Support Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Support Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Support Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2025.

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

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 60 92
Rank change year-on-year -20 +32 +24
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 97 259 202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.21% 3.85% 3.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.92% 4.06% 3.66%
Number of salaries quoted 79 237 178
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,500 £24,500
25th Percentile £29,500 £30,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,500 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year - +19.05% -3.08%
75th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £35,400
90th Percentile £53,000 £46,250 £46,000
South East median annual salary £35,000 £34,000 £31,500
% change year-on-year +2.94% +7.94% -3.08%

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 2,472 6,377 5,521
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 81.83% 94.68% 89.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,276 4,540 3,219
10th Percentile £29,375 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £39,625 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -7.41% -1.82%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £86,500
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 2 May 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 2 May 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 +2 47 £37,500 +8.70% 20
Oxfordshire +5 31 £32,500 -22.62% 16
Buckinghamshire -15 19 £50,000 +53.85% 11
Support Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 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 56 (57.73%) Windows
2 51 (52.58%) Microsoft
3 48 (49.48%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (43.30%) Social Skills
5 37 (38.14%) Active Directory
6 33 (34.02%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (30.93%) Azure
8 28 (28.87%) DNS
9 27 (27.84%) Customer Service
10 26 (26.80%) Microsoft Exchange
11 25 (25.77%) Microsoft Certification
12 24 (24.74%) DHCP
13 22 (22.68%) Mac OS
13 22 (22.68%) SQL
14 20 (20.62%) Linux
14 20 (20.62%) TCP/IP
14 20 (20.62%) Windows 10
15 17 (17.53%) VPN
15 17 (17.53%) SharePoint
16 16 (16.49%) MCP
16 16 (16.49%) VMware Infrastructure
16 16 (16.49%) VMware
17 15 (15.46%) A+ Certification
18 14 (14.43%) Hyper-V
19 13 (13.40%) Cisco
19 13 (13.40%) MySQL
20 12 (12.37%) Microsoft Office
20 12 (12.37%) Android
21 11 (11.34%) AWS
21 11 (11.34%) Google

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 26 (26.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (17.53%) SharePoint
3 6 (6.19%) IBM Domino
4 2 (2.06%) Confluence
5 1 (1.03%) Apache
5 1 (1.03%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (12.37%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (4.12%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 48 (49.48%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (30.93%) Azure
3 11 (11.34%) AWS
4 9 (9.28%) GCP
5 6 (6.19%) SaaS
6 3 (3.09%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (2.06%) GitHub
7 2 (2.06%) IaaS
7 2 (2.06%) Mimecast
7 2 (2.06%) PaaS
8 1 (1.03%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.03%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 28 (28.87%) DNS
2 24 (24.74%) DHCP
3 20 (20.62%) TCP/IP
4 17 (17.53%) VPN
5 10 (10.31%) Firewall
6 8 (8.25%) VLAN
6 8 (8.25%) WAN
7 7 (7.22%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (6.19%) Cisco IOS
8 6 (6.19%) LAN
8 6 (6.19%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (3.09%) Network Security
9 3 (3.09%) VoIP
10 2 (2.06%) SD-WAN
10 2 (2.06%) Wireless
11 1 (1.03%) Internet
11 1 (1.03%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (13.40%) MySQL
2 4 (4.12%) Metabase
3 3 (3.09%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (1.03%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (4.12%) JIRA
2 1 (1.03%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.03%) Git
2 1 (1.03%) Gradle
2 1 (1.03%) IntelliJ
2 1 (1.03%) JUnit
2 1 (1.03%) Visual Studio
General
1 42 (43.30%) Social Skills
2 3 (3.09%) Advertising
2 3 (3.09%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (3.09%) Finance
2 3 (3.09%) Manufacturing
3 2 (2.06%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.03%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.06%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.28%) Driving Licence
2 7 (7.22%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (5.15%) Onboarding
4 4 (4.12%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (2.06%) Enterprise Cloud
5 2 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.03%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 56 (57.73%) Windows
2 22 (22.68%) Mac OS
3 20 (20.62%) Linux
3 20 (20.62%) Windows 10
4 12 (12.37%) Android
5 8 (8.25%) Windows Server
6 6 (6.19%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (4.12%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (2.06%) Mac OS X
9 1 (1.03%) Apple iOS
9 1 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (34.02%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (27.84%) Customer Service
3 8 (8.25%) User Experience
4 7 (7.22%) Change Management
4 7 (7.22%) Customer Experience
5 6 (6.19%) Customer-Centricity
5 6 (6.19%) Platform Engineering
5 6 (6.19%) Process Improvement
5 6 (6.19%) Service Delivery
5 6 (6.19%) Service Desk Management
6 5 (5.15%) CRM
6 5 (5.15%) ITIL
6 5 (5.15%) ITSM
6 5 (5.15%) Project Delivery
7 4 (4.12%) Data Entry
7 4 (4.12%) Root Cause Analysis
8 3 (3.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (3.09%) Data Privacy
8 3 (3.09%) DevOps
8 3 (3.09%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (22.68%) SQL
2 11 (11.34%) PL/SQL
3 7 (7.22%) Python
4 4 (4.12%) C++
5 2 (2.06%) Bash
5 2 (2.06%) Java
5 2 (2.06%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 25 (25.77%) Microsoft Certification
2 16 (16.49%) MCP
3 15 (15.46%) A+ Certification
4 9 (9.28%) Security Cleared
5 8 (8.25%) SC Cleared
6 7 (7.22%) Degree
7 5 (5.15%) Dell Certification
8 3 (3.09%) CCNA
8 3 (3.09%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (3.09%) DBS Check
8 3 (3.09%) MCSA
9 2 (2.06%) MCSE
10 1 (1.03%) CCNP
10 1 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.03%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.06%) SLA
2 1 (1.03%) COSHH
System Software
1 37 (38.14%) Active Directory
2 16 (16.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (14.43%) Hyper-V
4 6 (6.19%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (3.09%) Docker
6 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.03%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (5.15%) vCenter Server
2 4 (4.12%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (3.09%) SCCM
4 2 (2.06%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.06%) SCOM
4 2 (2.06%) SCSM
4 2 (2.06%) Terraform
Vendors
1 51 (52.58%) Microsoft
2 16 (16.49%) VMware
3 13 (13.40%) Cisco
4 11 (11.34%) Google
5 6 (6.19%) Palo Alto
6 5 (5.15%) Apple
6 5 (5.15%) Dell
6 5 (5.15%) Sophos
6 5 (5.15%) Ubiquiti
7 3 (3.09%) SonicWALL
8 2 (2.06%) Citrix
8 2 (2.06%) ServiceNow
9 1 (1.03%) Aruba
9 1 (1.03%) Fortinet
9 1 (1.03%) Freshdesk
9 1 (1.03%) HP
9 1 (1.03%) Meraki
9 1 (1.03%) Snow
9 1 (1.03%) SolarWinds