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 25 August 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 78 85
Rank change year-on-year +26 +7 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 191 89 119
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 2.56% 2.61% 2.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.72% 3.05% 2.35%
Number of salaries quoted 166 84 89
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £26,188 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £30,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.56% +1.67% -
75th Percentile £38,750 £34,625 £35,000
90th Percentile £45,000 £42,575 £45,000
England median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% +1.45%

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 7,014 2,915 5,063
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 85.48% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 4,953 1,667 3,151
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £30,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £69,390 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,850 £77,500
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 25 August 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 25 August 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 +1 73 £35,000 +2.94% 9
East Yorkshire +9 49 £30,000 +7.14% 1
North Yorkshire +19 21 £30,000 - 3
South Yorkshire -26 17 £29,000 -10.77% 5
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 August 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 78 (40.84%) Microsoft
2 75 (39.27%) Windows
3 69 (36.13%) Microsoft 365
4 57 (29.84%) Active Directory
5 50 (26.18%) Azure
5 50 (26.18%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (23.56%) Microsoft Intune
7 43 (22.51%) Windows Server
8 34 (17.80%) Customer Service
9 30 (15.71%) Entra ID
10 28 (14.66%) Hyper-V
11 24 (12.57%) Firewall
11 24 (12.57%) ITIL
11 24 (12.57%) Windows 10
12 21 (10.99%) Continuous Improvement
13 20 (10.47%) SharePoint
14 19 (9.95%) Cyber Essentials
14 19 (9.95%) Wi-Fi
15 17 (8.90%) TCP/IP
15 17 (8.90%) Wireless
16 16 (8.38%) Microsoft Exchange
17 12 (6.28%) Cybersecurity
17 12 (6.28%) Root Cause Analysis
18 11 (5.76%) Degree
18 11 (5.76%) DHCP
18 11 (5.76%) DNS
18 11 (5.76%) LAN
18 11 (5.76%) VPN
18 11 (5.76%) WAN
19 10 (5.24%) Disaster Recovery

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 20 (10.47%) SharePoint
2 16 (8.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.05%) IIS
4 1 (0.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (3.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.57%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 69 (36.13%) Microsoft 365
2 50 (26.18%) Azure
3 30 (15.71%) Entra ID
4 7 (3.66%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.57%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 24 (12.57%) Firewall
2 19 (9.95%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (8.90%) TCP/IP
3 17 (8.90%) Wireless
4 11 (5.76%) DHCP
4 11 (5.76%) DNS
4 11 (5.76%) LAN
4 11 (5.76%) VPN
4 11 (5.76%) WAN
5 7 (3.66%) Unified Communications
5 7 (3.66%) VLAN
5 7 (3.66%) VoIP
6 4 (2.09%) HTTP
6 4 (2.09%) SSL
7 2 (1.05%) IP Telephony
7 2 (1.05%) WLAN
8 1 (0.52%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.52%) Relational Database
1 1 (0.52%) SQL Server
1 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.52%) JIRA
General
1 47 (24.61%) Social Skills
2 17 (8.90%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (5.24%) Advertising
4 9 (4.71%) Manufacturing
5 5 (2.62%) Legal
6 2 (1.05%) Retail
7 1 (0.52%) German Language
7 1 (0.52%) Law
7 1 (0.52%) Local Government
7 1 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.09%) HTML
1 4 (2.09%) JSON
2 3 (1.57%) Web Services
3 1 (0.52%) .NET
3 1 (0.52%) Classic ASP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.28%) Self-Motivation
2 11 (5.76%) Driving Licence
3 10 (5.24%) Onboarding
4 8 (4.19%) CCTV
5 3 (1.57%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.05%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.52%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 75 (39.27%) Windows
2 43 (22.51%) Windows Server
3 24 (12.57%) Windows 10
4 9 (4.71%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (4.19%) Android
6 5 (2.62%) Linux
6 5 (2.62%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.52%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (26.18%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (17.80%) Customer Service
3 24 (12.57%) ITIL
4 21 (10.99%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (6.28%) Cybersecurity
5 12 (6.28%) Root Cause Analysis
6 10 (5.24%) Disaster Recovery
6 10 (5.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 10 (5.24%) Service Management
6 10 (5.24%) User Experience
7 9 (4.71%) ERP
8 8 (4.19%) Identity Management
8 8 (4.19%) ITSM
9 7 (3.66%) Business Continuity
9 7 (3.66%) Collaborative Culture
9 7 (3.66%) Migration
9 7 (3.66%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (2.62%) Infrastructure Maintenance
10 5 (2.62%) Mobile Device Management
11 4 (2.09%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.24%) PowerShell
2 9 (4.71%) Python
3 5 (2.62%) Assembly Language
4 3 (1.57%) SQL
5 1 (0.52%) C#
5 1 (0.52%) Java
5 1 (0.52%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (5.76%) Degree
2 8 (4.19%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (2.62%) Azure Certification
3 5 (2.62%) CCNA
3 5 (2.62%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.95%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (4.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (2.09%) SLA
4 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 57 (29.84%) Active Directory
2 28 (14.66%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.05%) Terminal Services
3 2 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 45 (23.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.57%) Autotask
3 1 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.52%) SCCM
Vendors
1 78 (40.84%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.19%) SonicWALL
3 7 (3.66%) Veeam
3 7 (3.66%) VMware
4 4 (2.09%) SAP
5 3 (1.57%) ConnectWise
5 3 (1.57%) Remedy
5 3 (1.57%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.05%) Apple
6 2 (1.05%) Cisco
6 2 (1.05%) Mitel
7 1 (0.52%) Meraki