IT Support Engineer
UK
The median IT Support Engineer salary in the UK is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 June 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 418 | 252 | 403 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -166 | +151 | +265 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer | 334 | 1,174 | 755 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.60% | 1.13% | 0.79% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.66% | 1.19% | 0.87% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 256 | 1,086 | 565 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,629 | £23,000 | £25,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £26,250 | £25,625 | £26,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £32,500 | £30,000 | £32,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.33% | -7.69% | +4.39% |
| 75th Percentile | £38,750 | £35,000 | £37,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £45,000 | £42,500 | £42,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £30,000 | £29,500 | £30,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.69% | -1.67% | - |
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 | 50,605 | 98,957 | 87,006 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.32% | 94.84% | 91.31% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,489 | 70,369 | 55,882 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,620 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,967 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.93% | -6.54% | +6.37% |
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 1 June 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 1 June 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 | -166 | 315 | £32,500 | +8.33% | 470 |
| UK excluding London | -148 | 262 | £30,000 | +1.69% | 449 |
| South East | -60 | 96 | £35,000 | +16.67% | 110 |
| Work from Home | -11 | 88 | £31,500 | -3.08% | 131 |
| London | +65 | 64 | £36,500 | +7.35% | 74 |
| Midlands | -45 | 54 | £27,500 | -5.17% | 87 |
| North of England | -93 | 48 | £30,000 | +5.26% | 99 |
| Yorkshire | +27 | 35 | £26,500 | -11.67% | 36 |
| West Midlands | -13 | 31 | £26,000 | -8.77% | 28 |
| East of England | -60 | 29 | £29,000 | -1.69% | 59 |
| South West | +9 | 24 | £32,500 | +8.33% | 68 |
| East Midlands | -13 | 23 | £28,250 | -5.83% | 54 |
| Scotland | +88 | 11 | £27,000 | -1.82% | 25 |
| North West | -80 | 11 | £30,000 | +15.38% | 49 |
| North East | +6 | 2 | £35,000 | +7.69% | 16 |
IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 June 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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