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 2 March 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 277 362 347
Rank change year-on-year +85 -15 +138
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 114 67 136
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.71% 0.47% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 0.51% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 98 45 120
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - -4.11%
75th Percentile £42,000 £47,500 £38,750
90th Percentile £47,500 £56,750 £47,500
England median annual salary £32,000 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -7.69%

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 14,700 13,030 20,310
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.49% 91.16% 94.36%
Number of salaries quoted 9,766 7,716 16,286
10th Percentile £36,750 £42,200 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.97%

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 2 March 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 2 March 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 +45 45 £32,500 - 3
West London +2 13 £39,000 - 1
South London +41 7 £37,500 +17.19% 3
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 2 March 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 88 (77.19%) Windows
2 78 (68.42%) Microsoft
3 77 (67.54%) Microsoft 365
4 58 (50.88%) Active Directory
5 47 (41.23%) Windows Server
6 43 (37.72%) Windows 10
7 42 (36.84%) Azure
8 38 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
9 33 (28.95%) DNS
9 33 (28.95%) Problem-Solving
10 31 (27.19%) DHCP
11 28 (24.56%) ITIL
11 28 (24.56%) TCP/IP
12 26 (22.81%) Hyper-V
12 26 (22.81%) Mac OS
13 25 (21.93%) Microsoft Office
14 23 (20.18%) LAN
14 23 (20.18%) Microsoft Intune
15 22 (19.30%) Firewall
16 21 (18.42%) Customer Service
16 21 (18.42%) Entra ID
16 21 (18.42%) Google
16 21 (18.42%) Google Workspace
16 21 (18.42%) WAN
16 21 (18.42%) Windows Server 2016
16 21 (18.42%) Windows Server 2019
17 20 (17.54%) VoIP
18 19 (16.67%) VPN
19 18 (15.79%) AWS
19 18 (15.79%) Wi-Fi

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 38 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (11.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 25 (21.93%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.63%) CINEMA 4D
3 1 (0.88%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 77 (67.54%) Microsoft 365
2 42 (36.84%) Azure
3 21 (18.42%) Entra ID
3 21 (18.42%) Google Workspace
4 18 (15.79%) AWS
5 11 (9.65%) SaaS
6 10 (8.77%) OneDrive
7 3 (2.63%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 2 (1.75%) Contentstack
9 1 (0.88%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 33 (28.95%) DNS
2 31 (27.19%) DHCP
3 28 (24.56%) TCP/IP
4 23 (20.18%) LAN
5 22 (19.30%) Firewall
6 21 (18.42%) WAN
7 20 (17.54%) VoIP
8 19 (16.67%) VPN
9 18 (15.79%) Wi-Fi
10 16 (14.04%) VLAN
11 6 (5.26%) Wireless
12 3 (2.63%) Internet
12 3 (2.63%) NAS
12 3 (2.63%) SAN
13 2 (1.75%) Extranet
13 2 (1.75%) Intranet
13 2 (1.75%) IPsec
13 2 (1.75%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.75%) Oracle Database
General
1 39 (34.21%) Social Skills
2 14 (12.28%) Finance
3 11 (9.65%) Multimedia
4 10 (8.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (8.77%) Legal
5 9 (7.89%) Games
6 8 (7.02%) Law
7 6 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (4.39%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (4.39%) Financial Institution
9 4 (3.51%) Billing
10 3 (2.63%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.75%) Advertising
12 1 (0.88%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.75%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.04%) Driving Licence
2 9 (7.89%) Fat Client
2 9 (7.89%) Thin Client
3 8 (7.02%) Onboarding
4 7 (6.14%) CCTV
5 5 (4.39%) Reinsurance
6 4 (3.51%) iPhone
7 3 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.75%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.75%) iPad
8 2 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.75%) Social Media
8 2 (1.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (1.75%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.88%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.88%) Replication
9 1 (0.88%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 88 (77.19%) Windows
2 47 (41.23%) Windows Server
3 43 (37.72%) Windows 10
4 26 (22.81%) Mac OS
5 21 (18.42%) Windows Server 2016
5 21 (18.42%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (11.40%) Windows Server 2012
7 12 (10.53%) Mac OS X
8 11 (9.65%) Linux
9 10 (8.77%) Apple iOS
10 3 (2.63%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (28.95%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (24.56%) ITIL
3 21 (18.42%) Customer Service
4 14 (12.28%) Mentoring
5 13 (11.40%) ITSM
6 9 (7.89%) Line Management
6 9 (7.89%) Problem Management
7 7 (6.14%) Asset Management
7 7 (6.14%) Change Management
7 7 (6.14%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (5.26%) Service Management
9 5 (4.39%) Insurtech
9 5 (4.39%) Service Delivery
10 4 (3.51%) Break/Fix
10 4 (3.51%) Collaborative Working
10 4 (3.51%) Customer Requirements
10 4 (3.51%) Hardware Maintenance
10 4 (3.51%) Infrastructure as Code
10 4 (3.51%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.14%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.75%) C#
2 2 (1.75%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (14.04%) Degree
2 9 (7.89%) DBS Check
3 7 (6.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (3.51%) A+ Certification
4 4 (3.51%) CCNA
4 4 (3.51%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.75%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (1.75%) MCSA
5 2 (1.75%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (12.28%) SLA
2 1 (0.88%) Accessibility
System Software
1 58 (50.88%) Active Directory
2 26 (22.81%) Hyper-V
3 11 (9.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.88%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 23 (20.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (11.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 8 (7.02%) SCCM
4 4 (3.51%) Autotask
4 4 (3.51%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (3.51%) WSUS
5 2 (1.75%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.75%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 78 (68.42%) Microsoft
2 21 (18.42%) Google
3 17 (14.91%) Apple
4 12 (10.53%) VMware
5 11 (9.65%) Fortinet
5 11 (9.65%) Fujitsu
5 11 (9.65%) Virgin Media
6 9 (7.89%) Acronis
6 9 (7.89%) Datto
7 5 (4.39%) Okta
8 4 (3.51%) ConnectWise
9 3 (2.63%) Adobe
10 2 (1.75%) Cisco
10 2 (1.75%) iManage
10 2 (1.75%) Meraki
10 2 (1.75%) Oracle
10 2 (1.75%) Veeam
11 1 (0.88%) Citrix
11 1 (0.88%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.88%) Sophos