IT Support Engineer Job Trends in Hertfordshire

IT Support Engineer
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median IT Support Engineer salary in Hertfordshire is £28,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 92 65
Rank change year-on-year +19 -27 +56
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 16 7 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 0.95% 0.59% 0.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 0.69% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 9 7 7
10th Percentile - £25,400 £29,250
25th Percentile £25,250 £26,000 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% - +15.38%
75th Percentile £31,750 £38,750 £38,750
90th Percentile £37,000 - £43,250
East of England median annual salary £29,250 £26,000 £31,250
% change year-on-year +12.50% -16.80% -2.72%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 1,529 1,019 770
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.69% 85.20% 94.71%
Number of salaries quoted 892 469 587
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,370
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £77,500
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -3.23%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

IT Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

IT Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Hertfordshire.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Hertfordshire

IT Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support Engineer in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Support Engineer in Hertfordshire

IT Support Engineer
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Engineer within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Stevenage - 5 £28,500 - 1
Borehamwood - 4 £45,000 - 1
Hitchin - 3 £28,500 - 1
IT Support Engineer
East of England

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, IT 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 Hertfordshire region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (68.75%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (62.50%) Windows
3 7 (43.75%) Active Directory
3 7 (43.75%) Azure
3 7 (43.75%) Entra ID
3 7 (43.75%) Firewall
3 7 (43.75%) Mentoring
3 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
3 7 (43.75%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (43.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (43.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (43.75%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (43.75%) Windows Server
3 7 (43.75%) Windows Server 2016
3 7 (43.75%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (18.75%) Debian
4 3 (18.75%) Linux
4 3 (18.75%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (18.75%) Test Automation
4 3 (18.75%) VPN
4 3 (18.75%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (18.75%) Windows 10

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (43.75%) Azure
1 7 (43.75%) Entra ID
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (43.75%) Firewall
2 3 (18.75%) VPN
2 3 (18.75%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) PostgreSQL
General
1 11 (68.75%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 10 (62.50%) Windows
2 7 (43.75%) Windows Server
2 7 (43.75%) Windows Server 2016
2 7 (43.75%) Windows Server 2019
3 3 (18.75%) Debian
3 3 (18.75%) Linux
3 3 (18.75%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (43.75%) Mentoring
3 3 (18.75%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 7 (43.75%) Active Directory
1 7 (43.75%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft