Support Engineer Job Trends in the North East

Support Engineer
England > North East

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

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 71 52
Rank change year-on-year +35 -19 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 50 16 20
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 4.90% 1.66% 3.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.27% 1.74% 3.17%
Number of salaries quoted 50 12 20
10th Percentile £24,500 £34,825 £28,375
25th Percentile £28,500 £35,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £36,750 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% +13.08% +25.77%
75th Percentile £42,500 £50,000 £33,750
90th Percentile £44,000 - £34,125
England median annual salary £36,000 £37,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -2.70% +5.71% +6.06%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 North East with a recognized job title 948 920 630
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 95.73% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 644 409 545
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,200 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.86%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.04%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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 North East.

Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the North East

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in the North East.

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in the North East

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in the North East over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in the North East

Support Engineer
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the North East region over the 6 months to 6 January 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
Tyne and Wear +35 46 £37,500 +2.04% 6
Durham - 4 £35,000 -
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 January 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 North East region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 25 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 22 (44.00%) Customer Service
3 16 (32.00%) HNC
4 14 (28.00%) Active Directory
5 13 (26.00%) TCP/IP
6 12 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (22.00%) B2B
7 11 (22.00%) B2B Sales
7 11 (22.00%) Business Development
7 11 (22.00%) Commercial Awareness
7 11 (22.00%) Customer Experience
7 11 (22.00%) Data Entry
7 11 (22.00%) Firewall
7 11 (22.00%) Mathematics
7 11 (22.00%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (22.00%) Microsoft Office
7 11 (22.00%) Telesales
7 11 (22.00%) VMware
8 10 (20.00%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (20.00%) Azure
8 10 (20.00%) Cisco
8 10 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
8 10 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
8 10 (20.00%) Customer-Centricity
8 10 (20.00%) FortiGate
8 10 (20.00%) Hyper-V
8 10 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
8 10 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
8 10 (20.00%) SonicWALL
8 10 (20.00%) Veeam

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 10 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (6.00%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (22.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (22.00%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (20.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 13 (26.00%) TCP/IP
2 11 (22.00%) Firewall
3 10 (20.00%) VLAN
3 10 (20.00%) Wireless
4 3 (6.00%) Internet
4 3 (6.00%) LAN
4 3 (6.00%) SAN
4 3 (6.00%) SSL
4 3 (6.00%) VoIP
4 3 (6.00%) WAN
5 1 (2.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (20.00%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (6.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (6.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 25 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (22.00%) Advertising
3 4 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.00%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.00%) JSON
1 4 (8.00%) XML
2 3 (6.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 11 (22.00%) Driving Licence
1 11 (22.00%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (6.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.00%) Windows
1 3 (6.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (44.00%) Customer Service
2 12 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (22.00%) B2B
3 11 (22.00%) B2B Sales
3 11 (22.00%) Business Development
3 11 (22.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 11 (22.00%) Customer Experience
3 11 (22.00%) Data Entry
3 11 (22.00%) Mathematics
3 11 (22.00%) Telesales
4 10 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 10 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 10 (20.00%) Customer-Centricity
5 5 (10.00%) Customer Engagement
6 3 (6.00%) Change Control
6 3 (6.00%) Computer Science
6 3 (6.00%) CRM
6 3 (6.00%) Defect Management
6 3 (6.00%) Release Management
7 1 (2.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 16 (32.00%) HNC
System Software
1 14 (28.00%) Active Directory
2 10 (20.00%) Hyper-V
2 10 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.00%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 10 (20.00%) FortiGate
1 10 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 25 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (22.00%) VMware
3 10 (20.00%) Cisco
3 10 (20.00%) SonicWALL
3 10 (20.00%) Veeam
3 10 (20.00%) WatchGuard