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 24 September 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 224 242
Rank change year-on-year +119 +18 -37
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 301 60 92
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.60% 0.67% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.70% 0.75% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 288 38 80
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,175 £23,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £38,750 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +29.17% -
75th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £35,500
90th Percentile £49,125 £43,250 £43,750
England median annual salary £34,000 £34,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year -1.45% +7.81% -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 17,710 7,954 12,299
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 89.46% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 12,538 4,433 7,064
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 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 24 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 24 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 92 £39,000 +16.42% 10
Hampshire +28 90 £35,000 +18.64% 12
Surrey -3 53 £42,500 +6.25% 4
Kent +4 33 £30,000 -29.34% 5
Oxfordshire -5 33 £38,125 -7.01% 4
Berkshire +41 31 £39,000 +16.42% 3
Buckinghamshire +22 28 £35,000 +14.75% 3
West Sussex - 20 £35,000 -
East Sussex +3 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 24 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.

1 159 (52.82%) Microsoft
2 152 (50.50%) Windows
3 145 (48.17%) Microsoft 365
4 107 (35.55%) Active Directory
5 82 (27.24%) Azure
6 78 (25.91%) Entra ID
7 76 (25.25%) Windows Server
8 65 (21.59%) Problem-Solving
9 64 (21.26%) Customer Service
10 63 (20.93%) Microsoft Intune
11 54 (17.94%) Microsoft Exchange
12 49 (16.28%) DNS
13 47 (15.61%) Firewall
14 45 (14.95%) SharePoint
15 44 (14.62%) Disaster Recovery
16 41 (13.62%) Cybersecurity
17 40 (13.29%) VMware
18 36 (11.96%) DHCP
18 36 (11.96%) Hyper-V
19 34 (11.30%) ITIL
20 33 (10.96%) DBS Check
21 31 (10.30%) VPN
22 30 (9.97%) Mac OS
23 29 (9.63%) Linux
23 29 (9.63%) Wi-Fi
24 28 (9.30%) Project Delivery
24 28 (9.30%) VMware Infrastructure
25 25 (8.31%) Cisco
25 25 (8.31%) VLAN
25 25 (8.31%) VoIP

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 54 (17.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 45 (14.95%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.33%) IIS
4 1 (0.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (5.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.33%) NetSuite
1 4 (1.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 145 (48.17%) Microsoft 365
2 82 (27.24%) Azure
3 78 (25.91%) Entra ID
4 16 (5.32%) Google Workspace
5 14 (4.65%) SaaS
6 12 (3.99%) Power Automate
7 10 (3.32%) Mimecast
8 5 (1.66%) AWS
8 5 (1.66%) OneDrive
8 5 (1.66%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.00%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 49 (16.28%) DNS
2 47 (15.61%) Firewall
3 36 (11.96%) DHCP
4 31 (10.30%) VPN
5 29 (9.63%) Wi-Fi
6 25 (8.31%) VLAN
6 25 (8.31%) VoIP
7 20 (6.64%) LAN
8 19 (6.31%) TCP/IP
8 19 (6.31%) Wireless
9 16 (5.32%) WAN
10 14 (4.65%) SSL
11 13 (4.32%) Internet
12 8 (2.66%) Remote Desktop
13 6 (1.99%) NAS
13 6 (1.99%) SAN
14 4 (1.33%) WLAN
15 2 (0.66%) Broadband
15 2 (0.66%) Network Security
16 1 (0.33%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.31%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.66%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.66%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 16 (5.32%) JIRA
General
1 99 (32.89%) Social Skills
2 16 (5.32%) Organisational Skills
3 15 (4.98%) Manufacturing
4 14 (4.65%) Legal
5 11 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (2.99%) Finance
7 7 (2.33%) Retail
8 5 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.33%) Advertising
9 4 (1.33%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (1.00%) Back Office
10 3 (1.00%) 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 (1.33%) .NET
1 4 (1.33%) ASP.NET Web Forms
1 4 (1.33%) WinForms
2 2 (0.66%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 44 (14.62%) Driving Licence
2 18 (5.98%) Onboarding
3 17 (5.65%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (2.99%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (2.33%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.33%) PKI
6 5 (1.66%) Replication
7 4 (1.33%) CCTV
7 4 (1.33%) EPoS
8 2 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 152 (50.50%) Windows
2 76 (25.25%) Windows Server
3 30 (9.97%) Mac OS
4 29 (9.63%) Linux
5 18 (5.98%) Windows 10
6 10 (3.32%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (2.99%) Ubuntu
8 5 (1.66%) Rocky
9 4 (1.33%) Android
9 4 (1.33%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (21.59%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (21.26%) Customer Service
3 44 (14.62%) Disaster Recovery
4 41 (13.62%) Cybersecurity
5 34 (11.30%) ITIL
6 28 (9.30%) Project Delivery
7 24 (7.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 21 (6.98%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (5.65%) Change Management
10 15 (4.98%) Identity Management
10 15 (4.98%) Process Improvement
11 14 (4.65%) Kalman Filter
11 14 (4.65%) Ticket Management
12 13 (4.32%) Client Onboarding
12 13 (4.32%) Mentoring
12 13 (4.32%) Security Management
12 13 (4.32%) Server Management
13 12 (3.99%) Collaborative Culture
13 12 (3.99%) User Experience
14 11 (3.65%) Data Privacy
Programming Languages
1 17 (5.65%) PowerShell
2 14 (4.65%) SQL
3 11 (3.65%) Ruby
4 10 (3.32%) R
5 4 (1.33%) C#
6 1 (0.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 33 (10.96%) DBS Check
2 23 (7.64%) Degree
3 20 (6.64%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (3.99%) Security Cleared
5 11 (3.65%) CompTIA Security+
5 11 (3.65%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (1.33%) A+ Certification
6 4 (1.33%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.33%) CCNA
6 4 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.64%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (5.32%) GDPR
3 15 (4.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (3.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (1.99%) SLA
6 3 (1.00%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 107 (35.55%) Active Directory
2 36 (11.96%) Hyper-V
3 28 (9.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (3.99%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.33%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.00%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.66%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.66%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 63 (20.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (3.99%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (1.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.33%) SCCM
4 1 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 159 (52.82%) Microsoft
2 40 (13.29%) VMware
3 25 (8.31%) Cisco
4 24 (7.97%) Veeam
5 17 (5.65%) Apple
6 16 (5.32%) Google
7 12 (3.99%) SonicWALL
8 11 (3.65%) Datto
9 10 (3.32%) CrowdStrike
9 10 (3.32%) Meraki
10 7 (2.33%) Ubiquiti
11 6 (1.99%) Citrix
12 5 (1.66%) Dell
12 5 (1.66%) Facebook
12 5 (1.66%) Instagram
12 5 (1.66%) Okta
12 5 (1.66%) Sophos
13 3 (1.00%) HP
13 3 (1.00%) QNAP
14 2 (0.66%) Intel