Support Engineer Job Trends in Durham

Support Engineer
North East > Durham

The median Support Engineer salary in Durham is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 35 23
Rank change year-on-year +6 -12 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 5 6 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 2.02% 2.07% 4.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.73% 2.43% 5.30%
Number of salaries quoted 5 6 7
10th Percentile - £31,375 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,625 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +11.11% +33.73%
75th Percentile £37,500 - £40,750
90th Percentile - £42,500 £42,500
North East median annual salary £35,000 £35,500 £32,748
% change year-on-year -1.41% +8.40% +28.42%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Durham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Durham. 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 Durham with a recognized job title 183 247 132
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 74.09% 85.17% 80.98%
Number of salaries quoted 90 150 100
10th Percentile £25,087 £24,700 £32,375
25th Percentile £26,813 £35,000 £37,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% -10.00% +27.16%
75th Percentile £49,188 £63,404 £60,800
90th Percentile £82,516 £79,225 £69,800
North East median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +2.04%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Durham

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Durham

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Durham.

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Durham

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Durham

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, 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 Durham region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) IIS
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) CRM
1 5 (100.00%) LAN
1 5 (100.00%) VoIP
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
1 5 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 5 (100.00%) SSL
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (100.00%) SAN
1 5 (100.00%) Internet
1 5 (100.00%) Clustering
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 5 (100.00%) Release Management
1 5 (100.00%) Change Control
1 5 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Durham 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 5 (100.00%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Internet
1 5 (100.00%) LAN
1 5 (100.00%) SAN
1 5 (100.00%) SSL
1 5 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 5 (100.00%) VoIP
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Change Control
1 5 (100.00%) CRM
1 5 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 5 (100.00%) Release Management
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft