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 15 October 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 211 232
Rank change year-on-year +98 +21 -26
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 277 78 84
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.45% 0.87% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.55% 0.97% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 266 61 69
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,500 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -
75th Percentile £43,750 £42,456 £35,000
90th Percentile £50,000 £43,250 £44,000
England median annual salary £34,500 £33,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.54% -

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 17,860 8,033 11,436
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.32% 90.04% 96.42%
Number of salaries quoted 12,643 4,488 6,474
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £31,125
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,730 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,520 £53,294
Median % change year-on-year +15.74% -10.83% -3.10%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £59,250 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +7.73% -3.51% -5.00%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 +53 88 £39,000 +18.18%
Hampshire +23 88 £35,000 -6.67% 3
Surrey -6 51 £42,500 +6.25% 2
Oxfordshire -8 33 £40,000 +15.94%
Berkshire +27 32 £39,000 +16.42%
Kent +2 26 £30,000 -29.34% 1
Buckinghamshire +3 23 £35,000 +6.06%
West Sussex -16 15 £35,000 +22.81%
East Sussex +2 9 £30,000 -20.00%
IT Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 October 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.

1 152 (54.87%) Microsoft
1 152 (54.87%) Windows
2 139 (50.18%) Microsoft 365
3 107 (38.63%) Active Directory
4 82 (29.60%) Entra ID
5 80 (28.88%) Azure
6 73 (26.35%) Windows Server
7 67 (24.19%) Problem-Solving
8 63 (22.74%) Microsoft Intune
9 56 (20.22%) Customer Service
10 52 (18.77%) Microsoft Exchange
11 51 (18.41%) DNS
12 48 (17.33%) Firewall
13 42 (15.16%) Cybersecurity
13 42 (15.16%) SharePoint
14 41 (14.80%) Disaster Recovery
15 40 (14.44%) Hyper-V
16 38 (13.72%) DHCP
17 37 (13.36%) VMware
18 33 (11.91%) VPN
19 30 (10.83%) Cisco
19 30 (10.83%) macOS
19 30 (10.83%) VLAN
20 29 (10.47%) DBS Check
20 29 (10.47%) Wi-Fi
21 28 (10.11%) ITIL
21 28 (10.11%) Linux
21 28 (10.11%) Veeam
22 27 (9.75%) Project Delivery
23 26 (9.39%) VMware Infrastructure

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 52 (18.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 42 (15.16%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.44%) IIS
4 1 (0.36%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (5.78%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.44%) NetSuite
1 4 (1.44%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 139 (50.18%) Microsoft 365
2 82 (29.60%) Entra ID
3 80 (28.88%) Azure
4 18 (6.50%) Google Workspace
5 12 (4.33%) SaaS
6 10 (3.61%) Power Automate
7 8 (2.89%) Mimecast
8 5 (1.81%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.08%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.08%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.72%) AWS
11 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 51 (18.41%) DNS
2 48 (17.33%) Firewall
3 38 (13.72%) DHCP
4 33 (11.91%) VPN
5 30 (10.83%) VLAN
6 29 (10.47%) Wi-Fi
7 25 (9.03%) VoIP
8 21 (7.58%) TCP/IP
8 21 (7.58%) Wireless
9 19 (6.86%) LAN
10 17 (6.14%) WAN
11 14 (5.05%) SSL
12 13 (4.69%) Internet
13 8 (2.89%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (1.44%) Broadband
14 4 (1.44%) WLAN
15 3 (1.08%) SAN
16 2 (0.72%) Network Security
17 1 (0.36%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.22%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.89%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 14 (5.05%) JIRA
General
1 105 (37.91%) Social Skills
2 16 (5.78%) Organisational Skills
3 15 (5.42%) Manufacturing
4 12 (4.33%) Legal
5 9 (3.25%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (2.89%) Finance
7 6 (2.17%) Retail
8 5 (1.81%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.44%) Advertising
9 4 (1.44%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.36%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.36%) Aviation
10 1 (0.36%) Back Office
10 1 (0.36%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.44%) .NET
1 4 (1.44%) ASP.NET Web Forms
1 4 (1.44%) WinForms
2 2 (0.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 44 (15.88%) Driving Licence
2 18 (6.50%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (6.14%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.25%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (2.53%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.53%) PKI
5 7 (2.53%) Replication
6 3 (1.08%) CCTV
6 3 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.36%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 152 (54.87%) Windows
2 73 (26.35%) Windows Server
3 30 (10.83%) macOS
4 28 (10.11%) Linux
5 14 (5.05%) Windows 10
6 9 (3.25%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (2.89%) Ubuntu
8 7 (2.53%) Rocky
9 4 (1.44%) Android
9 4 (1.44%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (24.19%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (20.22%) Customer Service
3 42 (15.16%) Cybersecurity
4 41 (14.80%) Disaster Recovery
5 28 (10.11%) ITIL
6 27 (9.75%) Project Delivery
7 24 (8.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 18 (6.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (5.42%) Change Management
9 15 (5.42%) Kalman Filter
9 15 (5.42%) Server Management
10 13 (4.69%) Client Onboarding
10 13 (4.69%) Security Management
10 13 (4.69%) Ticket Management
11 12 (4.33%) Collaborative Culture
11 12 (4.33%) Identity Management
11 12 (4.33%) Process Improvement
12 11 (3.97%) Data Privacy
12 11 (3.97%) Mobile Device Management
13 10 (3.61%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 18 (6.50%) PowerShell
2 14 (5.05%) SQL
3 12 (4.33%) Ruby
4 8 (2.89%) R
5 4 (1.44%) C#
Qualifications
1 29 (10.47%) DBS Check
2 21 (7.58%) Degree
3 20 (7.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (3.97%) CompTIA Security+
4 11 (3.97%) Network+ Certification
5 9 (3.25%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.44%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.44%) CCNA
6 4 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.72%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.30%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (5.78%) GDPR
3 11 (3.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 11 (3.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.72%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.72%) SLA
System Software
1 107 (38.63%) Active Directory
2 40 (14.44%) Hyper-V
3 26 (9.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (4.33%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.44%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (1.08%) Firmware
7 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 63 (22.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (4.33%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (1.81%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 152 (54.87%) Microsoft
2 37 (13.36%) VMware
3 30 (10.83%) Cisco
4 28 (10.11%) Veeam
5 20 (7.22%) Apple
6 18 (6.50%) Google
7 13 (4.69%) Meraki
8 11 (3.97%) Datto
8 11 (3.97%) SonicWALL
9 8 (2.89%) Citrix
9 8 (2.89%) CrowdStrike
10 7 (2.53%) Dell
10 7 (2.53%) Ubiquiti
11 5 (1.81%) Okta
11 5 (1.81%) Sophos
12 4 (1.44%) Fortinet
12 4 (1.44%) QNAP
13 3 (1.08%) Adobe
14 2 (0.72%) HP
14 2 (0.72%) Intel