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 £36,625 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 November 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 170 239
Rank change year-on-year +45 +69 -51
Permanent IT Support Engineer jobs 280 111 75
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.32% 1.22% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.43% 1.35% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 266 103 55
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,050 -
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,625 £32,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.69% +8.33% -1.64%
75th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £35,000
90th Percentile £51,875 £42,500 £44,000
England median annual salary £35,000 £32,000 £31,500
% change year-on-year +9.38% +1.59% -3.08%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in the South East matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
11 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the South East matching a recognised job title 19,574 8,251 10,740
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.40% 90.99% 95.99%
Number of salaries quoted 13,217 4,987 5,962
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% +1.85%
75th Percentile £71,535 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -4.17%

IT Support Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT Support Engineer job postings 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 IT Support Engineer jobs in the South East over the 6 months to 11 November 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 Support Engineer jobs within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 November 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +16 95 £39,000 +18.18% 18
Hampshire +21 91 £35,000 -6.67% 5
Surrey -12 49 £42,500 +21.43% 3
Oxfordshire -26 34 £40,000 +40.35% 8
Berkshire +9 32 £39,000 +18.18% 8
Buckinghamshire +2 29 £34,000 +3.03% 2
Kent +5 25 £30,000 -29.34%
West Sussex -39 12 £40,000 +29.03% 4
East Sussex -10 6 £29,750 +14.42%
IT Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 November 2026, IT Support Engineer job ads cited 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 IT Support Engineer job ads across the South East region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Windows55.0%154
2Microsoft54.3%152
3Microsoft 36550.4%141
4Active Directory40.7%114
5Entra ID31.4%88
6Azure27.9%78
7Windows Server26.4%74
8Problem-Solving26.1%73
9Microsoft Intune24.3%68
10Customer Service19.6%55
11DNS19.3%54
12Microsoft Exchange17.9%50
13Cybersecurity16.8%47
14Firewall16.1%45
15SharePoint15.4%43
16DHCP14.6%41
16Disaster Recovery14.6%41
18Hyper-V13.9%39
19VMware12.5%35
20ITIL11.4%32
20VLAN11.4%32
22macOS10.7%30
22VoIP10.7%30
22VPN10.7%30
25Cisco10.4%29
25DBS Check10.4%29
25Veeam10.4%29
25Wi-Fi10.4%29
29Linux10.0%28
30Infrastructure Engineering9.3%26

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

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior IT Engineer19.6%55
1Senior IT Support19.6%55
1Senior Support Engineer19.6%55
42nd Line Support Engineer10.7%30
53rd Line Support Engineer7.9%22
61st/2nd Line Support Engineer4.6%13
6Systems Support Engineer4.6%13
81st Line Support Engineer3.9%11
9Infrastructure Support Engineer2.9%8
9IT Infrastructure Engineer2.9%8
111st Line Service Desk Analyst1.8%5
111st Line Support Analyst1.8%5
11IT Support Analyst1.8%5
11Junior IT Engineer1.8%5
11Junior IT Support1.8%5
11Junior Support Engineer1.8%5
11Mobile Engineer1.8%5
11Service Desk Engineer1.8%5
11Service Desk Support Analyst1.8%5
20Senior Systems Engineer1.4%4
30 IT Support Engineer jobs in the South East