IT Support Engineer Jobs in Southampton

IT Support Engineer
Hampshire > Southampton

The median IT Support Engineer salary in Southampton is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 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
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 65 73
Rank change year-on-year +26 +8 +23
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 5 13 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 1.45% 1.52% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.47% 1.56% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 5 13 4
10th Percentile - £30,250 -
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,000 £26,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% +39.62% -11.67%
75th Percentile - £40,500 £27,250
90th Percentile - £46,350 -
Hampshire median annual salary £32,000 £29,000 £29,500
% change year-on-year +10.34% -1.69% -1.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 341 832 726
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.55% 97.08% 93.20%
Number of salaries quoted 269 705 576
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,350 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £80,000
Hampshire median annual salary £53,250 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +6.50% -3.85% -0.95%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in Southampton

IT Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Support Engineer in Southampton.

Salary trend for IT Support Engineer in Southampton

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 7 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 Southampton region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) AWS
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (60.00%) GCP
2 3 (60.00%) VMware
2 3 (60.00%) Google
2 3 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server
2 3 (60.00%) Server Virtualisation
2 3 (60.00%) Hyper-V
3 2 (40.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Order Management
3 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (40.00%) Power BI
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) AWS
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (60.00%) GCP
3 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Server Virtualisation
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Order Management
2 2 (40.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (60.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Google
1 3 (60.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft