Support Engineer Jobs in Somerset

Support Engineer
South West > Somerset

The median Support Engineer salary in Somerset is £40,000 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 46 13 40
Rank change year-on-year -33 +27 +19
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 6 60 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 1.62% 8.28% 5.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% 8.50% 6.33%
Number of salaries quoted 5 55 31
10th Percentile £28,900 £28,116 £26,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £29,290 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £30,385 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.64% +1.28% +0.42%
75th Percentile £44,750 £50,750 £35,000
90th Percentile £52,100 £57,000 £49,500
South West median annual salary £32,250 £33,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -2.27% +1.54% -4.41%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 355 706 490
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.95% 97.38% 82.91%
Number of salaries quoted 170 572 359
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,014 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,574 £30,875 £34,798
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £44,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.76% -11.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £56,563 £61,125
90th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £70,600
South West median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.20% -4.76% +5.00%

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 4 May 2025.

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 4 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
Bath +17 1 £35,000 +12.90% 1
Shepton Mallet +7 1 £27,000 -
Frome -9 1 £41,500 +3.75%
Support Engineer
South West

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

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 Somerset region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Windows
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (50.00%) VMware
3 3 (50.00%) Firewall
3 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (50.00%) Azure
3 3 (50.00%) Windows Server
4 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
4 2 (33.33%) Driving Licence
4 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (33.33%) Hyper-V
4 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) Google
4 2 (33.33%) VPN
4 2 (33.33%) DNS
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (33.33%) WAN
4 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
5 1 (16.67%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
5 1 (16.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (16.67%) DHCP
5 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
5 1 (16.67%) LAN

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 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (16.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 1 (16.67%) AWS
3 1 (16.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (16.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (33.33%) DNS
2 2 (33.33%) VPN
2 2 (33.33%) WAN
3 1 (16.67%) DHCP
3 1 (16.67%) LAN
3 1 (16.67%) SAN
3 1 (16.67%) SD-WAN
3 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (16.67%) VLAN
3 1 (16.67%) VoIP
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (16.67%) Clustering
2 1 (16.67%) Distributed Applications
2 1 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (16.67%) AIX
4 1 (16.67%) Android
4 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
4 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
4 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Load Balancing
3 1 (16.67%) Logistics
3 1 (16.67%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (16.67%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (33.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (16.67%) Backup Exec
2 1 (16.67%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (50.00%) VMware
2 2 (33.33%) Google
3 1 (16.67%) Hitachi
3 1 (16.67%) IBM
3 1 (16.67%) NetApp
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle
3 1 (16.67%) Snow
3 1 (16.67%) Veritas