Junior Support Engineer Job Trends in the Midlands

Junior Support Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Junior Support Engineer salary in the Midlands is £25,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 May 2026.

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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 - 303
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Support Engineer 4 0 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.031% - 0.086%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% - 0.091%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 10
10th Percentile - - £24,000
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 - £24,240
75th Percentile - - £24,810
90th Percentile - - £25,300
England median annual salary £26,000 £27,250 £24,240
% change year-on-year -4.59% +12.42% +10.18%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 12,031 4,626 11,011
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.09% 91.13% 94.27%
Number of salaries quoted 7,691 2,780 8,334
10th Percentile £29,500 £27,231 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £60,741
90th Percentile £81,250 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -7.56% +10.19% -11.18%

Junior Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Junior Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Junior Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Junior Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Junior Support Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Junior Support Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands

Junior Support Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Support Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
West Midlands - 3 - - 1
East Midlands - 1 £25,000 - 1
Junior Support Engineer
England

Junior Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 9 May 2026, Junior 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 Midlands region featuring Junior Support Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Adobe
2 3 (75.00%) CSS
2 3 (75.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) HTML
2 3 (75.00%) IIS
2 3 (75.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (75.00%) JSON
2 3 (75.00%) Mathematics
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (75.00%) MySQL
2 3 (75.00%) Photoshop
2 3 (75.00%) PHP
2 3 (75.00%) Social Media Management
2 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) VBA
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (25.00%) DBS Check
3 1 (25.00%) DHCP
3 1 (25.00%) DNS
3 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) VPN

Junior Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 3 (75.00%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (75.00%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) DHCP
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) MySQL
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) CSS
1 3 (75.00%) HTML
1 3 (75.00%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (75.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (75.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (75.00%) Social Media Management
1 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (75.00%) PHP
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
1 3 (75.00%) VBA
2 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Adobe