Support Engineer Job Trends in Glasgow

Support Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Support Engineer salary in Glasgow is £28,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 63 106
Rank change year-on-year +25 +43 -18
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 14 6 23
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 2.09% 0.87% 1.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.28% 0.89% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 11 2 17
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,025 £26,200
25th Percentile £26,688 £32,938 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £38,250 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.80% +17.69% -27.78%
75th Percentile £33,000 £43,938 £40,532
90th Percentile £38,750 £46,075 -
Scotland median annual salary £32,500 £32,000 £29,500
% change year-on-year +1.56% +8.47% -15.71%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 613 671 1,284
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.49% 96.83% 97.79%
Number of salaries quoted 355 303 512
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,000 £28,820
25th Percentile £31,875 £41,125 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £66,875 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,650 £77,500
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -11.50%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow.

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Glasgow over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in Glasgow

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 Glasgow region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (21.43%) A+ Certification
1 3 (21.43%) Azure
1 3 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) Degree
1 3 (21.43%) Dell
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
1 3 (21.43%) SLA
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
2 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 2 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (14.29%) Customer Service
2 2 (14.29%) DHCP
2 2 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (14.29%) DNS
2 2 (14.29%) Firewall
2 2 (14.29%) HND
2 2 (14.29%) HP
2 2 (14.29%) ITIL
2 2 (14.29%) ITSM
2 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (14.29%) Programme Management
2 2 (14.29%) SAP
2 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
2 2 (14.29%) Softphone
2 2 (14.29%) TCP/IP
2 2 (14.29%) TETRA

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Azure
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) AWS
2 1 (7.14%) Datadog
2 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
2 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
2 1 (7.14%) SaaS
2 1 (7.14%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) DHCP
1 2 (14.29%) DNS
1 2 (14.29%) Firewall
1 2 (14.29%) Softphone
1 2 (14.29%) TCP/IP
1 2 (14.29%) TETRA
1 2 (14.29%) VPN
1 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (7.14%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (7.14%) Power BI
1 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Manufacturing
2 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
3 2 (14.29%) Electronics
3 2 (14.29%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Fire and Rescue
3 2 (14.29%) Marketing
3 2 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Police
3 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Back Office
4 1 (7.14%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) CCTV
1 2 (14.29%) Driving Licence
1 2 (14.29%) FMCG
1 2 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.14%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
2 2 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (14.29%) Customer Service
2 2 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (14.29%) ITIL
2 2 (14.29%) ITSM
2 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
2 2 (14.29%) Programme Management
2 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 1 (7.14%) Analytics
3 1 (7.14%) Client Onboarding
3 1 (7.14%) Coaching
3 1 (7.14%) Customer Acquisition
3 1 (7.14%) Customer Experience
3 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (7.14%) Patch Management
3 1 (7.14%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (7.14%) Software Deployment
3 1 (7.14%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) Bash
1 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.14%) Shell Script
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
1 1 (7.14%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) A+ Certification
1 3 (21.43%) Degree
1 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 2 (14.29%) HND
3 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (7.14%) CCNA
3 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (7.14%) CTC Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) MCSE
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (7.14%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Dell
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) HP
2 2 (14.29%) SAP
3 1 (7.14%) Cisco