Support Engineer Jobs in England

Support Engineer
UK > England

The median Support Engineer salary in England is £38,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 May 2025.

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

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 90 152
Rank change year-on-year -1 +62 +95
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 1,565 2,441 2,159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.16% 2.82% 2.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.48% 2.98% 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 921 2,169 1,729
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,240 £25,420
25th Percentile £30,500 £26,750 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £32,500 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.92% -2.99% -
75th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £40,000
90th Percentile £58,000 £51,300 £51,400
UK median annual salary £37,500 £32,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year +15.38% -2.99% -

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 45,035 81,793 81,009
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.97% 94.57% 91.56%
Number of salaries quoted 24,190 60,845 51,652
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £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 21 May 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 21 May 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
North of England +25 449 £39,500 +31.67% 140
North West +64 362 £39,500 +41.07% 73
South East -12 334 £37,500 +8.70% 223
London +42 301 £42,000 +5.00% 297
Midlands -44 187 £37,500 +25.00% 128
East of England -23 117 £35,500 +14.52% 111
West Midlands -23 104 £36,250 +20.83% 57
South West -23 95 £32,000 -1.54% 101
East Midlands -28 83 £37,500 +25.00% 64
Yorkshire -4 82 £32,250 -0.77% 41
North East -15 5 £35,000 +7.69% 28
Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 May 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.

1 759 (48.50%) Social Skills
2 723 (46.20%) Microsoft
3 718 (45.88%) Windows
4 583 (37.25%) Degree
5 571 (36.49%) Active Directory
6 395 (25.24%) Microsoft 365
7 380 (24.28%) Problem-Solving
8 311 (19.87%) Azure
9 285 (18.21%) BPSS Clearance
10 266 (17.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 261 (16.68%) Customer Service
12 239 (15.27%) Proactive Monitoring
13 235 (15.02%) Windows Server 2012
14 221 (14.12%) Proactive Maintenance
15 220 (14.06%) Windows Server
15 220 (14.06%) Coaching
16 218 (13.93%) Broadband
17 217 (13.87%) Sun
18 215 (13.74%) Procure-to-Pay
18 215 (13.74%) Broadcast Engineering
18 215 (13.74%) Post-Production
19 179 (11.44%) Firewall
20 168 (10.73%) ITIL
21 164 (10.48%) Linux
22 153 (9.78%) Microsoft Exchange
23 152 (9.71%) Cisco
24 141 (9.01%) SQL
25 139 (8.88%) VMware
26 138 (8.82%) Driving Licence
27 130 (8.31%) DNS

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
1 153 (9.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 123 (7.86%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.21%) Confluence
4 17 (1.09%) IIS
5 7 (0.45%) IBM Domino
6 5 (0.32%) Kinematics
7 3 (0.19%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.19%) WordPress
8 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.13%) Office Communications Server
9 1 (0.064%) Apache
9 1 (0.064%) CMS
9 1 (0.064%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.064%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.064%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.064%) Umbraco
Applications
1 95 (6.07%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (0.83%) Chatbot
4 8 (0.51%) SOLIDWORKS
5 7 (0.45%) AutoCAD
6 6 (0.38%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.19%) Autodesk Inventor
7 3 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.064%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.064%) Weka
Business Applications
1 20 (1.28%) Teamcenter
2 11 (0.70%) Oracle Applications
2 11 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.32%) Sage 200
3 5 (0.32%) Sage 50
4 3 (0.19%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.064%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 395 (25.24%) Microsoft 365
2 311 (19.87%) Azure
3 99 (6.33%) AWS
4 86 (5.50%) Entra ID
5 51 (3.26%) SaaS
6 41 (2.62%) OneDrive
7 36 (2.30%) Power Platform
8 30 (1.92%) GCP
9 23 (1.47%) Mimecast
10 14 (0.89%) Power Automate
11 12 (0.77%) Azure Monitor
12 11 (0.70%) Azure Storage
13 10 (0.64%) Serverless
14 9 (0.58%) Amazon EC2
14 9 (0.58%) Amazon S3
14 9 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (0.58%) OpenShift
15 8 (0.51%) AWS Lambda
15 8 (0.51%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (0.51%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 218 (13.93%) Broadband
2 179 (11.44%) Firewall
3 130 (8.31%) DNS
4 113 (7.22%) WAN
5 110 (7.03%) LAN
6 95 (6.07%) DHCP
7 72 (4.60%) VPN
8 71 (4.54%) Wi-Fi
9 57 (3.64%) TCP/IP
10 55 (3.51%) SAN
11 52 (3.32%) VLAN
12 41 (2.62%) Internet
13 37 (2.36%) Network Security
14 34 (2.17%) NAS
15 28 (1.79%) WLAN
16 26 (1.66%) VoIP
17 22 (1.41%) SD-WAN
18 20 (1.28%) Remote Desktop
19 19 (1.21%) Cisco IOS
20 17 (1.09%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (3.77%) SQL Server
2 28 (1.79%) Power BI
3 16 (1.02%) MySQL
4 12 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
5 10 (0.64%) Relational Database
6 8 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (0.45%) DB2
8 5 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.26%) Metabase
10 2 (0.13%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.13%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.13%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.13%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.13%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.13%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.064%) Apache Cassandra
11 1 (0.064%) Big Data
11 1 (0.064%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.064%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.064%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 41 (2.62%) JIRA
2 7 (0.45%) Git
2 7 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 6 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (0.32%) GitLab
4 5 (0.32%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.19%) Vagrant
6 2 (0.13%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.13%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.064%) ClearCase
7 1 (0.064%) ClearQuest
7 1 (0.064%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.064%) Gradle
7 1 (0.064%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.064%) JUnit
7 1 (0.064%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.064%) Visual Studio
General
1 759 (48.50%) Social Skills
2 75 (4.79%) Finance
3 72 (4.60%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (3.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 58 (3.71%) Manufacturing
6 47 (3.00%) Telecoms
7 43 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
8 27 (1.73%) Retail
9 25 (1.60%) Public Sector
10 23 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
11 15 (0.96%) Back Office
11 15 (0.96%) Legal
12 14 (0.89%) Advertising
12 14 (0.89%) Aerospace
13 12 (0.77%) Electronics
13 12 (0.77%) Front Office
14 11 (0.70%) Marketing
15 10 (0.64%) Law
16 9 (0.58%) Aviation
17 8 (0.51%) Aeronautics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (0.89%) 802.1X
2 11 (0.70%) Middleware
2 11 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
3 9 (0.58%) .NET
4 6 (0.38%) REST
5 3 (0.19%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (0.13%) EDI
6 2 (0.13%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.13%) Software Packaging
6 2 (0.13%) Spring
6 2 (0.13%) XML
7 1 (0.064%) CSS
7 1 (0.064%) Express.js
7 1 (0.064%) HTML
7 1 (0.064%) ModSecurity
7 1 (0.064%) Plotly
7 1 (0.064%) React
7 1 (0.064%) ServiceStack
7 1 (0.064%) WSH
7 1 (0.064%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 138 (8.82%) Driving Licence
2 81 (5.18%) Management Information System
3 54 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
4 40 (2.56%) Onboarding
5 31 (1.98%) Data Centre
6 26 (1.66%) Clustering
7 21 (1.34%) Video Conferencing
8 18 (1.15%) Satnav
9 16 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
9 16 (1.02%) Mobile App
10 13 (0.83%) iPhone
11 12 (0.77%) Replication
12 11 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
13 9 (0.58%) Fat Client
13 9 (0.58%) PKI
13 9 (0.58%) Thin Client
14 8 (0.51%) Social Media
15 7 (0.45%) CCTV
15 7 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
16 6 (0.38%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 718 (45.88%) Windows
2 235 (15.02%) Windows Server 2012
3 220 (14.06%) Windows Server
4 164 (10.48%) Linux
5 118 (7.54%) Windows 10
6 58 (3.71%) Mac OS
7 49 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
8 45 (2.88%) Android
9 38 (2.43%) Windows Server 2019
10 16 (1.02%) Apple iOS
11 14 (0.89%) Windows 7
12 10 (0.64%) Unix
12 10 (0.64%) VMS
13 7 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
14 5 (0.32%) Mac OS X
15 3 (0.19%) AIX
15 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (24.28%) Problem-Solving
2 266 (17.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 261 (16.68%) Customer Service
4 239 (15.27%) Proactive Monitoring
5 221 (14.12%) Proactive Maintenance
6 220 (14.06%) Coaching
7 215 (13.74%) Broadcast Engineering
7 215 (13.74%) Post-Production
7 215 (13.74%) Procure-to-Pay
8 168 (10.73%) ITIL
9 106 (6.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 97 (6.20%) Mentoring
11 88 (5.62%) Continuous Improvement
12 73 (4.66%) Computer Science
13 70 (4.47%) CRM
14 55 (3.51%) High Availability
14 55 (3.51%) Incident Management
15 49 (3.13%) Asset Management
15 49 (3.13%) Migration
16 43 (2.75%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 141 (9.01%) SQL
2 113 (7.22%) PowerShell
3 58 (3.71%) Python
4 17 (1.09%) Bash
5 16 (1.02%) Java
6 12 (0.77%) C#
7 11 (0.70%) PL/SQL
8 10 (0.64%) Shell Script
9 8 (0.51%) T-SQL
9 8 (0.51%) VB
10 4 (0.26%) C++
10 4 (0.26%) Perl
11 3 (0.19%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.19%) R
12 2 (0.13%) Groovy
13 1 (0.064%) Go
13 1 (0.064%) JavaScript
13 1 (0.064%) Progress 4GL
13 1 (0.064%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.064%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 583 (37.25%) Degree
2 285 (18.21%) BPSS Clearance
3 108 (6.90%) Security Cleared
4 103 (6.58%) Microsoft Certification
5 84 (5.37%) Cisco Certification
6 73 (4.66%) CCNA
7 66 (4.22%) SC Cleared
8 57 (3.64%) MCP
9 41 (2.62%) MCSE
10 40 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
11 39 (2.49%) A+ Certification
12 38 (2.43%) CCNP
12 38 (2.43%) DV Cleared
13 37 (2.36%) HND
14 28 (1.79%) LPIC
15 24 (1.53%) DBS Check
15 24 (1.53%) JNCIA
16 22 (1.41%) HNC
17 21 (1.34%) MCSA
18 7 (0.45%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (7.28%) Def Stans
1 114 (7.28%) IEC 61508
2 54 (3.45%) SLA
3 11 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (0.70%) GDPR
4 8 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (0.38%) PCI DSS
5 6 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (0.32%) QA
7 4 (0.26%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.26%) COSHH
8 3 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.19%) FINRA
9 2 (0.13%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.13%) ISO 9000
9 2 (0.13%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.064%) NIST
System Software
1 571 (36.49%) Active Directory
2 117 (7.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 93 (5.94%) Hyper-V
4 25 (1.60%) VMware ESXi
4 25 (1.60%) XenApp
5 22 (1.41%) Docker
6 21 (1.34%) vSphere
7 19 (1.21%) Virtual Desktop
8 13 (0.83%) Terminal Services
9 8 (0.51%) BitLocker
10 7 (0.45%) Microsoft App-V
11 6 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
12 5 (0.32%) Firmware
13 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
13 3 (0.19%) XenDesktop
14 2 (0.13%) DFS Replication
14 2 (0.13%) ISA Server
14 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 2 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
15 1 (0.064%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 117 (7.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 49 (3.13%) SCCM
3 30 (1.92%) Terraform
4 26 (1.66%) Ansible
5 25 (1.60%) Kubernetes
6 18 (1.15%) vCenter Server
7 13 (0.83%) Puppet
7 13 (0.83%) vMotion
8 8 (0.51%) Proxmox
9 7 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
9 7 (0.45%) Nagios
10 6 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 6 (0.38%) PowerCLI
10 6 (0.38%) vRealize
11 5 (0.32%) Backup Exec
11 5 (0.32%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.32%) SmoothWall
12 4 (0.26%) Grafana
12 4 (0.26%) Prometheus
12 4 (0.26%) WSUS
Vendors
1 723 (46.20%) Microsoft
2 217 (13.87%) Sun
3 152 (9.71%) Cisco
4 139 (8.88%) VMware
5 71 (4.54%) Citrix
6 50 (3.19%) Meraki
7 45 (2.88%) Google
7 45 (2.88%) HP
8 43 (2.75%) Siemens
9 40 (2.56%) ServiceNow
10 33 (2.11%) Dell
11 31 (1.98%) SAP
12 29 (1.85%) Apple
13 25 (1.60%) Juniper
14 23 (1.47%) CheckPoint
14 23 (1.47%) Salesforce
15 21 (1.34%) Veeam
16 19 (1.21%) SonicWALL
17 18 (1.15%) Fortinet
18 16 (1.02%) Zoho