IT Support Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

IT Support Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median IT Support Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £38,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 135 220 231
Rank change year-on-year +85 +11 -26
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 109 39 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.56% 0.67% 0.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.65% 0.74% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 107 37 55
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £23,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £26,989
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £32,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.31% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £43,000 £34,000 £36,750
90th Percentile £43,750 £36,000 £43,750
South East median annual salary £30,000 £30,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,590 5,264 6,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 89.80% 95.94%
Number of salaries quoted 4,524 3,107 4,126
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £29,781
25th Percentile £36,500 £38,750 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,212 £87,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in the Thames Valley

IT Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for IT Support Engineer in the Thames Valley

IT Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Support Engineer in the Thames Valley

IT Support Engineer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 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
Oxfordshire +54 59 £42,000 +31.25% 2
Berkshire +31 28 £37,750 +29.06% 7
Buckinghamshire -19 22 £30,000 -7.69% 4
IT Support Engineer
South East

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, IT 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 Thames Valley region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 87 (79.82%) Microsoft 365
2 80 (73.39%) Microsoft
3 79 (72.48%) Windows
4 63 (57.80%) Firewall
5 56 (51.38%) VMware
6 49 (44.95%) SQL
6 49 (44.95%) VMware Infrastructure
7 46 (42.20%) Active Directory
8 41 (37.61%) Microsoft Exchange
9 37 (33.94%) SharePoint
10 34 (31.19%) Citrix
10 34 (31.19%) Windows Server
11 33 (30.28%) SQL Server
12 32 (29.36%) Veeam
12 32 (29.36%) Social Skills
13 27 (24.77%) Azure
14 26 (23.85%) Microsoft Office
15 24 (22.02%) Degree
16 23 (21.10%) Microsoft Excel
17 20 (18.35%) Wi-Fi
17 20 (18.35%) VLAN
18 19 (17.43%) Cybersecurity
19 18 (16.51%) OneDrive
19 18 (16.51%) TCP/IP
19 18 (16.51%) Multi-Factor Authentication
20 17 (15.60%) DNS
20 17 (15.60%) Replication
21 16 (14.68%) Law
21 16 (14.68%) Documentation Skills
22 15 (13.76%) Customer Service

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 41 (37.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (33.94%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.75%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.92%) Confluence
Applications
1 26 (23.85%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (21.10%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (4.59%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 87 (79.82%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (24.77%) Azure
3 18 (16.51%) OneDrive
4 6 (5.50%) AWS
5 5 (4.59%) Google Workspace
5 5 (4.59%) iTunes
6 3 (2.75%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.92%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 63 (57.80%) Firewall
2 20 (18.35%) VLAN
2 20 (18.35%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (16.51%) TCP/IP
4 17 (15.60%) DNS
5 11 (10.09%) NAS
5 11 (10.09%) SAN
6 10 (9.17%) DHCP
6 10 (9.17%) Network Security
6 10 (9.17%) Wireless
7 9 (8.26%) SSL
8 6 (5.50%) VoIP
8 6 (5.50%) VPN
8 6 (5.50%) WAN
9 5 (4.59%) Cisco IOS
9 5 (4.59%) LAN
9 5 (4.59%) Wireless Security
10 4 (3.67%) Wireshark
11 1 (0.92%) IMAP
11 1 (0.92%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (30.28%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.75%) MySQL
3 1 (0.92%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (4.59%) JIRA
General
1 32 (29.36%) Social Skills
2 16 (14.68%) Documentation Skills
2 16 (14.68%) Law
3 6 (5.50%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (2.75%) Games
4 3 (2.75%) Retail
5 2 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (0.92%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.75%) Kafka
2 1 (0.92%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (15.60%) Replication
2 4 (3.67%) Driving Licence
3 3 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.92%) Educational Technology
4 1 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.92%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 79 (72.48%) Windows
2 34 (31.19%) Windows Server
3 15 (13.76%) Android
4 13 (11.93%) Linux
5 11 (10.09%) Windows 10
6 5 (4.59%) Mac OS X
6 5 (4.59%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (3.67%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (2.75%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (2.75%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.92%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.92%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.92%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.92%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (17.43%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (16.51%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 15 (13.76%) Change Control
3 15 (13.76%) Customer Service
3 15 (13.76%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (7.34%) Data Integration
5 7 (6.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 7 (6.42%) Project Management
6 5 (4.59%) ERP
6 5 (4.59%) Project Delivery
6 5 (4.59%) Project Planning
7 3 (2.75%) IT Strategy
8 2 (1.83%) Service Delivery
8 2 (1.83%) Service Management
9 1 (0.92%) Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.92%) ITIL
9 1 (0.92%) ITSM
9 1 (0.92%) Migration
9 1 (0.92%) Software Testing
9 1 (0.92%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 49 (44.95%) SQL
2 6 (5.50%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.67%) Bash
3 4 (3.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (22.02%) Degree
2 11 (10.09%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (9.17%) CCNA
3 10 (9.17%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (9.17%) MCSE
4 3 (2.75%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.59%) GDPR
2 2 (1.83%) SLA
System Software
1 49 (44.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 46 (42.20%) Active Directory
3 11 (10.09%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.75%) Docker
5 1 (0.92%) NFS
5 1 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (7.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.75%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.92%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.92%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 80 (73.39%) Microsoft
2 56 (51.38%) VMware
3 34 (31.19%) Citrix
4 32 (29.36%) Veeam
5 11 (10.09%) Apple
6 8 (7.34%) Barracuda Networks
7 7 (6.42%) Cisco
8 6 (5.50%) Google
9 5 (4.59%) Draytek
9 5 (4.59%) Sage
10 3 (2.75%) CrowdStrike
10 3 (2.75%) Datto
10 3 (2.75%) Sophos
10 3 (2.75%) WatchGuard
11 1 (0.92%) Dell
11 1 (0.92%) Freshdesk
11 1 (0.92%) Meraki