IT Support Engineer Jobs in the North of England

IT Support Engineer
England > North of England

The median IT Support Engineer salary in the North of England is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 279 193 271
Rank change year-on-year -86 +78 +54
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 50 201 169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.44% 1.15% 0.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 1.21% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 45 185 55
10th Percentile - £22,489 £21,900
25th Percentile £25,750 £24,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £29,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £33,500 £33,750 £36,250
90th Percentile £34,800 £35,000 £41,500
England median annual salary £32,500 £30,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +4.84%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 10,443 16,576 15,393
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.81% 94.91% 89.36%
Number of salaries quoted 5,850 12,833 8,151
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £36,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured IT Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in the North of England

IT Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the North of England.

Salary trend for IT Support Engineer in the North of England

IT Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Support Engineer in the North of England

IT Support Engineer
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 9 May 2025. 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
Yorkshire +28 33 £28,500 -5.00% 20
North West -70 15 £30,000 +13.21% 19
North East +16 2 £35,000 +7.69% 6
IT Support Engineer
England

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, IT Support Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 43 (86.00%) Microsoft
2 39 (78.00%) Windows
3 37 (74.00%) Social Skills
4 31 (62.00%) Microsoft 365
5 30 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (44.00%) Android
7 19 (38.00%) Customer Service
7 19 (38.00%) Organisational Skills
7 19 (38.00%) Analytical Skills
8 18 (36.00%) SQL Server
9 17 (34.00%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (32.00%) Data Privacy
10 16 (32.00%) Mobile App
10 16 (32.00%) Exploratory Testing
10 16 (32.00%) Analytical Thinking
10 16 (32.00%) Zoho
10 16 (32.00%) SaaS
10 16 (32.00%) AWS
10 16 (32.00%) CRM
10 16 (32.00%) Active Directory
10 16 (32.00%) Software Testing
10 16 (32.00%) Mathematics
10 16 (32.00%) Migration
11 10 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
12 8 (16.00%) Windows 10
13 7 (14.00%) ITIL
13 7 (14.00%) Degree
13 7 (14.00%) Driving Licence
13 7 (14.00%) Azure
14 6 (12.00%) Vulnerability Management

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 31 (62.00%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (32.00%) AWS
2 16 (32.00%) SaaS
3 7 (14.00%) Azure
4 4 (8.00%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (4.00%) Mimecast
5 2 (4.00%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.00%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (12.00%) Cisco IOS
2 4 (8.00%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (6.00%) DHCP
3 3 (6.00%) DNS
3 3 (6.00%) Firewall
3 3 (6.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (6.00%) VPN
4 2 (4.00%) IP Telephony
4 2 (4.00%) LAN
4 2 (4.00%) SAN
4 2 (4.00%) WAN
4 2 (4.00%) Wireless
5 1 (2.00%) VLAN
5 1 (2.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (36.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) JIRA
General
1 37 (74.00%) Social Skills
2 19 (38.00%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (38.00%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (12.00%) Retail
4 3 (6.00%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 17 (34.00%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (32.00%) Mobile App
3 7 (14.00%) Driving Licence
4 3 (6.00%) EPoS
5 2 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (4.00%) HP Storage
5 2 (4.00%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.00%) NHS
6 1 (2.00%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 39 (78.00%) Windows
2 22 (44.00%) Android
3 8 (16.00%) Windows 10
4 5 (10.00%) Windows 7
4 5 (10.00%) Windows Server
5 3 (6.00%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (4.00%) Linux
6 2 (4.00%) Mac OS
7 1 (2.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (38.00%) Customer Service
3 16 (32.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 16 (32.00%) CRM
3 16 (32.00%) Data Privacy
3 16 (32.00%) Exploratory Testing
3 16 (32.00%) Mathematics
3 16 (32.00%) Migration
3 16 (32.00%) Software Testing
4 7 (14.00%) ITIL
5 6 (12.00%) Preventative Maintenance
5 6 (12.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (8.00%) Service Delivery
6 4 (8.00%) User Experience
7 3 (6.00%) Network Management
7 3 (6.00%) Time Management
8 2 (4.00%) Artificial Intelligence
8 2 (4.00%) Asset Management
8 2 (4.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (4.00%) Proactive Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.00%) SQL
2 1 (2.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (14.00%) Degree
2 1 (2.00%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.00%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (32.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.00%) Hyper-V
3 2 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 43 (86.00%) Microsoft
2 16 (32.00%) Zoho
3 6 (12.00%) Cisco
4 4 (8.00%) VMware
5 2 (4.00%) Avaya
5 2 (4.00%) Dell
5 2 (4.00%) HP
5 2 (4.00%) SonicWALL
5 2 (4.00%) Veeam
6 1 (2.00%) ESET