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 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 66 110 68
Rank change year-on-year +44 -42 +80
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 109 42 123
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 3.23% 1.35% 3.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.50% 1.40% 3.86%
Number of salaries quoted 73 37 98
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £24,900
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +14.04%
75th Percentile £43,750 £38,750 £41,875
90th Percentile £45,000 £40,400 £72,433
England median annual salary £36,000 £37,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -2.70% +5.71% +6.06%

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 3,113 3,005 3,186
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.18% 96.53% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,857 1,209 2,543
10th Percentile £27,450 £29,310 £28,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

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 14 January 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 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
West Yorkshire -6 44 £32,500 -4.41% 5
East Yorkshire +23 32 £42,500 - 7
South Yorkshire +3 10 £30,000 -7.69% 8
North Yorkshire +1 4 £36,500 -2.67% 1
Support Engineer
England

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 Yorkshire region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 46 (42.20%) Microsoft
2 40 (36.70%) Windows
3 39 (35.78%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (29.36%) Active Directory
5 27 (24.77%) Customer Service
5 27 (24.77%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (22.02%) Windows Server
7 22 (20.18%) Azure
8 19 (17.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (17.43%) Firewall
9 16 (14.68%) DNS
9 16 (14.68%) VLAN
10 15 (13.76%) Hyper-V
11 14 (12.84%) SharePoint
11 14 (12.84%) VPN
12 13 (11.93%) DHCP
12 13 (11.93%) Microsoft Exchange
13 12 (11.01%) Disaster Recovery
13 12 (11.01%) LAN
13 12 (11.01%) WAN
14 11 (10.09%) Apple
14 11 (10.09%) Cybersecurity
14 11 (10.09%) Degree
14 11 (10.09%) ITIL
15 10 (9.17%) Sage
15 10 (9.17%) TCP/IP
15 10 (9.17%) Windows 10
16 9 (8.26%) Asset Management
16 9 (8.26%) VMware
16 9 (8.26%) VoIP

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 14 (12.84%) SharePoint
2 13 (11.93%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (5.50%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.67%) Autodesk Inventor
2 4 (3.67%) SOLIDWORKS
3 3 (2.75%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.83%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 4 (3.67%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.92%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 39 (35.78%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (20.18%) Azure
3 7 (6.42%) SaaS
4 6 (5.50%) AWS
5 2 (1.83%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.92%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.92%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.92%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 19 (17.43%) Firewall
2 16 (14.68%) DNS
2 16 (14.68%) VLAN
3 14 (12.84%) VPN
4 13 (11.93%) DHCP
5 12 (11.01%) LAN
5 12 (11.01%) WAN
6 10 (9.17%) TCP/IP
7 9 (8.26%) VoIP
8 6 (5.50%) Remote Desktop
8 6 (5.50%) Wireless
9 5 (4.59%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (2.75%) Unified Communications
11 2 (1.83%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.83%) MySQL
General
1 25 (22.94%) Social Skills
2 23 (21.10%) Manufacturing
3 8 (7.34%) Telecoms
4 7 (6.42%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (5.50%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.59%) Advertising
6 5 (4.59%) Electronics
6 5 (4.59%) Retail
7 3 (2.75%) Multimedia
Miscellaneous
1 15 (13.76%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (11.01%) Driving Licence
3 5 (4.59%) Mobile App
3 5 (4.59%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.67%) Life Science
5 2 (1.83%) CMDB
5 2 (1.83%) FMCG
5 2 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.83%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.92%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 40 (36.70%) Windows
2 24 (22.02%) Windows Server
3 10 (9.17%) Windows 10
4 8 (7.34%) Linux
5 7 (6.42%) Android
6 4 (3.67%) Mac OS
7 3 (2.75%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (24.77%) Customer Service
1 27 (24.77%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (17.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (11.01%) Disaster Recovery
4 11 (10.09%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (10.09%) ITIL
5 9 (8.26%) Asset Management
6 8 (7.34%) Coaching
6 8 (7.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 8 (7.34%) Software Testing
7 7 (6.42%) IT Asset Management
7 7 (6.42%) Migration
7 7 (6.42%) Software Engineering
8 6 (5.50%) Mentoring
8 6 (5.50%) Network Management
9 5 (4.59%) Analytical Thinking
9 5 (4.59%) Computer Science
9 5 (4.59%) Data Privacy
9 5 (4.59%) Exploratory Testing
9 5 (4.59%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.42%) SQL
2 6 (5.50%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.67%) C#
3 4 (3.67%) Delphi
4 2 (1.83%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (10.09%) Degree
2 1 (0.92%) A+ Certification
2 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (0.92%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (0.92%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.67%) ISO 9001
2 3 (2.75%) GDPR
2 3 (2.75%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (29.36%) Active Directory
2 15 (13.76%) Hyper-V
3 6 (5.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.75%) Firmware
5 2 (1.83%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.83%) vSphere
5 2 (1.83%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.92%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 6 (5.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.83%) Plesk
3 1 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.92%) SCCM
Vendors
1 46 (42.20%) Microsoft
2 11 (10.09%) Apple
3 10 (9.17%) Sage
4 9 (8.26%) VMware
5 6 (5.50%) SonicWALL
6 5 (4.59%) Adobe
6 5 (4.59%) Citrix
6 5 (4.59%) Zoho
7 4 (3.67%) Autodesk
8 3 (2.75%) Fortinet
8 3 (2.75%) Fujitsu
8 3 (2.75%) Virgin Media
9 2 (1.83%) Cisco
9 2 (1.83%) Dell
9 2 (1.83%) Draytek
9 2 (1.83%) Sophos
10 1 (0.92%) Google
10 1 (0.92%) IFS
10 1 (0.92%) Oracle
10 1 (0.92%) Veeam