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 £34,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 July 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 210 203
Rank change year-on-year +124 -7 +39
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 336 83 158
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 2.04% 0.96% 1.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.14% 1.07% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 325 59 152
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,800 £23,410
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £37,500 £30,158
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +24.34% +0.53%
75th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £43,000
90th Percentile £48,750 £43,250 £43,750
England median annual salary £33,500 £33,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year - +11.67% -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 15,723 7,756 13,693
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.48% 89.37% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 11,133 4,331 9,450
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,450 £81,250 £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 31 July 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 31 July 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 +49 103 £32,500 +16.07% 2
Thames Valley +67 98 £36,250 -3.33% 3
Surrey -15 52 £42,500 +13.33% 8
Buckinghamshire +26 40 £35,000 +25.00% 1
Oxfordshire +7 36 £35,000 -13.58% 2
Kent +3 34 £31,500 -25.81% 2
West Sussex +13 33 £30,000 -40.00% 3
Berkshire +29 22 £40,000 +6.67%
East Sussex +4 16 £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 31 July 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.

1 162 (48.21%) Microsoft
2 156 (46.43%) Windows
3 146 (43.45%) Microsoft 365
4 105 (31.25%) Active Directory
5 84 (25.00%) Customer Service
6 83 (24.70%) Azure
7 74 (22.02%) Windows Server
8 68 (20.24%) Entra ID
9 59 (17.56%) Microsoft Intune
10 56 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
11 51 (15.18%) Firewall
12 47 (13.99%) Disaster Recovery
12 47 (13.99%) Microsoft Exchange
13 38 (11.31%) DNS
13 38 (11.31%) ITIL
14 37 (11.01%) SharePoint
15 36 (10.71%) VPN
16 35 (10.42%) DBS Check
17 34 (10.12%) Cybersecurity
17 34 (10.12%) Mac OS
18 33 (9.82%) Hyper-V
19 32 (9.52%) Project Delivery
20 31 (9.23%) VMware
21 29 (8.63%) LAN
22 27 (8.04%) Continuous Improvement
23 25 (7.44%) Linux
24 23 (6.85%) Mentoring
24 23 (6.85%) Process Improvement
24 23 (6.85%) WAN
24 23 (6.85%) Wi-Fi

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 47 (13.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (11.01%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.89%) IIS
4 1 (0.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (5.65%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.49%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 146 (43.45%) Microsoft 365
2 83 (24.70%) Azure
3 68 (20.24%) Entra ID
4 14 (4.17%) SaaS
5 13 (3.87%) AWS
5 13 (3.87%) Google Workspace
5 13 (3.87%) Mimecast
6 12 (3.57%) Power Automate
7 4 (1.19%) GCP
7 4 (1.19%) OneDrive
8 3 (0.89%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 51 (15.18%) Firewall
2 38 (11.31%) DNS
3 36 (10.71%) VPN
4 29 (8.63%) LAN
5 23 (6.85%) WAN
5 23 (6.85%) Wi-Fi
6 22 (6.55%) DHCP
7 17 (5.06%) TCP/IP
7 17 (5.06%) VoIP
8 13 (3.87%) Internet
8 13 (3.87%) Wireless
9 12 (3.57%) VLAN
10 11 (3.27%) Remote Desktop
11 10 (2.98%) SSL
12 7 (2.08%) NAS
13 6 (1.79%) SAN
14 4 (1.19%) WLAN
15 3 (0.89%) Broadband
16 2 (0.60%) Network Security
17 1 (0.30%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.36%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.38%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (0.89%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 17 (5.06%) JIRA
General
1 93 (27.68%) Social Skills
2 19 (5.65%) Manufacturing
3 13 (3.87%) Legal
4 12 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (2.98%) Finance
6 9 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (1.79%) Retail
8 4 (1.19%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (0.89%) Back Office
10 2 (0.60%) Law
11 1 (0.30%) Military
11 1 (0.30%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.60%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 42 (12.50%) Driving Licence
2 15 (4.46%) Onboarding
2 15 (4.46%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (2.08%) Data Centre
3 7 (2.08%) PKI
4 4 (1.19%) CCTV
4 4 (1.19%) EPoS
4 4 (1.19%) iPhone
5 2 (0.60%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 156 (46.43%) Windows
2 74 (22.02%) Windows Server
3 34 (10.12%) Mac OS
4 25 (7.44%) Linux
5 20 (5.95%) Windows 10
6 8 (2.38%) Android
7 6 (1.79%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (1.19%) Apple iOS
8 4 (1.19%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 56 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (13.99%) Disaster Recovery
4 38 (11.31%) ITIL
5 34 (10.12%) Cybersecurity
6 32 (9.52%) Project Delivery
7 27 (8.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (6.85%) Mentoring
8 23 (6.85%) Process Improvement
9 22 (6.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 17 (5.06%) Change Management
11 15 (4.46%) Identity Management
12 14 (4.17%) Workflow
13 13 (3.87%) Business Continuity
13 13 (3.87%) Security Management
13 13 (3.87%) Service Management
14 12 (3.57%) Collaborative Culture
14 12 (3.57%) User Experience
15 11 (3.27%) Data Protection
15 11 (3.27%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 14 (4.17%) SQL
2 12 (3.57%) PowerShell
3 10 (2.98%) R
4 8 (2.38%) Ruby
5 1 (0.30%) Python
Qualifications
1 35 (10.42%) DBS Check
2 22 (6.55%) Degree
3 19 (5.65%) Security Cleared
4 15 (4.46%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (2.38%) CCNA
5 8 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (2.08%) CompTIA Security+
6 7 (2.08%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (1.19%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.19%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.89%) A+ Certification
8 3 (0.89%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.65%) Cyber Essentials
2 18 (5.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (2.98%) SLA
4 8 (2.38%) GDPR
5 7 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.89%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
System Software
1 105 (31.25%) Active Directory
2 33 (9.82%) Hyper-V
3 22 (6.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.19%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.89%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.89%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 59 (17.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (2.38%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (0.89%) SCCM
4 1 (0.30%) Autotask
4 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 162 (48.21%) Microsoft
2 31 (9.23%) VMware
3 21 (6.25%) Cisco
4 17 (5.06%) Google
5 14 (4.17%) Veeam
6 12 (3.57%) Meraki
7 10 (2.98%) CrowdStrike
7 10 (2.98%) SonicWALL
8 8 (2.38%) Apple
8 8 (2.38%) Datto
9 7 (2.08%) Sophos
10 6 (1.79%) Citrix
10 6 (1.79%) Ubiquiti
11 5 (1.49%) ConnectWise
11 5 (1.49%) Okta
12 4 (1.19%) Epicor
12 4 (1.19%) Facebook
12 4 (1.19%) Instagram
12 4 (1.19%) SAP
13 3 (0.89%) HP