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Technical Support Engineer Career Market Report 2026

2,216 active jobs. 867 companies. Median salary $94K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

2,216
Active Job Openings
867
Companies Hiring
$94K
Median Salary (US)
78%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Technical Support Engineer market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 78% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $94K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $80K to $152K.

AI/LLM is the most-demanded skill at 39%

GCP demand rose +8.9pp — fastest-growing skill

Amazon leads hiring with 46 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Lead → Staff (+$37K, +35%)

Salary increase: +$37K · Sample: Lead → Staff

AI automation risk: medium (score 55/100)

Score: 55/100 · AI/LLM demand: 66% of postings

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Manager36$80K$94K$204K
Mid-Level33$80K$94K$129K
Junior29$70K$81K$187K
Senior29$67K$100K$133K
Staff17$93K$142K$180K
Lead4$105K$105K$119K

What jumps out

Lead → Staff: +$37K (35%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States114$100KUSD
Remote22$100KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site4.2%
Remote15.9%
Hybrid3.7%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

AI/LLM
39%
Python
26%
Linux
26%
SQL
24%
AWS
17%
Customer Success
15%
Azure
13%
JavaScript
11%
Java
10%
Kubernetes
10%
Bash
9%
DevOps
9%

Skills on the Rise

GCP ↑+8.9ppDocker ↑+7.6ppITIL ↑+6.7ppSalesforce ↑+6.3ppCI/CD ↑+5.9pp

Declining in Demand

Customer Service ↓-8.7ppJournalism ↓-8.7pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Amazon462.1%
Coupa Software Inc Ats351.6%
Nttlimited331.5%
Hpe291.3%
D Ploy261.2%
Salesforce180.8%
Datadog160.7%
Reversinglabs130.6%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States477
India270
Remote183
United Kingdom92
Singapore41
Japan38
Australia30
Colombia26

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree60.0%1,037
Master's Degree13.4%231
Bachelor's Degree9.7%167
PhD / Doctorate0.2%4

Certifications

ITIL (8%)CCNA (4%)CCNP (3%)CompTIA (2%)CISSP (1%)

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