159 109
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 3.90% 4.69% 2.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.18% 5.06% 2.60%
Number of salaries quoted 292 146 98
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,000 £25,525
25th Percentile £30,250 £32,508 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £39,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% +11.43% +2.94%
75th Percentile £40,000 £44,250 £40,250
90th Percentile £44,900 £48,750 £50,000
England median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% +1.45%

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 7,434 3,140 4,199
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.18% 92.63% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 5,254 1,758 2,494
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,157
25th Percentile £35,531 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 16 September 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 16 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 +10 91 £37,500 -11.76% 18
Essex +8 80 £35,000 -22.22% 7
Cambridgeshire -13 47 £32,500 -7.14% 12
Suffolk +45 41 £35,000 -38.60% 2
Bedfordshire -9 31 £30,000 -14.29% 3
Norfolk -2 26 £42,500 +30.64% 5
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 September 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.

1 145 (46.62%) Microsoft 365
2 144 (46.30%) Microsoft
3 122 (39.23%) Windows
4 81 (26.05%) Active Directory
5 78 (25.08%) Azure
6 77 (24.76%) Problem-Solving
7 70 (22.51%) Customer Service
8 60 (19.29%) SharePoint
9 57 (18.33%) Windows Server
10 56 (18.01%) Entra ID
11 43 (13.83%) Microsoft Intune
12 41 (13.18%) Microsoft Exchange
13 36 (11.58%) DNS
14 34 (10.93%) Firewall
15 33 (10.61%) Degree
16 31 (9.97%) DHCP
17 29 (9.32%) Windows 10
18 28 (9.00%) VPN
19 27 (8.68%) Hyper-V
19 27 (8.68%) OneDrive
20 26 (8.36%) Cybersecurity
21 25 (8.04%) TCP/IP
22 22 (7.07%) Continuous Improvement
23 20 (6.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
24 18 (5.79%) Remote Monitoring and Management
24 18 (5.79%) VMware
24 18 (5.79%) Wireless
25 16 (5.14%) Cloud Security
25 16 (5.14%) Migration
26 15 (4.82%) Microsoft Certification

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 60 (19.29%) SharePoint
2 41 (13.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.25%) IIS
4 4 (1.29%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (1.29%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (1.29%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 14 (4.50%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 145 (46.62%) Microsoft 365
2 78 (25.08%) Azure
3 56 (18.01%) Entra ID
4 27 (8.68%) OneDrive
5 11 (3.54%) Dynamics 365
5 11 (3.54%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.61%) Google Workspace
7 4 (1.29%) AWS
7 4 (1.29%) Nutanix
8 3 (0.96%) Cloudflare
8 3 (0.96%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.32%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (11.58%) DNS
2 34 (10.93%) Firewall
3 31 (9.97%) DHCP
4 28 (9.00%) VPN
5 25 (8.04%) TCP/IP
6 18 (5.79%) Wireless
7 15 (4.82%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (3.54%) VoIP
9 8 (2.57%) PBX
10 7 (2.25%) WAN
11 5 (1.61%) LAN
12 3 (0.96%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (0.96%) VLAN
13 2 (0.64%) Internet
13 2 (0.64%) WLAN
14 1 (0.32%) Broadband
14 1 (0.32%) L2TP
14 1 (0.32%) Network Security
14 1 (0.32%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.64%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.32%) Crystal Reports
General
1 114 (36.66%) Social Skills
2 25 (8.04%) Legal
3 17 (5.47%) Telecoms
4 14 (4.50%) Manufacturing
4 14 (4.50%) Retail
5 10 (3.22%) Electronics
6 9 (2.89%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (2.25%) Public Sector
8 6 (1.93%) Finance
9 4 (1.29%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.29%) Games
9 4 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.96%) Automotive
10 3 (0.96%) Aviation
10 3 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.64%) Local Government
12 1 (0.32%) Law
12 1 (0.32%) Military
12 1 (0.32%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.32%) EDI
1 1 (0.32%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 56 (18.01%) Driving Licence
2 27 (8.68%) Onboarding
3 11 (3.54%) CCTV
4 10 (3.22%) Acoustics
4 10 (3.22%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (2.57%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.61%) iPhone
7 4 (1.29%) Clustering
7 4 (1.29%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.64%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.32%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 122 (39.23%) Windows
2 57 (18.33%) Windows Server
3 29 (9.32%) Windows 10
4 10 (3.22%) Android
4 10 (3.22%) Linux
5 9 (2.89%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (2.25%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.93%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.93%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (1.61%) Windows 7
9 4 (1.29%) Windows 8
9 4 (1.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (24.76%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (22.51%) Customer Service
3 26 (8.36%) Cybersecurity
4 22 (7.07%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (6.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 18 (5.79%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 16 (5.14%) Cloud Security
7 16 (5.14%) Migration
8 15 (4.82%) Service Delivery
9 14 (4.50%) Service Management
10 12 (3.86%) Data Migration
11 11 (3.54%) Collaborative Working
11 11 (3.54%) Time Management
11 11 (3.54%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 9 (2.89%) Root Cause Analysis
12 9 (2.89%) User Experience
13 8 (2.57%) Customer Engagement
13 8 (2.57%) Incident Management
13 8 (2.57%) Mentoring
13 8 (2.57%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.54%) PowerShell
2 6 (1.93%) SQL
3 3 (0.96%) VB
Qualifications
1 33 (10.61%) Degree
2 15 (4.82%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (2.25%) HNC
3 7 (2.25%) HND
4 4 (1.29%) Azure Certification
4 4 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.96%) DBS Check
5 3 (0.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.32%) HP APS
6 1 (0.32%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.22%) GDPR
2 6 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.29%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.64%) SLA
5 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 1 (0.32%) QA
System Software
1 81 (26.05%) Active Directory
2 27 (8.68%) Hyper-V
3 15 (4.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.93%) Firmware
5 4 (1.29%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.32%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 43 (13.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.29%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 144 (46.30%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.79%) VMware
3 8 (2.57%) Apple
3 8 (2.57%) Cisco
3 8 (2.57%) Meraki
4 7 (2.25%) Ubiquiti
5 5 (1.61%) Google
6 3 (0.96%) Samsung
7 2 (0.64%) Sage
7 2 (0.64%) Sophos
8 1 (0.32%) Citrix
8 1 (0.32%) ConnectWise
8 1 (0.32%) HP
8 1 (0.32%) Veeam