IT Support Engineer Job Trends in the South East

IT Support Engineer
England > South East

The median IT Support Engineer salary in the South East is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 166 150
Rank change year-on-year +82 -16 +116
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 290 86 281
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 2.08% 1.26% 1.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.20% 1.50% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 279 67 275
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,750 £23,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £33,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.99% +11.67% -
75th Percentile £36,750 £38,750 £40,500
90th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £43,750
England median annual salary £32,500 £31,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year +4.84% +3.33% -6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 13,169 5,749 14,970
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 84.47% 93.81%
Number of salaries quoted 8,704 3,604 11,147
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £66,250 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,296
% change year-on-year -8.33% +10.51% -9.51%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

IT Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the South East

IT Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in the South East

IT Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 16 April 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Support Engineer in the South East

IT Support Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 April 2026. 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
Thames Valley +54 80 £34,000 +13.33% 6
Hampshire +37 78 £31,500 -1.56% 5
West Sussex +11 42 £30,500 -39.00% 6
Surrey -30 39 £30,000 -20.00% 2
Buckinghamshire +20 36 £34,000 - 2
Kent -11 33 £27,500 -8.33% 6
Oxfordshire +11 32 £34,000 +23.64% 3
East Sussex - 16 £30,000 - 2
Berkshire +8 12 £36,250 -3.33% 1
Sussex - 1 £30,000 - 4
Middlesex - 1 £37,500 -
IT Support Engineer
England

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 16 April 2026, IT Support Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 127 (43.79%) Windows
2 120 (41.38%) Microsoft
3 99 (34.14%) Microsoft 365
4 91 (31.38%) Active Directory
5 82 (28.28%) Customer Service
6 63 (21.72%) Azure
7 59 (20.34%) Windows Server
8 58 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
9 38 (13.10%) Firewall
10 32 (11.03%) VPN
10 32 (11.03%) Windows 10
11 30 (10.34%) LAN
12 28 (9.66%) Entra ID
13 27 (9.31%) Microsoft Intune
14 26 (8.97%) DBS Check
14 26 (8.97%) SharePoint
15 25 (8.62%) Cybersecurity
15 25 (8.62%) Microsoft Office
15 25 (8.62%) WAN
16 21 (7.24%) ITIL
17 20 (6.90%) Mac OS
17 20 (6.90%) Mentoring
17 20 (6.90%) VMware
18 19 (6.55%) DNS
18 19 (6.55%) SLA
19 18 (6.21%) VoIP
20 17 (5.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
20 17 (5.86%) Microsoft Exchange
21 15 (5.17%) Security Cleared
22 14 (4.83%) Asset Management

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 26 (8.97%) SharePoint
2 17 (5.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.38%) IIS
Applications
1 25 (8.62%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (2.07%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 99 (34.14%) Microsoft 365
2 63 (21.72%) Azure
3 28 (9.66%) Entra ID
4 14 (4.83%) AWS
5 8 (2.76%) Mimecast
6 7 (2.41%) GCP
7 6 (2.07%) Google Workspace
7 6 (2.07%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.38%) SaaS
9 3 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.03%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.03%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 38 (13.10%) Firewall
2 32 (11.03%) VPN
3 30 (10.34%) LAN
4 25 (8.62%) WAN
5 19 (6.55%) DNS
6 18 (6.21%) VoIP
7 14 (4.83%) DHCP
7 14 (4.83%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (4.48%) TCP/IP
9 6 (2.07%) NAS
10 4 (1.38%) Broadband
10 4 (1.38%) Remote Desktop
10 4 (1.38%) VLAN
11 3 (1.03%) SAN
11 3 (1.03%) Unified Communications
11 3 (1.03%) Wireless
12 1 (0.34%) IP Telephony
12 1 (0.34%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.03%) Power BI
1 3 (1.03%) SQL Server
1 3 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (0.69%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (2.76%) JIRA
General
1 65 (22.41%) Social Skills
2 12 (4.14%) Organisational Skills
3 11 (3.79%) Finance
4 7 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (2.41%) Legal
4 7 (2.41%) Telecoms
5 6 (2.07%) Law
6 5 (1.72%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (1.72%) Retail
7 4 (1.38%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.38%) Multimedia
8 3 (1.03%) Public Sector
9 2 (0.69%) Back Office
10 1 (0.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.34%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.03%) .NET
1 3 (1.03%) .NET Framework
1 3 (1.03%) Entity Framework
1 3 (1.03%) WinForms
2 2 (0.69%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.34%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 29 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 12 (4.14%) Onboarding
3 6 (2.07%) iPhone
4 3 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (1.03%) EPoS
4 3 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.34%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 127 (43.79%) Windows
2 59 (20.34%) Windows Server
3 32 (11.03%) Windows 10
4 20 (6.90%) Mac OS
5 9 (3.10%) Linux
6 6 (2.07%) Android
7 3 (1.03%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (28.28%) Customer Service
2 58 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (8.62%) Cybersecurity
4 21 (7.24%) ITIL
5 20 (6.90%) Mentoring
6 14 (4.83%) Asset Management
6 14 (4.83%) Disaster Recovery
6 14 (4.83%) Project Delivery
7 13 (4.48%) Process Improvement
8 11 (3.79%) Business Continuity
8 11 (3.79%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (3.45%) ITSM
10 9 (3.10%) Fintech
10 9 (3.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 9 (3.10%) Time Management
11 8 (2.76%) Collaborative Culture
11 8 (2.76%) Data Protection
11 8 (2.76%) Workflow
12 7 (2.41%) ERP
12 7 (2.41%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.41%) PowerShell
1 7 (2.41%) SQL
2 4 (1.38%) R
3 3 (1.03%) C#
3 3 (1.03%) Python
3 3 (1.03%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (8.97%) DBS Check
2 15 (5.17%) Security Cleared
3 11 (3.79%) Degree
4 5 (1.72%) A+ Certification
5 4 (1.38%) CCNA
5 4 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (1.38%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.38%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.34%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.55%) SLA
2 17 (5.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.03%) QA
5 2 (0.69%) GDPR
6 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.34%) NIST
6 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 91 (31.38%) Active Directory
2 13 (4.48%) Hyper-V
3 8 (2.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.03%) BitLocker
4 3 (1.03%) Terminal Services
4 3 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 27 (9.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.03%) SCCM
3 1 (0.34%) Autotask
3 1 (0.34%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 120 (41.38%) Microsoft
2 20 (6.90%) VMware
3 13 (4.48%) Google
4 8 (2.76%) Sophos
4 8 (2.76%) Veeam
5 7 (2.41%) Fortinet
5 7 (2.41%) Meraki
6 6 (2.07%) Cisco
7 5 (1.72%) ConnectWise
8 4 (1.38%) Adobe
8 4 (1.38%) Citrix
8 4 (1.38%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (1.38%) Epicor
8 4 (1.38%) Fujitsu
8 4 (1.38%) SAP
8 4 (1.38%) Virgin Media
9 3 (1.03%) Apple
9 3 (1.03%) Barracuda Networks
9 3 (1.03%) Sage
9 3 (1.03%) SonicWALL