Senior Support Engineer Job Trends in Sussex

Senior Support Engineer
South East > Sussex

The median Senior Support Engineer salary in Sussex is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 October 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 26 -
Rank change year-on-year +14 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Support Engineer 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Sussex 2.13% 0.60% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.44% 0.61% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £30,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% - -
75th Percentile £43,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +44.44%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Sussex. 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 Sussex with a recognized job title 41 165 17
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.23% 98.80% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 36 88 16
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,000 £37,125
25th Percentile £31,875 - £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £47,500 £60,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,375 £82,500
South East median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% -

Senior Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sussex

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

Senior Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Sussex

Senior Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Sussex

Salary distribution trend for Senior Support Engineer job vacancies in Sussex.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Support Engineer job vacancies in Sussex

Senior Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sussex

For the 6 months to 11 October 2025, Senior 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 Sussex region featuring Senior Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WatchGuard
1 1 (100.00%) SonicWALL
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Change Advisory Board

Senior Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sussex 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon RDS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Advisory Board
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SonicWALL
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) WatchGuard