IT Engineer Jobs in the East of England

IT Engineer
England > East of England

The median IT Engineer salary in the East of England is £31,417 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 74 141 202
Rank change year-on-year +67 +61 -87
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 184 104 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 3.04% 1.88% 1.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.24% 2.23% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 184 94 65
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,000 £20,050
25th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,417 £32,000 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +1.59% -21.25%
75th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £42,500
90th Percentile £46,225 £51,000 £48,050
England median annual salary £33,000 £34,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +1.47% -2.86%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 5,680 4,663 5,977
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 84.35% 94.10%
Number of salaries quoted 4,332 2,314 2,883
10th Percentile £25,809 £26,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £37,250 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £76,250
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the East of England

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in the East of England.

Salary trend for IT Engineer in the East of England

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in the East of England

IT Engineer
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Hertfordshire +50 67 £29,500 -7.09% 5
Essex +35 38 £30,000 -14.29% 5
Cambridgeshire +26 35 £35,000 - 13
Norfolk -11 26 £32,500 +38.30%
Bedfordshire +40 10 £26,000 -8.77% 2
Suffolk -8 8 £37,750 +51.00% 3
IT Engineer
England

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 across the East of England region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 139 (75.54%) Windows
2 128 (69.57%) Microsoft
3 126 (68.48%) Microsoft 365
4 90 (48.91%) Azure
5 89 (48.37%) Active Directory
6 76 (41.30%) Windows Server
7 66 (35.87%) Microsoft Exchange
8 60 (32.61%) Firewall
9 59 (32.07%) Social Skills
10 49 (26.63%) VMware
11 46 (25.00%) Customer Service
12 43 (23.37%) ITIL
13 39 (21.20%) Hyper-V
14 37 (20.11%) SharePoint
15 36 (19.57%) Windows 10
16 34 (18.48%) Problem-Solving
17 32 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
18 31 (16.85%) Microsoft Office
19 30 (16.30%) Linux
20 27 (14.67%) Entra ID
21 26 (14.13%) Windows Server 2016
22 25 (13.59%) Windows Server 2019
23 24 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
23 24 (13.04%) Wi-Fi
24 22 (11.96%) Degree
24 22 (11.96%) DNS
25 21 (11.41%) PowerShell
25 21 (11.41%) Line Management
25 21 (11.41%) Mac OS
26 20 (10.87%) Disaster Recovery

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 66 (35.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (20.11%) SharePoint
3 9 (4.89%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (3.80%) Exchange Server 2007
4 7 (3.80%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (1.09%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (1.09%) Skype for Business
5 2 (1.09%) WordPress
6 1 (0.54%) IIS
Applications
1 31 (16.85%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.72%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (2.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.63%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.09%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 126 (68.48%) Microsoft 365
2 90 (48.91%) Azure
3 27 (14.67%) Entra ID
4 8 (4.35%) AWS
5 7 (3.80%) OneDrive
6 6 (3.26%) Mimecast
6 6 (3.26%) Serverless
7 5 (2.72%) Google Workspace
7 5 (2.72%) SaaS
8 2 (1.09%) IaaS
8 2 (1.09%) PaaS
9 1 (0.54%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.54%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 60 (32.61%) Firewall
2 24 (13.04%) Wi-Fi
3 22 (11.96%) DNS
4 20 (10.87%) VPN
5 16 (8.70%) LAN
5 16 (8.70%) Remote Desktop
6 15 (8.15%) DHCP
7 13 (7.07%) Internet
8 11 (5.98%) WAN
9 10 (5.43%) VLAN
10 9 (4.89%) Wireless
11 7 (3.80%) PBX
12 6 (3.26%) VoIP
13 5 (2.72%) SAN
14 4 (2.17%) BGP
14 4 (2.17%) TCP/IP
15 3 (1.63%) Bluetooth
16 2 (1.09%) MPLS
16 2 (1.09%) VPLS
16 2 (1.09%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (10.33%) SQL Server
2 17 (9.24%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (4.35%) MariaDB
3 8 (4.35%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (3.26%) JIRA
General
1 59 (32.07%) Social Skills
2 12 (6.52%) Finance
3 8 (4.35%) Telecoms
4 7 (3.80%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (3.26%) Law
6 5 (2.72%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.72%) Public Sector
7 3 (1.63%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.09%) Automotive
8 2 (1.09%) Marketing
9 1 (0.54%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.17%) Cocoa
2 2 (1.09%) CSS
2 2 (1.09%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.24%) Driving Licence
2 13 (7.07%) iPad
3 10 (5.43%) Social Media
4 6 (3.26%) Public Cloud
5 5 (2.72%) Cyber Security Posture
5 5 (2.72%) Life Science
5 5 (2.72%) Security Posture
5 5 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.17%) Fat Client
6 4 (2.17%) Replication
6 4 (2.17%) Thin Client
7 3 (1.63%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.09%) CCTV
8 2 (1.09%) Educational Technology
8 2 (1.09%) Handset
9 1 (0.54%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.54%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.54%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 139 (75.54%) Windows
2 76 (41.30%) Windows Server
3 36 (19.57%) Windows 10
4 30 (16.30%) Linux
5 26 (14.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 25 (13.59%) Windows Server 2019
7 21 (11.41%) Mac OS
8 15 (8.15%) Apple iOS
9 14 (7.61%) Windows 7
10 12 (6.52%) Android
11 11 (5.98%) Windows Server 2012
12 10 (5.43%) Windows 8
13 7 (3.80%) Windows Server 2008
14 5 (2.72%) Windows Server 2003
15 2 (1.09%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 43 (23.37%) ITIL
3 34 (18.48%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (11.41%) Line Management
5 20 (10.87%) Disaster Recovery
6 18 (9.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 13 (7.07%) Project Delivery
8 10 (5.43%) Incident Management
8 10 (5.43%) Server Management
8 10 (5.43%) Service Delivery
9 9 (4.89%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (4.35%) Mentoring
10 8 (4.35%) Patch Management
10 8 (4.35%) Project Planning
10 8 (4.35%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 7 (3.80%) Software Testing
12 6 (3.26%) Collaborative Working
12 6 (3.26%) Data Loss Prevention
12 6 (3.26%) Migration
12 6 (3.26%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 21 (11.41%) PowerShell
2 5 (2.72%) VB
3 1 (0.54%) Shell Script
3 1 (0.54%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (11.96%) Degree
2 18 (9.78%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (4.89%) Network+ Certification
4 8 (4.35%) A+ Certification
4 8 (4.35%) CompTIA Security+
4 8 (4.35%) MCP
5 5 (2.72%) DBS Check
5 5 (2.72%) ITIL Certification
5 5 (2.72%) MCSA
6 2 (1.09%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.09%) MCSE
7 1 (0.54%) CCAA
7 1 (0.54%) CCNA
7 1 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.54%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (0.54%) MCTS
7 1 (0.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.52%) SLA
2 5 (2.72%) GDPR
3 2 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 89 (48.37%) Active Directory
2 39 (21.20%) Hyper-V
3 32 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (9.24%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (3.80%) vSphere
6 6 (3.26%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (2.72%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.63%) Docker
9 2 (1.09%) Firmware
9 2 (1.09%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.54%) Samba
Systems Management
1 24 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.63%) Ansible
2 3 (1.63%) HAProxy
2 3 (1.63%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (1.09%) NetCrunch
3 2 (1.09%) SCCM
4 1 (0.54%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 128 (69.57%) Microsoft
2 49 (26.63%) VMware
3 20 (10.87%) Citrix
4 14 (7.61%) Apple
5 13 (7.07%) Sophos
6 11 (5.98%) Veeam
7 9 (4.89%) Cisco
7 9 (4.89%) Meraki
8 7 (3.80%) Acronis
8 7 (3.80%) Synology
8 7 (3.80%) WatchGuard
9 6 (3.26%) Google
10 4 (2.17%) Draytek
10 4 (2.17%) HP
10 4 (2.17%) Mitel
10 4 (2.17%) NetApp
11 3 (1.63%) Adobe
11 3 (1.63%) ConnectWise
11 3 (1.63%) Dell
12 2 (1.09%) Palo Alto