Support Engineer Jobs in Sheffield

Support Engineer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Support Engineer salary in Sheffield is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 57 74
Rank change year-on-year +36 +17 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 19 27 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 6.64% 2.54% 2.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.93% 2.66% 2.93%
Number of salaries quoted 15 16 10
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £26,588
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £27,600
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +26.81% +0.36%
75th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £28,463
90th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £34,675
South Yorkshire median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £27,600
% change year-on-year -7.14% +26.81% +6.15%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 274 1,015 819
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.80% 95.48% 88.44%
Number of salaries quoted 188 820 398
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,500 £24,745
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,750 £33,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £47,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.42% -2.06% -7.62%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £64,688
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £72,500
South Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% -10.00%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Sheffield

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Sheffield

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

Salary trend for Support Engineer in Sheffield

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Sheffield

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Sheffield over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in Sheffield

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

For the 6 months to 4 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 Sheffield region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 16 (84.21%) Microsoft
2 15 (78.95%) Social Skills
3 14 (73.68%) Windows
4 13 (68.42%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (52.63%) SQL Server
5 10 (52.63%) Windows 10
6 9 (47.37%) Azure
6 9 (47.37%) SQL
7 8 (42.11%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (36.84%) Customer Service
8 7 (36.84%) Active Directory
8 7 (36.84%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (36.84%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (31.58%) Multicast
9 6 (31.58%) DevOps
9 6 (31.58%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (31.58%) Product Management
9 6 (31.58%) Hyper-V
9 6 (31.58%) Degree
9 6 (31.58%) Replication
9 6 (31.58%) IBM
9 6 (31.58%) DB2
9 6 (31.58%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (31.58%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (26.32%) Containerisation
10 5 (26.32%) Cisco
10 5 (26.32%) SAN
10 5 (26.32%) Test Automation
10 5 (26.32%) Enterprise Storage
11 4 (21.05%) Mobile App

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (47.37%) Azure
2 7 (36.84%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (21.05%) AWS
3 4 (21.05%) SaaS
4 3 (15.79%) Azure Logic Apps
4 3 (15.79%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (15.79%) Entra ID
4 3 (15.79%) Power Automate
4 3 (15.79%) Power Platform
4 3 (15.79%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (31.58%) Multicast
2 5 (26.32%) SAN
3 3 (15.79%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (5.26%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (52.63%) SQL Server
2 6 (31.58%) DB2
3 3 (15.79%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (15.79%) Power BI
General
1 15 (78.95%) Social Skills
2 8 (42.11%) Organisational Skills
3 7 (36.84%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (15.79%) Finance
5 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 6 (31.58%) Replication
2 5 (26.32%) Enterprise Storage
3 4 (21.05%) Driving Licence
3 4 (21.05%) Mobile App
3 4 (21.05%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (15.79%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 14 (73.68%) Windows
2 10 (52.63%) Windows 10
3 6 (31.58%) Windows Server 2012
3 6 (31.58%) Windows Server 2016
3 6 (31.58%) Windows Server 2019
4 4 (21.05%) Android
5 3 (15.79%) Windows 7
6 2 (10.53%) Windows Server
7 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (68.42%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (36.84%) Customer Service
3 6 (31.58%) DevOps
3 6 (31.58%) Product Management
4 5 (26.32%) Containerisation
4 5 (26.32%) Test Automation
5 4 (21.05%) Analytical Thinking
5 4 (21.05%) CRM
5 4 (21.05%) Data Privacy
5 4 (21.05%) Exploratory Testing
5 4 (21.05%) Mathematics
5 4 (21.05%) Migration
5 4 (21.05%) Software Testing
6 3 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (15.79%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (15.79%) Data Modelling
6 3 (15.79%) ITIL
6 3 (15.79%) Knowledge Transfer
6 3 (15.79%) Platform Engineering
6 3 (15.79%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (47.37%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) Degree
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (36.84%) Active Directory
2 6 (31.58%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 16 (84.21%) Microsoft
2 6 (31.58%) IBM
3 5 (26.32%) Cisco
4 4 (21.05%) Zoho