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 £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 September 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 224 239 219
Rank change year-on-year +15 -20 +125
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 61 97 95
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.68% 0.75% 1.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 0.78% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 38 84 64
10th Percentile £27,250 £23,000 £24,825
25th Percentile £31,000 £25,750 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £30,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% - -
75th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £35,000
90th Percentile £43,250 £43,750 £38,750
England median annual salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% - +3.17%

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 8,033 12,372 8,343
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.56% 95.90% 93.63%
Number of salaries quoted 4,430 7,341 6,017
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £66,938 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

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

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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 2025. 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
Surrey +42 30 £40,000 +14.29% 4
Thames Valley -16 19 £33,500 -10.67% 9
Oxfordshire +20 9 £41,000 -2.38% 1
Berkshire -9 7 £33,500 +0.75% 4
Kent +8 6 £42,456 +46.40% 3
Hampshire +44 4 £29,500 -1.67% 11
Buckinghamshire -16 3 £28,000 -20.00% 4
Sussex +16 1 £35,000 +32.08%
East Sussex +1 1 £37,500 +63.04% 2
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 17 September 2025, 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 42 (68.85%) Windows
2 38 (62.30%) Microsoft
2 38 (62.30%) Active Directory
3 27 (44.26%) VMware
3 27 (44.26%) Social Skills
4 24 (39.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 24 (39.34%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (37.70%) Microsoft Exchange
6 21 (34.43%) VMware Infrastructure
6 21 (34.43%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (29.51%) PowerShell
8 17 (27.87%) SAN
9 15 (24.59%) Security Cleared
9 15 (24.59%) Azure
10 14 (22.95%) Virtual Environments
11 13 (21.31%) Customer Service
11 13 (21.31%) NAS
11 13 (21.31%) Mac OS
11 13 (21.31%) Degree
11 13 (21.31%) Kalman Filter
11 13 (21.31%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (19.67%) Disaster Recovery
12 12 (19.67%) High Availability
12 12 (19.67%) Windows Server
13 11 (18.03%) Continuous Improvement
13 11 (18.03%) Linux
14 10 (16.39%) Firewall
15 9 (14.75%) HND
16 8 (13.11%) SQL Server
16 8 (13.11%) ITIL

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 23 (37.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (8.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.28%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 24 (39.34%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (24.59%) Azure
3 6 (9.84%) Entra ID
4 3 (4.92%) AWS
4 3 (4.92%) GCP
5 2 (3.28%) Google Workspace
5 2 (3.28%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.64%) Azure AI
6 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.64%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.64%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.64%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (27.87%) SAN
2 13 (21.31%) NAS
3 10 (16.39%) Firewall
4 7 (11.48%) DHCP
4 7 (11.48%) DNS
5 6 (9.84%) VPN
6 5 (8.20%) IP Telephony
6 5 (8.20%) SNMP
6 5 (8.20%) VLAN
7 4 (6.56%) WAN
8 3 (4.92%) LAN
8 3 (4.92%) TCP/IP
8 3 (4.92%) VoIP
9 2 (3.28%) BGP
9 2 (3.28%) OSPF
10 1 (1.64%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (1.64%) SD-WAN
10 1 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (1.64%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (13.11%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.64%) Power BI
General
1 27 (44.26%) Social Skills
2 5 (8.20%) Telecoms
3 4 (6.56%) Finance
4 3 (4.92%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.64%) Military
6 1 (1.64%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.11%) Onboarding
2 6 (9.84%) Driving Licence
2 6 (9.84%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (8.20%) Blackberry
4 2 (3.28%) Clustering
5 1 (1.64%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.64%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 42 (68.85%) Windows
2 13 (21.31%) Mac OS
3 12 (19.67%) Windows Server
4 11 (18.03%) Linux
5 8 (13.11%) Apple iOS
5 8 (13.11%) Windows 10
6 4 (6.56%) Unix
6 4 (6.56%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (4.92%) Android
8 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (39.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 21 (34.43%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (22.95%) Virtual Environments
4 13 (21.31%) Customer Service
4 13 (21.31%) Kalman Filter
5 12 (19.67%) Disaster Recovery
5 12 (19.67%) High Availability
6 11 (18.03%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (13.11%) Computer Science
7 8 (13.11%) IT Strategy
7 8 (13.11%) ITIL
7 8 (13.11%) Server Building
8 7 (11.48%) Antivirus Management
8 7 (11.48%) ITSM
8 7 (11.48%) Patch Management
8 7 (11.48%) Web Filtering
9 6 (9.84%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (9.84%) Mobile Device Management
10 5 (8.20%) Storage Management
11 4 (6.56%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 18 (29.51%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (24.59%) Security Cleared
2 13 (21.31%) Degree
2 13 (21.31%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (14.75%) HND
4 8 (13.11%) DV Cleared
5 6 (9.84%) MCP
5 6 (9.84%) SC Cleared
6 5 (8.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (6.56%) A+ Certification
8 3 (4.92%) DBS Check
8 3 (4.92%) MCSA
9 2 (3.28%) CCNA
9 2 (3.28%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (1.64%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.20%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (8.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (6.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (3.28%) SLA
4 1 (1.64%) Accessibility
System Software
1 38 (62.30%) Active Directory
2 21 (34.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (11.48%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (1.64%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (1.64%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (8.20%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (8.20%) SCCM
2 1 (1.64%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 38 (62.30%) Microsoft
2 27 (44.26%) VMware
3 8 (13.11%) Apple
4 5 (8.20%) Google
4 5 (8.20%) McAfee
4 5 (8.20%) Veeam
5 4 (6.56%) Sophos
6 3 (4.92%) SonicWALL
7 2 (3.28%) Cisco
7 2 (3.28%) Fortinet
7 2 (3.28%) Juniper
8 1 (1.64%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.64%) Meraki
8 1 (1.64%) ServiceNow