IT Support Engineer Job Trends in Staffordshire

IT Support Engineer
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The median IT Support Engineer salary in Staffordshire is £26,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 57 44
Rank change year-on-year -6 -13 +16
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 9 8 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 0.94% 1.50% 1.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.09% 1.64% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 5
10th Percentile - - £30,050
25th Percentile £22,500 - £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,750 £32,000 £33,990
Median % change year-on-year -16.41% -5.85% +41.62%
75th Percentile £28,000 - £36,500
90th Percentile £39,700 - £40,850
West Midlands median annual salary £32,500 £32,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year +1.56% +6.67% +15.38%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Staffordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Staffordshire. 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 Staffordshire with a recognized job title 825 488 431
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.03% 91.39% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 409 328 381
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,611 £25,822
25th Percentile £30,580 £32,500 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,704 £52,500
90th Percentile £66,250 £63,825 £60,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £49,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% -5.71%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

IT Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

IT Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Staffordshire.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Staffordshire

IT Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Staffordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support Engineer in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Support Engineer in Staffordshire

IT Support Engineer
Job Locations in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Tamworth +1 3 £25,000 - 1
Burton-upon-Trent - 1 £28,000 -
Stoke-on-Trent - 1 - -
IT Support Engineer
West Midlands

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, IT 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 Staffordshire region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
3 4 (44.44%) Azure
3 4 (44.44%) ITIL
3 4 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (44.44%) SLA
4 3 (33.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 3 (33.33%) AWS
4 3 (33.33%) Azure Monitor
4 3 (33.33%) Datadog
4 3 (33.33%) DNS
4 3 (33.33%) Entra ID
4 3 (33.33%) Firewall
4 3 (33.33%) GCP
4 3 (33.33%) Google
4 3 (33.33%) IaaS
4 3 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (33.33%) Incident Management
4 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (33.33%) JIRA
4 3 (33.33%) PaaS
4 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (33.33%) SaaS
4 3 (33.33%) ServiceNow
4 3 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (33.33%) VPN
4 3 (33.33%) Windows
5 2 (22.22%) Dell
5 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2010

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2013
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (33.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 3 (33.33%) AWS
2 3 (33.33%) Azure Monitor
2 3 (33.33%) Datadog
2 3 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 3 (33.33%) GCP
2 3 (33.33%) IaaS
2 3 (33.33%) PaaS
2 3 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) DNS
1 3 (33.33%) Firewall
1 3 (33.33%) VPN
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) Multimedia
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (22.22%) Onboarding
3 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
3 1 (11.11%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Windows 10
2 2 (22.22%) Windows 7
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) ITIL
2 3 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Change Management
3 1 (11.11%) Coaching
3 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Maintenance
3 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
3 1 (11.11%) Network Management
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (11.11%) Supply Chain Management
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 3 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Google
2 3 (33.33%) ServiceNow
3 2 (22.22%) Dell
3 2 (22.22%) HP
4 1 (11.11%) Fortinet
4 1 (11.11%) Fujitsu
4 1 (11.11%) Virgin Media