Senior Support Engineer Job Trends in Leicestershire

Senior Support Engineer
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median Senior Support Engineer salary in Leicestershire is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 April 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 - 83
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Support Engineer 1 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicestershire 0.099% - 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% - 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - -
75th Percentile £43,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median annual salary £42,500 - £32,500
% change year-on-year - - -38.41%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Leicestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 972 300 818
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.14% 93.75% 92.74%
Number of salaries quoted 619 165 569
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
75th Percentile £64,875 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £76,500 £64,000 £72,100
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - +5.88% -15.00%

Senior Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Senior Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Senior Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

Salary distribution trend for Senior Support Engineer job vacancies in Leicestershire.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Support Engineer job vacancies in Leicestershire

Senior Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire

For the 6 months to 19 April 2026, Senior 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 Leicestershire region featuring Senior Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) MQTT
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) VMS
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Senior Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) MQTT
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) VMS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft