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 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 64 83
Rank change year-on-year -14 +19 +55
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 334 639 500
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.53% 3.69% 3.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.06% 3.92% 3.91%
Number of salaries quoted 249 610 397
10th Percentile £27,500 £24,488 £25,400
25th Percentile £30,500 £27,000 £27,600
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 £58,000 £50,000 £46,000
England median annual salary £39,000 £32,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -2.99% -1.47%

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 8,226 16,296 12,776
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.93% 94.07% 90.27%
Number of salaries quoted 4,393 11,638 8,088
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,250 £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 £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +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 28 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 28 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 -12 107 £40,000 +3.90% 49
Surrey +71 98 £37,500 +2.74% 15
Hampshire +3 68 £32,500 -12.16% 47
Berkshire +17 55 £42,000 +12.00% 21
Oxfordshire +8 30 £34,750 -17.26% 14
Kent +16 29 £33,500 +19.64% 9
Buckinghamshire -18 22 £45,000 +38.46% 18
East Sussex -16 18 £55,000 +113.51% 2
West Sussex +11 11 £42,500 +41.67% 16
Middlesex -18 3 - - 2
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 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.

1 167 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 159 (47.60%) Windows
3 128 (38.32%) Social Skills
4 124 (37.13%) Active Directory
5 115 (34.43%) Microsoft 365
6 84 (25.15%) Problem-Solving
7 78 (23.35%) Azure
8 72 (21.56%) Customer Service
9 69 (20.66%) Degree
10 64 (19.16%) Security Cleared
11 63 (18.86%) Microsoft Exchange
12 60 (17.96%) VMware
13 53 (15.87%) VMware Infrastructure
14 48 (14.37%) PowerShell
15 44 (13.17%) DNS
16 43 (12.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 43 (12.87%) Windows Server
17 42 (12.57%) Firewall
17 42 (12.57%) Linux
18 37 (11.08%) DHCP
19 36 (10.78%) SharePoint
19 36 (10.78%) Hyper-V
19 36 (10.78%) Driving Licence
20 35 (10.48%) Mac OS
21 34 (10.18%) High Availability
22 33 (9.88%) Continuous Improvement
23 32 (9.58%) SC Cleared
23 32 (9.58%) Microsoft Certification
24 31 (9.28%) SAN
24 31 (9.28%) SQL

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 63 (18.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (10.78%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.80%) IBM Domino
4 3 (0.90%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.90%) Office Communications Server
4 3 (0.90%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.60%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.30%) Confluence
6 1 (0.30%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 30 (8.98%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.50%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.20%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 115 (34.43%) Microsoft 365
2 78 (23.35%) Azure
3 29 (8.68%) AWS
4 17 (5.09%) Entra ID
4 17 (5.09%) Power Platform
5 14 (4.19%) GCP
6 11 (3.29%) Power Automate
7 9 (2.69%) SaaS
8 8 (2.40%) Mimecast
9 6 (1.80%) OpenShift
10 3 (0.90%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.60%) GitHub
11 2 (0.60%) IaaS
11 2 (0.60%) PaaS
12 1 (0.30%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.30%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.30%) Nutanix
12 1 (0.30%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 44 (13.17%) DNS
2 42 (12.57%) Firewall
3 37 (11.08%) DHCP
4 31 (9.28%) SAN
5 30 (8.98%) VPN
6 28 (8.38%) NAS
7 27 (8.08%) Broadband
8 23 (6.89%) WAN
9 21 (6.29%) LAN
10 20 (5.99%) TCP/IP
10 20 (5.99%) VLAN
11 12 (3.59%) Remote Desktop
12 11 (3.29%) Wi-Fi
13 10 (2.99%) SD-WAN
14 9 (2.69%) VoIP
15 7 (2.10%) SMTP
15 7 (2.10%) VSAT
16 6 (1.80%) BGP
16 6 (1.80%) Cisco IOS
16 6 (1.80%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.89%) MySQL
1 13 (3.89%) Power BI
2 7 (2.10%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (2.10%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.20%) Metabase
Development Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Git
1 1 (0.30%) JIRA
1 1 (0.30%) JUnit
1 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio
General
1 128 (38.32%) Social Skills
2 25 (7.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 19 (5.69%) Telecoms
4 12 (3.59%) Finance
5 10 (2.99%) Manufacturing
5 10 (2.99%) Retail
6 7 (2.10%) Electronics
6 7 (2.10%) Public Sector
7 6 (1.80%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (1.80%) Back Office
8 5 (1.50%) Games
9 4 (1.20%) Advertising
10 3 (0.90%) Marketing
11 2 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.30%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.30%) Legal
12 1 (0.30%) Local Government
12 1 (0.30%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.60%) EDI
1 2 (0.60%) XML
2 1 (0.30%) SAP Basis
2 1 (0.30%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 36 (10.78%) Driving Licence
2 25 (7.49%) Clustering
3 12 (3.59%) Video Conferencing
4 10 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (2.69%) Onboarding
5 9 (2.69%) PKI
6 6 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.20%) Blackberry
7 4 (1.20%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (0.90%) Replication
9 2 (0.60%) Blog
9 2 (0.60%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.60%) Home Automation
9 2 (0.60%) Life Science
9 2 (0.60%) PMI
9 2 (0.60%) Smart Home
10 1 (0.30%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.30%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.30%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 159 (47.60%) Windows
2 43 (12.87%) Windows Server
3 42 (12.57%) Linux
4 35 (10.48%) Mac OS
5 31 (9.28%) Windows Server 2012
6 28 (8.38%) Windows 10
7 12 (3.59%) Android
8 11 (3.29%) Apple iOS
9 7 (2.10%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (1.20%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.60%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.60%) Unix
11 2 (0.60%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (25.15%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (21.56%) Customer Service
3 43 (12.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 34 (10.18%) High Availability
5 33 (9.88%) Continuous Improvement
6 30 (8.98%) Coaching
7 29 (8.68%) Kalman Filter
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
9 25 (7.49%) Virtual Environments
10 23 (6.89%) Disaster Recovery
11 18 (5.39%) Computer Science
12 17 (5.09%) CRM
12 17 (5.09%) ITIL
12 17 (5.09%) Web Filtering
13 15 (4.49%) Business Intelligence
13 15 (4.49%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (14.37%) PowerShell
2 31 (9.28%) SQL
3 14 (4.19%) Python
4 11 (3.29%) PL/SQL
5 6 (1.80%) Java
6 4 (1.20%) C++
7 2 (0.60%) Bash
Qualifications
1 69 (20.66%) Degree
2 64 (19.16%) Security Cleared
3 32 (9.58%) Microsoft Certification
3 32 (9.58%) SC Cleared
4 29 (8.68%) DV Cleared
5 16 (4.79%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (4.49%) A+ Certification
6 15 (4.49%) CCNA
7 14 (4.19%) MCP
8 12 (3.59%) HND
9 8 (2.40%) JNCIA
10 6 (1.80%) DBS Check
10 6 (1.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 5 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (1.50%) Dell Certification
12 3 (0.90%) MCSA
12 3 (0.90%) MCSE
13 2 (0.60%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.30%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.10%) GDPR
2 5 (1.50%) COSHH
3 4 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.20%) SLA
4 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 124 (37.13%) Active Directory
2 53 (15.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (10.78%) Hyper-V
4 19 (5.69%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (3.89%) Docker
6 12 (3.59%) 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 3 (0.90%) ISA Server
9 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 18 (5.39%) vCenter Server
2 17 (5.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (3.89%) vMotion
4 12 (3.59%) Ansible
4 12 (3.59%) Kubernetes
4 12 (3.59%) Puppet
5 6 (1.80%) Nagios
5 6 (1.80%) PowerCLI
5 6 (1.80%) SCCM
5 6 (1.80%) vRealize
6 4 (1.20%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.60%) Proxmox
7 2 (0.60%) SCOM
7 2 (0.60%) SCSM
7 2 (0.60%) Terraform
Vendors
1 167 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 60 (17.96%) VMware
3 26 (7.78%) Cisco
4 25 (7.49%) Sun
5 23 (6.89%) Citrix
6 22 (6.59%) Google
7 16 (4.79%) HP
8 15 (4.49%) SAP
9 10 (2.99%) Meraki
9 10 (2.99%) Sophos
9 10 (2.99%) Veeam
10 8 (2.40%) Apple
10 8 (2.40%) Siemens
11 7 (2.10%) Dell
11 7 (2.10%) Fortinet
11 7 (2.10%) Juniper
11 7 (2.10%) Ubiquiti
12 6 (1.80%) Palo Alto
12 6 (1.80%) Symantec
13 5 (1.50%) CheckPoint