ICT Engineer Jobs

ICT Engineer
UK

The median ICT Engineer salary in the UK is £36,476 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 875 952 1195
Rank change year-on-year +77 +243 -297
Permanent jobs requiring an ICT Engineer 36 47 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.037% 0.045% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% 0.050% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 33 36 17
10th Percentile £29,013 £25,562 £27,400
25th Percentile £29,035 £35,673 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,476 £42,098 £34,373
Median % change year-on-year -13.35% +22.47% -15.82%
75th Percentile £45,780 £48,150 £35,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £53,923 £43,569
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,476 £42,098 £34,373
% change year-on-year -13.35% +22.47% -3.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

ICT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for ICT Engineer in the UK

ICT Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ICT Engineer.

Salary trend for ICT Engineer in the UK

ICT Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ICT Engineer over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for ICT Engineer in the UK

ICT Engineer
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ICT Engineer within the UK 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
UK excluding London -22 33 £36,476 -13.35% 7
Wales +30 19 £36,476 -5.87% 2
England +61 16 £55,000 +27.73% 5
North of England +20 8 £42,500 -3.46% 1
London +122 3 £70,000 +75.00%
North West -8 3 £55,000 +24.94%
South West -18 3 £60,000 +134.16% 1
North East - 3 £42,500 -
Yorkshire +91 2 £35,986 +38.41% 1
Work from Home +62 1 £42,500 +0.96% 2
East of England +11 1 £34,750 +33.65% 1
Midlands +10 1 £40,000 -24.20% 2
East Midlands -17 1 £40,000 -24.20%
Scotland - 1 - -

ICT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, ICT 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 featuring ICT Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (47.22%) Police
2 16 (44.44%) Customer Service
2 16 (44.44%) Windows
3 15 (41.67%) Microsoft
3 15 (41.67%) Local Government
3 15 (41.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (36.11%) Data Centre
5 10 (27.78%) Active Directory
5 10 (27.78%) WAN
5 10 (27.78%) LAN
5 10 (27.78%) DNS
6 9 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (25.00%) Firewall
7 8 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (22.22%) VLAN
7 8 (22.22%) Network Security
7 8 (22.22%) WLAN
7 8 (22.22%) VPN
7 8 (22.22%) MPLS
7 8 (22.22%) Cisco
7 8 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (22.22%) Cloud Computing
7 8 (22.22%) Azure
7 8 (22.22%) Network Management
7 8 (22.22%) Unified Communications
7 8 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 7 (19.44%) VMware Infrastructure
8 7 (19.44%) Degree
8 7 (19.44%) VMware
9 6 (16.67%) Mathematics

ICT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 9 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (22.22%) Azure
1 8 (22.22%) Cloud Computing
2 5 (13.89%) Azure Monitor
2 5 (13.89%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (8.33%) AWS
3 3 (8.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 3 (8.33%) IaaS
3 3 (8.33%) PaaS
3 3 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (27.78%) DNS
1 10 (27.78%) LAN
1 10 (27.78%) WAN
2 9 (25.00%) Firewall
3 8 (22.22%) MPLS
3 8 (22.22%) Network Security
3 8 (22.22%) Unified Communications
3 8 (22.22%) VLAN
3 8 (22.22%) VPN
3 8 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (22.22%) WLAN
4 5 (13.89%) DHCP
4 5 (13.89%) Extranet
4 5 (13.89%) Internet
4 5 (13.89%) SAN
5 3 (8.33%) BGP
5 3 (8.33%) Cisco ISE
5 3 (8.33%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (8.33%) DMZ
5 3 (8.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) SQL Server
General
1 17 (47.22%) Police
2 15 (41.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 15 (41.67%) Local Government
3 5 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.56%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.78%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 13 (36.11%) Data Centre
2 5 (13.89%) Driving Licence
2 5 (13.89%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 16 (44.44%) Windows
2 5 (13.89%) Android
2 5 (13.89%) Windows 10
3 4 (11.11%) Windows Server
3 4 (11.11%) Windows Server 2012
3 4 (11.11%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (5.56%) Linux
4 2 (5.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (44.44%) Customer Service
2 8 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (22.22%) Network Management
3 6 (16.67%) Mathematics
3 6 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (13.89%) Business Continuity
4 5 (13.89%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (13.89%) High Availability
4 5 (13.89%) Power Management
5 4 (11.11%) Energy Management
5 4 (11.11%) IT Strategy
5 4 (11.11%) Operations Management
5 4 (11.11%) Virtual Environments
6 3 (8.33%) ITIL
6 3 (8.33%) Open Source
6 3 (8.33%) Service Design
6 3 (8.33%) SIEM
7 2 (5.56%) Mentoring
8 1 (2.78%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (19.44%) Degree
2 5 (13.89%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (5.56%) DV Cleared
3 2 (5.56%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.78%) MCITP
4 1 (2.78%) MCSE
4 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 10 (27.78%) Active Directory
2 7 (19.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.56%) Firmware
3 2 (5.56%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (5.56%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (13.89%) SCCM
1 5 (13.89%) SCOM
2 2 (5.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 8 (22.22%) Cisco
3 7 (19.44%) VMware
4 5 (13.89%) Citrix
4 5 (13.89%) HP
4 5 (13.89%) NetApp
5 3 (8.33%) CheckPoint
5 3 (8.33%) Palo Alto
5 3 (8.33%) SolarWinds
6 2 (5.56%) Red Hat