Technical Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Technical Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Technical Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £35,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 341 506 626
Rank change year-on-year +165 +120 -116
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Engineer 530 269 244
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.75% 0.44% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.79% 0.49% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 443 139 187
10th Percentile £24,807 £28,600 £23,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +15.38% -4.41%
75th Percentile £42,500 £50,000 £42,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £58,750 £48,750
UK median annual salary £35,000 £45,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year -22.22% +32.35% -6.85%

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 66,883 54,717 68,218
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 89.25% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,333 31,108 43,002
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 £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

Technical Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Engineer in the UK excluding London

Technical Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Technical Engineer in the UK excluding London

Technical Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Technical Engineer in the UK excluding London

Technical 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 Technical Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 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 +90 161 £35,000 -17.65% 46
Midlands +124 125 £35,000 -33.33% 32
North of England +75 88 £32,000 -1.54% 50
West Midlands +90 73 £35,000 -17.65% 13
South West -2 71 £36,000 -2.70% 31
East Midlands +37 52 £27,500 -50.00% 19
Yorkshire +103 43 £32,250 -7.86% 16
East of England +36 41 £34,750 -7.33% 22
North West +29 41 £30,000 -2.25% 32
Scotland -74 15 £26,500 -41.11% 4
Wales +22 12 £32,640 -6.74% 10
Northern Ireland +19 9 £34,500 -1.43% 7
Isle of Man - 8 £45,000 -
North East -5 4 £34,500 -37.56% 3
Technical Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Technical 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 Technical Engineer in the job title.

1 161 (30.38%) Microsoft
2 160 (30.19%) Windows
3 137 (25.85%) Customer Service
4 130 (24.53%) Social Skills
5 94 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
6 90 (16.98%) Active Directory
7 78 (14.72%) Microsoft 365
8 77 (14.53%) Azure
9 76 (14.34%) Windows Server
10 61 (11.51%) Manufacturing
11 58 (10.94%) Degree
12 55 (10.38%) Security Cleared
13 53 (10.00%) SLA
14 52 (9.81%) SharePoint
14 52 (9.81%) Firewall
15 49 (9.25%) Telecoms
16 48 (9.06%) VMware
17 47 (8.87%) Linux
18 43 (8.11%) Entra ID
19 42 (7.92%) Hyper-V
20 41 (7.74%) TCP/IP
20 41 (7.74%) Driving Licence
21 38 (7.17%) HNC
22 37 (6.98%) SQL
23 35 (6.60%) ITIL
23 35 (6.60%) Microsoft Exchange
23 35 (6.60%) Project Management
24 34 (6.42%) VMware Infrastructure
24 34 (6.42%) Finance
24 34 (6.42%) Continuous Improvement

Technical 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 52 (9.81%) SharePoint
2 35 (6.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.38%) IIS
3 2 (0.38%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (2.64%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.75%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.57%) Trello
6 2 (0.38%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.19%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 1 (0.19%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 78 (14.72%) Microsoft 365
2 77 (14.53%) Azure
3 43 (8.11%) Entra ID
4 31 (5.85%) OneDrive
5 13 (2.45%) IBM Cloud
6 12 (2.26%) AWS
7 8 (1.51%) Cloud Computing
7 8 (1.51%) SaaS
8 6 (1.13%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.13%) Mimecast
9 5 (0.94%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (0.38%) Amazon Kinesis
10 2 (0.38%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.19%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.19%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.19%) Azure Table
11 1 (0.19%) GCP
11 1 (0.19%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.19%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 52 (9.81%) Firewall
2 41 (7.74%) TCP/IP
3 32 (6.04%) DNS
4 26 (4.91%) Wireless
5 23 (4.34%) DHCP
5 23 (4.34%) WAN
6 22 (4.15%) SAN
7 21 (3.96%) VoIP
8 18 (3.40%) LAN
8 18 (3.40%) LTE
9 16 (3.02%) 3G
9 16 (3.02%) SNMP
10 14 (2.64%) 4G
10 14 (2.64%) Ethernet
10 14 (2.64%) Wi-Fi
11 13 (2.45%) SSH
12 10 (1.89%) GPRS
12 10 (1.89%) VSAT
13 9 (1.70%) SDH
14 8 (1.51%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.09%) MySQL
2 23 (4.34%) SQL Server
3 14 (2.64%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.57%) GIS
5 2 (0.38%) Amazon Aurora
5 2 (0.38%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (0.38%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.38%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.19%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 13 (2.45%) Eclipse
1 13 (2.45%) JIRA
General
1 130 (24.53%) Social Skills
2 61 (11.51%) Manufacturing
3 49 (9.25%) Telecoms
4 34 (6.42%) Finance
5 29 (5.47%) Military
6 27 (5.09%) Electronics
7 23 (4.34%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (4.34%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (2.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (2.45%) Marketing
9 13 (2.45%) Public Sector
9 13 (2.45%) Retail
10 12 (2.26%) Police
11 11 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.89%) Local Government
13 7 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.13%) Automotive
14 6 (1.13%) Games
15 4 (0.75%) Billing
16 3 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.58%) CSS
2 18 (3.40%) REST
3 16 (3.02%) HTML
3 16 (3.02%) XML
4 15 (2.83%) Web Services
5 13 (2.45%) Ajax
5 13 (2.45%) AngularJS
5 13 (2.45%) JDBC
5 13 (2.45%) ODBC
5 13 (2.45%) SOAP
5 13 (2.45%) XHTML
6 3 (0.57%) EDI
6 3 (0.57%) Fluent Bit
6 3 (0.57%) JSON
6 3 (0.57%) Lightning Web Components
7 2 (0.38%) GraphQL
7 2 (0.38%) http4s
7 2 (0.38%) Scalaz
Miscellaneous
1 41 (7.74%) Driving Licence
2 16 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (2.64%) Hybrid Cloud
4 13 (2.45%) Blockchain
4 13 (2.45%) CMDB
5 12 (2.26%) Data Centre
6 10 (1.89%) CCTV
7 8 (1.51%) Linux Command Line
8 7 (1.32%) Fat Client
8 7 (1.32%) Fibre Optics
8 7 (1.32%) Management Information System
8 7 (1.32%) Thin Client
9 6 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (0.94%) Smartphone
11 4 (0.75%) Clustering
12 3 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.57%) ASTM
12 3 (0.57%) IoT
12 3 (0.57%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 160 (30.19%) Windows
2 76 (14.34%) Windows Server
3 47 (8.87%) Linux
4 20 (3.77%) Windows 10
5 18 (3.40%) Unix
6 17 (3.21%) Mac OS
7 11 (2.08%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (1.13%) Android
9 5 (0.94%) VMS
10 3 (0.57%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.38%) Solaris
11 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.19%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (25.85%) Customer Service
2 94 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (6.60%) ITIL
3 35 (6.60%) Project Management
4 34 (6.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 29 (5.47%) Asset Management
6 27 (5.09%) Coaching
6 27 (5.09%) Customer Experience
6 27 (5.09%) Mentoring
7 22 (4.15%) Commercial Awareness
8 21 (3.96%) Business Intelligence
8 21 (3.96%) Cybersecurity
9 19 (3.58%) CRM
10 17 (3.21%) Proactive Maintenance
10 17 (3.21%) Time Management
11 16 (3.02%) DevOps
11 16 (3.02%) Network Management
11 16 (3.02%) OO
11 16 (3.02%) OOP
12 15 (2.83%) IT Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (6.98%) SQL
2 31 (5.85%) Python
3 28 (5.28%) Java
4 23 (4.34%) PowerShell
5 19 (3.58%) JavaScript
6 14 (2.64%) PL/SQL
7 13 (2.45%) C#
7 13 (2.45%) Perl
8 4 (0.75%) Bash
8 4 (0.75%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.75%) VBA
8 4 (0.75%) VBScript
9 3 (0.57%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.38%) Scala
Qualifications
1 58 (10.94%) Degree
2 55 (10.38%) Security Cleared
3 38 (7.17%) HNC
4 32 (6.04%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (3.40%) A+ Certification
6 17 (3.21%) Cisco Certification
6 17 (3.21%) SC Cleared
7 16 (3.02%) CCNA
8 15 (2.83%) DV Cleared
9 14 (2.64%) BPSS Clearance
10 13 (2.45%) MCP
11 12 (2.26%) HND
12 9 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (1.32%) Network+ Certification
14 6 (1.13%) GCSC
15 5 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
15 5 (0.94%) MCSE
16 4 (0.75%) MCSA
16 4 (0.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 3 (0.57%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (10.00%) SLA
2 14 (2.64%) PCI DSS
3 7 (1.32%) GDPR
4 4 (0.75%) QA
5 3 (0.57%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.38%) ISO 14001
6 2 (0.38%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 90 (16.98%) Active Directory
2 42 (7.92%) Hyper-V
3 34 (6.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.64%) KVM
5 4 (0.75%) NFS
5 4 (0.75%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 29 (5.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (4.53%) SCCM
3 13 (2.45%) WMI
4 11 (2.08%) SCOM
5 3 (0.57%) Cisco Prime
5 3 (0.57%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (0.57%) Fluentd
5 3 (0.57%) Functional Safety
5 3 (0.57%) logstash
5 3 (0.57%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (0.19%) Autotask
6 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 161 (30.38%) Microsoft
2 48 (9.06%) VMware
3 28 (5.28%) Cisco
4 16 (3.02%) Dell
4 16 (3.02%) Oracle
4 16 (3.02%) Splunk
5 15 (2.83%) HP
6 13 (2.45%) IBM
6 13 (2.45%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.26%) Citrix
8 10 (1.89%) SAP
9 6 (1.13%) Acronis
9 6 (1.13%) Siemens
10 5 (0.94%) NetApp
11 4 (0.75%) ConnectWise
12 3 (0.57%) Apple
12 3 (0.57%) Aruba
12 3 (0.57%) McAfee
12 3 (0.57%) SolarWinds
13 2 (0.38%) Veeam