IT Support Engineer
UK
The median IT Support Engineer salary in the UK is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2025.
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 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 435 | 239 | 407 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -196 | +168 | +269 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer | 307 | 1,271 | 739 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.55% | 1.16% | 0.80% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.61% | 1.23% | 0.87% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 259 | 1,104 | 564 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,631 | £23,000 | £25,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £26,250 | £25,625 | £27,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £32,500 | £30,000 | £32,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.33% | -7.69% | +4.39% |
| 75th Percentile | £38,750 | £35,000 | £37,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £45,000 | £42,500 | £41,925 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £31,000 | £29,500 | £30,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.08% | -1.67% | - |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 50,220 | 103,726 | 84,723 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.02% | 94.76% | 91.22% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,439 | 73,309 | 55,187 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £38,605 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,055 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.11% | -6.54% | +6.37% |
IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured IT Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
IT Support Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Support Engineer.
IT Support Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support Engineer over the 6 months to 12 June 2025.
IT Support Engineer
Top 15 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 12 June 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 |
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| England | -202 | 287 | £32,533 | +8.44% | 225 |
| UK excluding London | -175 | 237 | £31,000 | +5.08% | 202 |
| South East | -38 | 100 | £37,000 | +23.33% | 39 |
| Work from Home | +1 | 87 | £31,750 | -2.31% | 49 |
| London | +54 | 61 | £36,500 | +7.35% | 39 |
| North of England | -95 | 46 | £30,000 | +5.26% | 68 |
| Yorkshire | +18 | 33 | £26,500 | -11.67% | 20 |
| Midlands | -91 | 30 | £27,500 | -6.78% | 44 |
| South West | +2 | 25 | £32,500 | +8.33% | 28 |
| East of England | -56 | 25 | £29,500 | - | 14 |
| East Midlands | -8 | 21 | £28,500 | -5.00% | 29 |
| North West | -83 | 12 | £30,000 | +11.11% | 43 |
| Scotland | +80 | 11 | £27,000 | -1.82% | 10 |
| West Midlands | -64 | 9 | £26,000 | -8.77% | 13 |
| North East | +8 | 1 | £40,000 | +23.08% | 6 |
IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 12 June 2025, IT 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 featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.
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IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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