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 £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 August 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 226 208
Rank change year-on-year +123 -18 0
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 301 69 128
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.70% 0.76% 0.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.79% 0.85% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 289 47 118
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,000 £23,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +25.00% -
75th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £42,875
90th Percentile £48,750 £43,250 £43,750
England median annual salary £34,000 £35,000 £31,250
% change year-on-year -2.86% +12.00% -3.85%

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 16,804 8,098 12,941
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.14% 89.38% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 11,978 4,537 8,238
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 August 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 August 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 +80 90 £39,000 +0.65% 1
Hampshire +32 87 £32,500 +16.07% 5
Surrey -4 53 £42,500 +9.68% 1
Kent +11 33 £31,500 -25.81% 5
Oxfordshire +4 33 £36,250 -12.65%
Buckinghamshire +24 32 £35,000 +25.00%
Berkshire +38 25 £39,000 +16.42% 1
West Sussex - 25 £35,000 - 1
East Sussex -1 13 £30,000 -20.00% 1
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 August 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.

1 156 (51.83%) Microsoft
2 139 (46.18%) Windows
3 137 (45.51%) Microsoft 365
4 98 (32.56%) Active Directory
5 80 (26.58%) Azure
6 73 (24.25%) Windows Server
7 72 (23.92%) Customer Service
8 69 (22.92%) Entra ID
9 58 (19.27%) Microsoft Intune
10 56 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
11 50 (16.61%) Microsoft Exchange
12 49 (16.28%) Firewall
13 48 (15.95%) Disaster Recovery
14 43 (14.29%) SharePoint
15 42 (13.95%) DNS
16 39 (12.96%) Cybersecurity
16 39 (12.96%) ITIL
17 36 (11.96%) DBS Check
17 36 (11.96%) VMware
18 34 (11.30%) Hyper-V
19 33 (10.96%) VPN
20 30 (9.97%) Project Delivery
21 29 (9.63%) DHCP
22 28 (9.30%) VMware Infrastructure
23 26 (8.64%) Mac OS
23 26 (8.64%) Wi-Fi
24 25 (8.31%) Linux
25 24 (7.97%) Degree
26 23 (7.64%) Continuous Improvement
26 23 (7.64%) Cyber Essentials

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 50 (16.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (14.29%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.33%) IIS
4 1 (0.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (4.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.33%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 137 (45.51%) Microsoft 365
2 80 (26.58%) Azure
3 69 (22.92%) Entra ID
4 15 (4.98%) SaaS
5 14 (4.65%) Google Workspace
6 13 (4.32%) Power Automate
7 11 (3.65%) Mimecast
8 6 (1.99%) AWS
8 6 (1.99%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.33%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.00%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.33%) GCP
11 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 49 (16.28%) Firewall
2 42 (13.95%) DNS
3 33 (10.96%) VPN
4 29 (9.63%) DHCP
5 26 (8.64%) Wi-Fi
6 22 (7.31%) LAN
7 21 (6.98%) VLAN
8 20 (6.64%) VoIP
9 17 (5.65%) TCP/IP
9 17 (5.65%) WAN
10 16 (5.32%) Wireless
11 14 (4.65%) SSL
12 13 (4.32%) Internet
13 8 (2.66%) Remote Desktop
14 7 (2.33%) NAS
15 6 (1.99%) SAN
16 4 (1.33%) WLAN
17 2 (0.66%) Network Security
18 1 (0.33%) Broadband
18 1 (0.33%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.64%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.66%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (1.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 17 (5.65%) JIRA
General
1 85 (28.24%) Social Skills
2 15 (4.98%) Legal
2 15 (4.98%) Manufacturing
3 12 (3.99%) Documentation Skills
4 10 (3.32%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (2.99%) Finance
6 7 (2.33%) Retail
7 4 (1.33%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.00%) Back Office
9 1 (0.33%) Advertising
9 1 (0.33%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.33%) Aviation
9 1 (0.33%) Military
9 1 (0.33%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.66%) .NET
1 2 (0.66%) ASP.NET Web Forms
1 2 (0.66%) Web Services
1 2 (0.66%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 43 (14.29%) Driving Licence
2 19 (6.31%) Onboarding
3 15 (4.98%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (2.99%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (2.33%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.33%) PKI
6 4 (1.33%) CCTV
6 4 (1.33%) EPoS
7 3 (1.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 139 (46.18%) Windows
2 73 (24.25%) Windows Server
3 26 (8.64%) Mac OS
4 25 (8.31%) Linux
5 16 (5.32%) Windows 10
6 10 (3.32%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (2.33%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.33%) Android
8 4 (1.33%) Apple iOS
9 3 (1.00%) Rocky
10 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (23.92%) Customer Service
2 56 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (15.95%) Disaster Recovery
4 39 (12.96%) Cybersecurity
4 39 (12.96%) ITIL
5 30 (9.97%) Project Delivery
6 23 (7.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 23 (7.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 20 (6.64%) Process Improvement
8 18 (5.98%) Change Management
9 17 (5.65%) Mentoring
10 16 (5.32%) Identity Management
11 14 (4.65%) Kalman Filter
11 14 (4.65%) Service Management
11 14 (4.65%) Ticket Management
12 13 (4.32%) Client Onboarding
12 13 (4.32%) Security Management
13 12 (3.99%) Collaborative Culture
13 12 (3.99%) User Experience
13 12 (3.99%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 15 (4.98%) PowerShell
2 12 (3.99%) SQL
3 11 (3.65%) R
4 9 (2.99%) Ruby
5 2 (0.66%) C#
6 1 (0.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 36 (11.96%) DBS Check
2 24 (7.97%) Degree
3 20 (6.64%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (3.65%) CompTIA Security+
4 11 (3.65%) Network+ Certification
4 11 (3.65%) Security Cleared
5 5 (1.66%) CCNA
5 5 (1.66%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.33%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.00%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.64%) Cyber Essentials
2 18 (5.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (3.99%) GDPR
4 11 (3.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 8 (2.66%) SLA
6 3 (1.00%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 98 (32.56%) Active Directory
2 34 (11.30%) Hyper-V
3 28 (9.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (3.99%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.33%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.00%) BitLocker
6 3 (1.00%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 58 (19.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (3.99%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (1.00%) SCCM
4 1 (0.33%) Autotask
4 1 (0.33%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 156 (51.83%) Microsoft
2 36 (11.96%) VMware
3 21 (6.98%) Cisco
3 21 (6.98%) Veeam
4 15 (4.98%) Google
5 14 (4.65%) SonicWALL
6 13 (4.32%) Apple
7 12 (3.99%) Datto
8 11 (3.65%) CrowdStrike
9 8 (2.66%) Meraki
10 7 (2.33%) Ubiquiti
11 6 (1.99%) Citrix
12 5 (1.66%) Okta
13 4 (1.33%) Facebook
13 4 (1.33%) Instagram
13 4 (1.33%) Sophos
14 3 (1.00%) Barracuda Networks
14 3 (1.00%) Dell
14 3 (1.00%) Fortinet
14 3 (1.00%) HP