Support Engineer Jobs in the South East

Support Engineer
England > South East

The median Support Engineer salary in the South East is £35,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 85 149
Rank change year-on-year +23 +64 -37
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 664 464 539
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.61% 3.46% 2.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.83% 3.86% 2.64%
Number of salaries quoted 623 371 489
10th Percentile £24,600 £25,000 £24,950
25th Percentile £27,000 £27,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £31,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -3.08% -
75th Percentile £43,750 £37,500 £42,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £46,000 £47,500
England median annual salary £32,500 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year -2.99% -1.47% -

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 17,348 12,023 20,382
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.23% 89.71% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 12,223 7,828 12,399
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 9 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 9 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 +17 239 £38,500 +22.22% 65
Hampshire -10 156 £37,000 +17.46% 36
Berkshire +34 82 £37,500 +15.38% 33
Buckinghamshire -12 79 £32,500 +8.33% 13
East Sussex +52 78 £25,760 -26.40% 7
Oxfordshire +21 78 £42,000 +33.33% 19
Surrey -20 62 £37,500 +7.14% 27
Kent +15 58 £28,000 -12.50% 14
West Sussex +46 45 £30,000 -6.25% 10
Sussex - 14 £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 9 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.

1 316 (47.59%) Windows
2 293 (44.13%) Microsoft 365
3 278 (41.87%) Microsoft
4 211 (31.78%) Active Directory
5 207 (31.17%) Social Skills
6 199 (29.97%) Azure
7 179 (26.96%) Firewall
8 150 (22.59%) Windows Server
9 124 (18.67%) Customer Service
10 119 (17.92%) Degree
11 112 (16.87%) VMware
12 106 (15.96%) SQL
13 104 (15.66%) Microsoft Exchange
14 100 (15.06%) Problem-Solving
15 96 (14.46%) Microsoft Office
16 87 (13.10%) Linux
17 86 (12.95%) Windows 10
18 85 (12.80%) VMware Infrastructure
19 84 (12.65%) SharePoint
20 77 (11.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
21 76 (11.45%) Entra ID
21 76 (11.45%) Hyper-V
22 71 (10.69%) SQL Server
23 69 (10.39%) Cisco
24 68 (10.24%) TCP/IP
24 68 (10.24%) ITIL
25 66 (9.94%) VPN
26 65 (9.79%) Citrix
27 63 (9.49%) SLA
28 59 (8.89%) Driving Licence

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
1 104 (15.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 84 (12.65%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.90%) Exchange Server 2000
4 5 (0.75%) Apache
4 5 (0.75%) IIS
5 4 (0.60%) Confluence
5 4 (0.60%) JBoss
5 4 (0.60%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 96 (14.46%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (7.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.30%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.30%) Revit
5 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.75%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.15%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 293 (44.13%) Microsoft 365
2 199 (29.97%) Azure
3 76 (11.45%) Entra ID
4 46 (6.93%) OneDrive
5 43 (6.48%) AWS
6 15 (2.26%) IaaS
7 11 (1.66%) Mimecast
8 10 (1.51%) SaaS
9 9 (1.36%) PaaS
10 6 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (0.90%) Google Workspace
11 5 (0.75%) iTunes
11 5 (0.75%) WhatsApp
12 4 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (0.60%) GCP
13 3 (0.45%) Dynamics 365
14 2 (0.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 2 (0.30%) Power Platform
15 1 (0.15%) Nutanix
15 1 (0.15%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 179 (26.96%) Firewall
2 68 (10.24%) TCP/IP
3 66 (9.94%) VPN
4 53 (7.98%) DNS
5 51 (7.68%) VLAN
5 51 (7.68%) Wi-Fi
6 48 (7.23%) Wireless
7 44 (6.63%) DHCP
7 44 (6.63%) VoIP
8 31 (4.67%) LAN
9 23 (3.46%) Internet
10 22 (3.31%) SAN
11 21 (3.16%) WAN
12 18 (2.71%) Remote Desktop
13 17 (2.56%) Network Security
14 14 (2.11%) SSH
15 13 (1.96%) NAS
15 13 (1.96%) SNMP
15 13 (1.96%) SSL
15 13 (1.96%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (10.69%) SQL Server
2 41 (6.17%) MySQL
3 17 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
4 13 (1.96%) Relational Database
5 5 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.60%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.60%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.30%) Power BI
8 1 (0.15%) GIS
Development Applications
1 23 (3.46%) JIRA
2 14 (2.11%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.30%) Git
3 2 (0.30%) GitLab
3 2 (0.30%) Hudson
3 2 (0.30%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.15%) Gradle
4 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.15%) JUnit
General
1 207 (31.17%) Social Skills
2 44 (6.63%) Finance
3 42 (6.33%) Manufacturing
4 34 (5.12%) Telecoms
5 31 (4.67%) Documentation Skills
6 30 (4.52%) Analytical Skills
7 27 (4.07%) Law
8 20 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (2.11%) Electronics
9 14 (2.11%) Games
10 13 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (1.96%) Legal
11 11 (1.66%) Back Office
12 6 (0.90%) Military
12 6 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (0.90%) Retail
13 5 (0.75%) Marketing
14 3 (0.45%) Public Sector
15 2 (0.30%) Billing
16 1 (0.15%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (3.92%) HTML
2 22 (3.31%) CSS
3 19 (2.86%) .NET
4 17 (2.56%) REST
4 17 (2.56%) SOAP
4 17 (2.56%) Web Services
5 13 (1.96%) Ajax
5 13 (1.96%) AngularJS
5 13 (1.96%) JDBC
5 13 (1.96%) ODBC
5 13 (1.96%) XHTML
5 13 (1.96%) XML
6 5 (0.75%) Kafka
7 3 (0.45%) 802.1X
8 2 (0.30%) Spring
9 1 (0.15%) LAMP
9 1 (0.15%) LDAP
9 1 (0.15%) PostGIS
9 1 (0.15%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 59 (8.89%) Driving Licence
2 23 (3.46%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (2.86%) Replication
4 16 (2.41%) Clustering
5 15 (2.26%) Data Centre
6 13 (1.96%) CMDB
6 13 (1.96%) Linux Command Line
6 13 (1.96%) PKI
7 11 (1.66%) Management Information System
8 10 (1.51%) Smartphone
9 8 (1.20%) Client/Server
10 7 (1.05%) Public Cloud
11 6 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.60%) Chip and PIN
12 4 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (0.60%) Mobile Payment
12 4 (0.60%) Onboarding
13 3 (0.45%) Apple TV
13 3 (0.45%) IoT
13 3 (0.45%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 316 (47.59%) Windows
2 150 (22.59%) Windows Server
3 87 (13.10%) Linux
4 86 (12.95%) Windows 10
5 34 (5.12%) Android
6 32 (4.82%) Windows Server 2012
7 20 (3.01%) Windows Server 2019
8 19 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
9 18 (2.71%) Apple iOS
10 15 (2.26%) Windows 7
11 13 (1.96%) Unix
12 10 (1.51%) Windows Server 2008
13 8 (1.20%) VMS
14 7 (1.05%) Mac OS X
15 6 (0.90%) Ubuntu
16 4 (0.60%) AIX
16 4 (0.60%) Mac OS
17 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2003
18 2 (0.30%) Windows Mobile
19 1 (0.15%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (18.67%) Customer Service
2 100 (15.06%) Problem-Solving
3 77 (11.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 68 (10.24%) ITIL
5 46 (6.93%) Service Delivery
6 39 (5.87%) Cybersecurity
7 30 (4.52%) Mentoring
8 26 (3.92%) Customer Experience
8 26 (3.92%) Customer Requirements
9 25 (3.77%) OO
10 23 (3.46%) Project Management
11 22 (3.31%) Change Control
12 21 (3.16%) ITSM
12 21 (3.16%) Multi-Factor Authentication
13 20 (3.01%) Problem Management
14 19 (2.86%) Remote Monitoring and Management
15 18 (2.71%) Business Intelligence
15 18 (2.71%) Network Management
16 17 (2.56%) Database Tuning
16 17 (2.56%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 106 (15.96%) SQL
2 50 (7.53%) PowerShell
3 28 (4.22%) Java
4 24 (3.61%) Python
5 17 (2.56%) C#
5 17 (2.56%) JavaScript
5 17 (2.56%) VB
6 13 (1.96%) ActionScript
6 13 (1.96%) Bash
6 13 (1.96%) Perl
7 9 (1.36%) C
7 9 (1.36%) PL/SQL
8 5 (0.75%) C++
8 5 (0.75%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.15%) PHP
Qualifications
1 119 (17.92%) Degree
2 36 (5.42%) Cisco Certification
3 33 (4.97%) CCNA
4 29 (4.37%) Security Cleared
5 24 (3.61%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (2.56%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.56%) Network+ Certification
7 13 (1.96%) SC Cleared
8 11 (1.66%) MCSE
9 10 (1.51%) Azure Certification
9 10 (1.51%) ITIL Certification
9 10 (1.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 10 (1.51%) MCP
10 9 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (1.20%) CCNP
12 6 (0.90%) GCSC
13 5 (0.75%) HNC
14 4 (0.60%) HND
15 2 (0.30%) AWS Certification
15 2 (0.30%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (9.49%) SLA
2 16 (2.41%) GDPR
3 3 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.30%) ISO 14001
4 2 (0.30%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.30%) NIST
5 1 (0.15%) QA
System Software
1 211 (31.78%) Active Directory
2 85 (12.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 76 (11.45%) Hyper-V
4 19 (2.86%) VMware ESXi
5 18 (2.71%) XenApp
6 16 (2.41%) vSphere
7 13 (1.96%) OpenSSH
8 8 (1.20%) Docker
8 8 (1.20%) Firmware
9 6 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.30%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.15%) 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 58 (8.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (2.56%) vCenter Server
3 16 (2.41%) SCCM
4 13 (1.96%) Cisco CUCM
4 13 (1.96%) IBM BigFix
4 13 (1.96%) PowerCLI
4 13 (1.96%) ServiceCenter
4 13 (1.96%) WMI
5 6 (0.90%) Kubernetes
5 6 (0.90%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 6 (0.90%) SCDPM
6 3 (0.45%) Backup Exec
6 3 (0.45%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (0.45%) NetCrunch
7 2 (0.30%) EMC NetWorker
7 2 (0.30%) WSUS
8 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.15%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.15%) SCOM
Vendors
1 278 (41.87%) Microsoft
2 112 (16.87%) VMware
3 69 (10.39%) Cisco
4 65 (9.79%) Citrix
5 46 (6.93%) Veeam
6 31 (4.67%) HP
7 29 (4.37%) Apple
8 28 (4.22%) Meraki
9 27 (4.07%) Oracle
10 22 (3.31%) Barracuda Networks
11 19 (2.86%) Fortinet
12 18 (2.71%) Palo Alto
13 17 (2.56%) Aruba
14 16 (2.41%) Sophos
14 16 (2.41%) Splunk
15 14 (2.11%) Dell
15 14 (2.11%) Draytek
16 13 (1.96%) IBM
17 11 (1.66%) ConnectWise
18 8 (1.20%) Juniper