Support Engineer Jobs in Hertfordshire

Support Engineer
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Support Engineer salary in Hertfordshire is £41,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 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
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 51 76
Rank change year-on-year -3 +25 +17
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 33 70 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 3.89% 3.52% 3.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.07% 3.79% 3.70%
Number of salaries quoted 18 68 51
10th Percentile £30,350 £23,875 £25,500
25th Percentile £35,125 £24,813 £29,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £29,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +39.83% -9.23% -
75th Percentile £43,313 £33,750 £36,250
90th Percentile £43,750 £40,250 £43,750
East of England median annual salary £35,500 £31,000 £31,931
% change year-on-year +14.52% -2.92% -1.75%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 811 1,847 1,540
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.52% 92.77% 85.99%
Number of salaries quoted 453 1,464 782
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,809 £26,942
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,833 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -13.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,438
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +10.00%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Hertfordshire

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Salary trend for Support Engineer in Hertfordshire

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in Hertfordshire

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 Support Engineer within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 21 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
Stevenage +19 8 £41,250 +61.76% 8
Watford -1 5 £42,500 +54.55% 10
Hatfield +15 3 - -
Hemel Hempstead +14 2 £32,500 +30.00% 2
Borehamwood +2 1 - - 1
Hitchin - 1 £45,000 -
Potters Bar - 1 - - 6
Radlett - 1 - -
Cheshunt - 1 - -
Waltham Cross - 1 - -
Support Engineer
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 21 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 Hertfordshire region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 29 (87.88%) Microsoft
2 25 (75.76%) Windows
2 25 (75.76%) Social Skills
3 23 (69.70%) Degree
4 16 (48.48%) Active Directory
5 13 (39.39%) Proactive Monitoring
6 12 (36.36%) Broadcast Engineering
6 12 (36.36%) Post-Production
6 12 (36.36%) Windows Server 2012
6 12 (36.36%) Procure-to-Pay
6 12 (36.36%) Coaching
6 12 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (36.36%) Proactive Maintenance
6 12 (36.36%) Sun
6 12 (36.36%) Broadband
7 11 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (30.30%) ITIL
8 10 (30.30%) SQL
9 9 (27.27%) SharePoint
9 9 (27.27%) Windows 10
10 8 (24.24%) Customer Service
10 8 (24.24%) PowerShell
11 7 (21.21%) Local Government
11 7 (21.21%) FTP
11 7 (21.21%) T-SQL
11 7 (21.21%) SQL Server
11 7 (21.21%) IIS
11 7 (21.21%) Business Intelligence
11 7 (21.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 7 (21.21%) Power Platform

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 9 (27.27%) SharePoint
2 7 (21.21%) IIS
3 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 11 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (21.21%) Power Platform
3 5 (15.15%) Azure
4 3 (9.09%) Amazon ECS
4 3 (9.09%) AWS
4 3 (9.09%) AWS Lambda
4 3 (9.09%) Serverless
5 2 (6.06%) Entra ID
5 2 (6.06%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (36.36%) Broadband
2 7 (21.21%) FTP
3 2 (6.06%) DHCP
3 2 (6.06%) DNS
3 2 (6.06%) Firewall
3 2 (6.06%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (6.06%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.03%) LAN
4 1 (3.03%) Network Security
4 1 (3.03%) VLAN
4 1 (3.03%) VPN
4 1 (3.03%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (21.21%) Power BI
1 7 (21.21%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (21.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 25 (75.76%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.21%) Local Government
3 3 (9.09%) Retail
4 2 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (6.06%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.03%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.09%) .NET
2 1 (3.03%) ServiceStack
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (3.03%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (3.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (75.76%) Windows
2 12 (36.36%) Windows Server 2012
3 9 (27.27%) Windows 10
4 3 (9.09%) Windows Server
5 2 (6.06%) Apple iOS
5 2 (6.06%) Mac OS
6 1 (3.03%) Android
6 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (39.39%) Proactive Monitoring
2 12 (36.36%) Broadcast Engineering
2 12 (36.36%) Coaching
2 12 (36.36%) Post-Production
2 12 (36.36%) Proactive Maintenance
2 12 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (36.36%) Procure-to-Pay
3 10 (30.30%) ITIL
4 8 (24.24%) Customer Service
5 7 (21.21%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (21.21%) High Availability
6 6 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (12.12%) ITSM
8 2 (6.06%) Asset Management
8 2 (6.06%) Cost Reduction
8 2 (6.06%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (6.06%) Line Management
8 2 (6.06%) Mobile Device Management
8 2 (6.06%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 10 (30.30%) SQL
2 8 (24.24%) PowerShell
3 7 (21.21%) T-SQL
4 3 (9.09%) Java
4 3 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (69.70%) Degree
2 4 (12.12%) DBS Check
3 3 (9.09%) HNC
3 3 (9.09%) HND
4 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.03%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.09%) PCI DSS
1 3 (9.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (6.06%) SLA
3 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 16 (48.48%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.03%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.03%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.03%) Autotask
2 1 (3.03%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (87.88%) Microsoft
2 12 (36.36%) Sun
3 2 (6.06%) Apple
4 1 (3.03%) Remedy
4 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.03%) VMware
4 1 (3.03%) WatchGuard