IT Engineer Job Trends in Birmingham

IT Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median IT Engineer salary in Birmingham is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 108 69
Rank change year-on-year +15 -39 +55
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 13 17 35
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.75% 0.92% 2.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.80% 0.98% 2.93%
Number of salaries quoted 5 8 33
10th Percentile - £32,475 £25,850
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,500 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +28.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £38,750 £47,500 £48,750
90th Percentile - £50,500 £55,250
West Midlands median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year - -10.26% -2.50%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 1,620 1,741 1,193
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.16% 94.67% 95.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,170 856 1,014
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,713 £31,075
25th Percentile £41,163 £43,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,468 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.06% +4.55% -2.62%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,375 £88,125 £81,250
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in Birmingham

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham.

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 6 January 2026, IT Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birmingham region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (92.31%) Microsoft
1 12 (92.31%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (84.62%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (53.85%) Azure
3 7 (53.85%) ITIL
4 6 (46.15%) Apple iOS
4 6 (46.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 6 (46.15%) SharePoint
4 6 (46.15%) Windows
5 5 (38.46%) CRM
5 5 (38.46%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (38.46%) JIRA
5 5 (38.46%) Performance Metrics
6 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
6 1 (7.69%) Agile
6 1 (7.69%) Budgeting
6 1 (7.69%) Business Continuity
6 1 (7.69%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (7.69%) Change Control
6 1 (7.69%) Customer Service
6 1 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
6 1 (7.69%) IIS
6 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Management
6 1 (7.69%) IT Governance
6 1 (7.69%) ITSM
6 1 (7.69%) Load Balancing
6 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
6 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (7.69%) Multi-Factor Authentication

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (46.15%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.69%) IIS
Business Applications
1 5 (38.46%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (84.62%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (53.85%) Azure
3 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (38.46%) JIRA
General
1 11 (84.62%) Law
2 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
3 6 (46.15%) Legal
4 5 (38.46%) Finance
5 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Apple iOS
1 6 (46.15%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (53.85%) ITIL
3 5 (38.46%) CRM
3 5 (38.46%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (7.69%) Budgeting
4 1 (7.69%) Business Continuity
4 1 (7.69%) Change Control
4 1 (7.69%) Customer Service
4 1 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (7.69%) ITSM
4 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
4 1 (7.69%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 1 (7.69%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (7.69%) Platform Engineering
4 1 (7.69%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (7.69%) Roadmaps
4 1 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (7.69%) Service Management
4 1 (7.69%) Web SSO
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (92.31%) Microsoft