Support Engineer Jobs in the South East

Support Engineer
England > South East

The median Support Engineer salary in the South East is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 May 2025.

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

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 63 84
Rank change year-on-year -15 +21 +50
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 334 635 505
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.47% 3.76% 3.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.99% 4.00% 3.91%
Number of salaries quoted 253 609 402
10th Percentile £27,500 £24,375 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £27,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £34,500 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +9.52% -3.08%
75th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £37,500
90th Percentile £58,600 £50,000 £46,000
England median annual salary £38,000 £32,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year +16.92% -2.99% -

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 8,378 15,861 12,917
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.95% 94.01% 90.28%
Number of salaries quoted 4,568 11,350 8,150
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,032 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,500 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.60% -12.83% +1.33%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in the South East

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for Support Engineer in the South East

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in the South East

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 Support Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Thames Valley -21 101 £37,500 -1.32% 58
Surrey +75 96 £37,500 -10.71% 20
Hampshire +11 80 £32,500 -7.14% 54
Berkshire +3 52 £37,500 +5.93% 24
Oxfordshire +3 28 £32,500 -22.62% 21
Kent +9 26 £33,250 +18.75% 8
Buckinghamshire -15 21 £50,000 +53.85% 18
East Sussex -16 17 £55,000 +113.51% 3
West Sussex +6 11 £42,500 +41.67% 15
Middlesex -21 3 - - 1
Support Engineer
England

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 18 May 2025, 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 164 (49.10%) Microsoft
2 163 (48.80%) Windows
3 126 (37.72%) Social Skills
4 120 (35.93%) Active Directory
5 118 (35.33%) Microsoft 365
6 86 (25.75%) Problem-Solving
7 79 (23.65%) Azure
8 74 (22.16%) Customer Service
9 65 (19.46%) Degree
10 64 (19.16%) Security Cleared
11 62 (18.56%) Microsoft Exchange
12 58 (17.37%) VMware
13 51 (15.27%) VMware Infrastructure
14 46 (13.77%) PowerShell
15 45 (13.47%) Firewall
16 43 (12.87%) DNS
17 42 (12.57%) Windows Server
18 41 (12.28%) Linux
19 38 (11.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 37 (11.08%) Driving Licence
20 37 (11.08%) SQL
20 37 (11.08%) SharePoint
21 36 (10.78%) DHCP
21 36 (10.78%) Hyper-V
22 33 (9.88%) High Availability
22 33 (9.88%) Microsoft Certification
22 33 (9.88%) Cisco
23 32 (9.58%) Mac OS
23 32 (9.58%) AWS
23 32 (9.58%) SC Cleared

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 62 (18.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (11.08%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.80%) IBM Domino
4 4 (1.20%) Confluence
5 2 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.60%) Office Communications Server
5 2 (0.60%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (0.60%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.30%) Apache
6 1 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.30%) IIS
6 1 (0.30%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.30%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 28 (8.38%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.20%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 118 (35.33%) Microsoft 365
2 79 (23.65%) Azure
3 32 (9.58%) AWS
4 18 (5.39%) Power Platform
5 17 (5.09%) GCP
6 12 (3.59%) Entra ID
7 11 (3.29%) Power Automate
8 10 (2.99%) Mimecast
9 9 (2.69%) SaaS
10 6 (1.80%) OpenShift
11 3 (0.90%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.60%) GitHub
12 2 (0.60%) IaaS
12 2 (0.60%) PaaS
13 1 (0.30%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.30%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 45 (13.47%) Firewall
2 43 (12.87%) DNS
3 36 (10.78%) DHCP
4 30 (8.98%) VPN
5 28 (8.38%) Broadband
6 27 (8.08%) SAN
7 26 (7.78%) NAS
8 25 (7.49%) WAN
9 23 (6.89%) LAN
10 22 (6.59%) VLAN
11 19 (5.69%) TCP/IP
12 12 (3.59%) Remote Desktop
13 11 (3.29%) Wi-Fi
14 10 (2.99%) SD-WAN
14 10 (2.99%) VoIP
15 8 (2.40%) BGP
15 8 (2.40%) OSPF
16 7 (2.10%) Network Security
16 7 (2.10%) SMTP
16 7 (2.10%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.89%) MySQL
1 13 (3.89%) Power BI
2 7 (2.10%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (1.80%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.20%) Metabase
5 1 (0.30%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (1.80%) JIRA
2 1 (0.30%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.30%) Git
2 1 (0.30%) Gradle
2 1 (0.30%) IntelliJ
2 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.30%) JUnit
2 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio
General
1 126 (37.72%) Social Skills
2 24 (7.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 21 (6.29%) Telecoms
4 12 (3.59%) Finance
5 11 (3.29%) Retail
6 9 (2.69%) Manufacturing
7 6 (1.80%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (1.80%) Back Office
7 6 (1.80%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.50%) Electronics
8 5 (1.50%) Games
9 4 (1.20%) Advertising
10 2 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.60%) Marketing
11 1 (0.30%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.30%) Legal
11 1 (0.30%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.60%) EDI
1 2 (0.60%) Spring
1 2 (0.60%) XML
2 1 (0.30%) RESTful
2 1 (0.30%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.08%) Driving Licence
2 25 (7.49%) Clustering
3 12 (3.59%) Video Conferencing
4 11 (3.29%) Onboarding
5 9 (2.69%) PKI
6 8 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.20%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (0.90%) Blackberry
10 2 (0.60%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.60%) Replication
11 1 (0.30%) Blog
11 1 (0.30%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.30%) Life Science
11 1 (0.30%) PMI
11 1 (0.30%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.30%) Smart Meter
11 1 (0.30%) Smartphone
11 1 (0.30%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 163 (48.80%) Windows
2 42 (12.57%) Windows Server
3 41 (12.28%) Linux
4 32 (9.58%) Mac OS
5 31 (9.28%) Windows Server 2012
6 28 (8.38%) Windows 10
7 12 (3.59%) Android
8 9 (2.69%) Apple iOS
9 7 (2.10%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.90%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.90%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (0.60%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (25.75%) Problem-Solving
2 74 (22.16%) Customer Service
3 38 (11.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 33 (9.88%) High Availability
5 31 (9.28%) Kalman Filter
6 30 (8.98%) Continuous Improvement
7 28 (8.38%) Coaching
8 27 (8.08%) Proactive Monitoring
9 25 (7.49%) Broadcast Engineering
9 25 (7.49%) Post-Production
9 25 (7.49%) Proactive Maintenance
9 25 (7.49%) Procure-to-Pay
10 23 (6.89%) Virtual Environments
11 22 (6.59%) Disaster Recovery
12 18 (5.39%) Computer Science
12 18 (5.39%) Incident Management
13 17 (5.09%) CRM
13 17 (5.09%) ITIL
14 16 (4.79%) Project Delivery
14 16 (4.79%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 46 (13.77%) PowerShell
2 37 (11.08%) SQL
3 14 (4.19%) Python
4 11 (3.29%) PL/SQL
5 8 (2.40%) Java
6 4 (1.20%) C++
7 2 (0.60%) Bash
8 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 65 (19.46%) Degree
2 64 (19.16%) Security Cleared
3 33 (9.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 32 (9.58%) SC Cleared
5 30 (8.98%) DV Cleared
6 18 (5.39%) Cisco Certification
7 15 (4.49%) CCNA
8 14 (4.19%) A+ Certification
8 14 (4.19%) MCP
9 11 (3.29%) HND
10 8 (2.40%) JNCIA
11 6 (1.80%) DBS Check
11 6 (1.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 5 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.50%) Dell Certification
13 4 (1.20%) MCSE
14 3 (0.90%) MCSA
15 1 (0.30%) HNC
15 1 (0.30%) MCITP
15 1 (0.30%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.10%) GDPR
2 5 (1.50%) SLA
3 3 (0.90%) COSHH
4 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 120 (35.93%) Active Directory
2 51 (15.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (10.78%) Hyper-V
4 19 (5.69%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (4.19%) Docker
5 14 (4.19%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (3.59%) vSphere
7 7 (2.10%) BitLocker
7 7 (2.10%) Microsoft App-V
7 7 (2.10%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.60%) ISA Server
9 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.30%) XenApp
9 1 (0.30%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 18 (5.39%) vCenter Server
2 13 (3.89%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (3.89%) vMotion
3 12 (3.59%) Ansible
3 12 (3.59%) Puppet
4 6 (1.80%) FortiGate
4 6 (1.80%) Nagios
4 6 (1.80%) PowerCLI
4 6 (1.80%) vRealize
5 4 (1.20%) SCCM
6 2 (0.60%) Proxmox
6 2 (0.60%) SCOM
6 2 (0.60%) SCSM
6 2 (0.60%) Terraform
Vendors
1 164 (49.10%) Microsoft
2 58 (17.37%) VMware
3 33 (9.88%) Cisco
4 25 (7.49%) Sun
5 24 (7.19%) Citrix
5 24 (7.19%) Google
6 18 (5.39%) HP
7 14 (4.19%) SAP
8 12 (3.59%) Meraki
9 11 (3.29%) Juniper
10 9 (2.69%) Dell
10 9 (2.69%) Fortinet
10 9 (2.69%) Veeam
11 8 (2.40%) Sophos
11 8 (2.40%) Ubiquiti
12 7 (2.10%) Symantec
13 6 (1.80%) Palo Alto
13 6 (1.80%) Siemens
14 5 (1.50%) Apple
14 5 (1.50%) CheckPoint