The actual job role 'Support engineer', covers a wide range of technologies but it's still possible to work out an average salary. Based on UK data from the summer of 2010 the average salary of a Support Engineer is
�30,000. This is roughly equal to $45,000.
Support Engineers have seen their average salary drop and then increase over the last 2 years, with 2008 showing the same salary of �30K but 2009 showing a dip to �27K.
The top location for Support Engineer job roles in the UK is in London.
The top 5 skills required for a Support Engineer are:
- 1. Windows
- 2. Active Directory
- 3. Microsoft
- 4. Windows Server 2003 (surprisingly not 2008)
- 5. SQL