Support Engineer Job Trends in the Midlands

Support Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Support Engineer salary in the Midlands is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 October 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 29 98
Rank change year-on-year -33 +69 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 349 366 219
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.21% 6.51% 2.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.39% 7.01% 2.37%
Number of salaries quoted 268 321 130
10th Percentile £27,675 £26,000 £26,675
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,750 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,500 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.29% +6.25%
75th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £39,688
90th Percentile £49,000 £57,500 £47,500
England median annual salary £36,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +7.14% +1.45%

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 14,628 5,221 9,229
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 92.83% 94.84%
Number of salaries quoted 10,203 3,181 4,905
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,500 £35,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £59,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.18% - -8.33%

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 2 October 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 2 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
West Midlands -33 194 £37,500 -1.32% 55
East Midlands -17 155 £37,500 - 48
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 Midlands region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 146 (41.83%) Problem-Solving
2 142 (40.69%) Microsoft
3 122 (34.96%) Windows
4 116 (33.24%) Microsoft 365
5 90 (25.79%) Customer Service
6 79 (22.64%) Active Directory
7 74 (21.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 69 (19.77%) Azure
9 65 (18.62%) DNS
10 64 (18.34%) Entra ID
10 64 (18.34%) Windows Server
11 51 (14.61%) VPN
12 49 (14.04%) DHCP
13 43 (12.32%) Firewall
14 39 (11.17%) VMware
15 35 (10.03%) Hyper-V
15 35 (10.03%) TCP/IP
16 34 (9.74%) Cybersecurity
16 34 (9.74%) Microsoft Intune
17 33 (9.46%) VMware Infrastructure
18 32 (9.17%) Microsoft Exchange
18 32 (9.17%) SharePoint
19 31 (8.88%) Linux
20 29 (8.31%) Root Cause Analysis
20 29 (8.31%) Wireless
21 27 (7.74%) SQL
22 26 (7.45%) Microsoft Office
22 26 (7.45%) Windows 10
23 23 (6.59%) Business Continuity
23 23 (6.59%) IIS

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 32 (9.17%) Microsoft Exchange
1 32 (9.17%) SharePoint
2 23 (6.59%) IIS
3 5 (1.43%) Apache
3 5 (1.43%) nginx
4 1 (0.29%) Mendix
Applications
1 26 (7.45%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.86%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.29%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 116 (33.24%) Microsoft 365
2 69 (19.77%) Azure
3 64 (18.34%) Entra ID
4 19 (5.44%) Google Workspace
5 11 (3.15%) OneDrive
6 7 (2.01%) AWS
7 5 (1.43%) Microsoft Copilot
7 5 (1.43%) Power Automate
8 3 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (0.86%) GCP
9 2 (0.57%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.29%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.29%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 65 (18.62%) DNS
2 51 (14.61%) VPN
3 49 (14.04%) DHCP
4 43 (12.32%) Firewall
5 35 (10.03%) TCP/IP
6 29 (8.31%) Wireless
7 21 (6.02%) Wi-Fi
8 14 (4.01%) LAN
9 12 (3.44%) VLAN
9 12 (3.44%) WAN
10 5 (1.43%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (1.43%) IP Telephony
10 5 (1.43%) Network Security
11 4 (1.15%) Internet
11 4 (1.15%) MQTT
11 4 (1.15%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (0.86%) VoIP
13 2 (0.57%) SAN
14 1 (0.29%) DMZ
14 1 (0.29%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.58%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (1.15%) MongoDB
3 3 (0.86%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (0.57%) JIRA
2 1 (0.29%) Carbide.c++
2 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 134 (38.40%) Social Skills
2 39 (11.17%) Manufacturing
3 27 (7.74%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (6.88%) Marketing
5 19 (5.44%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (4.30%) Agriculture
7 12 (3.44%) Telecoms
8 11 (3.15%) Spanish Language
9 10 (2.87%) Retail
10 9 (2.58%) Electronics
11 5 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.43%) Legal
12 4 (1.15%) Finance
12 4 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.57%) Advertising
14 2 (0.57%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.29%) Law
15 1 (0.29%) Military
15 1 (0.29%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.15%) COM
1 4 (1.15%) DCOM
1 4 (1.15%) LDAP
1 4 (1.15%) Middleware
2 3 (0.86%) CSS
2 3 (0.86%) HTML
2 3 (0.86%) JSON
3 1 (0.29%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 71 (20.34%) Driving Licence
2 24 (6.88%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (4.01%) Onboarding
4 13 (3.72%) CCTV
5 10 (2.87%) IoT
6 6 (1.72%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (1.43%) PKI
8 4 (1.15%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.15%) Smartcard
9 3 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.86%) Data Centre
9 3 (0.86%) Social Media
10 2 (0.57%) CAN bus
10 2 (0.57%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.57%) Replication
11 1 (0.29%) Clustering
11 1 (0.29%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.29%) FMCG
11 1 (0.29%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.29%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 122 (34.96%) Windows
2 64 (18.34%) Windows Server
3 31 (8.88%) Linux
4 26 (7.45%) Windows 10
5 11 (3.15%) Mac OS
6 6 (1.72%) Android
7 5 (1.43%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.15%) VMS
9 3 (0.86%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (41.83%) Problem-Solving
2 90 (25.79%) Customer Service
3 74 (21.20%) Continuous Improvement
4 34 (9.74%) Cybersecurity
5 29 (8.31%) Root Cause Analysis
6 23 (6.59%) Business Continuity
7 20 (5.73%) Customer Experience
7 20 (5.73%) ITSM
8 18 (5.16%) Disaster Recovery
8 18 (5.16%) Presales
9 16 (4.58%) Decision-Making
9 16 (4.58%) ITIL
9 16 (4.58%) Service Delivery
10 15 (4.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 14 (4.01%) AI
12 13 (3.72%) Mentoring
12 13 (3.72%) Process Improvement
13 12 (3.44%) Motion Control
14 11 (3.15%) Stakeholder Management
14 11 (3.15%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 27 (7.74%) SQL
2 23 (6.59%) PowerShell
3 17 (4.87%) Ladder Logic
4 5 (1.43%) Python
5 3 (0.86%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.86%) PHP
5 3 (0.86%) VBA
6 1 (0.29%) Bash
6 1 (0.29%) Bicep
6 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (4.87%) Degree
2 14 (4.01%) DBS Check
3 13 (3.72%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (3.15%) Security Cleared
5 10 (2.87%) CCNA
5 10 (2.87%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (2.01%) SC Cleared
7 5 (1.43%) CCNP
7 5 (1.43%) MCSA
7 5 (1.43%) MCSE
7 5 (1.43%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 3 (0.86%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.29%) HND
9 1 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.29%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.01%) SLA
2 10 (2.87%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.43%) ISO 9001
4 5 (1.43%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.86%) GMP
6 2 (0.57%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.29%) GDPR
System Software
1 79 (22.64%) Active Directory
2 35 (10.03%) Hyper-V
3 33 (9.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.86%) Firmware
6 2 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 34 (9.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.15%) Backup Exec
3 2 (0.57%) SCCM
3 2 (0.57%) WSUS
4 1 (0.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 142 (40.69%) Microsoft
2 39 (11.17%) VMware
3 22 (6.30%) Google
4 13 (3.72%) Cisco
5 10 (2.87%) SonicWALL
6 9 (2.58%) WatchGuard
7 8 (2.29%) Apple
7 8 (2.29%) Veeam
8 7 (2.01%) Citrix
8 7 (2.01%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.43%) Draytek
9 5 (1.43%) Mitel
10 4 (1.15%) Datto
10 4 (1.15%) Dell
10 4 (1.15%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.15%) JD Edwards
10 4 (1.15%) Remedy
10 4 (1.15%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.15%) Sophos
11 3 (0.86%) Palo Alto