Support Engineer Job Trends in Yorkshire

Support Engineer
England > Yorkshire

The median Support Engineer salary in Yorkshire is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 May 2026.

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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 66 67
Rank change year-on-year +14 +1 +74
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 204 80 173
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 3.37% 3.34% 3.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.59% 3.56% 3.26%
Number of salaries quoted 162 73 136
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £27,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £38,188
90th Percentile £50,000 £38,750 £45,000
England median annual salary £35,000 £36,750 £32,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +13.08% -2.99%

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 5,678 2,248 5,300
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.68% 93.78% 95.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3,634 1,285 4,226
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £49,068
Median % change year-on-year - +1.90% -10.59%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -11.18%

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 4 May 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 4 May 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 -8 66 £38,000 +8.57% 5
East Yorkshire +5 65 £35,000 +6.06% 7
South Yorkshire -31 16 £30,000 -7.69% 9
North Yorkshire +2 9 £30,000 -20.00% 6
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 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 74 (36.27%) Microsoft
2 60 (29.41%) Windows
3 56 (27.45%) Microsoft 365
4 51 (25.00%) Active Directory
5 45 (22.06%) Problem-Solving
6 33 (16.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 32 (15.69%) Azure
8 31 (15.20%) Customer Service
9 26 (12.75%) Windows 10
10 24 (11.76%) ITIL
11 21 (10.29%) Microsoft Intune
12 20 (9.80%) Degree
12 20 (9.80%) Root Cause Analysis
13 19 (9.31%) Windows Server
14 18 (8.82%) Firewall
15 17 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
16 16 (7.84%) SharePoint
17 15 (7.35%) Entra ID
17 15 (7.35%) LAN
17 15 (7.35%) WAN
18 13 (6.37%) Disaster Recovery
18 13 (6.37%) User Experience
18 13 (6.37%) VMware
19 12 (5.88%) Android
19 12 (5.88%) DHCP
19 12 (5.88%) DNS
19 12 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
19 12 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
20 11 (5.39%) Wi-Fi
21 10 (4.90%) Infrastructure Engineering

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 17 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (7.84%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.49%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.49%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 3 (1.47%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 56 (27.45%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (15.69%) Azure
3 15 (7.35%) Entra ID
4 7 (3.43%) AWS
4 7 (3.43%) SaaS
5 3 (1.47%) Google Workspace
5 3 (1.47%) Mimecast
6 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (0.98%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.49%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 18 (8.82%) Firewall
2 15 (7.35%) LAN
2 15 (7.35%) WAN
3 12 (5.88%) DHCP
3 12 (5.88%) DNS
4 11 (5.39%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (4.41%) VLAN
5 9 (4.41%) VPN
6 8 (3.92%) VoIP
7 7 (3.43%) Unified Communications
8 6 (2.94%) Wireless
9 4 (1.96%) Asterisk PBX
9 4 (1.96%) BGP
9 4 (1.96%) MPLS
9 4 (1.96%) SD-WAN
9 4 (1.96%) Software-Defined Networking
9 4 (1.96%) VPLS
10 3 (1.47%) IP Telephony
10 3 (1.47%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.98%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.92%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (1.96%) GitLab
General
1 47 (23.04%) Social Skills
2 14 (6.86%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (6.37%) Organisational Skills
4 12 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 10 (4.90%) Advertising
5 10 (4.90%) Retail
6 5 (2.45%) Electronics
6 5 (2.45%) Social Housing
7 3 (1.47%) Multimedia
7 3 (1.47%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.49%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.96%) OpenTelemetry
2 3 (1.47%) .NET
2 3 (1.47%) AngularJS
2 3 (1.47%) CSS
2 3 (1.47%) HTML
2 3 (1.47%) HTML5
2 3 (1.47%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.33%) Driving Licence
2 15 (7.35%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (5.39%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.45%) e-Learning
4 5 (2.45%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.96%) CMDB
5 4 (1.96%) Mobile App
5 4 (1.96%) PKI
6 3 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.98%) Life Science
8 1 (0.49%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 60 (29.41%) Windows
2 26 (12.75%) Windows 10
3 19 (9.31%) Windows Server
4 12 (5.88%) Android
5 6 (2.94%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.96%) Linux
6 4 (1.96%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (1.96%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.47%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.98%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (22.06%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (16.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 31 (15.20%) Customer Service
4 24 (11.76%) ITIL
5 20 (9.80%) Root Cause Analysis
6 13 (6.37%) Disaster Recovery
6 13 (6.37%) User Experience
7 10 (4.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 9 (4.41%) Asset Management
8 9 (4.41%) Mentoring
9 8 (3.92%) Coaching
9 8 (3.92%) ERP
10 7 (3.43%) CRM
11 6 (2.94%) Cybersecurity
11 6 (2.94%) IT Asset Management
11 6 (2.94%) Process Improvement
12 5 (2.45%) Business Continuity
12 5 (2.45%) ITSM
12 5 (2.45%) Mobile Device Management
12 5 (2.45%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.90%) SQL
2 9 (4.41%) PowerShell
2 9 (4.41%) Python
3 3 (1.47%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 20 (9.80%) Degree
2 9 (4.41%) DV Cleared
2 9 (4.41%) Security Cleared
3 4 (1.96%) CCNA
3 4 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.49%) A+ Certification
4 1 (0.49%) ACSP
4 1 (0.49%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (0.49%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.41%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (3.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (1.47%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.47%) GDPR
3 3 (1.47%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.47%) SLA
4 1 (0.49%) ISO 22301
4 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 51 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 12 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.92%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.45%) vSphere
5 4 (1.96%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.96%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (1.47%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.49%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.49%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 21 (10.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (3.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 4 (1.96%) Ansible
3 4 (1.96%) WSUS
4 2 (0.98%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.98%) SCCM
Vendors
1 74 (36.27%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.37%) VMware
3 6 (2.94%) Apple
3 6 (2.94%) Cisco
4 5 (2.45%) Citrix
5 4 (1.96%) Splunk
5 4 (1.96%) Veeam
5 4 (1.96%) Zoho
6 3 (1.47%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.47%) Fujitsu
6 3 (1.47%) Google
6 3 (1.47%) IFS
6 3 (1.47%) Meraki
6 3 (1.47%) Mitel
6 3 (1.47%) Oracle
6 3 (1.47%) Virgin Media
7 1 (0.49%) Adobe
7 1 (0.49%) Dell
7 1 (0.49%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.49%) WatchGuard