IT Engineer Jobs in Berkshire

IT Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median IT Engineer salary in Berkshire is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 109 165
Rank change year-on-year -2 +56 -24
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 14 53 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.87% 1.73% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% 1.82% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 12 52 20
10th Percentile - £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,500 £25,875 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +29.03% -4.62%
75th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £34,875
90th Percentile - £52,500 £36,150
South East median annual salary £35,000 £34,000 £31,750
% change year-on-year +2.94% +7.09% -7.97%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,271 2,919 2,869
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 78.99% 95.49% 92.46%
Number of salaries quoted 575 2,064 1,632
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £57,750
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -9.09% +0.43%
75th Percentile £76,875 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £92,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Berkshire

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for IT Engineer in Berkshire

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in Berkshire over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in Berkshire

IT Engineer
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Reading +30 7 £37,500 +25.00% 7
Maidenhead -22 4 £30,000 +25.00% 3
Windsor - 3 £33,500 - 2
IT Engineer
South East

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, 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 Berkshire region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Windows
1 14 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 13 (92.86%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (71.43%) SharePoint
3 10 (71.43%) Windows 10
4 9 (64.29%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (50.00%) Active Directory
5 7 (50.00%) DNS
5 7 (50.00%) Hyper-V
5 7 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (42.86%) Service Desk Management
6 6 (42.86%) Azure
6 6 (42.86%) VMware
6 6 (42.86%) Mac OS
6 6 (42.86%) DHCP
6 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
7 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
8 4 (28.57%) DBS Check
8 4 (28.57%) Windows Server
8 4 (28.57%) Customer Service
8 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (28.57%) VLAN
8 4 (28.57%) Degree
8 4 (28.57%) Firewall
8 4 (28.57%) VoIP
8 4 (28.57%) Apple
9 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
9 3 (21.43%) VPN

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 10 (71.43%) SharePoint
2 9 (64.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 13 (92.86%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (42.86%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (50.00%) DNS
2 6 (42.86%) DHCP
3 4 (28.57%) Firewall
3 4 (28.57%) VLAN
3 4 (28.57%) VoIP
4 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
4 3 (21.43%) VPN
5 1 (7.14%) Internet
5 1 (7.14%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Driving Licence
1 3 (21.43%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 14 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (71.43%) Windows 10
3 7 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 6 (42.86%) Mac OS
5 4 (28.57%) Windows Server
6 3 (21.43%) Android
6 3 (21.43%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Service Desk Management
2 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (28.57%) Customer Service
4 3 (21.43%) Data Privacy
4 3 (21.43%) Issue Tracking
4 3 (21.43%) Mobile Device Management
4 3 (21.43%) Project Delivery
4 3 (21.43%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 1 (7.14%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (28.57%) DBS Check
2 4 (28.57%) Degree
3 3 (21.43%) A+ Certification
3 3 (21.43%) MCP
3 3 (21.43%) MCSA
System Software
1 7 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 7 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 6 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (42.86%) VMware
3 4 (28.57%) Apple
4 3 (21.43%) Google
4 3 (21.43%) SonicWALL
5 1 (7.14%) Cisco
5 1 (7.14%) Draytek
5 1 (7.14%) HP
5 1 (7.14%) Meraki
5 1 (7.14%) Sophos