Technical Support Engineer Job Trends in the North West

Technical Support Engineer
England > North West

The median Technical Support Engineer salary in the North West is £33,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 193 188
Rank change year-on-year +49 -5 +113
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support Engineer 35 14 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.55% 0.28% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.30% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 30 7 9
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,350 £24,400
25th Percentile £31,000 £29,250 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £30,500 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.66% +8.93% -8.85%
75th Percentile £46,250 £31,750 £38,750
90th Percentile £48,750 £32,550 £39,750
England median annual salary £36,500 £38,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -3.95% +8.57% -6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 5,451 4,645 4,292
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.92% 92.18% 95.31%
Number of salaries quoted 3,020 2,440 3,380
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,369 £50,146
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +2.44% -6.27%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,848 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,800
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.81% -6.02%

Technical Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Technical Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Technical Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the North West

Technical Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary distribution trend for Technical Support Engineer job vacancies in the North West

Technical Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Support Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Support Engineer in the North West

Technical 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 Technical Support Engineer within the North West region over the 6 months to 13 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
Manchester +35 16 £33,750 +11.57% 1
Lancashire +14 7 £26,500 -13.11% 1
Merseyside - 7 £40,000 -
Cheshire - 4 £47,500 - 2
Cumbria +12 1 - -
Technical Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Technical 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 West region featuring Technical Support Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (48.57%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 14 (40.00%) Customer Service
4 12 (34.29%) SQL
5 11 (31.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (28.57%) Windows
7 7 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
7 7 (20.00%) ERP
7 7 (20.00%) Mac OS
7 7 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
7 7 (20.00%) PL/SQL
7 7 (20.00%) VBScript
7 7 (20.00%) Veeam
7 7 (20.00%) VMware
7 7 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
7 7 (20.00%) Windows 10
8 6 (17.14%) Mentoring
9 5 (14.29%) Active Directory
9 5 (14.29%) AWS
9 5 (14.29%) Azure
9 5 (14.29%) Entra ID
9 5 (14.29%) Firewall
9 5 (14.29%) Hyper-V
9 5 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (14.29%) Preventative Maintenance
9 5 (14.29%) Siemens
10 4 (11.43%) Coaching
10 4 (11.43%) Root Cause Analysis

Technical Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Applications
1 7 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (14.29%) AWS
1 5 (14.29%) Azure
1 5 (14.29%) Entra ID
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (14.29%) Firewall
2 1 (2.86%) LAN
2 1 (2.86%) WAN
General
1 12 (34.29%) Social Skills
2 5 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (11.43%) Avionics
3 4 (11.43%) Electronics
4 3 (8.57%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.71%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (5.71%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.86%) Finance
6 1 (2.86%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 12 (34.29%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (28.57%) Driving Licence
3 5 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (14.29%) CCTV
3 5 (14.29%) Cloud Native
4 3 (8.57%) Home Automation
4 3 (8.57%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (8.57%) Solar Energy
4 3 (8.57%) Virtual Team
5 2 (5.71%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.86%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (28.57%) Windows
2 7 (20.00%) Mac OS
2 7 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (48.57%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (40.00%) Customer Service
3 11 (31.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
4 7 (20.00%) ERP
5 6 (17.14%) Mentoring
6 5 (14.29%) Preventative Maintenance
7 4 (11.43%) Coaching
7 4 (11.43%) Root Cause Analysis
8 3 (8.57%) CRM
8 3 (8.57%) Customer Experience
9 2 (5.71%) Collaborative Working
9 2 (5.71%) Compliance Audit
10 1 (2.86%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 12 (34.29%) SQL
2 7 (20.00%) PL/SQL
2 7 (20.00%) VBScript
3 3 (8.57%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 3 (8.57%) Degree
1 3 (8.57%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.71%) QA
System Software
1 7 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 5 (14.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 7 (20.00%) Veeam
2 7 (20.00%) VMware
3 5 (14.29%) Siemens