Support Engineer Jobs in Watford

Support Engineer
Hertfordshire > Watford

The median Support Engineer salary in Watford is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 23 50
Rank change year-on-year -6 +27 -19
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 4 15 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 2.76% 5.36% 3.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.96% 5.84% 3.44%
Number of salaries quoted 4 15 12
10th Percentile £37,750 - £23,700
25th Percentile £40,000 £22,250 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £27,500 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year +54.55% -14.06% -1.54%
75th Percentile £43,750 £38,750 £35,375
90th Percentile - £41,750 £40,250
Hertfordshire median annual salary £41,250 £29,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +39.83% -9.23% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Watford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Watford. 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 Watford with a recognized job title 135 257 349
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.10% 91.79% 89.03%
Number of salaries quoted 77 208 212
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,438 £34,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £30,000 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -25.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,188 £75,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £86,250
Hertfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.91% +11.00%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

Job postings that featured Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Watford.

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Watford

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Watford

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in Watford.

Salary trend for Support Engineer in Watford

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, 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 across the Watford region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) AWS Lambda
2 2 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) .NET
2 2 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (50.00%) Retail
2 2 (50.00%) Serverless
2 2 (50.00%) Amazon ECS
2 2 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (25.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (25.00%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (25.00%) DBS Check
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Amazon ECS
2 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (50.00%) AWS Lambda
2 2 (50.00%) Serverless
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Remote Desktop
General
1 2 (50.00%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Java
1 2 (50.00%) Python
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) PCI DSS
1 2 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft