IT Support Engineer Jobs in the South East

IT Support Engineer
England > South East

The median IT Support Engineer salary in the South East is £30,317 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 197 250 350
Rank change year-on-year +53 +100 -29
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 169 113 161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.12% 0.98% 0.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.19% 1.07% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 163 80 150
10th Percentile £23,600 £24,975 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,317 £30,000 £29,772
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% +0.77% -0.76%
75th Percentile £43,000 £33,750 £34,000
90th Percentile £43,750 £38,825 £38,875
England median annual salary £30,000 £32,500 £31,400
% change year-on-year -7.69% +3.50% +4.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 14,224 10,599 21,077
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 91.47% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 9,733 7,232 12,510
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £40,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured IT Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in the South East

IT Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for IT Support Engineer 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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 +62 74 £42,000 +29.23% 10
Oxfordshire +17 36 £42,000 +40.00% 4
Hampshire -15 33 £29,000 +5.45% 6
East Sussex +35 22 £26,250 -19.23% 9
Buckinghamshire +13 21 £31,000 -4.62% 3
Berkshire +22 17 £37,750 +16.15% 3
Surrey -35 17 £35,000 -6.67% 3
Kent -13 11 £29,000 +9.43% 1
West Sussex +25 10 £25,250 -15.83% 4
Sussex - 2 £26,500 - 1
IT Support Engineer
England

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, IT Support Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 121 (71.60%) Windows
2 117 (69.23%) Microsoft
3 106 (62.72%) Microsoft 365
4 77 (45.56%) Active Directory
5 74 (43.79%) Firewall
6 61 (36.09%) Azure
7 58 (34.32%) Social Skills
8 57 (33.73%) Windows Server
9 48 (28.40%) Microsoft Exchange
10 46 (27.22%) SQL
10 46 (27.22%) Microsoft Office
11 41 (24.26%) Customer Service
12 40 (23.67%) VMware
13 39 (23.08%) SharePoint
14 33 (19.53%) SQL Server
15 31 (18.34%) Citrix
16 30 (17.75%) Veeam
16 30 (17.75%) VMware Infrastructure
16 30 (17.75%) Degree
17 27 (15.98%) Windows 10
18 25 (14.79%) Microsoft Excel
19 24 (14.20%) Cybersecurity
20 23 (13.61%) Wi-Fi
21 22 (13.02%) Cisco
21 22 (13.02%) VPN
22 21 (12.43%) Law
23 20 (11.83%) Wireless
23 20 (11.83%) Entra ID
24 19 (11.24%) OneDrive
24 19 (11.24%) Driving Licence

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 48 (28.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 39 (23.08%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.37%) Exchange Server 2000
4 3 (1.78%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.59%) Apache
5 1 (0.59%) IIS
5 1 (0.59%) Tomcat
Applications
1 46 (27.22%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (14.79%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (2.96%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 106 (62.72%) Microsoft 365
2 61 (36.09%) Azure
3 20 (11.83%) Entra ID
4 19 (11.24%) OneDrive
5 6 (3.55%) iTunes
6 5 (2.96%) Google Workspace
7 4 (2.37%) AWS
8 3 (1.78%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.59%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.59%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.59%) IaaS
9 1 (0.59%) PaaS
9 1 (0.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 74 (43.79%) Firewall
2 23 (13.61%) Wi-Fi
3 22 (13.02%) VPN
4 20 (11.83%) Wireless
5 13 (7.69%) DNS
6 11 (6.51%) TCP/IP
7 9 (5.33%) SSL
8 7 (4.14%) Network Security
9 6 (3.55%) VoIP
10 5 (2.96%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (2.96%) Unified Communications
10 5 (2.96%) VLAN
10 5 (2.96%) Wireless Security
11 4 (2.37%) Broadband
11 4 (2.37%) DHCP
11 4 (2.37%) WAN
12 2 (1.18%) SAN
13 1 (0.59%) Internet
13 1 (0.59%) NAS
13 1 (0.59%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (19.53%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.78%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (1.78%) JIRA
2 1 (0.59%) Jenkins
General
1 58 (34.32%) Social Skills
2 21 (12.43%) Law
3 16 (9.47%) Documentation Skills
4 15 (8.88%) Telecoms
5 8 (4.73%) Games
6 5 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.78%) Back Office
8 2 (1.18%) Finance
8 2 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.18%) Retail
9 1 (0.59%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (0.59%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.18%) Kafka
2 1 (0.59%) .NET
2 1 (0.59%) LAMP
2 1 (0.59%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (11.24%) Driving Licence
2 12 (7.10%) Replication
3 7 (4.14%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.37%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.18%) Clustering
6 1 (0.59%) Blackberry
6 1 (0.59%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.59%) Educational Technology
6 1 (0.59%) EPoS
6 1 (0.59%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.59%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.59%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.59%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 121 (71.60%) Windows
2 57 (33.73%) Windows Server
3 27 (15.98%) Windows 10
4 11 (6.51%) Android
5 9 (5.33%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (4.73%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (2.96%) Apple iOS
7 5 (2.96%) Linux
7 5 (2.96%) Mac OS X
8 4 (2.37%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (2.37%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (1.18%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.59%) Windows Mobile
10 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (24.26%) Customer Service
2 24 (14.20%) Cybersecurity
3 18 (10.65%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 17 (10.06%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (9.47%) Change Control
6 12 (7.10%) B2B
6 12 (7.10%) Customer Experience
6 12 (7.10%) Fault Analysis
6 12 (7.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 10 (5.92%) ITIL
8 9 (5.33%) Data Integration
8 9 (5.33%) ERP
8 9 (5.33%) Project Delivery
8 9 (5.33%) Project Management
8 9 (5.33%) Service Delivery
9 7 (4.14%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 6 (3.55%) Project Planning
11 5 (2.96%) Incident Management
12 4 (2.37%) Agile
12 4 (2.37%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 46 (27.22%) SQL
2 4 (2.37%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.59%) PHP
Qualifications
1 30 (17.75%) Degree
2 8 (4.73%) CCNA
2 8 (4.73%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (4.14%) Network+ Certification
4 5 (2.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 5 (2.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.78%) CCNP
5 3 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.18%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.18%) MCP
7 1 (0.59%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.59%) HND
7 1 (0.59%) LPIC
7 1 (0.59%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.73%) GDPR
2 5 (2.96%) SLA
3 2 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.18%) NIST
System Software
1 77 (45.56%) Active Directory
2 30 (17.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (7.10%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.78%) Docker
5 1 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.59%) vSphere
5 1 (0.59%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 11 (6.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.96%) Cisco CUCM
2 5 (2.96%) ServiceCenter
3 3 (1.78%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.59%) Backup Exec
4 1 (0.59%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.59%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.59%) NetCrunch
Vendors
1 117 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 40 (23.67%) VMware
3 31 (18.34%) Citrix
4 30 (17.75%) Veeam
5 22 (13.02%) Cisco
6 9 (5.33%) Draytek
7 6 (3.55%) Aruba
7 6 (3.55%) Fortinet
7 6 (3.55%) Google
7 6 (3.55%) Meraki
7 6 (3.55%) Palo Alto
8 5 (2.96%) Apple
8 5 (2.96%) HP
8 5 (2.96%) Sage
9 4 (2.37%) Sophos
10 3 (1.78%) Barracuda Networks
10 3 (1.78%) ConnectWise
11 1 (0.59%) CrowdStrike
11 1 (0.59%) Datto
11 1 (0.59%) Freshdesk