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 12 November 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 285 304
Rank change year-on-year +65 +19 +29
Permanent IT Support Engineer jobs 1,127 461 572
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.91% 0.88% 0.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.99% 0.98% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,003 424 297
10th Percentile £27,300 £25,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,875 £26,750
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 £36,000
90th Percentile £48,750 £43,250 £40,000
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
12 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 113,326 47,055 63,902
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.78% 89.88% 94.87%
Number of salaries quoted 74,791 28,951 35,850
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,444 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,000 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.66% -7.30% -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 12 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 12 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 +71 1,009 £35,000 +9.38% 364
UK excluding London +45 1,008 £34,500 +11.29% 274
South East +52 280 £36,625 +12.69% 78
Work from Home +46 227 £33,500 +1.52% 96
North of England +26 172 £32,500 +8.33% 54
South West +23 152 £35,000 +7.69% 12
Midlands -41 148 £32,500 +8.33% 51
East of England +33 144 £35,000 +16.67% 35
London -14 113 £36,000 -5.26% 97
North West +8 107 £33,475 +13.47% 27
West Midlands +7 84 £32,500 -9.09% 29
Scotland +43 71 £30,000 - 17
East Midlands -73 64 £32,500 +8.33% 22
Yorkshire -2 58 £29,000 -10.77% 20
Wales -48 21 £35,000 +25.00% 12
Northern Ireland -71 13 £41,000 +30.16% 15
North East -64 7 £42,500 +21.43% 7
Channel Islands - 7 £35,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 12 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
1Microsoft61.8%696
2Microsoft 36559.4%669
3Windows57.1%643
4Active Directory41.6%469
5Entra ID28.8%325
6Problem-Solving27.8%313
7Azure27.6%311
8Customer Service27.0%304
9Windows Server26.2%295
10Microsoft Intune22.5%254
11DNS21.9%247
12Microsoft Exchange21.0%237
13DHCP19.2%216
14Firewall17.8%201
15SharePoint17.6%198
16Cybersecurity16.5%186
17VPN15.2%171
18Hyper-V14.9%168
19TCP/IP13.8%155
20VMware13.2%149
21Wi-Fi11.8%133
22Infrastructure Engineering11.4%129
23Windows 1010.7%121
24ITIL10.6%120
24macOS10.6%120
26VMware Infrastructure10.0%113
27Continuous Improvement8.9%100
28VLAN8.7%98
29VoIP8.3%93
30Disaster Recovery7.7%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

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
12nd Line Support Engineer14.0%158
2Senior IT Engineer9.6%108
2Senior IT Support9.6%108
4Senior Support Engineer9.0%101
53rd Line Support Engineer7.6%86
61st Line Support Engineer4.8%54
71st/2nd Line Support Engineer4.6%52
8Infrastructure Support Engineer4.3%49
8IT Infrastructure Engineer4.3%49
10Systems Support Engineer2.8%31
11Junior IT Engineer2.4%27
11Junior IT Support2.4%27
11Junior Support Engineer2.4%27
14Field Support Engineer2.2%25
14Systems Engineer2.2%25
16Systems Support2.1%24
17Service Desk Engineer2.0%23
17Service Desk Support2.0%23
19IT Support Analyst2.0%22
20Service Desk Support Analyst1.4%16
421 IT Support Engineer jobs Nationwide