Support Engineer
UK
The median Support Engineer salary in the UK is £35,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 December 2023.
The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 5 Dec 2023 |
Same period 2022 | Same period 2021 | |
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| Rank | 108 | 204 | 203 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +96 | -1 | -39 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer | 1,612 | 2,349 | 2,428 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 3.02% | 1.89% | 1.91% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 3.16% | 1.98% | 2.00% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,432 | 2,001 | 2,109 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,500 | £24,750 | £22,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £29,000 | £27,500 | £26,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £35,000 | £33,500 | £32,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.48% | +3.08% | -4.41% |
| 75th Percentile | £46,250 | £43,000 | £42,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £65,000 | £55,000 | £52,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £33,500 | £32,000 | £31,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.69% | +3.23% | -1.59% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 | 50,985 | 118,425 | 121,174 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 95.43% | 95.37% | 95.14% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 37,346 | 74,222 | 83,417 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £32,750 | £32,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +4.35% | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £81,250 | £77,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £98,750 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,500 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +5.00% | +5.26% |
Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Support Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer.
Support Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer over the 6 months to 5 December 2023.
Support Engineer
Top 17 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 5 December 2023. 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 | +105 | 1,500 | £35,000 | +6.06% | 771 |
| UK excluding London | +68 | 1,129 | £33,500 | +4.69% | 640 |
| Work from Home | +68 | 493 | £36,000 | +2.86% | 196 |
| London | +111 | 441 | £38,000 | -5.00% | 149 |
| South East | +62 | 428 | £35,000 | +11.11% | 211 |
| North of England | +81 | 225 | £32,500 | +8.33% | 148 |
| South West | +38 | 202 | £32,500 | - | 83 |
| Midlands | +51 | 123 | £32,500 | +1.56% | 112 |
| Yorkshire | +94 | 115 | £30,750 | +6.03% | 64 |
| North West | +68 | 99 | £32,500 | +8.33% | 71 |
| West Midlands | +80 | 92 | £32,500 | - | 60 |
| East of England | +61 | 78 | £34,000 | +4.62% | 65 |
| Scotland | +32 | 57 | £29,000 | -17.14% | 21 |
| East Midlands | +3 | 30 | £32,500 | +6.56% | 52 |
| Wales | +16 | 22 | £70,576 | +101.64% | 11 |
| North East | +32 | 12 | £32,500 | +23.81% | 19 |
| Northern Ireland | +2 | 8 | £36,250 | +20.83% | 7 |
Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 5 December 2023, 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 Support Engineer in the job title.
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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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