Software Support Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Software Support Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Software Support Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £39,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 317 675 688
Rank change year-on-year +358 +13 +133
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Support Engineer 293 88 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.74% 0.12% 0.076%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.82% 0.13% 0.085%
Number of salaries quoted 83 68 26
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,000 £25,000
25th Percentile - £32,875 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £40,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.25% +23.08% +6.56%
75th Percentile - £51,250 £38,750
90th Percentile £43,750 - £42,500
UK median annual salary £39,500 £40,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year -1.25% +17.65% -11.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 35,759 67,300 52,885
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 94.85% 89.15%
Number of salaries quoted 18,598 47,582 30,032
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Software Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Software Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Software Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Software Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Support Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Software Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Software Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Support Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Software 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 Software Support Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 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
North of England +247 284 £39,500 -16.84% 3
North West +189 267 £39,500 +79.55% 1
Yorkshire +80 16 £26,500 -44.21%
Midlands +49 3 £42,500 +6.25% 2
East of England +43 3 £42,500 -10.53% 1
West Midlands - 3 £42,500 - 1
South West +96 1 £32,000 -14.67% 6
North East +44 1 £25,000 -47.37% 2
Wales +36 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
Software Support Engineer
UK

Software Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Software 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 UK excluding London region featuring Software Support Engineer in the job title.

1 262 (89.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 260 (88.74%) BPSS Clearance
3 167 (57.00%) Degree
4 133 (45.39%) Social Skills
5 114 (38.91%) Def Stans
5 114 (38.91%) IEC 61508
6 51 (17.41%) Management Information System
7 23 (7.85%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (7.51%) Analytical Skills
8 22 (7.51%) AWS
8 22 (7.51%) Microsoft
9 21 (7.17%) Analytical Thinking
10 17 (5.80%) Software Testing
11 16 (5.46%) Mathematics
11 16 (5.46%) Migration
11 16 (5.46%) CRM
11 16 (5.46%) SQL Server
11 16 (5.46%) Windows
11 16 (5.46%) Self-Motivation
11 16 (5.46%) Customer Service
11 16 (5.46%) Exploratory Testing
11 16 (5.46%) SaaS
11 16 (5.46%) Android
11 16 (5.46%) Zoho
11 16 (5.46%) Mobile App
11 16 (5.46%) Data Privacy
11 16 (5.46%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (2.39%) SQL
13 6 (2.05%) .NET
13 6 (2.05%) Java

Software Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 22 (7.51%) AWS
2 16 (5.46%) SaaS
3 6 (2.05%) Amazon ECS
3 6 (2.05%) AWS Lambda
3 6 (2.05%) Azure
3 6 (2.05%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.71%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.46%) SQL Server
General
1 133 (45.39%) Social Skills
2 22 (7.51%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (5.46%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (2.05%) Retail
5 1 (0.34%) Automotive
5 1 (0.34%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.05%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 51 (17.41%) Management Information System
2 16 (5.46%) Mobile App
2 16 (5.46%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (0.34%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.46%) Android
1 16 (5.46%) Windows
2 5 (1.71%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (89.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 23 (7.85%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (7.17%) Analytical Thinking
4 17 (5.80%) Software Testing
5 16 (5.46%) CRM
5 16 (5.46%) Customer Service
5 16 (5.46%) Data Privacy
5 16 (5.46%) Exploratory Testing
5 16 (5.46%) Mathematics
5 16 (5.46%) Migration
6 6 (2.05%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (2.05%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (1.71%) Incident Management
7 5 (1.71%) Mentoring
7 5 (1.71%) Telematics
7 5 (1.71%) Vehicle Telematics
8 2 (0.68%) Computer Science
9 1 (0.34%) OOD
9 1 (0.34%) Software Engineering
9 1 (0.34%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.39%) SQL
2 6 (2.05%) Java
2 6 (2.05%) Python
3 1 (0.34%) C#
3 1 (0.34%) C++
Qualifications
1 260 (88.74%) BPSS Clearance
2 167 (57.00%) Degree
3 1 (0.34%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.34%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (38.91%) Def Stans
1 114 (38.91%) IEC 61508
2 6 (2.05%) PCI DSS
2 6 (2.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 22 (7.51%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.46%) Zoho