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 28 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 28 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 405 | 255 | 411 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -150 | +156 | +236 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer | 334 | 1,167 | 764 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.61% | 1.14% | 0.78% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.68% | 1.21% | 0.85% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 256 | 1,079 | 570 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,629 | £23,000 | £25,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £26,250 | £25,625 | £26,375 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £32,500 | £30,000 | £32,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.33% | -7.69% | +4.84% |
| 75th Percentile | £38,750 | £35,000 | £37,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £45,000 | £42,600 | £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 | 49,435 | 96,820 | 89,564 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.41% | 94.78% | 91.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,727 | 69,155 | 56,824 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,822 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,000 | £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 | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,399 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.80% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
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 28 May 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 28 May 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 | -164 | 314 | £32,500 | +8.33% | 212 |
| UK excluding London | -140 | 260 | £30,000 | +1.69% | 187 |
| South East | -56 | 95 | £35,000 | +16.67% | 48 |
| Work from Home | -17 | 89 | £31,500 | -3.08% | 46 |
| London | +77 | 65 | £36,500 | +7.35% | 48 |
| Midlands | -56 | 53 | £27,500 | -5.17% | 40 |
| North of England | -93 | 48 | £30,000 | +5.26% | 37 |
| Yorkshire | +28 | 35 | £26,500 | -11.67% | 13 |
| West Midlands | -10 | 31 | £26,000 | -8.77% | 10 |
| East of England | -56 | 29 | £29,000 | -1.69% | 30 |
| South West | +5 | 24 | £32,500 | +8.33% | 24 |
| East Midlands | -10 | 22 | £28,000 | -6.67% | 28 |
| Scotland | +97 | 11 | £27,000 | -1.82% | 8 |
| North West | -91 | 11 | £30,000 | +11.11% | 20 |
| North East | +10 | 2 | £35,000 | +7.69% | 5 |
IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 28 May 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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