Support Engineer Job Trends in Manchester

Support Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Support Engineer salary in Manchester is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 October 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 74 148
Rank change year-on-year -31 +74 -42
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 107 71 32
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.39% 3.04% 0.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.48% 3.34% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 87 62 23
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £27,350
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £30,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £33,750 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -3.57% +12.90%
75th Percentile £53,750 £38,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £60,200 £52,250 £50,000
North West median annual salary £35,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +1.43% +7.69% -

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 7,210 2,123 3,667
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 90.88% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 5,414 1,284 1,907
10th Percentile £32,750 £28,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £85,000 £84,850
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 15 October 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 15 October 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 - 10 £35,000 - 2
Rochdale - 7 £45,000 -
Bury - 3 £29,000 - 1
Cheadle - 2 £26,000 -
Salford - 2 £50,000 -
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 15 October 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 52 (48.60%) Microsoft
2 37 (34.58%) Microsoft 365
2 37 (34.58%) Windows
3 29 (27.10%) Entra ID
3 29 (27.10%) Firewall
4 28 (26.17%) Active Directory
4 28 (26.17%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (20.56%) Azure
6 21 (19.63%) PowerShell
7 20 (18.69%) Change Management
7 20 (18.69%) Microsoft Exchange
8 19 (17.76%) Identity Access Management
8 19 (17.76%) VMware
9 17 (15.89%) Customer Service
9 17 (15.89%) VPN
10 14 (13.08%) DHCP
10 14 (13.08%) DNS
10 14 (13.08%) Problem Management
10 14 (13.08%) Windows Server
11 12 (11.21%) Change Control
11 12 (11.21%) ITIL
11 12 (11.21%) SQL
11 12 (11.21%) TCP/IP
12 11 (10.28%) High Availability
12 11 (10.28%) SharePoint
12 11 (10.28%) SQL Server
13 10 (9.35%) Business Continuity
13 10 (9.35%) Disaster Recovery
13 10 (9.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 10 (9.35%) Microsoft Intune

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 20 (18.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (10.28%) SharePoint
3 8 (7.48%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 37 (34.58%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (27.10%) Entra ID
3 22 (20.56%) Azure
4 9 (8.41%) AWS
5 7 (6.54%) Microsoft Copilot
5 7 (6.54%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (2.80%) IaaS
7 2 (1.87%) SaaS
8 1 (0.93%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.93%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 29 (27.10%) Firewall
2 17 (15.89%) VPN
3 14 (13.08%) DHCP
3 14 (13.08%) DNS
4 12 (11.21%) TCP/IP
5 6 (5.61%) VLAN
6 4 (3.74%) VoIP
6 4 (3.74%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (2.80%) BGP
7 3 (2.80%) Cisco Firepower
7 3 (2.80%) LAN
7 3 (2.80%) OSPF
7 3 (2.80%) SSL
7 3 (2.80%) WAN
7 3 (2.80%) Wireless
8 2 (1.87%) SAN
9 1 (0.93%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (10.28%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.87%) JIRA
2 1 (0.93%) Browser DevTools
General
1 36 (33.64%) Social Skills
2 10 (9.35%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (9.35%) Manufacturing
3 9 (8.41%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (6.54%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (5.61%) German Language
6 4 (3.74%) Advertising
7 3 (2.80%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.80%) Automotive
8 2 (1.87%) Finance
9 1 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.48%) Middleware
2 3 (2.80%) OpenID
2 3 (2.80%) SAML
3 1 (0.93%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 19 (17.76%) Onboarding
2 10 (9.35%) Video Conferencing
3 9 (8.41%) Driving Licence
4 5 (4.67%) Management Information System
4 5 (4.67%) PKI
5 4 (3.74%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.80%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Licensing
7 2 (1.87%) CMDB
8 1 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 37 (34.58%) Windows
2 14 (13.08%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.80%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.87%) macOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (26.17%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (18.69%) Change Management
3 19 (17.76%) Identity Access Management
4 17 (15.89%) Customer Service
5 14 (13.08%) Problem Management
6 12 (11.21%) Change Control
6 12 (11.21%) ITIL
7 11 (10.28%) High Availability
8 10 (9.35%) Business Continuity
8 10 (9.35%) Disaster Recovery
8 10 (9.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 9 (8.41%) Infrastructure Transformation
10 8 (7.48%) Information Security
10 8 (7.48%) Server Building
10 8 (7.48%) Server Management
10 8 (7.48%) Server Monitoring
10 8 (7.48%) System Testing
11 7 (6.54%) Client Onboarding
11 7 (6.54%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (6.54%) Knowledge Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (19.63%) PowerShell
2 12 (11.21%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (5.61%) Degree
2 4 (3.74%) DBS Check
2 4 (3.74%) NVQ Level 3
3 3 (2.80%) A+ Certification
3 3 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (2.80%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.87%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.93%) CCA
5 1 (0.93%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.80%) SLA
3 1 (0.93%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (0.93%) GRC
System Software
1 28 (26.17%) Active Directory
2 8 (7.48%) Hyper-V
2 8 (7.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.93%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.93%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (9.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.74%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (2.80%) Autotask
3 3 (2.80%) SCCM
4 2 (1.87%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.93%) WSUS
Vendors
1 52 (48.60%) Microsoft
2 19 (17.76%) VMware
3 9 (8.41%) Juniper
3 9 (8.41%) Palo Alto
3 9 (8.41%) Veeam
4 6 (5.61%) Apple
4 6 (5.61%) BeyondTrust
5 4 (3.74%) Cisco
5 4 (3.74%) Facebook
5 4 (3.74%) Okta
6 3 (2.80%) Aruba
6 3 (2.80%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (2.80%) Datto
6 3 (2.80%) WatchGuard
7 1 (0.93%) BroadSoft
7 1 (0.93%) Dell
7 1 (0.93%) Freshdesk
7 1 (0.93%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.93%) Starlink
7 1 (0.93%) Yealink