Technical Engineer
UK
The median Technical Engineer salary in the UK is £36,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 July 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 278 | 405 | 629 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +127 | +224 | +267 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Engineer | 654 | 651 | 307 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 1.11% | 0.60% | 0.34% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.24% | 0.64% | 0.38% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 418 | 529 | 183 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,500 | £25,000 | £30,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,000 | £28,750 | £32,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £36,500 | £35,000 | £42,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.29% | -17.65% | +21.43% |
| 75th Percentile | £45,000 | £46,250 | £57,781 |
| 90th Percentile | £58,000 | £60,000 | £72,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £37,000 | £35,000 | £37,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.71% | -6.67% | +15.38% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 | 52,841 | 102,275 | 81,164 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.80% | 94.83% | 91.21% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 28,673 | 72,139 | 54,039 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,770 | £38,750 | £44,192 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,708 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.66% | +4.95% |
Technical Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Technical Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Technical Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Engineer.
Technical Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Engineer over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.
Technical Engineer
Top 17 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 3 July 2025. 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 |
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| England | +119 | 606 | £37,500 | +7.14% | 782 |
| UK excluding London | +111 | 585 | £37,000 | +5.71% | 592 |
| South East | +78 | 176 | £40,000 | +14.29% | 143 |
| Midlands | +53 | 114 | £37,500 | +15.38% | 105 |
| North of England | +41 | 104 | £33,750 | -0.74% | 160 |
| Work from Home | +115 | 103 | £45,000 | +5.88% | 251 |
| South West | +139 | 95 | £32,000 | -9.86% | 63 |
| East of England | +54 | 72 | £35,000 | -7.89% | 73 |
| East Midlands | +55 | 66 | £40,000 | +42.86% | 44 |
| West Midlands | +44 | 48 | £34,011 | -2.83% | 61 |
| London | +87 | 44 | £34,500 | -31.00% | 229 |
| Yorkshire | +41 | 43 | £30,500 | -6.15% | 64 |
| North West | -6 | 38 | £33,750 | -0.74% | 83 |
| North East | +54 | 23 | £38,750 | -3.13% | 14 |
| Scotland | +101 | 21 | £32,000 | +20.75% | 30 |
| Northern Ireland | +38 | 2 | - | - | 10 |
| Wales | +27 | 1 | £32,500 | -7.14% | 14 |
Technical Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 3 July 2025, 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 featuring Technical Engineer in the job title.
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Technical 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:
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