Windows Support Engineer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Windows Support Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Windows Support Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £28,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 January 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 514 565 539
Rank change year-on-year +51 -26 +214
Permanent jobs requiring a Windows Support Engineer 5 5 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.012% 0.013% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.014% 0.044%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 13
10th Percentile - £34,000 -
25th Percentile £25,250 £36,250 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £37,500 £26,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +41.51% -4.50%
75th Percentile £33,313 £40,000 £38,750
90th Percentile £36,125 £42,250 £44,800
UK median annual salary £28,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -24.00% +7.14% +5.26%

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 37,950 34,527 29,578
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.35% 93.12% 95.27%
Number of salaries quoted 22,994 17,103 22,411
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £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% - -

Windows Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Windows Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Windows Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Windows 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 Windows Support Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
East of England - 3 £28,500 -
South East +24 1 - - 2
North West - 1 £38,000 -
North of England - 1 £38,000 -
Windows Support Engineer
UK

Windows Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 2 January 2026, Windows 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 Windows Support Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) VPN
2 4 (80.00%) Windows 10
3 3 (60.00%) Debian
3 3 (60.00%) Linux
3 3 (60.00%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
3 3 (60.00%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (20.00%) AutoCAD
5 1 (20.00%) DBS Check
5 1 (20.00%) Ethernet
5 1 (20.00%) ITSM
5 1 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (20.00%) SCCM
5 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
5 1 (20.00%) SLA
5 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
5 1 (20.00%) Web Filtering

Windows 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) AutoCAD
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) VPN
2 3 (60.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (20.00%) Ethernet
3 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Windows 10
3 3 (60.00%) Debian
3 3 (60.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) ITSM
2 1 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (20.00%) Web Filtering
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow