Technical Support Engineer Job Trends in the South East

Technical Support Engineer
England > South East

The median Technical Support Engineer salary in the South East is £38,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 April 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 209 247
Rank change year-on-year +33 +38 +85
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support Engineer 118 41 133
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.84% 0.60% 0.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 0.71% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 96 37 121
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,300 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,938 £31,500 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% +7.14% -20.00%
75th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £46,250
90th Percentile £50,000 £52,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £34,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +15.94% -1.43% -

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 13,266 5,767 15,133
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.34% 84.41% 93.85%
Number of salaries quoted 8,757 3,628 11,214
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,675 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £35,520
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £66,250 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.04%

Technical Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Technical Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Technical Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the South East

Technical Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for Technical Support Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for Technical Support Engineer job vacancies in the South East

Technical Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Support Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Support Engineer in the South East

Technical 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 Technical Support Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 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 +20 45 £47,500 +63.79% 2
Thames Valley -3 33 £38,500 -23.00% 2
Surrey -17 19 £35,500 +12.70% 8
Kent -27 17 £29,500 -10.61% 2
Buckinghamshire -7 16 £37,500 +7.14%
Berkshire -1 14 £40,000 -20.00% 1
West Sussex -16 4 £32,500 - 3
Oxfordshire - 3 £38,500 - 1
Technical Support Engineer
England

Technical Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 18 April 2026, Technical 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 Technical Support Engineer in the job title.

1 45 (38.14%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (16.10%) Degree
2 19 (16.10%) HNC
3 16 (13.56%) HND
4 13 (11.02%) Customer Service
4 13 (11.02%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (9.32%) Linux
6 10 (8.47%) AWS
6 10 (8.47%) CRM
6 10 (8.47%) SQL
7 9 (7.63%) Microsoft
8 7 (5.93%) Biomedicine
8 7 (5.93%) City & Guilds
8 7 (5.93%) Windows
9 6 (5.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (5.08%) DCL
9 6 (5.08%) IaaS
9 6 (5.08%) Logistics
9 6 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
9 6 (5.08%) PaaS
9 6 (5.08%) PuTTY
9 6 (5.08%) SaaS
9 6 (5.08%) SSH
9 6 (5.08%) Tcl
9 6 (5.08%) Validation
9 6 (5.08%) VMS
10 5 (4.24%) Active Directory
10 5 (4.24%) Cloud Security
10 5 (4.24%) ISO 9001
10 5 (4.24%) Microsoft 365

Technical 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 1 (0.85%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (11.02%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (8.47%) AWS
2 6 (5.08%) IaaS
2 6 (5.08%) PaaS
2 6 (5.08%) SaaS
3 5 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.54%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.08%) PuTTY
1 6 (5.08%) SSH
2 1 (0.85%) 3GPP
2 1 (0.85%) 4G
2 1 (0.85%) 5G
2 1 (0.85%) Broadband
2 1 (0.85%) Diameter Protocol
2 1 (0.85%) ICMP
2 1 (0.85%) IPv4
2 1 (0.85%) IPv6
2 1 (0.85%) Modbus
2 1 (0.85%) SCTP
2 1 (0.85%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.85%) VoIP
2 1 (0.85%) Wireshark
General
1 42 (35.59%) Social Skills
2 21 (17.80%) Electronics
3 7 (5.93%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (3.39%) Games
5 3 (2.54%) Manufacturing
5 3 (2.54%) Marketing
5 3 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.54%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (15.25%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (10.17%) Driving Licence
3 8 (6.78%) Smart Home
4 7 (5.93%) Augmented Reality
4 7 (5.93%) NHS
5 3 (2.54%) Digital Media
5 3 (2.54%) Digital Signage
6 1 (0.85%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 11 (9.32%) Linux
2 7 (5.93%) Windows
3 6 (5.08%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (38.14%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (11.02%) Customer Service
3 10 (8.47%) CRM
4 7 (5.93%) Biomedicine
5 6 (5.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (5.08%) Logistics
5 6 (5.08%) Validation
6 5 (4.24%) Cloud Security
7 4 (3.39%) Physics
7 4 (3.39%) Preventative Maintenance
7 4 (3.39%) Project Delivery
7 4 (3.39%) Service Delivery
8 3 (2.54%) Collaborative Culture
8 3 (2.54%) Collaborative Working
8 3 (2.54%) Content Management
8 3 (2.54%) Customer Engagement
8 3 (2.54%) Customer Requirements
8 3 (2.54%) Data Acquisition
8 3 (2.54%) Product Management
8 3 (2.54%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.47%) SQL
2 6 (5.08%) DCL
2 6 (5.08%) Tcl
3 3 (2.54%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (16.10%) Degree
1 19 (16.10%) HNC
2 16 (13.56%) HND
3 7 (5.93%) City & Guilds
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.24%) ISO 9001
2 4 (3.39%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (4.24%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (7.63%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.54%) Adobe
3 1 (0.85%) Siemens