Support Engineer Jobs in the North of England

Support Engineer
England > North of England

The median Support Engineer salary in the North of England is £30,000 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 106 158 206
Rank change year-on-year +52 +48 -44
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 432 375 314
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.29% 2.32% 1.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.41% 2.60% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 381 206 266
10th Percentile £22,750 £25,125 £21,125
25th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £31,153 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +7.42% -3.33%
75th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
90th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
England median annual salary £32,500 £33,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year -1.52% -2.94% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 17,953 14,401 17,753
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.20% 89.25% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 13,711 7,947 10,940
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,627 £80,000
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in the North of England

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in the North of England.

Salary trend for Support Engineer in the North of England

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in the North of England

Support Engineer
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the North of England region 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
North West +9 188 £28,000 -8.77% 55
Yorkshire +63 177 £32,500 +7.44% 35
North East +34 67 £32,500 -5.80% 14
Support Engineer
England

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 1 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 North of England region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 207 (47.92%) Windows
2 179 (41.44%) Microsoft
3 174 (40.28%) Active Directory
4 153 (35.42%) Microsoft 365
5 152 (35.19%) Social Skills
6 116 (26.85%) Azure
7 99 (22.92%) Windows Server
8 94 (21.76%) Problem-Solving
9 90 (20.83%) Customer Service
10 85 (19.68%) ITIL
11 70 (16.20%) Hyper-V
12 69 (15.97%) VMware
13 63 (14.58%) Microsoft Office
14 60 (13.89%) Windows 10
15 55 (12.73%) SQL Server
16 54 (12.50%) Driving Licence
17 52 (12.04%) SQL
17 52 (12.04%) Microsoft Certification
17 52 (12.04%) Firewall
18 47 (10.88%) Finance
19 42 (9.72%) VoIP
20 40 (9.26%) Cisco
21 39 (9.03%) SAN
21 39 (9.03%) VMware Infrastructure
21 39 (9.03%) Organisational Skills
22 38 (8.80%) Microsoft Intune
23 36 (8.33%) Degree
23 36 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
24 35 (8.10%) Linux
24 35 (8.10%) Manufacturing

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 36 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (6.71%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.39%) Apache
4 2 (0.46%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.23%) Site Server
5 1 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 63 (14.58%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 153 (35.42%) Microsoft 365
2 116 (26.85%) Azure
3 29 (6.71%) Entra ID
4 16 (3.70%) OneDrive
5 14 (3.24%) AWS
6 12 (2.78%) GCP
7 8 (1.85%) Google Workspace
7 8 (1.85%) OpenShift
8 6 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (0.93%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (0.93%) Power Automate
10 4 (0.93%) Power Platform
10 4 (0.93%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (0.69%) Amazon SQS
12 2 (0.46%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (0.46%) Mimecast
13 1 (0.23%) IaaS
13 1 (0.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 52 (12.04%) Firewall
2 42 (9.72%) VoIP
3 39 (9.03%) SAN
4 30 (6.94%) Wi-Fi
5 24 (5.56%) DNS
5 24 (5.56%) LAN
5 24 (5.56%) WAN
6 21 (4.86%) TCP/IP
7 20 (4.63%) Wireless
8 19 (4.40%) VPN
9 17 (3.94%) DHCP
10 16 (3.70%) VLAN
11 12 (2.78%) Ethernet
11 12 (2.78%) Internet
12 10 (2.31%) NAS
13 9 (2.08%) Network Security
13 9 (2.08%) Remote Desktop
14 8 (1.85%) Multicast
15 6 (1.39%) BGP
15 6 (1.39%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (12.73%) SQL Server
2 16 (3.70%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (2.31%) DB2
4 6 (1.39%) MongoDB
4 6 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.93%) Power BI
6 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (1.85%) IBM UrbanCode
2 3 (0.69%) Octopus Deploy
2 3 (0.69%) TeamCity
3 2 (0.46%) HP UFT
3 2 (0.46%) JIRA
3 2 (0.46%) JMeter
3 2 (0.46%) LoadRunner
3 2 (0.46%) MSTest
3 2 (0.46%) Selenium
3 2 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 152 (35.19%) Social Skills
2 47 (10.88%) Finance
3 39 (9.03%) Organisational Skills
4 35 (8.10%) Manufacturing
5 34 (7.87%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (5.79%) Retail
7 12 (2.78%) Public Sector
8 10 (2.31%) Telecoms
9 8 (1.85%) Banking
9 8 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.16%) Advertising
12 4 (0.93%) Marketing
13 3 (0.69%) Automotive
13 3 (0.69%) Electronics
13 3 (0.69%) Law
14 2 (0.46%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.46%) Back Office
14 2 (0.46%) Games
14 2 (0.46%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.78%) .NET
2 7 (1.62%) Web Services
3 6 (1.39%) REST
3 6 (1.39%) SOAP
4 4 (0.93%) .NET Framework
5 3 (0.69%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (0.46%) LAPP Stack
7 1 (0.23%) EDI
7 1 (0.23%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 54 (12.50%) Driving Licence
2 32 (7.41%) Enterprise Storage
3 20 (4.63%) Fat Client
3 20 (4.63%) Thin Client
4 11 (2.55%) Data Centre
5 10 (2.31%) EPoS
5 10 (2.31%) Public Cloud
6 9 (2.08%) Replication
7 8 (1.85%) Management Information System
8 7 (1.62%) Client/Server
8 7 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.39%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.16%) Clustering
10 5 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.93%) CCTV
12 3 (0.69%) Video Conferencing
12 3 (0.69%) Wiki
13 2 (0.46%) iPhone
13 2 (0.46%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 207 (47.92%) Windows
2 99 (22.92%) Windows Server
3 60 (13.89%) Windows 10
4 35 (8.10%) Linux
5 20 (4.63%) Windows Server 2012
5 20 (4.63%) Windows Server 2019
6 18 (4.17%) Mac OS
7 16 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (1.62%) Windows 7
9 6 (1.39%) AIX
10 5 (1.16%) VyOS
11 4 (0.93%) Debian
11 4 (0.93%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.69%) Android
12 3 (0.69%) Apple iOS
12 3 (0.69%) CentOS
12 3 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.46%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.46%) Unix
13 2 (0.46%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (21.76%) Problem-Solving
2 90 (20.83%) Customer Service
3 85 (19.68%) ITIL
4 29 (6.71%) Incident Management
5 27 (6.25%) Agile
5 27 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 20 (4.63%) Desktop Virtualisation
7 19 (4.40%) DevOps
8 17 (3.94%) Service Management
9 16 (3.70%) CRM
10 15 (3.47%) Mobile Device Management
11 14 (3.24%) Disaster Recovery
12 13 (3.01%) Asset Management
12 13 (3.01%) Coaching
12 13 (3.01%) Customer Experience
12 13 (3.01%) Project Management
12 13 (3.01%) Service Delivery
13 12 (2.78%) Change Management
13 12 (2.78%) Cybersecurity
14 11 (2.55%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 52 (12.04%) SQL
2 18 (4.17%) PowerShell
3 10 (2.31%) C#
4 8 (1.85%) Groovy
5 6 (1.39%) C
5 6 (1.39%) C++
5 6 (1.39%) Java
5 6 (1.39%) PHP
5 6 (1.39%) VB
6 5 (1.16%) VBA
7 4 (0.93%) T-SQL
7 4 (0.93%) VBScript
8 3 (0.69%) Python
9 1 (0.23%) Bash
9 1 (0.23%) CLIST
9 1 (0.23%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.23%) JCL
9 1 (0.23%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.23%) REXX
9 1 (0.23%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 52 (12.04%) Microsoft Certification
2 36 (8.33%) Degree
3 23 (5.32%) DBS Check
4 22 (5.09%) Azure Certification
5 11 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (2.55%) ITIL Certification
5 11 (2.55%) Security Cleared
6 9 (2.08%) CCNA
6 9 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (1.62%) HNC
8 6 (1.39%) A+ Certification
8 6 (1.39%) MCP
9 5 (1.16%) JNCIA
10 4 (0.93%) MCSA
10 4 (0.93%) SC Cleared
11 2 (0.46%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.23%) CCENT
12 1 (0.23%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.23%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.09%) SLA
2 7 (1.62%) GDPR
3 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 174 (40.28%) Active Directory
2 70 (16.20%) Hyper-V
3 39 (9.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (2.55%) VMware ESXi
4 11 (2.55%) vSphere
5 6 (1.39%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.46%) XenApp
7 1 (0.23%) Job Entry Subsystem
7 1 (0.23%) KVM
7 1 (0.23%) Microcode
7 1 (0.23%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.23%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.23%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.23%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 38 (8.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (6.71%) SCCM
3 8 (1.85%) Ansible
3 8 (1.85%) Jamf Pro
3 8 (1.85%) Progress Chef
3 8 (1.85%) Terraform
4 5 (1.16%) Autotask
4 5 (1.16%) Failover Clustering
4 5 (1.16%) Grafana
4 5 (1.16%) SCOM
5 2 (0.46%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.46%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.23%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 179 (41.44%) Microsoft
2 69 (15.97%) VMware
3 40 (9.26%) Cisco
4 20 (4.63%) Apple
5 19 (4.40%) IBM
5 19 (4.40%) Sophos
6 18 (4.17%) Citrix
7 16 (3.70%) Google
8 12 (2.78%) Dell
8 12 (2.78%) Veeam
9 10 (2.31%) ESET
10 9 (2.08%) HP
11 7 (1.62%) Datto
12 6 (1.39%) Juniper
12 6 (1.39%) Oracle
12 6 (1.39%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.39%) ServiceNow
13 5 (1.16%) Fortinet
13 5 (1.16%) Nokia
13 5 (1.16%) Ruckus Wireless