Senior Support Engineer
UK
The median Senior Support Engineer salary in the UK is £45,000 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 | |
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| Rank | 666 | 746 | 881 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +80 | +135 | +217 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Support Engineer | 45 | 164 | 83 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.082% | 0.16% | 0.085% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.091% | 0.17% | 0.093% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 41 | 128 | 64 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £33,000 | £34,125 |
| 25th Percentile | £39,750 | £35,813 | £39,375 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £50,000 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.00% | +5.26% | +5.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £55,000 | £65,000 | £57,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £67,500 | £72,433 | £70,125 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £42,000 | £50,000 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -16.00% | +11.11% | +20.81% |
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% |
Senior Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Support Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Support Engineer.
Senior Support Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Support Engineer over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.
Senior Support Engineer
Top 12 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior 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 | +62 | 44 | £45,000 | -3.74% | 129 |
| UK excluding London | +103 | 33 | £42,000 | -16.00% | 115 |
| Work from Home | +75 | 17 | £37,500 | -42.31% | 92 |
| North of England | +23 | 12 | £37,500 | -16.67% | 24 |
| London | +96 | 11 | £52,500 | +13.51% | 29 |
| South East | +76 | 9 | £50,000 | -16.67% | 37 |
| Yorkshire | +54 | 7 | £29,500 | -58.20% | 11 |
| East of England | +45 | 7 | £42,000 | +9.09% | 20 |
| North West | -9 | 5 | £45,000 | - | 10 |
| South West | +109 | 4 | £45,000 | -10.00% | 12 |
| Midlands | +26 | 1 | £37,500 | -6.25% | 20 |
| East Midlands | +22 | 1 | £37,500 | +7.14% | 8 |
Senior Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Support Engineer in the job title.
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Senior 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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