Support Engineer Jobs in Manchester

Support Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Support Engineer salary in Manchester is £33,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 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
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 162 152
Rank change year-on-year +41 -10 +36
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 49 67 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 1.99% 1.14% 1.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.19% 1.20% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 41 63 51
10th Percentile £27,000 £23,050 £25,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £26,625 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £30,000 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.67% -10.45% +4.69%
75th Percentile £43,750 £33,750 £40,750
90th Percentile £58,000 £49,000 £49,700
North West median annual salary £39,500 £28,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year +38.60% -3.39% -4.84%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 2,239 5,605 3,973
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.05% 95.11% 92.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,330 4,096 2,578
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,988 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,886 £67,968 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,822 £80,000 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Manchester

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Support Engineer in Manchester

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Manchester over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

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 4 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
Stockport +15 7 £32,500 +14.04% 15
Heywood - 1 £23,000 -
Support Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 4 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 Manchester region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 19 (38.78%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (34.69%) Microsoft
2 17 (34.69%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (30.61%) Linux
3 15 (30.61%) Social Skills
4 12 (24.49%) Azure
5 11 (22.45%) Windows
6 10 (20.41%) Manufacturing
6 10 (20.41%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (18.37%) Driving Licence
7 9 (18.37%) Logistics
8 8 (16.33%) Degree
8 8 (16.33%) AWS
9 7 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (12.24%) DevOps
10 6 (12.24%) ITIL
10 6 (12.24%) SQL
10 6 (12.24%) Active Directory
10 6 (12.24%) AutoCAD
10 6 (12.24%) Entra ID
11 5 (10.20%) Preventative Maintenance
11 5 (10.20%) Autodesk Inventor
11 5 (10.20%) Task Automation
11 5 (10.20%) Analytical Thinking
11 5 (10.20%) Vehicle Telematics
11 5 (10.20%) Siemens
11 5 (10.20%) SAP
11 5 (10.20%) HND
11 5 (10.20%) Firewall
11 5 (10.20%) CAD

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.04%) Confluence
2 1 (2.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (12.24%) AutoCAD
2 5 (10.20%) Autodesk Inventor
Cloud Services
1 17 (34.69%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (24.49%) Azure
3 8 (16.33%) AWS
4 6 (12.24%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.08%) GitHub
5 2 (4.08%) IaaS
5 2 (4.08%) PaaS
5 2 (4.08%) SaaS
6 1 (2.04%) GCP
6 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.20%) Firewall
1 5 (10.20%) SSH
2 4 (8.16%) DNS
3 3 (6.12%) HTTP
3 3 (6.12%) VoIP
4 1 (2.04%) DHCP
4 1 (2.04%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.16%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (4.08%) Big Data
2 2 (4.08%) MySQL
3 1 (2.04%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.04%) JIRA
General
1 15 (30.61%) Social Skills
2 10 (20.41%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (20.41%) Manufacturing
3 3 (6.12%) Avionics
3 3 (6.12%) Electronics
3 3 (6.12%) Finance
3 3 (6.12%) Telecoms
4 2 (4.08%) Advertising
4 2 (4.08%) Cantonese Language
4 2 (4.08%) Games
4 2 (4.08%) Law
4 2 (4.08%) Mandarin Language
4 2 (4.08%) Marketing
4 2 (4.08%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.37%) Driving Licence
2 4 (8.16%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (8.16%) Cloud Native
2 4 (8.16%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (6.12%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.08%) CMDB
4 2 (4.08%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (4.08%) Tandem
5 1 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.04%) Life Science
5 1 (2.04%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 15 (30.61%) Linux
2 11 (22.45%) Windows
3 5 (10.20%) Windows 10
4 3 (6.12%) Windows Server
5 2 (4.08%) Mac OS
6 1 (2.04%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.04%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (38.78%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (18.37%) Logistics
3 7 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (12.24%) DevOps
4 6 (12.24%) ITIL
5 5 (10.20%) Analytical Thinking
5 5 (10.20%) CAD
5 5 (10.20%) Incident Management
5 5 (10.20%) Mentoring
5 5 (10.20%) Performance Analysis
5 5 (10.20%) Preventative Maintenance
5 5 (10.20%) Task Automation
5 5 (10.20%) Telematics
5 5 (10.20%) Vehicle Telematics
6 3 (6.12%) Computer Science
7 2 (4.08%) Analytics
7 2 (4.08%) Big Data Analytics
7 2 (4.08%) Game Development
7 2 (4.08%) Resource Management
7 2 (4.08%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.24%) SQL
2 3 (6.12%) PowerShell
2 3 (6.12%) Python
3 2 (4.08%) Bash
3 2 (4.08%) Shell Script
4 1 (2.04%) Go
4 1 (2.04%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (16.33%) Degree
2 5 (10.20%) HND
3 4 (8.16%) SC Cleared
3 4 (8.16%) Security Cleared
4 3 (6.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (4.08%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.04%) A+ Certification
6 1 (2.04%) CCNA
6 1 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.04%) MCSE
6 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.04%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.04%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (12.24%) Active Directory
2 4 (8.16%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.04%) Docker
3 1 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (10.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (6.12%) Kubernetes
3 2 (4.08%) Grafana
3 2 (4.08%) Prometheus
3 2 (4.08%) Terraform
4 1 (2.04%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (34.69%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.20%) SAP
2 5 (10.20%) Siemens
3 2 (4.08%) SolarWinds
3 2 (4.08%) Splunk
4 1 (2.04%) Apple
4 1 (2.04%) Google
4 1 (2.04%) VMware