Support Engineer Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Support Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Support Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £36,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 December 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 103 39
Rank change year-on-year +33 -64 +58
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 122 80 178
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.07% 2.28% 5.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.33% 2.55% 5.99%
Number of salaries quoted 110 67 164
10th Percentile £27,250 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £27,625 £31,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -6.25% +26.98%
75th Percentile £42,500 £50,000 £51,313
90th Percentile £45,000 £56,525 £56,525
South East median annual salary £36,500 £34,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +7.35% -2.86% +11.11%

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 3,662 3,141 2,972
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.24% 89.36% 94.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,094 1,619 2,227
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,911 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £60,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +10.09% -0.91%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

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 23 December 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 23 December 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
Buckinghamshire +37 56 £35,000 -6.67% 14
Berkshire +20 47 £36,000 -28.00% 27
Oxfordshire +10 19 £28,500 +3.64% 8
Support Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 23 December 2025, 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 51 (41.80%) Windows
2 45 (36.89%) Microsoft
3 43 (35.25%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (32.79%) Azure
5 30 (24.59%) Microsoft 365
6 28 (22.95%) Degree
7 27 (22.13%) Active Directory
8 19 (15.57%) Customer Service
9 18 (14.75%) DHCP
9 18 (14.75%) DNS
9 18 (14.75%) Entra ID
10 17 (13.93%) GCP
11 16 (13.11%) Google
11 16 (13.11%) IIS
11 16 (13.11%) SQL
12 15 (12.30%) SLA
13 14 (11.48%) Computer Science
13 14 (11.48%) Computer Science Degree
14 13 (10.66%) HNC
14 13 (10.66%) Software Engineering
15 12 (9.84%) .NET
15 12 (9.84%) .NET Framework
15 12 (9.84%) AWS
15 12 (9.84%) Azure DevOps
15 12 (9.84%) C#
15 12 (9.84%) DevOps
15 12 (9.84%) Entity Framework
15 12 (9.84%) Microsoft Office
15 12 (9.84%) Sage
15 12 (9.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services

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 16 (13.11%) IIS
2 9 (7.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (4.10%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (9.84%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 40 (32.79%) Azure
2 30 (24.59%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (14.75%) Entra ID
4 17 (13.93%) GCP
5 12 (9.84%) AWS
5 12 (9.84%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (3.28%) Google Workspace
6 4 (3.28%) SaaS
7 1 (0.82%) BigCommerce
7 1 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.82%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 18 (14.75%) DHCP
1 18 (14.75%) DNS
2 11 (9.02%) Firewall
3 9 (7.38%) TCP/IP
3 9 (7.38%) VoIP
4 6 (4.92%) VPN
5 5 (4.10%) LAN
5 5 (4.10%) WAN
6 4 (3.28%) 4G
6 4 (3.28%) 5G
7 3 (2.46%) GSM
7 3 (2.46%) TETRA
7 3 (2.46%) UMTS
7 3 (2.46%) VLAN
7 3 (2.46%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (2.46%) Wireless
8 1 (0.82%) ICMP
8 1 (0.82%) IPv4
8 1 (0.82%) IPv6
8 1 (0.82%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 8 (6.56%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.82%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (1.64%) JIRA
2 1 (0.82%) Browser DevTools
General
1 31 (25.41%) Social Skills
2 11 (9.02%) Manufacturing
3 5 (4.10%) Telecoms
4 4 (3.28%) Law
4 4 (3.28%) Marketing
4 4 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (1.64%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (1.64%) Electronics
6 1 (0.82%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.82%) Automotive
6 1 (0.82%) Brand Awareness
6 1 (0.82%) Legal
6 1 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.84%) .NET
1 12 (9.84%) .NET Framework
1 12 (9.84%) Entity Framework
1 12 (9.84%) WinForms
2 7 (5.74%) ASP.NET
3 2 (1.64%) CSS
3 2 (1.64%) HTML
4 1 (0.82%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.56%) Onboarding
2 5 (4.10%) Driving Licence
2 5 (4.10%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.64%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (0.82%) CCTV
4 1 (0.82%) FMCG
4 1 (0.82%) GNSS
4 1 (0.82%) IPTV
4 1 (0.82%) Lidar
4 1 (0.82%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.82%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.82%) Robotics
4 1 (0.82%) Self-Driving Car
4 1 (0.82%) Smart Home
4 1 (0.82%) Smartphone
4 1 (0.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (0.82%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 51 (41.80%) Windows
2 11 (9.02%) Windows Server
3 9 (7.38%) Linux
4 6 (4.92%) Windows 10
5 5 (4.10%) Android
5 5 (4.10%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.64%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.64%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (35.25%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (15.57%) Customer Service
3 14 (11.48%) Computer Science
4 13 (10.66%) Software Engineering
5 12 (9.84%) DevOps
6 8 (6.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (5.74%) Data Analysis
7 7 (5.74%) ITIL
7 7 (5.74%) Service Delivery
8 6 (4.92%) Problem Management
8 6 (4.92%) Project Delivery
8 6 (4.92%) SDLC
8 6 (4.92%) Service Management
8 6 (4.92%) Task Automation
8 6 (4.92%) Validation
9 5 (4.10%) Agile
9 5 (4.10%) CAD
9 5 (4.10%) Collaborative Culture
9 5 (4.10%) Data Management
9 5 (4.10%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (13.11%) SQL
2 12 (9.84%) C#
2 12 (9.84%) T-SQL
3 8 (6.56%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.64%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.64%) PHP
4 2 (1.64%) Python
5 1 (0.82%) Java
Qualifications
1 28 (22.95%) Degree
2 14 (11.48%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (10.66%) HNC
4 11 (9.02%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (8.20%) A+ Certification
5 10 (8.20%) DBS Check
6 9 (7.38%) MCP
7 6 (4.92%) Security Cleared
8 4 (3.28%) SC Cleared
9 2 (1.64%) MCSA
9 2 (1.64%) NVQ Level 3
10 1 (0.82%) MCITP
10 1 (0.82%) MCSE
10 1 (0.82%) RHCE
10 1 (0.82%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.30%) SLA
2 6 (4.92%) QA
3 4 (3.28%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.64%) COSHH
System Software
1 27 (22.13%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.28%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (8.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.28%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.64%) SCCM
4 1 (0.82%) Ansible
4 1 (0.82%) Control-M
4 1 (0.82%) Kibana
4 1 (0.82%) Red Hat Satellite
4 1 (0.82%) Terraform
4 1 (0.82%) WSUS
Vendors
1 45 (36.89%) Microsoft
2 16 (13.11%) Google
3 12 (9.84%) Sage
3 12 (9.84%) Xamarin
4 5 (4.10%) Zoho
5 4 (3.28%) Adobe
5 4 (3.28%) Apple
5 4 (3.28%) Atlassian
5 4 (3.28%) Samsung
6 3 (2.46%) VMware
7 2 (1.64%) Citrix
8 1 (0.82%) Cisco
8 1 (0.82%) Draytek
8 1 (0.82%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.82%) Logitech
8 1 (0.82%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.82%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.82%) Yealink