Software Support Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Software Support Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Software Support Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £40,000 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 692 681 840
Rank change year-on-year -11 +159 -173
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Support Engineer 88 47 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.085% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.096% 0.047%
Number of salaries quoted 67 28 31
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £33,000 £26,250 £29,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,500 £30,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% +6.56% +5.17%
75th Percentile £51,250 £38,750 £43,000
90th Percentile - £42,500 £46,250
UK median annual salary £41,250 £34,000 £39,250
% change year-on-year +21.32% -13.38% +20.77%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Software Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Software Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Software Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Software Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Support Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Software Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Software Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Support Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Software Support Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Support Engineer within the UK excluding London 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
South East -13 29 £42,500 +30.77% 2
East Midlands - 21 £40,000 -
Midlands - 21 £40,000 -
South West -29 13 £37,500 +28.21% 1
North of England -6 10 £47,500 +84.47% 2
Scotland -60 9 £47,500 -5.00% 2
North West -44 4 £22,000 -12.00% 2
Yorkshire - 4 £47,500 -
East of England - 3 £47,500 -
Wales - 3 £32,500 -
North East -17 2 £47,500 +18.75%
Software Support Engineer
UK

Software Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Software 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 UK excluding London region featuring Software Support Engineer in the job title.

1 36 (40.91%) C#
1 36 (40.91%) SQL Server
1 36 (40.91%) Linux
1 36 (40.91%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (38.64%) Oracle
3 33 (37.50%) SQL
3 33 (37.50%) .NET
3 33 (37.50%) OO
4 28 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (29.55%) Web Services
6 25 (28.41%) Degree
7 24 (27.27%) VB
8 21 (23.86%) C++
8 21 (23.86%) Java
8 21 (23.86%) C
8 21 (23.86%) SOAP
8 21 (23.86%) Apache
8 21 (23.86%) AIX
8 21 (23.86%) ERP
8 21 (23.86%) PostgreSQL
8 21 (23.86%) MongoDB
8 21 (23.86%) REST
8 21 (23.86%) Enterprise Software
9 15 (17.05%) Manufacturing
9 15 (17.05%) Social Skills
10 14 (15.91%) Python
10 14 (15.91%) Agile
11 12 (13.64%) Project Management
12 11 (12.50%) Windows
12 11 (12.50%) Customer Requirements

Software Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 21 (23.86%) Apache
2 9 (10.23%) WebSphere
3 5 (5.68%) Tomcat
4 4 (4.55%) JBoss
5 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (6.82%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.68%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (5.68%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (9.09%) SaaS
2 7 (7.95%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (5.68%) Azure
4 3 (3.41%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.27%) ClickUp
5 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (3.41%) Bluetooth
3 2 (2.27%) Firewall
3 2 (2.27%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.27%) Wireless
4 1 (1.14%) DNS
4 1 (1.14%) iSCSI
4 1 (1.14%) LAN
4 1 (1.14%) NAS
4 1 (1.14%) VoIP
4 1 (1.14%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (40.91%) SQL Server
2 21 (23.86%) MongoDB
2 21 (23.86%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (5.68%) MySQL
3 5 (5.68%) Pentaho
4 4 (4.55%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 5 (5.68%) Bitbucket
1 5 (5.68%) JIRA
General
1 28 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (17.05%) Manufacturing
2 15 (17.05%) Social Skills
3 9 (10.23%) Finance
4 5 (5.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (5.68%) Law
4 5 (5.68%) Legal
5 4 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.27%) Games
7 2 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.14%) Marketing
8 1 (1.14%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (37.50%) .NET
2 26 (29.55%) Web Services
3 21 (23.86%) REST
3 21 (23.86%) SOAP
4 9 (10.23%) LAPP Stack
5 5 (5.68%) CSS
5 5 (5.68%) CSS3
5 5 (5.68%) HTML
5 5 (5.68%) HTML5
5 5 (5.68%) jQuery
5 5 (5.68%) Kafka
5 5 (5.68%) React
6 3 (3.41%) COM
6 3 (3.41%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 21 (23.86%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (6.82%) Public Cloud
3 5 (5.68%) Reference Data
4 4 (4.55%) Chip and PIN
4 4 (4.55%) Mobile Payment
5 3 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.14%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 36 (40.91%) Linux
2 21 (23.86%) AIX
3 11 (12.50%) Windows
4 9 (10.23%) Unix
5 8 (9.09%) VMS
6 4 (4.55%) Debian
7 2 (2.27%) Windows Server
8 1 (1.14%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (40.91%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (37.50%) OO
3 21 (23.86%) ERP
4 14 (15.91%) Agile
5 12 (13.64%) Project Management
6 11 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
7 9 (10.23%) Customer-Centric Approach
7 9 (10.23%) Customer-Centricity
7 9 (10.23%) Software Engineering
8 8 (9.09%) Analytics
9 7 (7.95%) CRM
10 5 (5.68%) Customer Service
10 5 (5.68%) DevOps
10 5 (5.68%) ETL
10 5 (5.68%) MVC
10 5 (5.68%) OOP
10 5 (5.68%) Proactive Monitoring
10 5 (5.68%) Risk Management
10 5 (5.68%) Scrum
10 5 (5.68%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 36 (40.91%) C#
2 33 (37.50%) SQL
3 24 (27.27%) VB
4 21 (23.86%) C
4 21 (23.86%) C++
4 21 (23.86%) Java
5 14 (15.91%) Python
6 9 (10.23%) JavaScript
7 5 (5.68%) Shell Script
8 3 (3.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 25 (28.41%) Degree
2 4 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (4.55%) HNC
2 4 (4.55%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (2.27%) QA
System Software
1 6 (6.82%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (5.68%) Grafana
1 5 (5.68%) ITRS Geneos
2 1 (1.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 34 (38.64%) Oracle
2 10 (11.36%) Microsoft
3 5 (5.68%) AppDynamics
3 5 (5.68%) CA
3 5 (5.68%) Salesforce
3 5 (5.68%) Splunk
3 5 (5.68%) Sybase
4 2 (2.27%) Apple
4 2 (2.27%) HubSpot
4 2 (2.27%) Veeam
4 2 (2.27%) VMware