Support Engineer Job Trends in Surrey

Support Engineer
South East > Surrey

The median Support Engineer salary in Surrey is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 July 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 18 94
Rank change year-on-year -20 +76 -51
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 92 97 61
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 4.25% 8.76% 2.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.45% 10.21% 2.71%
Number of salaries quoted 90 64 60
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,250 £27,900
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £43,750 £65,000
South East median annual salary £36,250 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -9.38% +14.29% +9.38%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 2,068 950 2,249
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.48% 85.82% 91.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,564 664 1,479
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,825 £28,200
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -13.04%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £83,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Surrey

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Surrey.

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Surrey

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Surrey over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in Surrey

Support Engineer
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 16 July 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
Woking -8 26 £57,500 +70.37% 3
Chertsey -3 11 £30,000 -25.00%
Staines - 11 £47,500 -
Guildford -17 9 £30,000 -14.29% 1
Farnham - 5 £28,000 -
Godalming - 4 £29,000 -
Epsom - 3 £40,000 -
Camberley -2 2 £36,875 +29.39% 3
Support Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 16 July 2026, 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 Surrey region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 54 (58.70%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (53.26%) Microsoft
3 47 (51.09%) Active Directory
4 37 (40.22%) Azure
5 35 (38.04%) Windows
6 34 (36.96%) Entra ID
7 30 (32.61%) Microsoft Intune
8 27 (29.35%) Problem-Solving
9 26 (28.26%) SaaS
10 24 (26.09%) Microsoft Exchange
11 23 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 23 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 22 (23.91%) Incident Management
12 22 (23.91%) SharePoint
13 21 (22.83%) Change Management
13 21 (22.83%) CrowdStrike
13 21 (22.83%) Identity Management
13 21 (22.83%) JIRA
13 21 (22.83%) Mimecast
13 21 (22.83%) R
13 21 (22.83%) Technical Leadership
13 21 (22.83%) Workflow
14 16 (17.39%) Windows Server
15 13 (14.13%) Linux
16 12 (13.04%) Project Delivery
17 11 (11.96%) Wireless
18 10 (10.87%) Continuous Improvement
19 9 (9.78%) Mentoring
19 9 (9.78%) Microsoft Office
19 9 (9.78%) SQL Server

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 24 (26.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (23.91%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (9.78%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 54 (58.70%) Microsoft 365
2 37 (40.22%) Azure
3 34 (36.96%) Entra ID
4 26 (28.26%) SaaS
5 21 (22.83%) Mimecast
6 6 (6.52%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.09%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 11 (11.96%) Wireless
2 7 (7.61%) Firewall
3 6 (6.52%) DNS
4 5 (5.43%) HTTP
4 5 (5.43%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (2.17%) SAN
5 2 (2.17%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.09%) DHCP
6 1 (1.09%) LAN
6 1 (1.09%) VPN
6 1 (1.09%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.78%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.35%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 21 (22.83%) JIRA
General
1 37 (40.22%) Social Skills
2 21 (22.83%) Legal
3 5 (5.43%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (5.43%) Finance
3 5 (5.43%) Manufacturing
4 4 (4.35%) Law
4 4 (4.35%) Retail
5 3 (3.26%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.09%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.35%) .NET
1 4 (4.35%) CSS
1 4 (4.35%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.04%) Driving Licence
2 1 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 35 (38.04%) Windows
2 16 (17.39%) Windows Server
3 13 (14.13%) Linux
4 8 (8.70%) Mac OS
5 6 (6.52%) Windows 10
6 5 (5.43%) CentOS
6 5 (5.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (29.35%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 22 (23.91%) Incident Management
4 21 (22.83%) Change Management
4 21 (22.83%) Identity Management
4 21 (22.83%) Technical Leadership
4 21 (22.83%) Workflow
5 12 (13.04%) Project Delivery
6 10 (10.87%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (9.78%) Mentoring
8 7 (7.61%) Migration
9 6 (6.52%) Budgeting
9 6 (6.52%) Coaching
9 6 (6.52%) Customer Service
9 6 (6.52%) Time Management
10 5 (5.43%) Computer Science
10 5 (5.43%) ITIL
10 5 (5.43%) Proactive Maintenance
10 5 (5.43%) Proactive Monitoring
11 4 (4.35%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 21 (22.83%) R
2 6 (6.52%) SQL
3 5 (5.43%) Perl
3 5 (5.43%) PHP
3 5 (5.43%) Python
3 5 (5.43%) Ruby
4 4 (4.35%) C#
4 4 (4.35%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (4.35%) Degree
1 4 (4.35%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (3.26%) A+ Certification
3 1 (1.09%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (5.43%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (4.35%) SLA
4 2 (2.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 47 (51.09%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.17%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 30 (32.61%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 49 (53.26%) Microsoft
2 21 (22.83%) CrowdStrike
3 6 (6.52%) Google
3 6 (6.52%) Meraki
3 6 (6.52%) Ubiquiti
4 5 (5.43%) Cisco
5 3 (3.26%) VMware
6 2 (2.17%) Palo Alto
6 2 (2.17%) Veeam