IT Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £32,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 201 239
Rank change year-on-year +87 +38 -63
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,724 1,044 1,082
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.43% 1.73% 1.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.56% 1.94% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,488 801 998
10th Percentile £23,500 £25,000 £22,875
25th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £26,639
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £32,500 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% -2.99% +3.08%
75th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £43,750
90th Percentile £47,500 £53,000 £52,500
UK median annual salary £32,500 £34,500 £34,500
% change year-on-year -5.80% - -1.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,268 53,729 68,078
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.81% 89.16% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 47,545 30,499 42,724
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,750 £81,251 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for IT Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
South East +71 410 £34,500 +9.52% 67
Midlands +81 355 £35,000 +7.69% 62
North of England +74 354 £31,500 -8.70% 80
South West +8 228 £30,000 -7.69% 54
West Midlands +71 191 £34,375 +2.61% 26
East of England +67 184 £31,833 +1.46% 28
North West +35 170 £30,000 -14.29% 43
East Midlands +56 159 £37,500 +33.93% 36
Yorkshire +84 132 £30,000 +5.26% 31
Wales +95 123 £27,500 +4.27% 9
Scotland -55 65 £28,500 -22.97% 11
North East +28 51 £32,500 -2.26% 10
Northern Ireland +22 4 £30,000 - 2
Channel Islands - 3 - -
Isle of Man - 1 - -
IT Engineer
UK

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 8 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 938 (54.41%) Windows
2 839 (48.67%) Microsoft 365
3 825 (47.85%) Microsoft
4 708 (41.07%) Active Directory
5 599 (34.74%) Azure
6 573 (33.24%) Social Skills
7 503 (29.18%) Windows Server
8 435 (25.23%) Firewall
9 362 (21.00%) VMware
10 357 (20.71%) Problem-Solving
11 340 (19.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 317 (18.39%) Customer Service
13 286 (16.59%) Microsoft Exchange
14 268 (15.55%) Hyper-V
15 241 (13.98%) ITIL
16 233 (13.52%) VMware Infrastructure
17 225 (13.05%) Windows 10
18 215 (12.47%) Microsoft Office
19 214 (12.41%) SharePoint
20 204 (11.83%) Degree
21 203 (11.77%) Microsoft Intune
22 202 (11.72%) Entra ID
23 201 (11.66%) DNS
24 173 (10.03%) DHCP
25 163 (9.45%) Cisco
26 158 (9.16%) Driving Licence
27 155 (8.99%) Linux
28 151 (8.76%) Cybersecurity
29 143 (8.29%) SQL
30 141 (8.18%) Continuous Improvement

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 286 (16.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 214 (12.41%) SharePoint
3 17 (0.99%) IIS
4 14 (0.81%) Exchange Server 2013
5 11 (0.64%) Confluence
6 9 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2010
7 7 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2007
8 6 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2000
9 3 (0.17%) CMS
9 3 (0.17%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.17%) WordPress
10 2 (0.12%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.12%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.058%) Apache
11 1 (0.058%) Moodle
11 1 (0.058%) Site Server
11 1 (0.058%) Tomcat
Applications
1 215 (12.47%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (2.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.058%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.058%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.29%) Sage X3
2 4 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.058%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.058%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.058%) MIS ActiveH
5 1 (0.058%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 839 (48.67%) Microsoft 365
2 599 (34.74%) Azure
3 202 (11.72%) Entra ID
4 87 (5.05%) AWS
5 52 (3.02%) OneDrive
6 31 (1.80%) Mimecast
7 28 (1.62%) Google Workspace
8 14 (0.81%) Power Platform
9 12 (0.70%) iTunes
10 11 (0.64%) SaaS
11 9 (0.52%) Cloud Computing
11 9 (0.52%) Nutanix
11 9 (0.52%) Power Automate
12 8 (0.46%) IaaS
12 8 (0.46%) PowerApps
13 6 (0.35%) PaaS
13 6 (0.35%) Serverless
14 5 (0.29%) GCP
14 5 (0.29%) WhatsApp
15 3 (0.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 435 (25.23%) Firewall
2 201 (11.66%) DNS
3 173 (10.03%) DHCP
4 136 (7.89%) Wi-Fi
5 129 (7.48%) VPN
6 120 (6.96%) TCP/IP
7 113 (6.55%) WAN
8 105 (6.09%) SAN
9 101 (5.86%) VoIP
10 98 (5.68%) LAN
11 91 (5.28%) Wireless
12 84 (4.87%) VLAN
13 51 (2.96%) Network Security
14 47 (2.73%) Internet
15 29 (1.68%) NAS
15 29 (1.68%) Remote Desktop
16 23 (1.33%) SD-WAN
17 19 (1.10%) SSL
18 18 (1.04%) PBX
19 17 (0.99%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (6.84%) SQL Server
2 42 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
3 34 (1.97%) MySQL
4 8 (0.46%) MariaDB
5 5 (0.29%) Power BI
6 4 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (0.23%) DB2
6 4 (0.23%) InfluxDB
7 3 (0.17%) Metabase
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 23 (1.33%) JIRA
2 4 (0.23%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.17%) LabVIEW
3 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.058%) Jenkins
General
1 573 (33.24%) Social Skills
2 139 (8.06%) Law
3 127 (7.37%) Manufacturing
4 82 (4.76%) Finance
5 80 (4.64%) Telecoms
6 74 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
7 69 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
8 68 (3.94%) Influencing Skills
8 68 (3.94%) Presentation Skills
9 48 (2.78%) Retail
10 36 (2.09%) Legal
11 33 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
11 33 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 25 (1.45%) Marketing
13 22 (1.28%) Public Sector
14 17 (0.99%) Automotive
15 15 (0.87%) Games
16 14 (0.81%) Advertising
17 12 (0.70%) Back Office
18 9 (0.52%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.29%) Kafka
2 4 (0.23%) Cocoa
3 3 (0.17%) .NET
3 3 (0.17%) LAMP
4 2 (0.12%) CSS
4 2 (0.12%) HTML
4 2 (0.12%) V-Ray
5 1 (0.058%) EDI
5 1 (0.058%) LDAP
5 1 (0.058%) RESTEasy
5 1 (0.058%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 158 (9.16%) Driving Licence
2 68 (3.94%) FMCG
3 61 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
4 49 (2.84%) Data Centre
5 48 (2.78%) Management Information System
6 46 (2.67%) Replication
7 32 (1.86%) Onboarding
8 30 (1.74%) Fat Client
8 30 (1.74%) Thin Client
9 29 (1.68%) CCTV
10 25 (1.45%) Enterprise Storage
11 20 (1.16%) iPad
12 15 (0.87%) Public Cloud
13 12 (0.70%) EPoS
14 10 (0.58%) Operational Technology
14 10 (0.58%) Security Posture
14 10 (0.58%) Social Media
15 9 (0.52%) Clustering
15 9 (0.52%) Life Science
16 8 (0.46%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 938 (54.41%) Windows
2 503 (29.18%) Windows Server
3 225 (13.05%) Windows 10
4 155 (8.99%) Linux
5 133 (7.71%) Windows Server 2016
6 97 (5.63%) Windows Server 2019
7 83 (4.81%) Windows Server 2012
8 65 (3.77%) Mac OS
9 57 (3.31%) Android
10 54 (3.13%) Apple iOS
11 38 (2.20%) Windows 7
12 23 (1.33%) Windows 8
13 19 (1.10%) Windows Server 2008
14 12 (0.70%) Unix
15 11 (0.64%) Mac OS X
16 10 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 9 (0.52%) Windows Server 2003
18 8 (0.46%) CentOS
19 5 (0.29%) Debian
20 4 (0.23%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 357 (20.71%) Problem-Solving
2 340 (19.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 317 (18.39%) Customer Service
4 241 (13.98%) ITIL
5 151 (8.76%) Cybersecurity
6 141 (8.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 90 (5.22%) Project Delivery
8 86 (4.99%) Migration
9 84 (4.87%) Disaster Recovery
10 76 (4.41%) Service Delivery
11 68 (3.94%) Benchmarking
11 68 (3.94%) Lean Manufacturing
11 68 (3.94%) Lean Six Sigma
11 68 (3.94%) Order Management
11 68 (3.94%) Six Sigma
12 67 (3.89%) Project Management
13 51 (2.96%) Incident Management
14 49 (2.84%) Agile
15 42 (2.44%) Change Management
15 42 (2.44%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 143 (8.29%) SQL
2 126 (7.31%) PowerShell
3 29 (1.68%) Python
4 12 (0.70%) Java
5 11 (0.64%) Bash
6 10 (0.58%) Swift
7 9 (0.52%) C++
8 8 (0.46%) PHP
9 7 (0.41%) JavaScript
10 6 (0.35%) C#
10 6 (0.35%) VB
11 4 (0.23%) R
12 2 (0.12%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.058%) Go
13 1 (0.058%) Perl
13 1 (0.058%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 204 (11.83%) Degree
2 112 (6.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 68 (3.94%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
4 66 (3.83%) DBS Check
5 64 (3.71%) Cisco Certification
6 53 (3.07%) CCNA
7 43 (2.49%) Network+ Certification
8 34 (1.97%) Security Cleared
9 33 (1.91%) Azure Certification
10 32 (1.86%) MCSE
11 29 (1.68%) A+ Certification
12 18 (1.04%) MCP
12 18 (1.04%) SC Cleared
13 16 (0.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 15 (0.87%) CompTIA Security+
15 14 (0.81%) CISSP
16 13 (0.75%) CCNP
17 12 (0.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 11 (0.64%) MCSA
19 10 (0.58%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (5.74%) SLA
2 35 (2.03%) GDPR
3 27 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (0.87%) QA
6 7 (0.41%) NIST
7 6 (0.35%) SOC 2
8 4 (0.23%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.12%) NCSC
11 1 (0.058%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.058%) COBIT
11 1 (0.058%) GRC
11 1 (0.058%) ISO 13485
11 1 (0.058%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 708 (41.07%) Active Directory
2 268 (15.55%) Hyper-V
3 233 (13.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 45 (2.61%) VMware ESXi
5 25 (1.45%) vSphere
6 24 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 20 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
8 19 (1.10%) Virtual Servers
9 15 (0.87%) Docker
10 6 (0.35%) Firmware
10 6 (0.35%) Terminal Services
11 5 (0.29%) VMware Server
12 4 (0.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 2 (0.12%) pfSense
13 2 (0.12%) Samba
13 2 (0.12%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.058%) Microsoft App-V
14 1 (0.058%) NFS
14 1 (0.058%) Terminal Server
14 1 (0.058%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 203 (11.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 76 (4.41%) SCCM
3 15 (0.87%) WSUS
4 14 (0.81%) SCOM
5 13 (0.75%) Cisco CUCM
5 13 (0.75%) ServiceCenter
6 12 (0.70%) Kubernetes
7 11 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
8 9 (0.52%) Ansible
9 8 (0.46%) vCenter Server
10 7 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
11 6 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 6 (0.35%) Grafana
11 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 6 (0.35%) Opsgenie
12 5 (0.29%) NetCrunch
13 4 (0.23%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.23%) Nessus
13 4 (0.23%) Proxmox
14 3 (0.17%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 825 (47.85%) Microsoft
2 362 (21.00%) VMware
3 163 (9.45%) Cisco
4 110 (6.38%) Citrix
5 107 (6.21%) Veeam
6 72 (4.18%) Apple
6 72 (4.18%) HP
7 69 (4.00%) Meraki
8 53 (3.07%) Sophos
9 36 (2.09%) Google
10 33 (1.91%) Fortinet
11 31 (1.80%) Dell
12 28 (1.62%) Draytek
12 28 (1.62%) Palo Alto
13 27 (1.57%) Barracuda Networks
14 25 (1.45%) Aruba
15 22 (1.28%) Acronis
15 22 (1.28%) ConnectWise
16 20 (1.16%) WatchGuard
17 11 (0.64%) Remedy