Senior Support Engineer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Senior Support Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Support Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 448 570 489
Rank change year-on-year +122 -81 +179
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Support Engineer 69 10 62
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.027% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.029% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 58 4 57
10th Percentile £34,000 £32,700 £36,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £43,875 £72,433
90th Percentile - £49,050 -
UK median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 37,897 34,703 29,304
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 93.14% 95.30%
Number of salaries quoted 22,949 17,250 22,189
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Senior Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Senior Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Senior Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Senior Support Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Support Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Senior Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Support Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior Support Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Support Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
South East +58 32 £60,000 +20.00% 2
South West +23 19 £41,928 - 1
East of England - 10 £43,085 - 3
North West +28 4 £36,000 - 2
North of England +26 4 £36,000 -10.00% 2
Scotland +10 2 £34,000 -
Midlands - 1 - - 2
Wales - 1 £45,000 -
West Midlands - 1 - - 2
Senior Support Engineer
UK

Senior Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, Senior 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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior Support Engineer in the job title.

1 38 (55.07%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (49.28%) Windows
3 32 (46.38%) Azure
4 31 (44.93%) Microsoft
4 31 (44.93%) SQL
5 27 (39.13%) PowerShell
6 22 (31.88%) Linux
7 21 (30.43%) C#
7 21 (30.43%) Windows Server
8 19 (27.54%) Microsoft 365
8 19 (27.54%) Root Cause Analysis
9 18 (26.09%) VLAN
10 17 (24.64%) Active Directory
10 17 (24.64%) Cloud Operations
10 17 (24.64%) Data Analysis
10 17 (24.64%) REST
10 17 (24.64%) Security Cleared
10 17 (24.64%) SOA
10 17 (24.64%) SOAP
10 17 (24.64%) Task Automation
11 16 (23.19%) Degree
12 15 (21.74%) Firewall
13 13 (18.84%) DHCP
13 13 (18.84%) DNS
14 12 (17.39%) IIS
14 12 (17.39%) ITIL
14 12 (17.39%) Microsoft Intune
15 11 (15.94%) SQL Server
16 10 (14.49%) Apple
16 10 (14.49%) VMware

Senior Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 12 (17.39%) IIS
2 5 (7.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (5.80%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (1.45%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (5.80%) NEC Housing
2 1 (1.45%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 32 (46.38%) Azure
2 19 (27.54%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (13.04%) AWS
4 6 (8.70%) SaaS
5 5 (7.25%) IaaS
5 5 (7.25%) PaaS
6 4 (5.80%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.90%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.45%) Datadog
8 1 (1.45%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 18 (26.09%) VLAN
2 15 (21.74%) Firewall
3 13 (18.84%) DHCP
3 13 (18.84%) DNS
4 10 (14.49%) Wireless
5 9 (13.04%) VPN
6 6 (8.70%) VoIP
6 6 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (7.25%) Cisco IOS
7 5 (7.25%) IPsec
7 5 (7.25%) PuTTY
7 5 (7.25%) SSH
8 4 (5.80%) LAN
9 3 (4.35%) SAN
9 3 (4.35%) TCP/IP
10 2 (2.90%) WAN
11 1 (1.45%) Internet
11 1 (1.45%) Network Security
11 1 (1.45%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (1.45%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (15.94%) SQL Server
2 7 (10.14%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (5.80%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (5.80%) MS Access
3 4 (5.80%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 8 (11.59%) JIRA
2 4 (5.80%) Toad
General
1 51 (73.91%) Social Skills
2 8 (11.59%) Presentation Skills
2 8 (11.59%) Public Sector
3 5 (7.25%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (5.80%) Electronics
4 4 (5.80%) Finance
4 4 (5.80%) Local Government
4 4 (5.80%) Manufacturing
4 4 (5.80%) Marketing
4 4 (5.80%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.45%) Law
5 1 (1.45%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (24.64%) REST
1 17 (24.64%) SOAP
2 4 (5.80%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.59%) Satnav
2 5 (7.25%) Clustering
3 4 (5.80%) Driving Licence
3 4 (5.80%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (4.35%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.45%) iPad
5 1 (1.45%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 34 (49.28%) Windows
2 22 (31.88%) Linux
3 21 (30.43%) Windows Server
4 6 (8.70%) Mac OS
5 5 (7.25%) VMS
6 4 (5.80%) Unix
6 4 (5.80%) Windows 10
7 2 (2.90%) Apple iOS
7 2 (2.90%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (2.90%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (2.90%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (1.45%) Android
8 1 (1.45%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.45%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (55.07%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (27.54%) Root Cause Analysis
3 17 (24.64%) Cloud Operations
3 17 (24.64%) Data Analysis
3 17 (24.64%) SOA
3 17 (24.64%) Task Automation
4 12 (17.39%) ITIL
5 9 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (13.04%) Migration
6 8 (11.59%) B2B
6 8 (11.59%) CRM
6 8 (11.59%) Scenario Testing
6 8 (11.59%) Test Automation
7 6 (8.70%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (8.70%) IT Strategy
7 6 (8.70%) Mentoring
7 6 (8.70%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 5 (7.25%) Coaching
8 5 (7.25%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (44.93%) SQL
2 27 (39.13%) PowerShell
3 21 (30.43%) C#
4 5 (7.25%) DCL
4 5 (7.25%) Tcl
5 4 (5.80%) C++
5 4 (5.80%) Shell Script
5 4 (5.80%) VB
6 1 (1.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (24.64%) Security Cleared
2 16 (23.19%) Degree
3 9 (13.04%) HND
4 5 (7.25%) ACMT
4 5 (7.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 4 (5.80%) DBS Check
6 2 (2.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (2.90%) MCP
6 2 (2.90%) MCSA
6 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.45%) HNC
7 1 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.25%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.45%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (24.64%) Active Directory
2 9 (13.04%) Hyper-V
3 8 (11.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (7.25%) Docker
4 5 (7.25%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (2.90%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (17.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (8.70%) Autotask
2 6 (8.70%) Kubernetes
3 5 (7.25%) vCenter Server
4 3 (4.35%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (2.90%) FortiGate
5 2 (2.90%) SCCM
Vendors
1 31 (44.93%) Microsoft
2 10 (14.49%) Apple
2 10 (14.49%) VMware
3 9 (13.04%) Oracle
4 8 (11.59%) Salesforce
4 8 (11.59%) SAP
5 7 (10.14%) Cisco
5 7 (10.14%) Veeam
6 5 (7.25%) Datto
6 5 (7.25%) Sophos
7 4 (5.80%) NEC
8 2 (2.90%) Google
8 2 (2.90%) SonicWALL
8 2 (2.90%) WatchGuard
9 1 (1.45%) ESET
9 1 (1.45%) Fortinet
9 1 (1.45%) Remedy
9 1 (1.45%) ServiceNow