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 21 September 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 221 247
Rank change year-on-year +119 +26 -38
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 303 65 95
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.62% 0.73% 0.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.72% 0.81% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 289 42 82
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,250 £23,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £25,750
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 £38,313
90th Percentile £49,000 £43,250 £43,750
England median annual salary £34,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -2.86% +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 17,639 7,983 12,386
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.22% 89.53% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 12,502 4,418 7,270
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 £52,250
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.31% -5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £59,773 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.68% - -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 21 September 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 21 September 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 +71 93 £39,000 +16.42% 6
Hampshire +31 92 £34,000 +15.25% 11
Surrey -9 51 £42,500 +6.25% 3
Kent +3 34 £30,000 -29.34% 1
Oxfordshire -3 33 £38,125 -7.01% 4
Berkshire +46 31 £39,000 +16.42% 1
Buckinghamshire +26 29 £35,000 +14.75% 1
West Sussex - 20 £35,000 -
East Sussex 0 13 £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 21 September 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.

1 160 (52.81%) Microsoft
2 152 (50.17%) Windows
3 145 (47.85%) Microsoft 365
4 105 (34.65%) Active Directory
5 82 (27.06%) Azure
6 77 (25.41%) Entra ID
6 77 (25.41%) Windows Server
7 67 (22.11%) Customer Service
8 66 (21.78%) Problem-Solving
9 63 (20.79%) Microsoft Intune
10 53 (17.49%) Microsoft Exchange
11 49 (16.17%) Firewall
12 48 (15.84%) DNS
13 45 (14.85%) Disaster Recovery
13 45 (14.85%) SharePoint
14 40 (13.20%) Cybersecurity
14 40 (13.20%) VMware
15 36 (11.88%) Hyper-V
15 36 (11.88%) ITIL
16 35 (11.55%) DBS Check
16 35 (11.55%) DHCP
17 32 (10.56%) VPN
18 30 (9.90%) Mac OS
18 30 (9.90%) Wi-Fi
19 29 (9.57%) Project Delivery
19 29 (9.57%) VMware Infrastructure
20 28 (9.24%) Linux
21 26 (8.58%) VoIP
22 25 (8.25%) VLAN
23 24 (7.92%) Cisco

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 53 (17.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 45 (14.85%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.32%) IIS
4 1 (0.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (5.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.32%) NetSuite
1 4 (1.32%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 145 (47.85%) Microsoft 365
2 82 (27.06%) Azure
3 77 (25.41%) Entra ID
4 16 (5.28%) Google Workspace
5 14 (4.62%) SaaS
6 13 (4.29%) Power Automate
7 10 (3.30%) Mimecast
8 6 (1.98%) Power Platform
9 5 (1.65%) AWS
9 5 (1.65%) OneDrive
10 3 (0.99%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 49 (16.17%) Firewall
2 48 (15.84%) DNS
3 35 (11.55%) DHCP
4 32 (10.56%) VPN
5 30 (9.90%) Wi-Fi
6 26 (8.58%) VoIP
7 25 (8.25%) VLAN
8 21 (6.93%) LAN
9 19 (6.27%) TCP/IP
9 19 (6.27%) Wireless
10 17 (5.61%) WAN
11 14 (4.62%) SSL
12 13 (4.29%) Internet
13 8 (2.64%) Remote Desktop
14 7 (2.31%) NAS
15 6 (1.98%) SAN
16 4 (1.32%) WLAN
17 2 (0.66%) Broadband
17 2 (0.66%) Network Security
18 1 (0.33%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.26%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.64%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (0.99%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 16 (5.28%) JIRA
General
1 98 (32.34%) Social Skills
2 16 (5.28%) Organisational Skills
3 15 (4.95%) Manufacturing
4 14 (4.62%) Legal
5 12 (3.96%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (2.97%) Finance
7 7 (2.31%) Retail
8 5 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.32%) Advertising
9 4 (1.32%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (0.99%) Back Office
10 3 (0.99%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.33%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.33%) Aviation
11 1 (0.33%) Military
11 1 (0.33%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.32%) .NET
1 4 (1.32%) ASP.NET Web Forms
1 4 (1.32%) WinForms
2 2 (0.66%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 43 (14.19%) Driving Licence
2 18 (5.94%) Onboarding
3 17 (5.61%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (2.97%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (2.31%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.31%) PKI
6 5 (1.65%) Replication
7 4 (1.32%) CCTV
7 4 (1.32%) EPoS
8 2 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 152 (50.17%) Windows
2 77 (25.41%) Windows Server
3 30 (9.90%) Mac OS
4 28 (9.24%) Linux
5 18 (5.94%) Windows 10
6 10 (3.30%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (2.97%) Ubuntu
8 5 (1.65%) Rocky
9 4 (1.32%) Android
9 4 (1.32%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (22.11%) Customer Service
2 66 (21.78%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (14.85%) Disaster Recovery
4 40 (13.20%) Cybersecurity
5 36 (11.88%) ITIL
6 29 (9.57%) Project Delivery
7 24 (7.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 21 (6.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (5.61%) Change Management
10 16 (5.28%) Process Improvement
11 15 (4.95%) Identity Management
12 14 (4.62%) Kalman Filter
12 14 (4.62%) Mentoring
12 14 (4.62%) Ticket Management
13 13 (4.29%) Client Onboarding
13 13 (4.29%) Security Management
13 13 (4.29%) Server Management
14 12 (3.96%) Collaborative Culture
14 12 (3.96%) Service Management
14 12 (3.96%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 17 (5.61%) PowerShell
2 14 (4.62%) SQL
3 11 (3.63%) Ruby
4 10 (3.30%) R
5 4 (1.32%) C#
6 1 (0.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 35 (11.55%) DBS Check
2 23 (7.59%) Degree
3 20 (6.60%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (3.96%) Security Cleared
5 11 (3.63%) CompTIA Security+
5 11 (3.63%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (1.32%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.32%) CCNA
6 4 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.99%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.59%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (5.28%) GDPR
3 15 (4.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (3.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 7 (2.31%) SLA
6 3 (0.99%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 105 (34.65%) Active Directory
2 36 (11.88%) Hyper-V
3 29 (9.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (3.96%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.99%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.99%) Terminal Services
6 3 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 63 (20.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (3.96%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (0.99%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (0.66%) SCCM
5 1 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 160 (52.81%) Microsoft
2 40 (13.20%) VMware
3 24 (7.92%) Cisco
3 24 (7.92%) Veeam
4 17 (5.61%) Apple
5 16 (5.28%) Google
6 13 (4.29%) SonicWALL
7 11 (3.63%) Datto
8 10 (3.30%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (2.97%) Meraki
10 7 (2.31%) Ubiquiti
11 6 (1.98%) Citrix
12 5 (1.65%) Dell
12 5 (1.65%) Facebook
12 5 (1.65%) Instagram
12 5 (1.65%) Okta
12 5 (1.65%) Sophos
13 3 (0.99%) Barracuda Networks
13 3 (0.99%) HP
13 3 (0.99%) QNAP