IT Support Engineer Job Trends in London

IT Support Engineer
England > London

The median IT Support Engineer salary in London is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 April 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 316 371
Rank change year-on-year +51 +55 +71
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 140 73 121
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.74% 0.57% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.81% 0.62% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 127 51 106
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,500 £27,125
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £31,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £42,000 £53,125 £38,000
90th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £45,750
England median annual salary £32,500 £30,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year +6.56% +1.67% -6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 17,362 11,703 21,364
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.75% 90.66% 94.09%
Number of salaries quoted 11,654 7,547 16,606
10th Percentile £38,500 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £99,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £106,250 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,750
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.59% -9.13%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

IT Support Engineer job vacancy trend in London

IT Support Engineer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in London

IT Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support Engineer in London over the 6 months to 12 April 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Support Engineer in London

IT Support Engineer
Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 12 April 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
Central London +32 46 £34,500 +6.15% 1
West London -5 14 £38,000 - 2
South London +31 8 £37,500 +14.50%
East London - 1 - - 2
IT Support Engineer
England

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 12 April 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 London region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 110 (78.57%) Windows
2 107 (76.43%) Microsoft 365
3 101 (72.14%) Microsoft
4 73 (52.14%) Active Directory
5 57 (40.71%) Windows Server
6 51 (36.43%) Azure
7 49 (35.00%) Microsoft Exchange
7 49 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
8 42 (30.00%) Windows 10
9 40 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
10 36 (25.71%) Entra ID
11 34 (24.29%) DNS
12 33 (23.57%) Microsoft Intune
13 32 (22.86%) DHCP
13 32 (22.86%) ITIL
13 32 (22.86%) Mac OS
14 31 (22.14%) Firewall
15 30 (21.43%) Hyper-V
16 29 (20.71%) Customer Service
17 28 (20.00%) TCP/IP
17 28 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
18 27 (19.29%) LAN
19 26 (18.57%) Google
19 26 (18.57%) Google Workspace
20 25 (17.86%) WAN
20 25 (17.86%) Wi-Fi
20 25 (17.86%) Windows Server 2019
21 24 (17.14%) Degree
22 21 (15.00%) SharePoint
22 21 (15.00%) VoIP

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 49 (35.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (15.00%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.86%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (2.86%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (2.86%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 40 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 107 (76.43%) Microsoft 365
2 51 (36.43%) Azure
3 36 (25.71%) Entra ID
4 26 (18.57%) Google Workspace
5 16 (11.43%) AWS
6 15 (10.71%) SaaS
7 13 (9.29%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.71%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.71%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (24.29%) DNS
2 32 (22.86%) DHCP
3 31 (22.14%) Firewall
4 28 (20.00%) TCP/IP
5 27 (19.29%) LAN
6 25 (17.86%) WAN
6 25 (17.86%) Wi-Fi
7 21 (15.00%) VoIP
8 20 (14.29%) VPN
9 16 (11.43%) VLAN
10 7 (5.00%) Wireless
11 3 (2.14%) Internet
12 2 (1.43%) IPsec
12 2 (1.43%) SSL
13 1 (0.71%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.71%) SQL Server
General
1 54 (38.57%) Social Skills
2 14 (10.00%) Finance
3 11 (7.86%) Legal
3 11 (7.86%) Multimedia
4 9 (6.43%) Law
5 8 (5.71%) Games
5 8 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (4.29%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (2.86%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.14%) Advertising
9 3 (2.14%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.43%) Billing
11 1 (0.71%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.71%) CSS
1 1 (0.71%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.43%) Driving Licence
2 8 (5.71%) Fat Client
2 8 (5.71%) Onboarding
2 8 (5.71%) Thin Client
3 5 (3.57%) Reinsurance
4 4 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (2.86%) iPad
4 4 (2.86%) iPhone
4 4 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.14%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.43%) CCTV
6 2 (1.43%) Social Media
6 2 (1.43%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 2 (1.43%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.71%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.71%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.71%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.71%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 110 (78.57%) Windows
2 57 (40.71%) Windows Server
3 42 (30.00%) Windows 10
4 32 (22.86%) Mac OS
5 28 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
6 25 (17.86%) Windows Server 2019
7 19 (13.57%) Windows Server 2012
8 13 (9.29%) Linux
9 11 (7.86%) Mac OS X
10 9 (6.43%) Apple iOS
11 4 (2.86%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.71%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (22.86%) ITIL
3 29 (20.71%) Customer Service
4 14 (10.00%) Mentoring
5 13 (9.29%) ITSM
6 11 (7.86%) Computer Science
7 10 (7.14%) Change Management
8 9 (6.43%) Asset Management
8 9 (6.43%) Service Delivery
9 8 (5.71%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (5.71%) Line Management
9 8 (5.71%) Problem Management
10 7 (5.00%) Infrastructure as Code
11 6 (4.29%) Process Improvement
12 5 (3.57%) Insurtech
13 4 (2.86%) Cybersecurity
13 4 (2.86%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 4 (2.86%) Server Virtualisation
13 4 (2.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 3 (2.14%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.14%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.71%) C#
2 1 (0.71%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (17.14%) Degree
2 16 (11.43%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (7.14%) DBS Check
4 9 (6.43%) A+ Certification
5 5 (3.57%) CCNA
5 5 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.43%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.43%) MCSA
6 2 (1.43%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.71%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.71%) SLA
2 1 (0.71%) Accessibility
System Software
1 73 (52.14%) Active Directory
2 30 (21.43%) Hyper-V
3 12 (8.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.14%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.71%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 33 (23.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (10.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 10 (7.14%) Autotask
4 7 (5.00%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (5.00%) SCCM
5 4 (2.86%) WSUS
6 2 (1.43%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 101 (72.14%) Microsoft
2 26 (18.57%) Google
3 16 (11.43%) Apple
4 13 (9.29%) VMware
5 11 (7.86%) Datto
5 11 (7.86%) Fortinet
5 11 (7.86%) Fujitsu
5 11 (7.86%) Virgin Media
6 8 (5.71%) Acronis
7 7 (5.00%) HP
8 6 (4.29%) Cisco
8 6 (4.29%) Meraki
9 5 (3.57%) Okta
10 4 (2.86%) ConnectWise
10 4 (2.86%) Dell
11 3 (2.14%) Aruba
11 3 (2.14%) SonicWALL
11 3 (2.14%) Ubiquiti
12 2 (1.43%) Veeam
13 1 (0.71%) Citrix