Support Engineer Jobs in Somerset

Support Engineer
South West > Somerset

The median Support Engineer salary in Somerset is £29,846 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 38 61
Rank change year-on-year +20 +23 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 60 24 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 6.67% 4.42% 2.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.97% 5.48% 2.40%
Number of salaries quoted 54 23 15
10th Percentile £28,150 - £23,250
25th Percentile £29,290 £28,000 £26,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,846 £32,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.73% +6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £52,875 £35,000 £39,375
90th Percentile £57,000 £46,200 £44,800
South West median annual salary £32,500 £32,000 £34,050
% change year-on-year +1.56% -6.02% +21.61%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 861 438 626
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.77% 80.66% 87.19%
Number of salaries quoted 686 358 359
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,000 £27,375
25th Percentile £31,875 £36,250 £33,775
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £71,625 £70,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Somerset

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Somerset

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

Salary trend for Support Engineer in Somerset

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Somerset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Somerset over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in Somerset

Support Engineer
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 11 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
Yeovil +3 43 £30,385 -47.16% 4
Taunton +4 3 £27,000 -15.63% 1
Bath +1 3 £29,605 -2.93% 5
Portishead -11 2 £37,750 +34.82% 1
Bridgwater -6 1 £32,500 -27.78% 1
Shepton Mallet - 1 - -
Street - 1 £35,000 - 1
Support Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 Somerset region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 41 (68.33%) SC Cleared
1 41 (68.33%) Security Cleared
2 35 (58.33%) Windows
2 35 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 35 (58.33%) Active Directory
3 22 (36.67%) Driving Licence
4 21 (35.00%) Organisational Skills
4 21 (35.00%) Social Skills
5 19 (31.67%) Finance
6 18 (30.00%) Microsoft Office
7 16 (26.67%) Windows 10
8 14 (23.33%) ITIL
9 13 (21.67%) Microsoft Exchange
9 13 (21.67%) SLA
9 13 (21.67%) VMware
9 13 (21.67%) VMware Infrastructure
10 12 (20.00%) Windows 7
10 12 (20.00%) SCCM
10 12 (20.00%) Clustering
10 12 (20.00%) NetBackup
10 12 (20.00%) Backup Exec
10 12 (20.00%) Smartphone
10 12 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
10 12 (20.00%) SAN
10 12 (20.00%) Hitachi
10 12 (20.00%) NetApp
10 12 (20.00%) Veritas
10 12 (20.00%) McAfee
10 12 (20.00%) AIX
10 12 (20.00%) SQL

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 13 (21.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (30.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.33%) Azure
1 5 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (5.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (20.00%) SAN
2 10 (16.67%) Wireless
3 5 (8.33%) Network Security
4 3 (5.00%) VoIP
4 3 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (3.33%) Firewall
6 1 (1.67%) DHCP
6 1 (1.67%) DNS
6 1 (1.67%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.67%) Amazon RDS
General
1 21 (35.00%) Organisational Skills
1 21 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 19 (31.67%) Finance
3 3 (5.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.33%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.67%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.67%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.67%) RESTEasy
Miscellaneous
1 22 (36.67%) Driving Licence
2 12 (20.00%) Clustering
2 12 (20.00%) Smartphone
3 5 (8.33%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.00%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.67%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 35 (58.33%) Windows
2 16 (26.67%) Windows 10
3 12 (20.00%) AIX
3 12 (20.00%) Windows 7
4 5 (8.33%) Mac OS
5 2 (3.33%) Android
5 2 (3.33%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (23.33%) ITIL
2 12 (20.00%) Break/Fix
2 12 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 12 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
2 12 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 9 (15.00%) Time Management
4 7 (11.67%) Customer Service
5 5 (8.33%) Computer Science
5 5 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (5.00%) Change Management
6 3 (5.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 3 (5.00%) Service Delivery
7 2 (3.33%) Customer-Centricity
7 2 (3.33%) Service Management
8 1 (1.67%) Cybersecurity
8 1 (1.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 1 (1.67%) Inventory Control
8 1 (1.67%) Inventory Management
8 1 (1.67%) Patch Management
8 1 (1.67%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 12 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (68.33%) SC Cleared
1 41 (68.33%) Security Cleared
2 12 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
3 7 (11.67%) Degree
4 6 (10.00%) DV Cleared
4 6 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (8.33%) A+ Certification
5 5 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (8.33%) DBS Check
5 5 (8.33%) MCP
6 1 (1.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.67%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (21.67%) SLA
System Software
1 35 (58.33%) Active Directory
2 13 (21.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.67%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (20.00%) Backup Exec
1 12 (20.00%) NetBackup
1 12 (20.00%) SCCM
2 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.33%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 35 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 13 (21.67%) VMware
3 12 (20.00%) Hitachi
3 12 (20.00%) McAfee
3 12 (20.00%) MobileIron
3 12 (20.00%) NetApp
3 12 (20.00%) Oracle
3 12 (20.00%) Snow
3 12 (20.00%) Veritas
4 9 (15.00%) IBM
5 3 (5.00%) Draytek
5 3 (5.00%) SOTI
5 3 (5.00%) Trend Micro