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 £39,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 114 155
Rank change year-on-year +27 +41 +46
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 450 409 384
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.84% 2.32% 2.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.16% 2.44% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 191 360 215
10th Percentile £25,750 £22,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £25,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £30,000 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.67% -3.23% +6.90%
75th Percentile - £35,000 £38,750
90th Percentile £48,750 £45,000 £47,500
England median annual salary £37,500 £32,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year +15.38% -2.99% -

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 10,815 16,750 15,196
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.22% 94.99% 89.53%
Number of salaries quoted 5,780 12,957 8,065
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £39,544
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +7.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%

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 17 May 2025.

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 17 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
North West +61 363 £39,500 +39.82% 64
Yorkshire -6 82 £32,250 -0.77% 38
North East -12 5 £35,000 +7.69% 22
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, 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.

1 280 (62.22%) BPSS Clearance
2 262 (58.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 218 (48.44%) Social Skills
4 196 (43.56%) Degree
5 114 (25.33%) IEC 61508
5 114 (25.33%) Def Stans
6 84 (18.67%) Microsoft
7 75 (16.67%) Windows
8 73 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
9 72 (16.00%) Management Information System
10 55 (12.22%) Microsoft 365
11 53 (11.78%) Azure
12 45 (10.00%) Customer Service
13 35 (7.78%) ITIL
14 34 (7.56%) Active Directory
15 29 (6.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 28 (6.22%) Manufacturing
16 28 (6.22%) Analytical Skills
17 27 (6.00%) SQL Server
18 24 (5.33%) Windows 10
19 23 (5.11%) Siemens
20 22 (4.89%) SQL
20 22 (4.89%) Android
20 22 (4.89%) Self-Motivation
21 21 (4.67%) Analytical Thinking
21 21 (4.67%) Windows Server
21 21 (4.67%) Hyper-V
21 21 (4.67%) VMware
22 20 (4.44%) PLM
22 20 (4.44%) Teamcenter

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 11 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.33%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.89%) AutoCAD
3 3 (0.67%) Autodesk Inventor
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 20 (4.44%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 55 (12.22%) Microsoft 365
2 53 (11.78%) Azure
3 18 (4.00%) AWS
3 18 (4.00%) SaaS
4 9 (2.00%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.33%) Power Platform
6 3 (0.67%) Azure Logic Apps
6 3 (0.67%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (0.67%) IaaS
6 3 (0.67%) Power Automate
6 3 (0.67%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.44%) GCP
7 2 (0.44%) GitHub
7 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (0.44%) Mimecast
7 2 (0.44%) PaaS
8 1 (0.22%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.22%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.22%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.22%) Firewall
2 17 (3.78%) DNS
3 13 (2.89%) VPN
4 12 (2.67%) SAN
4 12 (2.67%) WAN
5 10 (2.22%) DHCP
6 7 (1.56%) VLAN
7 6 (1.33%) Cisco IOS
7 6 (1.33%) LAN
7 6 (1.33%) MPLS
7 6 (1.33%) Multicast
7 6 (1.33%) VoIP
8 5 (1.11%) SSH
8 5 (1.11%) TCP/IP
8 5 (1.11%) Unified Communications
8 5 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.89%) Broadband
9 4 (0.89%) NAS
10 2 (0.44%) IP Telephony
10 2 (0.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.33%) DB2
2 6 (1.33%) Power BI
3 3 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.44%) MySQL
5 1 (0.22%) Big Data
5 1 (0.22%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (1.11%) JIRA
2 1 (0.22%) ClearCase
2 1 (0.22%) ClearQuest
2 1 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
General
1 218 (48.44%) Social Skills
2 28 (6.22%) Analytical Skills
2 28 (6.22%) Manufacturing
3 20 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (1.56%) Retail
5 6 (1.33%) Telecoms
6 5 (1.11%) Finance
6 5 (1.11%) Legal
7 4 (0.89%) Advertising
7 4 (0.89%) Aerospace
7 4 (0.89%) Law
8 3 (0.67%) Marketing
8 3 (0.67%) Military
9 2 (0.44%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.22%) Aviation
10 1 (0.22%) Cantonese Language
10 1 (0.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.22%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.22%) Mandarin Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.44%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 72 (16.00%) Management Information System
2 22 (4.89%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (3.56%) Mobile App
4 13 (2.89%) Driving Licence
5 10 (2.22%) Data Centre
6 6 (1.33%) Private Cloud
6 6 (1.33%) Replication
7 5 (1.11%) Enterprise Storage
8 3 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.67%) EPoS
8 3 (0.67%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.44%) CMDB
9 2 (0.44%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (0.44%) HP Storage
9 2 (0.44%) NHS
9 2 (0.44%) PACS
10 1 (0.22%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.22%) Housing Association
10 1 (0.22%) PropTech
10 1 (0.22%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 75 (16.67%) Windows
2 24 (5.33%) Windows 10
3 22 (4.89%) Android
4 21 (4.67%) Windows Server
5 19 (4.22%) Linux
6 13 (2.89%) Windows Server 2012
7 12 (2.67%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (1.78%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.11%) Windows 7
10 4 (0.89%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.89%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (58.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 73 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (10.00%) Customer Service
4 35 (7.78%) ITIL
5 29 (6.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 21 (4.67%) Analytical Thinking
7 20 (4.44%) Bill of Materials
7 20 (4.44%) PLM
7 20 (4.44%) Software Testing
8 18 (4.00%) CRM
8 18 (4.00%) Mathematics
8 18 (4.00%) Migration
9 16 (3.56%) Data Privacy
9 16 (3.56%) Exploratory Testing
9 16 (3.56%) Mentoring
10 11 (2.44%) Logistics
11 10 (2.22%) DevOps
12 8 (1.78%) Customer Experience
12 8 (1.78%) Project Management
13 7 (1.56%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 22 (4.89%) SQL
2 5 (1.11%) PowerShell
3 4 (0.89%) Python
4 3 (0.67%) MATLAB
4 3 (0.67%) Perl
4 3 (0.67%) R
5 2 (0.44%) Bash
6 1 (0.22%) Go
6 1 (0.22%) Java
6 1 (0.22%) Progress 4GL
6 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 280 (62.22%) BPSS Clearance
2 196 (43.56%) Degree
3 15 (3.33%) SC Cleared
3 15 (3.33%) Security Cleared
4 8 (1.78%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.11%) DBS Check
6 4 (0.89%) HND
6 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.67%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.67%) PhD
8 2 (0.44%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.22%) HNC
9 1 (0.22%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (25.33%) Def Stans
1 114 (25.33%) IEC 61508
2 7 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (1.56%) SLA
3 2 (0.44%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.44%) QA
4 1 (0.22%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.22%) GDPR
System Software
1 34 (7.56%) Active Directory
2 21 (4.67%) Hyper-V
3 16 (3.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.22%) Docker
5 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (3.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.33%) Proxmox
3 3 (0.67%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.67%) SCCM
3 3 (0.67%) Terraform
4 1 (0.22%) Ansible
4 1 (0.22%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 84 (18.67%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.11%) Siemens
3 21 (4.67%) VMware
4 19 (4.22%) Cisco
5 16 (3.56%) Zoho
6 7 (1.56%) IBM
7 5 (1.11%) Citrix
8 4 (0.89%) Sun
9 3 (0.67%) SAP
10 2 (0.44%) Avaya
10 2 (0.44%) Dell
10 2 (0.44%) HP
10 2 (0.44%) Meraki
10 2 (0.44%) Oracle
10 2 (0.44%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.44%) SonicWALL
10 2 (0.44%) Veeam
11 1 (0.22%) CyberArk
11 1 (0.22%) Databricks
11 1 (0.22%) ESET