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 6 April 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 172 153
Rank change year-on-year +93 -19 +129
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 309 83 269
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 2.31% 1.24% 1.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.46% 1.46% 1.86%
Number of salaries quoted 298 69 263
10th Percentile £26,425 £25,750 £23,100
25th Percentile £28,750 £26,250 £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 £30,250 £30,000
% change year-on-year +7.44% +0.83% -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 12,578 5,697 14,439
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.10% 84.92% 93.77%
Number of salaries quoted 8,387 3,607 10,848
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £27,108
25th Percentile £35,300 £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% -8.72%

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 6 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 6 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
Hampshire +42 85 £33,000 +3.13% 11
Thames Valley +52 83 £34,000 +15.25% 10
West Sussex +14 47 £31,000 -38.00% 7
Surrey -18 44 £35,000 -6.67% 1
Buckinghamshire +16 38 £34,000 +17.24% 3
Oxfordshire +7 32 £34,000 +23.64% 5
Kent -12 31 £27,500 -8.33% 3
East Sussex - 15 £30,000 - 2
Berkshire +6 13 £33,000 -12.00% 2
Sussex - 3 £42,500 - 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 6 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.

1 140 (45.31%) Windows
2 135 (43.69%) Microsoft
3 112 (36.25%) Microsoft 365
4 102 (33.01%) Active Directory
5 81 (26.21%) Customer Service
6 73 (23.62%) Azure
7 66 (21.36%) Problem-Solving
8 62 (20.06%) Windows Server
9 42 (13.59%) Firewall
10 35 (11.33%) VPN
11 33 (10.68%) Windows 10
12 31 (10.03%) SharePoint
13 30 (9.71%) Microsoft Intune
14 28 (9.06%) Cybersecurity
14 28 (9.06%) Entra ID
14 28 (9.06%) LAN
14 28 (9.06%) Microsoft Office
15 26 (8.41%) DBS Check
16 25 (8.09%) ITIL
17 24 (7.77%) WAN
18 23 (7.44%) VMware
19 22 (7.12%) DNS
19 22 (7.12%) Mentoring
19 22 (7.12%) Microsoft Exchange
20 20 (6.47%) Mac OS
21 19 (6.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
22 18 (5.83%) Hyper-V
23 17 (5.50%) DHCP
23 17 (5.50%) Process Improvement
23 17 (5.50%) SLA

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 31 (10.03%) SharePoint
2 22 (7.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.27%) IIS
4 2 (0.65%) Confluence
Applications
1 28 (9.06%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (1.94%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 112 (36.25%) Microsoft 365
2 73 (23.62%) Azure
3 28 (9.06%) Entra ID
4 15 (4.85%) AWS
5 10 (3.24%) GCP
6 8 (2.59%) Mimecast
7 7 (2.27%) Google Workspace
8 6 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (1.94%) Power Automate
9 5 (1.62%) SaaS
10 4 (1.29%) OneDrive
11 3 (0.97%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.32%) Azure AI
12 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 42 (13.59%) Firewall
2 35 (11.33%) VPN
3 28 (9.06%) LAN
4 24 (7.77%) WAN
5 22 (7.12%) DNS
6 17 (5.50%) DHCP
6 17 (5.50%) TCP/IP
6 17 (5.50%) VoIP
7 12 (3.88%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (2.27%) VLAN
9 6 (1.94%) Wireless
10 4 (1.29%) Broadband
10 4 (1.29%) NAS
10 4 (1.29%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (0.97%) Unified Communications
12 2 (0.65%) SAN
13 1 (0.32%) IP Telephony
13 1 (0.32%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (1.29%) Relational Database
2 4 (1.29%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.97%) Power BI
4 2 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 10 (3.24%) JIRA
General
1 74 (23.95%) Social Skills
2 14 (4.53%) Organisational Skills
3 11 (3.56%) Finance
4 9 (2.91%) Law
5 8 (2.59%) Retail
5 8 (2.59%) Telecoms
6 7 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (2.27%) Legal
7 6 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.29%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.29%) Multimedia
9 3 (0.97%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.32%) Back Office
10 1 (0.32%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.94%) .NET
1 6 (1.94%) .NET Framework
1 6 (1.94%) Entity Framework
1 6 (1.94%) WinForms
2 4 (1.29%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 30 (9.71%) Driving Licence
2 12 (3.88%) Onboarding
3 7 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (1.94%) iPhone
5 3 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.65%) EPoS
7 1 (0.32%) CCTV
7 1 (0.32%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.32%) Device Driver
7 1 (0.32%) IVR
7 1 (0.32%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 140 (45.31%) Windows
2 62 (20.06%) Windows Server
3 33 (10.68%) Windows 10
4 20 (6.47%) Mac OS
5 9 (2.91%) Linux
6 6 (1.94%) Android
7 3 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.65%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (26.21%) Customer Service
2 66 (21.36%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (9.06%) Cybersecurity
4 25 (8.09%) ITIL
5 22 (7.12%) Mentoring
6 17 (5.50%) Process Improvement
7 16 (5.18%) Project Delivery
8 14 (4.53%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (4.21%) Asset Management
9 13 (4.21%) Disaster Recovery
10 11 (3.56%) Business Continuity
10 11 (3.56%) ITSM
11 10 (3.24%) Fintech
12 9 (2.91%) Collaborative Culture
12 9 (2.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 9 (2.91%) Time Management
13 8 (2.59%) Data Protection
13 8 (2.59%) Workflow
14 7 (2.27%) Service Management
14 7 (2.27%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 12 (3.88%) SQL
2 8 (2.59%) PowerShell
3 6 (1.94%) C#
3 6 (1.94%) T-SQL
4 4 (1.29%) Python
4 4 (1.29%) R
Qualifications
1 26 (8.41%) DBS Check
2 16 (5.18%) Security Cleared
3 14 (4.53%) Degree
4 6 (1.94%) A+ Certification
4 6 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.29%) CCNA
5 4 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (1.29%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (1.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 4 (1.29%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.32%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (5.50%) SLA
3 10 (3.24%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (0.97%) QA
5 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.32%) GDPR
5 1 (0.32%) NIST
5 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 102 (33.01%) Active Directory
2 18 (5.83%) Hyper-V
3 9 (2.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.65%) BitLocker
4 2 (0.65%) Firmware
4 2 (0.65%) Terminal Services
4 2 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 30 (9.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.97%) FortiGate
2 3 (0.97%) SCCM
3 1 (0.32%) Autotask
Vendors
1 135 (43.69%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.44%) VMware
3 16 (5.18%) Google
4 12 (3.88%) Veeam
5 8 (2.59%) Cisco
6 7 (2.27%) Fortinet
6 7 (2.27%) Meraki
6 7 (2.27%) Sophos
7 6 (1.94%) Sage
7 6 (1.94%) Xamarin
8 5 (1.62%) ConnectWise
8 5 (1.62%) SonicWALL
9 4 (1.29%) Adobe
9 4 (1.29%) Citrix
9 4 (1.29%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (1.29%) Epicor
9 4 (1.29%) Fujitsu
9 4 (1.29%) SAP
9 4 (1.29%) Virgin Media
10 3 (0.97%) Apple