Support Engineer Job Trends in Shropshire

Support Engineer
West Midlands > Shropshire

The median Support Engineer salary in Shropshire is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 25 18
Rank change year-on-year +22 -7 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 27 2 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Shropshire 16.56% 1.35% 6.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.88% 1.39% 6.33%
Number of salaries quoted 22 0 5
10th Percentile £31,000 - £33,950
25th Percentile - - £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £46,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +78.99%
75th Percentile £53,250 - £47,250
90th Percentile £53,500 - -
West Midlands median annual salary £38,000 £33,750 £32,500
% change year-on-year +12.59% +3.85% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Shropshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Shropshire. 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 Shropshire with a recognized job title 160 144 79
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.16% 97.30% 96.34%
Number of salaries quoted 146 67 66
10th Percentile £30,625 £22,000 £37,045
25th Percentile £40,000 £29,175 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £37,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% -23.47% -6.67%
75th Percentile £60,000 £49,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £60,000 £76,250
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £51,224 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.39% +2.45% -

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Shropshire.

Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Shropshire

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Shropshire.

Salary distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Shropshire

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Shropshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Shropshire over the 6 months to 16 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in Shropshire

Support Engineer
Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 16 October 2025. 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
Ellesmere - 11 £40,000 -
Telford - 1 £65,000 - 3
Support Engineer
West Midlands

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire

For the 6 months to 16 October 2025, Support Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Shropshire region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (48.15%) Manufacturing
2 11 (40.74%) Aerospace
2 11 (40.74%) Automotive
2 11 (40.74%) Pharmaceutical
2 11 (40.74%) Logistics
2 11 (40.74%) FMCG
2 11 (40.74%) Renewable Energy
2 11 (40.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 6 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (18.52%) Customer Service
5 5 (18.52%) Onboarding
5 5 (18.52%) Samsung
5 5 (18.52%) Panasonic
5 5 (18.52%) VDSL
5 5 (18.52%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (18.52%) Wireless
5 5 (18.52%) Telecoms
5 5 (18.52%) ADSL
5 5 (18.52%) PBX
5 5 (18.52%) VoIP
5 5 (18.52%) DHCP
5 5 (18.52%) Ethernet
5 5 (18.52%) VPN
5 5 (18.52%) DNS
5 5 (18.52%) Internet
6 3 (11.11%) CAD
6 3 (11.11%) CRM
6 3 (11.11%) EPLAN
7 2 (7.41%) Cloud Operations

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.70%) Appian
1 1 (3.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) EPLAN
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.41%) AWS
1 2 (7.41%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (18.52%) ADSL
1 5 (18.52%) DHCP
1 5 (18.52%) DNS
1 5 (18.52%) Ethernet
1 5 (18.52%) Internet
1 5 (18.52%) PBX
1 5 (18.52%) VDSL
1 5 (18.52%) VoIP
1 5 (18.52%) VPN
1 5 (18.52%) Wi-Fi
1 5 (18.52%) Wireless
2 2 (7.41%) Firewall
3 1 (3.70%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) MySQL
1 1 (3.70%) Relational Database
1 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 13 (48.15%) Manufacturing
2 11 (40.74%) Aerospace
2 11 (40.74%) Automotive
2 11 (40.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 11 (40.74%) Pharmaceutical
3 9 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 5 (18.52%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) HTML
1 1 (3.70%) JSON
1 1 (3.70%) OAuth
1 1 (3.70%) REST
1 1 (3.70%) SAML
1 1 (3.70%) SOAP
1 1 (3.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (40.74%) FMCG
1 11 (40.74%) Renewable Energy
2 5 (18.52%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.41%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (40.74%) Logistics
2 6 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (18.52%) Customer Service
4 3 (11.11%) CAD
4 3 (11.11%) CRM
5 2 (7.41%) Cloud Operations
5 2 (7.41%) DevOps
5 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (3.70%) Agile
6 1 (3.70%) BPMN
6 1 (3.70%) Customer Experience
6 1 (3.70%) Data Modelling
6 1 (3.70%) Incident Management
6 1 (3.70%) Performance Monitoring
6 1 (3.70%) Problem Management
6 1 (3.70%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (3.70%) User Experience
6 1 (3.70%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.70%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (7.41%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Ansible
1 2 (7.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) Panasonic
1 5 (18.52%) Samsung
2 1 (3.70%) CA Agile Central
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft