Support Engineer Jobs in Oxfordshire

Support Engineer
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Support Engineer salary in Oxfordshire is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 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
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 45 74
Rank change year-on-year +3 +29 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 29 72 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 3.98% 4.25% 3.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.50% 4.44% 3.78%
Number of salaries quoted 21 70 48
10th Percentile - £31,000 £26,100
25th Percentile £25,750 £36,250 £29,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £42,000 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% +33.33% +5.00%
75th Percentile £41,750 £43,750 £33,750
90th Percentile £43,750 - £39,875
South East median annual salary £37,500 £34,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year +8.70% +9.52% -3.08%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Oxfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 645 1,623 1,270
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.60% 95.87% 84.78%
Number of salaries quoted 341 1,281 788
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,000 £27,100
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.94% -3.81%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,750 £66,563
90th Percentile £87,500 £70,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Oxfordshire

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Salary trend for Support Engineer in Oxfordshire

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in Oxfordshire

Support Engineer
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 21 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
Banbury +20 8 £27,500 -31.25%
Oxford +11 3 £37,000 -3.90% 4
Kidlington - 2 £40,000 - 1
Carterton - 1 - - 2
Support Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 21 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 Oxfordshire region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 20 (68.97%) Social Skills
2 17 (58.62%) Windows
3 15 (51.72%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (48.28%) Active Directory
5 13 (44.83%) Microsoft
6 11 (37.93%) TCP/IP
6 11 (37.93%) DNS
6 11 (37.93%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (34.48%) Azure
8 9 (31.03%) Microsoft Office
8 9 (31.03%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (27.59%) AWS
9 8 (27.59%) GCP
10 7 (24.14%) Video Conferencing
10 7 (24.14%) Google
10 7 (24.14%) A+ Certification
10 7 (24.14%) MCP
10 7 (24.14%) DHCP
11 6 (20.69%) Change Management
11 6 (20.69%) Process Improvement
11 6 (20.69%) Customer-Centricity
11 6 (20.69%) Customer Service
12 5 (17.24%) Mac OS
13 4 (13.79%) Cisco
13 4 (13.79%) VPN
13 4 (13.79%) ITIL
13 4 (13.79%) Data Entry
13 4 (13.79%) VMware Infrastructure
13 4 (13.79%) VMware
13 4 (13.79%) SaaS

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Applications
1 9 (31.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (37.93%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (34.48%) Azure
3 8 (27.59%) AWS
3 8 (27.59%) GCP
4 4 (13.79%) SaaS
5 2 (6.90%) Mimecast
6 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
6 1 (3.45%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 11 (37.93%) DNS
1 11 (37.93%) TCP/IP
2 7 (24.14%) DHCP
3 4 (13.79%) VPN
4 2 (6.90%) Firewall
4 2 (6.90%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (3.45%) SAN
5 1 (3.45%) SD-WAN
5 1 (3.45%) WAN
5 1 (3.45%) Wireless
General
1 20 (68.97%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.45%) Finance
3 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 7 (24.14%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (6.90%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.45%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 17 (58.62%) Windows
2 5 (17.24%) Mac OS
3 3 (10.34%) Windows 10
4 2 (6.90%) Android
4 2 (6.90%) Linux
4 2 (6.90%) Mac OS X
5 1 (3.45%) Apple iOS
5 1 (3.45%) Unix
5 1 (3.45%) Windows Server
5 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (51.72%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (20.69%) Change Management
2 6 (20.69%) Customer Service
2 6 (20.69%) Customer-Centricity
2 6 (20.69%) Process Improvement
3 4 (13.79%) Data Entry
3 4 (13.79%) ITIL
3 4 (13.79%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (6.90%) Project Delivery
4 2 (6.90%) Service Delivery
4 2 (6.90%) Service Management
5 1 (3.45%) Agile
5 1 (3.45%) Customer Experience
5 1 (3.45%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (3.45%) Information Security
5 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (3.45%) ITSM
5 1 (3.45%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (3.45%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (31.03%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (24.14%) A+ Certification
2 7 (24.14%) MCP
3 3 (10.34%) SC Cleared
3 3 (10.34%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.45%) CCNA
4 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.45%) Dell Certification
4 1 (3.45%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.45%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (48.28%) Active Directory
2 4 (13.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (10.34%) Hyper-V
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (3.45%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (3.45%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (6.90%) SCCM
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (44.83%) Microsoft
2 7 (24.14%) Google
3 4 (13.79%) Cisco
3 4 (13.79%) VMware
4 3 (10.34%) Apple
5 2 (6.90%) ServiceNow
6 1 (3.45%) Citrix
6 1 (3.45%) Dell
6 1 (3.45%) HP
6 1 (3.45%) Meraki
6 1 (3.45%) Snow
6 1 (3.45%) SolarWinds
6 1 (3.45%) Sophos