IT Support Engineer Job Trends in Stoke-on-Trent

IT Support Engineer
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent

The median IT Support Engineer salary in Stoke-on-Trent is £29,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 June 2026.

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

 6 months to
16 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 - 44
Rank change year-on-year - - -5
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 7 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Stoke-on-Trent 1.76% - 1.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.79% - 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27,500 - £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 - £27,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.70%
75th Percentile £30,500 - £28,750
90th Percentile - - -
Staffordshire median annual salary £32,000 - £42,500
% change year-on-year - - +39.34%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Stoke-on-Trent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Stoke-on-Trent. 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 Stoke-on-Trent with a recognized job title 391 113 367
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.49% 100.00% 93.15%
Number of salaries quoted 277 52 324
10th Percentile £26,850 £28,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £34,674 £32,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -12.50% -1.23%
75th Percentile £60,000 £45,188 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £60,750 £65,000
Staffordshire median annual salary £47,000 £38,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +23.68% -5.00% -11.11%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

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 Stoke-on-Trent.

IT Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Stoke-on-Trent

IT Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Stoke-on-Trent.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Stoke-on-Trent

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent

For the 6 months to 16 June 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 Stoke-on-Trent region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
2 2 (28.57%) Development Roadmap
2 2 (28.57%) DHCP
2 2 (28.57%) DNS
2 2 (28.57%) Hyper-V
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) ITSM
2 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 2 (28.57%) Remote Monitoring and Management
2 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
2 2 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) SLA
2 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
3 1 (14.29%) Fortinet
3 1 (14.29%) Fujitsu
3 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 1 (14.29%) Virgin Media

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) DHCP
1 2 (28.57%) DNS
General
1 1 (14.29%) Multimedia
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
2 1 (14.29%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
1 2 (28.57%) Development Roadmap
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL
1 2 (28.57%) ITSM
1 2 (28.57%) Remote Monitoring and Management
1 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
1 2 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
1 2 (28.57%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Fortinet
2 1 (14.29%) Fujitsu
2 1 (14.29%) Virgin Media
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