Support Engineer Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Support Engineer
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Support Engineer salary in West Yorkshire is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 73 71
Rank change year-on-year -6 -2 +58
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 44 24 73
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 2.37% 1.67% 3.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.54% 1.72% 3.67%
Number of salaries quoted 27 24 59
10th Percentile - £28,500 £28,850
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,688 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £34,000 £36,128
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% -5.89% +31.37%
75th Percentile £42,250 £38,750 £66,778
90th Percentile £42,800 £54,000 £72,433
Yorkshire median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +14.04%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,732 1,392 1,987
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.42% 97.00% 97.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,020 687 1,532
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,550 £29,775
25th Percentile £36,125 £41,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.58% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,100 £85,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Support Engineer job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Support Engineer
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Leeds -18 20 £33,500 -4.29% 4
Wakefield - 7 £40,000 -
Ossett - 6 £30,000 -
Brighouse - 6 £30,500 -
Bradford -17 5 £36,250 +20.83% 1
Support Engineer
Yorkshire

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Support Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West Yorkshire region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 24 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 21 (47.73%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (43.18%) Windows
4 14 (31.82%) Active Directory
5 12 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (27.27%) Windows Server
6 10 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (20.45%) Asset Management
8 8 (18.18%) Customer Service
8 8 (18.18%) Firewall
8 8 (18.18%) VLAN
9 7 (15.91%) Degree
9 7 (15.91%) IT Asset Management
9 7 (15.91%) SharePoint
9 7 (15.91%) Software Engineering
10 6 (13.64%) Azure
10 6 (13.64%) Hyper-V
10 6 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange
10 6 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
10 6 (13.64%) VMware
10 6 (13.64%) VPN
10 6 (13.64%) Windows 10
11 5 (11.36%) Citrix
11 5 (11.36%) Coaching
11 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (11.36%) VMware Infrastructure
12 4 (9.09%) Autodesk
12 4 (9.09%) Autodesk Inventor
12 4 (9.09%) C#
12 4 (9.09%) CAD

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (15.91%) SharePoint
2 6 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (9.09%) Autodesk Inventor
2 4 (9.09%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (4.55%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 4 (9.09%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 21 (47.73%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (13.64%) Azure
3 2 (4.55%) SaaS
4 1 (2.27%) AWS
4 1 (2.27%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 8 (18.18%) Firewall
1 8 (18.18%) VLAN
2 6 (13.64%) VPN
3 3 (6.82%) DHCP
3 3 (6.82%) DNS
3 3 (6.82%) Unified Communications
3 3 (6.82%) VoIP
3 3 (6.82%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.27%) LAN
4 1 (2.27%) WAN
General
1 13 (29.55%) Manufacturing
2 9 (20.45%) Social Skills
3 5 (11.36%) Advertising
3 5 (11.36%) Electronics
3 5 (11.36%) Retail
4 2 (4.55%) Multimedia
4 2 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (4.55%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.91%) Driving Licence
2 4 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (6.82%) Life Science
3 3 (6.82%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.55%) FMCG
5 1 (2.27%) CMDB
5 1 (2.27%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.27%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 19 (43.18%) Windows
2 12 (27.27%) Windows Server
3 6 (13.64%) Windows 10
4 3 (6.82%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
2 10 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (20.45%) Asset Management
4 8 (18.18%) Customer Service
5 7 (15.91%) IT Asset Management
5 7 (15.91%) Software Engineering
6 5 (11.36%) Coaching
7 4 (9.09%) CAD
7 4 (9.09%) Computer Science
7 4 (9.09%) Customer Engagement
7 4 (9.09%) ERP
7 4 (9.09%) Prototyping
8 3 (6.82%) Database Migration
8 3 (6.82%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (6.82%) Software Testing
9 2 (4.55%) Patch Management
9 2 (4.55%) Preventative Maintenance
9 2 (4.55%) Project Delivery
9 2 (4.55%) Roadmaps
9 2 (4.55%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.09%) C#
1 4 (9.09%) Delphi
2 3 (6.82%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (15.91%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.09%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.27%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (31.82%) Active Directory
2 6 (13.64%) Hyper-V
3 5 (11.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (4.55%) vSphere
4 2 (4.55%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (2.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.64%) VMware
3 5 (11.36%) Citrix
4 4 (9.09%) Autodesk
4 4 (9.09%) Sage
5 2 (4.55%) Adobe
5 2 (4.55%) Cisco
5 2 (4.55%) Dell
5 2 (4.55%) Fortinet
5 2 (4.55%) Fujitsu
5 2 (4.55%) Sophos
5 2 (4.55%) Virgin Media
6 1 (2.27%) ESET
6 1 (2.27%) Google
6 1 (2.27%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.27%) Veeam