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 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 81 136
Rank change year-on-year +25 +55 -26
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 677 562 519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 4.07% 3.72% 2.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.33% 4.11% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 644 454 474
10th Percentile £24,000 £24,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,750 £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 15,620 13,675 18,997
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.89% 90.62% 96.39%
Number of salaries quoted 11,331 8,566 12,620
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £39,750 £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 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +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 26 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 26 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 +28 265 £37,500 +19.05% 44
Hampshire -11 148 £35,000 +16.67% 34
Berkshire +39 99 £34,500 +7.81% 16
Buckinghamshire -3 94 £32,500 - 13
East Sussex +43 74 £25,760 -19.50% 4
Oxfordshire +25 72 £42,000 +33.33% 15
Surrey -9 65 £40,500 +24.62% 12
Kent +7 57 £28,000 -13.85% 13
West Sussex +49 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 26 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.

1 346 (51.11%) Windows
2 318 (46.97%) Microsoft 365
3 287 (42.39%) Microsoft
4 234 (34.56%) Active Directory
5 217 (32.05%) Social Skills
6 196 (28.95%) Azure
7 177 (26.14%) Firewall
8 155 (22.90%) Windows Server
9 146 (21.57%) Customer Service
10 118 (17.43%) VMware
11 115 (16.99%) SQL
12 113 (16.69%) Microsoft Office
13 111 (16.40%) Windows 10
13 111 (16.40%) Degree
14 110 (16.25%) Microsoft Exchange
15 103 (15.21%) Problem-Solving
16 99 (14.62%) Linux
17 97 (14.33%) VMware Infrastructure
18 86 (12.70%) Cisco
19 81 (11.96%) SharePoint
20 77 (11.37%) ITIL
21 75 (11.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
22 74 (10.93%) Hyper-V
23 68 (10.04%) TCP/IP
24 67 (9.90%) Entra ID
25 65 (9.60%) SQL Server
25 65 (9.60%) VLAN
26 63 (9.31%) DNS
26 63 (9.31%) Microsoft Intune
27 62 (9.16%) VPN

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
1 110 (16.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 81 (11.96%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.89%) Exchange Server 2000
4 5 (0.74%) Apache
4 5 (0.74%) IIS
5 4 (0.59%) JBoss
5 4 (0.59%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.44%) Confluence
6 3 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.30%) CMS
8 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 113 (16.69%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (7.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.44%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.30%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (0.74%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.15%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 318 (46.97%) Microsoft 365
2 196 (28.95%) Azure
3 67 (9.90%) Entra ID
4 42 (6.20%) AWS
5 41 (6.06%) OneDrive
6 16 (2.36%) IaaS
7 12 (1.77%) Mimecast
8 11 (1.62%) SaaS
9 9 (1.33%) PaaS
10 7 (1.03%) Google Workspace
11 6 (0.89%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (0.89%) GCP
12 5 (0.74%) iTunes
13 4 (0.59%) WhatsApp
14 3 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
15 2 (0.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 2 (0.30%) Rubrik
16 1 (0.15%) Azure Table
16 1 (0.15%) Cloud Computing
16 1 (0.15%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 177 (26.14%) Firewall
2 68 (10.04%) TCP/IP
3 65 (9.60%) VLAN
4 63 (9.31%) DNS
5 62 (9.16%) VPN
6 60 (8.86%) Wireless
7 54 (7.98%) LAN
8 52 (7.68%) DHCP
9 46 (6.79%) Wi-Fi
10 41 (6.06%) WAN
11 40 (5.91%) VoIP
12 23 (3.40%) SAN
13 19 (2.81%) Remote Desktop
14 18 (2.66%) Broadband
15 17 (2.51%) Network Security
16 15 (2.22%) SNMP
17 14 (2.07%) SSH
17 14 (2.07%) SSL
18 13 (1.92%) ADSL
18 13 (1.92%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (9.60%) SQL Server
2 43 (6.35%) MySQL
3 15 (2.22%) Amazon RDS
4 14 (2.07%) Relational Database
5 12 (1.77%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.59%) Oracle Database
6 4 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.30%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.15%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.15%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 20 (2.95%) JIRA
2 14 (2.07%) 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
1 217 (32.05%) Social Skills
2 42 (6.20%) Telecoms
3 33 (4.87%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (4.58%) Documentation Skills
4 31 (4.58%) Finance
4 31 (4.58%) Manufacturing
5 29 (4.28%) Law
6 27 (3.99%) Organisational Skills
7 21 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (2.36%) Legal
9 12 (1.77%) Games
10 11 (1.62%) Back Office
11 6 (0.89%) Military
11 6 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (0.74%) Electronics
12 5 (0.74%) Retail
13 3 (0.44%) Marketing
14 2 (0.30%) Billing
14 2 (0.30%) Public Sector
15 1 (0.15%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.51%) REST
1 17 (2.51%) SOAP
1 17 (2.51%) Web Services
2 16 (2.36%) HTML
3 13 (1.92%) Ajax
3 13 (1.92%) AngularJS
3 13 (1.92%) CSS
3 13 (1.92%) JDBC
3 13 (1.92%) ODBC
3 13 (1.92%) XHTML
3 13 (1.92%) XML
4 10 (1.48%) .NET
5 6 (0.89%) Kafka
6 3 (0.44%) 802.1X
6 3 (0.44%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.30%) Spring
8 1 (0.15%) LAMP
8 1 (0.15%) LDAP
8 1 (0.15%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 61 (9.01%) Driving Licence
2 22 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (3.10%) Management Information System
4 19 (2.81%) Replication
5 13 (1.92%) Clustering
5 13 (1.92%) CMDB
6 11 (1.62%) Data Centre
6 11 (1.62%) Linux Command Line
7 9 (1.33%) PKI
8 8 (1.18%) Client/Server
8 8 (1.18%) Public Cloud
8 8 (1.18%) Smartphone
9 6 (0.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (0.74%) Apple TV
11 4 (0.59%) CCTV
11 4 (0.59%) Chip and PIN
11 4 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.59%) Mobile Payment
12 3 (0.44%) Video Conferencing
13 2 (0.30%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 346 (51.11%) Windows
2 155 (22.90%) Windows Server
3 111 (16.40%) Windows 10
4 99 (14.62%) Linux
5 33 (4.87%) Android
6 25 (3.69%) Windows Server 2012
7 22 (3.25%) Windows 7
8 21 (3.10%) Windows Server 2016
8 21 (3.10%) Windows Server 2019
9 16 (2.36%) Apple iOS
10 13 (1.92%) Unix
11 10 (1.48%) Windows Server 2008
12 8 (1.18%) VMS
13 6 (0.89%) Mac OS X
13 6 (0.89%) Ubuntu
14 5 (0.74%) Mac OS
15 4 (0.59%) AIX
16 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2003
17 2 (0.30%) Windows 8
17 2 (0.30%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (21.57%) Customer Service
2 103 (15.21%) Problem-Solving
3 77 (11.37%) ITIL
4 75 (11.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 55 (8.12%) Service Delivery
6 39 (5.76%) Cybersecurity
7 34 (5.02%) Problem Management
8 28 (4.14%) Customer Requirements
9 26 (3.84%) Mentoring
10 25 (3.69%) OO
11 24 (3.55%) Incident Management
11 24 (3.55%) Project Management
12 23 (3.40%) ITSM
13 22 (3.25%) Customer Experience
14 21 (3.10%) Multi-Factor Authentication
14 21 (3.10%) Remote Monitoring and Management
15 20 (2.95%) Change Control
15 20 (2.95%) Network Management
16 19 (2.81%) Software Deployment
16 19 (2.81%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 115 (16.99%) SQL
2 60 (8.86%) PowerShell
3 35 (5.17%) Python
4 30 (4.43%) Java
5 24 (3.55%) Bash
6 15 (2.22%) PL/SQL
7 14 (2.07%) Perl
8 13 (1.92%) JavaScript
8 13 (1.92%) VB
9 9 (1.33%) ActionScript
10 8 (1.18%) C
11 7 (1.03%) C#
11 7 (1.03%) C++
12 2 (0.30%) PHP
13 1 (0.15%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 111 (16.40%) Degree
2 59 (8.71%) Cisco Certification
3 54 (7.98%) CCNA
4 45 (6.65%) Security Cleared
5 39 (5.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 30 (4.43%) Network+ Certification
7 24 (3.55%) SC Cleared
8 19 (2.81%) DV Cleared
9 14 (2.07%) MCITP
10 11 (1.62%) MCSE
11 10 (1.48%) Azure Certification
11 10 (1.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 9 (1.33%) MCP
13 8 (1.18%) CCNP
13 8 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (1.03%) GCSC
15 6 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
16 5 (0.74%) HNC
17 4 (0.59%) HND
18 2 (0.30%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (7.83%) SLA
2 17 (2.51%) 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
1 234 (34.56%) Active Directory
2 97 (14.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 74 (10.93%) Hyper-V
4 27 (3.99%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (2.07%) XenApp
6 12 (1.77%) Firmware
6 12 (1.77%) vSphere
7 9 (1.33%) Docker
7 9 (1.33%) OpenSSH
8 7 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.44%) GPFS
11 2 (0.30%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.15%) NFS
12 1 (0.15%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.15%) VirtualBox
12 1 (0.15%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.15%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 63 (9.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (3.40%) vCenter Server
3 22 (3.25%) SCCM
4 13 (1.92%) Cisco CUCM
4 13 (1.92%) ServiceCenter
4 13 (1.92%) WMI
5 9 (1.33%) IBM BigFix
5 9 (1.33%) PowerCLI
6 7 (1.03%) Kubernetes
7 6 (0.89%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 6 (0.89%) SCDPM
8 3 (0.44%) Backup Exec
8 3 (0.44%) Dell DRAC
8 3 (0.44%) 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
1 287 (42.39%) Microsoft
2 118 (17.43%) VMware
3 86 (12.70%) Cisco
4 62 (9.16%) Citrix
5 46 (6.79%) Veeam
6 39 (5.76%) HP
7 32 (4.73%) Apple
8 28 (4.14%) Meraki
9 27 (3.99%) Oracle
10 24 (3.55%) Barracuda Networks
11 19 (2.81%) Sophos
12 17 (2.51%) Fortinet
12 17 (2.51%) Palo Alto
13 16 (2.36%) Aruba
13 16 (2.36%) Splunk
14 15 (2.22%) Dell
15 14 (2.07%) Draytek
16 12 (1.77%) ConnectWise
17 9 (1.33%) IBM
17 9 (1.33%) Juniper