Support Engineer Jobs in Somerset

Support Engineer
South West > Somerset

The median Support Engineer salary in Somerset is £30,385 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 34 53
Rank change year-on-year +20 +19 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 60 34 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 8.28% 5.92% 2.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.53% 7.19% 3.04%
Number of salaries quoted 55 33 18
10th Percentile £28,116 £25,536 £22,275
25th Percentile £29,290 £28,000 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,385 £29,500 £29,875
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -1.26% +6.70%
75th Percentile £50,750 £35,000 £38,219
90th Percentile £57,000 £49,100 £42,400
South West median annual salary £33,000 £32,500 £33,250
% change year-on-year +1.54% -2.26% +18.75%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 703 473 593
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.97% 82.40% 90.95%
Number of salaries quoted 567 349 383
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,700 £26,740
25th Percentile £30,750 £34,000 £34,150
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £56,500 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £70,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Somerset

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Somerset

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

Salary trend for Support Engineer in Somerset

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Somerset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Somerset over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in Somerset

Support Engineer
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 30 April 2024. 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
Yeovil +3 38 £30,385 +3.00% 1
Frome - 4 £40,000 -
Taunton +5 3 £27,000 -15.63%
Street - 3 £35,000 - 2
Bridgwater -2 2 £33,000 -26.67%
Bath +2 1 £31,000 +1.64% 1
Portishead -12 1 £45,000 +60.71%
Shepton Mallet - 1 - - 1
Support Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 30 April 2024, 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 Somerset region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 37 (61.67%) SC Cleared
1 37 (61.67%) Security Cleared
2 35 (58.33%) Windows
2 35 (58.33%) Microsoft
3 34 (56.67%) Active Directory
4 21 (35.00%) Social Skills
5 20 (33.33%) Finance
6 19 (31.67%) Driving Licence
7 18 (30.00%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (25.00%) SQL
8 15 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
8 15 (25.00%) ITIL
9 14 (23.33%) VMware
9 14 (23.33%) VMware Infrastructure
10 13 (21.67%) Windows 10
10 13 (21.67%) SLA
11 12 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
11 12 (20.00%) SAN
11 12 (20.00%) Hitachi
11 12 (20.00%) NetApp
11 12 (20.00%) Veritas
11 12 (20.00%) Oracle
11 12 (20.00%) AIX
11 12 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
11 12 (20.00%) Clustering
11 12 (20.00%) NetBackup
11 12 (20.00%) Backup Exec
11 12 (20.00%) Snow
11 12 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
11 12 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 12 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (5.00%) IIS
3 2 (3.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.67%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (1.67%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 9 (15.00%) Azure
1 9 (15.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (6.67%) Entra ID
3 2 (3.33%) AWS
4 1 (1.67%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 12 (20.00%) SAN
2 10 (16.67%) Wireless
3 5 (8.33%) Network Security
3 5 (8.33%) VoIP
4 4 (6.67%) DHCP
4 4 (6.67%) DNS
4 4 (6.67%) Firewall
5 3 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (3.33%) ADSL
6 2 (3.33%) VLAN
6 2 (3.33%) VPN
7 1 (1.67%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.00%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (3.33%) SQLPlus
General
1 21 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 20 (33.33%) Finance
3 18 (30.00%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (5.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.33%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.67%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.67%) Games
6 1 (1.67%) Legal
6 1 (1.67%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.67%) CSS
1 1 (1.67%) HTML
1 1 (1.67%) RESTEasy
Miscellaneous
1 19 (31.67%) Driving Licence
2 12 (20.00%) Clustering
3 9 (15.00%) Smartphone
4 5 (8.33%) Onboarding
5 3 (5.00%) Management Information System
5 3 (5.00%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.67%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 35 (58.33%) Windows
2 13 (21.67%) Windows 10
3 12 (20.00%) AIX
4 9 (15.00%) Windows 7
5 5 (8.33%) Mac OS
6 4 (6.67%) Windows Server
7 2 (3.33%) Android
7 2 (3.33%) Apple iOS
7 2 (3.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (25.00%) ITIL
2 12 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 12 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
3 11 (18.33%) Customer Service
4 9 (15.00%) Break/Fix
4 9 (15.00%) Mobile Device Management
5 7 (11.67%) Time Management
6 5 (8.33%) Computer Science
6 5 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (5.00%) Change Management
8 3 (5.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 3 (5.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (3.33%) Customer Experience
9 2 (3.33%) Customer-Centricity
9 2 (3.33%) Service Delivery
10 1 (1.67%) Business Continuity
10 1 (1.67%) CRM
10 1 (1.67%) Information Security
10 1 (1.67%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (25.00%) SQL
2 2 (3.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.67%) PHP
3 1 (1.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 37 (61.67%) SC Cleared
1 37 (61.67%) Security Cleared
2 12 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
3 9 (15.00%) Degree
4 7 (11.67%) A+ Certification
5 6 (10.00%) DV Cleared
5 6 (10.00%) MCP
5 6 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (8.33%) DBS Check
7 2 (3.33%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.67%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (21.67%) SLA
System Software
1 34 (56.67%) Active Directory
2 14 (23.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.67%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (20.00%) Backup Exec
1 12 (20.00%) NetBackup
2 9 (15.00%) SCCM
3 6 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.67%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 35 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 14 (23.33%) VMware
3 12 (20.00%) Hitachi
3 12 (20.00%) NetApp
3 12 (20.00%) Oracle
3 12 (20.00%) Snow
3 12 (20.00%) Veritas
4 9 (15.00%) IBM
4 9 (15.00%) McAfee
4 9 (15.00%) MobileIron
5 3 (5.00%) Draytek
5 3 (5.00%) SOTI
5 3 (5.00%) Trend Micro
6 1 (1.67%) Cisco
6 1 (1.67%) SAP