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 22 October 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 360 340
Rank change year-on-year +162 -20 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 1,181 350 522
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.98% 0.71% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 0.79% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,063 317 320
10th Percentile £27,250 £25,500 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £32,500 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +1.56% -1.54%
75th Percentile £40,000 £39,250 £36,250
90th Percentile £48,750 £45,000 £42,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £31,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year +7.94% +5.00% -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 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.

6 months to
22 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 111,132 44,146 66,021
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.25% 89.78% 95.38%
Number of salaries quoted 75,108 26,039 37,746
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,238 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,250 £52,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.86% -7.08% -5.83%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,390 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.17% -9.22% -4.76%

IT Support Engineer Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Support Engineer' in the job title 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 jobs citing IT Support Engineer over the 6 months to 22 October 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 jobs citing IT Support Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 22 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		 Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England +148 1,066 £35,000 +7.69% 176
UK excluding London +128 1,054 £34,000 +7.94% 126
South East +79 270 £36,250 +3.57% 19
Work from Home +71 229 £33,500 +1.52% 43
North of England +52 182 £32,500 +4.84% 35
East of England +82 174 £35,000 +4.48% 14
South West +32 165 £35,000 +7.69% 27
Midlands +20 154 £32,500 +12.07% 18
London +2 121 £36,000 -5.26% 51
North West +53 112 £33,351 +11.17% 26
West Midlands +17 85 £32,500 -7.14% 8
East Midlands -37 69 £32,500 +12.07% 10
Scotland +63 68 £30,000 - 5
Yorkshire +7 64 £30,000 -7.69% 6
Wales -46 26 £35,000 +25.00% 4
Northern Ireland -65 12 £41,000 +30.16% 4
North East -70 6 £42,500 +21.43% 3
Channel Islands - 3 £35,000 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 22 October 2026, IT Support Engineer job roles required 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 job ads featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Microsoft62.0%732
2Microsoft 36560.3%712
3Windows56.5%667
4Active Directory41.9%495
5Entra ID29.0%342
6Azure28.6%338
7Problem-Solving28.5%336
8Customer Service27.2%321
9Windows Server26.2%310
10Microsoft Intune21.8%258
11DNS21.7%256
11Microsoft Exchange21.7%256
13Firewall18.7%221
14DHCP18.5%218
15SharePoint18.3%216
16Cybersecurity16.2%191
17Hyper-V16.1%190
18VPN15.9%188
19VMware14.3%169
20TCP/IP13.3%157
21Wi-Fi12.0%142
22VMware Infrastructure11.3%133
23macOS10.8%128
24Infrastructure Engineering10.5%124
25Windows 1010.0%118
26ITIL9.9%117
27Continuous Improvement9.3%110
28VLAN8.6%101
29VoIP8.1%96
30Disaster Recovery7.6%90

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 Engineer14.4%170
2Senior IT Engineer9.0%106
2Senior IT Support9.0%106
4Senior Support Engineer8.4%99
53rd Line Support Engineer7.4%87
61st/2nd Line Support Engineer5.1%60
71st Line Support Engineer4.4%52
8Infrastructure Support Engineer3.6%43
8IT Infrastructure Engineer3.6%43
10Systems Support Engineer2.7%32
11Systems Engineer2.2%26
12Field Support Engineer2.1%25
12Systems Support2.1%25
14Junior IT Engineer2.0%24
14Junior IT Support2.0%24
14Junior Support Engineer2.0%24
17Service Desk Engineer1.9%22
17Service Desk Support1.9%22
19IT Support Analyst1.8%21
20Microsoft Engineer1.5%18
198 IT Support Engineer jobs Nationwide