IT Engineer Jobs in the South East

IT Engineer
England > South East

The median IT Engineer salary in the South East is £34,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 183 206
Rank change year-on-year +66 +23 -15
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 411 271 344
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.47% 1.81% 1.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.63% 2.00% 1.80%
Number of salaries quoted 392 242 321
10th Percentile £24,038 £25,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,000 £27,750 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £31,250 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.80% -9.42% +15.00%
75th Percentile £43,000 £45,000 £44,500
90th Percentile £52,375 £53,750 £58,750
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
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 15,600 13,575 19,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.87% 90.54% 96.42%
Number of salaries quoted 11,294 8,525 12,666
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the South East

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for IT Engineer in the South East

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in the South East

IT Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 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
Thames Valley +81 155 £39,000 +20.00% 21
Hampshire +3 101 £32,500 - 22
Oxfordshire +57 65 £42,000 +30.23% 8
East Sussex +50 58 £29,000 -35.56% 3
Berkshire +59 50 £40,000 +33.33% 6
West Sussex +60 43 £32,500 -31.22% 10
Buckinghamshire -10 40 £30,750 -5.38% 7
Surrey +4 25 £34,000 +9.68% 10
Kent -26 25 £28,000 -1.75% 5
Middlesex - 2 £28,000 -
Sussex - 1 £45,000 -
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 South East region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 266 (64.72%) Microsoft 365
2 251 (61.07%) Windows
3 235 (57.18%) Microsoft
4 173 (42.09%) Active Directory
5 166 (40.39%) Firewall
6 163 (39.66%) Azure
7 143 (34.79%) Social Skills
8 117 (28.47%) Windows Server
9 101 (24.57%) VMware
10 91 (22.14%) Microsoft Exchange
11 85 (20.68%) Microsoft Office
12 84 (20.44%) Customer Service
13 78 (18.98%) VMware Infrastructure
14 75 (18.25%) SharePoint
15 74 (18.00%) SQL
16 73 (17.76%) Windows 10
17 64 (15.57%) Hyper-V
17 64 (15.57%) Degree
18 60 (14.60%) Problem-Solving
19 56 (13.63%) Driving Licence
20 55 (13.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
21 54 (13.14%) VPN
22 51 (12.41%) Microsoft Intune
23 48 (11.68%) DNS
24 45 (10.95%) Cisco
25 44 (10.71%) Citrix
25 44 (10.71%) Cybersecurity
26 41 (9.98%) Cisco Certification
26 41 (9.98%) CCNA
26 41 (9.98%) VLAN

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 91 (22.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 75 (18.25%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.92%) IIS
4 6 (1.46%) Exchange Server 2000
5 5 (1.22%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.73%) CMS
7 1 (0.24%) Apache
7 1 (0.24%) Confluence
7 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
Applications
1 85 (20.68%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (9.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.24%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 5 (1.22%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 266 (64.72%) Microsoft 365
2 163 (39.66%) Azure
3 30 (7.30%) Entra ID
4 25 (6.08%) OneDrive
5 23 (5.60%) AWS
6 12 (2.92%) iTunes
6 12 (2.92%) Mimecast
7 10 (2.43%) Google Workspace
8 6 (1.46%) SaaS
9 4 (0.97%) IaaS
10 3 (0.73%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (0.73%) PaaS
11 2 (0.49%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.49%) GCP
12 1 (0.24%) OCI
12 1 (0.24%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.24%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 166 (40.39%) Firewall
2 54 (13.14%) VPN
3 48 (11.68%) DNS
4 41 (9.98%) VLAN
5 40 (9.73%) DHCP
6 39 (9.49%) TCP/IP
7 36 (8.76%) Wireless
8 33 (8.03%) VoIP
9 32 (7.79%) Wi-Fi
10 25 (6.08%) WAN
11 23 (5.60%) Network Security
12 22 (5.35%) SAN
13 19 (4.62%) SSL
14 15 (3.65%) LAN
15 13 (3.16%) NAS
15 13 (3.16%) Unified Communications
16 9 (2.19%) SD-WAN
17 6 (1.46%) Remote Desktop
18 5 (1.22%) Cisco IOS
18 5 (1.22%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (9.00%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.19%) MySQL
3 2 (0.49%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.24%) Power BI
4 1 (0.24%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 7 (1.70%) JIRA
2 1 (0.24%) Jenkins
General
1 143 (34.79%) Social Skills
2 26 (6.33%) Law
3 25 (6.08%) Documentation Skills
4 17 (4.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (3.89%) Legal
6 15 (3.65%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (2.92%) Games
8 11 (2.68%) Back Office
8 11 (2.68%) Telecoms
9 10 (2.43%) Finance
9 10 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.46%) Advertising
11 5 (1.22%) Retail
12 4 (0.97%) Marketing
13 3 (0.73%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.49%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.22%) Kafka
2 1 (0.24%) .NET
2 1 (0.24%) LAMP
2 1 (0.24%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 56 (13.63%) Driving Licence
2 18 (4.38%) Management Information System
3 17 (4.14%) Replication
4 11 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (2.19%) Onboarding
6 8 (1.95%) NHS
7 6 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.22%) CCTV
9 4 (0.97%) Data Centre
9 4 (0.97%) Operational Technology
9 4 (0.97%) Smartphone
10 3 (0.73%) Apple TV
10 3 (0.73%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.49%) Clustering
11 2 (0.49%) Digital Signage
11 2 (0.49%) IPTV
11 2 (0.49%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.49%) Public Cloud
12 1 (0.24%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 1 (0.24%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 251 (61.07%) Windows
2 117 (28.47%) Windows Server
3 73 (17.76%) Windows 10
4 36 (8.76%) Windows Server 2016
5 33 (8.03%) Linux
6 27 (6.57%) Android
7 20 (4.87%) Windows Server 2019
8 17 (4.14%) Apple iOS
9 12 (2.92%) Windows 7
10 11 (2.68%) Windows 8
11 10 (2.43%) Windows Server 2008
12 7 (1.70%) Windows Server 2012
13 6 (1.46%) Mac OS X
14 4 (0.97%) Mac OS
15 3 (0.73%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (20.44%) Customer Service
2 60 (14.60%) Problem-Solving
3 55 (13.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 44 (10.71%) Cybersecurity
5 30 (7.30%) Project Management
6 27 (6.57%) ITIL
7 25 (6.08%) Project Delivery
8 22 (5.35%) Service Delivery
9 21 (5.11%) Customer Experience
10 20 (4.87%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 18 (4.38%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 17 (4.14%) Change Control
13 16 (3.89%) Migration
14 15 (3.65%) Data Integration
15 12 (2.92%) Cloud Security
15 12 (2.92%) Project Planning
16 11 (2.68%) ERP
17 9 (2.19%) Client Onboarding
17 9 (2.19%) Problem Management
17 9 (2.19%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 74 (18.00%) SQL
2 30 (7.30%) PowerShell
3 9 (2.19%) Bash
4 8 (1.95%) Python
5 2 (0.49%) C++
6 1 (0.24%) PHP
Qualifications
1 64 (15.57%) Degree
2 41 (9.98%) CCNA
2 41 (9.98%) Cisco Certification
3 34 (8.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 27 (6.57%) Network+ Certification
5 16 (3.89%) MCSE
6 11 (2.68%) A+ Certification
7 7 (1.70%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (1.22%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.22%) MCP
9 5 (1.22%) Security Cleared
10 4 (0.97%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.49%) CCENT
11 2 (0.49%) CCNP
11 2 (0.49%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.49%) SC Cleared
11 2 (0.49%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.87%) SLA
2 8 (1.95%) GDPR
3 3 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.73%) NIST
4 1 (0.24%) COBIT
4 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.24%) GRC
System Software
1 173 (42.09%) Active Directory
2 78 (18.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 64 (15.57%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.70%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (1.70%) vSphere
5 6 (1.46%) Docker
6 5 (1.22%) VMware Server
7 2 (0.49%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.49%) Firmware
7 2 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.24%) NFS
8 1 (0.24%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.24%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 51 (12.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (3.16%) Cisco CUCM
2 13 (3.16%) ServiceCenter
3 6 (1.46%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.73%) FortiGate
4 3 (0.73%) NetCrunch
5 2 (0.49%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.49%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.24%) Autotask
6 1 (0.24%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.24%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.24%) SCCM
6 1 (0.24%) WSUS
Vendors
1 235 (57.18%) Microsoft
2 101 (24.57%) VMware
3 45 (10.95%) Cisco
4 44 (10.71%) Citrix
5 38 (9.25%) Veeam
6 28 (6.81%) Apple
7 22 (5.35%) Barracuda Networks
8 20 (4.87%) Meraki
9 18 (4.38%) Fortinet
10 17 (4.14%) HP
10 17 (4.14%) Sophos
11 16 (3.89%) Palo Alto
12 14 (3.41%) Aruba
12 14 (3.41%) Draytek
13 12 (2.92%) Google
14 11 (2.68%) ConnectWise
15 9 (2.19%) WatchGuard
16 6 (1.46%) Dell
17 5 (1.22%) Sage
18 4 (0.97%) Datto