Technical Support Engineer Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Technical Support Engineer
North East > Tyne and Wear

The median Technical Support Engineer salary in Tyne and Wear is £38,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 December 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - 44
Rank change year-on-year - - +29
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support Engineer 32 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 4.05% - 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.27% - 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 32 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28,500 - £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 - £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +38.30%
75th Percentile £42,500 - £33,750
90th Percentile £44,000 - -
North East median annual salary £37,500 - £32,500
% change year-on-year - - +38.30%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Tyne and Wear

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. 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 Tyne and Wear with a recognized job title 750 715 356
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.82% 96.23% 98.07%
Number of salaries quoted 538 334 317
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,750 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,824 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.35% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,914 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,375 £87,125 £77,500
North East median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £49,250
% change year-on-year -10.00% +1.52% -1.50%

Technical Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Technical Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Technical Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Technical Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for Technical Support Engineer job vacancies in Tyne and Wear.

Salary distribution trend for Technical Support Engineer job vacancies in Tyne and Wear

Technical Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Support Engineer in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Technical Support Engineer in Tyne and Wear

Technical Support Engineer
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 24 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 17 £29,000 - 2
Gateshead - 10 £40,000 -
Technical Support Engineer
North East

Technical Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear

For the 6 months to 24 December 2025, Technical 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 Tyne and Wear region featuring Technical Support Engineer in the job title.

1 20 (62.50%) Customer Service
1 20 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 15 (46.88%) HNC
3 10 (31.25%) Active Directory
3 10 (31.25%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (31.25%) Azure
3 10 (31.25%) B2B
3 10 (31.25%) B2B Sales
3 10 (31.25%) Business Development
3 10 (31.25%) Cisco
3 10 (31.25%) Collaborative Working
3 10 (31.25%) Commercial Awareness
3 10 (31.25%) Customer Experience
3 10 (31.25%) Customer-Centricity
3 10 (31.25%) Data Entry
3 10 (31.25%) Firewall
3 10 (31.25%) FortiGate
3 10 (31.25%) Hyper-V
3 10 (31.25%) Mathematics
3 10 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (31.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (31.25%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (31.25%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (31.25%) SonicWALL
3 10 (31.25%) TCP/IP
3 10 (31.25%) Telesales
3 10 (31.25%) Veeam
3 10 (31.25%) VLAN
3 10 (31.25%) VMware
3 10 (31.25%) VMware Infrastructure

Technical Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 10 (31.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (31.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (31.25%) Azure
1 10 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (31.25%) Firewall
1 10 (31.25%) TCP/IP
1 10 (31.25%) VLAN
1 10 (31.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (31.25%) Amazon RDS
General
1 15 (46.88%) Social Skills
2 10 (31.25%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 10 (31.25%) Driving Licence
1 10 (31.25%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (62.50%) Customer Service
2 10 (31.25%) B2B
2 10 (31.25%) B2B Sales
2 10 (31.25%) Business Development
2 10 (31.25%) Collaborative Working
2 10 (31.25%) Commercial Awareness
2 10 (31.25%) Customer Experience
2 10 (31.25%) Customer-Centricity
2 10 (31.25%) Data Entry
2 10 (31.25%) Mathematics
2 10 (31.25%) Telesales
3 5 (15.63%) Collaborative Culture
3 5 (15.63%) Computer Science
3 5 (15.63%) Customer Engagement
Qualifications
1 15 (46.88%) HNC
System Software
1 10 (31.25%) Active Directory
1 10 (31.25%) Hyper-V
1 10 (31.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (31.25%) FortiGate
1 10 (31.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 20 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 10 (31.25%) Cisco
2 10 (31.25%) SonicWALL
2 10 (31.25%) Veeam
2 10 (31.25%) VMware
2 10 (31.25%) WatchGuard