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 26 August 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 40 48
Rank change year-on-year -6 +8 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 79 22 56
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 3.63% 3.91% 4.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.85% 4.15% 4.62%
Number of salaries quoted 44 9 46
10th Percentile £27,300 £25,025 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £30,000 £31,250
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £43,750 £38,750 £38,438
90th Percentile £60,000 £43,701 £40,000
South West median annual salary £35,000 £32,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year +9.38% -3.03% +1.54%

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 2,053 530 1,211
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.22% 94.31% 96.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,356 369 840
10th Percentile £30,125 £27,250 £29,900
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £78,875
South West median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -8.41%

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 26 August 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 26 August 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 -16 30 £40,000 +48.84% 4
Cheltenham -25 17 £50,000 - 1
Cirencester - 8 - -
Tewkesbury - 5 £28,000 -
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 26 August 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 40 (50.63%) Microsoft
2 36 (45.57%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (35.44%) Windows
4 24 (30.38%) Customer Service
4 24 (30.38%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (29.11%) Active Directory
6 18 (22.78%) Microsoft Exchange
7 16 (20.25%) Cybersecurity
8 15 (18.99%) Microsoft Intune
9 14 (17.72%) Azure
9 14 (17.72%) Continuous Improvement
9 14 (17.72%) Entra ID
9 14 (17.72%) Wireless
10 13 (16.46%) DNS
11 12 (15.19%) VMware
11 12 (15.19%) VMware Infrastructure
11 12 (15.19%) VPN
12 11 (13.92%) Degree
12 11 (13.92%) DHCP
12 11 (13.92%) Firewall
12 11 (13.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 10 (12.66%) Windows Server
14 9 (11.39%) Collaborative Culture
15 8 (10.13%) Hyper-V
15 8 (10.13%) Logistics
15 8 (10.13%) Mac OS
15 8 (10.13%) Microsoft Office
15 8 (10.13%) Project Delivery
16 7 (8.86%) Customer Experience
16 7 (8.86%) Linux

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 18 (22.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.80%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (10.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (3.80%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 24 (30.38%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (17.72%) Azure
2 14 (17.72%) Entra ID
3 4 (5.06%) AWS
4 1 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 14 (17.72%) Wireless
2 13 (16.46%) DNS
3 12 (15.19%) VPN
4 11 (13.92%) DHCP
4 11 (13.92%) Firewall
5 7 (8.86%) TCP/IP
6 6 (7.59%) Network Security
6 6 (7.59%) Remote Desktop
7 5 (6.33%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (5.06%) LAN
8 4 (5.06%) VLAN
8 4 (5.06%) WAN
9 1 (1.27%) Unified Communications
General
1 24 (30.38%) Social Skills
2 10 (12.66%) Manufacturing
3 6 (7.59%) Aerospace
4 5 (6.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (6.33%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (5.06%) Advertising
6 3 (3.80%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.80%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 14 (17.72%) Driving Licence
2 7 (8.86%) Onboarding
3 5 (6.33%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (5.06%) Management Information System
4 4 (5.06%) Public Cloud
4 4 (5.06%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (2.53%) Replication
6 1 (1.27%) Apple TV
6 1 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 28 (35.44%) Windows
2 10 (12.66%) Windows Server
3 8 (10.13%) Mac OS
4 7 (8.86%) Linux
5 6 (7.59%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (45.57%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (30.38%) Customer Service
3 16 (20.25%) Cybersecurity
4 14 (17.72%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (13.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 9 (11.39%) Collaborative Culture
7 8 (10.13%) Logistics
7 8 (10.13%) Project Delivery
8 7 (8.86%) Customer Experience
9 6 (7.59%) Mentoring
9 6 (7.59%) Root Cause Analysis
10 4 (5.06%) Server Management
10 4 (5.06%) Tech Ops
11 3 (3.80%) CRM
11 3 (3.80%) Decision-Making
11 3 (3.80%) ITIL
11 3 (3.80%) Service Desk Management
12 2 (2.53%) Disaster Recovery
12 2 (2.53%) Incident Management
12 2 (2.53%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.53%) SQL
2 1 (1.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (13.92%) Degree
2 4 (5.06%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 3 (3.80%) HND
4 2 (2.53%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.53%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (2.53%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.27%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.06%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (5.06%) GDPR
1 4 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 23 (29.11%) Active Directory
2 12 (15.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (10.13%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.53%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (18.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.53%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 40 (50.63%) Microsoft
2 12 (15.19%) VMware
3 6 (7.59%) Veeam
4 5 (6.33%) Dell
4 5 (6.33%) HP
5 4 (5.06%) Apple
6 2 (2.53%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.27%) Cisco
7 1 (1.27%) Meraki