Support Engineer Jobs in Essex

Support Engineer
East of England > Essex

The median Support Engineer salary in Essex is £22,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 November 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 46 65
Rank change year-on-year +10 +19 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 18 7 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 3.08% 1.67% 2.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.30% 1.73% 2.99%
Number of salaries quoted 14 7 22
10th Percentile - £33,750 £25,125
25th Percentile £21,250 £36,250 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £22,500 £37,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +15.38% +20.37%
75th Percentile £30,875 £39,125 £35,000
90th Percentile £39,625 £45,700 £38,750
East of England median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +9.24%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Essex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 545 405 869
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.16% 96.66% 94.35%
Number of salaries quoted 289 285 421
10th Percentile £28,400 £23,600 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,323 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.51% +3.84% -1.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £77,500
East of England median annual salary £52,795 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.56% - +10.53%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Essex

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Essex

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

Salary trend for Support Engineer in Essex

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Essex over the 6 months to 14 November 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in Essex

Support Engineer
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the Essex region over the 6 months to 14 November 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
Colchester - 8 £22,500 - 1
Hockley - 3 - -
Wickford - 2 £45,000 -
Billericay - 1 £31,000 -
Brentwood - 1 £37,500 -
Southend-on-Sea - 1 - - 6
Tilbury - 1 £28,000 - 1
Support Engineer
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 14 November 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 Essex region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (94.44%) Microsoft
2 14 (77.78%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (66.67%) Driving Licence
3 12 (66.67%) Active Directory
4 11 (61.11%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (61.11%) Customer Service
5 8 (44.44%) Patch Management
5 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
5 8 (44.44%) Antivirus Management
5 8 (44.44%) Preventative Maintenance
5 8 (44.44%) Validation
6 6 (33.33%) Windows
7 4 (22.22%) ITIL
7 4 (22.22%) Mentoring
8 3 (16.67%) IT Asset Management
8 3 (16.67%) LPIC
8 3 (16.67%) Degree
8 3 (16.67%) Computer Science
8 3 (16.67%) Network Management
8 3 (16.67%) Network Security
8 3 (16.67%) Azure
8 3 (16.67%) MCP
8 3 (16.67%) Linux
8 3 (16.67%) MCSE
8 3 (16.67%) CCNP
8 3 (16.67%) CCNA
8 3 (16.67%) SLA
8 3 (16.67%) Cisco
8 3 (16.67%) WLAN
8 3 (16.67%) Asset Management

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 14 (77.78%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (16.67%) Azure
3 2 (11.11%) IaaS
4 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
4 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) Internet
1 3 (16.67%) Network Security
1 3 (16.67%) WLAN
2 1 (5.56%) DHCP
2 1 (5.56%) DNS
2 1 (5.56%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.56%) VLAN
2 1 (5.56%) VPN
2 1 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 12 (66.67%) Driving Licence
2 2 (11.11%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (33.33%) Windows
2 3 (16.67%) Linux
3 2 (11.11%) Windows 10
4 1 (5.56%) Windows Server
4 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Customer Service
1 11 (61.11%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (44.44%) Antivirus Management
2 8 (44.44%) Patch Management
2 8 (44.44%) Preventative Maintenance
2 8 (44.44%) Validation
3 4 (22.22%) ITIL
3 4 (22.22%) Mentoring
4 3 (16.67%) Asset Management
4 3 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 3 (16.67%) IT Asset Management
4 3 (16.67%) Network Management
5 2 (11.11%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 1 (5.56%) Coaching
6 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (5.56%) DevOps
6 1 (5.56%) Document Management
6 1 (5.56%) ITSM
6 1 (5.56%) Service Management
6 1 (5.56%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) CCNA
1 3 (16.67%) CCNP
1 3 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
1 3 (16.67%) LPIC
1 3 (16.67%) MCP
1 3 (16.67%) MCSE
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) SLA
2 1 (5.56%) COBIT
System Software
1 12 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) Autotask
Vendors
1 17 (94.44%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) Cisco
3 2 (11.11%) Datto
4 1 (5.56%) Meraki
4 1 (5.56%) Ubiquiti
4 1 (5.56%) VMware
4 1 (5.56%) WatchGuard