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 £33,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 June 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 181 166
Rank change year-on-year +106 -15 +103
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 333 97 282
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 2.23% 1.23% 1.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.34% 1.41% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 317 71 275
10th Percentile £27,400 £25,750 £23,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £25,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £37,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% +25.00% -
75th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,125
90th Percentile £45,000 £43,250 £43,750
England median annual salary £32,500 £32,533 £30,000
% change year-on-year -0.10% +8.44% -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 14,229 6,900 17,573
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.41% 87.18% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 10,043 3,683 12,600
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% +3.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.86%

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 22 June 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 22 June 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 +54 103 £32,500 +16.07% 7
Thames Valley +71 93 £35,000 -5.41% 6
Kent +1 41 £31,200 -17.85% 3
Surrey -32 39 £39,250 +4.67% 2
Buckinghamshire +32 38 £34,000 +21.43% 4
Oxfordshire +19 37 £35,000 +8.53%
West Sussex +13 34 £30,000 -40.00%
East Sussex - 22 £30,000 -
Berkshire +15 18 £40,000 +6.67% 2
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 22 June 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.

1 133 (39.94%) Windows
2 131 (39.34%) Microsoft
3 119 (35.74%) Microsoft 365
4 86 (25.83%) Active Directory
5 85 (25.53%) Customer Service
6 77 (23.12%) Azure
7 63 (18.92%) Windows Server
8 54 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
9 51 (15.32%) Entra ID
10 46 (13.81%) Microsoft Intune
11 42 (12.61%) Firewall
12 36 (10.81%) VPN
13 34 (10.21%) Cybersecurity
13 34 (10.21%) DBS Check
13 34 (10.21%) Mac OS
14 33 (9.91%) LAN
14 33 (9.91%) Microsoft Exchange
15 32 (9.61%) Disaster Recovery
16 29 (8.71%) ITIL
17 28 (8.41%) Project Delivery
18 27 (8.11%) DNS
18 27 (8.11%) WAN
19 26 (7.81%) VMware
20 24 (7.21%) Windows 10
21 23 (6.91%) Hyper-V
21 23 (6.91%) SharePoint
22 22 (6.61%) Wi-Fi
23 21 (6.31%) Continuous Improvement
23 21 (6.31%) Mentoring
23 21 (6.31%) Microsoft Office

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 33 (9.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (6.91%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.90%) IIS
4 1 (0.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 21 (6.31%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.50%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 119 (35.74%) Microsoft 365
2 77 (23.12%) Azure
3 51 (15.32%) Entra ID
4 14 (4.20%) AWS
5 10 (3.00%) Google Workspace
5 10 (3.00%) Mimecast
6 8 (2.40%) Power Automate
7 7 (2.10%) SaaS
8 5 (1.50%) OneDrive
9 4 (1.20%) GCP
10 3 (0.90%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 42 (12.61%) Firewall
2 36 (10.81%) VPN
3 33 (9.91%) LAN
4 27 (8.11%) DNS
4 27 (8.11%) WAN
5 22 (6.61%) Wi-Fi
6 17 (5.11%) VoIP
7 15 (4.50%) DHCP
8 14 (4.20%) TCP/IP
9 9 (2.70%) Internet
10 8 (2.40%) Wireless
11 7 (2.10%) NAS
11 7 (2.10%) SSL
11 7 (2.10%) VLAN
12 6 (1.80%) SAN
13 5 (1.50%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (1.20%) Broadband
14 4 (1.20%) WLAN
15 1 (0.30%) IP Telephony
15 1 (0.30%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.80%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.50%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (0.90%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (4.50%) JIRA
General
1 79 (23.72%) Social Skills
2 12 (3.60%) Organisational Skills
3 11 (3.30%) Manufacturing
4 8 (2.40%) Legal
5 7 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (1.80%) Finance
6 6 (1.80%) Retail
7 4 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.20%) Law
7 4 (1.20%) Multimedia
8 3 (0.90%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (0.90%) Back Office
9 2 (0.60%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.30%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.60%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 42 (12.61%) Driving Licence
2 13 (3.90%) Onboarding
3 11 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (1.80%) iPhone
5 4 (1.20%) CCTV
5 4 (1.20%) EPoS
6 2 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.60%) Data Centre
6 2 (0.60%) PKI
7 1 (0.30%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 133 (39.94%) Windows
2 63 (18.92%) Windows Server
3 34 (10.21%) Mac OS
4 24 (7.21%) Windows 10
5 17 (5.11%) Linux
6 9 (2.70%) Android
7 5 (1.50%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (1.20%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.90%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (25.53%) Customer Service
2 54 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (10.21%) Cybersecurity
4 32 (9.61%) Disaster Recovery
5 29 (8.71%) ITIL
6 28 (8.41%) Project Delivery
7 21 (6.31%) Continuous Improvement
7 21 (6.31%) Mentoring
8 18 (5.41%) Process Improvement
9 14 (4.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 13 (3.90%) Business Continuity
10 13 (3.90%) Service Management
11 11 (3.30%) Data Protection
12 10 (3.00%) Collaborative Culture
12 10 (3.00%) Time Management
12 10 (3.00%) User Experience
12 10 (3.00%) Workflow
13 9 (2.70%) Security Management
14 8 (2.40%) Change Management
14 8 (2.40%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.30%) SQL
2 10 (3.00%) PowerShell
3 6 (1.80%) R
4 1 (0.30%) Python
4 1 (0.30%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 34 (10.21%) DBS Check
2 19 (5.71%) Security Cleared
3 17 (5.11%) Degree
4 8 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (1.20%) CCNA
5 4 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (1.20%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.20%) Network+ Certification
5 4 (1.20%) SC Cleared
6 3 (0.90%) A+ Certification
6 3 (0.90%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (3.60%) SLA
3 7 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.80%) GDPR
5 4 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.90%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.60%) QA
8 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
System Software
1 86 (25.83%) Active Directory
2 23 (6.91%) Hyper-V
3 17 (5.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.90%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.90%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 46 (13.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.50%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (0.90%) SCCM
4 1 (0.30%) Autotask
4 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 131 (39.34%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.81%) VMware
3 14 (4.20%) Google
3 14 (4.20%) Meraki
4 13 (3.90%) Cisco
5 10 (3.00%) Veeam
6 8 (2.40%) Sophos
7 7 (2.10%) Apple
7 7 (2.10%) Fortinet
7 7 (2.10%) SonicWALL
8 6 (1.80%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (1.80%) Ubiquiti
9 5 (1.50%) ConnectWise
9 5 (1.50%) Datto
9 5 (1.50%) Okta
10 4 (1.20%) Epicor
10 4 (1.20%) Facebook
10 4 (1.20%) Fujitsu
10 4 (1.20%) Instagram
10 4 (1.20%) Virgin Media