Support Engineer Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Support Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

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

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

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 92 91
Rank change year-on-year +42 -1 -31
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 197 123 116
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.81% 3.16% 2.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.96% 3.47% 2.47%
Number of salaries quoted 178 106 96
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,250 £34,250 £30,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.29%
75th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £51,125 £52,500 £56,525
South East median annual salary £38,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -3.75% +6.67% +13.79%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 6,648 3,548 4,688
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.11% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 4,720 1,601 2,732
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £81,250
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 the Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies 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 6 September 2026.

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 6 September 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
Buckinghamshire +13 82 £40,000 - 12
Berkshire +27 59 £42,500 +3.03% 14
Oxfordshire -1 56 £40,000 - 7
Support Engineer
South East

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 6 September 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 Thames Valley region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 80 (40.61%) Windows
2 68 (34.52%) Microsoft
3 52 (26.40%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (24.37%) Azure
5 43 (21.83%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (19.80%) Degree
7 36 (18.27%) Customer Service
8 33 (16.75%) Active Directory
9 29 (14.72%) Entra ID
9 29 (14.72%) Windows Server
10 28 (14.21%) DBS Check
10 28 (14.21%) DNS
11 27 (13.71%) SharePoint
12 26 (13.20%) Firewall
13 24 (12.18%) DHCP
13 24 (12.18%) Microsoft Intune
13 24 (12.18%) VLAN
13 24 (12.18%) VMware
13 24 (12.18%) Wi-Fi
14 23 (11.68%) Mac OS
15 22 (11.17%) Microsoft Exchange
16 21 (10.66%) Continuous Improvement
17 20 (10.15%) Project Delivery
17 20 (10.15%) VPN
18 19 (9.64%) Cybersecurity
18 19 (9.64%) PowerShell
19 18 (9.14%) ITIL
19 18 (9.14%) VMware Infrastructure
20 17 (8.63%) Linux
21 16 (8.12%) Google

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 27 (13.71%) SharePoint
2 22 (11.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.03%) IIS
4 1 (0.51%) Confluence
4 1 (0.51%) JBoss
4 1 (0.51%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.51%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 6 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.02%) NetSuite
1 2 (1.02%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 52 (26.40%) Microsoft 365
2 48 (24.37%) Azure
3 29 (14.72%) Entra ID
4 16 (8.12%) Google Workspace
4 16 (8.12%) SaaS
5 13 (6.60%) AWS
6 12 (6.09%) Power Automate
7 5 (2.54%) Amazon ECS
7 5 (2.54%) Amazon EKS
7 5 (2.54%) Serverless
8 4 (2.03%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (1.52%) GitHub
9 3 (1.52%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (1.52%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 28 (14.21%) DNS
2 26 (13.20%) Firewall
3 24 (12.18%) DHCP
3 24 (12.18%) VLAN
3 24 (12.18%) Wi-Fi
4 20 (10.15%) VPN
5 14 (7.11%) SSL
5 14 (7.11%) VoIP
6 12 (6.09%) TCP/IP
7 5 (2.54%) LAN
8 4 (2.03%) Wireless
9 3 (1.52%) NAS
10 2 (1.02%) Network Security
11 1 (0.51%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.09%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (2.54%) Relational Database
3 4 (2.03%) RDBMS
4 3 (1.52%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (4.57%) JIRA
2 5 (2.54%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.54%) JUnit
3 4 (2.03%) Git
3 4 (2.03%) JMeter
3 4 (2.03%) Mockito
4 3 (1.52%) GitLab
5 1 (0.51%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.51%) Postman
5 1 (0.51%) SoapUI
General
1 60 (30.46%) Social Skills
2 13 (6.60%) Electronics
3 5 (2.54%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (2.54%) Retail
4 4 (2.03%) Advertising
4 4 (2.03%) Law
4 4 (2.03%) Public Sector
5 3 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (1.52%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.51%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.57%) .NET
2 7 (3.55%) Web Services
3 6 (3.05%) REST
4 5 (2.54%) Apache Camel
4 5 (2.54%) Spring
4 5 (2.54%) Spring Boot
5 4 (2.03%) ActiveMQ
5 4 (2.03%) Hibernate
5 4 (2.03%) HTML
5 4 (2.03%) jQuery
5 4 (2.03%) JSON
5 4 (2.03%) Node.js
5 4 (2.03%) WireMock
5 4 (2.03%) XML
6 3 (1.52%) React
7 2 (1.02%) SOAP
8 1 (0.51%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.51%) ASP.NET Web Forms
8 1 (0.51%) Mustache
8 1 (0.51%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.14%) Driving Licence
2 14 (7.11%) Onboarding
3 9 (4.57%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (4.06%) Smart Home
5 5 (2.54%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (2.54%) Replication
6 4 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.52%) CCTV
7 3 (1.52%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (1.52%) Robotics
8 1 (0.51%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.51%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 80 (40.61%) Windows
2 29 (14.72%) Windows Server
3 23 (11.68%) Mac OS
4 17 (8.63%) Linux
5 10 (5.08%) Windows 10
5 10 (5.08%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (4.06%) Ubuntu
7 5 (2.54%) Rocky
8 3 (1.52%) Debian
8 3 (1.52%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.51%) Android
9 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.51%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (21.83%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (18.27%) Customer Service
3 21 (10.66%) Continuous Improvement
4 20 (10.15%) Project Delivery
5 19 (9.64%) Cybersecurity
6 18 (9.14%) ITIL
7 16 (8.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 16 (8.12%) Root Cause Analysis
8 14 (7.11%) Disaster Recovery
8 14 (7.11%) Kalman Filter
9 12 (6.09%) Resource Management
10 11 (5.58%) Data Privacy
10 11 (5.58%) Mobile Device Management
10 11 (5.58%) Software Engineering
11 9 (4.57%) Validation
12 8 (4.06%) Data Acquisition
12 8 (4.06%) Logistics
12 8 (4.06%) Performance Tuning
12 8 (4.06%) Proactive Monitoring
12 8 (4.06%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 19 (9.64%) PowerShell
2 13 (6.60%) SQL
3 9 (4.57%) C#
4 8 (4.06%) T-SQL
5 7 (3.55%) Python
6 5 (2.54%) Java
6 5 (2.54%) Shell Script
7 4 (2.03%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.52%) Bash
9 2 (1.02%) Ladder Logic
10 1 (0.51%) Korn
10 1 (0.51%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 39 (19.80%) Degree
2 28 (14.21%) DBS Check
3 15 (7.61%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (5.58%) CompTIA Security+
4 11 (5.58%) Network+ Certification
5 8 (4.06%) HNC
6 5 (2.54%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.54%) SC Cleared
6 5 (2.54%) Security Cleared
7 4 (2.03%) CCNA
7 4 (2.03%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.52%) HND
9 1 (0.51%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.61%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (5.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 5 (2.54%) GDPR
4 4 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.03%) QA
5 3 (1.52%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (16.75%) Active Directory
2 18 (9.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (6.09%) Hyper-V
4 8 (4.06%) Docker
5 4 (2.03%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.52%) BitLocker
6 3 (1.52%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.51%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 24 (12.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (6.09%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (2.54%) Kubernetes
4 4 (2.03%) Kibana
5 1 (0.51%) Ansible
5 1 (0.51%) Autotask
5 1 (0.51%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 68 (34.52%) Microsoft
2 24 (12.18%) VMware
3 16 (8.12%) Google
3 16 (8.12%) Veeam
4 14 (7.11%) Apple
5 12 (6.09%) Cisco
5 12 (6.09%) Datto
6 11 (5.58%) SonicWALL
7 5 (2.54%) Dell
7 5 (2.54%) Okta
8 4 (2.03%) Dynatrace
8 4 (2.03%) Sophos
8 4 (2.03%) Splunk
9 3 (1.52%) Barracuda Networks
9 3 (1.52%) NVIDIA
10 2 (1.02%) Meraki
11 1 (0.51%) ConnectWise
11 1 (0.51%) Oracle