IT Engineer Jobs in the South West

IT Engineer
England > South West

The median IT Engineer salary in the South West is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 118 208
Rank change year-on-year +3 +90 -52
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 227 177 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 2.46% 2.59% 1.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.56% 2.91% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 204 159 107
10th Percentile £23,500 £25,000 £21,250
25th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,500 £32,250
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +0.78% +5.74%
75th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £38,750
90th Percentile £48,750 £57,500 £47,500
England median annual salary £33,000 £34,500 £34,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -1.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 8,871 6,087 7,773
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.21% 89.19% 96.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,468 3,772 5,137
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £29,450
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,650 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the South West

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for IT Engineer in the South West

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in the South West

IT Engineer
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 7 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
Gloucestershire +23 72 £30,000 - 15
Bristol +9 48 £36,000 +10.77% 9
Devon -2 28 £30,000 -4.61% 5
Dorset +1 25 £27,500 -15.38% 6
Wiltshire -45 22 £25,000 -26.47% 8
Somerset +3 18 £36,250 +29.46% 7
Cornwall -19 7 £27,500 -19.12% 5
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 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 West region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 136 (59.91%) Windows
2 107 (47.14%) Microsoft
2 107 (47.14%) Microsoft 365
3 96 (42.29%) Active Directory
4 71 (31.28%) Azure
5 67 (29.52%) Social Skills
6 64 (28.19%) Windows Server
7 54 (23.79%) Customer Service
8 52 (22.91%) Firewall
9 46 (20.26%) Windows 10
10 40 (17.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 35 (15.42%) Entra ID
12 34 (14.98%) Microsoft Exchange
13 29 (12.78%) DBS Check
14 28 (12.33%) VMware
15 27 (11.89%) WAN
15 27 (11.89%) DHCP
15 27 (11.89%) DNS
16 25 (11.01%) TCP/IP
16 25 (11.01%) VPN
16 25 (11.01%) ITIL
16 25 (11.01%) Driving Licence
17 24 (10.57%) LAN
18 23 (10.13%) SharePoint
18 23 (10.13%) Microsoft Office
19 22 (9.69%) Cybersecurity
19 22 (9.69%) Windows Server 2016
20 21 (9.25%) Problem-Solving
20 21 (9.25%) Windows Server 2012
20 21 (9.25%) Linux

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 34 (14.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (10.13%) SharePoint
3 7 (3.08%) Confluence
4 1 (0.44%) Moodle
Applications
1 23 (10.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.44%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.88%) Oracle Receivables
1 2 (0.88%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.44%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 107 (47.14%) Microsoft 365
2 71 (31.28%) Azure
3 35 (15.42%) Entra ID
4 9 (3.96%) AWS
5 4 (1.76%) OneDrive
6 3 (1.32%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.32%) WhatsApp
7 2 (0.88%) GCP
7 2 (0.88%) Mimecast
7 2 (0.88%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.88%) Slack
8 1 (0.44%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.44%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.44%) IaaS
8 1 (0.44%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 52 (22.91%) Firewall
2 27 (11.89%) DHCP
2 27 (11.89%) DNS
2 27 (11.89%) WAN
3 25 (11.01%) TCP/IP
3 25 (11.01%) VPN
4 24 (10.57%) LAN
5 19 (8.37%) Wireless
6 18 (7.93%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (4.41%) VoIP
8 7 (3.08%) VLAN
9 5 (2.20%) Internet
10 4 (1.76%) Network Security
11 3 (1.32%) 4G
11 3 (1.32%) 5G
12 2 (0.88%) Intrusion Detection
12 2 (0.88%) IPsec
12 2 (0.88%) IPv4
12 2 (0.88%) NAS
12 2 (0.88%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.76%) Crystal Reports
2 3 (1.32%) Power BI
2 3 (1.32%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.88%) MySQL
3 2 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (3.08%) JIRA
2 2 (0.88%) Visual Studio
General
1 67 (29.52%) Social Skills
2 14 (6.17%) Legal
3 13 (5.73%) Telecoms
4 12 (5.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (4.85%) Finance
5 11 (4.85%) Manufacturing
6 6 (2.64%) Marketing
7 4 (1.76%) Aerospace
7 4 (1.76%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (1.76%) Banking
7 4 (1.76%) Law
7 4 (1.76%) Military
7 4 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (1.76%) Retail
8 3 (1.32%) Advertising
8 3 (1.32%) Public Sector
9 2 (0.88%) Publishing
9 2 (0.88%) Welsh Language
10 1 (0.44%) Games
10 1 (0.44%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.44%) .NET
1 1 (0.44%) RESTEasy
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.01%) Driving Licence
2 17 (7.49%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (3.96%) Management Information System
4 7 (3.08%) iPhone
5 5 (2.20%) Replication
6 4 (1.76%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.32%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.88%) Augmented Reality
8 2 (0.88%) CCTV
8 2 (0.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (0.88%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.88%) Photography
8 2 (0.88%) Smartphone
8 2 (0.88%) Virtual Reality
9 1 (0.44%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.44%) EPoS
9 1 (0.44%) Life Science
9 1 (0.44%) PKI
9 1 (0.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 136 (59.91%) Windows
2 64 (28.19%) Windows Server
3 46 (20.26%) Windows 10
4 22 (9.69%) Windows Server 2016
5 21 (9.25%) Linux
5 21 (9.25%) Windows Server 2012
6 17 (7.49%) Mac OS
7 14 (6.17%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (3.08%) Apple iOS
9 5 (2.20%) Unix
9 5 (2.20%) Windows 7
10 3 (1.32%) Android
11 2 (0.88%) Windows 2000
11 2 (0.88%) Windows 8
11 2 (0.88%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.88%) Windows XP
12 1 (0.44%) AIX
12 1 (0.44%) Debian
12 1 (0.44%) Fedora
12 1 (0.44%) openSUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (23.79%) Customer Service
2 40 (17.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 25 (11.01%) ITIL
4 22 (9.69%) Cybersecurity
5 21 (9.25%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (8.81%) Project Delivery
7 17 (7.49%) Time Management
8 14 (6.17%) Migration
9 11 (4.85%) Change Management
9 11 (4.85%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (4.41%) B2B
10 10 (4.41%) Collaborative Working
10 10 (4.41%) Customer Experience
10 10 (4.41%) Disaster Recovery
10 10 (4.41%) Fault Analysis
11 8 (3.52%) Antivirus Management
11 8 (3.52%) Service Delivery
11 8 (3.52%) Vulnerability Management
12 7 (3.08%) Mentoring
12 7 (3.08%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.61%) PowerShell
2 13 (5.73%) SQL
3 5 (2.20%) Java
4 1 (0.44%) VB
Qualifications
1 29 (12.78%) DBS Check
2 19 (8.37%) Security Cleared
3 17 (7.49%) Degree
4 13 (5.73%) SC Cleared
5 9 (3.96%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (3.08%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.76%) MCP
8 3 (1.32%) MCSE
8 3 (1.32%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (0.88%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.88%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.88%) MCDST
9 2 (0.88%) MCITP
9 2 (0.88%) MCSA
10 1 (0.44%) CCNP
10 1 (0.44%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.44%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.05%) GDPR
1 16 (7.05%) SLA
2 3 (1.32%) QA
3 2 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.44%) NCSC
System Software
1 96 (42.29%) Active Directory
2 14 (6.17%) Hyper-V
3 10 (4.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.88%) vSphere
5 1 (0.44%) Firmware
5 1 (0.44%) Samba
5 1 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (8.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.52%) SCCM
3 6 (2.64%) Opsgenie
3 6 (2.64%) WSUS
4 3 (1.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.88%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.44%) Check_MK
6 1 (0.44%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 107 (47.14%) Microsoft
2 28 (12.33%) VMware
3 20 (8.81%) HP
4 11 (4.85%) Cisco
4 11 (4.85%) Citrix
5 7 (3.08%) Draytek
6 6 (2.64%) AppDynamics
6 6 (2.64%) Apple
6 6 (2.64%) Sophos
7 5 (2.20%) iManage
7 5 (2.20%) Veeam
8 3 (1.32%) Google
8 3 (1.32%) SOTI
8 3 (1.32%) Trend Micro
9 2 (0.88%) Meraki
9 2 (0.88%) Oracle
9 2 (0.88%) Sparx
10 1 (0.44%) Datto
10 1 (0.44%) OneLogin
10 1 (0.44%) Thales