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 30 April 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 171 154
Rank change year-on-year +85 -17 +112
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 285 89 287
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.97% 1.25% 1.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.08% 1.50% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 274 67 281
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,750 £23,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £26,000
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 £31,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year +3.17% +5.00% -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 13,710 5,951 15,257
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.55% 83.68% 93.77%
Number of salaries quoted 9,053 3,672 11,255
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £27,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.84%

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 30 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 30 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
Hampshire +47 82 £30,500 -4.69% 2
Thames Valley +44 75 £35,000 +16.67% 8
West Sussex +15 41 £30,000 -40.00%
Kent -12 34 £29,500 -11.94% 2
Surrey -34 34 £30,000 -20.00% 4
Buckinghamshire +16 33 £34,000 +21.43%
Oxfordshire +11 30 £35,000 +27.27% 6
East Sussex - 17 £30,000 - 1
Berkshire +7 12 £36,250 -3.33% 2
Sussex - 1 £30,000 -
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 30 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.

1 115 (40.35%) Windows
2 105 (36.84%) Microsoft
3 87 (30.53%) Microsoft 365
4 78 (27.37%) Active Directory
4 78 (27.37%) Customer Service
5 57 (20.00%) Windows Server
6 56 (19.65%) Azure
7 50 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (12.28%) Firewall
9 34 (11.93%) LAN
10 32 (11.23%) VPN
11 29 (10.18%) Windows 10
12 28 (9.82%) WAN
13 26 (9.12%) Entra ID
14 24 (8.42%) DBS Check
15 22 (7.72%) Cybersecurity
15 22 (7.72%) Microsoft Intune
15 22 (7.72%) Microsoft Office
16 20 (7.02%) Mac OS
17 19 (6.67%) SharePoint
17 19 (6.67%) VMware
18 18 (6.32%) ITIL
18 18 (6.32%) Mentoring
18 18 (6.32%) Security Cleared
19 17 (5.96%) SLA
19 17 (5.96%) VoIP
20 16 (5.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
20 16 (5.61%) Microsoft Exchange
21 15 (5.26%) Disaster Recovery
21 15 (5.26%) Project Delivery

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 19 (6.67%) SharePoint
2 16 (5.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.05%) IIS
Applications
1 22 (7.72%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (2.11%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 87 (30.53%) Microsoft 365
2 56 (19.65%) Azure
3 26 (9.12%) Entra ID
4 13 (4.56%) AWS
5 8 (2.81%) Mimecast
6 6 (2.11%) Google Workspace
7 5 (1.75%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.40%) GCP
8 4 (1.40%) SaaS
9 3 (1.05%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.05%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.35%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 35 (12.28%) Firewall
2 34 (11.93%) LAN
3 32 (11.23%) VPN
4 28 (9.82%) WAN
5 17 (5.96%) VoIP
6 14 (4.91%) DNS
7 13 (4.56%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (3.86%) TCP/IP
9 9 (3.16%) DHCP
10 7 (2.46%) NAS
11 4 (1.40%) Broadband
11 4 (1.40%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (1.40%) SAN
11 4 (1.40%) VLAN
12 3 (1.05%) Wireless
13 2 (0.70%) SSL
13 2 (0.70%) Unified Communications
14 1 (0.35%) IP Telephony
14 1 (0.35%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.05%) Power BI
1 3 (1.05%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.35%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (2.46%) JIRA
General
1 58 (20.35%) Social Skills
2 11 (3.86%) Finance
2 11 (3.86%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (2.11%) Legal
3 6 (2.11%) Telecoms
4 5 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (1.75%) Law
4 5 (1.75%) Retail
5 4 (1.40%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (1.40%) Manufacturing
5 4 (1.40%) Multimedia
6 3 (1.05%) Back Office
7 2 (0.70%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.35%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.70%) Web Services
2 1 (0.35%) .NET
2 1 (0.35%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.35%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.35%) Entity Framework
2 1 (0.35%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.47%) Driving Licence
2 12 (4.21%) Onboarding
3 6 (2.11%) iPhone
4 4 (1.40%) EPoS
5 3 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.35%) CCTV
7 1 (0.35%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 115 (40.35%) Windows
2 57 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 29 (10.18%) Windows 10
4 20 (7.02%) Mac OS
5 10 (3.51%) Linux
6 6 (2.11%) Android
7 4 (1.40%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (27.37%) Customer Service
2 50 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (7.72%) Cybersecurity
4 18 (6.32%) ITIL
4 18 (6.32%) Mentoring
5 15 (5.26%) Disaster Recovery
5 15 (5.26%) Project Delivery
6 12 (4.21%) Asset Management
6 12 (4.21%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (4.21%) Process Improvement
7 11 (3.86%) Business Continuity
8 9 (3.16%) Fintech
8 9 (3.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 9 (3.16%) Time Management
9 8 (2.81%) Collaborative Culture
9 8 (2.81%) Data Protection
9 8 (2.81%) Workflow
10 7 (2.46%) ERP
10 7 (2.46%) ITSM
10 7 (2.46%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (1.75%) PowerShell
1 5 (1.75%) SQL
2 4 (1.40%) R
3 2 (0.70%) Python
4 1 (0.35%) C#
4 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (8.42%) DBS Check
2 18 (6.32%) Security Cleared
3 11 (3.86%) Degree
4 4 (1.40%) CCNA
4 4 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (1.40%) DV Cleared
4 4 (1.40%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.05%) A+ Certification
5 3 (1.05%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.96%) SLA
2 16 (5.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.05%) QA
5 2 (0.70%) GDPR
6 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 78 (27.37%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.86%) Hyper-V
3 8 (2.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.40%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.05%) BitLocker
5 3 (1.05%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 22 (7.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.05%) SCCM
3 1 (0.35%) Autotask
3 1 (0.35%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 105 (36.84%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.67%) VMware
3 10 (3.51%) Google
4 8 (2.81%) Sophos
5 7 (2.46%) Cisco
5 7 (2.46%) Fortinet
5 7 (2.46%) Meraki
6 6 (2.11%) Veeam
7 5 (1.75%) ConnectWise
8 4 (1.40%) Adobe
8 4 (1.40%) Citrix
8 4 (1.40%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (1.40%) Epicor
8 4 (1.40%) Facebook
8 4 (1.40%) Fujitsu
8 4 (1.40%) Instagram
8 4 (1.40%) SAP
8 4 (1.40%) Virgin Media
9 3 (1.05%) Apple
9 3 (1.05%) SonicWALL