Support Engineer Job Trends in the Midlands

Support Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Support Engineer salary in the Midlands is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 July 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 50 83
Rank change year-on-year -5 +33 +52
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 353 284 336
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.57% 4.98% 2.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.71% 5.47% 3.10%
Number of salaries quoted 274 247 228
10th Percentile £26,265 £26,250 £24,925
25th Percentile £29,000 £30,750 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +15.38% +16.07%
75th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £40,000
90th Percentile £47,000 £58,000 £47,500
England median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +10.29% -

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 13,016 5,188 10,826
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.66% 90.89% 94.24%
Number of salaries quoted 9,090 3,315 7,239
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £32,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.06% -7.62%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 27 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 27 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 -12 200 £35,000 -6.67% 18
East Midlands -3 153 £35,000 -6.67% 12
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 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.

1 139 (39.38%) Problem-Solving
2 106 (30.03%) Microsoft
3 105 (29.75%) Windows
4 85 (24.08%) Microsoft 365
5 74 (20.96%) Active Directory
6 67 (18.98%) Continuous Improvement
7 64 (18.13%) Azure
7 64 (18.13%) Customer Service
8 45 (12.75%) Entra ID
9 41 (11.61%) DNS
9 41 (11.61%) Firewall
10 40 (11.33%) Root Cause Analysis
10 40 (11.33%) Windows Server
11 38 (10.76%) Microsoft Office
12 36 (10.20%) SQL
13 32 (9.07%) VMware
14 31 (8.78%) VMware Infrastructure
15 29 (8.22%) VPN
16 28 (7.93%) DHCP
17 27 (7.65%) Microsoft Intune
17 27 (7.65%) Wireless
18 26 (7.37%) Linux
18 26 (7.37%) SLA
19 25 (7.08%) PowerShell
20 22 (6.23%) Customer Experience
20 22 (6.23%) Microsoft Exchange
21 20 (5.67%) Hyper-V
21 20 (5.67%) Ladder Logic
22 19 (5.38%) Cisco
22 19 (5.38%) ITSM

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 22 (6.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (5.38%) SharePoint
3 18 (5.10%) IIS
4 6 (1.70%) Confluence
5 4 (1.13%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (1.13%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (1.13%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.57%) Apache
6 2 (0.57%) nginx
7 1 (0.28%) Mendix
Applications
1 38 (10.76%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.85%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.13%) Q-Pulse
2 3 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.28%) iTrent
3 1 (0.28%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 85 (24.08%) Microsoft 365
2 64 (18.13%) Azure
3 45 (12.75%) Entra ID
4 14 (3.97%) Google Workspace
5 6 (1.70%) OneDrive
6 3 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.57%) AWS
7 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (0.57%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.57%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.57%) Pulumi
8 1 (0.28%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.28%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (11.61%) DNS
1 41 (11.61%) Firewall
2 29 (8.22%) VPN
3 28 (7.93%) DHCP
4 27 (7.65%) Wireless
5 19 (5.38%) TCP/IP
6 17 (4.82%) LAN
6 17 (4.82%) WAN
7 8 (2.27%) VoIP
8 6 (1.70%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (1.42%) Cisco IOS
10 4 (1.13%) Internet
10 4 (1.13%) MQTT
10 4 (1.13%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (0.85%) VLAN
12 2 (0.57%) SAN
13 1 (0.28%) DMZ
13 1 (0.28%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.83%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (1.13%) MongoDB
3 3 (0.85%) MySQL
4 1 (0.28%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (2.27%) JIRA
2 1 (0.28%) Carbide.c++
2 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 110 (31.16%) Social Skills
2 48 (13.60%) Manufacturing
3 33 (9.35%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (7.65%) Marketing
5 16 (4.53%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (2.83%) Electronics
7 8 (2.27%) Agriculture
7 8 (2.27%) Law
7 8 (2.27%) Retail
8 7 (1.98%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.42%) Legal
10 4 (1.13%) Finance
10 4 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.85%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.57%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.28%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.42%) LDAP
2 4 (1.13%) COM
2 4 (1.13%) DCOM
2 4 (1.13%) Middleware
3 3 (0.85%) CSS
3 3 (0.85%) HTML
3 3 (0.85%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 44 (12.46%) Driving Licence
2 16 (4.53%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (3.12%) Data Centre
4 9 (2.55%) CCTV
4 9 (2.55%) IoT
4 9 (2.55%) Onboarding
5 7 (1.98%) PKI
5 7 (1.98%) Robotics
6 5 (1.42%) Social Media
7 4 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.13%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.13%) Smartcard
8 3 (0.85%) FMCG
8 3 (0.85%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.57%) Replication
10 1 (0.28%) Clustering
10 1 (0.28%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 105 (29.75%) Windows
2 40 (11.33%) Windows Server
3 26 (7.37%) Linux
4 17 (4.82%) Windows 10
5 9 (2.55%) Android
5 9 (2.55%) Mac OS
6 5 (1.42%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.13%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.13%) VMS
7 4 (1.13%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.85%) CentOS
8 3 (0.85%) SUSE
9 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (39.38%) Problem-Solving
2 67 (18.98%) Continuous Improvement
3 64 (18.13%) Customer Service
4 40 (11.33%) Root Cause Analysis
5 22 (6.23%) Customer Experience
6 19 (5.38%) ITSM
6 19 (5.38%) Presales
7 16 (4.53%) Decision-Making
8 15 (4.25%) Service Delivery
9 14 (3.97%) Cybersecurity
10 13 (3.68%) Process Improvement
11 12 (3.40%) Disaster Recovery
11 12 (3.40%) Incident Management
12 11 (3.12%) ITIL
12 11 (3.12%) Proactive Monitoring
12 11 (3.12%) SIEM
13 10 (2.83%) Agile
13 10 (2.83%) CRM
13 10 (2.83%) Mathematics
14 9 (2.55%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 36 (10.20%) SQL
2 25 (7.08%) PowerShell
3 20 (5.67%) Ladder Logic
4 5 (1.42%) Python
5 4 (1.13%) Bash
5 4 (1.13%) Bicep
5 4 (1.13%) PHP
6 3 (0.85%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.85%) VBA
7 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (4.82%) DBS Check
2 15 (4.25%) Degree
3 12 (3.40%) Security Cleared
4 9 (2.55%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (2.27%) SC Cleared
6 7 (1.98%) HNC
6 7 (1.98%) HND
7 5 (1.42%) A+ Certification
7 5 (1.42%) MCITP
8 4 (1.13%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.28%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.37%) SLA
2 10 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (1.42%) ISO 9001
3 5 (1.42%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.13%) COSHH
4 4 (1.13%) GMP
5 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.28%) GDPR
System Software
1 74 (20.96%) Active Directory
2 31 (8.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (5.67%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (7.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.13%) Terraform
3 2 (0.57%) Ansible
3 2 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.28%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 106 (30.03%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.07%) VMware
3 19 (5.38%) Cisco
4 15 (4.25%) Dell
5 14 (3.97%) Google
6 13 (3.68%) Salesforce
7 11 (3.12%) Juniper
7 11 (3.12%) McAfee
8 7 (1.98%) HP
9 6 (1.70%) Siemens
10 5 (1.42%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.13%) Freshdesk
11 4 (1.13%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.13%) Remedy
11 4 (1.13%) Veeam
12 3 (0.85%) Adobe
12 3 (0.85%) Apple
12 3 (0.85%) SonicWALL
13 2 (0.57%) Citrix
13 2 (0.57%) Meraki