Software Support Engineer
UK
The median Software Support Engineer salary in the UK is £39,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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 12 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 437 | 805 | 927 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +368 | +122 | +247 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software Support Engineer | 299 | 89 | 54 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.54% | 0.090% | 0.054% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.60% | 0.095% | 0.059% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 80 | 69 | 34 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,750 | £26,000 | £25,000 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £33,000 | £29,813 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £39,500 | £40,000 | £34,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.25% | +17.65% | -11.69% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £51,250 | £42,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £43,750 | - | £45,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £39,500 | £40,000 | £32,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.25% | +23.08% | +6.56% |
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 | 49,922 | 93,907 | 92,301 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.55% | 94.63% | 91.49% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,447 | 67,290 | 58,243 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.57% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £80,627 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
Software Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Software Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Software Support Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Support Engineer.
Software Support Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Support Engineer over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.
Software 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 Software Support Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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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| UK excluding London | +341 | 299 | £39,500 | -1.25% | 12 |
| England | +346 | 297 | £39,500 | -1.25% | 22 |
| North of England | +260 | 292 | £39,500 | -16.84% | 3 |
| North West | +191 | 276 | £39,500 | +79.55% | 2 |
| Yorkshire | +82 | 16 | £26,500 | -44.21% | |
| Work from Home | +108 | 6 | £42,500 | -10.53% | 5 |
| Midlands | +54 | 2 | £42,500 | +6.25% | 2 |
| East of England | +45 | 2 | £42,500 | -10.53% | 1 |
| West Midlands | - | 2 | £42,500 | - | 1 |
| South West | +93 | 1 | £32,000 | -14.67% | 5 |
| Wales | +39 | 1 | - | - | |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | - | - |
Software Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, Software 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 Software Support Engineer in the job title.
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Software 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: