Support Engineer Jobs in Reading

Support Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Support Engineer salary in Reading is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 79 114
Rank change year-on-year +26 +35 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 14 41 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 2.74% 2.40% 1.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.32% 2.53% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 14 38 15
10th Percentile - £25,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £25,625 £26,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £34,500 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +7.81% +1.59%
75th Percentile £38,750 £35,750 £36,000
90th Percentile £43,750 £48,325 £51,100
Berkshire median annual salary £37,500 £34,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% +7.81% -1.54%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 422 1,618 1,513
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 82.58% 94.68% 93.68%
Number of salaries quoted 239 1,032 808
10th Percentile £31,750 £29,813 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,550 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.93% -12.42% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £68,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £92,500
Berkshire median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Reading

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Support Engineer in Reading

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Reading over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 3 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 Reading region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (92.86%) Microsoft
1 13 (92.86%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (78.57%) Windows
2 11 (78.57%) SharePoint
2 11 (78.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (57.14%) Azure
4 6 (42.86%) Windows Server 2012
4 6 (42.86%) Service Desk Management
4 6 (42.86%) Windows 10
5 5 (35.71%) Remote Desktop
5 5 (35.71%) Ubiquiti
5 5 (35.71%) vCenter Server
5 5 (35.71%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (35.71%) Windows Server
5 5 (35.71%) CRM
5 5 (35.71%) VMware
5 5 (35.71%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (35.71%) Mac OS
5 5 (35.71%) Hyper-V
5 5 (35.71%) DHCP
5 5 (35.71%) DNS
5 5 (35.71%) Active Directory
5 5 (35.71%) Sophos
5 5 (35.71%) Firewall
6 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
7 3 (21.43%) Degree
8 2 (14.29%) Finance
8 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (14.29%) Change Control

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 11 (78.57%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (78.57%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.14%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 13 (92.86%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (57.14%) Azure
3 2 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (7.14%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) DHCP
1 5 (35.71%) DNS
1 5 (35.71%) Firewall
1 5 (35.71%) Remote Desktop
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Git
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
1 1 (7.14%) JUnit
General
1 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Spring
Operating Systems
1 11 (78.57%) Windows
2 6 (42.86%) Windows 10
2 6 (42.86%) Windows Server 2012
3 5 (35.71%) Mac OS
3 5 (35.71%) Windows Server
4 1 (7.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Service Desk Management
2 5 (35.71%) CRM
3 2 (14.29%) Change Control
4 1 (7.14%) Computer Science
4 1 (7.14%) Fintech
4 1 (7.14%) High Availability
4 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) Active Directory
1 5 (35.71%) Hyper-V
1 5 (35.71%) VMware ESXi
1 5 (35.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (35.71%) vCenter Server
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (92.86%) Microsoft
2 5 (35.71%) Sophos
2 5 (35.71%) Ubiquiti
2 5 (35.71%) VMware