Support Engineer Jobs in Hampshire

Support Engineer
South East > Hampshire

The median Support Engineer salary in Hampshire is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 67 51
Rank change year-on-year +15 -16 +68
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 77 147 154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 3.81% 3.67% 5.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.00% 3.89% 5.71%
Number of salaries quoted 72 140 122
10th Percentile £25,575 £25,475 £25,400
25th Percentile £28,375 £27,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £30,450
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +14.94% +1.50%
75th Percentile £53,125 £47,250 £36,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £52,500 £51,925
South East median annual salary £37,500 £34,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year +8.70% +9.52% -3.08%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 1,925 3,782 2,696
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.20% 94.53% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,209 2,960 2,011
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,975 £28,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Job postings that featured Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Hampshire

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in Hampshire.

Salary trend for Support Engineer in Hampshire

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Hampshire over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in Hampshire

Support Engineer
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 14 May 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
Basingstoke +13 20 £57,500 +23.66% 6
Southampton +28 17 £30,000 -18.92% 10
Fareham +23 14 £29,000 +1.75% 4
Farnborough -8 3 £28,000 +2.75% 2
Winchester +13 2 £29,000 +16.00% 2
Portsmouth -10 2 £32,500 -32.99%
Tadley - 2 £45,000 - 2
Support Engineer
South East

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, Support Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Hampshire region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 49 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 38 (49.35%) Windows
3 33 (42.86%) Active Directory
4 32 (41.56%) Azure
5 27 (35.06%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (28.57%) Windows Server
6 22 (28.57%) Social Skills
6 22 (28.57%) PowerShell
7 21 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (25.97%) Security Cleared
8 20 (25.97%) AWS
9 19 (24.68%) VMware Infrastructure
9 19 (24.68%) VMware
9 19 (24.68%) Customer Service
10 18 (23.38%) DV Cleared
11 17 (22.08%) Hyper-V
11 17 (22.08%) Firewall
11 17 (22.08%) HP
12 16 (20.78%) DNS
13 15 (19.48%) Google
14 14 (18.18%) Incident Management
14 14 (18.18%) Clustering
14 14 (18.18%) Citrix
14 14 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
15 13 (16.88%) Linux
15 13 (16.88%) DHCP
15 13 (16.88%) VMware ESXi
15 13 (16.88%) vCenter Server
15 13 (16.88%) High Availability
15 13 (16.88%) vMotion

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (6.49%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.60%) Confluence
3 2 (2.60%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (2.60%) Office Communications Server
3 2 (2.60%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (2.60%) Skype for Business
4 1 (1.30%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (1.30%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (1.30%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (1.30%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (7.79%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (6.49%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 32 (41.56%) Azure
2 27 (35.06%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (25.97%) AWS
4 10 (12.99%) GCP
5 8 (10.39%) Entra ID
6 7 (9.09%) Power Platform
7 6 (7.79%) OpenShift
8 5 (6.49%) Mimecast
9 2 (2.60%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (22.08%) Firewall
2 16 (20.78%) DNS
3 13 (16.88%) DHCP
4 9 (11.69%) VLAN
5 7 (9.09%) SAN
5 7 (9.09%) SMTP
5 7 (9.09%) VoIP
6 6 (7.79%) NAS
6 6 (7.79%) Network Security
6 6 (7.79%) Remote Desktop
6 6 (7.79%) VSAN
7 5 (6.49%) Broadband
8 4 (5.19%) LAN
8 4 (5.19%) WAN
8 4 (5.19%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (3.90%) BGP
9 3 (3.90%) EIGRP
9 3 (3.90%) IPsec
9 3 (3.90%) OSPF
9 3 (3.90%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.79%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (2.60%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.60%) JIRA
General
1 22 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 12 (15.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (12.99%) Telecoms
4 5 (6.49%) Electronics
5 2 (2.60%) Retail
6 1 (1.30%) Advertising
6 1 (1.30%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.60%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 14 (18.18%) Clustering
2 9 (11.69%) PKI
3 6 (7.79%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (6.49%) Driving Licence
4 5 (6.49%) Onboarding
4 5 (6.49%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (2.60%) Replication
6 1 (1.30%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 38 (49.35%) Windows
2 22 (28.57%) Windows Server
3 13 (16.88%) Linux
4 3 (3.90%) Windows 7
4 3 (3.90%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (2.60%) Mac OS
5 2 (2.60%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (24.68%) Customer Service
3 14 (18.18%) Incident Management
4 13 (16.88%) High Availability
5 12 (15.58%) Task Automation
6 10 (12.99%) CRM
7 8 (10.39%) ITIL
8 7 (9.09%) Email Filtering
8 7 (9.09%) ERP
8 7 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 7 (9.09%) Kalman Filter
8 7 (9.09%) Logistics
9 6 (7.79%) Application Virtualisation
9 6 (7.79%) Configuration Management
9 6 (7.79%) Disk Encryption
9 6 (7.79%) RBAC
9 6 (7.79%) Security Hardening
9 6 (7.79%) Virtual Environments
9 6 (7.79%) Virtual Infrastructure
10 5 (6.49%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 9 (11.69%) SQL
3 7 (9.09%) Python
4 5 (6.49%) Java
Qualifications
1 20 (25.97%) Security Cleared
2 18 (23.38%) DV Cleared
3 6 (7.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 5 (6.49%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (6.49%) SC Cleared
5 4 (5.19%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (5.19%) Degree
6 1 (1.30%) CCNA
6 1 (1.30%) MCITP
6 1 (1.30%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.90%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 19 (24.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (22.08%) Hyper-V
4 13 (16.88%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (15.58%) Docker
5 12 (15.58%) vSphere
6 7 (9.09%) BitLocker
6 7 (9.09%) Microsoft App-V
6 7 (9.09%) Terminal Services
7 2 (2.60%) ISA Server
7 2 (2.60%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (1.30%) XenApp
8 1 (1.30%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 13 (16.88%) vCenter Server
1 13 (16.88%) vMotion
2 12 (15.58%) Ansible
2 12 (15.58%) Kubernetes
2 12 (15.58%) Puppet
3 6 (7.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (7.79%) Nagios
3 6 (7.79%) PowerCLI
3 6 (7.79%) vRealize
4 3 (3.90%) FortiGate
5 2 (2.60%) Proxmox
6 1 (1.30%) SCCM
Vendors
1 49 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 19 (24.68%) VMware
3 17 (22.08%) HP
4 15 (19.48%) Google
5 14 (18.18%) Citrix
6 12 (15.58%) Cisco
7 7 (9.09%) Symantec
8 6 (7.79%) Juniper
8 6 (7.79%) Meraki
8 6 (7.79%) Veeam
9 5 (6.49%) SAP
10 4 (5.19%) Dell
10 4 (5.19%) Fortinet
11 3 (3.90%) Draytek
11 3 (3.90%) Ubiquiti
11 3 (3.90%) WatchGuard
12 2 (2.60%) Sun
13 1 (1.30%) Aruba
13 1 (1.30%) Ruckus Wireless