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 8 September 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 224 237
Rank change year-on-year +127 +13 -25
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 299 64 100
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.67% 0.71% 0.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.76% 0.80% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 286 41 89
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,250 £23,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £30,317
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +31.94% +1.06%
75th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £38,750
90th Percentile £50,000 £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 17,015 8,015 12,429
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.98% 89.36% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 12,137 4,405 7,649
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 £50,047
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -0.09% -9.01%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £80,850
England median annual salary £58,015 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.48% - -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 8 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 8 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 +82 90 £39,000 +5.41% 6
Hampshire +28 89 £34,000 +21.43% 6
Surrey -14 53 £42,500 +6.25% 4
Kent +8 33 £31,200 -26.51% 4
Oxfordshire -8 33 £38,125 -7.01% 2
Buckinghamshire +21 31 £35,000 +25.00%
Berkshire +42 26 £39,000 +16.42% 4
West Sussex - 21 £35,000 - 2
East Sussex -1 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 8 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.

1 158 (52.84%) Microsoft
2 145 (48.49%) Windows
3 143 (47.83%) Microsoft 365
4 103 (34.45%) Active Directory
5 83 (27.76%) Azure
6 76 (25.42%) Windows Server
7 74 (24.75%) Entra ID
8 70 (23.41%) Customer Service
9 61 (20.40%) Problem-Solving
10 60 (20.07%) Microsoft Intune
11 51 (17.06%) Microsoft Exchange
12 49 (16.39%) Firewall
13 46 (15.38%) DNS
14 45 (15.05%) Disaster Recovery
15 44 (14.72%) SharePoint
16 38 (12.71%) Cybersecurity
16 38 (12.71%) VMware
17 36 (12.04%) ITIL
18 35 (11.71%) DBS Check
19 34 (11.37%) Hyper-V
20 33 (11.04%) DHCP
21 32 (10.70%) VPN
22 29 (9.70%) Project Delivery
23 28 (9.36%) VMware Infrastructure
24 27 (9.03%) Linux
24 27 (9.03%) Mac OS
24 27 (9.03%) Wi-Fi
25 25 (8.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
26 24 (8.03%) Degree
26 24 (8.03%) VLAN

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 51 (17.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (14.72%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.34%) IIS
4 1 (0.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.67%) NetSuite
1 2 (0.67%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 143 (47.83%) Microsoft 365
2 83 (27.76%) Azure
3 74 (24.75%) Entra ID
4 16 (5.35%) Google Workspace
5 15 (5.02%) SaaS
6 13 (4.35%) Power Automate
7 11 (3.68%) Mimecast
8 6 (2.01%) Power Platform
9 5 (1.67%) AWS
10 4 (1.34%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.00%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 49 (16.39%) Firewall
2 46 (15.38%) DNS
3 33 (11.04%) DHCP
4 32 (10.70%) VPN
5 27 (9.03%) Wi-Fi
6 24 (8.03%) VLAN
7 22 (7.36%) VoIP
8 19 (6.35%) LAN
8 19 (6.35%) TCP/IP
9 17 (5.69%) Wireless
10 14 (4.68%) SSL
10 14 (4.68%) WAN
11 13 (4.35%) Internet
12 8 (2.68%) Remote Desktop
13 7 (2.34%) NAS
14 6 (2.01%) SAN
15 4 (1.34%) WLAN
16 2 (0.67%) Network Security
17 1 (0.33%) Broadband
17 1 (0.33%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.02%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.68%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (1.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 17 (5.69%) JIRA
General
1 89 (29.77%) Social Skills
2 15 (5.02%) Legal
2 15 (5.02%) Manufacturing
3 12 (4.01%) Documentation Skills
3 12 (4.01%) Organisational Skills
4 9 (3.01%) Finance
5 7 (2.34%) Retail
6 4 (1.34%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.00%) Back Office
8 2 (0.67%) Advertising
9 1 (0.33%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.33%) Aviation
9 1 (0.33%) Military
9 1 (0.33%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.33%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.00%) .NET
1 3 (1.00%) ASP.NET Web Forms
1 3 (1.00%) WinForms
2 2 (0.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 43 (14.38%) Driving Licence
2 20 (6.69%) Onboarding
3 16 (5.35%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.01%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (2.34%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.34%) PKI
6 5 (1.67%) Replication
7 4 (1.34%) CCTV
7 4 (1.34%) EPoS
8 1 (0.33%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 145 (48.49%) Windows
2 76 (25.42%) Windows Server
3 27 (9.03%) Linux
3 27 (9.03%) Mac OS
4 17 (5.69%) Windows 10
5 10 (3.34%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (3.01%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.67%) Rocky
8 4 (1.34%) Android
8 4 (1.34%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (23.41%) Customer Service
2 61 (20.40%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (15.05%) Disaster Recovery
4 38 (12.71%) Cybersecurity
5 36 (12.04%) ITIL
6 29 (9.70%) Project Delivery
7 25 (8.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 23 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (6.02%) Change Management
10 17 (5.69%) Process Improvement
11 16 (5.35%) Identity Management
12 15 (5.02%) Mentoring
13 14 (4.68%) Kalman Filter
13 14 (4.68%) Ticket Management
14 13 (4.35%) Client Onboarding
14 13 (4.35%) Security Management
15 12 (4.01%) Collaborative Culture
15 12 (4.01%) Server Management
15 12 (4.01%) User Experience
15 12 (4.01%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 17 (5.69%) PowerShell
2 13 (4.35%) SQL
3 11 (3.68%) R
4 10 (3.34%) Ruby
5 3 (1.00%) C#
6 1 (0.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 35 (11.71%) DBS Check
2 24 (8.03%) Degree
3 20 (6.69%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (3.68%) CompTIA Security+
4 11 (3.68%) Network+ Certification
5 10 (3.34%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.34%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.34%) CCNA
6 4 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.00%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 17 (5.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (4.35%) GDPR
4 11 (3.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 8 (2.68%) SLA
6 3 (1.00%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 103 (34.45%) Active Directory
2 34 (11.37%) Hyper-V
3 28 (9.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (4.01%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.34%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.00%) BitLocker
6 3 (1.00%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 60 (20.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (4.01%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.67%) SCCM
4 1 (0.33%) Autotask
4 1 (0.33%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 158 (52.84%) Microsoft
2 38 (12.71%) VMware
3 23 (7.69%) Veeam
4 21 (7.02%) Cisco
5 16 (5.35%) Google
6 14 (4.68%) Apple
7 13 (4.35%) SonicWALL
8 12 (4.01%) Datto
9 11 (3.68%) CrowdStrike
10 8 (2.68%) Meraki
11 7 (2.34%) Ubiquiti
12 5 (1.67%) Citrix
12 5 (1.67%) Dell
12 5 (1.67%) Okta
13 4 (1.34%) Facebook
13 4 (1.34%) Instagram
13 4 (1.34%) Sophos
14 3 (1.00%) Barracuda Networks
14 3 (1.00%) HP
15 2 (0.67%) Intel