IT Engineer Jobs in Central London

IT Engineer
London > Central London

The median IT Engineer salary in Central London is £41,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 154 172
Rank change year-on-year +31 +18 +54
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 36 44 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 1.53% 1.16% 1.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.67% 1.22% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 32 43 63
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £29,938 £31,500 £32,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £37,500 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.67% +1.35% -10.30%
75th Percentile £55,000 £44,000 £65,625
90th Percentile £77,500 £58,550 £69,500
London median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% +5.26% -3.91%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,159 3,607 4,891
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.79% 95.42% 95.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,516 2,783 4,066
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £73,210
Median % change year-on-year - -0.97% +0.98%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Central London

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for IT Engineer in Central London

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in Central London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in Central London

IT Engineer
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 28 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
City of London +31 30 £38,250 +2.00% 4
Camden - 3 £55,000 -
IT Engineer
London

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 Central London region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 32 (88.89%) Azure
2 19 (52.78%) Microsoft
3 18 (50.00%) Active Directory
4 16 (44.44%) Windows
4 16 (44.44%) Customer Service
5 14 (38.89%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (38.89%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (30.56%) Social Skills
8 10 (27.78%) 802.1X
8 10 (27.78%) Internet
8 10 (27.78%) SaaS
8 10 (27.78%) Confluence
9 9 (25.00%) ITIL
9 9 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (22.22%) Entra ID
10 8 (22.22%) Firewall
10 8 (22.22%) PowerShell
11 7 (19.44%) Finance
11 7 (19.44%) VMware
11 7 (19.44%) Windows Server
11 7 (19.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 6 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
12 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (16.67%) Degree
13 5 (13.89%) VMware Infrastructure
13 5 (13.89%) SCCM
13 5 (13.89%) Linux
13 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Exchange
13 5 (13.89%) VPN

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 (27.78%) Confluence
2 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (8.33%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Fidessa
2 1 (2.78%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 32 (88.89%) Azure
2 14 (38.89%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (27.78%) SaaS
4 8 (22.22%) Entra ID
5 4 (11.11%) AWS
6 2 (5.56%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (5.56%) IaaS
6 2 (5.56%) OneDrive
7 1 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.78%) GitHub
7 1 (2.78%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 12 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
2 10 (27.78%) Internet
3 8 (22.22%) Firewall
4 5 (13.89%) VPN
5 3 (8.33%) VLAN
6 2 (5.56%) NetScaler
6 2 (5.56%) Network Security
7 1 (2.78%) ADSL
7 1 (2.78%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (2.78%) SD-WAN
7 1 (2.78%) TCP/IP
7 1 (2.78%) VoIP
7 1 (2.78%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (5.56%) JIRA
2 1 (2.78%) Katalon Studio
2 1 (2.78%) Selenium
General
1 11 (30.56%) Social Skills
2 7 (19.44%) Finance
3 5 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (8.33%) Legal
5 2 (5.56%) Banking
6 1 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Games
6 1 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (27.78%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.78%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (5.56%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (2.78%) CMDB
3 1 (2.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.78%) iPhone
3 1 (2.78%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.78%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 16 (44.44%) Windows
2 7 (19.44%) Windows Server
3 5 (13.89%) Linux
4 3 (8.33%) Windows 10
4 3 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (8.33%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (2.78%) Android
5 1 (2.78%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.78%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (44.44%) Customer Service
2 9 (25.00%) ITIL
2 9 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (19.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (11.11%) ITSM
5 4 (11.11%) Mentoring
6 3 (8.33%) Asset Management
6 3 (8.33%) Business Continuity
6 3 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (8.33%) CRM
6 3 (8.33%) Data Privacy
6 3 (8.33%) Infrastructure Management
6 3 (8.33%) Migration
7 2 (5.56%) Business Strategy
7 2 (5.56%) Infrastructure Automation
7 2 (5.56%) Technology Strategy
7 2 (5.56%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 8 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 3 (8.33%) Python
3 2 (5.56%) SQL
4 1 (2.78%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 6 (16.67%) Degree
1 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (5.56%) AWS Certification
2 2 (5.56%) Azure Certification
2 2 (5.56%) MCSA
3 1 (2.78%) CEH
3 1 (2.78%) CISM
3 1 (2.78%) CISSP
3 1 (2.78%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (8.33%) SLA
3 2 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (5.56%) ISO 9001
3 2 (5.56%) NIST
3 2 (5.56%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.78%) GDPR
4 1 (2.78%) QA
System Software
1 18 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (13.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (8.33%) Hyper-V
3 3 (8.33%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (2.78%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 14 (38.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (13.89%) SCCM
3 4 (11.11%) SCOM
4 3 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (5.56%) vCenter Server
6 1 (2.78%) Plesk
6 1 (2.78%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (52.78%) Microsoft
2 7 (19.44%) VMware
3 3 (8.33%) Citrix
4 2 (5.56%) Bloomberg
4 2 (5.56%) Cisco
4 2 (5.56%) ConnectWise
4 2 (5.56%) FactSet
4 2 (5.56%) Fortinet
4 2 (5.56%) Mitel
4 2 (5.56%) NetApp
4 2 (5.56%) Refinitiv
4 2 (5.56%) Veeam
5 1 (2.78%) Apple
5 1 (2.78%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (2.78%) Logitech
5 1 (2.78%) Meraki
5 1 (2.78%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.78%) Rackspace
5 1 (2.78%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.78%) Zscaler