Support Engineer Jobs in Northamptonshire

Support Engineer
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The median Support Engineer salary in Northamptonshire is £41,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 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
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 21 37
Rank change year-on-year -31 +16 -21
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 30 49 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 3.52% 7.02% 5.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.58% 7.28% 6.03%
Number of salaries quoted 29 44 24
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,240 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £24,750 £26,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £30,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.07% +1.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £58,000 £35,000 £37,063
90th Percentile £67,500 £43,750 £55,000
East Midlands median annual salary £32,500 £30,000 £28,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +7.14% -4.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Northamptonshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northamptonshire. 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 Northamptonshire with a recognized job title 838 673 464
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.36% 96.42% 87.55%
Number of salaries quoted 262 523 255
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £40,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.21% -23.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £52,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £73,750
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +5.26%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Northamptonshire

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in Northamptonshire.

Salary trend for Support Engineer in Northamptonshire

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in Northamptonshire

Support Engineer
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 7 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
Northampton -16 15 £32,500 +8.33% 4
Corby +8 2 £27,500 -8.33%
Support Engineer
East Midlands

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire

For the 6 months to 7 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 Northamptonshire region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (56.67%) Windows
1 17 (56.67%) Microsoft
2 13 (43.33%) HP
2 13 (43.33%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (43.33%) Firewall
2 13 (43.33%) Windows Server
3 12 (40.00%) Active Directory
4 10 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (33.33%) VMware
4 10 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 10 (33.33%) Azure
5 9 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (30.00%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (30.00%) Cisco
6 8 (26.67%) CCNP
6 8 (26.67%) DNS
6 8 (26.67%) DHCP
6 8 (26.67%) Hyper-V
6 8 (26.67%) VMware Infrastructure
7 7 (23.33%) Aruba
7 7 (23.33%) Meraki
7 7 (23.33%) Palo Alto
7 7 (23.33%) Presales
7 7 (23.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (23.33%) Zero Trust
7 7 (23.33%) Cisco Firepower
7 7 (23.33%) SD-WAN
7 7 (23.33%) WAN
7 7 (23.33%) CCIE
7 7 (23.33%) LAN

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (20.00%) IIS
2 6 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (33.33%) Azure
2 9 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.33%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (43.33%) Firewall
2 9 (30.00%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (26.67%) DHCP
3 8 (26.67%) DNS
4 7 (23.33%) Cisco Firepower
4 7 (23.33%) LAN
4 7 (23.33%) SD-WAN
4 7 (23.33%) WAN
5 6 (20.00%) Remote Desktop
5 6 (20.00%) SAN
6 2 (6.67%) TCP/IP
7 1 (3.33%) Internet
7 1 (3.33%) Network Security
7 1 (3.33%) VLAN
7 1 (3.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 7 (23.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 17 (56.67%) Windows
2 13 (43.33%) Windows Server
3 3 (10.00%) Windows 10
4 1 (3.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (23.33%) Presales
1 7 (23.33%) Zero Trust
2 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (6.67%) Customer Service
3 2 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (6.67%) Incident Management
3 2 (6.67%) ITIL
3 2 (6.67%) Problem Management
4 1 (3.33%) Asset Management
4 1 (3.33%) Change Control
4 1 (3.33%) Computer Science
4 1 (3.33%) Hardware Maintenance
4 1 (3.33%) IT Asset Management
4 1 (3.33%) Mentoring
4 1 (3.33%) Migration
4 1 (3.33%) Network Management
4 1 (3.33%) Preventative Maintenance
4 1 (3.33%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (43.33%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (26.67%) CCNP
3 7 (23.33%) CCIE
4 6 (20.00%) CCNA
5 2 (6.67%) A+ Certification
6 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.33%) Degree
6 1 (3.33%) LPIC
6 1 (3.33%) MCP
6 1 (3.33%) MCSE
6 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (3.33%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 8 (26.67%) Hyper-V
2 8 (26.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (20.00%) Terminal Services
3 6 (20.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (6.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (56.67%) Microsoft
2 13 (43.33%) HP
3 10 (33.33%) VMware
4 9 (30.00%) Cisco
5 7 (23.33%) Aruba
5 7 (23.33%) Fortinet
5 7 (23.33%) Meraki
5 7 (23.33%) Palo Alto
6 6 (20.00%) Dell
6 6 (20.00%) NetApp
7 2 (6.67%) SAP
8 1 (3.33%) Siemens