Support Engineer Job Trends in the Midlands

Support Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Support Engineer salary in the Midlands is £36,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 August 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 45 81
Rank change year-on-year -9 +36 +56
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 344 301 298
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.41% 5.25% 2.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.56% 5.76% 2.96%
Number of salaries quoted 264 261 194
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £26,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £37,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +15.38% +6.56%
75th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £40,000
90th Percentile £48,225 £58,000 £47,500
England median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% +2.94%

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 13,447 5,229 10,084
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 91.15% 94.39%
Number of salaries quoted 9,395 3,357 6,567
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,625 £31,335 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £76,250
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 8 August 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 8 August 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 -15 193 £37,500 - 16
East Midlands -7 151 £35,000 -6.67% 20
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 August 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.

1 135 (39.24%) Problem-Solving
2 108 (31.40%) Microsoft
3 104 (30.23%) Windows
4 83 (24.13%) Microsoft 365
5 71 (20.64%) Active Directory
5 71 (20.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 67 (19.48%) Customer Service
7 62 (18.02%) Azure
8 45 (13.08%) DNS
8 45 (13.08%) Entra ID
9 43 (12.50%) Windows Server
10 39 (11.34%) Firewall
11 36 (10.47%) Root Cause Analysis
12 33 (9.59%) Microsoft Office
12 33 (9.59%) SQL
13 32 (9.30%) VMware
14 31 (9.01%) DHCP
14 31 (9.01%) VMware Infrastructure
15 30 (8.72%) Wireless
16 28 (8.14%) VPN
17 27 (7.85%) Linux
18 26 (7.56%) PowerShell
19 25 (7.27%) Microsoft Exchange
19 25 (7.27%) Microsoft Intune
20 24 (6.98%) SLA
21 22 (6.40%) TCP/IP
22 21 (6.10%) Hyper-V
23 20 (5.81%) Customer Experience
23 20 (5.81%) IIS
24 19 (5.52%) Cisco

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 25 (7.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (5.81%) IIS
3 17 (4.94%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.16%) Confluence
5 3 (0.87%) Apache
5 3 (0.87%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (0.87%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (0.87%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.87%) nginx
6 1 (0.29%) Mendix
Applications
1 33 (9.59%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.87%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.87%) Q-Pulse
2 1 (0.29%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 83 (24.13%) Microsoft 365
2 62 (18.02%) Azure
3 45 (13.08%) Entra ID
4 13 (3.78%) Google Workspace
5 4 (1.16%) OneDrive
6 3 (0.87%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (0.87%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.58%) AWS
7 2 (0.58%) Pulumi
8 1 (0.29%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.29%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (13.08%) DNS
2 39 (11.34%) Firewall
3 31 (9.01%) DHCP
4 30 (8.72%) Wireless
5 28 (8.14%) VPN
6 22 (6.40%) TCP/IP
7 13 (3.78%) LAN
7 13 (3.78%) WAN
8 7 (2.03%) VoIP
9 6 (1.74%) VLAN
10 5 (1.45%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (1.45%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (1.16%) Internet
11 4 (1.16%) MQTT
11 4 (1.16%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (0.87%) Network Security
13 2 (0.58%) SAN
14 1 (0.29%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.91%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (1.16%) MongoDB
3 3 (0.87%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (1.74%) JIRA
2 1 (0.29%) Carbide.c++
2 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 108 (31.40%) Social Skills
2 45 (13.08%) Manufacturing
3 35 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (7.56%) Marketing
5 16 (4.65%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (2.91%) Agriculture
6 10 (2.91%) Electronics
7 8 (2.33%) Retail
8 7 (2.03%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.45%) Law
9 5 (1.45%) Legal
10 4 (1.16%) Finance
10 4 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.87%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.58%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.29%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.45%) LDAP
2 4 (1.16%) COM
2 4 (1.16%) DCOM
2 4 (1.16%) Middleware
3 3 (0.87%) CSS
3 3 (0.87%) HTML
3 3 (0.87%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 49 (14.24%) Driving Licence
2 18 (5.23%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (2.91%) Data Centre
3 10 (2.91%) Onboarding
4 9 (2.62%) CCTV
4 9 (2.62%) IoT
5 7 (2.03%) PKI
6 6 (1.74%) Robotics
7 4 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.16%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.16%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.16%) Smartcard
7 4 (1.16%) Social Media
8 3 (0.87%) FMCG
9 2 (0.58%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.58%) Replication
9 2 (0.58%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.29%) Clustering
10 1 (0.29%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.29%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 104 (30.23%) Windows
2 43 (12.50%) Windows Server
3 27 (7.85%) Linux
4 19 (5.52%) Windows 10
5 11 (3.20%) Mac OS
6 8 (2.33%) Android
7 6 (1.74%) Ubuntu
8 5 (1.45%) Apple iOS
9 4 (1.16%) VMS
10 3 (0.87%) CentOS
10 3 (0.87%) SUSE
10 3 (0.87%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (39.24%) Problem-Solving
2 71 (20.64%) Continuous Improvement
3 67 (19.48%) Customer Service
4 36 (10.47%) Root Cause Analysis
5 20 (5.81%) Customer Experience
6 18 (5.23%) Presales
7 17 (4.94%) Cybersecurity
8 16 (4.65%) Decision-Making
8 16 (4.65%) ITSM
9 15 (4.36%) Disaster Recovery
10 13 (3.78%) Process Improvement
11 12 (3.49%) Service Delivery
12 11 (3.20%) Business Continuity
13 10 (2.91%) ITIL
13 10 (2.91%) Mathematics
13 10 (2.91%) Proactive Monitoring
13 10 (2.91%) SIEM
14 9 (2.62%) Collaborative Engineering
14 9 (2.62%) Incident Management
14 9 (2.62%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (9.59%) SQL
2 26 (7.56%) PowerShell
3 18 (5.23%) Ladder Logic
4 5 (1.45%) Python
5 4 (1.16%) Bash
5 4 (1.16%) Bicep
6 3 (0.87%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.87%) PHP
6 3 (0.87%) VBA
7 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (4.94%) DBS Check
1 17 (4.94%) Degree
2 14 (4.07%) Security Cleared
3 10 (2.91%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (1.74%) HNC
5 6 (1.74%) HND
6 4 (1.16%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.87%) CCNA
7 3 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.58%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.58%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.58%) MCITP
9 1 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.29%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.98%) SLA
2 10 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (1.45%) ISO 9001
3 5 (1.45%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.16%) GMP
5 3 (0.87%) COSHH
6 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.29%) GDPR
System Software
1 71 (20.64%) Active Directory
2 31 (9.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (6.10%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.58%) Firmware
5 2 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (7.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.16%) Terraform
3 2 (0.58%) Ansible
3 2 (0.58%) SCCM
3 2 (0.58%) WSUS
4 1 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 108 (31.40%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.30%) VMware
3 19 (5.52%) Cisco
4 13 (3.78%) Dell
4 13 (3.78%) Google
4 13 (3.78%) Salesforce
5 10 (2.91%) Juniper
5 10 (2.91%) McAfee
6 6 (1.74%) HP
6 6 (1.74%) Siemens
6 6 (1.74%) SonicWALL
7 5 (1.45%) Apple
7 5 (1.45%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.16%) Freshdesk
8 4 (1.16%) Red Hat
8 4 (1.16%) Remedy
8 4 (1.16%) Veeam
9 3 (0.87%) Adobe
9 3 (0.87%) Citrix
10 2 (0.58%) Sophos