IT Support Engineer
UK
The median IT Support Engineer salary in the UK is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 July 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 444 | 243 | 400 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -201 | +157 | +284 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer | 306 | 1,245 | 717 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.53% | 1.15% | 0.80% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.59% | 1.22% | 0.88% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 262 | 1,070 | 562 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,633 | £23,000 | £25,512 |
| 25th Percentile | £26,250 | £25,750 | £27,125 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £32,500 | £30,000 | £32,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.33% | -7.69% | +4.84% |
| 75th Percentile | £39,250 | £35,000 | £37,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £45,000 | £42,500 | £40,925 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £31,000 | £30,000 | £30,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.33% | -1.64% | +1.67% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 52,152 | 102,300 | 81,659 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.82% | 94.79% | 91.21% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 28,176 | 72,142 | 54,048 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,000 | £38,750 | £44,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,708 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,000 | £53,118 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.87% | +5.18% |
IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured IT Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
IT Support Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Support Engineer.
IT Support Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support Engineer over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.
IT Support Engineer
Top 15 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 July 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 |
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| England | -195 | 285 | £32,533 | +8.44% | 418 |
| UK excluding London | -171 | 240 | £31,000 | +3.33% | 301 |
| South East | -48 | 94 | £37,500 | +25.00% | 85 |
| Work from Home | -17 | 83 | £32,000 | -1.54% | 104 |
| London | +62 | 59 | £39,000 | +14.71% | 146 |
| North of England | -87 | 53 | £30,000 | +3.45% | 80 |
| Yorkshire | +8 | 37 | £26,500 | -11.67% | 36 |
| Midlands | -87 | 32 | £26,875 | -10.42% | 46 |
| South West | -2 | 26 | £32,500 | +8.33% | 40 |
| East Midlands | -17 | 23 | £27,500 | -8.33% | 27 |
| East of England | -64 | 21 | £31,250 | +5.93% | 24 |
| North West | -73 | 15 | £30,000 | +11.11% | 36 |
| Scotland | +67 | 14 | £28,750 | +4.55% | 12 |
| West Midlands | -53 | 9 | £26,000 | -9.57% | 19 |
| North East | +3 | 1 | £40,000 | +23.08% | 13 |
IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 July 2025, IT 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 featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.
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IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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