Technical Support Engineer
UK
The median Technical Support Engineer salary in the UK is £33,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 486 | 494 | 773 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +8 | +279 | +179 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support Engineer | 209 | 452 | 216 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.40% | 0.46% | 0.21% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.45% | 0.49% | 0.23% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 145 | 379 | 133 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,000 | £25,200 | £29,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,000 | £31,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £33,000 | £35,000 | £35,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.71% | - | +7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £41,750 | £41,574 | £46,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £50,000 | £50,000 | £50,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £33,000 | £35,000 | £35,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.71% | - | +11.11% |
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 | 46,902 | 93,183 | 95,132 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.12% | 94.62% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,275 | 66,883 | 59,840 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,777 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.95% | -12.04% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
Technical Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Technical Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Technical Support Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Support Engineer.
Technical Support Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Support Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Technical Support Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Support Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 | -11 | 185 | £34,500 | -1.43% | 141 |
| UK excluding London | +5 | 170 | £33,000 | -5.71% | 116 |
| South East | +30 | 52 | £35,500 | +1.43% | 33 |
| South West | +87 | 40 | £31,000 | -12.68% | 12 |
| Work from Home | +148 | 27 | £34,500 | +9.52% | 35 |
| London | +114 | 27 | £34,500 | -13.75% | 29 |
| North of England | +40 | 25 | £30,500 | -6.15% | 28 |
| East of England | +53 | 23 | £37,500 | - | 15 |
| Midlands | -3 | 18 | £35,000 | - | 26 |
| Yorkshire | +50 | 15 | £30,500 | -6.15% | 15 |
| North West | +17 | 10 | £51,250 | +70.83% | 10 |
| West Midlands | 0 | 10 | £26,000 | -25.71% | 9 |
| East Midlands | +15 | 8 | £40,000 | +45.45% | 13 |
| Scotland | +125 | 7 | £30,000 | +13.21% | 2 |
| Northern Ireland | +29 | 3 | £29,000 | -15.94% | 1 |
| Wales | - | 2 | £31,250 | - | 2 |
Technical Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Technical 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 Technical Support Engineer in the job title.
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Technical 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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