IT Support Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

IT Support Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median IT Support Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 134 218
Rank change year-on-year -9 +84 -1
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 27 116 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.88% 1.72% 0.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.08% 1.82% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 23 112 46
10th Percentile - £25,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £25,750 £30,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £38,500 £31,750
Median % change year-on-year -22.08% +21.26% -2.31%
75th Percentile £38,750 £43,000 £33,938
90th Percentile - £43,750 £36,000
South East median annual salary £35,000 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,511 6,377 5,503
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 81.90% 94.70% 89.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,272 4,541 3,210
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured IT Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in the Thames Valley

IT Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for IT Support Engineer in the Thames Valley

IT Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Support Engineer in the Thames Valley

IT Support Engineer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 3 May 2025. 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
Berkshire +26 12 £37,500 -0.66% 5
Oxfordshire -7 12 £27,500 -34.52%
Buckinghamshire +17 3 £28,000 -6.67% 2
IT Support Engineer
South East

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, IT Support Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 26 (96.30%) Windows
2 24 (88.89%) Microsoft
3 22 (81.48%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (62.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (59.26%) DNS
5 16 (59.26%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (55.56%) Social Skills
6 15 (55.56%) Active Directory
6 15 (55.56%) Azure
7 14 (51.85%) DHCP
8 13 (48.15%) TCP/IP
9 12 (44.44%) MCP
10 11 (40.74%) SharePoint
10 11 (40.74%) A+ Certification
10 11 (40.74%) Google
11 10 (37.04%) Windows 10
12 9 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
13 8 (29.63%) Microsoft Office
13 8 (29.63%) Mac OS
13 8 (29.63%) AWS
13 8 (29.63%) GCP
14 7 (25.93%) VMware Infrastructure
14 7 (25.93%) VMware
15 6 (22.22%) VPN
15 6 (22.22%) Hyper-V
15 6 (22.22%) Windows Server 2012
15 6 (22.22%) Service Desk Management
15 6 (22.22%) Driving Licence
15 6 (22.22%) Customer Service
16 5 (18.52%) Onboarding

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (40.74%) SharePoint
2 9 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (29.63%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (81.48%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (55.56%) Azure
3 8 (29.63%) AWS
3 8 (29.63%) GCP
4 2 (7.41%) OneDrive
4 2 (7.41%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (59.26%) DNS
2 14 (51.85%) DHCP
3 13 (48.15%) TCP/IP
4 6 (22.22%) VPN
5 4 (14.81%) Firewall
6 3 (11.11%) VLAN
6 3 (11.11%) VoIP
7 1 (3.70%) Internet
7 1 (3.70%) Network Security
7 1 (3.70%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (3.70%) SD-WAN
7 1 (3.70%) WAN
7 1 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (3.70%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 15 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Driving Licence
2 5 (18.52%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.70%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (96.30%) Windows
2 10 (37.04%) Windows 10
3 8 (29.63%) Mac OS
4 6 (22.22%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (14.81%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (11.11%) Android
6 3 (11.11%) Windows Server
7 2 (7.41%) Linux
8 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (59.26%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (22.22%) Customer Service
2 6 (22.22%) Service Desk Management
3 5 (18.52%) Project Delivery
4 3 (11.11%) Data Privacy
4 3 (11.11%) Issue Tracking
4 3 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
4 3 (11.11%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 2 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (7.41%) Data Entry
5 2 (7.41%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (3.70%) Asset Management
6 1 (3.70%) Computer Science
6 1 (3.70%) IT Asset Management
6 1 (3.70%) ITIL
6 1 (3.70%) ITSM
6 1 (3.70%) Mentoring
6 1 (3.70%) Network Management
6 1 (3.70%) Service Delivery
6 1 (3.70%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 17 (62.96%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (44.44%) MCP
3 11 (40.74%) A+ Certification
4 4 (14.81%) Degree
5 3 (11.11%) DBS Check
5 3 (11.11%) MCSA
6 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
6 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
7 1 (3.70%) CCNA
7 1 (3.70%) CCNP
7 1 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (3.70%) LPIC
7 1 (3.70%) MCSE
System Software
1 15 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 7 (25.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (22.22%) Hyper-V
4 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (3.70%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (3.70%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 24 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 11 (40.74%) Google
3 7 (25.93%) VMware
4 3 (11.11%) Apple
4 3 (11.11%) SonicWALL
5 1 (3.70%) Cisco
5 1 (3.70%) Meraki