Support Engineer Jobs in the North of England

Support Engineer
England > North of England

The median Support Engineer salary in the North of England is £32,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 September 2024.

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

6 months to
19 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 149 185
Rank change year-on-year +32 +36 -25
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 274 214 317
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.84% 2.21% 1.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.93% 2.35% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 208 180 272
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,500 £22,750
25th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,750 £30,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £41,563 £38,750 £41,563
90th Percentile £50,000 £47,025 £52,500
England median annual salary £35,000 £34,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year +1.45% +1.47% +3.03%

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 14,192 9,102 16,658
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.08% 93.87% 96.63%
Number of salaries quoted 8,081 6,332 10,560
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% +9.47%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in the North of England

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Support Engineer in the North of England

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 19 September 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in the North of England

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 Support Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 19 September 2024. 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
North West +33 150 £32,500 +8.33% 47
Yorkshire -5 84 £31,500 +5.00% 34
North East +3 40 £35,500 +8.40% 15
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 September 2024, 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 105 (38.32%) Windows
2 99 (36.13%) Microsoft
3 81 (29.56%) Microsoft 365
4 79 (28.83%) Social Skills
5 76 (27.74%) Active Directory
6 61 (22.26%) Azure
7 48 (17.52%) Problem-Solving
8 42 (15.33%) Windows Server
9 39 (14.23%) Degree
10 37 (13.50%) Windows 10
11 34 (12.41%) VMware
12 31 (11.31%) Customer Service
13 29 (10.58%) Hyper-V
13 29 (10.58%) Firewall
13 29 (10.58%) DNS
14 26 (9.49%) VMware Infrastructure
15 25 (9.12%) ITIL
15 25 (9.12%) Driving Licence
16 24 (8.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 23 (8.39%) SQL
17 23 (8.39%) Cisco
18 20 (7.30%) Finance
18 20 (7.30%) Microsoft Certification
18 20 (7.30%) SAN
19 19 (6.93%) Microsoft Office
19 19 (6.93%) Microsoft Intune
20 18 (6.57%) LAN
21 17 (6.20%) WAN
21 17 (6.20%) Manufacturing
21 17 (6.20%) Wi-Fi

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 10 (3.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.92%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.55%) Apache
4 4 (1.46%) Appian
5 3 (1.09%) IIS
5 3 (1.09%) WebSphere
5 3 (1.09%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.36%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (6.93%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.36%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 81 (29.56%) Microsoft 365
2 61 (22.26%) Azure
3 8 (2.92%) Entra ID
4 7 (2.55%) AWS
4 7 (2.55%) Google Workspace
5 6 (2.19%) Power Platform
6 4 (1.46%) GCP
6 4 (1.46%) IaaS
7 3 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.09%) OneDrive
7 3 (1.09%) PaaS
7 3 (1.09%) WhatsApp
8 2 (0.73%) Azure AKS
8 2 (0.73%) Nutanix
8 2 (0.73%) Rubrik
9 1 (0.36%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.36%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.36%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.36%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 29 (10.58%) DNS
1 29 (10.58%) Firewall
2 20 (7.30%) SAN
3 18 (6.57%) LAN
4 17 (6.20%) WAN
4 17 (6.20%) Wi-Fi
5 15 (5.47%) DHCP
5 15 (5.47%) VPN
6 14 (5.11%) TCP/IP
7 11 (4.01%) Wireless
8 10 (3.65%) NAS
9 9 (3.28%) VoIP
10 8 (2.92%) Remote Desktop
10 8 (2.92%) VLAN
11 7 (2.55%) Broadband
12 6 (2.19%) Internet
13 3 (1.09%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 3 (1.09%) NetScaler
13 3 (1.09%) Network Security
13 3 (1.09%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.11%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.19%) Power BI
3 5 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.46%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.36%) Metabase
Development Applications
1 3 (1.09%) Fiddler
2 2 (0.73%) HP UFT
2 2 (0.73%) JMeter
2 2 (0.73%) LoadRunner
2 2 (0.73%) MSTest
2 2 (0.73%) Selenium
2 2 (0.73%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.36%) JIRA
General
1 79 (28.83%) Social Skills
2 20 (7.30%) Finance
3 17 (6.20%) Manufacturing
4 15 (5.47%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.38%) Games
6 11 (4.01%) Law
7 10 (3.65%) Banking
7 10 (3.65%) Financial Institution
8 6 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.19%) Retail
9 5 (1.82%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.46%) Back Office
10 4 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.46%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.09%) Marketing
12 2 (0.73%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.36%) Billing
13 1 (0.36%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.46%) .NET
1 4 (1.46%) REST
1 4 (1.46%) SOAP
1 4 (1.46%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.12%) Driving Licence
2 10 (3.65%) Enterprise Storage
3 7 (2.55%) CCTV
4 5 (1.82%) Data Centre
4 5 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (1.82%) Virtual Team
5 4 (1.46%) Fat Client
5 4 (1.46%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.46%) Thin Client
6 3 (1.09%) Distributed Computing
6 3 (1.09%) EPoS
6 3 (1.09%) Home Automation
6 3 (1.09%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.73%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.73%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.36%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.36%) IoT
8 1 (0.36%) Robotics
8 1 (0.36%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 105 (38.32%) Windows
2 42 (15.33%) Windows Server
3 37 (13.50%) Windows 10
4 13 (4.74%) Linux
5 12 (4.38%) Unix
6 6 (2.19%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.46%) AIX
7 4 (1.46%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (1.46%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.09%) Android
8 3 (1.09%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.09%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.73%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.73%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.73%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (17.52%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (11.31%) Customer Service
3 25 (9.12%) ITIL
4 24 (8.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 13 (4.74%) Cybersecurity
6 12 (4.38%) Incident Management
7 11 (4.01%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (4.01%) Service Delivery
8 8 (2.92%) Agile
8 8 (2.92%) Computer Science
9 7 (2.55%) Disaster Recovery
9 7 (2.55%) ITSM
10 6 (2.19%) Architectural Design
10 6 (2.19%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (2.19%) Mobile Device Management
10 6 (2.19%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (2.19%) Storage Management
11 5 (1.82%) Anti-Money Laundering
11 5 (1.82%) Antivirus Management
11 5 (1.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 23 (8.39%) SQL
2 10 (3.65%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.82%) C#
3 5 (1.82%) C++
3 5 (1.82%) Java
4 4 (1.46%) C
4 4 (1.46%) VB
5 3 (1.09%) Python
6 2 (0.73%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 39 (14.23%) Degree
2 20 (7.30%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (4.74%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.74%) Security Cleared
4 10 (3.65%) DBS Check
5 6 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.46%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.09%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.73%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.73%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.73%) MCSA
9 1 (0.36%) CCNA
9 1 (0.36%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.36%) Citrix Certification
9 1 (0.36%) MCITP
9 1 (0.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.20%) Def Stans
1 17 (6.20%) IEC 61508
2 16 (5.84%) SLA
3 13 (4.74%) GDPR
4 7 (2.55%) QA
System Software
1 76 (27.74%) Active Directory
2 29 (10.58%) Hyper-V
3 26 (9.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.19%) vSphere
5 4 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.73%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.36%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.36%) XenApp
8 1 (0.36%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 19 (6.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (3.65%) SCCM
3 4 (1.46%) WSUS
4 3 (1.09%) CA Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.73%) NetBackup
5 2 (0.73%) Terraform
5 2 (0.73%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.36%) Autotask
6 1 (0.36%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 99 (36.13%) Microsoft
2 34 (12.41%) VMware
3 23 (8.39%) Cisco
4 11 (4.01%) Sophos
5 9 (3.28%) Google
6 8 (2.92%) Apple
7 7 (2.55%) ESET
7 7 (2.55%) Veeam
8 6 (2.19%) Citrix
8 6 (2.19%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.82%) Databricks
9 5 (1.82%) HP
10 4 (1.46%) ConnectWise
10 4 (1.46%) Datto
10 4 (1.46%) Oracle
11 3 (1.09%) Dell
11 3 (1.09%) Draytek
11 3 (1.09%) Dynatrace
11 3 (1.09%) Salesforce
11 3 (1.09%) Ubiquiti