Support Engineer Jobs in London

Support Engineer
England > London

The median Support Engineer salary in London is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 160 197 161
Rank change year-on-year +37 -36 +216
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 302 375 643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 2.28% 1.57% 2.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.49% 1.67% 2.28%
Number of salaries quoted 209 298 570
10th Percentile £30,400 £28,025 £29,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £31,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% -2.60%
75th Percentile £53,750 £48,563 £47,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £71,250
England median annual salary £38,000 £32,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year +16.92% -4.41% -

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 12,136 22,516 28,169
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.59% 94.39% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 7,426 16,449 22,023
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £54,538 £50,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,159 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.51% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £97,500 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 9 July 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 9 July 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 -30 45 £37,750 -9.04% 18
South London +34 42 £51,500 +51.47% 4
West London +21 30 £42,500 +30.77% 11
East London -2 13 £39,000 +4.00% 4
North London -12 7 - -
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 July 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.

1 206 (68.21%) Microsoft
2 186 (61.59%) Windows
3 177 (58.61%) Social Skills
4 171 (56.62%) Active Directory
5 105 (34.77%) Degree
6 99 (32.78%) Azure
6 99 (32.78%) Microsoft 365
7 77 (25.50%) Proactive Monitoring
8 76 (25.17%) Problem-Solving
9 74 (24.50%) Customer Service
10 70 (23.18%) Windows Server 2012
11 69 (22.85%) Sun
12 68 (22.52%) Proactive Maintenance
13 67 (22.19%) Post-Production
13 67 (22.19%) Broadcast Engineering
13 67 (22.19%) Procure-to-Pay
13 67 (22.19%) Coaching
13 67 (22.19%) Broadband
14 60 (19.87%) Windows Server
15 48 (15.89%) SharePoint
16 46 (15.23%) Firewall
17 44 (14.57%) SQL
18 41 (13.58%) AWS
19 39 (12.91%) ITIL
20 38 (12.58%) Wi-Fi
20 38 (12.58%) Entra ID
21 36 (11.92%) Microsoft Intune
22 34 (11.26%) Continuous Improvement
23 33 (10.93%) Windows 10
24 32 (10.60%) Linux

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 48 (15.89%) SharePoint
2 22 (7.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (3.97%) Confluence
4 5 (1.66%) Kinematics
5 3 (0.99%) IIS
5 3 (0.99%) WordPress
6 1 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 26 (8.61%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.65%) SOLIDWORKS
4 7 (2.32%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.33%) Notion
Business Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.33%) Eikon
1 1 (0.33%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.33%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 99 (32.78%) Azure
1 99 (32.78%) Microsoft 365
2 41 (13.58%) AWS
3 38 (12.58%) Entra ID
4 28 (9.27%) OneDrive
5 22 (7.28%) SaaS
6 13 (4.30%) Mimecast
7 11 (3.64%) GCP
7 11 (3.64%) Google Workspace
8 10 (3.31%) Azure Monitor
9 9 (2.98%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.32%) IaaS
11 6 (1.99%) Amazon EC2
11 6 (1.99%) Amazon S3
11 6 (1.99%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (1.99%) Slack
12 5 (1.66%) Power Platform
13 4 (1.32%) Azure App Service
13 4 (1.32%) Azure Storage
13 4 (1.32%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 67 (22.19%) Broadband
2 46 (15.23%) Firewall
3 38 (12.58%) Wi-Fi
4 25 (8.28%) DNS
5 24 (7.95%) LAN
6 20 (6.62%) TCP/IP
7 18 (5.96%) WAN
8 16 (5.30%) DHCP
8 16 (5.30%) VPN
9 11 (3.64%) Internet
10 8 (2.65%) VLAN
10 8 (2.65%) Wireless
11 5 (1.66%) PBX
11 5 (1.66%) Structured Cabling
12 4 (1.32%) VoIP
13 3 (0.99%) Cisco ASA
13 3 (0.99%) SSL
14 2 (0.66%) 4G
14 2 (0.66%) Cisco IOS
14 2 (0.66%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.98%) Relational Database
2 8 (2.65%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.66%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.66%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.66%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.66%) Power BI
6 1 (0.33%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.33%) DB2
6 1 (0.33%) JasperReports
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (4.64%) JIRA
2 5 (1.66%) GitLab
2 5 (1.66%) SonarQube
2 5 (1.66%) Sonatype Nexus
3 4 (1.32%) Git
4 1 (0.33%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.33%) Fiddler
General
1 177 (58.61%) Social Skills
2 31 (10.26%) Finance
3 24 (7.95%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (4.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (3.31%) Banking
6 9 (2.98%) Front Office
6 9 (2.98%) Manufacturing
6 9 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (2.65%) Advertising
7 8 (2.65%) Aeronautics
7 8 (2.65%) Aerospace
7 8 (2.65%) Aviation
8 6 (1.99%) Back Office
9 5 (1.66%) French Language
9 5 (1.66%) German Language
9 5 (1.66%) Marketing
10 4 (1.32%) Legal
10 4 (1.32%) Retail
11 3 (0.99%) Games
11 3 (0.99%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.64%) 802.1X
2 6 (1.99%) REST
3 3 (0.99%) FIX Protocol
4 2 (0.66%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.33%) Express.js
5 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.33%) Middleware
5 1 (0.33%) Node.js
5 1 (0.33%) OAuth
5 1 (0.33%) OpenID
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.33%) React
5 1 (0.33%) SAML
5 1 (0.33%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.95%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (6.29%) iPhone
3 10 (3.31%) Video Conferencing
4 9 (2.98%) Fat Client
4 9 (2.98%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (2.98%) Linux Command Line
4 9 (2.98%) Thin Client
5 8 (2.65%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.65%) Public Cloud
6 7 (2.32%) CCTV
6 7 (2.32%) Driving Licence
7 6 (1.99%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.99%) iPad
8 5 (1.66%) Distributed Computing
8 5 (1.66%) Smartphone
9 4 (1.32%) Equities
9 4 (1.32%) Fibre Optics
9 4 (1.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.66%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 186 (61.59%) Windows
2 70 (23.18%) Windows Server 2012
3 60 (19.87%) Windows Server
4 33 (10.93%) Windows 10
5 32 (10.60%) Linux
6 16 (5.30%) Mac OS
7 9 (2.98%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (1.32%) Apple iOS
8 4 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.99%) Android
9 3 (0.99%) Unix
9 3 (0.99%) Windows 7
9 3 (0.99%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.66%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (25.50%) Proactive Monitoring
2 76 (25.17%) Problem-Solving
3 74 (24.50%) Customer Service
4 68 (22.52%) Proactive Maintenance
5 67 (22.19%) Broadcast Engineering
5 67 (22.19%) Coaching
5 67 (22.19%) Post-Production
5 67 (22.19%) Procure-to-Pay
6 39 (12.91%) ITIL
7 34 (11.26%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (6.62%) Service Management
9 17 (5.63%) DevOps
9 17 (5.63%) High Availability
10 16 (5.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 15 (4.97%) CI/CD
11 15 (4.97%) Computer Science
11 15 (4.97%) ITSM
11 15 (4.97%) Mobile Device Management
11 15 (4.97%) Password Management
12 14 (4.64%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (14.57%) SQL
2 31 (10.26%) PowerShell
3 22 (7.28%) Python
4 13 (4.30%) Bash
5 11 (3.64%) C#
6 8 (2.65%) VB
7 7 (2.32%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.32%) Java
9 2 (0.66%) VBA
10 1 (0.33%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 105 (34.77%) Degree
2 11 (3.64%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (2.65%) Security Cleared
4 6 (1.99%) Azure Certification
5 3 (0.99%) A+ Certification
5 3 (0.99%) AWS Certification
5 3 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.33%) CCENT
7 1 (0.33%) CCNA
7 1 (0.33%) CCNP
7 1 (0.33%) HNC
7 1 (0.33%) HND
7 1 (0.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.33%) JNCIP
7 1 (0.33%) MCSA
7 1 (0.33%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.33%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.64%) SLA
2 7 (2.32%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.99%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.66%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.66%) QA
System Software
1 171 (56.62%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.97%) Hyper-V
2 12 (3.97%) XenApp
3 7 (2.32%) Docker
4 6 (1.99%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.99%) XenDesktop
6 2 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.66%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.33%) Firmware
7 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 36 (11.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (7.28%) SCCM
3 21 (6.95%) Terraform
4 9 (2.98%) Kubernetes
5 8 (2.65%) Ansible
6 7 (2.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.66%) Control-M
8 2 (0.66%) Kibana
8 2 (0.66%) logstash
9 1 (0.33%) Plesk
Vendors
1 206 (68.21%) Microsoft
2 69 (22.85%) Sun
3 24 (7.95%) Cisco
4 22 (7.28%) ServiceNow
5 19 (6.29%) Citrix
6 18 (5.96%) Google
7 15 (4.97%) Apple
8 12 (3.97%) SAP
9 11 (3.64%) Dell
10 10 (3.31%) Meraki
11 9 (2.98%) VMware
12 8 (2.65%) HP
13 7 (2.32%) Databricks
14 5 (1.66%) Polycom
14 5 (1.66%) Siemens
14 5 (1.66%) Zscaler
15 4 (1.32%) Bloomberg
16 3 (0.99%) CheckPoint
16 3 (0.99%) Salesforce
16 3 (0.99%) TOWER Software