Support Engineer Jobs in Southampton

Support Engineer
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Support Engineer salary in Southampton is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 49 49
Rank change year-on-year +27 0 +41
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 17 29 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 5.04% 3.33% 3.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.11% 3.42% 3.50%
Number of salaries quoted 16 27 19
10th Percentile - £28,100 £25,400
25th Percentile £25,500 £31,250 £25,575
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £37,000 £27,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.92% +37.04% -10.00%
75th Percentile £35,500 £42,875 £36,000
90th Percentile £40,000 £60,000 £36,550
Hampshire median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £30,450
% change year-on-year -7.14% +14.94% +1.50%

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 333 848 714
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.81% 97.25% 92.97%
Number of salaries quoted 258 717 562
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,313 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £64,688 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £80,000
Hampshire median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £52,446
% change year-on-year +6.00% -4.66% -0.10%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Southampton

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Southampton

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

Salary trend for Support Engineer in Southampton

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Southampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Southampton over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in Southampton

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (88.24%) Azure
3 14 (82.35%) Microsoft
4 11 (64.71%) Active Directory
4 11 (64.71%) Windows
5 9 (52.94%) Windows Server
6 7 (41.18%) Entra ID
7 6 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (35.29%) Power Platform
7 6 (35.29%) AWS
8 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Office
8 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Excel
8 5 (29.41%) Cisco
9 4 (23.53%) Meraki
9 4 (23.53%) Kalman Filter
9 4 (23.53%) GCP
9 4 (23.53%) Mimecast
9 4 (23.53%) Hyper-V
9 4 (23.53%) VMware
9 4 (23.53%) Process Improvement
9 4 (23.53%) Project Delivery
9 4 (23.53%) Onboarding
9 4 (23.53%) Email Filtering
9 4 (23.53%) Server Virtualisation
9 4 (23.53%) Client Onboarding
9 4 (23.53%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (23.53%) Project Management
9 4 (23.53%) CRM
9 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (23.53%) Google

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 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (17.65%) SharePoint
3 2 (11.76%) Confluence
4 1 (5.88%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (5.88%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (88.24%) Azure
3 7 (41.18%) Entra ID
4 6 (35.29%) AWS
4 6 (35.29%) Power Platform
5 4 (23.53%) GCP
5 4 (23.53%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Firewall
1 1 (5.88%) LAN
1 1 (5.88%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
General
1 2 (11.76%) Retail
1 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 11 (64.71%) Windows
2 9 (52.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (23.53%) Client Onboarding
2 4 (23.53%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (23.53%) CRM
2 4 (23.53%) Email Filtering
2 4 (23.53%) Kalman Filter
2 4 (23.53%) Process Improvement
2 4 (23.53%) Project Delivery
2 4 (23.53%) Project Management
2 4 (23.53%) Server Virtualisation
3 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (11.76%) Customer Experience
3 2 (11.76%) ITIL
3 2 (11.76%) Order Management
3 2 (11.76%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (5.88%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) MCITP
1 1 (5.88%) MCSE
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 11 (64.71%) Active Directory
2 4 (23.53%) Hyper-V
2 4 (23.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (11.76%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (5.88%) XenApp
4 1 (5.88%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (82.35%) Microsoft
2 5 (29.41%) Cisco
3 4 (23.53%) Google
3 4 (23.53%) Meraki
3 4 (23.53%) VMware
4 1 (5.88%) Citrix
4 1 (5.88%) Dell
4 1 (5.88%) HP
4 1 (5.88%) Symantec