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 29 October 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 203 | 333 | 336 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +130 | +3 | -3 |
| Permanent IT Support Engineer jobs | 1,158 | 388 | 508 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.95% | 0.78% | 0.75% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.03% | 0.87% | 0.78% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,040 | 355 | 305 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,250 | £25,500 | £24,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £30,000 | £26,500 | £27,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £35,000 | £32,000 | £31,250 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.38% | +2.40% | -3.85% |
| 75th Percentile | £40,000 | £38,750 | £36,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £48,750 | £44,500 | £41,900 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £34,000 | £31,000 | £30,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.68% | +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 29 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title | 112,351 | 44,727 | 64,938 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 92.02% | 90.11% | 95.28% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 75,241 | 26,876 | 36,920 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,750 | £28,250 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £35,000 | £42,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £59,000 | £52,500 | £57,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.38% | -7.89% | -5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £76,250 | £73,750 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £93,750 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £45,974 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +19.63% | -8.05% | -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 Salary Trend
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 29 October 2026.
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 29 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +122 | 1,042 | £35,000 | +7.69% | 68 |
| UK excluding London | +91 | 1,034 | £34,000 | +9.68% | 66 |
| South East | +72 | 272 | £36,250 | +8.21% | 11 |
| Work from Home | +85 | 228 | £33,500 | +1.52% | 19 |
| North of England | +48 | 178 | £32,500 | +4.84% | 23 |
| East of England | +65 | 165 | £35,000 | +12.90% | 7 |
| South West | +33 | 159 | £35,000 | +7.69% | 12 |
| Midlands | -11 | 150 | £32,500 | +11.11% | 9 |
| London | +7 | 118 | £36,000 | -5.26% | 6 |
| North West | +44 | 108 | £33,114 | +10.38% | 17 |
| West Midlands | +14 | 84 | £32,500 | -7.14% | 5 |
| Scotland | +56 | 69 | £30,000 | - | 4 |
| East Midlands | -38 | 66 | £32,500 | +12.07% | 4 |
| Yorkshire | +5 | 63 | £30,000 | -7.69% | 2 |
| Wales | -49 | 23 | £35,000 | +25.00% | |
| Northern Ireland | -68 | 13 | £41,000 | +30.16% | |
| North East | -67 | 7 | £42,500 | +21.43% | 4 |
| Channel Islands | - | 5 | £35,000 | - |
IT Support Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities
For the 6 months to 29 October 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.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | 61.7% | 715 |
| 2 | Microsoft 365 | 59.7% | 691 |
| 3 | Windows | 56.6% | 655 |
| 4 | Active Directory | 41.4% | 479 |
| 5 | Entra ID | 28.8% | 333 |
| 6 | Problem-Solving | 28.2% | 327 |
| 7 | Azure | 28.1% | 325 |
| 8 | Customer Service | 27.1% | 314 |
| 9 | Windows Server | 26.0% | 301 |
| 10 | Microsoft Intune | 22.0% | 255 |
| 11 | DNS | 21.9% | 254 |
| 12 | Microsoft Exchange | 21.8% | 252 |
| 13 | DHCP | 18.8% | 218 |
| 14 | Firewall | 18.5% | 214 |
| 15 | SharePoint | 18.2% | 211 |
| 16 | Cybersecurity | 16.2% | 188 |
| 17 | Hyper-V | 16.0% | 185 |
| 18 | VPN | 15.7% | 182 |
| 19 | VMware | 14.1% | 163 |
| 20 | TCP/IP | 13.6% | 157 |
| 21 | Wi-Fi | 11.9% | 138 |
| 22 | VMware Infrastructure | 11.0% | 127 |
| 23 | macOS | 10.8% | 125 |
| 24 | Infrastructure Engineering | 10.7% | 124 |
| 25 | Windows 10 | 10.3% | 119 |
| 26 | ITIL | 10.2% | 118 |
| 27 | Continuous Improvement | 9.2% | 106 |
| 28 | VLAN | 8.6% | 100 |
| 29 | VoIP | 8.0% | 93 |
| 30 | Disaster Recovery | 7.5% | 87 |
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
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2nd Line Support Engineer | 14.4% | 167 |
| 2 | Senior IT Engineer | 9.3% | 108 |
| 2 | Senior IT Support | 9.3% | 108 |
| 4 | Senior Support Engineer | 8.7% | 101 |
| 5 | 3rd Line Support Engineer | 7.4% | 86 |
| 6 | 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer | 4.9% | 57 |
| 7 | 1st Line Support Engineer | 4.6% | 53 |
| 8 | Infrastructure Support Engineer | 3.8% | 44 |
| 8 | IT Infrastructure Engineer | 3.8% | 44 |
| 10 | Systems Support Engineer | 2.7% | 31 |
| 11 | Junior IT Engineer | 2.2% | 26 |
| 11 | Junior IT Support | 2.2% | 26 |
| 11 | Junior Support Engineer | 2.2% | 26 |
| 14 | Field Support Engineer | 2.2% | 25 |
| 14 | Systems Engineer | 2.2% | 25 |
| 16 | Systems Support | 2.1% | 24 |
| 17 | Service Desk Engineer | 2.0% | 23 |
| 17 | Service Desk Support | 2.0% | 23 |
| 19 | IT Support Analyst | 1.9% | 22 |
| 20 | Microsoft Engineer | 1.6% | 18 |