Systems Support Engineer Job Trends in Manchester

System Support Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median System Support Engineer salary in Manchester is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 September 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 182 -
Rank change year-on-year +37 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Support Engineer 6 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.25% 0.025% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.026% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32,500 £29,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £30,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.75% - -
75th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 -
90th Percentile £44,875 - -
North West median annual salary £35,000 £50,000 -
% change year-on-year -30.00% - -

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 2,151 3,850 2,637
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.84% 94.52% 94.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,281 2,200 2,125
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £34,572
25th Percentile £35,500 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,000 £82,500 £84,034
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

Systems Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Support Engineer in Manchester

Systems Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for Systems Support Engineer job vacancies in Manchester.

Salary distribution trend for Systems Support Engineer job vacancies in Manchester

Systems Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, Systems 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 Systems Support Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Knowledge Management
1 5 (83.33%) SharePoint
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
1 5 (83.33%) PowerShell
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (83.33%) Entra ID
1 5 (83.33%) Client Onboarding
1 5 (83.33%) Task Automation
1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
1 5 (83.33%) Onboarding
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Purview
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Copilot
1 5 (83.33%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (16.67%) Rockwell
2 1 (16.67%) Allen-Bradley
2 1 (16.67%) Siemens
2 1 (16.67%) SCADA

Systems 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 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (83.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Entra ID
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Copilot
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 5 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (16.67%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Client Onboarding
1 5 (83.33%) Identity Access Management
1 5 (83.33%) Knowledge Management
1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (83.33%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) PowerShell
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Allen-Bradley
2 1 (16.67%) Rockwell
2 1 (16.67%) Siemens