Support Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Support Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Support Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 53 91
Rank change year-on-year -58 +38 +39
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 72 187 190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.10% 4.46% 3.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.41% 4.68% 3.50%
Number of salaries quoted 63 172 170
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £23,950
25th Percentile £27,125 £30,000 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,500 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year - +19.05% -3.08%
75th Percentile £50,000 £50,313 £40,000
90th Percentile £56,525 £56,525 £46,025
South East median annual salary £33,500 £35,000 £31,500
% change year-on-year -4.29% +11.11% -3.08%

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 2,982 4,000 5,427
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.17% 95.33% 93.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,482 2,669 3,282
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £43,790 £38,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in the Thames Valley

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Support Engineer in the Thames Valley

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 11 January 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in the Thames Valley

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 Support Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 11 January 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 -42 28 £50,000 +25.00% 11
Oxfordshire -5 22 £27,500 -42.11% 10
Buckinghamshire -28 22 £37,500 - 9
Support Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 11 January 2025, 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 43 (59.72%) Windows
2 40 (55.56%) Microsoft
3 37 (51.39%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (45.83%) Active Directory
5 32 (44.44%) Social Skills
6 31 (43.06%) Azure
7 20 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (27.78%) TCP/IP
8 19 (26.39%) Microsoft Exchange
9 18 (25.00%) SQL
9 18 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
10 17 (23.61%) Google
11 16 (22.22%) A+ Certification
11 16 (22.22%) SharePoint
11 16 (22.22%) DHCP
11 16 (22.22%) DNS
11 16 (22.22%) Customer Service
12 15 (20.83%) MCP
12 15 (20.83%) Hyper-V
13 14 (19.44%) AWS
13 14 (19.44%) Microsoft Office
13 14 (19.44%) Windows 10
13 14 (19.44%) GCP
14 13 (18.06%) Linux
15 11 (15.28%) Logistics
16 10 (13.89%) Legal
16 10 (13.89%) Service Delivery
16 10 (13.89%) Citrix
16 10 (13.89%) Amazon RDS
16 10 (13.89%) OneDrive

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 19 (26.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (22.22%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.39%) Apache
3 1 (1.39%) Confluence
3 1 (1.39%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (19.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.39%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 37 (51.39%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (43.06%) Azure
3 14 (19.44%) AWS
3 14 (19.44%) GCP
4 10 (13.89%) Entra ID
4 10 (13.89%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.39%) Azure AKS
5 1 (1.39%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (1.39%) iTunes
5 1 (1.39%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (27.78%) TCP/IP
2 16 (22.22%) DHCP
2 16 (22.22%) DNS
3 5 (6.94%) Network Security
4 4 (5.56%) Firewall
5 3 (4.17%) SSL
6 2 (2.78%) Internet
6 2 (2.78%) WLAN
7 1 (1.39%) BGP
7 1 (1.39%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (1.39%) EIGRP
7 1 (1.39%) Ethernet
7 1 (1.39%) IPsec
7 1 (1.39%) OSPF
7 1 (1.39%) RIP
7 1 (1.39%) VLAN
7 1 (1.39%) VPN
7 1 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.39%) Wireless
7 1 (1.39%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (13.89%) Amazon RDS
2 9 (12.50%) MySQL
3 2 (2.78%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.39%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.39%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (5.56%) JIRA
2 1 (1.39%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.39%) Gradle
2 1 (1.39%) IntelliJ
2 1 (1.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 32 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 10 (13.89%) Legal
3 9 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 5 (6.94%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (5.56%) Finance
6 2 (2.78%) French Language
6 2 (2.78%) Games
6 2 (2.78%) German Language
6 2 (2.78%) Italian Language
6 2 (2.78%) Law
6 2 (2.78%) Spanish Language
6 2 (2.78%) Turkish Language
7 1 (1.39%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.39%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.39%) .NET
1 1 (1.39%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.39%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.50%) Smartphone
2 6 (8.33%) Driving Licence
3 2 (2.78%) 3D Printing
3 2 (2.78%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.78%) Social Media
4 1 (1.39%) CCTV
4 1 (1.39%) CMDB
4 1 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 43 (59.72%) Windows
2 14 (19.44%) Windows 10
3 13 (18.06%) Linux
4 9 (12.50%) Android
4 9 (12.50%) Apple iOS
5 4 (5.56%) Mac OS
6 3 (4.17%) Windows Server
7 2 (2.78%) Mac OS X
7 2 (2.78%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (22.22%) Customer Service
3 11 (15.28%) Logistics
4 10 (13.89%) Service Delivery
5 9 (12.50%) ITSM
6 6 (8.33%) ITIL
7 4 (5.56%) Presales
8 3 (4.17%) Application Packaging
8 3 (4.17%) Customer Experience
8 3 (4.17%) DevOps
8 3 (4.17%) Issue Tracking
8 3 (4.17%) Mentoring
8 3 (4.17%) Project Management
8 3 (4.17%) Time Management
9 2 (2.78%) Agile
9 2 (2.78%) Asset Management
9 2 (2.78%) Computer Science
9 2 (2.78%) CRM
9 2 (2.78%) Data Integration
9 2 (2.78%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 18 (25.00%) SQL
2 9 (12.50%) PL/SQL
3 3 (4.17%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.78%) Java
Qualifications
1 18 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 16 (22.22%) A+ Certification
3 15 (20.83%) MCP
4 6 (8.33%) Degree
4 6 (8.33%) Security Cleared
5 5 (6.94%) SC Cleared
6 4 (5.56%) CCNA
6 4 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (5.56%) DV Cleared
7 3 (4.17%) CCNP
8 2 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.78%) LPIC
8 2 (2.78%) MCSE
9 1 (1.39%) DBS Check
9 1 (1.39%) Dell Certification
9 1 (1.39%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.78%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (45.83%) Active Directory
2 15 (20.83%) Hyper-V
3 3 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.78%) Docker
5 1 (1.39%) Firmware
5 1 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (4.17%) Kubernetes
1 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 40 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 17 (23.61%) Google
3 10 (13.89%) Citrix
4 5 (6.94%) Cisco
5 4 (5.56%) VMware
6 2 (2.78%) Dell
6 2 (2.78%) Fortinet
6 2 (2.78%) Juniper
6 2 (2.78%) Sage
7 1 (1.39%) Adobe
7 1 (1.39%) Apple
7 1 (1.39%) Aruba
7 1 (1.39%) Draytek
7 1 (1.39%) Freshdesk
7 1 (1.39%) HP
7 1 (1.39%) Logitech
7 1 (1.39%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.39%) SonicWALL
7 1 (1.39%) Veeam
7 1 (1.39%) WatchGuard