Technical Engineer Jobs

Technical Engineer
UK

The median Technical Engineer salary in the UK is £35,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 May 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 407 629 896
Rank change year-on-year +222 +267 -210
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Engineer 645 333 392
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.62% 0.35% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 0.38% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 538 203 258
10th Percentile £25,000 £29,750 £23,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £28,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +28.57% -2.78%
75th Percentile £46,250 £58,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,000 £63,600
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +15.38% -4.41%

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 98,949 86,999 161,827
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.84% 91.30% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 70,362 55,875 84,924
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 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

Technical Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Engineer in the UK

Technical Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Technical Engineer in the UK

Technical Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Engineer over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Engineer in the UK

Technical Engineer
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 31 May 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 +228 595 £35,000 -22.22% 248
UK excluding London +175 561 £35,000 -6.67% 236
South East +77 160 £35,000 -17.65% 49
Midlands +111 133 £34,501 -27.37% 47
Work from Home +41 106 £42,500 -5.56% 60
North of England +76 105 £32,500 -1.52% 52
West Midlands +59 77 £35,000 +1.45% 27
London +84 75 £60,000 +4.35% 25
South West +1 75 £36,000 -11.11% 32
East Midlands +36 56 £27,750 -49.55% 20
Yorkshire +86 50 £32,000 -8.57% 21
North West +17 49 £34,000 +10.79% 24
East of England +27 45 £36,250 -3.33% 44
Scotland -68 14 £26,500 -41.11% 6
Wales +15 12 £32,640 -6.74% 12
Northern Ireland +26 9 £34,500 -13.75% 3
Isle of Man - 8 £45,000 -
North East -7 6 £38,750 -29.86% 7

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, Technical 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 Technical Engineer in the job title.

1 174 (26.98%) Microsoft
2 167 (25.89%) Windows
3 145 (22.48%) Social Skills
4 142 (22.02%) Customer Service
5 106 (16.43%) Problem-Solving
6 99 (15.35%) Active Directory
7 90 (13.95%) Azure
8 87 (13.49%) Microsoft 365
9 78 (12.09%) Windows Server
9 78 (12.09%) Degree
10 67 (10.39%) Finance
11 64 (9.92%) Manufacturing
12 60 (9.30%) Security Cleared
13 59 (9.15%) SQL
14 57 (8.84%) Firewall
14 57 (8.84%) Mentoring
15 56 (8.68%) SharePoint
16 55 (8.53%) Telecoms
17 54 (8.37%) SLA
18 53 (8.22%) Python
19 51 (7.91%) VMware
20 49 (7.60%) Asset Management
20 49 (7.60%) Driving Licence
21 47 (7.29%) Hyper-V
22 45 (6.98%) Entra ID
22 45 (6.98%) TCP/IP
23 44 (6.82%) Linux
24 42 (6.51%) HNC
25 38 (5.89%) Project Management
25 38 (5.89%) Coaching

Technical 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 56 (8.68%) SharePoint
2 34 (5.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.31%) IIS
4 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.93%) Revit
5 3 (0.47%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.47%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.16%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 1 (0.16%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 90 (13.95%) Azure
2 87 (13.49%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (6.98%) Entra ID
4 31 (4.81%) OneDrive
5 24 (3.72%) AWS
6 13 (2.02%) IBM Cloud
7 11 (1.71%) SaaS
8 9 (1.40%) GCP
9 8 (1.24%) Amazon Kinesis
9 8 (1.24%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (1.09%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (0.93%) Mimecast
12 3 (0.47%) PaaS
13 2 (0.31%) IaaS
13 2 (0.31%) Oracle CX
13 2 (0.31%) Power Platform
14 1 (0.16%) Azure AKS
14 1 (0.16%) Snowflake
14 1 (0.16%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 57 (8.84%) Firewall
2 45 (6.98%) TCP/IP
3 35 (5.43%) DNS
4 30 (4.65%) Wireless
5 25 (3.88%) VoIP
5 25 (3.88%) WAN
6 24 (3.72%) LAN
7 23 (3.57%) DHCP
7 23 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
8 22 (3.41%) SAN
9 19 (2.95%) SNMP
10 18 (2.79%) LTE
11 16 (2.48%) 3G
11 16 (2.48%) 4G
11 16 (2.48%) Ethernet
12 13 (2.02%) SSH
13 10 (1.55%) GPRS
13 10 (1.55%) VLAN
13 10 (1.55%) VSAT
14 9 (1.40%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.88%) MySQL
2 23 (3.57%) SQL Server
3 16 (2.48%) Relational Database
4 8 (1.24%) Amazon Aurora
4 8 (1.24%) DynamoDB
4 8 (1.24%) NoSQL
4 8 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.47%) GIS
6 2 (0.31%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.31%) Power BI
6 2 (0.31%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.16%) Big Data
7 1 (0.16%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 13 (2.02%) Eclipse
1 13 (2.02%) JIRA
2 1 (0.16%) Gatling
2 1 (0.16%) Git
2 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.16%) JUnit
2 1 (0.16%) LoadRunner
2 1 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 145 (22.48%) Social Skills
2 67 (10.39%) Finance
3 64 (9.92%) Manufacturing
4 55 (8.53%) Telecoms
5 32 (4.96%) Electronics
5 32 (4.96%) Military
6 26 (4.03%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
8 21 (3.26%) Banking
9 20 (3.10%) Back Office
9 20 (3.10%) Front Office
9 20 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (2.64%) Marketing
10 17 (2.64%) Public Sector
10 17 (2.64%) Retail
11 14 (2.17%) Police
12 13 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.55%) Local Government
14 7 (1.09%) Games
14 7 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.72%) REST
2 22 (3.41%) CSS
3 21 (3.26%) Web Services
4 16 (2.48%) HTML
4 16 (2.48%) XML
5 13 (2.02%) Ajax
5 13 (2.02%) AngularJS
5 13 (2.02%) JDBC
5 13 (2.02%) ODBC
5 13 (2.02%) SOAP
5 13 (2.02%) XHTML
6 8 (1.24%) GraphQL
6 8 (1.24%) http4s
6 8 (1.24%) Scalaz
7 3 (0.47%) EDI
7 3 (0.47%) Fluent Bit
7 3 (0.47%) JSON
7 3 (0.47%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.31%) Middleware
8 2 (0.31%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.60%) Driving Licence
2 23 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (3.10%) Derivative
3 20 (3.10%) Hedge funds
4 17 (2.64%) CCTV
5 15 (2.33%) Data Centre
6 14 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
7 13 (2.02%) Blockchain
7 13 (2.02%) CMDB
8 10 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (1.24%) Blog
9 8 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
9 8 (1.24%) Media Streaming
10 7 (1.09%) Fat Client
10 7 (1.09%) Fibre Optics
10 7 (1.09%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.09%) Thin Client
11 6 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (0.78%) Robotics
12 5 (0.78%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 167 (25.89%) Windows
2 78 (12.09%) Windows Server
3 44 (6.82%) Linux
4 18 (2.79%) Mac OS
4 18 (2.79%) Windows 10
5 16 (2.48%) Unix
6 11 (1.71%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (1.09%) VMS
8 5 (0.78%) Android
9 3 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.31%) Solaris
10 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.16%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (22.02%) Customer Service
2 106 (16.43%) Problem-Solving
3 57 (8.84%) Mentoring
4 49 (7.60%) Asset Management
5 38 (5.89%) Coaching
5 38 (5.89%) Project Management
6 37 (5.74%) ITIL
7 35 (5.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 33 (5.12%) Customer Experience
9 28 (4.34%) Cybersecurity
10 27 (4.19%) Investment Management
11 23 (3.57%) Commercial Awareness
11 23 (3.57%) DevOps
12 21 (3.26%) Business Intelligence
13 20 (3.10%) CRM
14 17 (2.64%) Proactive Maintenance
14 17 (2.64%) Time Management
15 16 (2.48%) Creative Problem-Solving
15 16 (2.48%) Network Management
15 16 (2.48%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 59 (9.15%) SQL
2 53 (8.22%) Python
3 34 (5.27%) C#
4 32 (4.96%) Java
5 24 (3.72%) PowerShell
6 20 (3.10%) JavaScript
7 13 (2.02%) Perl
8 10 (1.55%) PL/SQL
9 9 (1.40%) Scala
10 4 (0.62%) Bash
10 4 (0.62%) C++
10 4 (0.62%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.62%) VBA
10 4 (0.62%) VBScript
11 3 (0.47%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.31%) Rust
13 1 (0.16%) Go
13 1 (0.16%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 78 (12.09%) Degree
2 60 (9.30%) Security Cleared
3 42 (6.51%) HNC
4 36 (5.58%) Microsoft Certification
5 22 (3.41%) SC Cleared
6 19 (2.95%) A+ Certification
6 19 (2.95%) Cisco Certification
7 18 (2.79%) CCNA
7 18 (2.79%) DV Cleared
8 14 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (2.17%) HND
8 14 (2.17%) MCP
9 9 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.09%) Azure Certification
10 7 (1.09%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (0.93%) GCSC
11 6 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (0.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 5 (0.78%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (0.78%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (8.37%) SLA
2 14 (2.17%) PCI DSS
3 7 (1.09%) GDPR
4 4 (0.62%) QA
5 3 (0.47%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.31%) GRC
6 2 (0.31%) ISO 14001
6 2 (0.31%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 99 (15.35%) Active Directory
2 47 (7.29%) Hyper-V
3 37 (5.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.17%) KVM
5 10 (1.55%) XenApp
5 10 (1.55%) XenDesktop
6 4 (0.62%) NFS
6 4 (0.62%) Terminal Services
6 4 (0.62%) vSphere
7 3 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.16%) Docker
9 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 31 (4.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (3.72%) SCCM
3 13 (2.02%) WMI
4 9 (1.40%) SCOM
5 6 (0.93%) Terraform
6 3 (0.47%) Cisco Prime
6 3 (0.47%) Fluentd
6 3 (0.47%) Functional Safety
6 3 (0.47%) logstash
6 3 (0.47%) McAfee ePO
7 2 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.31%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.16%) Autotask
8 1 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.16%) Istio
8 1 (0.16%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 174 (26.98%) Microsoft
2 51 (7.91%) VMware
3 29 (4.50%) Cisco
4 24 (3.72%) Citrix
5 19 (2.95%) Oracle
6 16 (2.48%) Dell
6 16 (2.48%) Splunk
7 15 (2.33%) HP
8 14 (2.17%) Salesforce
9 13 (2.02%) IBM
10 10 (1.55%) SAP
11 6 (0.93%) Acronis
11 6 (0.93%) Siemens
12 5 (0.78%) NetApp
13 4 (0.62%) ConnectWise
13 4 (0.62%) Google
14 3 (0.47%) Apple
14 3 (0.47%) Aruba
14 3 (0.47%) McAfee
14 3 (0.47%) SolarWinds