Support Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Support Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Support Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 June 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 79 129
Rank change year-on-year -7 +50 +58
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 1,286 2,305 1,572
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.24% 3.02% 2.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.58% 3.18% 3.13%
Number of salaries quoted 805 2,081 1,222
10th Percentile £26,000 £24,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,250 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £32,500 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +1.56% +1.59%
75th Percentile £43,750 £40,000 £38,000
90th Percentile £57,800 £50,000 £47,400
UK median annual salary £37,750 £32,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year +16.15% -2.99% -1.47%

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 35,887 72,585 50,151
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.28% 95.01% 88.92%
Number of salaries quoted 18,187 51,011 29,579
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,890 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.78% -6.54% +6.37%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

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 Support Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 June 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 +19 450 £39,250 +30.83% 240
North West +61 358 £39,500 +41.07% 128
South East -11 343 £40,000 +15.94% 347
Midlands -19 219 £37,500 +25.00% 213
East of England -19 126 £37,500 +17.19% 141
West Midlands -5 124 £40,000 +31.15% 106
South West -24 105 £32,000 -1.54% 150
East Midlands -24 95 £37,500 +25.00% 97
Yorkshire -15 81 £30,500 -5.43% 82
Scotland +56 30 £30,000 +5.26% 55
Wales -2 11 £22,500 -19.34% 38
North East -7 11 £29,500 -9.23% 32
Northern Ireland +11 3 £55,000 +57.14% 14
Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 June 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 UK excluding London region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 553 (43.00%) Social Skills
2 478 (37.17%) Windows
3 472 (36.70%) Microsoft
4 413 (32.12%) Degree
5 339 (26.36%) Problem-Solving
6 334 (25.97%) Active Directory
7 311 (24.18%) Microsoft 365
8 272 (21.15%) BPSS Clearance
9 269 (20.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 242 (18.82%) Azure
11 200 (15.55%) Customer Service
12 162 (12.60%) Windows Server
13 160 (12.44%) Driving Licence
13 160 (12.44%) Firewall
14 140 (10.89%) VMware
15 139 (10.81%) Microsoft Exchange
16 134 (10.42%) Linux
17 129 (10.03%) Cisco
18 122 (9.49%) VMware Infrastructure
19 120 (9.33%) ITIL
20 114 (8.86%) IEC 61508
20 114 (8.86%) Def Stans
21 109 (8.48%) Security Cleared
22 108 (8.40%) WAN
23 103 (8.01%) DNS
23 103 (8.01%) PowerShell
24 100 (7.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
25 98 (7.62%) Microsoft Intune
25 98 (7.62%) LAN
26 94 (7.31%) SQL

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:

Application Platforms
1 139 (10.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 81 (6.30%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.09%) IIS
4 12 (0.93%) Confluence
5 7 (0.54%) IBM Domino
6 4 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (0.31%) Office Communications Server
6 4 (0.31%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2007
7 3 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.16%) JOnAS
9 1 (0.078%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.078%) CMS
9 1 (0.078%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.078%) Umbraco
Applications
1 72 (5.60%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (1.17%) AutoCAD
4 11 (0.86%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.39%) Autodesk Inventor
5 5 (0.39%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.39%) SOLIDWORKS
6 2 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.078%) Weka
Business Applications
1 9 (0.70%) Oracle Applications
1 9 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
2 8 (0.62%) Teamcenter
3 4 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.078%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 311 (24.18%) Microsoft 365
2 242 (18.82%) Azure
3 80 (6.22%) AWS
4 57 (4.43%) Entra ID
5 42 (3.27%) SaaS
6 30 (2.33%) Power Platform
7 19 (1.48%) OneDrive
8 18 (1.40%) GCP
9 14 (1.09%) Power Automate
10 11 (0.86%) Serverless
11 10 (0.78%) Amazon ECS
11 10 (0.78%) AWS Lambda
11 10 (0.78%) Mimecast
12 9 (0.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 8 (0.62%) Amazon EC2
13 8 (0.62%) Amazon ELB
13 8 (0.62%) Amazon Glacier
13 8 (0.62%) AWS KMS
13 8 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
13 8 (0.62%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 160 (12.44%) Firewall
2 108 (8.40%) WAN
3 103 (8.01%) DNS
4 98 (7.62%) LAN
5 81 (6.30%) DHCP
6 66 (5.13%) Broadband
7 63 (4.90%) VPN
8 55 (4.28%) SAN
9 45 (3.50%) TCP/IP
10 44 (3.42%) VLAN
11 40 (3.11%) Internet
12 36 (2.80%) Network Security
13 35 (2.72%) NAS
14 34 (2.64%) Wi-Fi
15 29 (2.26%) WLAN
16 26 (2.02%) Remote Desktop
17 21 (1.63%) SD-WAN
17 21 (1.63%) VSAT
18 20 (1.56%) VoIP
19 16 (1.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (4.20%) SQL Server
2 26 (2.02%) Power BI
3 18 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
4 15 (1.17%) MySQL
5 8 (0.62%) DB2
6 4 (0.31%) Metabase
6 4 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.16%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (0.16%) Big Data
8 2 (0.16%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.078%) Apache Hive
9 1 (0.078%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.078%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.078%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.078%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 38 (2.95%) JIRA
2 10 (0.78%) Git
2 10 (0.78%) Jenkins
3 8 (0.62%) Vagrant
4 7 (0.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.16%) JUnit
5 2 (0.16%) LabVIEW
5 2 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.078%) ClearCase
6 1 (0.078%) ClearQuest
6 1 (0.078%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.078%) Visual Studio
General
1 553 (43.00%) Social Skills
2 57 (4.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 55 (4.28%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (4.12%) Manufacturing
5 42 (3.27%) Finance
5 42 (3.27%) Telecoms
6 35 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
7 31 (2.41%) Retail
8 29 (2.26%) Public Sector
9 18 (1.40%) Electronics
9 18 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
10 14 (1.09%) Advertising
11 11 (0.86%) Aerospace
11 11 (0.86%) Automotive
12 10 (0.78%) Legal
12 10 (0.78%) Marketing
13 9 (0.70%) Law
14 8 (0.62%) Local Government
15 7 (0.54%) Back Office
16 6 (0.47%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.01%) .NET
2 11 (0.86%) Middleware
3 9 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (0.39%) Spring
5 4 (0.31%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.23%) EDI
6 3 (0.23%) HTML
6 3 (0.23%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.16%) 802.1X
7 2 (0.16%) React
7 2 (0.16%) Software Packaging
7 2 (0.16%) XML
8 1 (0.078%) Entity Framework
8 1 (0.078%) jQuery
8 1 (0.078%) Kafka
8 1 (0.078%) KnockoutJS
8 1 (0.078%) Razor View Engine
8 1 (0.078%) ServiceStack
8 1 (0.078%) WCF
8 1 (0.078%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 160 (12.44%) Driving Licence
2 67 (5.21%) Management Information System
3 42 (3.27%) Onboarding
3 42 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
4 27 (2.10%) Data Centre
5 26 (2.02%) Clustering
6 20 (1.56%) Replication
7 18 (1.40%) Mobile App
8 16 (1.24%) Satnav
9 14 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
10 10 (0.78%) Linux Command Line
11 8 (0.62%) PKI
11 8 (0.62%) Social Media
12 7 (0.54%) Life Science
12 7 (0.54%) Renewable Energy
13 6 (0.47%) EPoS
13 6 (0.47%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (0.47%) Private Cloud
14 5 (0.39%) Blackberry
14 5 (0.39%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 478 (37.17%) Windows
2 162 (12.60%) Windows Server
3 134 (10.42%) Linux
4 85 (6.61%) Windows 10
5 79 (6.14%) Windows Server 2012
6 59 (4.59%) Mac OS
7 41 (3.19%) Android
8 40 (3.11%) Windows Server 2016
9 35 (2.72%) Windows Server 2019
10 17 (1.32%) VMS
11 16 (1.24%) Apple iOS
12 12 (0.93%) Windows 7
13 5 (0.39%) Windows Server 2003
14 4 (0.31%) Unix
14 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
15 2 (0.16%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.078%) AIX
16 1 (0.078%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (26.36%) Problem-Solving
2 269 (20.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 200 (15.55%) Customer Service
4 120 (9.33%) ITIL
5 100 (7.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 89 (6.92%) Mentoring
7 82 (6.38%) Proactive Monitoring
8 78 (6.07%) Continuous Improvement
9 71 (5.52%) Coaching
10 68 (5.29%) Proactive Maintenance
11 67 (5.21%) CRM
12 65 (5.05%) Broadcast Engineering
12 65 (5.05%) Post-Production
12 65 (5.05%) Procure-to-Pay
13 64 (4.98%) Computer Science
14 46 (3.58%) High Availability
15 44 (3.42%) Asset Management
15 44 (3.42%) Incident Management
16 43 (3.34%) Kalman Filter
17 42 (3.27%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 103 (8.01%) PowerShell
2 94 (7.31%) SQL
3 41 (3.19%) Python
4 23 (1.79%) Java
5 14 (1.09%) PL/SQL
6 12 (0.93%) Bash
7 9 (0.70%) Shell Script
7 9 (0.70%) T-SQL
8 7 (0.54%) Groovy
9 5 (0.39%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.31%) C++
11 3 (0.23%) C#
11 3 (0.23%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.23%) Perl
11 3 (0.23%) R
12 2 (0.16%) VB
13 1 (0.078%) Go
13 1 (0.078%) Progress 4GL
13 1 (0.078%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 413 (32.12%) Degree
2 272 (21.15%) BPSS Clearance
3 109 (8.48%) Security Cleared
4 90 (7.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 83 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
6 76 (5.91%) CCNA
6 76 (5.91%) SC Cleared
7 58 (4.51%) MCP
8 45 (3.50%) HND
9 44 (3.42%) A+ Certification
10 42 (3.27%) MCSE
11 41 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
12 38 (2.95%) CCNP
13 37 (2.88%) DV Cleared
14 30 (2.33%) HNC
15 28 (2.18%) JNCIA
15 28 (2.18%) LPIC
16 26 (2.02%) DBS Check
17 21 (1.63%) MCSA
18 7 (0.54%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (8.86%) Def Stans
1 114 (8.86%) IEC 61508
2 36 (2.80%) SLA
3 11 (0.86%) GDPR
4 10 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (0.78%) PCI DSS
4 10 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.39%) COSHH
7 2 (0.16%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.16%) ISO 9000
8 1 (0.078%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.078%) NIST
8 1 (0.078%) QA
System Software
1 334 (25.97%) Active Directory
2 122 (9.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 87 (6.77%) Hyper-V
4 20 (1.56%) vSphere
5 19 (1.48%) VMware ESXi
6 18 (1.40%) Docker
7 16 (1.24%) XenApp
8 13 (1.01%) Terminal Services
8 13 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (0.62%) BitLocker
10 7 (0.54%) DFS Replication
10 7 (0.54%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (0.31%) ISA Server
11 4 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
12 3 (0.23%) Firmware
13 2 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.078%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 98 (7.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (1.79%) Ansible
2 23 (1.79%) Kubernetes
3 20 (1.56%) SCCM
4 18 (1.40%) vCenter Server
5 15 (1.17%) Grafana
6 14 (1.09%) Terraform
7 13 (1.01%) Prometheus
7 13 (1.01%) Puppet
7 13 (1.01%) vMotion
8 7 (0.54%) Backup Exec
8 7 (0.54%) Nagios
8 7 (0.54%) Proxmox
9 6 (0.47%) PowerCLI
9 6 (0.47%) vRealize
10 5 (0.39%) FortiGate
10 5 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (0.39%) SmoothWall
11 4 (0.31%) Autotask
12 3 (0.23%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 472 (36.70%) Microsoft
2 140 (10.89%) VMware
3 129 (10.03%) Cisco
4 65 (5.05%) Sun
5 46 (3.58%) Citrix
6 41 (3.19%) Meraki
7 40 (3.11%) Siemens
8 38 (2.95%) HP
9 31 (2.41%) ServiceNow
10 29 (2.26%) Google
11 27 (2.10%) Juniper
12 26 (2.02%) SAP
13 24 (1.87%) SonicWALL
14 21 (1.63%) CheckPoint
14 21 (1.63%) Dell
15 20 (1.56%) Oracle
15 20 (1.56%) Salesforce
15 20 (1.56%) Veeam
16 18 (1.40%) Zoho
17 17 (1.32%) Apple