Support Engineer Jobs in the South East

Support Engineer
England > South East

The median Support Engineer salary in the South East is £34,500 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 67 84 144
Rank change year-on-year +17 +60 -31
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 646 478 532
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.63% 3.48% 2.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.85% 3.86% 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 612 385 485
10th Percentile £24,550 £25,400 £24,450
25th Percentile £27,000 £27,600 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £31,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -3.08% -
75th Percentile £43,750 £37,500 £42,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £46,000 £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
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 16,769 12,374 19,894
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.15% 89.99% 96.32%
Number of salaries quoted 11,915 7,936 12,370
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in the South East

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Support Engineer in the South East

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in the South East

Support Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the South East 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
Thames Valley +26 234 £38,500 +22.22% 58
Hampshire -17 150 £37,000 +17.93% 33
Berkshire +33 81 £37,500 +15.38% 29
Buckinghamshire -11 80 £32,500 +8.33% 12
East Sussex +43 77 £25,760 -26.40% 8
Oxfordshire +24 73 £42,000 +33.33% 17
Surrey -9 62 £35,500 +1.43% 22
Kent +10 55 £28,000 -12.50% 20
West Sussex +46 43 £30,000 -6.25% 10
Sussex - 13 £30,000 - 1
Middlesex - 7 £60,000 -
Isle of Wight - 4 £42,500 - 1
Support Engineer
England

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

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 South East region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 312 (48.30%) Windows
2 291 (45.05%) Microsoft 365
3 273 (42.26%) Microsoft
4 209 (32.35%) Active Directory
5 202 (31.27%) Social Skills
6 194 (30.03%) Azure
7 176 (27.24%) Firewall
8 147 (22.76%) Windows Server
9 124 (19.20%) Customer Service
10 116 (17.96%) Degree
11 110 (17.03%) VMware
12 106 (16.41%) SQL
13 102 (15.79%) Microsoft Exchange
14 99 (15.33%) Problem-Solving
15 96 (14.86%) Microsoft Office
16 86 (13.31%) Windows 10
17 85 (13.16%) Linux
17 85 (13.16%) VMware Infrastructure
18 81 (12.54%) SharePoint
19 75 (11.61%) Hyper-V
20 73 (11.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
21 72 (11.15%) Entra ID
22 70 (10.84%) SQL Server
23 69 (10.68%) ITIL
24 67 (10.37%) Cisco
25 66 (10.22%) TCP/IP
26 64 (9.91%) VPN
27 63 (9.75%) Citrix
28 62 (9.60%) SLA
29 59 (9.13%) Microsoft Intune

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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
1 102 (15.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 81 (12.54%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2000
4 5 (0.77%) Apache
4 5 (0.77%) IIS
5 4 (0.62%) Confluence
5 4 (0.62%) JBoss
5 4 (0.62%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 96 (14.86%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (7.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.31%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.31%) Revit
5 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.77%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.15%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 291 (45.05%) Microsoft 365
2 194 (30.03%) Azure
3 72 (11.15%) Entra ID
4 44 (6.81%) OneDrive
5 40 (6.19%) AWS
6 15 (2.32%) IaaS
7 11 (1.70%) Mimecast
8 10 (1.55%) SaaS
9 9 (1.39%) PaaS
10 6 (0.93%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (0.77%) Google Workspace
11 5 (0.77%) iTunes
12 4 (0.62%) GCP
12 4 (0.62%) WhatsApp
13 3 (0.46%) Cloud Computing
13 3 (0.46%) Dynamics 365
14 2 (0.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 2 (0.31%) Power Platform
15 1 (0.15%) Nutanix
15 1 (0.15%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 176 (27.24%) Firewall
2 66 (10.22%) TCP/IP
3 64 (9.91%) VPN
4 52 (8.05%) DNS
5 50 (7.74%) VLAN
6 49 (7.59%) Wi-Fi
7 48 (7.43%) Wireless
8 44 (6.81%) DHCP
8 44 (6.81%) VoIP
9 30 (4.64%) LAN
10 23 (3.56%) SAN
11 21 (3.25%) WAN
12 20 (3.10%) Internet
13 18 (2.79%) Remote Desktop
14 17 (2.63%) Network Security
15 14 (2.17%) SSH
16 13 (2.01%) NAS
16 13 (2.01%) SNMP
16 13 (2.01%) SSL
16 13 (2.01%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (10.84%) SQL Server
2 42 (6.50%) MySQL
3 16 (2.48%) Amazon RDS
4 13 (2.01%) Relational Database
5 5 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.62%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.62%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.31%) Power BI
8 1 (0.15%) GIS
Development Applications
1 22 (3.41%) JIRA
2 14 (2.17%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.31%) Git
3 2 (0.31%) GitLab
3 2 (0.31%) Hudson
3 2 (0.31%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.15%) Gradle
4 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.15%) JUnit
General
1 202 (31.27%) Social Skills
2 40 (6.19%) Finance
3 36 (5.57%) Manufacturing
4 33 (5.11%) Telecoms
5 31 (4.80%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (4.80%) Documentation Skills
6 28 (4.33%) Law
7 21 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (2.17%) Games
9 13 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (2.01%) Legal
10 11 (1.70%) Back Office
11 10 (1.55%) Electronics
12 6 (0.93%) Military
12 6 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (0.93%) Retail
13 4 (0.62%) Marketing
14 3 (0.46%) Public Sector
15 2 (0.31%) Billing
16 1 (0.15%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.72%) HTML
2 21 (3.25%) CSS
3 18 (2.79%) .NET
4 17 (2.63%) REST
4 17 (2.63%) SOAP
4 17 (2.63%) Web Services
5 13 (2.01%) Ajax
5 13 (2.01%) AngularJS
5 13 (2.01%) JDBC
5 13 (2.01%) ODBC
5 13 (2.01%) XHTML
5 13 (2.01%) XML
6 5 (0.77%) Kafka
7 3 (0.46%) 802.1X
8 2 (0.31%) Spring
9 1 (0.15%) LAMP
9 1 (0.15%) LDAP
9 1 (0.15%) PostGIS
9 1 (0.15%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 58 (8.98%) Driving Licence
2 22 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (2.79%) Replication
4 15 (2.32%) Clustering
5 13 (2.01%) CMDB
5 13 (2.01%) Data Centre
6 12 (1.86%) Linux Command Line
6 12 (1.86%) PKI
7 11 (1.70%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.24%) Client/Server
8 8 (1.24%) Smartphone
9 7 (1.08%) Public Cloud
10 6 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (0.62%) Chip and PIN
11 4 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.62%) Mobile Payment
12 3 (0.46%) Apple TV
12 3 (0.46%) IoT
12 3 (0.46%) NB-IoT
12 3 (0.46%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 312 (48.30%) Windows
2 147 (22.76%) Windows Server
3 86 (13.31%) Windows 10
4 85 (13.16%) Linux
5 32 (4.95%) Android
6 30 (4.64%) Windows Server 2012
7 20 (3.10%) Windows Server 2019
8 19 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
9 16 (2.48%) Apple iOS
9 16 (2.48%) Windows 7
10 13 (2.01%) Unix
11 10 (1.55%) Windows Server 2008
12 8 (1.24%) VMS
13 7 (1.08%) Mac OS X
14 6 (0.93%) Ubuntu
15 4 (0.62%) AIX
15 4 (0.62%) Mac OS
16 3 (0.46%) Windows Server 2003
17 2 (0.31%) Windows Mobile
18 1 (0.15%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (19.20%) Customer Service
2 99 (15.33%) Problem-Solving
3 73 (11.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 69 (10.68%) ITIL
5 46 (7.12%) Service Delivery
6 39 (6.04%) Cybersecurity
7 28 (4.33%) Mentoring
8 26 (4.02%) Customer Requirements
9 25 (3.87%) Customer Experience
9 25 (3.87%) OO
10 23 (3.56%) Project Management
11 21 (3.25%) Change Control
11 21 (3.25%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 20 (3.10%) ITSM
13 19 (2.94%) Problem Management
13 19 (2.94%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 18 (2.79%) Business Intelligence
15 17 (2.63%) Database Tuning
15 17 (2.63%) Mathematics
15 17 (2.63%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 106 (16.41%) SQL
2 49 (7.59%) PowerShell
3 28 (4.33%) Java
4 24 (3.72%) Python
5 17 (2.63%) JavaScript
6 16 (2.48%) VB
7 15 (2.32%) C#
8 14 (2.17%) Bash
9 13 (2.01%) Perl
10 12 (1.86%) ActionScript
11 10 (1.55%) PL/SQL
12 9 (1.39%) C
13 5 (0.77%) C++
14 4 (0.62%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.15%) PHP
Qualifications
1 116 (17.96%) Degree
2 36 (5.57%) Cisco Certification
3 33 (5.11%) CCNA
4 27 (4.18%) Security Cleared
5 24 (3.72%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (2.63%) Network+ Certification
7 16 (2.48%) DV Cleared
8 11 (1.70%) MCSE
9 10 (1.55%) Azure Certification
9 10 (1.55%) ITIL Certification
9 10 (1.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 10 (1.55%) SC Cleared
10 9 (1.39%) MCP
11 8 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (1.08%) CCNP
13 6 (0.93%) GCSC
14 5 (0.77%) HNC
15 4 (0.62%) HND
16 2 (0.31%) AWS Certification
16 2 (0.31%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (9.60%) SLA
2 16 (2.48%) GDPR
3 2 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.31%) ISO 14001
3 2 (0.31%) ISO 9001
3 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.31%) NIST
4 1 (0.15%) QA
System Software
1 209 (32.35%) Active Directory
2 85 (13.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 75 (11.61%) Hyper-V
4 17 (2.63%) VMware ESXi
4 17 (2.63%) XenApp
5 15 (2.32%) vSphere
6 12 (1.86%) OpenSSH
7 9 (1.39%) Firmware
8 8 (1.24%) Docker
9 6 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.31%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (0.31%) GPFS
12 1 (0.15%) NFS
12 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.15%) VirtualBox
12 1 (0.15%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 59 (9.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (2.63%) SCCM
3 16 (2.48%) vCenter Server
4 13 (2.01%) Cisco CUCM
4 13 (2.01%) ServiceCenter
4 13 (2.01%) WMI
5 12 (1.86%) IBM BigFix
5 12 (1.86%) PowerCLI
6 6 (0.93%) Kubernetes
6 6 (0.93%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 6 (0.93%) SCDPM
7 3 (0.46%) Backup Exec
7 3 (0.46%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (0.46%) NetCrunch
8 2 (0.31%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.15%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.15%) SCOM
9 1 (0.15%) WSUS
Vendors
1 273 (42.26%) Microsoft
2 110 (17.03%) VMware
3 67 (10.37%) Cisco
4 63 (9.75%) Citrix
5 45 (6.97%) Veeam
6 32 (4.95%) HP
7 29 (4.49%) Apple
8 28 (4.33%) Meraki
9 27 (4.18%) Oracle
10 22 (3.41%) Barracuda Networks
11 19 (2.94%) Fortinet
12 18 (2.79%) Palo Alto
13 17 (2.63%) Aruba
14 16 (2.48%) Sophos
14 16 (2.48%) Splunk
15 14 (2.17%) Dell
15 14 (2.17%) Draytek
16 12 (1.86%) IBM
17 11 (1.70%) ConnectWise
18 8 (1.24%) Juniper