IT Engineer Jobs

IT Engineer
UK

The median IT Engineer salary in the UK is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 140 252 408
Rank change year-on-year +112 +156 -137
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 2,098 1,398 1,543
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.99% 1.47% 0.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.10% 1.62% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,755 1,114 1,332
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £34,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.80% -1.43% -
75th Percentile £43,000 £45,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £59,625 £58,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year - -2.99% +3.08%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 99,838 86,540 162,414
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 91.29% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,991 55,953 84,888
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,676
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,238
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the UK

IT Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Engineer in the UK

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in the UK

IT Engineer
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England +106 1,822 £33,000 -4.35% 361
UK excluding London +84 1,790 £32,500 - 330
Work from Home +74 480 £37,500 +6.38% 80
South East +65 407 £34,000 +6.25% 82
North of England +77 388 £31,500 -8.70% 72
Midlands +66 367 £35,000 +5.68% 78
South West +11 244 £30,000 -7.69% 43
London +3 224 £39,000 +2.63% 47
North West +35 188 £30,000 -20.00% 42
West Midlands +44 186 £35,000 +1.45% 47
East of England +43 184 £31,833 +0.26% 28
East Midlands +60 177 £37,250 +33.04% 31
Yorkshire +73 142 £30,250 +0.83% 23
Wales +94 130 £27,500 - 7
Scotland -57 65 £28,500 -22.97% 20
North East +25 57 £32,500 -2.99% 9
Northern Ireland +15 4 £30,000 - 4
Channel Islands - 3 - -
Isle of Man - 1 - - 1

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, IT 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 1,092 (52.05%) Windows
2 961 (45.81%) Microsoft 365
3 957 (45.61%) Microsoft
4 810 (38.61%) Active Directory
5 710 (33.84%) Azure
6 701 (33.41%) Social Skills
7 571 (27.22%) Windows Server
8 486 (23.16%) Firewall
9 457 (21.78%) Problem-Solving
10 411 (19.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 403 (19.21%) VMware
12 367 (17.49%) Customer Service
13 320 (15.25%) Microsoft Exchange
14 283 (13.49%) ITIL
14 283 (13.49%) Hyper-V
15 276 (13.16%) Degree
16 266 (12.68%) Windows 10
17 259 (12.35%) VMware Infrastructure
18 254 (12.11%) Microsoft Office
19 235 (11.20%) SharePoint
20 229 (10.92%) Entra ID
21 224 (10.68%) Microsoft Intune
22 223 (10.63%) DNS
23 198 (9.44%) Continuous Improvement
24 192 (9.15%) DHCP
25 191 (9.10%) Cybersecurity
26 189 (9.01%) Law
27 187 (8.91%) Cisco
28 186 (8.87%) Wi-Fi
29 181 (8.63%) Linux

IT 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:

Application Platforms
1 320 (15.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 235 (11.20%) SharePoint
3 20 (0.95%) IIS
4 19 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2013
5 14 (0.67%) Confluence
6 11 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2010
7 9 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2007
8 6 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2000
9 5 (0.24%) SAS
10 4 (0.19%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.14%) CMS
11 3 (0.14%) WordPress
12 2 (0.095%) Apache
12 2 (0.095%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.095%) Exchange Server 2003
12 2 (0.095%) Skype for Business
13 1 (0.048%) Moodle
13 1 (0.048%) nginx
13 1 (0.048%) Site Server
13 1 (0.048%) Tomcat
Applications
1 254 (12.11%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (2.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.14%) SPSS
6 1 (0.048%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.048%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.048%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.24%) Sage X3
2 3 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.095%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.095%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.095%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.048%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.048%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.048%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.048%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.048%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 961 (45.81%) Microsoft 365
2 710 (33.84%) Azure
3 229 (10.92%) Entra ID
4 109 (5.20%) AWS
5 57 (2.72%) OneDrive
6 35 (1.67%) Mimecast
7 31 (1.48%) Google Workspace
8 20 (0.95%) Power Platform
9 19 (0.91%) SaaS
10 13 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
10 13 (0.62%) IaaS
11 12 (0.57%) Amazon EC2
11 12 (0.57%) iTunes
12 11 (0.52%) PaaS
12 11 (0.52%) PowerApps
13 10 (0.48%) Power Automate
14 9 (0.43%) Nutanix
15 8 (0.38%) Azure Storage
16 7 (0.33%) Microsoft Purview
16 7 (0.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 486 (23.16%) Firewall
2 223 (10.63%) DNS
3 192 (9.15%) DHCP
4 186 (8.87%) Wi-Fi
5 145 (6.91%) VPN
6 140 (6.67%) TCP/IP
7 129 (6.15%) WAN
8 116 (5.53%) LAN
9 114 (5.43%) SAN
10 105 (5.00%) VoIP
11 102 (4.86%) Wireless
12 90 (4.29%) VLAN
13 62 (2.96%) Network Security
14 55 (2.62%) Internet
15 31 (1.48%) Remote Desktop
16 30 (1.43%) NAS
17 24 (1.14%) SD-WAN
18 20 (0.95%) SSL
19 19 (0.91%) Unified Communications
20 18 (0.86%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (6.05%) SQL Server
2 44 (2.10%) Amazon RDS
3 34 (1.62%) MySQL
4 9 (0.43%) Power BI
5 8 (0.38%) MariaDB
6 4 (0.19%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (0.19%) DB2
6 4 (0.19%) InfluxDB
6 4 (0.19%) Metabase
6 4 (0.19%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.14%) Big Data
7 3 (0.14%) EDRMS
8 2 (0.095%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.048%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.048%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.048%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 27 (1.29%) JIRA
2 4 (0.19%) Visual Studio
2 4 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (0.14%) LabVIEW
4 2 (0.095%) MSI
4 2 (0.095%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.048%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.048%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.048%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.048%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 701 (33.41%) Social Skills
2 189 (9.01%) Law
3 176 (8.39%) Manufacturing
4 121 (5.77%) Influencing Skills
5 116 (5.53%) Presentation Skills
6 102 (4.86%) Finance
7 94 (4.48%) Analytical Skills
8 90 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
9 85 (4.05%) Telecoms
10 56 (2.67%) Retail
11 44 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 37 (1.76%) Legal
13 29 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
14 26 (1.24%) Banking
14 26 (1.24%) Marketing
15 23 (1.10%) Public Sector
16 21 (1.00%) Games
17 17 (0.81%) Automotive
18 15 (0.71%) Advertising
19 11 (0.52%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.38%) LDAP
2 7 (0.33%) ADSI
3 5 (0.24%) Kafka
4 4 (0.19%) Cocoa
5 3 (0.14%) .NET
5 3 (0.14%) LAMP
6 2 (0.095%) CSS
6 2 (0.095%) HTML
6 2 (0.095%) Software Packaging
6 2 (0.095%) V-Ray
7 1 (0.048%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.048%) Azure Blueprints
7 1 (0.048%) EDI
7 1 (0.048%) RESTEasy
7 1 (0.048%) SAML
7 1 (0.048%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 158 (7.53%) Driving Licence
2 115 (5.48%) FMCG
3 67 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
4 66 (3.15%) Data Centre
5 57 (2.72%) Management Information System
6 44 (2.10%) Replication
7 38 (1.81%) Onboarding
8 32 (1.53%) CCTV
9 29 (1.38%) Fat Client
9 29 (1.38%) Thin Client
10 28 (1.33%) EPoS
11 27 (1.29%) Enterprise Storage
12 22 (1.05%) iPad
13 14 (0.67%) Cyberattack
13 14 (0.67%) Public Cloud
13 14 (0.67%) Social Media
13 14 (0.67%) Video Conferencing
14 13 (0.62%) Security Posture
15 10 (0.48%) Operational Technology
16 9 (0.43%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 1,092 (52.05%) Windows
2 571 (27.22%) Windows Server
3 266 (12.68%) Windows 10
4 181 (8.63%) Linux
5 136 (6.48%) Windows Server 2016
6 103 (4.91%) Windows Server 2019
7 93 (4.43%) Windows Server 2012
8 79 (3.77%) Mac OS
9 65 (3.10%) Android
10 63 (3.00%) Apple iOS
11 37 (1.76%) Windows 7
12 24 (1.14%) Mac OS X
13 23 (1.10%) Windows Server 2008
14 21 (1.00%) Windows 8
15 18 (0.86%) Unix
16 14 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 9 (0.43%) CentOS
17 9 (0.43%) Windows Server 2003
18 5 (0.24%) Debian
18 5 (0.24%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 457 (21.78%) Problem-Solving
2 411 (19.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 367 (17.49%) Customer Service
4 283 (13.49%) ITIL
5 198 (9.44%) Continuous Improvement
6 191 (9.10%) Cybersecurity
7 115 (5.48%) Benchmarking
7 115 (5.48%) Lean Manufacturing
7 115 (5.48%) Lean Six Sigma
7 115 (5.48%) Order Management
7 115 (5.48%) Six Sigma
8 101 (4.81%) Migration
9 100 (4.77%) Project Delivery
10 99 (4.72%) Disaster Recovery
11 84 (4.00%) Service Delivery
12 72 (3.43%) Project Management
13 62 (2.96%) Incident Management
14 58 (2.76%) Agile
15 52 (2.48%) Change Management
16 50 (2.38%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 154 (7.34%) SQL
2 150 (7.15%) PowerShell
3 45 (2.14%) Python
4 15 (0.71%) Bash
5 13 (0.62%) Java
6 10 (0.48%) Swift
7 9 (0.43%) PHP
8 8 (0.38%) C++
9 7 (0.33%) JavaScript
10 6 (0.29%) C#
10 6 (0.29%) Perl
10 6 (0.29%) VB
11 5 (0.24%) Ruby
12 4 (0.19%) R
13 3 (0.14%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.14%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.048%) Go
14 1 (0.048%) Korn
14 1 (0.048%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 276 (13.16%) Degree
2 115 (5.48%) Microsoft Certification
2 115 (5.48%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 84 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
4 70 (3.34%) DBS Check
5 63 (3.00%) CCNA
6 46 (2.19%) Network+ Certification
7 40 (1.91%) Security Cleared
8 36 (1.72%) MCSE
9 34 (1.62%) Azure Certification
10 32 (1.53%) A+ Certification
11 26 (1.24%) CISSP
12 25 (1.19%) CCNP
12 25 (1.19%) SC Cleared
13 23 (1.10%) MCP
14 20 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
15 15 (0.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 14 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
17 13 (0.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 12 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (4.81%) SLA
2 40 (1.91%) GDPR
3 37 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (0.71%) QA
6 12 (0.57%) NIST
7 8 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (0.33%) SOC 2
9 5 (0.24%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.14%) COBIT
12 2 (0.095%) NCSC
13 1 (0.048%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.048%) ISO 13485
13 1 (0.048%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.048%) PMO
System Software
1 810 (38.61%) Active Directory
2 283 (13.49%) Hyper-V
3 259 (12.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 48 (2.29%) VMware ESXi
5 30 (1.43%) vSphere
6 26 (1.24%) Virtual Desktop
7 24 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
8 22 (1.05%) Virtual Servers
9 15 (0.71%) Docker
10 10 (0.48%) Terminal Services
11 9 (0.43%) Firmware
12 5 (0.24%) VMware Server
13 4 (0.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 4 (0.19%) XenApp
14 3 (0.14%) Xen
15 2 (0.095%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.095%) pfSense
15 2 (0.095%) Samba
15 2 (0.095%) VMware Workstation
16 1 (0.048%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 224 (10.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 93 (4.43%) SCCM
3 17 (0.81%) WSUS
4 14 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
5 13 (0.62%) Cisco CUCM
5 13 (0.62%) ServiceCenter
6 12 (0.57%) Kubernetes
7 11 (0.52%) Ansible
7 11 (0.52%) SCOM
8 10 (0.48%) vCenter Server
9 7 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 7 (0.33%) Grafana
10 6 (0.29%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 6 (0.29%) Nessus
10 6 (0.29%) Opsgenie
11 5 (0.24%) Failover Clustering
11 5 (0.24%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.24%) NetCrunch
11 5 (0.24%) Proxmox
12 4 (0.19%) CASB
Vendors
1 957 (45.61%) Microsoft
2 403 (19.21%) VMware
3 187 (8.91%) Cisco
4 132 (6.29%) Citrix
5 110 (5.24%) Veeam
6 88 (4.19%) Apple
7 81 (3.86%) HP
8 76 (3.62%) Meraki
9 56 (2.67%) Sophos
10 41 (1.95%) Google
11 40 (1.91%) Dell
12 36 (1.72%) Fortinet
13 31 (1.48%) Palo Alto
14 28 (1.33%) ConnectWise
15 27 (1.29%) Aruba
15 27 (1.29%) Barracuda Networks
15 27 (1.29%) Draytek
16 20 (0.95%) Acronis
16 20 (0.95%) WatchGuard
17 19 (0.91%) Oracle