IT Engineer Jobs in Bristol

IT Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median IT Engineer salary in Bristol is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 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
7 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 115 133
Rank change year-on-year +20 +18 +39
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 11 52 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.87% 1.68% 1.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.92% 1.73% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 11 51 34
10th Percentile £36,250 £27,750 £24,300
25th Percentile £42,500 £30,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £37,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% +15.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £58,750 £44,000 £55,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £50,000 £71,529
South West median annual salary £33,750 £30,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -7.69% +0.78%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 1,198 3,009 2,463
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.00% 97.03% 92.70%
Number of salaries quoted 812 2,254 1,548
10th Percentile £34,500 £33,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,905
Median % change year-on-year - -0.70% +9.02%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £73,776
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,125 £87,500
South West median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.20% -4.76% +5.00%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Bristol

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for IT Engineer in Bristol

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in Bristol over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 7 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 Bristol region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (81.82%) Azure
2 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
3 7 (63.64%) Firewall
3 7 (63.64%) Windows
4 6 (54.55%) Active Directory
4 6 (54.55%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (54.55%) Entra ID
5 4 (36.36%) IaaS
5 4 (36.36%) SaaS
5 4 (36.36%) Windows Server
5 4 (36.36%) LAN
5 4 (36.36%) WAN
5 4 (36.36%) PowerShell
6 3 (27.27%) Network Security
6 3 (27.27%) Network Design
6 3 (27.27%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (27.27%) VMware
6 3 (27.27%) VPN
6 3 (27.27%) Linux
6 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
6 3 (27.27%) ITIL
6 3 (27.27%) ITSM
6 3 (27.27%) Service Management
6 3 (27.27%) Security Operations
6 3 (27.27%) GDPR
6 3 (27.27%) SD-WAN
6 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
6 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (27.27%) SIEM
6 3 (27.27%) SolarWinds

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (81.82%) Azure
2 6 (54.55%) Entra ID
2 6 (54.55%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (36.36%) IaaS
3 4 (36.36%) SaaS
4 2 (18.18%) AWS
4 2 (18.18%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 2 (18.18%) OneDrive
4 2 (18.18%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (63.64%) Firewall
2 4 (36.36%) LAN
2 4 (36.36%) WAN
3 3 (27.27%) Network Security
3 3 (27.27%) SD-WAN
3 3 (27.27%) VPN
3 3 (27.27%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (18.18%) DHCP
4 2 (18.18%) DNS
4 2 (18.18%) MPLS
4 2 (18.18%) Unified Communications
5 1 (9.09%) BGP
5 1 (9.09%) EIGRP
5 1 (9.09%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (9.09%) OSPF
5 1 (9.09%) SSL
5 1 (9.09%) VLAN
5 1 (9.09%) Wireless
5 1 (9.09%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
2 2 (18.18%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Aerospace
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Driving Licence
1 2 (18.18%) Educational Technology
1 2 (18.18%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
1 2 (18.18%) Security Posture
2 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) Windows
2 4 (36.36%) Windows Server
3 3 (27.27%) Linux
4 2 (18.18%) Windows 10
4 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (27.27%) ITIL
1 3 (27.27%) ITSM
1 3 (27.27%) Network Design
1 3 (27.27%) Patch Management
1 3 (27.27%) Security Operations
1 3 (27.27%) Service Management
1 3 (27.27%) SIEM
2 2 (18.18%) Business Continuity
2 2 (18.18%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (18.18%) Email Filtering
2 2 (18.18%) Information Security
2 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (18.18%) IT Strategy
2 2 (18.18%) OWASP
2 2 (18.18%) Risk Analysis
2 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
2 2 (18.18%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 2 (18.18%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) PowerShell
2 2 (18.18%) SQL
3 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) MCSA
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) GDPR
2 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (18.18%) NIST
3 1 (9.09%) HIPAA
3 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (54.55%) Active Directory
2 2 (18.18%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (18.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (18.18%) Host Intrusion Detection System
2 2 (18.18%) Terraform
3 1 (9.09%) Ansible
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) SolarWinds
2 3 (27.27%) VMware
3 2 (18.18%) CheckPoint
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco
3 2 (18.18%) Extreme Networks
3 2 (18.18%) Zscaler
4 1 (9.09%) Meraki
4 1 (9.09%) Palo Alto
4 1 (9.09%) Salesforce
4 1 (9.09%) SAP
4 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow
65 IT Engineer jobs in the South West