IT Support Engineer Job Trends

IT Support Engineer
UK

The median IT Support Engineer salary in the UK is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 November 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 293 324
Rank change year-on-year +83 +31 +8
Permanent IT Support Engineer jobs 1,132 427 505
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.93% 0.85% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.01% 0.95% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,013 391 299
10th Percentile £27,300 £25,700 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,875 £27,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £31,500 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +1.61% -4.62%
75th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
90th Percentile £48,750 £43,250 £40,200
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,500 £31,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year +11.29% +3.33% -4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
5 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 111,772 45,159 64,336
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.82% 90.09% 95.05%
Number of salaries quoted 74,356 28,099 36,401
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.38% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +19.57% -8.00% -4.76%

IT Support Engineer Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT Support Engineer job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

IT Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

IT Support Engineer Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in the UK

IT Support Engineer Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for IT Support Engineer jobs over the 6 months to 5 November 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Support Engineer in the UK

IT Support Engineer Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT Support Engineer jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 5 November 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England +95 1,014 £35,000 +7.69% 109
UK excluding London +60 1,009 £34,500 +11.29% 104
South East +41 268 £37,000 +12.12% 33
Work from Home +55 225 £33,500 +1.52% 28
North of England +35 176 £32,500 +8.33% 22
South West +20 155 £35,000 +7.69% 10
East of England +30 150 £35,000 +12.90% 16
Midlands -35 148 £32,500 +8.33% 19
London +2 117 £36,000 -5.26% 16
North West +10 108 £33,475 +12.52% 15
West Midlands +7 85 £32,500 -3.70% 11
Scotland +43 71 £30,000 - 5
East Midlands -66 63 £32,500 +10.17% 8
Yorkshire +7 61 £30,000 -7.69% 4
Wales -56 21 £35,000 +25.00%
Northern Ireland -68 13 £41,000 +30.16% 1
North East -60 7 £42,500 +21.43% 3
Channel Islands - 7 £35,000 -

IT Support Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 November 2026, IT Support Engineer job ads cited 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 IT Support Engineer job ads.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Microsoft62.3%705
2Microsoft 36559.8%677
3Windows57.3%649
4Active Directory41.3%468
5Entra ID28.8%326
6Problem-Solving28.1%318
7Azure27.8%315
8Customer Service26.9%305
9Windows Server26.1%295
10DNS22.2%251
10Microsoft Intune22.2%251
12Microsoft Exchange21.6%245
13DHCP19.2%217
14Firewall18.1%205
15SharePoint18.0%204
16Cybersecurity16.7%189
17VPN15.5%175
18Hyper-V15.4%174
19TCP/IP13.9%157
19VMware13.9%157
21Wi-Fi11.7%133
22Infrastructure Engineering11.2%127
23macOS11.0%124
24VMware Infrastructure10.7%121
25ITIL10.4%118
25Windows 1010.4%118
27Continuous Improvement9.2%104
28VLAN8.7%99
29VoIP8.0%90
30Disaster Recovery7.6%86

IT Support Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
12nd Line Support Engineer14.2%161
2Senior IT Engineer9.5%108
2Senior IT Support9.5%108
4Senior Support Engineer8.9%101
53rd Line Support Engineer7.4%84
61st/2nd Line Support Engineer4.7%53
7Infrastructure Support Engineer4.2%47
7IT Infrastructure Engineer4.2%47
9Systems Support Engineer2.7%31
10Junior IT Engineer2.4%27
10Junior IT Support2.4%27
10Junior Support Engineer2.4%27
13Field Support Engineer2.3%26
14Systems Engineer2.2%25
15Systems Support2.1%24
16Service Desk Engineer2.0%23
16Service Desk Support2.0%23
18IT Support Analyst1.9%22
19Microsoft Engineer1.5%17
20Service Desk Support Analyst1.4%16
118 IT Support Engineer jobs Nationwide