Support Engineer Jobs 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 5 July 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 71 92
Rank change year-on-year -7 +21 +35
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 125 238 179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.49% 3.31% 3.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.88% 3.50% 3.73%
Number of salaries quoted 106 211 154
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £38,500 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% +22.22% -3.08%
75th Percentile £45,500 £43,750 £35,906
90th Percentile £53,750 £47,500 £47,850
South East median annual salary £40,000 £35,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +9.38% -1.54%

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 3,219 6,799 4,800
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.77% 94.56% 89.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,436 4,533 3,036
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,816 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £38,790
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,250 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.50% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £64,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

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 5 July 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 5 July 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 +13 57 £42,000 +5.00% 43
Buckinghamshire -7 38 £40,000 +23.08% 25
Oxfordshire -1 30 £38,000 -9.52% 18
Support Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 5 July 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 54 (43.20%) Windows
2 49 (39.20%) Microsoft
3 48 (38.40%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (32.00%) Social Skills
5 39 (31.20%) Active Directory
6 30 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (22.40%) Azure
8 26 (20.80%) Customer Service
9 25 (20.00%) Mac OS
10 24 (19.20%) Microsoft Exchange
11 22 (17.60%) DNS
12 20 (16.00%) Windows 10
13 19 (15.20%) Linux
13 19 (15.20%) Microsoft Certification
14 18 (14.40%) DHCP
15 17 (13.60%) VPN
15 17 (13.60%) VMware
15 17 (13.60%) Security Cleared
15 17 (13.60%) VMware Infrastructure
16 15 (12.00%) Hyper-V
16 15 (12.00%) SharePoint
16 15 (12.00%) Windows Server
17 14 (11.20%) TCP/IP
17 14 (11.20%) SQL
18 13 (10.40%) Firewall
19 12 (9.60%) A+ Certification
19 12 (9.60%) MCP
19 12 (9.60%) Android
20 11 (8.80%) Cisco
20 11 (8.80%) Apple

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 24 (19.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (12.00%) SharePoint
3 6 (4.80%) IBM Domino
4 1 (0.80%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (7.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (3.20%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 48 (38.40%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (22.40%) Azure
3 7 (5.60%) AWS
3 7 (5.60%) Entra ID
4 6 (4.80%) GCP
4 6 (4.80%) SaaS
5 3 (2.40%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.60%) GitHub
6 2 (1.60%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.60%) IaaS
6 2 (1.60%) Mimecast
6 2 (1.60%) PaaS
7 1 (0.80%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 22 (17.60%) DNS
2 18 (14.40%) DHCP
3 17 (13.60%) VPN
4 14 (11.20%) TCP/IP
5 13 (10.40%) Firewall
6 8 (6.40%) VLAN
6 8 (6.40%) WAN
7 7 (5.60%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (4.80%) Cisco IOS
8 6 (4.80%) LAN
8 6 (4.80%) Remote Desktop
9 4 (3.20%) SAN
10 3 (2.40%) VoIP
10 3 (2.40%) Wireless
11 2 (1.60%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.20%) MySQL
2 4 (3.20%) Metabase
3 3 (2.40%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (0.80%) Git
1 1 (0.80%) JIRA
1 1 (0.80%) JUnit
1 1 (0.80%) Visual Studio
General
1 40 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (4.80%) Electronics
2 6 (4.80%) Manufacturing
3 3 (2.40%) Advertising
3 3 (2.40%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (1.60%) Finance
4 2 (1.60%) Public Sector
5 1 (0.80%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.80%) CSS
1 1 (0.80%) HTML
1 1 (0.80%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.00%) Driving Licence
2 7 (5.60%) Video Conferencing
3 6 (4.80%) Smart Home
4 5 (4.00%) Home Automation
4 5 (4.00%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.20%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.60%) Enterprise Cloud
6 2 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.60%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.80%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.80%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 54 (43.20%) Windows
2 25 (20.00%) Mac OS
3 20 (16.00%) Windows 10
4 19 (15.20%) Linux
5 15 (12.00%) Windows Server
6 12 (9.60%) Android
7 5 (4.00%) Apple iOS
8 4 (3.20%) Unix
8 4 (3.20%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (3.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (1.60%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (20.80%) Customer Service
3 9 (7.20%) Asset Management
3 9 (7.20%) Coaching
3 9 (7.20%) ITIL
4 8 (6.40%) User Experience
5 6 (4.80%) Change Management
5 6 (4.80%) Customer Experience
5 6 (4.80%) Customer-Centricity
5 6 (4.80%) Platform Engineering
5 6 (4.80%) Process Improvement
5 6 (4.80%) Service Delivery
6 5 (4.00%) CRM
6 5 (4.00%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (4.00%) ITSM
6 5 (4.00%) Project Delivery
7 4 (3.20%) Knowledge Transfer
7 4 (3.20%) Proactive Maintenance
7 4 (3.20%) Service Desk Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (11.20%) SQL
2 7 (5.60%) PL/SQL
2 7 (5.60%) Python
3 4 (3.20%) C++
4 2 (1.60%) Bash
4 2 (1.60%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.80%) Java
5 1 (0.80%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.80%) PHP
Qualifications
1 19 (15.20%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (13.60%) Security Cleared
3 12 (9.60%) A+ Certification
3 12 (9.60%) MCP
4 8 (6.40%) SC Cleared
5 7 (5.60%) Degree
6 4 (3.20%) Dell Certification
7 3 (2.40%) DBS Check
7 3 (2.40%) MCSA
8 1 (0.80%) CCNA
8 1 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.80%) MCITP
8 1 (0.80%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.20%) COSHH
2 4 (3.20%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (3.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 4 (3.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.40%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (31.20%) Active Directory
2 17 (13.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (12.00%) Hyper-V
4 6 (4.80%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.80%) Docker
5 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (7.20%) Microsoft Intune
1 9 (7.20%) SCCM
2 5 (4.00%) vCenter Server
3 2 (1.60%) SCOM
3 2 (1.60%) SCSM
3 2 (1.60%) Terraform
Vendors
1 49 (39.20%) Microsoft
2 17 (13.60%) VMware
3 11 (8.80%) Apple
3 11 (8.80%) Cisco
4 9 (7.20%) Sophos
5 7 (5.60%) Google
6 6 (4.80%) Palo Alto
7 5 (4.00%) Siemens
7 5 (4.00%) Ubiquiti
8 4 (3.20%) Dell
8 4 (3.20%) ServiceNow
9 3 (2.40%) SonicWALL
10 2 (1.60%) Citrix
11 1 (0.80%) Freshdesk
11 1 (0.80%) Meraki
11 1 (0.80%) Snow
11 1 (0.80%) SolarWinds