Support Engineer Jobs in Berkshire

Support Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median Support Engineer salary in Berkshire is £36,450 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 83 120 98
Rank change year-on-year +37 -22 +25
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 82 65 100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.66% 2.09% 2.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.79% 2.26% 2.99%
Number of salaries quoted 78 50 93
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,975 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £27,750 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,450 £32,250 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.02% -0.77% -13.91%
75th Percentile £46,250 £35,400 £47,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £41,975 £54,500
South East median annual salary £34,500 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +9.52% -3.08% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 2,944 2,872 3,350
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.49% 92.53% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,069 1,632 2,117
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £92,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings that featured Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Berkshire

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in Berkshire.

Salary trend for Support Engineer in Berkshire

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Berkshire over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in Berkshire

Support Engineer
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
Reading +25 37 £34,000 +4.62% 21
Bracknell +9 24 £42,500 +20.06% 6
Maidenhead +17 6 £27,000 -3.57% 1
Ascot - 6 £40,250 -
Slough +28 3 £30,000 -6.25% 2
Wokingham - 3 £40,000 -
Newbury +10 1 - -
Support Engineer
South East

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Support Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 38 (46.34%) Microsoft
2 32 (39.02%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (30.49%) Linux
4 23 (28.05%) SQL
4 23 (28.05%) Social Skills
5 22 (26.83%) Windows
6 20 (24.39%) Active Directory
7 19 (23.17%) Customer Service
8 18 (21.95%) Microsoft Office
8 18 (21.95%) Azure
8 18 (21.95%) Security Cleared
9 16 (19.51%) SharePoint
10 15 (18.29%) Firewall
10 15 (18.29%) MySQL
10 15 (18.29%) Microsoft Exchange
11 14 (17.07%) LAN
11 14 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
12 13 (15.85%) DV Cleared
12 13 (15.85%) ITIL
13 12 (14.63%) Degree
13 12 (14.63%) Service Delivery
13 12 (14.63%) PL/SQL
13 12 (14.63%) Windows 10
14 11 (13.41%) Driving Licence
14 11 (13.41%) VPN
15 10 (12.20%) SSL
15 10 (12.20%) VLAN
15 10 (12.20%) Network Security
16 9 (10.98%) SCCM
16 9 (10.98%) VMware Infrastructure

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 16 (19.51%) SharePoint
2 15 (18.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (21.95%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (6.10%) Sage X3
2 1 (1.22%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 32 (39.02%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (21.95%) Azure
3 5 (6.10%) iTunes
4 4 (4.88%) AWS
5 1 (1.22%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 15 (18.29%) Firewall
2 14 (17.07%) LAN
3 11 (13.41%) VPN
4 10 (12.20%) Network Security
4 10 (12.20%) SSL
4 10 (12.20%) VLAN
5 7 (8.54%) DHCP
5 7 (8.54%) DNS
5 7 (8.54%) WAN
6 6 (7.32%) SAN
7 5 (6.10%) NAS
7 5 (6.10%) VoIP
8 4 (4.88%) Wireshark
9 2 (2.44%) Wireless
10 1 (1.22%) BGP
10 1 (1.22%) IPsec
10 1 (1.22%) OSPF
10 1 (1.22%) SMTP
10 1 (1.22%) SSH
10 1 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (18.29%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (6.10%) JIRA
2 2 (2.44%) Git
2 2 (2.44%) IntelliJ
3 1 (1.22%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.22%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.22%) Gradle
3 1 (1.22%) JUnit
General
1 23 (28.05%) Social Skills
2 9 (10.98%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.66%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.44%) Billing
6 1 (1.22%) Advertising
6 1 (1.22%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.66%) Kafka
2 2 (2.44%) Spring
2 2 (2.44%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.22%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.41%) Driving Licence
2 8 (9.76%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (1.22%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.22%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 25 (30.49%) Linux
2 22 (26.83%) Windows
3 12 (14.63%) Windows 10
4 8 (9.76%) Android
4 8 (9.76%) Windows 7
5 4 (4.88%) Windows Server
6 3 (3.66%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.22%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.22%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.22%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (23.17%) Customer Service
2 14 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (15.85%) ITIL
4 12 (14.63%) Service Delivery
5 8 (9.76%) Customer Requirements
5 8 (9.76%) Data Integration
5 8 (9.76%) Project Management
5 8 (9.76%) Software Deployment
5 8 (9.76%) Software Testing
6 5 (6.10%) ERP
6 5 (6.10%) Migration
6 5 (6.10%) Project Delivery
6 5 (6.10%) Project Planning
6 5 (6.10%) Service Management
7 4 (4.88%) Customer-Centricity
7 4 (4.88%) Incident Management
8 3 (3.66%) Change Management
8 3 (3.66%) Problem Management
8 3 (3.66%) Software Engineering
9 2 (2.44%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 23 (28.05%) SQL
2 12 (14.63%) PL/SQL
3 6 (7.32%) PowerShell
4 4 (4.88%) Bash
4 4 (4.88%) Java
4 4 (4.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (21.95%) Security Cleared
2 13 (15.85%) DV Cleared
3 12 (14.63%) Degree
4 9 (10.98%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (7.32%) Azure Certification
5 6 (7.32%) CCNA
5 6 (7.32%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (7.32%) SC Cleared
6 4 (4.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 4 (4.88%) MCSE
7 1 (1.22%) CCNP
7 1 (1.22%) JNCIA
7 1 (1.22%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.10%) SLA
2 1 (1.22%) QA
System Software
1 20 (24.39%) Active Directory
2 9 (10.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (9.76%) Firmware
4 5 (6.10%) Docker
5 4 (4.88%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (2.44%) Hyper-V
7 1 (1.22%) NFS
Systems Management
1 9 (10.98%) SCCM
2 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.88%) vCenter Server
3 3 (3.66%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.22%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (1.22%) NetBackup
4 1 (1.22%) PaperCut
4 1 (1.22%) SCOM
4 1 (1.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 38 (46.34%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.98%) HP
2 9 (10.98%) VMware
3 8 (9.76%) Apple
3 8 (9.76%) Barracuda Networks
4 5 (6.10%) Sage
5 2 (2.44%) Juniper
5 2 (2.44%) Oracle
6 1 (1.22%) 3PAR
6 1 (1.22%) Cisco
6 1 (1.22%) Dell
6 1 (1.22%) EMC
6 1 (1.22%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (1.22%) Google
6 1 (1.22%) JD Edwards
6 1 (1.22%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.22%) Symantec
6 1 (1.22%) Veeam