Support Engineer Jobs in the North West

Support Engineer
England > North West

The median Support Engineer salary in the North West is £39,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 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
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 133 133
Rank change year-on-year +61 0 +67
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 364 174 189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 4.54% 1.74% 2.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.94% 1.84% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 114 167 113
10th Percentile £29,000 £22,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £24,750 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £28,000 £30,690
Median % change year-on-year +41.07% -8.77% +2.30%
75th Percentile £42,500 £34,750 £38,750
90th Percentile £53,000 £47,000 £48,750
England median annual salary £38,000 £32,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year +16.92% -2.99% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 7,375 9,439 6,930
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 94.63% 89.57%
Number of salaries quoted 4,012 7,250 4,054
10th Percentile £26,415 £27,250 £30,041
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in the North West

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Support Engineer in the North West

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in the North West

Support Engineer
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 20 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
Cumbria +28 297 £39,500 +36.21% 5
Manchester +15 31 £38,000 +26.67% 49
Cheshire -7 17 £40,000 +14.29% 8
Merseyside +24 15 £26,500 -1.85% 3
Lancashire -110 4 £44,500 +85.42% 14
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 West region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 280 (76.92%) BPSS Clearance
2 262 (71.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 173 (47.53%) Degree
4 164 (45.05%) Social Skills
5 114 (31.32%) IEC 61508
5 114 (31.32%) Def Stans
6 72 (19.78%) Management Information System
7 40 (10.99%) Microsoft
8 35 (9.62%) Azure
9 30 (8.24%) Problem-Solving
9 30 (8.24%) Microsoft 365
10 27 (7.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 25 (6.87%) Windows
12 24 (6.59%) Manufacturing
13 23 (6.32%) Siemens
14 22 (6.04%) ITIL
15 20 (5.49%) PLM
15 20 (5.49%) Teamcenter
15 20 (5.49%) Bill of Materials
16 17 (4.67%) VMware
16 17 (4.67%) Active Directory
17 15 (4.12%) DNS
17 15 (4.12%) Windows Server
18 12 (3.30%) Security Cleared
18 12 (3.30%) VMware Infrastructure
18 12 (3.30%) SC Cleared
19 11 (3.02%) Hyper-V
19 11 (3.02%) Logistics
19 11 (3.02%) Firewall
19 11 (3.02%) Mentoring

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 8 (2.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.82%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.10%) AutoCAD
3 3 (0.82%) Autodesk Inventor
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 20 (5.49%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 35 (9.62%) Azure
2 30 (8.24%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (0.82%) Entra ID
3 3 (0.82%) IaaS
4 2 (0.55%) AWS
4 2 (0.55%) GCP
4 2 (0.55%) GitHub
4 2 (0.55%) PaaS
4 2 (0.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.12%) DNS
2 11 (3.02%) Firewall
3 9 (2.47%) WAN
4 8 (2.20%) DHCP
5 7 (1.92%) VPN
6 6 (1.65%) MPLS
6 6 (1.65%) VLAN
7 5 (1.37%) SSH
8 4 (1.10%) VoIP
9 3 (0.82%) Broadband
9 3 (0.82%) LAN
9 3 (0.82%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.27%) HTTP
10 1 (0.27%) SAN
10 1 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.55%) MySQL
2 1 (0.27%) Big Data
2 1 (0.27%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (0.55%) JIRA
2 1 (0.27%) ClearCase
2 1 (0.27%) ClearQuest
2 1 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
General
1 164 (45.05%) Social Skills
2 24 (6.59%) Manufacturing
3 5 (1.37%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (0.82%) Telecoms
5 2 (0.55%) Finance
5 2 (0.55%) Legal
5 2 (0.55%) Marketing
6 1 (0.27%) Advertising
6 1 (0.27%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.27%) Aviation
6 1 (0.27%) Cantonese Language
6 1 (0.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (0.27%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (0.27%) Law
6 1 (0.27%) Mandarin Language
6 1 (0.27%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.55%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 72 (19.78%) Management Information System
2 10 (2.75%) Data Centre
3 6 (1.65%) Private Cloud
4 5 (1.37%) Driving Licence
5 2 (0.55%) CMDB
5 2 (0.55%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.27%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.27%) Housing Association
6 1 (0.27%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.27%) PropTech
6 1 (0.27%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.27%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.27%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 25 (6.87%) Windows
2 15 (4.12%) Windows Server
3 10 (2.75%) Linux
4 9 (2.47%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.82%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.55%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.55%) Unix
6 2 (0.55%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (71.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 30 (8.24%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (7.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 22 (6.04%) ITIL
5 20 (5.49%) Bill of Materials
5 20 (5.49%) PLM
6 11 (3.02%) Logistics
6 11 (3.02%) Mentoring
7 9 (2.47%) Customer Service
8 7 (1.92%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (1.65%) Customer Experience
10 5 (1.37%) Analytical Thinking
10 5 (1.37%) Change Management
10 5 (1.37%) Incident Management
10 5 (1.37%) Proactive Monitoring
10 5 (1.37%) Root Cause Analysis
10 5 (1.37%) Service Delivery
10 5 (1.37%) Telematics
10 5 (1.37%) Vehicle Telematics
11 3 (0.82%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.10%) SQL
2 3 (0.82%) PowerShell
2 3 (0.82%) Python
3 2 (0.55%) Bash
4 1 (0.27%) Go
4 1 (0.27%) Java
4 1 (0.27%) Progress 4GL
4 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 280 (76.92%) BPSS Clearance
2 173 (47.53%) Degree
3 12 (3.30%) SC Cleared
3 12 (3.30%) Security Cleared
4 8 (2.20%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.37%) DBS Check
6 4 (1.10%) HND
7 2 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.27%) MCSE
8 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (31.32%) Def Stans
1 114 (31.32%) IEC 61508
2 5 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.55%) SLA
4 1 (0.27%) GDPR
System Software
1 17 (4.67%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (3.02%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.27%) Docker
4 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (1.65%) Proxmox
2 3 (0.82%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.55%) Terraform
4 1 (0.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 40 (10.99%) Microsoft
2 23 (6.32%) Siemens
3 17 (4.67%) VMware
4 8 (2.20%) Cisco
5 5 (1.37%) Citrix
6 3 (0.82%) SAP
6 3 (0.82%) Sun
7 2 (0.55%) Meraki
7 2 (0.55%) Oracle
8 1 (0.27%) Capita
8 1 (0.27%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.27%) Google
8 1 (0.27%) IBM
8 1 (0.27%) Progress