Support Engineer Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Support Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Support Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 April 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 80 53
Rank change year-on-year +34 -27 +32
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 151 87 264
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.03% 3.17% 4.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.24% 3.92% 4.38%
Number of salaries quoted 131 78 242
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £28,375 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -2.60% +22.22%
75th Percentile £40,500 £50,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
South East median annual salary £35,000 £34,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% - +7.94%

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 4,662 2,221 6,032
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.46% 80.91% 94.52%
Number of salaries quoted 3,102 1,243 4,507
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £36,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 4 April 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 4 April 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 +27 65 £35,000 -6.67% 6
Berkshire +15 48 £40,000 +6.67% 8
Oxfordshire -2 38 £34,500 +9.52% 8
Support Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 4 April 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 66 (43.71%) Windows
2 49 (32.45%) Microsoft
2 49 (32.45%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (26.49%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (23.84%) Azure
5 35 (23.18%) Active Directory
6 29 (19.21%) Customer Service
7 20 (13.25%) DBS Check
7 20 (13.25%) Degree
7 20 (13.25%) DNS
8 19 (12.58%) Firewall
8 19 (12.58%) Windows Server
9 17 (11.26%) Entra ID
10 15 (9.93%) DHCP
10 15 (9.93%) LAN
10 15 (9.93%) SLA
11 14 (9.27%) Microsoft Office
12 13 (8.61%) Windows 10
13 12 (7.95%) Linux
13 12 (7.95%) Microsoft Intune
13 12 (7.95%) TCP/IP
14 11 (7.28%) GCP
14 11 (7.28%) Google
14 11 (7.28%) VoIP
14 11 (7.28%) VPN
15 10 (6.62%) ITIL
15 10 (6.62%) Microsoft Exchange
15 10 (6.62%) SQL
15 10 (6.62%) WAN
16 9 (5.96%) AWS

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 10 (6.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (4.64%) IIS
3 6 (3.97%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (9.27%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.66%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.66%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.66%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 40 (26.49%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (23.84%) Azure
3 17 (11.26%) Entra ID
4 11 (7.28%) GCP
5 9 (5.96%) AWS
6 6 (3.97%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (3.31%) Google Workspace
7 5 (3.31%) SaaS
8 2 (1.32%) BigCommerce
8 2 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.32%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.32%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.66%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 20 (13.25%) DNS
2 19 (12.58%) Firewall
3 15 (9.93%) DHCP
3 15 (9.93%) LAN
4 12 (7.95%) TCP/IP
5 11 (7.28%) VoIP
5 11 (7.28%) VPN
6 10 (6.62%) WAN
7 8 (5.30%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (2.65%) 4G
8 4 (2.65%) 5G
9 3 (1.99%) GSM
9 3 (1.99%) TETRA
9 3 (1.99%) UMTS
9 3 (1.99%) Wireless
10 2 (1.32%) NAS
10 2 (1.32%) VLAN
11 1 (0.66%) Diameter Protocol
11 1 (0.66%) SCTP
11 1 (0.66%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 5 (3.31%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.32%) Power BI
4 1 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.66%) Metadata
4 1 (0.66%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (3.31%) JIRA
2 1 (0.66%) Browser DevTools
General
1 36 (23.84%) Social Skills
2 9 (5.96%) Electronics
2 9 (5.96%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (2.65%) Telecoms
4 3 (1.99%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (1.99%) Multimedia
5 2 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.66%) Finance
6 1 (0.66%) Law
6 1 (0.66%) Legal
6 1 (0.66%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.66%) Marketing
6 1 (0.66%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.64%) .NET
2 6 (3.97%) .NET Framework
2 6 (3.97%) Entity Framework
2 6 (3.97%) WinForms
3 4 (2.65%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.66%) CSS
4 1 (0.66%) HTML
4 1 (0.66%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 1 (0.66%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.62%) Driving Licence
2 8 (5.30%) NHS
2 8 (5.30%) Onboarding
3 7 (4.64%) Augmented Reality
3 7 (4.64%) Smart Home
4 5 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.32%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.66%) CCTV
6 1 (0.66%) FMCG
6 1 (0.66%) IPTV
6 1 (0.66%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.66%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.66%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 66 (43.71%) Windows
2 19 (12.58%) Windows Server
3 13 (8.61%) Windows 10
4 12 (7.95%) Linux
5 5 (3.31%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.32%) Android
6 2 (1.32%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.66%) Unix
7 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (32.45%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (19.21%) Customer Service
3 10 (6.62%) ITIL
4 9 (5.96%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (5.30%) Computer Science
6 7 (4.64%) Biomedicine
6 7 (4.64%) Software Engineering
7 6 (3.97%) Collaborative Culture
7 6 (3.97%) DevOps
7 6 (3.97%) Service Delivery
8 5 (3.31%) Proactive Monitoring
8 5 (3.31%) Project Delivery
8 5 (3.31%) Software Deployment
9 4 (2.65%) B2B
9 4 (2.65%) Cost Control
9 4 (2.65%) Informatics
9 4 (2.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 3 (1.99%) Asset Management
10 3 (1.99%) Logistics
10 3 (1.99%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.62%) SQL
2 7 (4.64%) C#
2 7 (4.64%) PowerShell
3 6 (3.97%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.66%) Java
4 1 (0.66%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.66%) Korn
4 1 (0.66%) Python
4 1 (0.66%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (13.25%) DBS Check
1 20 (13.25%) Degree
2 7 (4.64%) City & Guilds
2 7 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.31%) HNC
3 5 (3.31%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (3.31%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 4 (2.65%) A+ Certification
5 2 (1.32%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.32%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.66%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.66%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.66%) HND
6 1 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.66%) MCSA
6 1 (0.66%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.93%) SLA
2 4 (2.65%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.66%) QA
System Software
1 35 (23.18%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.31%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.32%) BitLocker
3 2 (1.32%) Terminal Services
3 2 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.66%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 12 (7.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.66%) Autotask
2 1 (0.66%) Control-M
2 1 (0.66%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.66%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.66%) Kibana
2 1 (0.66%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (0.66%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 49 (32.45%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.28%) Google
3 6 (3.97%) Sage
3 6 (3.97%) Xamarin
4 5 (3.31%) Adobe
4 5 (3.31%) Atlassian
5 3 (1.99%) Fortinet
5 3 (1.99%) Fujitsu
5 3 (1.99%) Sophos
5 3 (1.99%) Virgin Media
5 3 (1.99%) VMware
6 2 (1.32%) Barracuda Networks
6 2 (1.32%) Zoho
7 1 (0.66%) ConnectWise
7 1 (0.66%) Datto
7 1 (0.66%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.66%) Logitech
7 1 (0.66%) Meraki
7 1 (0.66%) Samsung
7 1 (0.66%) Yealink