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 £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 April 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 173 150
Rank change year-on-year +92 -23 +123
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 300 84 271
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 2.22% 1.25% 1.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.35% 1.48% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 289 68 265
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,750 £23,000
25th Percentile £28,750 £26,125 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £33,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.99% +11.67% -
75th Percentile £37,000 £38,750 £40,500
90th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £43,750
England median annual salary £32,500 £30,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year +6.56% +1.67% -6.25%

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 12,752 5,676 14,660
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.21% 84.62% 93.78%
Number of salaries quoted 8,498 3,597 10,984
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.71%

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 9 April 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 9 April 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 +44 83 £34,000 +18.26% 10
Hampshire +42 80 £33,000 +3.13% 11
West Sussex +19 46 £30,500 -39.00% 7
Surrey -20 41 £32,500 -13.33% 1
Buckinghamshire - 38 £34,000 - 3
Oxfordshire +13 32 £34,000 +23.64% 5
Kent -9 32 £27,500 -8.33% 3
East Sussex - 15 £30,000 - 2
Berkshire +6 13 £33,000 -12.00% 2
Sussex - 2 £36,250 - 4
Middlesex - 1 £37,500 -
IT Support Engineer
England

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 9 April 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.

1 135 (45.00%) Windows
2 130 (43.33%) Microsoft
3 107 (35.67%) Microsoft 365
4 99 (33.00%) Active Directory
5 81 (27.00%) Customer Service
6 70 (23.33%) Azure
7 65 (21.67%) Problem-Solving
8 59 (19.67%) Windows Server
9 41 (13.67%) Firewall
10 35 (11.67%) VPN
11 32 (10.67%) Windows 10
12 29 (9.67%) Entra ID
12 29 (9.67%) Microsoft Intune
12 29 (9.67%) SharePoint
13 28 (9.33%) LAN
14 27 (9.00%) DBS Check
15 26 (8.67%) Cybersecurity
15 26 (8.67%) Microsoft Office
16 24 (8.00%) WAN
17 23 (7.67%) DNS
17 23 (7.67%) ITIL
18 21 (7.00%) Mentoring
18 21 (7.00%) Microsoft Exchange
18 21 (7.00%) VMware
19 20 (6.67%) Mac OS
20 18 (6.00%) DHCP
20 18 (6.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
21 17 (5.67%) SLA
21 17 (5.67%) VoIP
22 16 (5.33%) Google

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 29 (9.67%) SharePoint
2 21 (7.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.33%) IIS
4 1 (0.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 26 (8.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (2.00%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 107 (35.67%) Microsoft 365
2 70 (23.33%) Azure
3 29 (9.67%) Entra ID
4 15 (5.00%) AWS
5 10 (3.33%) GCP
6 8 (2.67%) Mimecast
7 7 (2.33%) Google Workspace
8 6 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.00%) Power Automate
9 5 (1.67%) SaaS
10 4 (1.33%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.00%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.33%) Azure AI
12 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 41 (13.67%) Firewall
2 35 (11.67%) VPN
3 28 (9.33%) LAN
4 24 (8.00%) WAN
5 23 (7.67%) DNS
6 18 (6.00%) DHCP
7 17 (5.67%) VoIP
8 15 (5.00%) TCP/IP
9 12 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (2.00%) VLAN
11 5 (1.67%) Wireless
12 4 (1.33%) Broadband
12 4 (1.33%) NAS
12 4 (1.33%) Remote Desktop
13 3 (1.00%) Unified Communications
14 2 (0.67%) SAN
15 1 (0.33%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (1.33%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.00%) Power BI
3 3 (1.00%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 9 (3.00%) JIRA
General
1 71 (23.67%) Social Skills
2 13 (4.33%) Organisational Skills
3 11 (3.67%) Finance
4 7 (2.33%) Law
4 7 (2.33%) Legal
4 7 (2.33%) Telecoms
5 6 (2.00%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (2.00%) Retail
6 4 (1.33%) Manufacturing
6 4 (1.33%) Multimedia
7 3 (1.00%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.33%) Back Office
8 1 (0.33%) German Language
8 1 (0.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.33%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.00%) .NET
1 6 (2.00%) .NET Framework
1 6 (2.00%) Entity Framework
1 6 (2.00%) WinForms
2 4 (1.33%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 12 (4.00%) Onboarding
3 6 (2.00%) iPhone
4 5 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.67%) EPoS
7 1 (0.33%) CCTV
7 1 (0.33%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 135 (45.00%) Windows
2 59 (19.67%) Windows Server
3 32 (10.67%) Windows 10
4 20 (6.67%) Mac OS
5 9 (3.00%) Linux
6 6 (2.00%) Android
7 3 (1.00%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.67%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (27.00%) Customer Service
2 65 (21.67%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (8.67%) Cybersecurity
4 23 (7.67%) ITIL
5 21 (7.00%) Mentoring
6 15 (5.00%) Process Improvement
6 15 (5.00%) Project Delivery
7 13 (4.33%) Asset Management
7 13 (4.33%) Disaster Recovery
8 12 (4.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (3.67%) Business Continuity
10 10 (3.33%) ITSM
11 9 (3.00%) Collaborative Culture
11 9 (3.00%) Fintech
11 9 (3.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 9 (3.00%) Time Management
12 8 (2.67%) Data Protection
12 8 (2.67%) Workflow
13 7 (2.33%) Service Management
13 7 (2.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.67%) SQL
2 8 (2.67%) PowerShell
3 6 (2.00%) C#
3 6 (2.00%) T-SQL
4 4 (1.33%) Python
4 4 (1.33%) R
Qualifications
1 27 (9.00%) DBS Check
2 15 (5.00%) Security Cleared
3 14 (4.67%) Degree
4 6 (2.00%) A+ Certification
4 6 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.33%) CCNA
5 4 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (1.33%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (1.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 4 (1.33%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.33%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (5.67%) SLA
3 9 (3.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.00%) QA
5 2 (0.67%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.67%) GDPR
6 1 (0.33%) NIST
6 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 99 (33.00%) Active Directory
2 16 (5.33%) Hyper-V
3 8 (2.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.67%) BitLocker
4 2 (0.67%) Terminal Services
4 2 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.33%) Firmware
5 1 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 29 (9.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.00%) SCCM
3 2 (0.67%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.33%) Autotask
Vendors
1 130 (43.33%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.00%) VMware
3 16 (5.33%) Google
4 10 (3.33%) Veeam
5 7 (2.33%) Cisco
5 7 (2.33%) Fortinet
5 7 (2.33%) Meraki
5 7 (2.33%) Sophos
6 6 (2.00%) Sage
6 6 (2.00%) Xamarin
7 5 (1.67%) ConnectWise
8 4 (1.33%) Adobe
8 4 (1.33%) Citrix
8 4 (1.33%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (1.33%) Epicor
8 4 (1.33%) Fujitsu
8 4 (1.33%) SAP
8 4 (1.33%) SonicWALL
8 4 (1.33%) Virgin Media
9 3 (1.00%) Apple