Software Support Engineer
UK
The median Software Support Engineer salary in the UK is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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 1 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 818 | 891 | 1212 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +73 | +321 | -326 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software Support Engineer | 89 | 56 | 49 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.085% | 0.059% | 0.029% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.089% | 0.065% | 0.030% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 69 | 37 | 47 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,000 | £25,000 | £27,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £33,000 | £29,750 | £29,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,000 | £34,000 | £40,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.65% | -15.00% | +23.08% |
| 75th Percentile | £51,250 | £42,500 | £45,000 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £47,000 | £62,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £40,000 | £32,500 | £30,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +23.08% | +6.56% | +5.17% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title | 99,552 | 86,380 | 162,088 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.85% | 91.27% | 96.05% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 70,786 | 55,655 | 84,889 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,625 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £80,000 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,500 | £50,244 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.54% | +6.48% | +5.78% |
Software Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Software Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Software Support Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Support Engineer.
Software Support Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Support Engineer over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.
Software Support Engineer
Top 15 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Support Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 |
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| UK excluding London | +10 | 88 | £40,000 | +23.08% | 5 |
| England | +60 | 77 | £40,000 | +20.30% | 5 |
| Work from Home | +70 | 36 | £47,500 | +18.75% | |
| South East | +9 | 29 | £42,500 | +30.77% | 2 |
| East Midlands | - | 21 | £40,000 | - | |
| Midlands | - | 21 | £40,000 | - | |
| South West | -15 | 13 | £37,500 | +28.21% | 1 |
| North of England | +16 | 10 | £47,500 | +84.47% | |
| Scotland | -58 | 9 | £47,500 | -5.00% | 2 |
| North West | -25 | 4 | £22,000 | -12.00% | |
| Yorkshire | - | 4 | £47,500 | - | |
| Wales | - | 3 | £32,500 | - | |
| East of England | - | 3 | £47,500 | - | |
| North East | -10 | 2 | £47,500 | +18.75% | |
| London | +105 | 1 | £47,500 | +5.56% | 2 |
Software Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Software 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 featuring Software Support Engineer in the job title.
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Software Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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