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 6 May 2026.

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 88 56
Rank change year-on-year +51 -32 +24
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 272 85 219
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 4.23% 2.86% 3.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.58% 3.18% 3.84%
Number of salaries quoted 227 78 214
10th Percentile £26,000 £21,250 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £32,517 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.64% +4.89% -3.13%
75th Percentile £45,000 £42,000 £38,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £46,625 £43,750
England median annual salary £35,000 £37,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -5.41% +13.85% -2.99%

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 5,938 2,674 5,705
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.25% 90.00% 93.92%
Number of salaries quoted 3,699 1,481 4,353
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £25,809
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,422 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.76% +8.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,212 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -11.18%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 +29 85 £32,500 +12.07% 8
Hertfordshire +30 80 £36,000 -11.11% 13
Essex -16 46 £32,500 +44.44% 5
Suffolk +37 38 £35,000 -6.67% 6
Norfolk -13 15 £30,000 -7.79% 5
Bedfordshire +23 11 £32,250 +3.20% 3
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 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 80 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 70 (25.74%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (20.22%) Problem-Solving
4 54 (19.85%) Active Directory
5 53 (19.49%) Windows
6 38 (13.97%) Windows Server
7 36 (13.24%) Entra ID
8 31 (11.40%) Azure
8 31 (11.40%) Firewall
9 27 (9.93%) SharePoint
10 23 (8.46%) Customer Service
10 23 (8.46%) VPN
11 22 (8.09%) Cybersecurity
12 21 (7.72%) SLA
12 21 (7.72%) Windows 10
13 20 (7.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 18 (6.62%) Microsoft Intune
15 17 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
16 16 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
16 16 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
17 14 (5.15%) Apple iOS
17 14 (5.15%) Hyper-V
17 14 (5.15%) Virtual Desktop
18 13 (4.78%) Security Cleared
18 13 (4.78%) Virtual Environments
18 13 (4.78%) Windows Server 2019
19 12 (4.41%) Apple
19 12 (4.41%) Degree
19 12 (4.41%) Remote Monitoring and Management
19 12 (4.41%) VoIP

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 27 (9.93%) SharePoint
2 16 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.47%) Confluence
4 3 (1.10%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.84%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.37%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 70 (25.74%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (13.24%) Entra ID
3 31 (11.40%) Azure
4 8 (2.94%) OneDrive
5 5 (1.84%) Google Workspace
6 4 (1.47%) AWS
6 4 (1.47%) Nutanix
7 2 (0.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (0.74%) Amazon S3
7 2 (0.74%) Amazon SQS
7 2 (0.74%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (0.74%) Serverless
7 2 (0.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (0.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (11.40%) Firewall
2 23 (8.46%) VPN
3 16 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (4.41%) VoIP
4 12 (4.41%) Wireless
5 9 (3.31%) DHCP
5 9 (3.31%) DNS
5 9 (3.31%) LAN
6 8 (2.94%) WAN
7 5 (1.84%) VLAN
8 4 (1.47%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.74%) Network Security
9 2 (0.74%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.74%) WLAN
10 1 (0.37%) Broadband
10 1 (0.37%) Cisco Wireless
10 1 (0.37%) L2TP
10 1 (0.37%) NetScaler
10 1 (0.37%) OpenVPN
10 1 (0.37%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.21%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.47%) JIRA
General
1 56 (20.59%) Social Skills
2 18 (6.62%) Telecoms
3 16 (5.88%) Electronics
4 12 (4.41%) Retail
5 11 (4.04%) Marketing
6 10 (3.68%) Finance
6 10 (3.68%) Manufacturing
7 9 (3.31%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (2.21%) Legal
9 4 (1.47%) Law
9 4 (1.47%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.74%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.37%) Advertising
11 1 (0.37%) Italian Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.31%) CSS
2 5 (1.84%) .NET
3 2 (0.74%) JSON
4 1 (0.37%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 33 (12.13%) Driving Licence
2 16 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (2.94%) Robotics
4 7 (2.57%) CCTV
5 5 (1.84%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (1.84%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.47%) NHS
7 3 (1.10%) Replication
7 3 (1.10%) Solar Panel
8 2 (0.74%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.74%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.74%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 53 (19.49%) Windows
2 38 (13.97%) Windows Server
3 21 (7.72%) Windows 10
4 14 (5.15%) Apple iOS
5 13 (4.78%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (4.04%) Android
7 8 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.74%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (20.22%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (8.46%) Customer Service
3 22 (8.09%) Cybersecurity
4 20 (7.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 13 (4.78%) Virtual Environments
6 12 (4.41%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 11 (4.04%) Mentoring
8 10 (3.68%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (3.68%) Service Delivery
9 9 (3.31%) Server Management
9 9 (3.31%) Time Management
10 8 (2.94%) ERP
11 7 (2.57%) Asset Management
12 6 (2.21%) Incident Management
12 6 (2.21%) Inventory Management
12 6 (2.21%) Mobile Device Management
12 6 (2.21%) Service Management
13 5 (1.84%) Business Continuity
13 5 (1.84%) Collaborative Engineering
13 5 (1.84%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 11 (4.04%) PowerShell
2 5 (1.84%) C#
2 5 (1.84%) C++
2 5 (1.84%) SQL
2 5 (1.84%) VB
3 4 (1.47%) Python
4 2 (0.74%) Bash
4 2 (0.74%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 17 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (4.78%) Security Cleared
3 12 (4.41%) Degree
4 10 (3.68%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.84%) DBS Check
6 4 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.47%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.47%) PhD
7 2 (0.74%) HP APS
8 1 (0.37%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.72%) SLA
2 8 (2.94%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.37%) QA
System Software
1 54 (19.85%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.15%) Hyper-V
2 14 (5.15%) Virtual Desktop
3 10 (3.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.74%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (6.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.47%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.74%) Terraform
Vendors
1 80 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.41%) Apple
3 10 (3.68%) VMware
4 8 (2.94%) Samsung
5 5 (1.84%) Google
6 3 (1.10%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.10%) HP
6 3 (1.10%) Sophos
7 2 (0.74%) Fujitsu
7 2 (0.74%) Virgin Media
8 1 (0.37%) Aruba
8 1 (0.37%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.37%) Cisco
8 1 (0.37%) ConnectWise
8 1 (0.37%) F5
8 1 (0.37%) Meraki
8 1 (0.37%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.37%) Progress
8 1 (0.37%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.37%) Veeam