Support Engineer Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Support Engineer
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Support Engineer salary in Gloucestershire is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 June 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 43 46
Rank change year-on-year -11 +3 +37
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 37 14 95
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 2.65% 3.26% 5.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.80% 3.48% 5.81%
Number of salaries quoted 27 8 81
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,438 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,375 £27,125 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £29,250 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.75% -8.59% +6.67%
75th Percentile £50,000 £35,000 £38,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £42,500 £40,000
South West median annual salary £33,500 £32,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +4.69% -1.54% +1.56%

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 1,320 402 1,636
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.56% 93.49% 96.86%
Number of salaries quoted 911 234 1,256
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,125 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,425 £75,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £51,058 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.07% +2.12% -4.76%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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
Cheltenham - 9 £52,500 - 1
Gloucester -18 6 £41,250 +47.32% 5
Stroud -5 4 £37,500 - 1
Lechlade - 2 £50,000 -
Cirencester - 1 £55,000 -
Support Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 3 June 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 16 (43.24%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (37.84%) Azure
3 12 (32.43%) Microsoft
4 9 (24.32%) Windows
5 8 (21.62%) VMware
5 8 (21.62%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (18.92%) Active Directory
6 7 (18.92%) ITIL
6 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (16.22%) Collaborative Culture
7 6 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (16.22%) Linux
7 6 (16.22%) Veeam
7 6 (16.22%) Windows Server
8 5 (13.51%) Customer Service
8 5 (13.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 5 (13.51%) SC Cleared
8 5 (13.51%) Security Cleared
9 4 (10.81%) AWS
9 4 (10.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 4 (10.81%) Business Strategy
9 4 (10.81%) Customer Experience
9 4 (10.81%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (10.81%) Entra ID
9 4 (10.81%) Firewall
9 4 (10.81%) GDPR
9 4 (10.81%) Hyper-V
9 4 (10.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (10.81%) LAN
9 4 (10.81%) Microsoft 365

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 (18.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (8.11%) SharePoint
3 2 (5.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (37.84%) Azure
2 4 (10.81%) AWS
2 4 (10.81%) Entra ID
2 4 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.70%) Matillion
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.81%) Firewall
1 4 (10.81%) LAN
1 4 (10.81%) WAN
1 4 (10.81%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (8.11%) DNS
2 3 (8.11%) VPN
2 3 (8.11%) Wireless
3 2 (5.41%) Network Security
4 1 (2.70%) DHCP
4 1 (2.70%) Remote Desktop
General
1 6 (16.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (8.11%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.70%) Finance
3 1 (2.70%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Management Information System
1 4 (10.81%) Public Cloud
1 4 (10.81%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (8.11%) Driving Licence
3 2 (5.41%) Replication
4 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 9 (24.32%) Windows
2 6 (16.22%) Linux
2 6 (16.22%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.70%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (43.24%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (18.92%) ITIL
3 6 (16.22%) Collaborative Culture
3 6 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (13.51%) Customer Service
4 5 (13.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (10.81%) Business Strategy
5 4 (10.81%) Customer Experience
5 4 (10.81%) Server Management
5 4 (10.81%) Software Testing
5 4 (10.81%) Tech Ops
6 3 (8.11%) B2B
6 3 (8.11%) Decision-Making
6 3 (8.11%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (5.41%) Capacity Planning
7 2 (5.41%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (5.41%) Network Optimisation
7 2 (5.41%) Process Improvement
7 2 (5.41%) Project Delivery
7 2 (5.41%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.41%) SQL
2 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (13.51%) SC Cleared
1 5 (13.51%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 2 (5.41%) Azure Certification
3 2 (5.41%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (5.41%) Degree
3 2 (5.41%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (10.81%) GDPR
1 4 (10.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (10.81%) QA
1 4 (10.81%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (21.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (18.92%) Active Directory
3 4 (10.81%) Hyper-V
4 2 (5.41%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.41%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 12 (32.43%) Microsoft
2 8 (21.62%) VMware
3 6 (16.22%) Veeam
4 3 (8.11%) Apple
5 2 (5.41%) Fortinet