IT Support Engineer Jobs in the South West

IT Support Engineer
England > South West

The median IT Support Engineer salary in the South West is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 158 173
Rank change year-on-year +5 +15 +79
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 23 144 101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.64% 1.55% 1.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 1.61% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 23 137 95
10th Percentile £27,500 £23,500 £25,200
25th Percentile £28,875 £25,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £30,000 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -6.25% -8.57%
75th Percentile £35,250 £34,500 £35,000
90th Percentile £45,500 £40,000 £43,500
England median annual salary £32,500 £30,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +4.84%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 3,353 8,934 6,044
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.79% 96.22% 89.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2,004 6,537 3,788
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,000 £29,175
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,365 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,250 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in the South West

IT Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the South West.

Salary trend for IT Support Engineer in the South West

IT Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Support Engineer in the South West

IT Support Engineer
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 13 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
Dorset +40 8 £32,500 +32.65% 1
Gloucestershire +31 4 £28,000 -5.08% 11
Bristol +33 3 £45,000 +32.35% 9
Wiltshire +28 3 £33,500 +36.73% 3
Devon +2 3 £32,500 +8.33% 1
Somerset +4 2 £31,000 +14.81% 3
IT Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, IT 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 West region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 22 (95.65%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (91.30%) Windows
3 18 (78.26%) Active Directory
4 17 (73.91%) Windows Server
5 12 (52.17%) Microsoft
5 12 (52.17%) Azure
6 10 (43.48%) Social Skills
7 9 (39.13%) Driving Licence
8 8 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (34.78%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (30.43%) Firewall
9 7 (30.43%) Entra ID
10 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Exchange
10 6 (26.09%) VMware
11 5 (21.74%) VLAN
11 5 (21.74%) LAN
11 5 (21.74%) WAN
12 4 (17.39%) SharePoint
12 4 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
12 4 (17.39%) Degree
12 4 (17.39%) OneDrive
12 4 (17.39%) Customer Service
13 3 (13.04%) GDPR
13 3 (13.04%) Cloud Computing
13 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
13 3 (13.04%) Intrusion Detection
14 2 (8.70%) A+ Certification
14 2 (8.70%) Disaster Recovery
14 2 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
14 2 (8.70%) IPsec

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (17.39%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 22 (95.65%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (52.17%) Azure
3 7 (30.43%) Entra ID
4 4 (17.39%) OneDrive
5 3 (13.04%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (4.35%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (30.43%) Firewall
2 5 (21.74%) LAN
2 5 (21.74%) VLAN
2 5 (21.74%) WAN
3 3 (13.04%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (8.70%) DHCP
4 2 (8.70%) DNS
4 2 (8.70%) IPsec
4 2 (8.70%) VPN
4 2 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (4.35%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 10 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.35%) Electronics
2 1 (4.35%) Finance
2 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
2 1 (4.35%) Marketing
2 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
2 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 9 (39.13%) Driving Licence
2 2 (8.70%) Educational Technology
3 1 (4.35%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 21 (91.30%) Windows
2 17 (73.91%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.35%) Android
3 1 (4.35%) Apple iOS
3 1 (4.35%) Linux
3 1 (4.35%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (17.39%) Customer Service
3 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (8.70%) Agile
4 2 (8.70%) Business Continuity
4 2 (8.70%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (8.70%) ITIL
4 2 (8.70%) Mentoring
5 1 (4.35%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (4.35%) Case Management
5 1 (4.35%) CI/CD
5 1 (4.35%) Data Protection
5 1 (4.35%) DevOps
5 1 (4.35%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (4.35%) ITSM
5 1 (4.35%) Logistics
5 1 (4.35%) Programme Management
5 1 (4.35%) Server Migrations
5 1 (4.35%) Service Management
5 1 (4.35%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) Degree
2 2 (8.70%) A+ Certification
3 1 (4.35%) CCNA
3 1 (4.35%) CCNP
3 1 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.35%) CISSP
3 1 (4.35%) NVQ Level 3
3 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) GDPR
System Software
1 18 (78.26%) Active Directory
2 4 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (8.70%) Hyper-V
4 1 (4.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.35%) Ansible
2 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (52.17%) Microsoft
2 6 (26.09%) VMware
3 1 (4.35%) Cisco
3 1 (4.35%) Fortinet
3 1 (4.35%) Google
3 1 (4.35%) HP
3 1 (4.35%) SAP
3 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow