Technical Support Engineer Jobs in the South East

Technical Support Engineer
England > South East

The median Technical Support Engineer salary in the South East is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 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
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 224 266 333
Rank change year-on-year +42 +67 +117
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support Engineer 65 130 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.71% 0.78% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.82% 0.83% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 53 119 28
10th Percentile £30,500 £24,400 £26,838
25th Percentile £31,500 £29,500 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -17.65% +30.77%
75th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £46,000
90th Percentile £54,500 £65,000 £51,050
England median annual salary £34,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -1.43% - +7.69%

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 7,942 15,742 13,372
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.39% 93.93% 90.46%
Number of salaries quoted 4,491 11,330 8,376
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £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 £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Technical Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Support Engineer in the South East

Technical Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Technical Support Engineer 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 8 May 2025.

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 8 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 +43 27 £50,000 +17.65% 13
Berkshire +40 23 £50,000 +17.65% 7
Surrey +46 17 £31,000 -31.11% 7
Kent +29 10 £33,000 -13.73% 4
Hampshire +48 7 £30,000 -29.41% 8
West Sussex +32 4 £32,500 -2.99% 2
Buckinghamshire +13 4 £45,000 +87.50% 6
Technical Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 2025, Technical 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 Technical Support Engineer in the job title.

1 19 (29.23%) Firewall
2 16 (24.62%) Linux
2 16 (24.62%) Security Cleared
3 15 (23.08%) Windows
3 15 (23.08%) SQL
3 15 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (21.54%) SC Cleared
5 12 (18.46%) Windows Server
5 12 (18.46%) Customer Service
6 11 (16.92%) Hyper-V
6 11 (16.92%) MySQL
6 11 (16.92%) PL/SQL
7 10 (15.38%) VPN
7 10 (15.38%) Microsoft
7 10 (15.38%) Social Skills
8 8 (12.31%) CCNA
8 8 (12.31%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (12.31%) JNCIA
8 8 (12.31%) Mac OS
9 7 (10.77%) VSAT
9 7 (10.77%) Retail
9 7 (10.77%) CRM
9 7 (10.77%) Proactive Management
9 7 (10.77%) Commercial Awareness
9 7 (10.77%) Web Filtering
9 7 (10.77%) Kalman Filter
9 7 (10.77%) Mentoring
9 7 (10.77%) Driving Licence
10 6 (9.23%) Windows 10
10 6 (9.23%) Continuous Improvement

Technical 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 5 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (6.15%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 15 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.54%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (29.23%) Firewall
2 10 (15.38%) VPN
3 7 (10.77%) VSAT
4 5 (7.69%) DHCP
4 5 (7.69%) DNS
4 5 (7.69%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (16.92%) MySQL
2 4 (6.15%) Metabase
General
1 10 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 7 (10.77%) Retail
3 6 (9.23%) Back Office
3 6 (9.23%) Telecoms
4 2 (3.08%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.54%) Finance
5 1 (1.54%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.77%) Driving Licence
2 4 (6.15%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (1.54%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 16 (24.62%) Linux
2 15 (23.08%) Windows
3 12 (18.46%) Windows Server
4 8 (12.31%) Mac OS
5 6 (9.23%) Windows 10
5 6 (9.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (18.46%) Customer Service
2 7 (10.77%) Commercial Awareness
2 7 (10.77%) CRM
2 7 (10.77%) Kalman Filter
2 7 (10.77%) Mentoring
2 7 (10.77%) Proactive Management
2 7 (10.77%) Web Filtering
3 6 (9.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (9.23%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (9.23%) Project Delivery
3 6 (9.23%) Server Virtualisation
3 6 (9.23%) Statistics
4 3 (4.62%) Customer Engagement
4 3 (4.62%) Data Analysis
4 3 (4.62%) Mathematics
5 2 (3.08%) Asset Management
5 2 (3.08%) Coaching
5 2 (3.08%) Line Management
6 1 (1.54%) Cost Control
6 1 (1.54%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (23.08%) SQL
2 11 (16.92%) PL/SQL
3 4 (6.15%) C++
3 4 (6.15%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (24.62%) Security Cleared
2 14 (21.54%) SC Cleared
3 8 (12.31%) CCNA
3 8 (12.31%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (12.31%) JNCIA
4 5 (7.69%) Degree
5 4 (6.15%) A+ Certification
5 4 (6.15%) Dell Certification
5 4 (6.15%) MCP
5 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.08%) COSHH
System Software
1 11 (16.92%) Hyper-V
2 6 (9.23%) Active Directory
3 5 (7.69%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (7.69%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 10 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.69%) Sophos
2 5 (7.69%) Ubiquiti
2 5 (7.69%) VMware
3 4 (6.15%) Dell
3 4 (6.15%) SAP
4 2 (3.08%) Siemens