Graduate IT Support Engineer Job Trends in Essex

Graduate IT Support Engineer
East of England > Essex

The median Graduate IT Support Engineer salary in Essex is £25,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate IT Support Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 0.076% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.082% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 - -
East of England median annual salary £25,000 - £30,000

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Essex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 1,222 562 673
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.07% 91.83% 93.34%
Number of salaries quoted 874 365 517
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,746 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £46,297
Median % change year-on-year - -2.80% -2.53%
75th Percentile £64,688 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £81,050 £78,400 £85,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £48,585
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.23% -7.46%

Graduate IT Support Engineer
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate IT Support Engineer within the Essex region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Southend-on-Sea - 1 £25,000 - 1
Graduate IT Support Engineer
East of England

Graduate IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex

For the 6 months to 26 July 2026, Graduate IT 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 Essex region featuring Graduate IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Maintenance
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Graduate IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Maintenance
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft