Senior IT Engineer Jobs in the South West

Senior IT Engineer
England > South West

The median Senior IT Engineer salary in the South West is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 270 259 315
Rank change year-on-year -11 +56 -38
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Engineer 22 13 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.24% 0.19% 0.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.21% 0.091%
Number of salaries quoted 21 13 7
10th Percentile £30,625 - £36,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £31,000 £37,013
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,000 £39,550
Median % change year-on-year +35.14% -6.45% +16.32%
75th Percentile - £45,000 £51,000
90th Percentile £58,300 - £54,200
England median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +11.76%

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 8,876 6,171 7,728
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.21% 89.23% 96.36%
Number of salaries quoted 6,471 3,836 5,152
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £29,500
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 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Senior IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Engineer in the South West

Senior IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Senior IT Engineer in the South West

Senior IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior IT Engineer in the South West

Senior 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 Senior IT Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 4 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
Bristol +21 12 £50,000 +35.14%
Gloucestershire -18 4 £31,250 -30.56%
Somerset - 2 £57,200 -
Cornwall -19 1 £40,000 +17.65% 2
Dorset -19 1 £72,500 +123.08% 1
Devon - 1 £50,000 -
Senior IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior IT Engineer in the job title.

1 15 (68.18%) Windows
2 8 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (22.73%) Active Directory
5 4 (18.18%) VMware
5 4 (18.18%) Driving Licence
6 3 (13.64%) Windows Server
6 3 (13.64%) Mobile Device Management
6 3 (13.64%) Manufacturing
6 3 (13.64%) Advertising
6 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (13.64%) Azure
6 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
6 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
6 3 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
7 2 (9.09%) Degree
7 2 (9.09%) Linux
7 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
7 2 (9.09%) Firewall
7 2 (9.09%) HP
7 2 (9.09%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (9.09%) GDPR
7 2 (9.09%) DevOps
7 2 (9.09%) Mentoring
7 2 (9.09%) Entra ID
8 1 (4.55%) Security Hardening
8 1 (4.55%) Mimecast
8 1 (4.55%) Windows 10

Senior 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 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 8 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (13.64%) Azure
3 2 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.55%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) Firewall
2 1 (4.55%) 4G
2 1 (4.55%) 5G
2 1 (4.55%) DHCP
2 1 (4.55%) DNS
2 1 (4.55%) IP Telephony
2 1 (4.55%) LAN
2 1 (4.55%) Network Security
2 1 (4.55%) VLAN
2 1 (4.55%) VoIP
2 1 (4.55%) VPN
2 1 (4.55%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (13.64%) Advertising
1 3 (13.64%) Manufacturing
2 1 (4.55%) Aerospace
2 1 (4.55%) Finance
2 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.55%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 15 (68.18%) Windows
2 3 (13.64%) Windows Server
3 2 (9.09%) Linux
4 1 (4.55%) AIX
4 1 (4.55%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (13.64%) Mobile Device Management
4 2 (9.09%) DevOps
4 2 (9.09%) Mentoring
5 1 (4.55%) ArchiMate
5 1 (4.55%) Creative Thinking
5 1 (4.55%) ITIL
5 1 (4.55%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 1 (4.55%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 1 (4.55%) Network Management
5 1 (4.55%) Performance Monitoring
5 1 (4.55%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (4.55%) Project Management
5 1 (4.55%) Security Hardening
5 1 (4.55%) Service Delivery
5 1 (4.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (4.55%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (4.55%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (4.55%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.55%) SQL
2 1 (4.55%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
1 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.09%) Degree
3 1 (4.55%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) GDPR
2 1 (4.55%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (22.73%) Active Directory
2 3 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (9.09%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (4.55%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) VMware
2 2 (9.09%) HP
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco
3 1 (4.55%) Citrix
3 1 (4.55%) Hitachi
3 1 (4.55%) IBM
3 1 (4.55%) NetApp
3 1 (4.55%) SolarWinds
3 1 (4.55%) Sophos
3 1 (4.55%) Sparx