Technical Support Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Technical Support Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Technical Support Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £50,000 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 147 194 230
Rank change year-on-year +47 +36 +21
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support Engineer 24 46 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.79% 0.68% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.97% 0.72% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 24 39 18
10th Percentile £34,000 - £29,000
25th Percentile £37,625 £24,000 £29,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% +38.46%
75th Percentile £50,625 £46,250 £46,000
90th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £46,250
South East median annual salary £42,000 £35,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -17.65% +30.77%

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% -

Technical Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Technical Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Support Engineer in the Thames Valley

Technical Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Support Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Technical Support Engineer in the Thames Valley

Technical Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Support Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Technical Support Engineer in the Thames Valley

Technical 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 Technical 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 +46 21 £50,000 +17.65% 5
Buckinghamshire +27 3 £50,000 +108.33% 5
Technical Support Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Technical 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 Technical Support Engineer in the job title.

1 16 (66.67%) Linux
2 15 (62.50%) SQL
3 11 (45.83%) MySQL
3 11 (45.83%) PL/SQL
4 9 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (37.50%) Microsoft
5 6 (25.00%) Windows
5 6 (25.00%) Mac OS
6 5 (20.83%) Hyper-V
6 5 (20.83%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (20.83%) Remote Desktop
6 5 (20.83%) Windows Server
6 5 (20.83%) Ubiquiti
6 5 (20.83%) vCenter Server
6 5 (20.83%) DNS
6 5 (20.83%) Active Directory
6 5 (20.83%) CRM
6 5 (20.83%) SharePoint
6 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (20.83%) DHCP
6 5 (20.83%) Firewall
6 5 (20.83%) VMware
6 5 (20.83%) Sophos
6 5 (20.83%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (16.67%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (16.67%) VPN
7 4 (16.67%) C++
7 4 (16.67%) MCP
7 4 (16.67%) Dell
7 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification

Technical 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 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (20.83%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 9 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.83%) DHCP
1 5 (20.83%) DNS
1 5 (20.83%) Firewall
1 5 (20.83%) Remote Desktop
2 4 (16.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (45.83%) MySQL
2 4 (16.67%) Metabase
General
1 4 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.33%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 16 (66.67%) Linux
2 6 (25.00%) Mac OS
2 6 (25.00%) Windows
3 5 (20.83%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.83%) CRM
2 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (4.17%) Asset Management
3 1 (4.17%) Coaching
3 1 (4.17%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (4.17%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (4.17%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 15 (62.50%) SQL
2 11 (45.83%) PL/SQL
3 4 (16.67%) C++
3 4 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) A+ Certification
1 4 (16.67%) Dell Certification
1 4 (16.67%) MCP
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) COSHH
System Software
1 5 (20.83%) Active Directory
1 5 (20.83%) Hyper-V
1 5 (20.83%) VMware ESXi
1 5 (20.83%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (20.83%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 9 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.83%) Sophos
2 5 (20.83%) Ubiquiti
2 5 (20.83%) VMware
3 4 (16.67%) Dell