System Support Engineer
UK
The median System Support Engineer salary in the UK is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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 18 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 704 | 816 | 928 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +112 | +112 | +257 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Support Engineer | 25 | 67 | 33 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.045% | 0.067% | 0.033% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.049% | 0.071% | 0.036% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 21 | 53 | 30 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £26,200 | £24,950 |
| 25th Percentile | £26,000 | £29,750 | £25,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £50,000 | £30,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.00% | +63.93% | -28.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £47,500 | £55,000 | £38,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £48,750 | - | £48,950 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £44,500 | £39,500 | £28,250 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.66% | +39.82% | -32.74% |
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 | 50,837 | 94,491 | 90,806 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.77% | 94.69% | 91.50% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,317 | 67,546 | 57,366 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,500 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,886 | £71,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
Systems Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Systems Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Systems Support Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Support Engineer.
Systems Support Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Support Engineer over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.
Systems 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 Systems Support Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 | +152 | 23 | £44,500 | +12.66% | 13 |
| England | +81 | 18 | £45,000 | -10.00% | 18 |
| Scotland | - | 7 | £27,000 | - | |
| Work from Home | +114 | 6 | £53,250 | +71.77% | 6 |
| Midlands | +57 | 6 | £35,750 | +44.44% | 4 |
| East of England | +44 | 6 | £45,000 | -7.22% | 2 |
| East Midlands | +16 | 6 | £35,750 | +44.44% | 4 |
| North of England | +37 | 3 | £47,500 | -5.00% | 3 |
| London | +96 | 2 | £51,250 | -6.82% | 5 |
| Yorkshire | +66 | 2 | £47,500 | +82.69% | 1 |
| South East | +75 | 1 | £40,000 | +6.67% | 2 |
| North West | -9 | 1 | £44,500 | -11.00% | 2 |
Systems Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 18 May 2025, Systems 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 Systems Support Engineer in the job title.
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Systems 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: