Support Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Support Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Support Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £38,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 72 98 126
Rank change year-on-year +26 +28 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 234 185 194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.29% 3.24% 2.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.47% 3.62% 2.76%
Number of salaries quoted 215 162 180
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,800 £22,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £31,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -3.08% -7.14%
75th Percentile £43,750 £35,400 £43,750
90th Percentile £47,000 £45,900 £53,750
South East median annual salary £34,500 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +9.52% -3.08% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,742 5,115 7,021
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.66% 89.64% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4,606 3,071 4,135
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,500 £38,750 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £64,750 £72,500 £70,750
90th Percentile £78,080 £87,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in the Thames Valley

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Support Engineer in the Thames Valley

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in the Thames Valley

Support Engineer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 2 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
Berkshire +34 81 £37,500 +15.38% 30
Buckinghamshire -17 80 £32,500 +8.33% 12
Oxfordshire +25 73 £42,000 +33.33% 18
Support Engineer
South East

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 2 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 Thames Valley region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 119 (50.85%) Microsoft
2 113 (48.29%) Microsoft 365
3 105 (44.87%) Windows
4 82 (35.04%) Social Skills
5 76 (32.48%) Firewall
6 75 (32.05%) SQL
7 66 (28.21%) Active Directory
8 61 (26.07%) VMware
9 59 (25.21%) Azure
10 55 (23.50%) Microsoft Exchange
11 54 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
12 48 (20.51%) SharePoint
13 43 (18.38%) SQL Server
13 43 (18.38%) Degree
14 42 (17.95%) Citrix
15 41 (17.52%) Windows Server
16 39 (16.67%) Customer Service
17 36 (15.38%) Linux
18 35 (14.96%) Microsoft Office
18 35 (14.96%) Veeam
19 33 (14.10%) Problem-Solving
20 29 (12.39%) OneDrive
21 28 (11.97%) Windows 10
22 27 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
22 27 (11.54%) Wi-Fi
23 23 (9.83%) TCP/IP
23 23 (9.83%) DNS
24 22 (9.40%) Android
24 22 (9.40%) Cybersecurity
25 21 (8.97%) VLAN

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 55 (23.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 48 (20.51%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.71%) JBoss
3 4 (1.71%) WebSphere
4 3 (1.28%) Confluence
4 3 (1.28%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 35 (14.96%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.85%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.85%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (2.14%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.43%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 113 (48.29%) Microsoft 365
2 59 (25.21%) Azure
3 29 (12.39%) OneDrive
4 17 (7.26%) AWS
5 13 (5.56%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.14%) Google Workspace
6 5 (2.14%) iTunes
7 4 (1.71%) GCP
8 3 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.28%) WhatsApp
9 2 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.43%) OCI
10 1 (0.43%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 76 (32.48%) Firewall
2 27 (11.54%) Wi-Fi
3 23 (9.83%) DNS
3 23 (9.83%) TCP/IP
4 21 (8.97%) VLAN
5 16 (6.84%) DHCP
6 15 (6.41%) LAN
7 13 (5.56%) VPN
8 12 (5.13%) SAN
8 12 (5.13%) Wireless
9 11 (4.70%) NAS
9 11 (4.70%) Network Security
9 11 (4.70%) VoIP
10 10 (4.27%) SSL
11 9 (3.85%) WAN
12 5 (2.14%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (2.14%) Wireless Security
13 4 (1.71%) Asterisk PBX
13 4 (1.71%) PBX
13 4 (1.71%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (18.38%) SQL Server
2 13 (5.56%) MySQL
3 6 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.71%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.43%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (4.27%) JIRA
2 2 (0.85%) Git
2 2 (0.85%) IntelliJ
3 1 (0.43%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.43%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.43%) Gradle
3 1 (0.43%) JUnit
General
1 82 (35.04%) Social Skills
2 21 (8.97%) Manufacturing
3 19 (8.12%) Documentation Skills
4 16 (6.84%) Law
5 13 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (5.13%) Finance
7 6 (2.56%) Legal
8 5 (2.14%) Games
8 5 (2.14%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.71%) Retail
10 3 (1.28%) Electronics
11 2 (0.85%) Billing
11 2 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.43%) Advertising
12 1 (0.43%) Automotive
12 1 (0.43%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.71%) .NET
2 3 (1.28%) HTML
2 3 (1.28%) Kafka
3 2 (0.85%) Spring
4 1 (0.43%) LDAP
4 1 (0.43%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.26%) Replication
2 14 (5.98%) Driving Licence
3 11 (4.70%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (3.42%) Linux Command Line
5 6 (2.56%) Public Cloud
5 6 (2.56%) Smartphone
6 5 (2.14%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.71%) Chip and PIN
7 4 (1.71%) Mobile Payment
8 2 (0.85%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.85%) Online Games
9 1 (0.43%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.43%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.43%) Tandem
9 1 (0.43%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 105 (44.87%) Windows
2 41 (17.52%) Windows Server
3 36 (15.38%) Linux
4 28 (11.97%) Windows 10
5 22 (9.40%) Android
6 8 (3.42%) VMS
6 8 (3.42%) Windows 7
7 7 (2.99%) Apple iOS
8 6 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (2.14%) Mac OS X
9 5 (2.14%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (1.71%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (1.28%) Mac OS
11 3 (1.28%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.85%) Windows Mobile
13 1 (0.43%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (16.67%) Customer Service
2 33 (14.10%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (9.40%) Cybersecurity
4 21 (8.97%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 20 (8.55%) Service Delivery
6 17 (7.26%) Change Control
7 16 (6.84%) Project Management
8 13 (5.56%) ITIL
9 10 (4.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 9 (3.85%) Software Deployment
11 8 (3.42%) Data Integration
11 8 (3.42%) OO
11 8 (3.42%) Software Testing
12 7 (2.99%) Customer Requirements
12 7 (2.99%) ITSM
12 7 (2.99%) Logistics
13 6 (2.56%) Service Management
14 5 (2.14%) ERP
14 5 (2.14%) Project Delivery
14 5 (2.14%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 75 (32.05%) SQL
2 10 (4.27%) PL/SQL
3 7 (2.99%) Java
3 7 (2.99%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.99%) Python
4 4 (1.71%) Bash
5 3 (1.28%) C#
Qualifications
1 43 (18.38%) Degree
2 17 (7.26%) Security Cleared
3 16 (6.84%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (6.41%) DV Cleared
5 13 (5.56%) CCNA
5 13 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (4.27%) MCSE
7 6 (2.56%) Azure Certification
8 5 (2.14%) SC Cleared
9 4 (1.71%) HNC
9 4 (1.71%) HND
9 4 (1.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (1.28%) MCP
11 2 (0.85%) CCNP
11 2 (0.85%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.43%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.85%) SLA
2 5 (2.14%) GDPR
3 2 (0.85%) ISO 14001
3 2 (0.85%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.43%) QA
System Software
1 66 (28.21%) Active Directory
2 54 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (8.55%) Hyper-V
4 8 (3.42%) Firmware
5 5 (2.14%) Docker
6 2 (0.85%) GPFS
7 1 (0.43%) NFS
7 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (5.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (4.27%) SCCM
3 3 (1.28%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.43%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.43%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.43%) PaperCut
4 1 (0.43%) SCOM
4 1 (0.43%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.43%) WSUS
Vendors
1 119 (50.85%) Microsoft
2 61 (26.07%) VMware
3 42 (17.95%) Citrix
4 35 (14.96%) Veeam
5 12 (5.13%) Apple
6 10 (4.27%) Oracle
7 9 (3.85%) Cisco
8 8 (3.42%) Barracuda Networks
8 8 (3.42%) HP
9 6 (2.56%) Google
10 5 (2.14%) Draytek
10 5 (2.14%) Sage
11 3 (1.28%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (1.28%) Datto
11 3 (1.28%) Sophos
11 3 (1.28%) WatchGuard
12 2 (0.85%) Dell
12 2 (0.85%) Juniper
13 1 (0.43%) EMC
13 1 (0.43%) JD Edwards