Support Engineer Job Trends in the Midlands

Support Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Support Engineer salary in the Midlands is £34,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 July 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 57 66
Rank change year-on-year +10 +9 +57
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 370 248 467
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.85% 4.58% 3.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.01% 5.03% 3.64%
Number of salaries quoted 276 216 343
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £29,938 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £37,500 £30,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +22.95% +5.17%
75th Percentile £43,750 £50,625 £38,750
90th Percentile £47,000 £63,750 £47,500
England median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +15.38% -4.41%

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 12,304 4,929 12,822
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.74% 91.08% 94.21%
Number of salaries quoted 8,567 3,064 9,051
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £38,250 £32,000 £34,917
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £56,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.77% +7.62% -12.50%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 6 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in the Midlands

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 Support Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 July 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 +15 212 £34,500 -8.00% 21
East Midlands +1 158 £32,500 -13.33% 24
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 July 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 Midlands region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 148 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 110 (29.73%) Windows
3 107 (28.92%) Microsoft
4 91 (24.59%) Microsoft 365
5 75 (20.27%) Active Directory
6 65 (17.57%) Customer Service
7 63 (17.03%) Azure
8 61 (16.49%) Continuous Improvement
9 42 (11.35%) Root Cause Analysis
10 41 (11.08%) Firewall
11 40 (10.81%) DNS
12 39 (10.54%) Entra ID
12 39 (10.54%) Windows Server
13 36 (9.73%) Microsoft Office
14 35 (9.46%) SQL
15 31 (8.38%) VPN
16 30 (8.11%) VMware
16 30 (8.11%) VMware Infrastructure
17 29 (7.84%) DHCP
18 28 (7.57%) SLA
19 27 (7.30%) Microsoft Intune
19 27 (7.30%) Wireless
20 24 (6.49%) PowerShell
21 23 (6.22%) Customer Experience
21 23 (6.22%) Linux
21 23 (6.22%) Microsoft Exchange
21 23 (6.22%) SharePoint
22 21 (5.68%) Cisco
22 21 (5.68%) ITSM
23 20 (5.41%) Hyper-V

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 23 (6.22%) Microsoft Exchange
1 23 (6.22%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.51%) IIS
3 8 (2.16%) Confluence
4 4 (1.08%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (1.08%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (1.08%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.27%) Mendix
Applications
1 36 (9.73%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.81%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (1.35%) Q-Pulse
2 2 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.27%) iTrent
3 1 (0.27%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 91 (24.59%) Microsoft 365
2 63 (17.03%) Azure
3 39 (10.54%) Entra ID
4 14 (3.78%) Google Workspace
5 9 (2.43%) OneDrive
6 2 (0.54%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.54%) Pulumi
6 2 (0.54%) SaaS
7 1 (0.27%) AWS
7 1 (0.27%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.27%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.27%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 41 (11.08%) Firewall
2 40 (10.81%) DNS
3 31 (8.38%) VPN
4 29 (7.84%) DHCP
5 27 (7.30%) Wireless
6 19 (5.14%) LAN
7 18 (4.86%) TCP/IP
7 18 (4.86%) WAN
8 10 (2.70%) VoIP
9 8 (2.16%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (1.08%) Cisco IOS
10 4 (1.08%) Internet
10 4 (1.08%) MQTT
11 3 (0.81%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (0.81%) VLAN
12 2 (0.54%) SAN
12 2 (0.54%) TETRA
13 1 (0.27%) DMZ
13 1 (0.27%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.70%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (1.08%) MongoDB
3 3 (0.81%) MySQL
4 1 (0.27%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (2.70%) JIRA
2 1 (0.27%) Carbide.c++
2 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 104 (28.11%) Social Skills
2 49 (13.24%) Manufacturing
3 33 (8.92%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (7.03%) Marketing
5 14 (3.78%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (2.97%) Multimedia
7 10 (2.70%) Electronics
7 10 (2.70%) Law
8 8 (2.16%) Legal
9 7 (1.89%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.62%) Agriculture
11 5 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (1.35%) Retail
12 4 (1.08%) Public Sector
13 3 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.54%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.54%) Finance
15 1 (0.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 1 (0.27%) Military
15 1 (0.27%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.35%) LDAP
2 4 (1.08%) COM
2 4 (1.08%) DCOM
2 4 (1.08%) Middleware
3 3 (0.81%) CSS
3 3 (0.81%) HTML
3 3 (0.81%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 55 (14.86%) Driving Licence
2 18 (4.86%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (3.78%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.24%) Data Centre
5 9 (2.43%) CCTV
6 8 (2.16%) IoT
7 7 (1.89%) PKI
7 7 (1.89%) Robotics
8 5 (1.35%) FMCG
8 5 (1.35%) Social Media
9 4 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.08%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.08%) Smartcard
10 3 (0.81%) CAN bus
10 3 (0.81%) Cyber Security Posture
10 3 (0.81%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.81%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.27%) CMDB
11 1 (0.27%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.27%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 110 (29.73%) Windows
2 39 (10.54%) Windows Server
3 23 (6.22%) Linux
4 19 (5.14%) Windows 10
5 9 (2.43%) Android
5 9 (2.43%) Mac OS
6 5 (1.35%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.08%) VMS
7 4 (1.08%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.81%) CentOS
8 3 (0.81%) SUSE
8 3 (0.81%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (17.57%) Customer Service
3 61 (16.49%) Continuous Improvement
4 42 (11.35%) Root Cause Analysis
5 23 (6.22%) Customer Experience
6 21 (5.68%) ITSM
7 18 (4.86%) Presales
8 16 (4.32%) Decision-Making
9 15 (4.05%) Incident Management
10 14 (3.78%) Cybersecurity
10 14 (3.78%) Mentoring
10 14 (3.78%) Process Improvement
10 14 (3.78%) Service Delivery
11 13 (3.51%) Time Management
12 12 (3.24%) ITIL
12 12 (3.24%) Proactive Monitoring
12 12 (3.24%) SIEM
13 10 (2.70%) Agile
13 10 (2.70%) ERP
13 10 (2.70%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 35 (9.46%) SQL
2 24 (6.49%) PowerShell
3 18 (4.86%) Ladder Logic
4 6 (1.62%) Python
5 4 (1.08%) Bash
5 4 (1.08%) Bicep
5 4 (1.08%) PHP
6 3 (0.81%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.81%) VBA
7 1 (0.27%) Google Apps Script
7 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (4.59%) DBS Check
2 16 (4.32%) Degree
3 15 (4.05%) Security Cleared
4 11 (2.97%) SC Cleared
5 7 (1.89%) HNC
5 7 (1.89%) HND
5 7 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.35%) A+ Certification
6 5 (1.35%) MCITP
7 4 (1.08%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.27%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.57%) SLA
2 10 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.35%) COSHH
4 5 (1.35%) GMP
4 5 (1.35%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.08%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.27%) GDPR
System Software
1 75 (20.27%) Active Directory
2 30 (8.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (5.41%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.27%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 27 (7.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.08%) Terraform
3 2 (0.54%) Ansible
3 2 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.27%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.27%) SCCM
4 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 107 (28.92%) Microsoft
2 30 (8.11%) VMware
3 21 (5.68%) Cisco
4 16 (4.32%) Dell
5 15 (4.05%) Salesforce
6 14 (3.78%) Google
7 12 (3.24%) Juniper
7 12 (3.24%) McAfee
8 11 (2.97%) Fortinet
8 11 (2.97%) Fujitsu
8 11 (2.97%) Virgin Media
9 7 (1.89%) HP
10 6 (1.62%) Siemens
11 5 (1.35%) ServiceNow
12 4 (1.08%) Freshdesk
12 4 (1.08%) Red Hat
13 3 (0.81%) Adobe
13 3 (0.81%) Apple
13 3 (0.81%) Infor
13 3 (0.81%) Veeam