Support Engineer Jobs in Essex

Support Engineer
East of England > Essex

The median Support Engineer salary in Essex is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 52 94
Rank change year-on-year +21 +42 -39
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 48 38 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 5.47% 4.46% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.80% 5.63% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 48 34 6
10th Percentile £22,500 £25,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,000 £25,125 £25,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £27,750 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -18.38% +7.94%
75th Percentile £37,813 £35,000 £47,125
90th Percentile £40,000 - £48,750
East of England median annual salary £31,000 £32,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -3.13% -1.54% -7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Essex

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 828 675 872
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.41% 79.23% 93.16%
Number of salaries quoted 678 377 429
10th Percentile £25,759 £26,250 £25,950
25th Percentile £30,091 £36,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Essex

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Essex

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

Salary trend for Support Engineer in Essex

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Essex over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in Essex

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 Support Engineer within the Essex region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
Chelmsford +2 8 £35,000 +34.62%
Brentwood - 7 £40,000 -
Grays -3 6 £26,000 -5.45%
Basildon -9 6 £27,750 -20.71%
Saffron Walden - 6 £30,000 -
Witham +10 4 £30,000 -
Loughton +2 2 £32,500 +1.56%
Harlow - 2 £38,250 -
Colchester -2 1 £25,000 -34.21% 1
Support Engineer
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, 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 Essex region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 35 (72.92%) Windows
2 31 (64.58%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (64.58%) Microsoft
3 27 (56.25%) Active Directory
4 21 (43.75%) Windows 10
4 21 (43.75%) Social Skills
5 19 (39.58%) Microsoft Exchange
6 16 (33.33%) Windows Server
7 15 (31.25%) VMware
8 14 (29.17%) Customer Service
8 14 (29.17%) Azure
9 13 (27.08%) SharePoint
10 11 (22.92%) Firewall
10 11 (22.92%) Problem-Solving
11 10 (20.83%) Hyper-V
12 9 (18.75%) Time Management
12 9 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
12 9 (18.75%) ITIL
12 9 (18.75%) TCP/IP
13 7 (14.58%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (12.50%) DHCP
14 6 (12.50%) DNS
14 6 (12.50%) VLAN
14 6 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
14 6 (12.50%) Entra ID
15 5 (10.42%) Driving Licence
15 5 (10.42%) Spreadsheet
15 5 (10.42%) ITIL Certification
16 4 (8.33%) A+ Certification
16 4 (8.33%) Mitel

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 19 (39.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (27.08%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.17%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (4.17%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (4.17%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (4.17%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (4.17%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (10.42%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 31 (64.58%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (29.17%) Azure
3 6 (12.50%) Entra ID
4 3 (6.25%) Mimecast
4 3 (6.25%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.08%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 11 (22.92%) Firewall
2 9 (18.75%) TCP/IP
3 6 (12.50%) DHCP
3 6 (12.50%) DNS
3 6 (12.50%) VLAN
4 3 (6.25%) VoIP
5 2 (4.17%) MPLS
5 2 (4.17%) Network Security
5 2 (4.17%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (4.17%) SAN
5 2 (4.17%) Skype
5 2 (4.17%) VPLS
5 2 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (4.17%) WLAN
6 1 (2.08%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.08%) SQL Server
General
1 21 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 3 (6.25%) Manufacturing
3 2 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.17%) Automotive
3 2 (4.17%) Marketing
4 1 (2.08%) Finance
4 1 (2.08%) Legal
4 1 (2.08%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.33%) Cocoa
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.42%) Driving Licence
2 2 (4.17%) Educational Technology
2 2 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.08%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 35 (72.92%) Windows
2 21 (43.75%) Windows 10
3 16 (33.33%) Windows Server
4 4 (8.33%) Mac OS
4 4 (8.33%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (4.17%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (2.08%) Linux
6 1 (2.08%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (29.17%) Customer Service
2 11 (22.92%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (18.75%) ITIL
3 9 (18.75%) Time Management
4 3 (6.25%) Computer Science
5 2 (4.17%) CAD
5 2 (4.17%) Customer-Centricity
5 2 (4.17%) Incident Management
5 2 (4.17%) Information Security
5 2 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (4.17%) ISMS
5 2 (4.17%) IT Strategy
5 2 (4.17%) Knowledge Transfer
6 1 (2.08%) Customer-Centric Approach
6 1 (2.08%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (2.08%) Data Entry
6 1 (2.08%) Mentoring
6 1 (2.08%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (2.08%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (2.08%) Server Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (14.58%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (10.42%) ITIL Certification
3 4 (8.33%) A+ Certification
4 3 (6.25%) Degree
5 1 (2.08%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.08%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.08%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (56.25%) Active Directory
2 10 (20.83%) Hyper-V
3 6 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (4.17%) Firmware
5 1 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (6.25%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (4.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.08%) Autotask
3 1 (2.08%) SCCM
Vendors
1 31 (64.58%) Microsoft
2 15 (31.25%) VMware
3 4 (8.33%) Mitel
4 3 (6.25%) SonicWALL
5 2 (4.17%) Acronis
5 2 (4.17%) Aruba
5 2 (4.17%) Citrix
5 2 (4.17%) Dell
5 2 (4.17%) EqualLogic
5 2 (4.17%) N-able
5 2 (4.17%) Sophos
5 2 (4.17%) Symantec
5 2 (4.17%) Synology
6 1 (2.08%) Barracuda Networks
6 1 (2.08%) ConnectWise
6 1 (2.08%) Meraki
6 1 (2.08%) WatchGuard