Support Engineer Job Trends in Manchester

Support Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Support Engineer salary in Manchester is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 June 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 115 160
Rank change year-on-year +7 +45 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 74 46 67
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.20% 2.00% 1.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.27% 2.20% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 59 38 63
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £23,050
25th Percentile £31,875 £31,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £33,625 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.09% +12.08% -10.45%
75th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £33,750
90th Percentile £52,500 £58,000 £45,000
North West median annual salary £35,000 £39,500 £28,000
% change year-on-year -11.39% +41.07% -5.08%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 5,820 2,093 5,528
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.17% 91.20% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 4,589 1,221 4,196
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,750 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,435 £52,501
Median % change year-on-year +4.47% +9.40% -8.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £67,968
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £80,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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 Manchester.

Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Manchester

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Manchester.

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Manchester

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Manchester over the 6 months to 25 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in Manchester

Support Engineer
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 25 June 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
Bolton - 7 £35,000 - 1
Rochdale - 7 £35,000 - 1
Salford - 4 £50,000 - 1
Bury - 2 £27,500 - 3
Wigan - 1 - -
Altrincham - 1 £50,000 -
Support Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 25 June 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 Manchester region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 36 (48.65%) Windows
2 34 (45.95%) Microsoft
3 30 (40.54%) Azure
4 28 (37.84%) Microsoft 365
5 25 (33.78%) Firewall
6 19 (25.68%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (24.32%) Microsoft Intune
7 18 (24.32%) VPN
7 18 (24.32%) Windows Server
8 17 (22.97%) Active Directory
8 17 (22.97%) DNS
9 16 (21.62%) DHCP
9 16 (21.62%) Entra ID
10 15 (20.27%) Customer Service
11 13 (17.57%) SQL
12 12 (16.22%) VLAN
13 11 (14.86%) Change Management
13 11 (14.86%) Cybersecurity
13 11 (14.86%) High Availability
14 10 (13.51%) Business Continuity
14 10 (13.51%) Cyber Essentials
14 10 (13.51%) Disaster Recovery
14 10 (13.51%) PowerShell
14 10 (13.51%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 10 (13.51%) SaaS
14 10 (13.51%) VMware
15 9 (12.16%) SharePoint
16 8 (10.81%) ITIL
16 8 (10.81%) Microsoft Certification
16 8 (10.81%) SQL Server

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 9 (12.16%) SharePoint
2 6 (8.11%) IIS
3 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 30 (40.54%) Azure
2 28 (37.84%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (21.62%) Entra ID
4 10 (13.51%) SaaS
5 7 (9.46%) AWS
6 5 (6.76%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (6.76%) Intacct
7 1 (1.35%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.35%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.35%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 25 (33.78%) Firewall
2 18 (24.32%) VPN
3 17 (22.97%) DNS
4 16 (21.62%) DHCP
5 12 (16.22%) VLAN
6 7 (9.46%) TCP/IP
6 7 (9.46%) VoIP
7 5 (6.76%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (5.41%) SAN
9 1 (1.35%) Intranet
9 1 (1.35%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.81%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.41%) Browser DevTools
2 2 (2.70%) JIRA
General
1 35 (47.30%) Social Skills
2 8 (10.81%) Manufacturing
2 8 (10.81%) Organisational Skills
3 7 (9.46%) Documentation Skills
4 6 (8.11%) Advertising
5 5 (6.76%) Finance
6 4 (5.41%) Aerospace
6 4 (5.41%) Automotive
6 4 (5.41%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.70%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.11%) Middleware
2 4 (5.41%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 16 (21.62%) Driving Licence
2 7 (9.46%) Video Conferencing
3 6 (8.11%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.70%) CMDB
4 2 (2.70%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Licensing
5 1 (1.35%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (1.35%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 36 (48.65%) Windows
2 18 (24.32%) Windows Server
3 6 (8.11%) Windows 10
4 5 (6.76%) Mac OS
5 3 (4.05%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (4.05%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (25.68%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (20.27%) Customer Service
3 11 (14.86%) Change Management
3 11 (14.86%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (14.86%) High Availability
4 10 (13.51%) Business Continuity
4 10 (13.51%) Disaster Recovery
4 10 (13.51%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 8 (10.81%) ITIL
6 6 (8.11%) Collaborative Culture
6 6 (8.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (8.11%) Server Building
6 6 (8.11%) Server Management
6 6 (8.11%) Server Monitoring
6 6 (8.11%) System Testing
7 5 (6.76%) Analytics
7 5 (6.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (6.76%) Mobile Device Management
7 5 (6.76%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 5 (6.76%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 13 (17.57%) SQL
2 10 (13.51%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.35%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (10.81%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (6.76%) Azure Certification
2 5 (6.76%) Network+ Certification
3 4 (5.41%) NVQ Level 3
4 3 (4.05%) A+ Certification
4 3 (4.05%) Degree
5 2 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.70%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.35%) CCA
6 1 (1.35%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (13.51%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.35%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 17 (22.97%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.11%) Hyper-V
2 6 (8.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (24.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.70%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (2.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 34 (45.95%) Microsoft
2 10 (13.51%) VMware
3 5 (6.76%) Sage
3 5 (6.76%) Ubiquiti
4 3 (4.05%) Facebook
5 2 (2.70%) Fortinet
5 2 (2.70%) Fujitsu
5 2 (2.70%) Virgin Media
6 1 (1.35%) Apple
6 1 (1.35%) BroadSoft
6 1 (1.35%) Cisco
6 1 (1.35%) Dell
6 1 (1.35%) Freshdesk
6 1 (1.35%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.35%) Starlink
6 1 (1.35%) Yealink