Support Engineer Jobs in the East Midlands

Support Engineer
England > East Midlands

The median Support Engineer salary in the East Midlands is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 86 76
Rank change year-on-year +37 -10 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 211 93 142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 4.01% 3.47% 3.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.25% 3.93% 4.16%
Number of salaries quoted 172 75 102
10th Percentile £23,550 £25,000 £22,750
25th Percentile £26,000 £26,125 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £27,500 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -12.70% +6.78%
75th Percentile £37,500 £36,750 £42,625
90th Percentile £47,500 £50,066 £47,500
England median annual salary £32,500 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year -2.99% -1.47% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 4,963 2,368 3,412
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.34% 88.46% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3,439 1,246 2,114
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £25,659
25th Percentile £31,750 £36,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £51,786 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +9.02% +8.57%
75th Percentile £56,000 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in the East Midlands

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for Support Engineer in the East Midlands

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in the East Midlands

Support Engineer
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Leicestershire +23 68 £28,500 -8.06% 9
Northamptonshire +9 56 £30,500 +6.09% 11
Lincolnshire +19 33 £32,500 - 6
Nottinghamshire -16 30 £32,500 -18.55% 4
Derbyshire -10 24 £27,750 +0.91% 11
Support Engineer
England

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 9 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 East Midlands region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 91 (43.13%) Windows
2 83 (39.34%) Microsoft
3 80 (37.91%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (23.70%) Azure
5 48 (22.75%) Active Directory
6 47 (22.27%) Microsoft 365
6 47 (22.27%) Customer Service
7 41 (19.43%) ITIL
8 40 (18.96%) Analytical Skills
8 40 (18.96%) Social Skills
9 39 (18.48%) Windows Server
9 39 (18.48%) SQL
10 37 (17.54%) Degree
11 29 (13.74%) Microsoft Certification
12 28 (13.27%) SLA
12 28 (13.27%) Computer Science
12 28 (13.27%) Driving Licence
13 26 (12.32%) Microsoft Intune
13 26 (12.32%) Linux
13 26 (12.32%) Law
14 24 (11.37%) Entra ID
15 23 (10.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 23 (10.90%) Computer Science Degree
15 23 (10.90%) VMware
16 22 (10.43%) DHCP
16 22 (10.43%) DNS
16 22 (10.43%) Network Security
17 21 (9.95%) VMware Infrastructure
17 21 (9.95%) MCP
17 21 (9.95%) Onboarding

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 20 (9.48%) SharePoint
2 16 (7.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (4.27%) IIS
4 2 (0.95%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (2.37%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 50 (23.70%) Azure
2 47 (22.27%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (11.37%) Entra ID
4 8 (3.79%) SaaS
5 6 (2.84%) Mimecast
5 6 (2.84%) OneDrive
6 4 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.42%) AWS
8 2 (0.95%) ClickUp
8 2 (0.95%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (0.95%) Serverless
9 1 (0.47%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 22 (10.43%) DHCP
1 22 (10.43%) DNS
1 22 (10.43%) Network Security
2 19 (9.00%) WLAN
3 17 (8.06%) Internet
4 15 (7.11%) Firewall
5 12 (5.69%) SAN
6 11 (5.21%) TCP/IP
6 11 (5.21%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (4.27%) LAN
7 9 (4.27%) WAN
8 7 (3.32%) VPN
9 4 (1.90%) Wireless
10 2 (0.95%) Cisco IOS
10 2 (0.95%) VSAN
11 1 (0.47%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.53%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.32%) MySQL
3 2 (0.95%) MariaDB
3 2 (0.95%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 40 (18.96%) Analytical Skills
1 40 (18.96%) Social Skills
2 26 (12.32%) Law
3 7 (3.32%) Manufacturing
4 6 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
4 6 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (2.84%) Telecoms
5 3 (1.42%) Automotive
5 3 (1.42%) Finance
6 2 (0.95%) Games
7 1 (0.47%) Agriculture
7 1 (0.47%) Marketing
7 1 (0.47%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.32%) .NET
1 7 (3.32%) Web Services
2 5 (2.37%) CSS
2 5 (2.37%) CSS3
2 5 (2.37%) HTML
2 5 (2.37%) HTML5
2 5 (2.37%) jQuery
2 5 (2.37%) React
3 2 (0.95%) LAPP Stack
3 2 (0.95%) REST
3 2 (0.95%) SOAP
4 1 (0.47%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 28 (13.27%) Driving Licence
2 21 (9.95%) Onboarding
3 8 (3.79%) Data Centre
4 7 (3.32%) Clustering
4 7 (3.32%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.47%) CCTV
7 1 (0.47%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 91 (43.13%) Windows
2 39 (18.48%) Windows Server
3 26 (12.32%) Linux
4 6 (2.84%) Mac OS
5 5 (2.37%) CentOS
5 5 (2.37%) SUSE
5 5 (2.37%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.90%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.95%) AIX
7 2 (0.95%) Debian
7 2 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.95%) Unix
7 2 (0.95%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (37.91%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (22.27%) Customer Service
3 41 (19.43%) ITIL
4 28 (13.27%) Computer Science
5 23 (10.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 20 (9.48%) Asset Management
6 20 (9.48%) Cybersecurity
7 19 (9.00%) Service Management
8 18 (8.53%) Customer Requirements
8 18 (8.53%) User Acceptance Testing
8 18 (8.53%) User Experience
9 15 (7.11%) IT Asset Management
9 15 (7.11%) Mentoring
9 15 (7.11%) Network Management
10 10 (4.74%) Customer-Centricity
11 9 (4.27%) Agile
12 8 (3.79%) Mathematics
12 8 (3.79%) Migration
13 7 (3.32%) High Availability
13 7 (3.32%) Proactive Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 39 (18.48%) SQL
2 7 (3.32%) C#
3 5 (2.37%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.42%) Python
5 2 (0.95%) C
5 2 (0.95%) C++
5 2 (0.95%) PL/SQL
5 2 (0.95%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.95%) T-SQL
5 2 (0.95%) VB
6 1 (0.47%) Perl
Qualifications
1 37 (17.54%) Degree
2 29 (13.74%) Microsoft Certification
3 23 (10.90%) Computer Science Degree
4 21 (9.95%) MCP
5 16 (7.58%) CCNA
5 16 (7.58%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (7.11%) CCNP
6 15 (7.11%) LPIC
6 15 (7.11%) MCSE
7 7 (3.32%) DBS Check
7 7 (3.32%) Security Cleared
8 6 (2.84%) A+ Certification
9 5 (2.37%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.42%) HNC
10 3 (1.42%) HND
11 2 (0.95%) Citrix Certification
11 2 (0.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.47%) CCA
12 1 (0.47%) CCDA
12 1 (0.47%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (13.27%) SLA
2 6 (2.84%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.95%) GDPR
3 2 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.95%) QA
System Software
1 48 (22.75%) Active Directory
2 21 (9.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (7.11%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.37%) KVM
4 5 (2.37%) vSphere
5 2 (0.95%) Terminal Services
5 2 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.47%) XenApp
6 1 (0.47%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 26 (12.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (3.32%) Microsoft Clustering
3 2 (0.95%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 83 (39.34%) Microsoft
2 23 (10.90%) VMware
3 17 (8.06%) Cisco
4 6 (2.84%) Acronis
4 6 (2.84%) Dell
5 5 (2.37%) Citrix
5 5 (2.37%) HP
5 5 (2.37%) Red Hat
5 5 (2.37%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.90%) Oracle
6 4 (1.90%) Sophos
6 4 (1.90%) Veeam
7 3 (1.42%) Google
8 2 (0.95%) Apple
8 2 (0.95%) HubSpot
8 2 (0.95%) Meraki
8 2 (0.95%) RedPrairie
9 1 (0.47%) NetApp