Installation Engineer
UK

The median Installation Engineer salary in the UK is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 861 963 1176
Rank change year-on-year +102 +213 -276
Permanent jobs requiring an Installations Engineer 37 17 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.037% 0.017% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% 0.018% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 35 15 21
10th Percentile £30,125 £25,035 £20,625
25th Percentile £31,375 £27,000 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +6.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile - £50,000 £38,750
90th Percentile £54,000 £65,750 £41,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £35,000 £28,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +25.00% -30.00%

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 93,878 92,381 151,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,248 58,258 84,340
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 £81,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Installations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Installations Engineer in the UK

Installations Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Installations Engineer in the UK

Installations Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Installations Engineer over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Installations Engineer in the UK

Installations Engineer
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Installations Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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
England +119 37 £40,000 +19.40% 105
UK excluding London +5 29 £40,000 +14.29% 92
North of England +51 11 £40,000 -11.11% 18
North West +11 11 £40,000 +47.74% 8
London +121 7 £40,000 +42.86% 17
South West -17 7 £55,000 +5.26% 11
East of England +22 5 £32,500 -7.14% 6
Work from Home +65 4 £55,000 +22.22% 14
South East +11 3 £38,750 +84.52% 26
Midlands - 3 £40,000 - 27
West Midlands - 3 £40,000 - 17

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Installations 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 Installations Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (35.14%) CCTV
2 9 (24.32%) Social Skills
2 9 (24.32%) Customer Service
3 8 (21.62%) Windows
4 7 (18.92%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (16.22%) PBX
5 6 (16.22%) Microsoft
6 5 (13.51%) Active Directory
6 5 (13.51%) VPN
6 5 (13.51%) Linux
6 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (13.51%) Hyper-V
6 5 (13.51%) Azure
6 5 (13.51%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (13.51%) Infrastructure Management
6 5 (13.51%) Patch Management
6 5 (13.51%) VLAN
6 5 (13.51%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (13.51%) Firewall
6 5 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (13.51%) Server Management
6 5 (13.51%) Application Virtualisation
6 5 (13.51%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (13.51%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 4 (10.81%) Telecoms
8 3 (8.11%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (8.11%) Driving Licence
8 3 (8.11%) DBS Check
8 3 (8.11%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (5.41%) Organisational Skills

Installations 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 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 7 (18.92%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (13.51%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.22%) PBX
2 5 (13.51%) Firewall
2 5 (13.51%) VLAN
2 5 (13.51%) VPN
3 2 (5.41%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.70%) PABX
4 1 (2.70%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.51%) Amazon RDS
General
1 9 (24.32%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.81%) Telecoms
3 2 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 13 (35.14%) CCTV
2 3 (8.11%) Driving Licence
2 3 (8.11%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (8.11%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (5.41%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 8 (21.62%) Windows
2 5 (13.51%) Linux
3 1 (2.70%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (24.32%) Customer Service
2 5 (13.51%) Application Virtualisation
2 5 (13.51%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (13.51%) Infrastructure Management
2 5 (13.51%) Patch Management
2 5 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (13.51%) Server Management
2 5 (13.51%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 2 (5.41%) Computer Science
3 2 (5.41%) Project Management
4 1 (2.70%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (2.70%) Project Delivery
4 1 (2.70%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 3 (8.11%) DBS Check
System Software
1 5 (13.51%) Active Directory
1 5 (13.51%) Hyper-V
1 5 (13.51%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 6 (16.22%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.41%) Cisco
3 1 (2.70%) Ericsson