Support Engineer Job Trends in Essex

Support Engineer
East of England > Essex

The median Support Engineer salary in Essex is £27,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 26 42
Rank change year-on-year -9 +16 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 27 25 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 3.72% 5.40% 2.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.31% 5.94% 2.31%
Number of salaries quoted 27 22 9
10th Percentile £25,650 - £23,200
25th Percentile £26,000 £21,250 £24,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £22,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -40.00% +21.95%
75th Percentile £28,750 £27,688 £38,750
90th Percentile £39,250 £38,025 £38,900
East of England median annual salary £35,000 £30,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -11.76% +4.62%

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 626 421 389
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.34% 90.93% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 373 198 301
10th Percentile £26,750 £24,700 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £73,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,150 £85,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.68%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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 Essex.

Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Essex

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Essex.

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Essex

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Essex over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

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 1 January 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
Loughton - 9 £27,500 -
Saffron Walden - 8 £27,250 - 2
Tilbury +1 3 £28,500 +1.79%
Chelmsford - 2 £42,500 -
Colchester -8 1 £30,000 +33.33%
Support Engineer
East of England

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex

For the 6 months to 1 January 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 Essex region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 22 (81.48%) Microsoft
2 13 (48.15%) Windows
3 12 (44.44%) Active Directory
4 11 (40.74%) Windows Server
5 10 (37.04%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (33.33%) Azure
6 9 (33.33%) SLA
7 8 (29.63%) Microsoft Exchange
8 7 (25.93%) Firewall
8 7 (25.93%) Service Delivery
9 6 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
10 5 (18.52%) DHCP
10 5 (18.52%) DNS
10 5 (18.52%) VMware
10 5 (18.52%) VMware Infrastructure
10 5 (18.52%) VPN
11 4 (14.81%) Customer Service
11 4 (14.81%) Customer-Centricity
11 4 (14.81%) Entra ID
11 4 (14.81%) Proactive Maintenance
11 4 (14.81%) Proactive Monitoring
11 4 (14.81%) SharePoint
11 4 (14.81%) TCP/IP
12 3 (11.11%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (11.11%) Cost Reduction
12 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (11.11%) OneDrive
13 2 (7.41%) Hyper-V
13 2 (7.41%) ITIL
13 2 (7.41%) PowerShell

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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (29.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (14.81%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (37.04%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (33.33%) Azure
3 4 (14.81%) Entra ID
4 3 (11.11%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (25.93%) Firewall
2 5 (18.52%) DHCP
2 5 (18.52%) DNS
2 5 (18.52%) VPN
3 4 (14.81%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.70%) IP Telephony
4 1 (3.70%) LAN
4 1 (3.70%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (3.70%) VLAN
4 1 (3.70%) WAN
4 1 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) Amazon RDS
General
1 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.70%) Advertising
2 1 (3.70%) Electronics
2 1 (3.70%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (48.15%) Windows
2 11 (40.74%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.70%) Linux
3 1 (3.70%) Mac OS
3 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.93%) Service Delivery
2 6 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (14.81%) Customer Service
3 4 (14.81%) Customer-Centricity
3 4 (14.81%) Proactive Maintenance
3 4 (14.81%) Proactive Monitoring
4 3 (11.11%) Cost Reduction
5 2 (7.41%) ITIL
6 1 (3.70%) Computer Science
6 1 (3.70%) Customer Engagement
6 1 (3.70%) Patch Management
6 1 (3.70%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (3.70%) Service Management
6 1 (3.70%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.41%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.70%) Bash
2 1 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (3.70%) A+ Certification
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 5 (18.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (7.41%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.70%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 22 (81.48%) Microsoft
2 5 (18.52%) VMware
3 1 (3.70%) Veeam