Senior IT Engineer Jobs in Cambridgeshire

Senior IT Engineer
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Senior IT Engineer salary in Cambridgeshire is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 95 -
Rank change year-on-year +35 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Engineer 1 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 0.20% 0.13% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.14% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £48,125 -
25th Percentile £63,750 £50,938 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £58,750 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.89% - -
75th Percentile £71,250 £68,438 -
90th Percentile - £72,375 -
East of England median annual salary £67,500 £42,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year +58.82% +11.84% +31.03%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 470 1,469 1,251
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.25% 93.75% 86.57%
Number of salaries quoted 314 1,136 583
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +8.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,813 £70,600
90th Percentile £78,675 £80,001 £86,250
East of England median annual salary £50,967 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.30% -13.64% +10.00%

Senior IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Engineer in Cambridgeshire

Senior IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary trend for Senior IT Engineer in Cambridgeshire

Senior IT Engineer
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior IT Engineer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 9 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
Cambridge - 1 £67,500 - 5
Senior IT Engineer
East of England

Senior IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Senior 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 Cambridgeshire region featuring Senior IT Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) Greenfield Project

Senior IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle