IT Support Engineer Job Trends in Suffolk

IT Support Engineer
East of England > Suffolk

The median IT Support Engineer salary in Suffolk is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 May 2026.

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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 60 46
Rank change year-on-year +38 -14 -14
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 27 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Suffolk 5.16% 0.21% 0.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.47% 0.23% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 27 1 4
10th Percentile £31,250 - -
25th Percentile £33,375 £35,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £36,000 £30,250
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +19.01% +21.00%
75th Percentile £40,000 £36,500 £34,500
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £31,500 £27,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year +14.55% -6.78% -5.98%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Suffolk

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Suffolk. 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 Suffolk with a recognized job title 494 441 464
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 92.45% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 258 263 300
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £24,725
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £66,100 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.92% +65.25% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,253 £53,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £66,340 £61,250
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £50,967 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.90% +7.30% -13.64%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

IT Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Suffolk

IT Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Suffolk

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

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Suffolk

IT Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Suffolk

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support Engineer in Suffolk over the 6 months to 5 May 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Support Engineer in Suffolk

IT Support Engineer
Job Locations in Suffolk

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 Suffolk region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Ipswich -2 10 £34,875 -3.13% 3
Haverhill - 9 £40,000 -
Bury St Edmunds - 8 £33,750 - 2
IT Support Engineer
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 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 Suffolk region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 16 (59.26%) Microsoft
1 16 (59.26%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (51.85%) Windows
2 14 (51.85%) Windows Server
3 12 (44.44%) Active Directory
4 11 (40.74%) Windows 10
5 9 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 8 (29.63%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (29.63%) DHCP
6 8 (29.63%) DNS
7 7 (25.93%) Asset Management
7 7 (25.93%) LAN
7 7 (25.93%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (18.52%) Dynamics NAV
8 5 (18.52%) Entra ID
8 5 (18.52%) ERP
8 5 (18.52%) Firewall
8 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (18.52%) PowerShell
8 5 (18.52%) Service Delivery
8 5 (18.52%) SharePoint
8 5 (18.52%) User Experience
8 5 (18.52%) VLAN
8 5 (18.52%) VPN
9 4 (14.81%) Android
9 4 (14.81%) Apple iOS
9 4 (14.81%) Customer Service
9 4 (14.81%) Incident Management
9 4 (14.81%) Nutanix
9 4 (14.81%) Problem-Solving

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (18.52%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 16 (59.26%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (18.52%) Entra ID
3 4 (14.81%) Nutanix
4 3 (11.11%) Azure
5 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (29.63%) DHCP
1 8 (29.63%) DNS
2 7 (25.93%) LAN
2 7 (25.93%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (18.52%) Firewall
3 5 (18.52%) VLAN
3 5 (18.52%) VPN
4 2 (7.41%) WAN
4 2 (7.41%) WLAN
General
1 9 (33.33%) Retail
2 5 (18.52%) Legal
2 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
2 5 (18.52%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 14 (51.85%) Windows
1 14 (51.85%) Windows Server
2 11 (40.74%) Windows 10
3 4 (14.81%) Android
3 4 (14.81%) Apple iOS
4 2 (7.41%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (29.63%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (25.93%) Asset Management
4 5 (18.52%) ERP
4 5 (18.52%) Service Delivery
4 5 (18.52%) User Experience
5 4 (14.81%) Customer Service
5 4 (14.81%) Incident Management
5 4 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (14.81%) Time Management
6 2 (7.41%) ITSM
6 2 (7.41%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) PowerShell
System Software
1 12 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 4 (14.81%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (59.26%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.81%) VMware
3 2 (7.41%) Apple
3 2 (7.41%) Samsung