Support Engineer Job Trends in London

Support Engineer
England > London

The median Support Engineer salary in London is £41,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 March 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 206 155
Rank change year-on-year +72 -51 +52
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 330 224 425
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.93% 1.68% 1.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.11% 1.84% 2.07%
Number of salaries quoted 280 183 340
10th Percentile £29,500 £30,750 £29,975
25th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.35% +6.25% +5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,750 £78,500 £73,550
England median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -2.99%

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 15,651 12,141 20,579
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.66% 90.87% 94.10%
Number of salaries quoted 10,457 7,587 16,364
10th Percentile £37,375 £42,000 £39,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,500 £75,000 £71,920
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% +4.28% -2.15%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £94,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £121,250 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.84%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Support Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in London

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in London over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in London

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 Support Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 17 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 +50 109 £41,500 -1.78% 4
West London -1 22 £42,000 -10.64% 5
South London +43 14 £80,000 +150.00% 3
East London -14 3 £85,000 +9.68% 3
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 March 2026, 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 174 (52.73%) Windows
2 167 (50.61%) Microsoft
3 166 (50.30%) Microsoft 365
4 128 (38.79%) Azure
5 125 (37.88%) Active Directory
6 99 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
7 77 (23.33%) ITIL
7 77 (23.33%) Microsoft Exchange
7 77 (23.33%) Windows 10
8 69 (20.91%) Windows Server
9 62 (18.79%) Degree
10 60 (18.18%) Customer Service
11 59 (17.88%) DNS
12 50 (15.15%) Entra ID
12 50 (15.15%) Microsoft Intune
13 49 (14.85%) VPN
14 48 (14.55%) DHCP
14 48 (14.55%) PowerShell
15 46 (13.94%) Firewall
15 46 (13.94%) SQL
16 45 (13.64%) SharePoint
16 45 (13.64%) TCP/IP
17 38 (11.52%) Linux
18 37 (11.21%) AWS
18 37 (11.21%) LAN
18 37 (11.21%) Microsoft Office
18 37 (11.21%) SLA
18 37 (11.21%) WAN
18 37 (11.21%) Wi-Fi
19 36 (10.91%) Continuous Improvement

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 77 (23.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 45 (13.64%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.21%) Anypoint
4 3 (0.91%) Confluence
5 2 (0.61%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.61%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.61%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.30%) CMS
6 1 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.30%) IIS
Applications
1 37 (11.21%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 8 (2.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.21%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 166 (50.30%) Microsoft 365
2 128 (38.79%) Azure
3 50 (15.15%) Entra ID
4 37 (11.21%) AWS
5 31 (9.39%) Google Workspace
6 24 (7.27%) SaaS
7 23 (6.97%) Serverless
8 22 (6.67%) Azure Monitor
8 22 (6.67%) Power Platform
9 20 (6.06%) Azure Functions
10 15 (4.55%) Azure Storage
11 14 (4.24%) Azure Logic Apps
11 14 (4.24%) OneDrive
12 13 (3.94%) Azure DevOps
13 12 (3.64%) Power Automate
14 7 (2.12%) Azure Event Grid
14 7 (2.12%) Dynamics 365
14 7 (2.12%) Mimecast
15 6 (1.82%) Datadog
15 6 (1.82%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 59 (17.88%) DNS
2 49 (14.85%) VPN
3 48 (14.55%) DHCP
4 46 (13.94%) Firewall
5 45 (13.64%) TCP/IP
6 37 (11.21%) LAN
6 37 (11.21%) WAN
6 37 (11.21%) Wi-Fi
7 23 (6.97%) VoIP
8 15 (4.55%) VLAN
9 11 (3.33%) Wireless
10 7 (2.12%) SAN
10 7 (2.12%) WebEx
11 5 (1.52%) ADSL
11 5 (1.52%) Internet
12 4 (1.21%) Network Security
12 4 (1.21%) SSL
13 3 (0.91%) IPsec
13 3 (0.91%) NetScaler
14 2 (0.61%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.36%) Power BI
2 16 (4.85%) Azure SQL Database
3 12 (3.64%) SQL Server
4 10 (3.03%) MySQL
5 4 (1.21%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.91%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.61%) DB2
7 2 (0.61%) MariaDB
7 2 (0.61%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.30%) Metadata
8 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (3.33%) JIRA
2 7 (2.12%) Git
2 7 (2.12%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.91%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.61%) GitLab
4 2 (0.61%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.61%) LabVIEW
4 2 (0.61%) Postman
General
1 123 (37.27%) Social Skills
2 64 (19.39%) Finance
3 19 (5.76%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (5.15%) Legal
5 13 (3.94%) Banking
5 13 (3.94%) Law
6 11 (3.33%) Multimedia
6 11 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.73%) Games
9 8 (2.42%) Telecoms
10 7 (2.12%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.82%) Front Office
12 5 (1.52%) Electronics
12 5 (1.52%) Marketing
13 4 (1.21%) Advertising
13 4 (1.21%) Billing
13 4 (1.21%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.21%) Retail
14 3 (0.91%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.45%) .NET
2 11 (3.33%) REST
3 10 (3.03%) SOAP
3 10 (3.03%) Web Services
4 9 (2.73%) .NET Core
5 7 (2.12%) WPF
6 5 (1.52%) RESTful
7 4 (1.21%) ADO
7 4 (1.21%) JSON
7 4 (1.21%) OAuth
7 4 (1.21%) SAML
7 4 (1.21%) XML
7 4 (1.21%) YAML
8 3 (0.91%) LAMP
8 3 (0.91%) LDAP
9 2 (0.61%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.61%) LAPP Stack
9 2 (0.61%) React
9 2 (0.61%) WebSphere MQ
10 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 25 (7.58%) Onboarding
2 19 (5.76%) Driving Licence
3 10 (3.03%) Data Centre
3 10 (3.03%) Fat Client
3 10 (3.03%) Thin Client
4 9 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.12%) PKI
6 6 (1.82%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (1.52%) iPhone
7 5 (1.52%) Reinsurance
8 4 (1.21%) Acoustics
8 4 (1.21%) CCTV
8 4 (1.21%) Hedge funds
8 4 (1.21%) IoT
8 4 (1.21%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.21%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (0.91%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.91%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 174 (52.73%) Windows
2 77 (23.33%) Windows 10
3 69 (20.91%) Windows Server
4 38 (11.52%) Linux
5 28 (8.48%) Mac OS
6 27 (8.18%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (7.58%) Windows Server 2019
8 17 (5.15%) Windows Server 2012
9 14 (4.24%) Mac OS X
10 13 (3.94%) VMS
11 10 (3.03%) Apple iOS
12 9 (2.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 9 (2.73%) Unix
13 5 (1.52%) Windows 7
14 3 (0.91%) CentOS
14 3 (0.91%) Rocky
14 3 (0.91%) Ubuntu
15 2 (0.61%) Android
15 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 77 (23.33%) ITIL
3 60 (18.18%) Customer Service
4 36 (10.91%) Continuous Improvement
5 33 (10.00%) Incident Management
5 33 (10.00%) ITSM
6 27 (8.18%) Problem Management
7 23 (6.97%) CI/CD
8 22 (6.67%) Analytics
9 21 (6.36%) Log Analytics
10 20 (6.06%) Change Management
10 20 (6.06%) Root Cause Analysis
10 20 (6.06%) Service Management
11 18 (5.45%) Business Intelligence
11 18 (5.45%) Runbook
12 17 (5.15%) Migration
13 16 (4.85%) DevOps
13 16 (4.85%) Infrastructure as Code
14 15 (4.55%) Incident Response
14 15 (4.55%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (14.55%) PowerShell
2 46 (13.94%) SQL
3 28 (8.48%) Python
4 23 (6.97%) C#
5 12 (3.64%) Bash
5 12 (3.64%) Kusto Query Language
6 7 (2.12%) JavaScript
6 7 (2.12%) Shell Script
7 5 (1.52%) PL/SQL
8 4 (1.21%) Java
8 4 (1.21%) PHP
9 3 (0.91%) Google Apps Script
10 2 (0.61%) Bicep
11 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.30%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 62 (18.79%) Degree
2 25 (7.58%) Microsoft Certification
3 14 (4.24%) Security Cleared
4 12 (3.64%) A+ Certification
5 9 (2.73%) DBS Check
5 9 (2.73%) HND
6 7 (2.12%) CCNA
6 7 (2.12%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.82%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.82%) MCSA
7 6 (1.82%) SC Cleared
8 5 (1.52%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.21%) MCDST
9 4 (1.21%) MCITP
9 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 4 (1.21%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (0.91%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (11.21%) SLA
2 8 (2.42%) GDPR
3 6 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.82%) SOC 2
4 5 (1.52%) QA
5 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
System Software
1 125 (37.88%) Active Directory
2 33 (10.00%) Hyper-V
3 26 (7.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (3.33%) Docker
5 9 (2.73%) vSphere
6 6 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.61%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.61%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.30%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 50 (15.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (5.15%) SCCM
3 16 (4.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 14 (4.24%) Kubernetes
5 12 (3.64%) Ansible
5 12 (3.64%) Terraform
6 11 (3.33%) WSUS
7 9 (2.73%) Grafana
8 7 (2.12%) Kibana
9 5 (1.52%) FortiGate
10 4 (1.21%) Autotask
10 4 (1.21%) Cisco CUCM
10 4 (1.21%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (1.21%) ServiceCenter
11 3 (0.91%) Nagios
11 3 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.61%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.61%) SCOM
12 2 (0.61%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 167 (50.61%) Microsoft
2 30 (9.09%) Google
3 29 (8.79%) VMware
4 26 (7.88%) Apple
5 14 (4.24%) Cisco
5 14 (4.24%) Fortinet
6 13 (3.94%) HP
7 11 (3.33%) Bloomberg
7 11 (3.33%) Citrix
7 11 (3.33%) Fujitsu
7 11 (3.33%) Salesforce
7 11 (3.33%) ServiceNow
7 11 (3.33%) Virgin Media
8 10 (3.03%) Dell
9 9 (2.73%) Acronis
9 9 (2.73%) Datto
10 8 (2.42%) McAfee
10 8 (2.42%) Meraki
11 7 (2.12%) Oracle
11 7 (2.12%) SAP