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 30 August 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 98 88
Rank change year-on-year +50 -10 -24
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 197 120 134
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.83% 3.08% 2.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.98% 3.38% 2.80%
Number of salaries quoted 178 104 113
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,400 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,250 £34,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.65%
75th Percentile £46,938 £45,125 £43,750
90th Percentile £50,000 £54,250 £56,525
South East median annual salary £38,500 £40,000 £36,750
% change year-on-year -3.75% +8.84% +13.08%

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 6,609 3,554 4,785
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.04% 91.34% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 4,674 1,624 2,895
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £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 30 August 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 30 August 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 +17 83 £40,000 - 9
Berkshire +26 58 £41,250 - 8
Oxfordshire +8 56 £38,500 -3.75% 4
Support Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 30 August 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 78 (39.59%) Windows
2 65 (32.99%) Microsoft
3 51 (25.89%) Microsoft 365
4 46 (23.35%) Azure
5 43 (21.83%) Problem-Solving
6 40 (20.30%) Degree
7 35 (17.77%) Customer Service
8 34 (17.26%) Active Directory
9 29 (14.72%) Windows Server
10 28 (14.21%) DBS Check
11 26 (13.20%) DNS
11 26 (13.20%) Entra ID
11 26 (13.20%) Firewall
11 26 (13.20%) SharePoint
12 25 (12.69%) Wi-Fi
13 23 (11.68%) Microsoft Exchange
13 23 (11.68%) Microsoft Intune
14 22 (11.17%) Continuous Improvement
14 22 (11.17%) DHCP
14 22 (11.17%) Mac OS
14 22 (11.17%) VLAN
14 22 (11.17%) VMware
15 20 (10.15%) Project Delivery
16 19 (9.64%) Cybersecurity
16 19 (9.64%) ITIL
16 19 (9.64%) PowerShell
17 18 (9.14%) VMware Infrastructure
17 18 (9.14%) VPN
18 16 (8.12%) Root Cause Analysis
18 16 (8.12%) SaaS

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 26 (13.20%) SharePoint
2 23 (11.68%) 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 7 (3.55%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.51%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 51 (25.89%) Microsoft 365
2 46 (23.35%) Azure
3 26 (13.20%) Entra ID
4 16 (8.12%) SaaS
5 14 (7.11%) Google Workspace
6 12 (6.09%) 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%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.02%) GitHub
10 2 (1.02%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 26 (13.20%) DNS
1 26 (13.20%) Firewall
2 25 (12.69%) Wi-Fi
3 22 (11.17%) DHCP
3 22 (11.17%) VLAN
4 18 (9.14%) VPN
5 14 (7.11%) SSL
5 14 (7.11%) VoIP
6 10 (5.08%) TCP/IP
7 6 (3.05%) 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 13 (6.60%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (2.54%) Relational Database
3 4 (2.03%) RDBMS
4 3 (1.52%) Power BI
5 1 (0.51%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (4.57%) JIRA
2 5 (2.54%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.54%) JUnit
3 4 (2.03%) JMeter
3 4 (2.03%) Mockito
4 3 (1.52%) Git
5 2 (1.02%) GitLab
6 1 (0.51%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.51%) Postman
6 1 (0.51%) SoapUI
General
1 58 (29.44%) Social Skills
2 13 (6.60%) Electronics
3 6 (3.05%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (2.54%) Retail
5 4 (2.03%) Law
5 4 (2.03%) Public Sector
6 3 (1.52%) Advertising
6 3 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (1.52%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.51%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.08%) .NET
2 7 (3.55%) Web Services
3 6 (3.05%) REST
4 5 (2.54%) Apache Camel
4 5 (2.54%) HTML
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%) jQuery
5 4 (2.03%) JSON
5 4 (2.03%) WireMock
5 4 (2.03%) XML
6 3 (1.52%) Node.js
7 2 (1.02%) React
7 2 (1.02%) SOAP
8 1 (0.51%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.51%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.51%) CSS
8 1 (0.51%) Jakarta EE
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.14%) Driving Licence
2 13 (6.60%) Onboarding
3 9 (4.57%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (4.06%) Smart Home
5 5 (2.54%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.52%) CCTV
7 3 (1.52%) Replication
8 2 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.02%) NHS
8 2 (1.02%) Robotics
9 1 (0.51%) Augmented Reality
9 1 (0.51%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 78 (39.59%) Windows
2 29 (14.72%) Windows Server
3 22 (11.17%) Mac OS
4 14 (7.11%) Linux
5 11 (5.58%) Windows 10
6 10 (5.08%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (2.54%) Ubuntu
8 3 (1.52%) Rocky
9 2 (1.02%) Debian
9 2 (1.02%) Robot Operating System
10 1 (0.51%) Android
10 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.51%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (21.83%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (17.77%) Customer Service
3 22 (11.17%) Continuous Improvement
4 20 (10.15%) Project Delivery
5 19 (9.64%) Cybersecurity
5 19 (9.64%) ITIL
6 16 (8.12%) Root Cause Analysis
7 14 (7.11%) Disaster Recovery
7 14 (7.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 14 (7.11%) Kalman Filter
8 12 (6.09%) Resource Management
9 11 (5.58%) Data Privacy
9 11 (5.58%) Mobile Device Management
10 10 (5.08%) Software Engineering
11 9 (4.57%) Proactive Monitoring
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%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 19 (9.64%) PowerShell
2 14 (7.11%) SQL
3 10 (5.08%) C#
4 8 (4.06%) T-SQL
5 6 (3.05%) Python
6 5 (2.54%) Java
6 5 (2.54%) JavaScript
6 5 (2.54%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.02%) Bash
7 2 (1.02%) Ladder Logic
8 1 (0.51%) Korn
8 1 (0.51%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 40 (20.30%) 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
7 4 (2.03%) HND
8 2 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.51%) City & Guilds
9 1 (0.51%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.61%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (5.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 5 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.03%) GDPR
4 4 (2.03%) SLA
5 3 (1.52%) QA
System Software
1 34 (17.26%) Active Directory
2 18 (9.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (7.11%) Hyper-V
4 7 (3.55%) 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 23 (11.68%) 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 65 (32.99%) Microsoft
2 22 (11.17%) VMware
3 14 (7.11%) Google
3 14 (7.11%) Veeam
4 13 (6.60%) Apple
5 12 (6.09%) Cisco
5 12 (6.09%) Datto
6 11 (5.58%) SonicWALL
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%) Dell
10 2 (1.02%) Meraki
10 2 (1.02%) NVIDIA
11 1 (0.51%) ConnectWise
11 1 (0.51%) Oracle