Support Engineer Jobs in the South East

Support Engineer
England > South East

The median Support Engineer salary in the South East is £34,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 82 132
Rank change year-on-year +26 +50 -19
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 671 557 519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 4.04% 3.69% 2.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.31% 4.08% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 638 449 473
10th Percentile £24,000 £24,500 £23,550
25th Percentile £27,000 £27,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £31,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.94% -3.08% -
75th Percentile £43,750 £37,500 £42,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £46,000 £47,500
England median annual salary £32,500 £33,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year -2.99% +1.52% -2.94%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 15,586 13,661 19,000
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.87% 90.60% 96.40%
Number of salaries quoted 11,295 8,549 12,610
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 +28 263 £37,500 +19.05% 43
Hampshire -10 147 £35,000 +16.67% 32
Berkshire +51 98 £34,750 +8.59% 16
Buckinghamshire -2 93 £32,500 - 13
East Sussex +38 75 £25,760 -19.50% 4
Oxfordshire +26 72 £42,000 +33.33% 14
Surrey -1 63 £40,500 +24.62% 12
Kent +3 56 £28,000 -13.85% 13
West Sussex +51 42 £30,000 - 17
Sussex - 13 £30,000 -
Middlesex - 7 £60,000 -
Isle of Wight - 4 £42,500 - 1
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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.

1 342 (50.97%) Windows
2 312 (46.50%) Microsoft 365
3 283 (42.18%) Microsoft
4 232 (34.58%) Active Directory
5 212 (31.59%) Social Skills
6 194 (28.91%) Azure
7 176 (26.23%) Firewall
8 154 (22.95%) Windows Server
9 143 (21.31%) Customer Service
10 117 (17.44%) VMware
11 114 (16.99%) SQL
12 111 (16.54%) Degree
13 110 (16.39%) Microsoft Office
14 109 (16.24%) Microsoft Exchange
15 107 (15.95%) Windows 10
16 102 (15.20%) Problem-Solving
17 99 (14.75%) Linux
18 97 (14.46%) VMware Infrastructure
19 83 (12.37%) Cisco
20 78 (11.62%) SharePoint
21 75 (11.18%) ITIL
21 75 (11.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
22 74 (11.03%) Hyper-V
23 67 (9.99%) Entra ID
23 67 (9.99%) TCP/IP
24 65 (9.69%) SQL Server
25 62 (9.24%) VPN
25 62 (9.24%) Citrix
26 61 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
27 60 (8.94%) PowerShell

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
1 109 (16.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 78 (11.62%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.89%) Exchange Server 2000
4 5 (0.75%) Apache
4 5 (0.75%) IIS
5 4 (0.60%) JBoss
5 4 (0.60%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.45%) Confluence
6 3 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.30%) CMS
8 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 110 (16.39%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (7.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.45%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.30%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (0.75%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.15%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 312 (46.50%) Microsoft 365
2 194 (28.91%) Azure
3 67 (9.99%) Entra ID
4 42 (6.26%) AWS
5 41 (6.11%) OneDrive
6 16 (2.38%) IaaS
7 12 (1.79%) Mimecast
8 11 (1.64%) SaaS
9 9 (1.34%) PaaS
10 7 (1.04%) Google Workspace
11 6 (0.89%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (0.89%) GCP
12 5 (0.75%) iTunes
13 4 (0.60%) WhatsApp
14 2 (0.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 2 (0.30%) Dynamics 365
15 1 (0.15%) Azure Data Factory
15 1 (0.15%) Cloud Computing
15 1 (0.15%) Power Platform
15 1 (0.15%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 176 (26.23%) Firewall
2 67 (9.99%) TCP/IP
3 62 (9.24%) VPN
4 60 (8.94%) VLAN
5 58 (8.64%) DNS
5 58 (8.64%) Wireless
6 51 (7.60%) LAN
7 50 (7.45%) DHCP
8 46 (6.86%) Wi-Fi
9 40 (5.96%) VoIP
10 39 (5.81%) WAN
11 23 (3.43%) SAN
12 19 (2.83%) Remote Desktop
13 17 (2.53%) Network Security
14 16 (2.38%) Broadband
15 14 (2.09%) SNMP
15 14 (2.09%) SSH
15 14 (2.09%) SSL
16 13 (1.94%) Internet
16 13 (1.94%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (9.69%) SQL Server
2 43 (6.41%) MySQL
3 15 (2.24%) Amazon RDS
4 14 (2.09%) Relational Database
5 12 (1.79%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.60%) Oracle Database
6 4 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.15%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.15%) Power BI
7 1 (0.15%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 20 (2.98%) JIRA
2 14 (2.09%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.30%) Git
3 2 (0.30%) GitLab
3 2 (0.30%) Hudson
3 2 (0.30%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.15%) Gradle
4 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.15%) JUnit
General
1 212 (31.59%) Social Skills
2 40 (5.96%) Telecoms
3 33 (4.92%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (4.77%) Manufacturing
5 31 (4.62%) Documentation Skills
5 31 (4.62%) Finance
6 29 (4.32%) Law
7 26 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
8 21 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (2.38%) Legal
10 12 (1.79%) Games
11 11 (1.64%) Back Office
12 6 (0.89%) Electronics
12 6 (0.89%) Military
12 6 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (0.75%) Retail
14 3 (0.45%) Marketing
15 2 (0.30%) Billing
15 2 (0.30%) Public Sector
16 1 (0.15%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.53%) REST
1 17 (2.53%) SOAP
1 17 (2.53%) Web Services
2 16 (2.38%) HTML
3 13 (1.94%) Ajax
3 13 (1.94%) AngularJS
3 13 (1.94%) CSS
3 13 (1.94%) JDBC
3 13 (1.94%) ODBC
3 13 (1.94%) XHTML
3 13 (1.94%) XML
4 10 (1.49%) .NET
5 6 (0.89%) Kafka
6 3 (0.45%) 802.1X
6 3 (0.45%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.30%) Spring
8 1 (0.15%) LAMP
8 1 (0.15%) LDAP
8 1 (0.15%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 58 (8.64%) Driving Licence
2 22 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (3.13%) Management Information System
4 19 (2.83%) Replication
5 13 (1.94%) Clustering
5 13 (1.94%) CMDB
6 11 (1.64%) Data Centre
6 11 (1.64%) Linux Command Line
7 9 (1.34%) PKI
8 8 (1.19%) Client/Server
8 8 (1.19%) Public Cloud
8 8 (1.19%) Smartphone
9 6 (0.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (0.60%) CCTV
10 4 (0.60%) Chip and PIN
10 4 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.60%) Mobile Payment
11 3 (0.45%) Apple TV
11 3 (0.45%) Video Conferencing
12 2 (0.30%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 342 (50.97%) Windows
2 154 (22.95%) Windows Server
3 107 (15.95%) Windows 10
4 99 (14.75%) Linux
5 31 (4.62%) Android
6 25 (3.73%) Windows Server 2012
7 21 (3.13%) Windows 7
7 21 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
7 21 (3.13%) Windows Server 2019
8 16 (2.38%) Apple iOS
9 13 (1.94%) Unix
10 10 (1.49%) Windows Server 2008
11 8 (1.19%) VMS
12 6 (0.89%) Mac OS X
12 6 (0.89%) Ubuntu
13 5 (0.75%) Mac OS
14 4 (0.60%) AIX
15 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2003
16 2 (0.30%) Windows 8
16 2 (0.30%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (21.31%) Customer Service
2 102 (15.20%) Problem-Solving
3 75 (11.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 75 (11.18%) ITIL
4 52 (7.75%) Service Delivery
5 39 (5.81%) Cybersecurity
6 34 (5.07%) Problem Management
7 27 (4.02%) Customer Requirements
8 26 (3.87%) Mentoring
9 25 (3.73%) OO
10 24 (3.58%) Incident Management
10 24 (3.58%) Project Management
11 23 (3.43%) ITSM
12 22 (3.28%) Customer Experience
13 21 (3.13%) Multi-Factor Authentication
14 20 (2.98%) Change Control
14 20 (2.98%) Network Management
14 20 (2.98%) Remote Monitoring and Management
15 18 (2.68%) Database Tuning
15 18 (2.68%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 114 (16.99%) SQL
2 60 (8.94%) PowerShell
3 34 (5.07%) Python
4 30 (4.47%) Java
5 24 (3.58%) Bash
6 15 (2.24%) PL/SQL
7 13 (1.94%) JavaScript
7 13 (1.94%) Perl
7 13 (1.94%) VB
8 9 (1.34%) ActionScript
9 8 (1.19%) C
10 7 (1.04%) C#
10 7 (1.04%) C++
11 1 (0.15%) PHP
Qualifications
1 111 (16.54%) Degree
2 57 (8.49%) Cisco Certification
3 52 (7.75%) CCNA
4 44 (6.56%) Security Cleared
5 37 (5.51%) Microsoft Certification
6 28 (4.17%) Network+ Certification
7 24 (3.58%) SC Cleared
8 18 (2.68%) DV Cleared
9 12 (1.79%) MCITP
10 11 (1.64%) MCSE
11 10 (1.49%) Azure Certification
11 10 (1.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 9 (1.34%) MCP
13 8 (1.19%) CCNP
13 8 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (1.04%) GCSC
15 6 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
16 5 (0.75%) HNC
17 4 (0.60%) HND
18 2 (0.30%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (7.90%) SLA
2 17 (2.53%) GDPR
3 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.30%) ISO 14001
3 2 (0.30%) ISO 9001
3 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.30%) NIST
4 1 (0.15%) QA
System Software
1 232 (34.58%) Active Directory
2 97 (14.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 74 (11.03%) Hyper-V
4 27 (4.02%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (2.09%) XenApp
6 12 (1.79%) vSphere
7 11 (1.64%) Firmware
8 9 (1.34%) Docker
8 9 (1.34%) OpenSSH
9 7 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.45%) GPFS
12 2 (0.30%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.15%) NFS
13 1 (0.15%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.15%) VirtualBox
13 1 (0.15%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.15%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 61 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (3.43%) vCenter Server
3 21 (3.13%) SCCM
4 13 (1.94%) Cisco CUCM
4 13 (1.94%) ServiceCenter
4 13 (1.94%) WMI
5 9 (1.34%) IBM BigFix
5 9 (1.34%) PowerCLI
6 7 (1.04%) Kubernetes
7 6 (0.89%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 6 (0.89%) SCDPM
8 3 (0.45%) Backup Exec
8 3 (0.45%) Dell DRAC
8 3 (0.45%) NetCrunch
9 2 (0.30%) EMC NetWorker
9 2 (0.30%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.15%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.15%) SCOM
10 1 (0.15%) WSUS
Vendors
1 283 (42.18%) Microsoft
2 117 (17.44%) VMware
3 83 (12.37%) Cisco
4 62 (9.24%) Citrix
5 46 (6.86%) Veeam
6 38 (5.66%) HP
7 30 (4.47%) Apple
8 28 (4.17%) Meraki
9 27 (4.02%) Oracle
10 22 (3.28%) Barracuda Networks
11 18 (2.68%) Sophos
12 17 (2.53%) Fortinet
12 17 (2.53%) Palo Alto
13 16 (2.38%) Aruba
13 16 (2.38%) Splunk
14 15 (2.24%) Dell
15 14 (2.09%) Draytek
16 12 (1.79%) ConnectWise
17 9 (1.34%) IBM
17 9 (1.34%) Juniper