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 £32,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 February 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 210 147
Rank change year-on-year +107 -63 +112
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 208 76 208
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.87% 0.89% 1.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.03% 1.00% 1.80%
Number of salaries quoted 199 57 204
10th Percentile £26,250 - £24,300
25th Percentile £27,769 £25,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £30,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £37,500 £34,500 £39,625
90th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £43,000
England median annual salary £31,500 £30,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year +3.28% +1.67% -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 10,254 7,585 11,551
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 88.87% 94.60%
Number of salaries quoted 6,555 3,920 8,770
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -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% -11.31%

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 8 February 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 8 February 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 +51 69 £33,000 +20.00% 15
Hampshire +60 57 £35,000 +9.38% 12
Buckinghamshire +34 32 £33,000 +4.76% 6
Surrey +4 29 £29,750 -9.85% 4
West Sussex +22 26 £30,000 -29.41% 9
Oxfordshire +17 24 £28,542 +3.79% 6
Berkshire +4 13 £33,500 -2.90% 3
Kent -6 13 £27,500 +3.77% 4
East Sussex +13 9 £30,000 -25.00% 3
Sussex - 3 £42,500 - 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 8 February 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.

1 105 (50.48%) Windows
2 96 (46.15%) Microsoft
3 78 (37.50%) Active Directory
4 77 (37.02%) Microsoft 365
5 69 (33.17%) Azure
6 54 (25.96%) Problem-Solving
7 42 (20.19%) Windows Server
8 39 (18.75%) Customer Service
9 27 (12.98%) SharePoint
10 24 (11.54%) Firewall
10 24 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
11 23 (11.06%) DNS
12 22 (10.58%) Microsoft Intune
12 22 (10.58%) VPN
12 22 (10.58%) Windows 10
13 21 (10.10%) Cybersecurity
14 20 (9.62%) DBS Check
14 20 (9.62%) DHCP
15 18 (8.65%) Degree
16 17 (8.17%) ITIL
17 16 (7.69%) Entra ID
17 16 (7.69%) Google
17 16 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
17 16 (7.69%) TCP/IP
18 15 (7.21%) SQL
19 14 (6.73%) Cyber Essentials
19 14 (6.73%) IIS
19 14 (6.73%) Microsoft Exchange
19 14 (6.73%) VMware
20 13 (6.25%) Azure DevOps

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 (12.98%) SharePoint
2 14 (6.73%) IIS
2 14 (6.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 24 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.44%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 77 (37.02%) Microsoft 365
2 69 (33.17%) Azure
3 16 (7.69%) Entra ID
4 13 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (6.25%) GCP
5 10 (4.81%) AWS
6 8 (3.85%) Power Automate
7 5 (2.40%) Azure AI
7 5 (2.40%) Microsoft Copilot
7 5 (2.40%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.92%) Google Workspace
8 4 (1.92%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.96%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.96%) SaaS
10 1 (0.48%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 24 (11.54%) Firewall
2 23 (11.06%) DNS
3 22 (10.58%) VPN
4 20 (9.62%) DHCP
5 16 (7.69%) TCP/IP
6 12 (5.77%) VoIP
7 10 (4.81%) LAN
7 10 (4.81%) WAN
8 7 (3.37%) VLAN
8 7 (3.37%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (2.88%) Wireless
10 3 (1.44%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.48%) Broadband
11 1 (0.48%) PBX
11 1 (0.48%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 7 (3.37%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.40%) Power BI
4 4 (1.92%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 7 (3.37%) JIRA
General
1 61 (29.33%) Social Skills
2 13 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
3 11 (5.29%) Finance
4 8 (3.85%) Law
4 8 (3.85%) Telecoms
5 7 (3.37%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (2.88%) Retail
7 4 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.92%) Legal
7 4 (1.92%) Multimedia
8 3 (1.44%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.48%) German Language
9 1 (0.48%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.77%) .NET
1 12 (5.77%) .NET Framework
1 12 (5.77%) Entity Framework
1 12 (5.77%) WinForms
2 7 (3.37%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.10%) Driving Licence
2 12 (5.77%) Onboarding
3 7 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (1.44%) iPhone
5 1 (0.48%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.48%) Device Driver
5 1 (0.48%) IVR
5 1 (0.48%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 105 (50.48%) Windows
2 42 (20.19%) Windows Server
3 22 (10.58%) Windows 10
4 12 (5.77%) Mac OS
5 6 (2.88%) Linux
6 3 (1.44%) Android
6 3 (1.44%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.48%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (25.96%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (18.75%) Customer Service
3 21 (10.10%) Cybersecurity
4 17 (8.17%) ITIL
5 13 (6.25%) DevOps
5 13 (6.25%) Software Engineering
6 12 (5.77%) Computer Science
6 12 (5.77%) Mentoring
7 11 (5.29%) Asset Management
7 11 (5.29%) Project Delivery
8 10 (4.81%) Fintech
8 10 (4.81%) ITSM
9 7 (3.37%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (2.88%) Collaborative Culture
10 6 (2.88%) Customer Experience
10 6 (2.88%) Process Improvement
10 6 (2.88%) Service Delivery
11 5 (2.40%) Digital Strategy
11 5 (2.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 5 (2.40%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 15 (7.21%) SQL
2 12 (5.77%) C#
2 12 (5.77%) T-SQL
3 8 (3.85%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.92%) Python
5 1 (0.48%) R
Qualifications
1 20 (9.62%) DBS Check
2 18 (8.65%) Degree
3 12 (5.77%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (4.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (4.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 7 (3.37%) A+ Certification
6 3 (1.44%) Security Cleared
7 2 (0.96%) MCSA
8 1 (0.48%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.48%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (6.73%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (6.25%) SLA
4 5 (2.40%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.44%) QA
6 1 (0.48%) NIST
System Software
1 78 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 12 (5.77%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.96%) Firmware
4 2 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 22 (10.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.96%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.48%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 96 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.69%) Google
3 14 (6.73%) VMware
4 12 (5.77%) Sage
4 12 (5.77%) Xamarin
5 9 (4.33%) Veeam
6 5 (2.40%) Cisco
6 5 (2.40%) Zoho
7 4 (1.92%) Adobe
7 4 (1.92%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.92%) Fujitsu
7 4 (1.92%) Meraki
7 4 (1.92%) Virgin Media
8 3 (1.44%) Apple
9 2 (0.96%) SonicWALL
9 2 (0.96%) WatchGuard
10 1 (0.48%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.48%) Epicor
10 1 (0.48%) Peplink
10 1 (0.48%) Sophos