Senior Support Engineer Job Trends in Northampton

Senior Support Engineer
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The median Senior Support Engineer salary in Northampton is £41,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 August 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 - 42
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Support Engineer 2 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Northampton 0.35% - 1.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% - 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £40,500 - £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 - £32,500
75th Percentile £41,500 - £33,750
90th Percentile - - £45,750
Northamptonshire median annual salary £41,000 - £32,500

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Northampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northampton. 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 Northampton with a recognized job title 537 213 447
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.04% 99.53% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 325 183 344
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -18.18%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,450 £71,250
Northamptonshire median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -18.18%

Senior Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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

Senior Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Northampton

Senior Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Northampton

Salary distribution trend for Senior Support Engineer job vacancies in Northampton.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Support Engineer job vacancies in Northampton

Senior Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton

For the 6 months to 5 August 2026, Senior 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 Northampton region featuring Senior Support Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 2 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) SonicWALL
1 2 (100.00%) Sophos

Senior Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 2 (100.00%) SonicWALL
1 2 (100.00%) Sophos
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) WatchGuard