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 £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 July 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 213 175 258
Rank change year-on-year -38 +83 +93
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 96 251 109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.95% 1.45% 0.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 1.54% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 70 246 81
10th Percentile £25,750 £23,450 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,250 £26,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £30,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - +1.55%
75th Percentile £42,500 £40,250 £33,750
90th Percentile £43,250 £43,750 £37,500
England median annual salary £33,000 £30,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -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 9,066 16,337 11,048
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.33% 94.25% 91.01%
Number of salaries quoted 5,065 11,544 7,521
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £69,840 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £78,662 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.66% -12.42% -

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 13 July 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 13 July 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 +71 48 £37,500 +7.14% 11
Thames Valley -35 26 £37,000 -3.90% 9
Kent +32 12 £37,978 +35.64% 7
Oxfordshire 0 12 £37,000 -11.90% 3
Berkshire -1 11 £37,500 +3.45% 5
Hampshire +34 5 £28,000 -3.45% 6
West Sussex +8 3 £50,000 +66.67% 2
Buckinghamshire +3 3 £28,000 -9.68% 1
Sussex +18 1 £35,000 +16.67% 3
East Sussex -16 1 £37,500 +50.00% 7
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 13 July 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 60 (62.50%) Windows
2 52 (54.17%) Microsoft
3 45 (46.88%) Active Directory
4 44 (45.83%) Social Skills
5 38 (39.58%) Problem-Solving
6 37 (38.54%) Microsoft 365
7 32 (33.33%) VMware
8 31 (32.29%) Microsoft Exchange
9 29 (30.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 28 (29.17%) Azure
11 25 (26.04%) VMware Infrastructure
12 24 (25.00%) PowerShell
13 22 (22.92%) Security Cleared
14 21 (21.88%) SAN
15 19 (19.79%) Mac OS
16 18 (18.75%) Disaster Recovery
16 18 (18.75%) Virtual Environments
16 18 (18.75%) Customer Service
17 17 (17.71%) Kalman Filter
17 17 (17.71%) Microsoft Certification
17 17 (17.71%) NAS
18 16 (16.67%) High Availability
18 16 (16.67%) Degree
19 15 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
20 14 (14.58%) Firewall
20 14 (14.58%) Linux
20 14 (14.58%) Windows Server
21 13 (13.54%) Driving Licence
21 13 (13.54%) HND
22 12 (12.50%) VPN

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 31 (32.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (9.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (5.21%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (5.21%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 37 (38.54%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (29.17%) Azure
3 8 (8.33%) Entra ID
4 7 (7.29%) AWS
5 5 (5.21%) GCP
5 5 (5.21%) SaaS
6 3 (3.13%) Mimecast
7 2 (2.08%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.04%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 21 (21.88%) SAN
2 17 (17.71%) NAS
3 14 (14.58%) Firewall
4 12 (12.50%) VPN
5 11 (11.46%) DNS
6 9 (9.38%) DHCP
6 9 (9.38%) VLAN
7 7 (7.29%) TCP/IP
7 7 (7.29%) WAN
8 6 (6.25%) LAN
9 5 (5.21%) BGP
9 5 (5.21%) IP Telephony
9 5 (5.21%) OSPF
9 5 (5.21%) SNMP
10 4 (4.17%) VoIP
11 1 (1.04%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (1.04%) SD-WAN
11 1 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.33%) SQL Server
General
1 44 (45.83%) Social Skills
2 8 (8.33%) Finance
3 6 (6.25%) Telecoms
4 5 (5.21%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.04%) Military
6 1 (1.04%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.08%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.54%) Driving Licence
2 9 (9.38%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (6.25%) Clustering
3 6 (6.25%) Onboarding
4 5 (5.21%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.04%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.04%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 60 (62.50%) Windows
2 19 (19.79%) Mac OS
3 14 (14.58%) Linux
3 14 (14.58%) Windows Server
4 12 (12.50%) Apple iOS
4 12 (12.50%) Windows 10
5 4 (4.17%) Unix
5 4 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (4.17%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (3.13%) Android
7 1 (1.04%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (39.58%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (30.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 18 (18.75%) Customer Service
3 18 (18.75%) Disaster Recovery
3 18 (18.75%) Virtual Environments
4 17 (17.71%) Kalman Filter
5 16 (16.67%) High Availability
6 15 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (12.50%) Computer Science
7 12 (12.50%) IT Strategy
7 12 (12.50%) Server Building
8 11 (11.46%) Antivirus Management
8 11 (11.46%) ITSM
8 11 (11.46%) Patch Management
8 11 (11.46%) Web Filtering
9 10 (10.42%) Cybersecurity
9 10 (10.42%) Mobile Device Management
10 8 (8.33%) B2B
10 8 (8.33%) ITIL
11 7 (7.29%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 24 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 5 (5.21%) SQL
3 2 (2.08%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (22.92%) Security Cleared
2 17 (17.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (16.67%) Degree
4 13 (13.54%) HND
5 12 (12.50%) DV Cleared
6 8 (8.33%) MCP
6 8 (8.33%) SC Cleared
7 6 (6.25%) DBS Check
8 5 (5.21%) A+ Certification
8 5 (5.21%) CCNA
8 5 (5.21%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (5.21%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (3.13%) MCSA
10 2 (2.08%) MCSE
11 1 (1.04%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (2.08%) SLA
System Software
1 45 (46.88%) Active Directory
2 25 (26.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (7.29%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (1.04%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (1.04%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.17%) FortiGate
2 4 (4.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 52 (54.17%) Microsoft
2 32 (33.33%) VMware
3 8 (8.33%) Cisco
4 7 (7.29%) Apple
4 7 (7.29%) Sophos
5 6 (6.25%) Google
6 5 (5.21%) CheckPoint
6 5 (5.21%) Fortinet
6 5 (5.21%) Juniper
6 5 (5.21%) McAfee
6 5 (5.21%) Veeam
7 4 (4.17%) Meraki
8 3 (3.13%) Aruba
8 3 (3.13%) SonicWALL