Support Engineer Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Support Engineer
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Support Engineer salary in Gloucestershire is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 November 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 61 59
Rank change year-on-year +25 -2 +53
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 25 27 40
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 4.50% 2.92% 4.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.80% 3.01% 4.72%
Number of salaries quoted 16 18 36
10th Percentile £31,875 £27,500 -
25th Percentile £39,375 £28,500 £29,440
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £33,000 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% +4.76% -3.08%
75th Percentile £50,000 £40,000 £38,750
90th Percentile - £43,750 £53,125
South West median annual salary £32,500 £33,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -1.52% +1.54% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 521 897 847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.87% 96.97% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 376 461 508
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £29,440
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £71,175
90th Percentile £86,875 £82,500 £82,500
South West median annual salary £45,000 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.76% -2.86% +5.00%

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 11 November 2025.

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 11 November 2025. 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
Filton +9 5 - -
Stroud 0 3 £45,000 +50.00% 3
Cheltenham +21 2 £50,000 +42.86% 7
Gloucester +12 2 £45,000 +23.29% 3
Support Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 11 November 2025, 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 12 (48.00%) Windows
2 11 (44.00%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (36.00%) Active Directory
3 9 (36.00%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (32.00%) WAN
4 8 (32.00%) Windows Server
5 7 (28.00%) Azure
5 7 (28.00%) LAN
5 7 (28.00%) Microsoft
5 7 (28.00%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (28.00%) SharePoint
6 6 (24.00%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (20.00%) Asset Management
7 5 (20.00%) Cognizant
7 5 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (20.00%) Incident Management
7 5 (20.00%) ITIL
7 5 (20.00%) Mac OS
7 5 (20.00%) Risk Management
7 5 (20.00%) SAP
7 5 (20.00%) Security Cleared
7 5 (20.00%) Windchill
8 4 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (16.00%) Entra ID
8 4 (16.00%) Firewall
9 3 (12.00%) AutoCAD
9 3 (12.00%) CAD
9 3 (12.00%) Creative Thinking
9 3 (12.00%) Hyper-V
9 3 (12.00%) VPN

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 7 (28.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (28.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (20.00%) Windchill
2 3 (12.00%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 9 (36.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (28.00%) Azure
3 4 (16.00%) Entra ID
4 2 (8.00%) Power Automate
4 2 (8.00%) Power Platform
4 2 (8.00%) PowerApps
5 1 (4.00%) AWS
5 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (4.00%) OneDrive
5 1 (4.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (32.00%) WAN
2 7 (28.00%) LAN
3 6 (24.00%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (16.00%) Firewall
5 3 (12.00%) VPN
6 2 (8.00%) DHCP
6 2 (8.00%) DNS
6 2 (8.00%) TCP/IP
7 1 (4.00%) IPv4
7 1 (4.00%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (4.00%) SD-WAN
7 1 (4.00%) Telnet
7 1 (4.00%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) Power BI
General
1 10 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.00%) Aerospace
2 5 (20.00%) Automotive
2 5 (20.00%) Legal
3 3 (12.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (8.00%) Finance
5 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 12 (48.00%) Windows
2 8 (32.00%) Windows Server
3 5 (20.00%) Mac OS
4 1 (4.00%) Windows 10
4 1 (4.00%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 5 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (20.00%) Incident Management
2 5 (20.00%) ITIL
2 5 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 4 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (12.00%) CAD
4 3 (12.00%) Creative Thinking
5 2 (8.00%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (8.00%) CI/CD
5 2 (8.00%) Customer Service
5 2 (8.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 2 (8.00%) Software Licensing
5 2 (8.00%) Time Management
6 1 (4.00%) Collaborative Culture
6 1 (4.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (4.00%) Migration
6 1 (4.00%) Patch Management
6 1 (4.00%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.00%) A+ Certification
3 1 (4.00%) MCP
3 1 (4.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 9 (36.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (12.00%) Hyper-V
3 2 (8.00%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (8.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (4.00%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (28.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.00%) Cognizant
2 5 (20.00%) SAP
3 2 (8.00%) VMware
4 1 (4.00%) Draytek