Technical Support Engineer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Technical Support Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Technical Support Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 October 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 228 151 434
Rank change year-on-year -77 +283 +44
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support Engineer 651 735 194
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.75% 2.13% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.81% 2.38% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 491 573 127
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £25,700
25th Percentile £35,250 £31,000 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -1.41%
75th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,125
90th Percentile £48,000 £50,000 £51,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £36,000 £35,250
% change year-on-year +11.11% +2.13% -6.00%

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 80,228 30,943 48,641
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.60% 89.58% 95.39%
Number of salaries quoted 55,266 17,424 26,767
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% -8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £58,015 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.44% -2.73% -8.33%

Technical Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Technical Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Technical Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Technical Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Support Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Technical 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 Technical Support Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 October 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 -84 159 £42,500 +9.68% 19
Midlands -68 151 £40,000 +6.67% 9
North of England -37 142 £37,440 +13.45% 14
West Midlands -62 99 £42,000 +12.00% 5
East of England -37 77 £37,500 +7.14% 13
South West -86 67 £40,000 +25.00% 4
North West -4 64 £39,970 +22.05% 7
Yorkshire -15 54 £35,000 +14.75% 5
East Midlands -51 52 £40,000 +6.67% 4
Scotland +19 33 £30,000 -6.25% 2
North East -83 24 £40,000 +6.67% 3
Northern Ireland -56 20 £45,000 +50.00% 2
Wales -75 2 £35,000 +7.69%
Technical Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 October 2026, 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 UK excluding London region featuring Technical Support Engineer in the job title.

1 225 (34.56%) Problem-Solving
2 101 (15.51%) Continuous Improvement
3 99 (15.21%) Customer Service
4 92 (14.13%) Degree
5 74 (11.37%) Microsoft
6 58 (8.91%) Microsoft Office
7 47 (7.22%) Customer Experience
8 46 (7.07%) HNC
8 46 (7.07%) Root Cause Analysis
9 41 (6.30%) Windows
10 35 (5.38%) Entra ID
11 32 (4.92%) HND
12 31 (4.76%) Validation
13 29 (4.45%) Firewall
14 28 (4.30%) Microsoft 365
15 27 (4.15%) Active Directory
15 27 (4.15%) Wireless
16 23 (3.53%) CRM
16 23 (3.53%) Presales
17 22 (3.38%) Cybersecurity
18 21 (3.23%) Azure
18 21 (3.23%) VPN
19 19 (2.92%) Decision-Making
19 19 (2.92%) IIS
19 19 (2.92%) Technical Leadership
19 19 (2.92%) WAN
20 18 (2.76%) Commercial Awareness
20 18 (2.76%) Ladder Logic
20 18 (2.76%) Project Delivery
21 17 (2.61%) Business Development

Technical 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 19 (2.92%) IIS
2 10 (1.54%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.77%) Apache
4 5 (0.77%) nginx
Applications
1 58 (8.91%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.61%) Solid Edge
3 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.46%) Odoo
2 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 35 (5.38%) Entra ID
2 28 (4.30%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (3.23%) Azure
4 6 (0.92%) AWS
5 5 (0.77%) Microsoft Copilot
5 5 (0.77%) OneDrive
5 5 (0.77%) Power Automate
6 3 (0.46%) GitHub
6 3 (0.46%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (0.46%) SaaS
7 2 (0.31%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (4.45%) Firewall
2 27 (4.15%) Wireless
3 21 (3.23%) VPN
4 19 (2.92%) WAN
5 17 (2.61%) LAN
6 16 (2.46%) VoIP
7 15 (2.30%) Remote Desktop
8 14 (2.15%) DNS
9 12 (1.84%) MPLS
9 12 (1.84%) TCP/IP
10 10 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (1.38%) DHCP
12 5 (0.77%) Bluetooth
12 5 (0.77%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (0.77%) Unified Communications
13 4 (0.61%) Ethernet
13 4 (0.61%) HTTP
13 4 (0.61%) Network Security
13 4 (0.61%) SSL
14 2 (0.31%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.61%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 3 (0.46%) Git
1 3 (0.46%) GitLab
2 1 (0.15%) Browser DevTools
General
1 186 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 70 (10.75%) Manufacturing
3 40 (6.14%) Electronics
4 32 (4.92%) Marketing
5 30 (4.61%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (3.99%) Organisational Skills
7 21 (3.23%) Advertising
7 21 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
7 21 (3.23%) Telecoms
8 13 (2.00%) Agriculture
9 11 (1.69%) Retail
10 10 (1.54%) Finance
11 9 (1.38%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.08%) Games
13 6 (0.92%) German Language
13 6 (0.92%) Legal
14 5 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.46%) Automotive
15 3 (0.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.61%) COM
1 4 (0.61%) DCOM
1 4 (0.61%) LDAP
1 4 (0.61%) Middleware
2 3 (0.46%) Node.js
2 3 (0.46%) React
3 1 (0.15%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 104 (15.98%) Driving Licence
2 44 (6.76%) Renewable Energy
3 22 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (2.46%) Data Centre
5 11 (1.69%) Video Conferencing
6 10 (1.54%) Acoustics
6 10 (1.54%) IoT
7 8 (1.23%) Mobile App
7 8 (1.23%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.08%) CCTV
9 6 (0.92%) Smart Home
10 5 (0.77%) Algorithms
10 5 (0.77%) Housing Association
10 5 (0.77%) SCADA
10 5 (0.77%) Social Media
11 4 (0.61%) Management Information System
11 4 (0.61%) PKI
11 4 (0.61%) Smartcard
12 3 (0.46%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (0.46%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 41 (6.30%) Windows
2 15 (2.30%) Linux
3 12 (1.84%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.23%) Ubuntu
5 5 (0.77%) Android
6 3 (0.46%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.46%) Debian
6 3 (0.46%) macOS
6 3 (0.46%) Robot Operating System
7 2 (0.31%) VMS
8 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 225 (34.56%) Problem-Solving
2 101 (15.51%) Continuous Improvement
3 99 (15.21%) Customer Service
4 47 (7.22%) Customer Experience
5 46 (7.07%) Root Cause Analysis
6 31 (4.76%) Validation
7 23 (3.53%) CRM
7 23 (3.53%) Presales
8 22 (3.38%) Cybersecurity
9 19 (2.92%) Decision-Making
9 19 (2.92%) Technical Leadership
10 18 (2.76%) Commercial Awareness
10 18 (2.76%) Project Delivery
11 17 (2.61%) Business Development
11 17 (2.61%) Mathematics
12 15 (2.30%) B2B
12 15 (2.30%) B2B Sales
12 15 (2.30%) Data Entry
12 15 (2.30%) Process Improvement
12 15 (2.30%) Telesales
Programming Languages
1 18 (2.76%) Ladder Logic
2 17 (2.61%) SQL
3 7 (1.08%) PowerShell
4 5 (0.77%) Assembly Language
5 3 (0.46%) Bash
5 3 (0.46%) Python
Qualifications
1 92 (14.13%) Degree
2 46 (7.07%) HNC
3 32 (4.92%) HND
4 5 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (0.77%) Security Cleared
5 4 (0.61%) NVQ Level 3
6 3 (0.46%) PMP
7 1 (0.15%) NVQ Level 4
7 1 (0.15%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.23%) ISO 9001
2 7 (1.08%) GDPR
2 7 (1.08%) GMP
3 6 (0.92%) SLA
4 3 (0.46%) NEBOSH
4 3 (0.46%) QA
5 2 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 27 (4.15%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.92%) Firmware
3 6 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.46%) Docker
4 3 (0.46%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (0.31%) MaaS360
1 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 74 (11.37%) Microsoft
2 12 (1.84%) Fortinet
2 12 (1.84%) Meraki
3 9 (1.38%) VMware
4 6 (0.92%) Cisco
5 5 (0.77%) Apple
5 5 (0.77%) Citrix
5 5 (0.77%) Salesforce
5 5 (0.77%) SonicWALL
6 4 (0.61%) Facebook
6 4 (0.61%) SAP
7 3 (0.46%) NVIDIA
8 2 (0.31%) Adobe
8 2 (0.31%) SolidFire
9 1 (0.15%) Dell
9 1 (0.15%) Juniper
9 1 (0.15%) McAfee
9 1 (0.15%) Red Hat