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 1 March 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 188 155
Rank change year-on-year +102 -33 +105
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 255 80 223
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 2.18% 1.05% 1.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.34% 1.20% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 246 64 218
10th Percentile £26,250 - £25,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £25,750 £26,812
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £30,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
75th Percentile £38,438 £38,188 £40,000
90th Percentile £42,500 £41,750 £43,000
England median annual salary £32,000 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -7.69%

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 10,885 6,663 12,262
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.10% 87.50% 93.89%
Number of salaries quoted 7,078 3,629 9,380
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%

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 1 March 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 1 March 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 +43 77 £33,500 +21.82% 12
Hampshire +57 72 £35,000 +9.38% 9
Buckinghamshire +37 37 £34,000 +7.94% 3
West Sussex +19 36 £30,500 -39.00% 9
Surrey +8 35 £30,000 -9.09% 6
Oxfordshire +17 26 £28,542 +3.79% 6
Kent +1 18 £27,500 +3.77% 4
Berkshire -6 14 £33,500 -10.67% 3
East Sussex +10 12 £32,500 -18.75%
Sussex - 3 £42,500 - 3
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 1 March 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.

1 128 (50.20%) Windows
2 115 (45.10%) Microsoft
3 95 (37.25%) Microsoft 365
4 92 (36.08%) Active Directory
5 78 (30.59%) Azure
6 64 (25.10%) Problem-Solving
7 56 (21.96%) Customer Service
8 52 (20.39%) Windows Server
9 33 (12.94%) Firewall
10 30 (11.76%) VPN
11 28 (10.98%) Microsoft Intune
11 28 (10.98%) Microsoft Office
12 27 (10.59%) Cybersecurity
12 27 (10.59%) SharePoint
12 27 (10.59%) Windows 10
13 24 (9.41%) DNS
14 23 (9.02%) Entra ID
15 22 (8.63%) DBS Check
16 21 (8.24%) Google
17 20 (7.84%) Mac OS
17 20 (7.84%) VMware
18 19 (7.45%) Degree
18 19 (7.45%) DHCP
19 18 (7.06%) Hyper-V
19 18 (7.06%) Microsoft Exchange
19 18 (7.06%) SQL
20 17 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
20 17 (6.67%) ITIL
20 17 (6.67%) TCP/IP
21 16 (6.27%) LAN

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 27 (10.59%) SharePoint
2 18 (7.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (5.49%) IIS
4 2 (0.78%) Confluence
Applications
1 28 (10.98%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (2.35%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 95 (37.25%) Microsoft 365
2 78 (30.59%) Azure
3 23 (9.02%) Entra ID
4 15 (5.88%) AWS
4 15 (5.88%) GCP
5 13 (5.10%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (3.14%) Power Automate
7 7 (2.75%) Google Workspace
8 5 (1.96%) Azure AI
8 5 (1.96%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (1.96%) Mimecast
8 5 (1.96%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.57%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.78%) SaaS
11 1 (0.39%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 33 (12.94%) Firewall
2 30 (11.76%) VPN
3 24 (9.41%) DNS
4 19 (7.45%) DHCP
5 17 (6.67%) TCP/IP
6 16 (6.27%) LAN
7 15 (5.88%) VoIP
7 15 (5.88%) WAN
8 8 (3.14%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (2.75%) VLAN
10 6 (2.35%) Wireless
11 4 (1.57%) Broadband
11 4 (1.57%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (1.18%) Unified Communications
13 1 (0.39%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 7 (2.75%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.96%) Power BI
4 4 (1.57%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 7 (2.75%) JIRA
General
1 73 (28.63%) Social Skills
2 15 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
3 11 (4.31%) Finance
4 9 (3.53%) Law
5 8 (3.14%) Telecoms
6 7 (2.75%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (2.75%) Retail
7 4 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.57%) Legal
7 4 (1.57%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.57%) Multimedia
8 3 (1.18%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.39%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.71%) .NET
1 12 (4.71%) .NET Framework
1 12 (4.71%) Entity Framework
1 12 (4.71%) WinForms
2 7 (2.75%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.80%) Driving Licence
2 13 (5.10%) Onboarding
3 7 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.35%) iPhone
5 3 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.39%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.39%) Device Driver
6 1 (0.39%) IVR
6 1 (0.39%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 128 (50.20%) Windows
2 52 (20.39%) Windows Server
3 27 (10.59%) Windows 10
4 20 (7.84%) Mac OS
5 8 (3.14%) Linux
6 6 (2.35%) Android
7 3 (1.18%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.39%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (25.10%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (21.96%) Customer Service
3 27 (10.59%) Cybersecurity
4 17 (6.67%) ITIL
5 15 (5.88%) Mentoring
6 14 (5.49%) Project Delivery
7 13 (5.10%) DevOps
7 13 (5.10%) Software Engineering
8 12 (4.71%) Computer Science
9 11 (4.31%) Asset Management
9 11 (4.31%) ITSM
10 10 (3.92%) Fintech
11 9 (3.53%) Collaborative Culture
11 9 (3.53%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (3.53%) Process Improvement
12 7 (2.75%) ERP
12 7 (2.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 6 (2.35%) Customer Experience
13 6 (2.35%) Service Delivery
13 6 (2.35%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.06%) SQL
2 12 (4.71%) C#
2 12 (4.71%) T-SQL
3 8 (3.14%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.57%) Python
5 1 (0.39%) R
Qualifications
1 22 (8.63%) DBS Check
2 19 (7.45%) Degree
3 12 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (3.53%) Security Cleared
5 8 (3.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (3.14%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 6 (2.35%) A+ Certification
7 4 (1.57%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.57%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.18%) CCNA
8 3 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.78%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (5.49%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (5.10%) SLA
4 5 (1.96%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.18%) QA
6 1 (0.39%) NIST
System Software
1 92 (36.08%) Active Directory
2 18 (7.06%) Hyper-V
3 7 (2.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.78%) Firmware
4 2 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (10.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.78%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.39%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 115 (45.10%) Microsoft
2 21 (8.24%) Google
3 20 (7.84%) VMware
4 12 (4.71%) Sage
4 12 (4.71%) Veeam
4 12 (4.71%) Xamarin
5 8 (3.14%) Cisco
6 7 (2.75%) Meraki
7 5 (1.96%) Zoho
8 4 (1.57%) Adobe
8 4 (1.57%) ConnectWise
8 4 (1.57%) Epicor
8 4 (1.57%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.57%) Fujitsu
8 4 (1.57%) SAP
8 4 (1.57%) Sophos
8 4 (1.57%) Virgin Media
9 3 (1.18%) Apple
9 3 (1.18%) Citrix
10 2 (0.78%) WatchGuard