Support Engineer Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Support Engineer
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Support Engineer salary in Gloucestershire is £34,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 October 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 33 51
Rank change year-on-year -12 +18 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 89 24 36
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 3.56% 4.41% 3.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.78% 4.69% 3.77%
Number of salaries quoted 48 11 25
10th Percentile £27,525 £26,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £29,500 £27,625 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,250 £41,355 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.18% +29.23% +1.59%
75th Percentile £43,750 £50,000 £40,000
90th Percentile £60,000 - £43,750
South West median annual salary £37,500 £32,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +17.19% -8.57% +10.24%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Gloucestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 2,357 512 954
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.17% 94.12% 96.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,509 344 557
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,500 £52,600
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -0.19% -4.36%
75th Percentile £82,500 £72,813 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,875 £77,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -9.09%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Gloucestershire.

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Gloucestershire

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 7 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in Gloucestershire

Support Engineer
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 7 October 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
Gloucester -15 41 £31,000 +8.77% 7
Cheltenham -29 16 £46,250 -7.50% 1
Cirencester - 8 - -
Tewkesbury - 5 £28,000 - 1
Stroud - 3 £35,000 -
Support Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 7 October 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 Gloucestershire region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 43 (48.31%) Microsoft
1 43 (48.31%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (38.20%) Windows
3 29 (32.58%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (31.46%) Customer Service
5 24 (26.97%) Cybersecurity
6 22 (24.72%) Active Directory
7 20 (22.47%) Microsoft Intune
8 19 (21.35%) Microsoft Exchange
9 17 (19.10%) Wireless
10 15 (16.85%) DNS
10 15 (16.85%) Firewall
11 14 (15.73%) Degree
11 14 (15.73%) DHCP
12 13 (14.61%) Continuous Improvement
13 12 (13.48%) Entra ID
14 11 (12.36%) Mac OS
14 11 (12.36%) TCP/IP
15 10 (11.24%) Azure
15 10 (11.24%) Project Delivery
15 10 (11.24%) Remote Desktop
16 9 (10.11%) VMware
16 9 (10.11%) VMware Infrastructure
16 9 (10.11%) VPN
16 9 (10.11%) Windows Server
17 8 (8.99%) Logistics
17 8 (8.99%) Microsoft Office
18 7 (7.87%) Apple
18 7 (7.87%) Collaborative Culture
18 7 (7.87%) Customer Experience

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 19 (21.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.12%) Confluence
2 1 (1.12%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (8.99%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (3.37%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 29 (32.58%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (13.48%) Entra ID
3 10 (11.24%) Azure
4 4 (4.49%) AWS
5 1 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (19.10%) Wireless
2 15 (16.85%) DNS
2 15 (16.85%) Firewall
3 14 (15.73%) DHCP
4 11 (12.36%) TCP/IP
5 10 (11.24%) Remote Desktop
6 9 (10.11%) VPN
7 6 (6.74%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (4.49%) LAN
8 4 (4.49%) Network Security
8 4 (4.49%) VLAN
8 4 (4.49%) VoIP
8 4 (4.49%) WAN
9 1 (1.12%) Unified Communications
General
1 27 (30.34%) Social Skills
2 10 (11.24%) Manufacturing
3 6 (6.74%) Aerospace
4 5 (5.62%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (4.49%) Advertising
5 4 (4.49%) Telecoms
6 3 (3.37%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.37%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 14 (15.73%) Driving Licence
2 7 (7.87%) Onboarding
3 5 (5.62%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (4.49%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.49%) Public Cloud
4 4 (4.49%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (3.37%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.12%) Apple TV
6 1 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.12%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 34 (38.20%) Windows
2 11 (12.36%) Mac OS
3 9 (10.11%) Windows Server
4 6 (6.74%) Apple iOS
4 6 (6.74%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (48.31%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (31.46%) Customer Service
3 24 (26.97%) Cybersecurity
4 13 (14.61%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (11.24%) Project Delivery
6 8 (8.99%) Logistics
7 7 (7.87%) Collaborative Culture
7 7 (7.87%) Customer Experience
7 7 (7.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 6 (6.74%) Mentoring
8 6 (6.74%) Root Cause Analysis
9 5 (5.62%) ITIL
10 4 (4.49%) Server Management
10 4 (4.49%) Tech Ops
11 3 (3.37%) Decision-Making
11 3 (3.37%) Proactive Management
11 3 (3.37%) Problem Management
11 3 (3.37%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 3 (3.37%) Security Operations
11 3 (3.37%) Service Desk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.12%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (15.73%) Degree
2 4 (4.49%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 3 (3.37%) HND
4 1 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.62%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (4.49%) NCSC
3 3 (3.37%) SLA
4 1 (1.12%) GDPR
4 1 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 22 (24.72%) Active Directory
2 9 (10.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (5.62%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (22.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.12%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 43 (48.31%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.11%) VMware
3 7 (7.87%) Apple
4 5 (5.62%) Dell
4 5 (5.62%) HP
4 5 (5.62%) Veeam
5 4 (4.49%) Cisco
5 4 (4.49%) Meraki
6 1 (1.12%) Fortinet