Support Engineer Job Trends in the South West

Support Engineer
England > South West

The median Support Engineer salary in the South West is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 September 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 42 83
Rank change year-on-year -12 +41 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 281 155 188
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.88% 4.51% 2.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.07% 4.89% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 216 95 154
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,700 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,188 £29,270 £28,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £32,000 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -7.25% +6.15%
75th Percentile £41,313 £39,750 £38,750
90th Percentile £53,000 £46,500 £49,250
England median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% +2.94%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 9,140 3,169 7,209
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.76% 92.12% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 6,305 2,104 4,829
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -8.65% -5.45%
75th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £58,015 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.48% - -8.33%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the South West

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in the South West

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 8 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in the South West

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 Support Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 8 September 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
Gloucestershire -3 85 £40,000 +33.33% 5
Somerset +6 57 £35,000 -15.37% 3
Devon +6 55 £35,000 +12.45% 3
Wiltshire +13 39 £35,000 +1.45%
Dorset +5 25 £42,500 +44.07% 6
Bristol -35 16 £29,250 -31.18% 4
Cornwall -23 4 £32,500 +1.56% 2
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 September 2026, 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 West region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 131 (46.62%) Microsoft
2 114 (40.57%) Microsoft 365
3 89 (31.67%) Active Directory
4 87 (30.96%) Windows
5 85 (30.25%) Problem-Solving
6 72 (25.62%) Azure
7 71 (25.27%) Entra ID
8 63 (22.42%) Microsoft Exchange
9 51 (18.15%) Microsoft Intune
10 50 (17.79%) Customer Service
11 46 (16.37%) Windows Server
12 45 (16.01%) Cybersecurity
13 41 (14.59%) Hyper-V
14 40 (14.23%) Degree
15 39 (13.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 38 (13.52%) Firewall
16 38 (13.52%) VPN
17 37 (13.17%) Continuous Improvement
17 37 (13.17%) DNS
17 37 (13.17%) VMware
17 37 (13.17%) VMware Infrastructure
18 35 (12.46%) DHCP
19 33 (11.74%) Wi-Fi
20 29 (10.32%) Cyber Essentials
21 27 (9.61%) TCP/IP
22 26 (9.25%) SQL
23 24 (8.54%) Microsoft Office
24 22 (7.83%) Linux
24 22 (7.83%) Network Security
24 22 (7.83%) SharePoint

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 63 (22.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (7.83%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.71%) Confluence
3 2 (0.71%) IIS
Applications
1 24 (8.54%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.42%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 114 (40.57%) Microsoft 365
2 72 (25.62%) Azure
3 71 (25.27%) Entra ID
4 20 (7.12%) AWS
5 9 (3.20%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (1.78%) PaaS
6 5 (1.78%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.78%) Serverless
7 4 (1.42%) SaaS
8 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.71%) IaaS
10 1 (0.36%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.36%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.36%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.36%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 38 (13.52%) Firewall
1 38 (13.52%) VPN
2 37 (13.17%) DNS
3 35 (12.46%) DHCP
4 33 (11.74%) Wi-Fi
5 27 (9.61%) TCP/IP
6 22 (7.83%) Network Security
6 22 (7.83%) Wireless
7 20 (7.12%) LAN
8 19 (6.76%) WAN
9 18 (6.41%) VLAN
10 11 (3.91%) VoIP
11 8 (2.85%) Bluetooth
11 8 (2.85%) Remote Desktop
11 8 (2.85%) WLAN
12 4 (1.42%) DMZ
12 4 (1.42%) Wireshark
13 1 (0.36%) DKIM
13 1 (0.36%) DMARC
13 1 (0.36%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.14%) MySQL
2 5 (1.78%) Power BI
2 5 (1.78%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 11 (3.91%) JIRA
General
1 76 (27.05%) Social Skills
2 21 (7.47%) Manufacturing
3 20 (7.12%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (5.69%) Advertising
5 11 (3.91%) Electronics
5 11 (3.91%) Finance
6 8 (2.85%) Automotive
7 6 (2.14%) Aerospace
7 6 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.07%) Legal
10 3 (1.07%) Local Government
11 2 (0.71%) Games
11 2 (0.71%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.36%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.36%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.78%) Playwright
2 3 (1.07%) JSON
2 3 (1.07%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (14.23%) Driving Licence
2 14 (4.98%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (3.20%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.85%) IoT
5 6 (2.14%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.78%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (1.42%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.71%) Cyberattack
8 2 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.71%) Replication
9 1 (0.36%) Apple TV
9 1 (0.36%) AS400
9 1 (0.36%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.36%) iPhone
9 1 (0.36%) iSeries
9 1 (0.36%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 87 (30.96%) Windows
2 46 (16.37%) Windows Server
3 22 (7.83%) Linux
4 20 (7.12%) Mac OS
5 7 (2.49%) Apple iOS
6 6 (2.14%) Windows 10
6 6 (2.14%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.42%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (1.42%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.71%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (30.25%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (17.79%) Customer Service
3 45 (16.01%) Cybersecurity
4 39 (13.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 37 (13.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (4.98%) Project Delivery
7 13 (4.63%) Test Automation
8 12 (4.27%) DevOps
9 11 (3.91%) Disaster Recovery
9 11 (3.91%) ITIL
9 11 (3.91%) Remote Monitoring and Management
9 11 (3.91%) Validation
10 10 (3.56%) Preventative Maintenance
11 9 (3.20%) Collaborative Culture
11 9 (3.20%) Mentoring
11 9 (3.20%) Software Licensing
12 8 (2.85%) Business Intelligence
12 8 (2.85%) Continuous Integration
12 8 (2.85%) Logistics
12 8 (2.85%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 26 (9.25%) SQL
2 8 (2.85%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.36%) RPG
3 1 (0.36%) RPG III
3 1 (0.36%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 40 (14.23%) Degree
2 14 (4.98%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (2.14%) Azure Certification
4 5 (1.78%) DBS Check
5 4 (1.42%) AWS Certification
5 4 (1.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 4 (1.42%) CCNA
5 4 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (1.42%) HND
5 4 (1.42%) MCSA
5 4 (1.42%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 2 (0.71%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (0.71%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.36%) HNC
7 1 (0.36%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.36%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (10.32%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (2.85%) GDPR
3 6 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.14%) QA
4 2 (0.71%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.36%) GMP
5 1 (0.36%) SLA
System Software
1 89 (31.67%) Active Directory
2 41 (14.59%) Hyper-V
3 37 (13.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.85%) Docker
5 3 (1.07%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.36%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 51 (18.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.42%) Iperf
3 2 (0.71%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.36%) Autotask
4 1 (0.36%) SCCM
Vendors
1 131 (46.62%) Microsoft
2 37 (13.17%) VMware
3 15 (5.34%) Veeam
4 12 (4.27%) Ubiquiti
5 6 (2.14%) Cisco
5 6 (2.14%) Fortinet
6 5 (1.78%) Dell
6 5 (1.78%) HP
7 4 (1.42%) Adobe
7 4 (1.42%) Apple
7 4 (1.42%) Ruckus Wireless
7 4 (1.42%) SonicWALL
8 3 (1.07%) Sage
8 3 (1.07%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.36%) Citrix
9 1 (0.36%) IBM
9 1 (0.36%) Meraki
9 1 (0.36%) Oracle