Junior Support Engineer Jobs

Junior Support Engineer
UK

The median Junior Support Engineer salary in the UK is £24,240 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 833 920 1233
Rank change year-on-year +87 +313 -318
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Support Engineer 74 27 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.071% 0.029% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.074% 0.031% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 69 14 26
10th Percentile £20,750 £21,000 £19,500
25th Percentile £23,000 £29,813 £21,016
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,240 £32,500 £22,750
Median % change year-on-year -25.42% +42.86% -9.00%
75th Percentile £27,000 £40,625 £36,875
90th Percentile £33,000 £50,000 £42,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £24,240 £22,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year +10.18% -2.22% -

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%

Junior Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Support Engineer in the UK

Junior Support Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior Support Engineer.

Salary trend for Junior Support Engineer in the UK

Junior Support Engineer
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior 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
England +77 68 £24,240 -25.42% 16
UK excluding London +20 68 £24,240 +10.18% 8
Work from Home +55 16 £21,500 -57.00% 3
South East -1 16 £21,500 - 2
East of England +9 15 £24,240 +10.18% 1
North of England - 13 £27,000 - 2
Midlands - 10 £24,240 - 1
North West - 10 £27,000 -
South West - 8 £33,000 - 2
London +109 6 £33,500 -2.90% 6
Scotland - 6 £24,240 -
West Midlands - 5 £25,000 - 1
East Midlands - 5 £24,240 -
Yorkshire - 3 - -

Junior Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Junior 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 Junior Support Engineer in the job title.

1 47 (63.51%) Microsoft
2 42 (56.76%) Windows
3 40 (54.05%) Driving Licence
4 29 (39.19%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (29.73%) SLA
6 21 (28.38%) Social Skills
7 20 (27.03%) Azure
7 20 (27.03%) Asset Management
8 19 (25.68%) Degree
8 19 (25.68%) PCI DSS
8 19 (25.68%) Security Cleared
8 19 (25.68%) Wi-Fi
8 19 (25.68%) Dell
8 19 (25.68%) Proactive Maintenance
8 19 (25.68%) KVM
8 19 (25.68%) BPSS Clearance
9 15 (20.27%) Active Directory
10 13 (17.57%) HP
10 13 (17.57%) CCNA
10 13 (17.57%) Cisco Certification
10 13 (17.57%) Wireless
10 13 (17.57%) Firewall
10 13 (17.57%) Cisco
10 13 (17.57%) Fortinet
10 13 (17.57%) Cisco CUCM
10 13 (17.57%) ServiceCenter
10 13 (17.57%) Network+ Certification
10 13 (17.57%) Palo Alto
10 13 (17.57%) Meraki
10 13 (17.57%) Aruba

Junior 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (8.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (5.41%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.35%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 10 (13.51%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 29 (39.19%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (27.03%) Azure
3 6 (8.11%) Entra ID
4 3 (4.05%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 19 (25.68%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (17.57%) Firewall
2 13 (17.57%) Unified Communications
2 13 (17.57%) Wireless
3 3 (4.05%) DNS
4 1 (1.35%) DHCP
4 1 (1.35%) Softphone
4 1 (1.35%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.35%) VoIP
General
1 21 (28.38%) Social Skills
2 13 (17.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (5.41%) Manufacturing
4 3 (4.05%) Finance
5 1 (1.35%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.35%) Games
5 1 (1.35%) Legal
5 1 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.35%) RESTEasy
Miscellaneous
1 40 (54.05%) Driving Licence
2 1 (1.35%) Client/Server
2 1 (1.35%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (1.35%) Smartphone
2 1 (1.35%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 42 (56.76%) Windows
2 11 (14.86%) Windows 10
3 8 (10.81%) Windows Server
4 4 (5.41%) Linux
4 4 (5.41%) Unix
5 3 (4.05%) Windows 7
5 3 (4.05%) Windows 8
6 2 (2.70%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.35%) Android
7 1 (1.35%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.35%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (27.03%) Asset Management
2 19 (25.68%) Proactive Maintenance
3 10 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (8.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (8.11%) Customer Service
5 4 (5.41%) Computer Science
5 4 (5.41%) Fintech
6 3 (4.05%) Customer Experience
6 3 (4.05%) High Availability
6 3 (4.05%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 2 (2.70%) IT Strategy
8 1 (1.35%) Customer Requirements
8 1 (1.35%) Cybersecurity
8 1 (1.35%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 1 (1.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 1 (1.35%) Inventory Control
8 1 (1.35%) Inventory Management
8 1 (1.35%) Mobile Device Management
8 1 (1.35%) Software Licensing
8 1 (1.35%) Task-Oriented
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.41%) JavaScript
1 4 (5.41%) SQL
2 1 (1.35%) C#
Qualifications
1 19 (25.68%) BPSS Clearance
1 19 (25.68%) Degree
1 19 (25.68%) Security Cleared
2 13 (17.57%) CCNA
2 13 (17.57%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (17.57%) Network+ Certification
3 4 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.35%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.35%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (29.73%) SLA
2 19 (25.68%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (25.68%) KVM
2 15 (20.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (17.57%) Cisco CUCM
1 13 (17.57%) ServiceCenter
2 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.05%) SCCM
2 3 (4.05%) SCOM
Vendors
1 47 (63.51%) Microsoft
2 19 (25.68%) Dell
3 13 (17.57%) Aruba
3 13 (17.57%) Cisco
3 13 (17.57%) Fortinet
3 13 (17.57%) HP
3 13 (17.57%) Meraki
3 13 (17.57%) Palo Alto
4 3 (4.05%) Kaseya
4 3 (4.05%) SolarWinds
4 3 (4.05%) VMware
5 1 (1.35%) Apple