IT Support Engineer
UK
The median IT Support Engineer salary in the UK is £31,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 April 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 347 | 246 | 408 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -101 | +162 | +220 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer | 399 | 1,166 | 821 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.76% | 1.19% | 0.79% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.85% | 1.25% | 0.86% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 253 | 1,077 | 623 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,500 | £23,000 | £25,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £26,000 | £25,750 | £26,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £31,000 | £30,000 | £32,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.33% | -7.69% | +4.84% |
| 75th Percentile | £36,750 | £36,000 | £37,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £42,500 | £43,000 | £43,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £30,000 | £29,625 | £30,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.27% | -1.25% | - |
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 | 46,971 | 93,051 | 95,196 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.06% | 94.62% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,308 | 66,827 | 59,871 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,750 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.00% | -12.08% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,344 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.69% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
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 30 April 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 30 April 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 | -97 | 384 | £31,500 | +5.00% | 161 |
| UK excluding London | -88 | 324 | £30,000 | +1.27% | 155 |
| Midlands | +18 | 120 | £27,500 | -3.51% | 33 |
| Work from Home | +53 | 97 | £31,500 | -3.08% | 44 |
| South East | -43 | 89 | £33,500 | +11.67% | 36 |
| West Midlands | +25 | 83 | £26,750 | -6.14% | 6 |
| London | +55 | 70 | £35,000 | +2.94% | 22 |
| North of England | -53 | 50 | £30,000 | +5.26% | 39 |
| East Midlands | +21 | 37 | £27,500 | -8.33% | 27 |
| East of England | -33 | 36 | £27,500 | -6.78% | 13 |
| Yorkshire | +36 | 32 | £27,500 | -8.33% | 25 |
| South West | 0 | 20 | £32,500 | +8.33% | 21 |
| North West | -48 | 15 | £30,000 | +15.38% | 11 |
| Scotland | +101 | 11 | £27,000 | -1.82% | 7 |
| North East | +21 | 3 | £35,000 | +7.69% | 4 |
IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 April 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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