Support Engineer Jobs in Reading

Support Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Support Engineer salary in Reading is £32,158 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 108 96
Rank change year-on-year +22 -12 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 40 18 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 2.15% 1.19% 2.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.27% 1.27% 2.18%
Number of salaries quoted 36 11 36
10th Percentile - £23,500 £24,625
25th Percentile £25,500 £29,688 £26,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,158 £32,500 £31,250
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £36,000 £39,500 £39,688
90th Percentile £49,322 £57,500 £50,625
Berkshire median annual salary £37,500 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +15.38% - -13.91%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,766 1,416 1,838
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 93.84% 96.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,100 743 1,073
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £38,880 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% +1.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 £59,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -11.02% +2.61% +4.55%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Reading

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Support Engineer in Reading

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Reading over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 Reading region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 25 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 19 (47.50%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (42.50%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (40.00%) Windows
4 16 (40.00%) Social Skills
5 14 (35.00%) DV Cleared
5 14 (35.00%) Security Cleared
6 11 (27.50%) LAN
6 11 (27.50%) Azure
6 11 (27.50%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (25.00%) Windows 10
7 10 (25.00%) SharePoint
7 10 (25.00%) Customer Service
8 9 (22.50%) Active Directory
8 9 (22.50%) VLAN
9 8 (20.00%) HP
9 8 (20.00%) Apple
9 8 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
9 8 (20.00%) ITIL
9 8 (20.00%) Barracuda Networks
9 8 (20.00%) Android
9 8 (20.00%) SCCM
10 7 (17.50%) Windows 7
10 7 (17.50%) Software Deployment
10 7 (17.50%) Customer Requirements
10 7 (17.50%) Firmware
10 7 (17.50%) Degree
10 7 (17.50%) Software Testing
10 7 (17.50%) Service Delivery
10 7 (17.50%) Organisational Skills

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 10 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 8 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (42.50%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 19 (47.50%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (27.50%) Azure
3 2 (5.00%) AWS
3 2 (5.00%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (5.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (5.00%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.50%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 11 (27.50%) LAN
2 9 (22.50%) VLAN
3 6 (15.00%) Firewall
4 5 (12.50%) SAN
4 5 (12.50%) WAN
5 4 (10.00%) NAS
5 4 (10.00%) Network Security
5 4 (10.00%) VoIP
5 4 (10.00%) VPN
5 4 (10.00%) Wireshark
6 2 (5.00%) Wireless
7 1 (2.50%) DHCP
7 1 (2.50%) DNS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Bitbucket
1 1 (2.50%) Eclipse
1 1 (2.50%) Git
1 1 (2.50%) Gradle
1 1 (2.50%) IntelliJ
1 1 (2.50%) JIRA
1 1 (2.50%) JUnit
General
1 16 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.50%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.00%) Billing
4 2 (5.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.50%) Spring
1 1 (2.50%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (40.00%) Windows
2 10 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 8 (20.00%) Android
4 7 (17.50%) Windows 7
5 6 (15.00%) Linux
6 1 (2.50%) Mac OS
6 1 (2.50%) Windows Server
6 1 (2.50%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (2.50%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (2.50%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (2.50%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (27.50%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 8 (20.00%) ITIL
4 7 (17.50%) Customer Requirements
4 7 (17.50%) Service Delivery
4 7 (17.50%) Software Deployment
4 7 (17.50%) Software Testing
5 2 (5.00%) Application Packaging
5 2 (5.00%) Decision-Making
5 2 (5.00%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (5.00%) Mathematics
5 2 (5.00%) Migration
5 2 (5.00%) Software Engineering
6 1 (2.50%) Agile
6 1 (2.50%) Computer Science
6 1 (2.50%) Converged Infrastructure
6 1 (2.50%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (2.50%) Incident Management
6 1 (2.50%) Microservices
6 1 (2.50%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 4 (10.00%) Bash
2 4 (10.00%) Python
3 2 (5.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (35.00%) DV Cleared
1 14 (35.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (17.50%) Degree
3 5 (12.50%) CCNA
3 5 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (10.00%) MCSE
5 3 (7.50%) SC Cleared
6 2 (5.00%) Azure Certification
7 1 (2.50%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.50%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (22.50%) Active Directory
2 7 (17.50%) Firmware
3 5 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.50%) Docker
4 1 (2.50%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.50%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (20.00%) SCCM
2 1 (2.50%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.50%) NetBackup
2 1 (2.50%) SCOM
2 1 (2.50%) vCenter Server
2 1 (2.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 25 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 8 (20.00%) Apple
2 8 (20.00%) Barracuda Networks
2 8 (20.00%) HP
3 5 (12.50%) VMware
4 2 (5.00%) Oracle
5 1 (2.50%) 3PAR
5 1 (2.50%) Cisco
5 1 (2.50%) Dell
5 1 (2.50%) EMC
5 1 (2.50%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (2.50%) Google
5 1 (2.50%) Juniper
5 1 (2.50%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.50%) Symantec
5 1 (2.50%) Veeam