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 2 September 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 61 62
Rank change year-on-year +33 +1 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 313 158 133
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 4.08% 4.54% 2.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.36% 4.89% 3.08%
Number of salaries quoted 297 147 119
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £24,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,517 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £39,000 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% +18.18% -2.94%
75th Percentile £40,000 £44,000 £40,750
90th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £50,000
England median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% +2.94%

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 7,178 3,229 4,325
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.59% 92.79% 94.02%
Number of salaries quoted 5,088 1,830 2,817
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 2 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 2 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 +14 93 £40,000 -5.88% 19
Essex +12 80 £35,000 -22.22% 9
Cambridgeshire -15 49 £32,500 -7.14% 7
Suffolk +37 44 £35,000 -24.32% 2
Bedfordshire -10 29 £30,000 -14.29% 2
Norfolk -7 24 £42,500 +30.64% 10
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 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.

1 138 (44.09%) Microsoft
2 136 (43.45%) Microsoft 365
3 114 (36.42%) Windows
4 81 (25.88%) Active Directory
5 74 (23.64%) Problem-Solving
6 69 (22.04%) Azure
7 66 (21.09%) Customer Service
8 58 (18.53%) Windows Server
9 55 (17.57%) SharePoint
10 54 (17.25%) Entra ID
11 41 (13.10%) Microsoft Exchange
12 39 (12.46%) Microsoft Intune
13 33 (10.54%) DNS
14 31 (9.90%) Degree
15 30 (9.58%) Firewall
15 30 (9.58%) Windows 10
16 28 (8.95%) DHCP
16 28 (8.95%) Hyper-V
16 28 (8.95%) VPN
17 25 (7.99%) Cybersecurity
18 22 (7.03%) OneDrive
19 21 (6.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 21 (6.71%) TCP/IP
20 20 (6.39%) Remote Monitoring and Management
21 18 (5.75%) Continuous Improvement
21 18 (5.75%) VMware
21 18 (5.75%) Wireless
22 15 (4.79%) Microsoft Certification
22 15 (4.79%) Service Delivery
22 15 (4.79%) VMware Infrastructure

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 55 (17.57%) SharePoint
2 41 (13.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.24%) IIS
4 4 (1.28%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (1.28%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (1.28%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 13 (4.15%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 136 (43.45%) Microsoft 365
2 69 (22.04%) Azure
3 54 (17.25%) Entra ID
4 22 (7.03%) OneDrive
5 8 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (2.56%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.60%) Google Workspace
7 4 (1.28%) AWS
7 4 (1.28%) Nutanix
8 3 (0.96%) Cloudflare
8 3 (0.96%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.32%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (10.54%) DNS
2 30 (9.58%) Firewall
3 28 (8.95%) DHCP
3 28 (8.95%) VPN
4 21 (6.71%) TCP/IP
5 18 (5.75%) Wireless
6 15 (4.79%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (3.51%) VoIP
8 8 (2.56%) WAN
9 5 (1.60%) LAN
9 5 (1.60%) PBX
10 3 (0.96%) VLAN
11 2 (0.64%) Internet
11 2 (0.64%) L2TP
11 2 (0.64%) OpenVPN
11 2 (0.64%) WLAN
12 1 (0.32%) Broadband
12 1 (0.32%) Network Security
12 1 (0.32%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (0.64%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.32%) Crystal Reports
General
1 104 (33.23%) Social Skills
2 26 (8.31%) Legal
3 17 (5.43%) Manufacturing
3 17 (5.43%) Telecoms
4 14 (4.47%) Electronics
5 13 (4.15%) Retail
6 10 (3.19%) Public Sector
7 9 (2.88%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (2.88%) Finance
8 4 (1.28%) Aerospace
8 4 (1.28%) Marketing
8 4 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (0.96%) Automotive
9 3 (0.96%) Aviation
9 3 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.64%) Games
10 2 (0.64%) Local Government
11 1 (0.32%) Law
11 1 (0.32%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.64%) Web Services
2 1 (0.32%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 57 (18.21%) Driving Licence
2 22 (7.03%) Onboarding
3 14 (4.47%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (3.19%) Acoustics
5 8 (2.56%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.24%) CCTV
7 5 (1.60%) iPhone
8 4 (1.28%) Clustering
8 4 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.64%) NHS
10 1 (0.32%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 114 (36.42%) Windows
2 58 (18.53%) Windows Server
3 30 (9.58%) Windows 10
4 11 (3.51%) Android
5 10 (3.19%) Linux
6 9 (2.88%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (2.24%) Apple iOS
8 6 (1.92%) Mac OS
8 6 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (1.60%) Windows 7
10 4 (1.28%) Windows 8
10 4 (1.28%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (23.64%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (21.09%) Customer Service
3 25 (7.99%) Cybersecurity
4 21 (6.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 20 (6.39%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 18 (5.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (4.79%) Service Delivery
8 14 (4.47%) Migration
9 13 (4.15%) Cloud Security
10 12 (3.83%) Service Management
11 11 (3.51%) Time Management
12 10 (3.19%) Data Migration
13 9 (2.88%) Collaborative Working
13 9 (2.88%) User Experience
14 8 (2.56%) Customer Engagement
14 8 (2.56%) Incident Management
14 8 (2.56%) Mentoring
14 8 (2.56%) Virtual Environments
14 8 (2.56%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 7 (2.24%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 12 (3.83%) PowerShell
2 6 (1.92%) SQL
3 3 (0.96%) VB
Qualifications
1 31 (9.90%) Degree
2 15 (4.79%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (1.60%) HNC
3 5 (1.60%) HND
4 4 (1.28%) Azure Certification
4 4 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.96%) DBS Check
5 3 (0.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (0.64%) HP APS
7 1 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.32%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.24%) ISO 9001
2 6 (1.92%) GDPR
3 5 (1.60%) SLA
4 4 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.64%) QA
6 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 81 (25.88%) Active Directory
2 28 (8.95%) Hyper-V
3 15 (4.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.92%) Firmware
5 4 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.32%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 39 (12.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.28%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 138 (44.09%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.75%) VMware
3 8 (2.56%) Apple
3 8 (2.56%) Cisco
3 8 (2.56%) Meraki
4 5 (1.60%) Google
4 5 (1.60%) Ubiquiti
5 4 (1.28%) Samsung
6 2 (0.64%) ConnectWise
6 2 (0.64%) HP
6 2 (0.64%) Sage
6 2 (0.64%) Sophos
6 2 (0.64%) Veeam
7 1 (0.32%) Citrix