Support Engineer Job Trends in Yorkshire

Support Engineer
England > Yorkshire

The median Support Engineer salary in Yorkshire is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 July 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 83 72
Rank change year-on-year +32 -11 +50
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 198 90 149
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 2.83% 2.59% 2.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.99% 3.02% 2.90%
Number of salaries quoted 170 84 109
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £28,750 £26,000 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £30,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.56% +1.67% -2.04%
75th Percentile £43,750 £35,000 £35,000
90th Percentile £45,000 £43,250 £43,350
England median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +13.64% -2.94%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 6,619 2,984 5,145
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.58% 85.80% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 4,587 1,609 3,734
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £35,924
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in 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 Yorkshire.

Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Yorkshire

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 24 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in Yorkshire

Support Engineer
Job Locations in 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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 24 July 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
West Yorkshire +9 69 £37,500 +7.14% 7
East Yorkshire -3 49 £30,000 +7.14% 1
North Yorkshire +28 21 £30,000 - 9
South Yorkshire -33 17 £30,000 -4.00% 2
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 July 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 Yorkshire region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 80 (40.40%) Microsoft
2 65 (32.83%) Windows
3 64 (32.32%) Microsoft 365
4 55 (27.78%) Active Directory
5 46 (23.23%) Azure
6 44 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (20.71%) Microsoft Intune
8 35 (17.68%) Windows Server
9 33 (16.67%) Customer Service
10 25 (12.63%) Entra ID
11 23 (11.62%) ITIL
11 23 (11.62%) Windows 10
12 21 (10.61%) Continuous Improvement
12 21 (10.61%) Firewall
13 20 (10.10%) Hyper-V
14 18 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
14 18 (9.09%) SharePoint
15 17 (8.59%) Root Cause Analysis
15 17 (8.59%) Wireless
16 16 (8.08%) Wi-Fi
17 14 (7.07%) Degree
17 14 (7.07%) TCP/IP
18 13 (6.57%) Microsoft Exchange
18 13 (6.57%) User Experience
19 12 (6.06%) LAN
19 12 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
19 12 (6.06%) PowerShell
19 12 (6.06%) WAN
20 11 (5.56%) ERP
21 10 (5.05%) Cybersecurity

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 18 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 13 (6.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.51%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.52%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 64 (32.32%) Microsoft 365
2 46 (23.23%) Azure
3 25 (12.63%) Entra ID
4 7 (3.54%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.52%) SaaS
6 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.51%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 21 (10.61%) Firewall
2 17 (8.59%) Wireless
3 16 (8.08%) Wi-Fi
4 14 (7.07%) TCP/IP
5 12 (6.06%) LAN
5 12 (6.06%) WAN
6 10 (5.05%) DHCP
6 10 (5.05%) DNS
6 10 (5.05%) Unified Communications
7 9 (4.55%) VoIP
7 9 (4.55%) VPN
8 7 (3.54%) VLAN
9 3 (1.52%) HTTP
9 3 (1.52%) IP Telephony
9 3 (1.52%) SSL
10 2 (1.01%) Asterisk PBX
10 2 (1.01%) BGP
10 2 (1.01%) MPLS
10 2 (1.01%) VPLS
10 2 (1.01%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.51%) Relational Database
1 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.01%) GitLab
General
1 51 (25.76%) Social Skills
2 16 (8.08%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (5.05%) Advertising
4 6 (3.03%) Manufacturing
5 5 (2.53%) Legal
5 5 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (2.53%) Retail
6 4 (2.02%) Social Housing
7 1 (0.51%) Local Government
7 1 (0.51%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.54%) HTML
2 4 (2.02%) .NET
2 4 (2.02%) JSON
3 3 (1.52%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.52%) CSS
3 3 (1.52%) HTML5
3 3 (1.52%) jQuery
3 3 (1.52%) Web Services
4 2 (1.01%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.51%) Classic ASP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.06%) Driving Licence
1 12 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (4.55%) Onboarding
3 5 (2.53%) e-Learning
4 3 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.01%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.01%) PKI
6 1 (0.51%) CCTV
6 1 (0.51%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 65 (32.83%) Windows
2 35 (17.68%) Windows Server
3 23 (11.62%) Windows 10
4 9 (4.55%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (3.03%) Android
5 6 (3.03%) Linux
6 5 (2.53%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.01%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.01%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 23 (11.62%) ITIL
4 21 (10.61%) Continuous Improvement
5 17 (8.59%) Root Cause Analysis
6 13 (6.57%) User Experience
7 11 (5.56%) ERP
8 10 (5.05%) Cybersecurity
8 10 (5.05%) Service Management
9 8 (4.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (4.04%) ITSM
10 7 (3.54%) Business Continuity
10 7 (3.54%) Collaborative Culture
10 7 (3.54%) Disaster Recovery
10 7 (3.54%) Mentoring
10 7 (3.54%) Migration
10 7 (3.54%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (3.03%) Identity Management
12 5 (2.53%) E-Commerce
12 5 (2.53%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.06%) PowerShell
2 9 (4.55%) Python
3 5 (2.53%) Assembly Language
4 4 (2.02%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.01%) SQL
6 1 (0.51%) C#
6 1 (0.51%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (7.07%) Degree
2 7 (3.54%) CCNA
2 7 (3.54%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (2.53%) Azure Certification
4 5 (2.53%) DV Cleared
4 5 (2.53%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.51%) A+ Certification
5 1 (0.51%) ACSP
5 1 (0.51%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.51%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (3.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (2.02%) SLA
4 3 (1.52%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.52%) GDPR
4 3 (1.52%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.51%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 55 (27.78%) Active Directory
2 20 (10.10%) Hyper-V
3 5 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.01%) Terminal Services
4 2 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.01%) VMware NSX
4 2 (1.01%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 41 (20.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.52%) Autotask
3 2 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (1.01%) Ansible
3 2 (1.01%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.01%) WSUS
4 1 (0.51%) SCCM
Vendors
1 80 (40.40%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.55%) VMware
3 7 (3.54%) Veeam
4 4 (2.02%) Apple
4 4 (2.02%) Cisco
5 3 (1.52%) ConnectWise
5 3 (1.52%) Mitel
5 3 (1.52%) Remedy
5 3 (1.52%) SAP
5 3 (1.52%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.01%) Meraki
6 2 (1.01%) Splunk
7 1 (0.51%) SonicWALL