Support Engineer Jobs in England

Support Engineer
UK > England

The median Support Engineer salary in England is £39,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 90 141
Rank change year-on-year +2 +51 +128
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 1,552 2,677 1,989
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.15% 2.75% 2.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.47% 2.91% 2.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,045 2,291 1,600
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,000 £27,000 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £32,500 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -2.99% -1.47%
75th Percentile £47,500 £41,600 £40,000
90th Percentile £58,000 £50,000 £51,250
UK median annual salary £38,000 £32,500 £33,740
% change year-on-year +16.92% -3.68% -0.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 44,682 92,029 74,013
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.57% 94.67% 91.15%
Number of salaries quoted 23,914 67,111 48,868
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.86% +0.42%
75th Percentile £74,445 £70,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in England

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in England.

Salary trend for Support Engineer in England

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in England over the 6 months to 20 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in England

Support Engineer
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 20 June 2025. 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
South East -9 361 £40,000 +14.29% 281
North of England -13 333 £37,750 +25.83% 368
London +34 292 £40,000 - 708
North West +17 238 £39,500 +41.07% 215
Midlands -21 218 £37,500 +25.00% 244
East of England -17 144 £37,500 +17.19% 131
South West -14 118 £32,000 +1.59% 142
West Midlands -17 118 £37,500 +19.05% 134
East Midlands -18 100 £38,000 +26.67% 110
Yorkshire -21 79 £30,500 -1.61% 107
North East -6 16 £29,000 -10.77% 51
Support Engineer
UK

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 20 June 2025, Support Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 766 (49.36%) Social Skills
2 750 (48.32%) Microsoft
3 726 (46.78%) Windows
4 589 (37.95%) Active Directory
5 498 (32.09%) Degree
6 404 (26.03%) Microsoft 365
7 378 (24.36%) Problem-Solving
8 346 (22.29%) Azure
9 287 (18.49%) Customer Service
10 243 (15.66%) Proactive Monitoring
11 238 (15.34%) Windows Server
12 232 (14.95%) Windows Server 2012
13 223 (14.37%) Coaching
14 220 (14.18%) Proactive Maintenance
15 217 (13.98%) Sun
16 215 (13.85%) Broadband
16 215 (13.85%) Procure-to-Pay
16 215 (13.85%) Broadcast Engineering
16 215 (13.85%) Post-Production
17 208 (13.40%) Firewall
18 167 (10.76%) Microsoft Exchange
19 153 (9.86%) VMware
20 150 (9.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
21 146 (9.41%) BPSS Clearance
22 145 (9.34%) PowerShell
23 144 (9.28%) Driving Licence
24 142 (9.15%) Linux
25 140 (9.02%) SQL
26 137 (8.83%) ITIL
26 137 (8.83%) VMware Infrastructure

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 167 (10.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 123 (7.93%) SharePoint
3 27 (1.74%) Confluence
4 16 (1.03%) IIS
5 7 (0.45%) IBM Domino
6 5 (0.32%) Kinematics
6 5 (0.32%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
7 4 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
7 4 (0.26%) Office Communications Server
8 3 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2007
8 3 (0.19%) SharePoint Server
8 3 (0.19%) WordPress
9 1 (0.064%) CMS
9 1 (0.064%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.064%) Umbraco
Applications
1 112 (7.22%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (1.48%) Chatbot
4 14 (0.90%) AutoCAD
5 9 (0.58%) SOLIDWORKS
6 6 (0.39%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.32%) Autodesk Inventor
7 5 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.064%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.064%) Notion
9 1 (0.064%) Weka
Business Applications
1 11 (0.71%) Oracle Applications
1 11 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.19%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.064%) Eikon
5 1 (0.064%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 404 (26.03%) Microsoft 365
2 346 (22.29%) Azure
3 119 (7.67%) AWS
4 99 (6.38%) Entra ID
5 59 (3.80%) SaaS
6 42 (2.71%) OneDrive
7 31 (2.00%) Power Platform
8 28 (1.80%) GCP
9 19 (1.22%) Serverless
10 18 (1.16%) Amazon EC2
10 18 (1.16%) Amazon S3
10 18 (1.16%) Mimecast
11 15 (0.97%) Power Automate
12 14 (0.90%) AWS Lambda
13 13 (0.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 13 (0.84%) Azure Monitor
14 12 (0.77%) Amazon ECS
14 12 (0.77%) Amazon Glacier
14 12 (0.77%) AWS KMS
14 12 (0.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 215 (13.85%) Broadband
2 208 (13.40%) Firewall
3 128 (8.25%) DNS
4 122 (7.86%) WAN
5 120 (7.73%) LAN
6 96 (6.19%) DHCP
7 73 (4.70%) Wi-Fi
8 71 (4.57%) VPN
9 60 (3.87%) SAN
9 60 (3.87%) TCP/IP
10 51 (3.29%) VLAN
11 34 (2.19%) NAS
12 28 (1.80%) Wireless
13 25 (1.61%) VSAT
14 24 (1.55%) SD-WAN
14 24 (1.55%) VoIP
15 22 (1.42%) Remote Desktop
16 17 (1.10%) Cisco IOS
16 17 (1.10%) Internet
17 8 (0.52%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (3.93%) SQL Server
2 25 (1.61%) Power BI
3 23 (1.48%) Amazon RDS
4 12 (0.77%) MySQL
5 9 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (0.52%) Relational Database
7 7 (0.45%) DB2
8 6 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.26%) Metabase
9 4 (0.26%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.13%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.13%) Big Data
10 2 (0.13%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.13%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.13%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.064%) Apache Cassandra
11 1 (0.064%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.064%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.064%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.064%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 50 (3.22%) JIRA
2 17 (1.10%) Git
3 12 (0.77%) Vagrant
4 11 (0.71%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
5 7 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.32%) GitLab
6 5 (0.32%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.13%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.064%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.064%) ClearCase
8 1 (0.064%) ClearQuest
8 1 (0.064%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.064%) JUnit
8 1 (0.064%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.064%) Visual Studio
General
1 766 (49.36%) Social Skills
2 74 (4.77%) Analytical Skills
3 71 (4.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 66 (4.25%) Finance
4 66 (4.25%) Manufacturing
5 44 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
6 41 (2.64%) Retail
7 40 (2.58%) Telecoms
8 35 (2.26%) Public Sector
9 27 (1.74%) Aerospace
10 26 (1.68%) Electronics
11 21 (1.35%) Advertising
12 19 (1.22%) Marketing
13 18 (1.16%) Automotive
14 17 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
15 15 (0.97%) Legal
16 12 (0.77%) Back Office
17 11 (0.71%) Billing
18 9 (0.58%) Aviation
18 9 (0.58%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (1.29%) 802.1X
2 15 (0.97%) .NET
3 11 (0.71%) Middleware
3 11 (0.71%) Oracle Fusion
4 6 (0.39%) HTML
4 6 (0.39%) REST
5 3 (0.19%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (0.13%) CSS
6 2 (0.13%) EDI
6 2 (0.13%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.13%) XML
7 1 (0.064%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.064%) ModSecurity
7 1 (0.064%) React
7 1 (0.064%) SAML
7 1 (0.064%) SAP Basis
7 1 (0.064%) ServiceStack
7 1 (0.064%) Web Services
7 1 (0.064%) WSH
7 1 (0.064%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 144 (9.28%) Driving Licence
2 65 (4.19%) Self-Motivation
3 45 (2.90%) Onboarding
4 33 (2.13%) Data Centre
5 26 (1.68%) Clustering
6 24 (1.55%) Replication
7 22 (1.42%) Linux Command Line
8 21 (1.35%) Video Conferencing
9 18 (1.16%) Mobile App
10 17 (1.10%) Management Information System
11 16 (1.03%) iPhone
12 14 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
12 14 (0.90%) Satnav
13 10 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
14 9 (0.58%) Fat Client
14 9 (0.58%) Life Science
14 9 (0.58%) Thin Client
15 8 (0.52%) CCTV
15 8 (0.52%) PKI
15 8 (0.52%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 726 (46.78%) Windows
2 238 (15.34%) Windows Server
3 232 (14.95%) Windows Server 2012
4 142 (9.15%) Linux
5 110 (7.09%) Windows 10
6 77 (4.96%) Mac OS
7 48 (3.09%) Windows Server 2016
7 48 (3.09%) Windows Server 2019
8 44 (2.84%) Android
9 21 (1.35%) Apple iOS
10 19 (1.22%) VMS
11 11 (0.71%) Windows 7
12 10 (0.64%) Unix
13 6 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
14 5 (0.32%) Windows Server 2003
15 4 (0.26%) Mac OS X
16 2 (0.13%) AIX
17 1 (0.064%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 378 (24.36%) Problem-Solving
2 287 (18.49%) Customer Service
3 243 (15.66%) Proactive Monitoring
4 223 (14.37%) Coaching
5 220 (14.18%) Proactive Maintenance
6 215 (13.85%) Broadcast Engineering
6 215 (13.85%) Post-Production
6 215 (13.85%) Procure-to-Pay
7 150 (9.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 137 (8.83%) ITIL
9 135 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 118 (7.60%) Continuous Improvement
11 74 (4.77%) Mentoring
12 72 (4.64%) CRM
13 60 (3.87%) High Availability
14 54 (3.48%) Cybersecurity
15 53 (3.41%) Incident Management
16 52 (3.35%) Migration
17 50 (3.22%) Computer Science
18 49 (3.16%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 145 (9.34%) PowerShell
2 140 (9.02%) SQL
3 66 (4.25%) Python
4 24 (1.55%) Bash
5 20 (1.29%) Java
6 17 (1.10%) Shell Script
7 12 (0.77%) C#
7 12 (0.77%) VB
8 11 (0.71%) Groovy
9 9 (0.58%) T-SQL
10 8 (0.52%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.39%) JavaScript
12 4 (0.26%) C++
13 3 (0.19%) MATLAB
13 3 (0.19%) Perl
13 3 (0.19%) R
14 1 (0.064%) Go
14 1 (0.064%) Progress 4GL
14 1 (0.064%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.064%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 498 (32.09%) Degree
2 146 (9.41%) BPSS Clearance
3 128 (8.25%) Security Cleared
4 82 (5.28%) SC Cleared
5 76 (4.90%) Microsoft Certification
6 67 (4.32%) Cisco Certification
7 58 (3.74%) CCNA
8 43 (2.77%) A+ Certification
9 42 (2.71%) HND
10 37 (2.38%) DV Cleared
11 32 (2.06%) JNCIA
11 32 (2.06%) MCP
12 29 (1.87%) HNC
13 25 (1.61%) DBS Check
14 24 (1.55%) MCSA
15 17 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
16 16 (1.03%) MCSE
17 11 (0.71%) CCNP
18 8 (0.52%) Azure Certification
18 8 (0.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (4.96%) Def Stans
1 77 (4.96%) IEC 61508
2 52 (3.35%) SLA
3 17 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
3 17 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (0.77%) PCI DSS
4 12 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (0.71%) GDPR
6 7 (0.45%) COSHH
7 6 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.32%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.19%) QA
10 2 (0.13%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.13%) ISO 9000
10 2 (0.13%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.064%) NIST
System Software
1 589 (37.95%) Active Directory
2 137 (8.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 109 (7.02%) Hyper-V
4 25 (1.61%) XenApp
5 24 (1.55%) VMware ESXi
6 23 (1.48%) vSphere
7 21 (1.35%) Docker
8 18 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
9 13 (0.84%) Terminal Services
10 11 (0.71%) DFS Replication
11 8 (0.52%) BitLocker
12 7 (0.45%) Microsoft App-V
12 7 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
13 5 (0.32%) Firmware
14 4 (0.26%) ISA Server
14 4 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
15 3 (0.19%) XenDesktop
16 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 2 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 136 (8.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 47 (3.03%) SCCM
3 38 (2.45%) Terraform
4 34 (2.19%) Ansible
5 26 (1.68%) Kubernetes
6 20 (1.29%) vCenter Server
7 14 (0.90%) Backup Exec
7 14 (0.90%) Grafana
7 14 (0.90%) Prometheus
8 13 (0.84%) Puppet
8 13 (0.84%) vMotion
9 7 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 7 (0.45%) FortiGate
9 7 (0.45%) Nagios
10 6 (0.39%) PowerCLI
10 6 (0.39%) Proxmox
10 6 (0.39%) vRealize
11 5 (0.32%) Autotask
11 5 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (0.32%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 750 (48.32%) Microsoft
2 217 (13.98%) Sun
3 153 (9.86%) VMware
4 129 (8.31%) Cisco
5 65 (4.19%) Citrix
6 49 (3.16%) HP
7 47 (3.03%) Meraki
7 47 (3.03%) ServiceNow
8 45 (2.90%) Google
9 43 (2.77%) SAP
10 37 (2.38%) Apple
10 37 (2.38%) Siemens
11 35 (2.26%) Veeam
12 34 (2.19%) Juniper
13 31 (2.00%) Dell
14 23 (1.48%) Salesforce
15 22 (1.42%) CheckPoint
16 21 (1.35%) SonicWALL
17 20 (1.29%) Aruba
18 18 (1.16%) Zoho