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 leading to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 70 92 124
Rank change year-on-year +22 +32 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 238 178 197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.21% 3.20% 2.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.39% 3.57% 2.74%
Number of salaries quoted 214 155 180
10th Percentile £25,500 £24,500 £23,200
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 £47,500 £46,000 £53,750
South East median annual salary £35,000 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -3.08% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 7,014 4,983 7,202
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 89.46% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 4,713 3,046 4,156
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £41,132
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 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,750 £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 12 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 12 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 +26 81 £37,750 +15.27% 33
Buckinghamshire -5 79 £32,500 +8.33% 13
Oxfordshire +22 78 £42,000 +33.33% 17
Support Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 12 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.

1 120 (50.42%) Microsoft
2 114 (47.90%) Microsoft 365
3 103 (43.28%) Windows
4 84 (35.29%) Social Skills
5 74 (31.09%) Firewall
6 73 (30.67%) SQL
7 67 (28.15%) Active Directory
8 62 (26.05%) Azure
9 60 (25.21%) VMware
10 57 (23.95%) Microsoft Exchange
11 53 (22.27%) VMware Infrastructure
12 51 (21.43%) SharePoint
13 43 (18.07%) SQL Server
13 43 (18.07%) Citrix
13 43 (18.07%) Degree
14 41 (17.23%) Windows Server
15 38 (15.97%) Customer Service
16 35 (14.71%) Veeam
17 33 (13.87%) Linux
17 33 (13.87%) Microsoft Office
17 33 (13.87%) Problem-Solving
18 32 (13.45%) OneDrive
19 27 (11.34%) Wi-Fi
19 27 (11.34%) Microsoft Excel
20 26 (10.92%) Manufacturing
20 26 (10.92%) Windows 10
21 23 (9.66%) Android
21 23 (9.66%) TCP/IP
21 23 (9.66%) DNS
22 22 (9.24%) Cybersecurity

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 57 (23.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 51 (21.43%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.68%) JBoss
3 4 (1.68%) WebSphere
4 3 (1.26%) Confluence
4 3 (1.26%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 33 (13.87%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (11.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.84%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.84%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (2.10%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.42%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 114 (47.90%) Microsoft 365
2 62 (26.05%) Azure
3 32 (13.45%) OneDrive
4 18 (7.56%) AWS
5 16 (6.72%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.10%) Google Workspace
6 5 (2.10%) iTunes
7 4 (1.68%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (1.68%) GCP
7 4 (1.68%) WhatsApp
8 3 (1.26%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.42%) OCI
9 1 (0.42%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 74 (31.09%) Firewall
2 27 (11.34%) Wi-Fi
3 23 (9.66%) DNS
3 23 (9.66%) TCP/IP
4 21 (8.82%) VLAN
5 16 (6.72%) DHCP
6 12 (5.04%) LAN
6 12 (5.04%) Wireless
7 11 (4.62%) Network Security
7 11 (4.62%) SAN
7 11 (4.62%) VPN
8 10 (4.20%) NAS
8 10 (4.20%) SSL
8 10 (4.20%) VoIP
9 8 (3.36%) WAN
10 5 (2.10%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (2.10%) Wireless Security
11 4 (1.68%) Asterisk PBX
11 4 (1.68%) PBX
12 3 (1.26%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (18.07%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.62%) MySQL
3 7 (2.94%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.68%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.42%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (4.62%) JIRA
2 2 (0.84%) Git
2 2 (0.84%) IntelliJ
3 1 (0.42%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.42%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.42%) Gradle
3 1 (0.42%) JUnit
General
1 84 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 26 (10.92%) Manufacturing
3 19 (7.98%) Documentation Skills
4 16 (6.72%) Law
5 15 (6.30%) Finance
6 11 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (4.62%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (2.94%) Electronics
7 7 (2.94%) Legal
8 5 (2.10%) Games
8 5 (2.10%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.68%) Retail
10 2 (0.84%) Billing
10 2 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.42%) Advertising
11 1 (0.42%) Automotive
11 1 (0.42%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.68%) .NET
1 4 (1.68%) HTML
2 3 (1.26%) Kafka
3 2 (0.84%) Spring
4 1 (0.42%) LDAP
4 1 (0.42%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.14%) Replication
2 13 (5.46%) Driving Licence
3 11 (4.62%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (3.36%) Linux Command Line
5 7 (2.94%) Smartphone
6 6 (2.52%) Public Cloud
7 5 (2.10%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.68%) Chip and PIN
8 4 (1.68%) Mobile Payment
9 3 (1.26%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.84%) Online Games
11 1 (0.42%) Educational Technology
11 1 (0.42%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.42%) Tandem
11 1 (0.42%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 103 (43.28%) Windows
2 41 (17.23%) Windows Server
3 33 (13.87%) Linux
4 26 (10.92%) Windows 10
5 23 (9.66%) Android
6 8 (3.36%) Apple iOS
6 8 (3.36%) VMS
7 6 (2.52%) Windows 7
7 6 (2.52%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (2.10%) Mac OS X
8 5 (2.10%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (1.68%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (1.26%) Mac OS
10 3 (1.26%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.84%) Windows Mobile
12 1 (0.42%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (15.97%) Customer Service
2 33 (13.87%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (9.24%) Cybersecurity
4 21 (8.82%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 19 (7.98%) Service Delivery
6 17 (7.14%) Change Control
7 16 (6.72%) Project Management
8 12 (5.04%) ITIL
9 10 (4.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 8 (3.36%) Data Integration
10 8 (3.36%) ITSM
10 8 (3.36%) Logistics
10 8 (3.36%) OO
11 6 (2.52%) Application Packaging
11 6 (2.52%) Service Management
11 6 (2.52%) Software Deployment
11 6 (2.52%) Software Testing
12 5 (2.10%) ERP
12 5 (2.10%) Project Delivery
12 5 (2.10%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 73 (30.67%) SQL
2 8 (3.36%) PL/SQL
3 7 (2.94%) Java
3 7 (2.94%) Python
4 6 (2.52%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.68%) C#
6 3 (1.26%) Bash
Qualifications
1 43 (18.07%) Degree
2 17 (7.14%) Security Cleared
3 16 (6.72%) DV Cleared
3 16 (6.72%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (5.46%) CCNA
4 13 (5.46%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (4.20%) MCSE
6 7 (2.94%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.52%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.68%) HNC
8 4 (1.68%) HND
8 4 (1.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (1.68%) MCP
9 3 (1.26%) CCNP
10 2 (0.84%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.42%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.42%) JNCIA
11 1 (0.42%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.78%) SLA
2 5 (2.10%) GDPR
3 2 (0.84%) ISO 14001
3 2 (0.84%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.42%) QA
System Software
1 67 (28.15%) Active Directory
2 53 (22.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (8.82%) Hyper-V
4 6 (2.52%) Firmware
5 5 (2.10%) Docker
6 1 (0.42%) GPFS
6 1 (0.42%) NFS
6 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (4.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.36%) SCCM
3 3 (1.26%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.42%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.42%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.42%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.42%) PaperCut
4 1 (0.42%) SCOM
4 1 (0.42%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.42%) WSUS
Vendors
1 120 (50.42%) Microsoft
2 60 (25.21%) VMware
3 43 (18.07%) Citrix
4 35 (14.71%) Veeam
5 12 (5.04%) Apple
6 10 (4.20%) Cisco
6 10 (4.20%) Oracle
7 8 (3.36%) Barracuda Networks
8 6 (2.52%) Google
8 6 (2.52%) HP
9 5 (2.10%) Draytek
9 5 (2.10%) Sage
10 3 (1.26%) CrowdStrike
10 3 (1.26%) Datto
10 3 (1.26%) Sophos
10 3 (1.26%) WatchGuard
11 2 (0.84%) Dell
12 1 (0.42%) EMC
12 1 (0.42%) Juniper
12 1 (0.42%) Symantec