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 15 February 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 210 160
Rank change year-on-year +114 -50 +90
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 224 80 214
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.98% 0.96% 1.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.14% 1.09% 1.83%
Number of salaries quoted 215 61 210
10th Percentile £26,250 - £24,900
25th Percentile £27,894 £25,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £30,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
75th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £39,875
90th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £43,000
England median annual salary £32,000 £30,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year +4.92% +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 10,487 7,348 11,696
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.63% 88.53% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 6,757 3,813 8,876
10th Percentile £28,150 £31,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,598 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,509 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.52% +13.02% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.41%

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 15 February 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 15 February 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 +51 73 £33,000 +20.00% 14
Hampshire +55 63 £35,000 +9.38% 14
Buckinghamshire +37 34 £34,000 +7.94% 4
Surrey +7 31 £29,750 +0.55% 4
West Sussex +22 29 £30,000 -40.00% 10
Oxfordshire +20 26 £28,542 +3.79% 7
Berkshire +2 13 £33,500 -10.67% 3
Kent -8 13 £27,500 +3.77% 2
East Sussex +8 10 £31,250 -21.88%
Sussex - 3 £42,500 - 3
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 15 February 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.

1 114 (50.89%) Windows
2 103 (45.98%) Microsoft
3 84 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
4 83 (37.05%) Active Directory
5 72 (32.14%) Azure
6 59 (26.34%) Problem-Solving
7 47 (20.98%) Windows Server
8 45 (20.09%) Customer Service
9 27 (12.05%) Firewall
9 27 (12.05%) SharePoint
10 26 (11.61%) Microsoft Office
11 25 (11.16%) DNS
11 25 (11.16%) VPN
12 24 (10.71%) Microsoft Intune
12 24 (10.71%) Windows 10
13 22 (9.82%) Cybersecurity
14 21 (9.38%) DBS Check
15 20 (8.93%) DHCP
16 19 (8.48%) Entra ID
17 18 (8.04%) Degree
17 18 (8.04%) TCP/IP
18 17 (7.59%) Google
18 17 (7.59%) ITIL
19 16 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
19 16 (7.14%) Mac OS
19 16 (7.14%) SQL
20 15 (6.70%) VMware
21 14 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
21 14 (6.25%) IIS
21 14 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange

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 27 (12.05%) SharePoint
2 14 (6.25%) IIS
2 14 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.89%) Confluence
Applications
1 26 (11.61%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.79%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 84 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 72 (32.14%) Azure
3 19 (8.48%) Entra ID
4 13 (5.80%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (5.80%) GCP
5 11 (4.91%) AWS
6 8 (3.57%) Power Automate
7 5 (2.23%) Azure AI
7 5 (2.23%) Google Workspace
7 5 (2.23%) Microsoft Copilot
7 5 (2.23%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.79%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.34%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.89%) SaaS
11 1 (0.45%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 27 (12.05%) Firewall
2 25 (11.16%) DNS
2 25 (11.16%) VPN
3 20 (8.93%) DHCP
4 18 (8.04%) TCP/IP
5 13 (5.80%) VoIP
6 12 (5.36%) LAN
6 12 (5.36%) WAN
7 7 (3.13%) VLAN
7 7 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (2.68%) Wireless
9 3 (1.34%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.89%) Broadband
10 2 (0.89%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.45%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 7 (3.13%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.23%) Power BI
4 4 (1.79%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 7 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 67 (29.91%) Social Skills
2 15 (6.70%) Organisational Skills
3 11 (4.91%) Finance
4 9 (4.02%) Law
5 8 (3.57%) Telecoms
6 7 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.13%) Retail
7 4 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.79%) Legal
7 4 (1.79%) Multimedia
8 3 (1.34%) Public Sector
9 2 (0.89%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.45%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.36%) .NET
1 12 (5.36%) .NET Framework
1 12 (5.36%) Entity Framework
1 12 (5.36%) WinForms
2 7 (3.13%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.82%) Driving Licence
2 12 (5.36%) Onboarding
3 7 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.79%) iPhone
5 3 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.45%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.45%) Device Driver
6 1 (0.45%) IVR
6 1 (0.45%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 114 (50.89%) Windows
2 47 (20.98%) Windows Server
3 24 (10.71%) Windows 10
4 16 (7.14%) Mac OS
5 8 (3.57%) Linux
6 4 (1.79%) Android
7 3 (1.34%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (1.34%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.45%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (26.34%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (20.09%) Customer Service
3 22 (9.82%) Cybersecurity
4 17 (7.59%) ITIL
5 13 (5.80%) DevOps
5 13 (5.80%) Mentoring
5 13 (5.80%) Software Engineering
6 12 (5.36%) Computer Science
6 12 (5.36%) Project Delivery
7 11 (4.91%) Asset Management
7 11 (4.91%) ITSM
8 10 (4.46%) Fintech
9 8 (3.57%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (3.13%) Collaborative Culture
11 6 (2.68%) Customer Experience
11 6 (2.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 6 (2.68%) Process Improvement
11 6 (2.68%) Service Delivery
11 6 (2.68%) Software Deployment
12 5 (2.23%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.14%) SQL
2 12 (5.36%) C#
2 12 (5.36%) T-SQL
3 8 (3.57%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.79%) Python
5 1 (0.45%) R
Qualifications
1 21 (9.38%) DBS Check
2 18 (8.04%) Degree
3 12 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (4.02%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (4.02%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 7 (3.13%) A+ Certification
6 5 (2.23%) Security Cleared
7 2 (0.89%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.89%) MCSA
7 2 (0.89%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (5.80%) SLA
4 5 (2.23%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.34%) QA
6 1 (0.45%) NIST
System Software
1 83 (37.05%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.80%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.89%) Firmware
4 2 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 24 (10.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.89%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.45%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 103 (45.98%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.59%) Google
3 15 (6.70%) VMware
4 12 (5.36%) Sage
4 12 (5.36%) Xamarin
5 10 (4.46%) Veeam
6 6 (2.68%) Cisco
7 5 (2.23%) Meraki
7 5 (2.23%) Zoho
8 4 (1.79%) Adobe
8 4 (1.79%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.79%) Fujitsu
8 4 (1.79%) Virgin Media
9 3 (1.34%) Apple
10 2 (0.89%) ConnectWise
10 2 (0.89%) Epicor
10 2 (0.89%) SAP
10 2 (0.89%) SonicWALL
10 2 (0.89%) Sophos
10 2 (0.89%) WatchGuard