IT Engineer Jobs in England

IT Engineer
UK > England

The median IT Engineer salary in England is £33,000 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 138 249 359
Rank change year-on-year +111 +110 -94
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,761 1,403 1,367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.08% 1.50% 1.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.20% 1.64% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,581 1,121 1,228
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,250 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,600 £27,750 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £34,500 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +1.47% -2.86%
75th Percentile £43,000 £45,000 £45,000
90th Percentile £51,000 £60,473 £57,500
UK median annual salary £32,500 £34,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year -5.80% +1.47% -2.86%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 80,117 85,349 125,598
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.55% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 59,992 53,990 75,607
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in England

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Engineer in England

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in England

IT Engineer
Job Locations in 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 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
South East +71 411 £34,000 +7.94% 72
Midlands +88 352 £35,000 +7.69% 68
North of England +80 347 £30,500 -11.59% 69
South West +12 234 £30,000 -7.69% 49
London +4 223 £40,000 +5.26% 58
West Midlands +82 193 £35,000 +4.48% 31
East of England +67 184 £31,417 -1.82% 28
North West +39 165 £30,000 -14.29% 39
East Midlands +51 154 £37,500 +33.93% 37
Yorkshire +84 132 £30,000 +5.26% 23
North East +28 49 £32,500 -1.52% 10
IT Engineer
UK

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 England region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 1,041 (59.11%) Windows
2 944 (53.61%) Microsoft 365
3 902 (51.22%) Microsoft
4 797 (45.26%) Active Directory
5 664 (37.71%) Azure
6 548 (31.12%) Windows Server
7 540 (30.66%) Social Skills
8 468 (26.58%) Firewall
9 380 (21.58%) VMware
10 348 (19.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 335 (19.02%) Microsoft Exchange
12 320 (18.17%) Customer Service
13 316 (17.94%) Problem-Solving
14 283 (16.07%) Windows 10
15 278 (15.79%) Hyper-V
16 275 (15.62%) ITIL
17 253 (14.37%) VMware Infrastructure
18 249 (14.14%) Microsoft Office
19 231 (13.12%) SharePoint
20 229 (13.00%) DNS
21 223 (12.66%) Entra ID
22 220 (12.49%) Microsoft Intune
23 193 (10.96%) DHCP
24 180 (10.22%) Wi-Fi
25 177 (10.05%) Cybersecurity
26 174 (9.88%) Degree
27 173 (9.82%) Cisco
28 165 (9.37%) PowerShell
29 156 (8.86%) Driving Licence
30 155 (8.80%) Linux

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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
1 335 (19.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 231 (13.12%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.08%) Exchange Server 2013
4 15 (0.85%) IIS
5 11 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2010
6 10 (0.57%) Confluence
7 9 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2007
8 6 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2000
9 4 (0.23%) CMS
10 3 (0.17%) SAS
10 3 (0.17%) WordPress
11 2 (0.11%) Apache
11 2 (0.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 2 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2003
11 2 (0.11%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.057%) Moodle
12 1 (0.057%) nginx
12 1 (0.057%) Site Server
12 1 (0.057%) Tomcat
Applications
1 249 (14.14%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.17%) SPSS
6 2 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.057%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.057%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.057%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.28%) Sage X3
2 4 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.11%) Carpe Diem
4 2 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.11%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.057%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.057%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 944 (53.61%) Microsoft 365
2 664 (37.71%) Azure
3 223 (12.66%) Entra ID
4 97 (5.51%) AWS
5 56 (3.18%) OneDrive
6 38 (2.16%) Mimecast
7 32 (1.82%) Google Workspace
8 15 (0.85%) SaaS
9 12 (0.68%) iTunes
9 12 (0.68%) Power Platform
10 10 (0.57%) IaaS
10 10 (0.57%) Power Automate
11 9 (0.51%) Amazon EC2
11 9 (0.51%) GCP
11 9 (0.51%) Nutanix
11 9 (0.51%) PaaS
12 8 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
12 8 (0.45%) WhatsApp
13 7 (0.40%) PowerApps
13 7 (0.40%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 468 (26.58%) Firewall
2 229 (13.00%) DNS
3 193 (10.96%) DHCP
4 180 (10.22%) Wi-Fi
5 154 (8.75%) VPN
6 138 (7.84%) WAN
7 135 (7.67%) TCP/IP
8 124 (7.04%) LAN
9 106 (6.02%) VoIP
10 105 (5.96%) SAN
10 105 (5.96%) Wireless
11 101 (5.74%) VLAN
12 59 (3.35%) Network Security
13 44 (2.50%) Internet
14 31 (1.76%) Remote Desktop
15 29 (1.65%) SD-WAN
16 28 (1.59%) NAS
17 19 (1.08%) Cisco IOS
17 19 (1.08%) SSL
18 18 (1.02%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (7.10%) SQL Server
2 45 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
3 35 (1.99%) MySQL
4 8 (0.45%) MariaDB
5 5 (0.28%) Power BI
6 4 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (0.23%) DB2
7 3 (0.17%) Big Data
7 3 (0.17%) EDRMS
7 3 (0.17%) InfluxDB
8 2 (0.11%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.057%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.057%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.057%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 23 (1.31%) JIRA
2 4 (0.23%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.17%) LabVIEW
4 2 (0.11%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.11%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.11%) MSI
4 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.057%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 540 (30.66%) Social Skills
2 106 (6.02%) Finance
3 89 (5.05%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (4.83%) Law
5 78 (4.43%) Organisational Skills
6 73 (4.15%) Telecoms
7 60 (3.41%) Manufacturing
8 47 (2.67%) Retail
9 45 (2.56%) Legal
10 37 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 34 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
12 28 (1.59%) Marketing
13 27 (1.53%) Banking
14 25 (1.42%) Public Sector
15 18 (1.02%) Games
16 17 (0.97%) Automotive
17 16 (0.91%) Advertising
18 14 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
19 12 (0.68%) Back Office
20 9 (0.51%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.45%) ADSI
1 8 (0.45%) LDAP
2 5 (0.28%) Kafka
3 4 (0.23%) .NET
3 4 (0.23%) Cocoa
3 4 (0.23%) JSON
4 3 (0.17%) LAMP
5 2 (0.11%) CSS
5 2 (0.11%) HTML
5 2 (0.11%) V-Ray
6 1 (0.057%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.057%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.057%) EDI
6 1 (0.057%) OAuth
6 1 (0.057%) RESTEasy
6 1 (0.057%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 156 (8.86%) Driving Licence
2 65 (3.69%) Self-Motivation
3 60 (3.41%) Data Centre
4 47 (2.67%) Management Information System
5 46 (2.61%) Replication
6 34 (1.93%) Onboarding
7 30 (1.70%) Fat Client
7 30 (1.70%) Thin Client
8 28 (1.59%) EPoS
9 26 (1.48%) CCTV
10 24 (1.36%) Enterprise Storage
11 19 (1.08%) iPad
11 19 (1.08%) Public Cloud
11 19 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
12 14 (0.80%) Social Media
13 13 (0.74%) Cyberattack
13 13 (0.74%) Security Posture
14 11 (0.62%) Smartphone
15 10 (0.57%) iPhone
15 10 (0.57%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 1,041 (59.11%) Windows
2 548 (31.12%) Windows Server
3 283 (16.07%) Windows 10
4 155 (8.80%) Linux
5 140 (7.95%) Windows Server 2016
6 107 (6.08%) Windows Server 2019
7 96 (5.45%) Windows Server 2012
8 87 (4.94%) Mac OS
9 72 (4.09%) Android
10 71 (4.03%) Apple iOS
11 34 (1.93%) Windows 7
12 25 (1.42%) Mac OS X
12 25 (1.42%) Windows Server 2008
13 24 (1.36%) Windows 8
14 17 (0.97%) Unix
15 13 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 10 (0.57%) Windows Server 2003
17 9 (0.51%) CentOS
18 5 (0.28%) Debian
18 5 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 348 (19.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 320 (18.17%) Customer Service
3 316 (17.94%) Problem-Solving
4 275 (15.62%) ITIL
5 177 (10.05%) Cybersecurity
6 99 (5.62%) Migration
7 91 (5.17%) Disaster Recovery
8 87 (4.94%) Service Delivery
9 86 (4.88%) Project Delivery
10 81 (4.60%) Continuous Improvement
11 67 (3.80%) Project Management
12 51 (2.90%) Agile
12 51 (2.90%) Incident Management
13 49 (2.78%) Asset Management
13 49 (2.78%) Service Management
14 45 (2.56%) Time Management
15 44 (2.50%) Change Management
16 43 (2.44%) Project Planning
17 40 (2.27%) Customer Experience
17 40 (2.27%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 165 (9.37%) PowerShell
2 153 (8.69%) SQL
3 41 (2.33%) Python
4 26 (1.48%) Bash
5 11 (0.62%) Java
6 10 (0.57%) Swift
7 9 (0.51%) PHP
8 8 (0.45%) C++
9 7 (0.40%) C#
9 7 (0.40%) JavaScript
10 6 (0.34%) VB
11 5 (0.28%) Perl
12 4 (0.23%) R
12 4 (0.23%) Ruby
13 1 (0.057%) Go
13 1 (0.057%) Korn
13 1 (0.057%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.057%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 174 (9.88%) Degree
2 116 (6.59%) Microsoft Certification
3 84 (4.77%) Cisco Certification
4 69 (3.92%) DBS Check
5 65 (3.69%) CCNA
6 48 (2.73%) Network+ Certification
7 35 (1.99%) Azure Certification
8 34 (1.93%) Security Cleared
9 33 (1.87%) MCSE
10 30 (1.70%) A+ Certification
11 25 (1.42%) CISSP
12 22 (1.25%) CCNP
13 20 (1.14%) CompTIA Security+
13 20 (1.14%) MCP
14 18 (1.02%) SC Cleared
15 15 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 14 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
17 13 (0.74%) MCSA
18 12 (0.68%) CCIE
18 12 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (5.91%) SLA
2 37 (2.10%) GDPR
3 28 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (0.91%) QA
6 9 (0.51%) NIST
7 5 (0.28%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.28%) SOC 2
8 4 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.17%) COBIT
10 1 (0.057%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.057%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.057%) GRC
10 1 (0.057%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.057%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.057%) NCSC
System Software
1 797 (45.26%) Active Directory
2 278 (15.79%) Hyper-V
3 253 (14.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 44 (2.50%) VMware ESXi
5 30 (1.70%) vSphere
6 28 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
7 22 (1.25%) Virtual Servers
8 19 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
9 15 (0.85%) Docker
10 10 (0.57%) Terminal Services
11 7 (0.40%) Firmware
12 5 (0.28%) VMware Server
12 5 (0.28%) XenApp
13 4 (0.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 3 (0.17%) Xen
15 2 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
15 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.11%) pfSense
15 2 (0.11%) Samba
15 2 (0.11%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 220 (12.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 88 (5.00%) SCCM
3 18 (1.02%) WSUS
4 16 (0.91%) Jamf Pro
5 14 (0.80%) SCOM
6 13 (0.74%) Cisco CUCM
6 13 (0.74%) ServiceCenter
7 12 (0.68%) Kubernetes
8 11 (0.62%) FortiGate
9 10 (0.57%) Ansible
10 9 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 9 (0.51%) vCenter Server
11 7 (0.40%) Failover Clustering
12 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 6 (0.34%) Opsgenie
13 5 (0.28%) Grafana
13 5 (0.28%) NetCrunch
13 5 (0.28%) Proxmox
14 4 (0.23%) Backup Exec
14 4 (0.23%) Nessus
Vendors
1 902 (51.22%) Microsoft
2 380 (21.58%) VMware
3 173 (9.82%) Cisco
4 135 (7.67%) Citrix
5 101 (5.74%) Veeam
6 87 (4.94%) HP
7 84 (4.77%) Apple
8 68 (3.86%) Meraki
9 58 (3.29%) Sophos
10 42 (2.39%) Google
11 37 (2.10%) Palo Alto
12 34 (1.93%) Dell
12 34 (1.93%) Fortinet
13 28 (1.59%) Aruba
14 27 (1.53%) Barracuda Networks
14 27 (1.53%) ConnectWise
14 27 (1.53%) Draytek
15 23 (1.31%) Acronis
16 22 (1.25%) WatchGuard
17 14 (0.80%) Red Hat