Support Engineer Jobs in London

Support Engineer
England > London

The median Support Engineer salary in London is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 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
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 199 179 194
Rank change year-on-year -20 +15 +144
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 236 408 649
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.82% 1.73% 1.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.02% 1.83% 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 201 321 569
10th Percentile £30,750 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +5.26% +1.33%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £45,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £73,250 £65,000
England median annual salary £37,500 £32,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year +15.38% -2.99% +1.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 11,677 22,261 33,396
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.14% 94.13% 95.03%
Number of salaries quoted 7,473 16,753 24,565
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,150 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in London

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Support Engineer in London

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in London over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

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 7 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
Central London -15 48 £42,000 +2.75% 14
South London +24 18 £58,250 +71.32% 6
West London +12 12 £47,000 +44.62% 6
East London +3 5 £39,000 +16.42% 3
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 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 London region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 128 (54.24%) Microsoft
2 117 (49.58%) Windows
3 110 (46.61%) Active Directory
4 99 (41.95%) Social Skills
5 97 (41.10%) Microsoft 365
6 92 (38.98%) Azure
7 66 (27.97%) Problem-Solving
8 64 (27.12%) Customer Service
9 62 (26.27%) Windows Server
10 57 (24.15%) SQL
10 57 (24.15%) ITIL
11 47 (19.92%) Degree
12 45 (19.07%) Finance
13 43 (18.22%) Windows 10
14 42 (17.80%) SharePoint
15 41 (17.37%) Linux
15 41 (17.37%) AWS
16 39 (16.53%) Firewall
16 39 (16.53%) Microsoft Intune
17 38 (16.10%) Entra ID
17 38 (16.10%) DNS
18 37 (15.68%) Wi-Fi
19 35 (14.83%) SCCM
20 33 (13.98%) Python
21 32 (13.56%) Microsoft Exchange
22 31 (13.14%) Cisco
23 30 (12.71%) Citrix
24 27 (11.44%) Microsoft Office
25 26 (11.02%) Continuous Improvement
26 24 (10.17%) PowerShell

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 42 (17.80%) SharePoint
2 32 (13.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (4.66%) Confluence
4 5 (2.12%) Kinematics
5 3 (1.27%) IIS
5 3 (1.27%) WordPress
6 1 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 27 (11.44%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (3.39%) SOLIDWORKS
4 7 (2.97%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.12%) Sage 200
1 5 (2.12%) Sage 50
2 3 (1.27%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.85%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.42%) Eikon
4 1 (0.42%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 97 (41.10%) Microsoft 365
2 92 (38.98%) Azure
3 41 (17.37%) AWS
4 38 (16.10%) Entra ID
5 19 (8.05%) OneDrive
6 18 (7.63%) SaaS
7 12 (5.08%) GCP
8 10 (4.24%) Azure Monitor
8 10 (4.24%) Mimecast
9 9 (3.81%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (3.39%) Google Workspace
11 6 (2.54%) Amazon EC2
11 6 (2.54%) Amazon S3
12 5 (2.12%) Power Platform
13 4 (1.69%) Azure App Service
13 4 (1.69%) Azure Storage
13 4 (1.69%) Azure Table
13 4 (1.69%) Serverless
13 4 (1.69%) Slack
14 3 (1.27%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 39 (16.53%) Firewall
2 38 (16.10%) DNS
3 37 (15.68%) Wi-Fi
4 24 (10.17%) DHCP
5 22 (9.32%) LAN
6 20 (8.47%) TCP/IP
7 16 (6.78%) WAN
8 14 (5.93%) VLAN
9 12 (5.08%) VPN
10 11 (4.66%) Internet
11 9 (3.81%) PBX
11 9 (3.81%) Structured Cabling
12 8 (3.39%) Cisco IOS
12 8 (3.39%) SAN
13 7 (2.97%) Wireless
14 6 (2.54%) FTP
14 6 (2.54%) IPv4
14 6 (2.54%) SMTP
15 5 (2.12%) VoIP
16 4 (1.69%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.51%) Relational Database
2 10 (4.24%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (3.81%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.85%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.85%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.85%) Power BI
5 1 (0.42%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.42%) DB2
5 1 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.42%) JasperReports
5 1 (0.42%) MySQL
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.42%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (4.24%) JIRA
2 6 (2.54%) GitLab
3 5 (2.12%) SonarQube
3 5 (2.12%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (1.69%) Git
General
1 99 (41.95%) Social Skills
2 45 (19.07%) Finance
3 23 (9.75%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (5.93%) Front Office
4 14 (5.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (5.51%) Banking
6 8 (3.39%) Aeronautics
6 8 (3.39%) Aerospace
6 8 (3.39%) Aviation
6 8 (3.39%) Back Office
6 8 (3.39%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.97%) French Language
7 7 (2.97%) German Language
7 7 (2.97%) Legal
8 6 (2.54%) Advertising
8 6 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.12%) Retail
10 4 (1.69%) Law
10 4 (1.69%) Marketing
10 4 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.93%) 802.1X
2 6 (2.54%) REST
3 2 (0.85%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.85%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (0.85%) Middleware
3 2 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.42%) .NET
4 1 (0.42%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.42%) Express.js
4 1 (0.42%) Node.js
4 1 (0.42%) Plotly
4 1 (0.42%) React
4 1 (0.42%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.51%) Self-Motivation
2 11 (4.66%) iPhone
2 11 (4.66%) Onboarding
3 9 (3.81%) Data Centre
3 9 (3.81%) Hybrid Cloud
4 8 (3.39%) Linux Command Line
4 8 (3.39%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (2.97%) Fat Client
5 7 (2.97%) Thin Client
6 5 (2.12%) Distributed Computing
7 4 (1.69%) CCTV
7 4 (1.69%) Fibre Optics
7 4 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (1.69%) iPad
8 3 (1.27%) Equities
8 3 (1.27%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.85%) BYOD
9 2 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.85%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.42%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 117 (49.58%) Windows
2 62 (26.27%) Windows Server
3 43 (18.22%) Windows 10
4 41 (17.37%) Linux
5 14 (5.93%) Mac OS
6 11 (4.66%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (3.39%) Android
8 7 (2.97%) Unix
9 6 (2.54%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (2.54%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (1.27%) Mac OS X
10 3 (1.27%) Windows 7
10 3 (1.27%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.85%) AIX
12 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.42%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (27.97%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (27.12%) Customer Service
3 57 (24.15%) ITIL
4 26 (11.02%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (8.47%) DevOps
6 19 (8.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 16 (6.78%) CI/CD
8 15 (6.36%) Fintech
8 15 (6.36%) Service Management
9 14 (5.93%) Change Management
9 14 (5.93%) High Availability
10 13 (5.51%) Incident Management
10 13 (5.51%) Infrastructure as Code
10 13 (5.51%) Mentoring
11 12 (5.08%) Computer Science
11 12 (5.08%) Migration
11 12 (5.08%) Mobile Device Management
11 12 (5.08%) Project Management
11 12 (5.08%) Workflow
12 11 (4.66%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 57 (24.15%) SQL
2 33 (13.98%) Python
3 24 (10.17%) PowerShell
4 11 (4.66%) C#
5 9 (3.81%) Bash
6 8 (3.39%) VB
7 7 (2.97%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.85%) Java
9 1 (0.42%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.42%) Perl
9 1 (0.42%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 47 (19.92%) Degree
2 19 (8.05%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (4.66%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (3.39%) Security Cleared
5 7 (2.97%) CCNA
6 6 (2.54%) Azure Certification
6 6 (2.54%) Network+ Certification
7 5 (2.12%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (1.69%) A+ Certification
9 3 (1.27%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.27%) CCNP
9 3 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.42%) CCENT
10 1 (0.42%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.42%) JNCIP
10 1 (0.42%) MCP
10 1 (0.42%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.20%) SLA
2 4 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.27%) FINRA
4 2 (0.85%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.85%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.85%) QA
5 1 (0.42%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.42%) GDPR
System Software
1 110 (46.61%) Active Directory
2 19 (8.05%) Hyper-V
3 14 (5.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (4.24%) XenApp
5 8 (3.39%) Docker
5 8 (3.39%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (2.54%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (1.69%) XenDesktop
8 3 (1.27%) Firmware
8 3 (1.27%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.42%) VirtualBox
9 1 (0.42%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 39 (16.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (14.83%) SCCM
3 21 (8.90%) Terraform
4 9 (3.81%) Ansible
5 8 (3.39%) Kubernetes
6 6 (2.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 6 (2.54%) WSUS
7 4 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.85%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.85%) Kibana
8 2 (0.85%) logstash
9 1 (0.42%) Grafana
9 1 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.42%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.42%) Puppet
9 1 (0.42%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 128 (54.24%) Microsoft
2 31 (13.14%) Cisco
3 30 (12.71%) Citrix
4 17 (7.20%) Apple
4 17 (7.20%) VMware
5 16 (6.78%) Google
5 16 (6.78%) ServiceNow
6 12 (5.08%) Dell
7 11 (4.66%) SAP
8 10 (4.24%) HP
8 10 (4.24%) Meraki
9 9 (3.81%) Veeam
10 6 (2.54%) Sage
11 4 (1.69%) Databricks
11 4 (1.69%) Fortinet
11 4 (1.69%) Oracle
11 4 (1.69%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.69%) SolarWinds
11 4 (1.69%) Symantec
11 4 (1.69%) Zscaler