IT Engineer Job Trends in Central London

IT Engineer
London > Central London

The median IT Engineer salary in Central London is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 163 132
Rank change year-on-year +51 -31 +77
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 36 19 44
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 1.53% 0.58% 1.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.63% 0.63% 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 33 17 41
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -8.16% +15.29%
75th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £64,500 £90,000
London median annual salary £40,000 £46,250 £41,000
% change year-on-year -13.51% +12.80% +9.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 2,206 3,011 2,940
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.87% 92.25% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,687 1,911 2,617
10th Percentile £38,650 £42,500 £39,085
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -0.68% -2.67%
75th Percentile £97,500 £94,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £115,000 £115,000
London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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 Central London.

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in Central London

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Central London.

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies 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 31 December 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 31 December 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 +53 29 £41,250 +13.01% 22
City of Westminster +37 3 £30,000 -50.00%
Southwark - 1 £43,500 - 2
IT Engineer
London

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

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, 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 Central London region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 29 (80.56%) Windows
2 27 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 21 (58.33%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (41.67%) Active Directory
4 15 (41.67%) Windows Server
5 14 (38.89%) Azure
6 12 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (33.33%) VMware
6 12 (33.33%) Windows 10
7 11 (30.56%) SharePoint
7 11 (30.56%) VMware Infrastructure
8 10 (27.78%) Degree
8 10 (27.78%) ITIL
9 9 (25.00%) Apple
9 9 (25.00%) DNS
9 9 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (22.22%) Mac OS
10 8 (22.22%) TCP/IP
11 7 (19.44%) Firewall
11 7 (19.44%) Microsoft Intune
11 7 (19.44%) OneDrive
11 7 (19.44%) VPN
11 7 (19.44%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (16.67%) AWS
12 6 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (16.67%) Customer Service
12 6 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
12 6 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
13 5 (13.89%) Acronis

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 12 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (30.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (58.33%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (38.89%) Azure
3 7 (19.44%) OneDrive
4 6 (16.67%) AWS
5 5 (13.89%) Entra ID
6 4 (11.11%) Google Workspace
7 2 (5.56%) Amazon S3
7 2 (5.56%) Cohesity
7 2 (5.56%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 9 (25.00%) DNS
2 8 (22.22%) TCP/IP
3 7 (19.44%) Firewall
3 7 (19.44%) VPN
3 7 (19.44%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (13.89%) DHCP
5 4 (11.11%) LAN
5 4 (11.11%) WAN
6 3 (8.33%) VoIP
7 2 (5.56%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (5.56%) Network Security
8 1 (2.78%) WebEx
General
1 13 (36.11%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.22%) Finance
3 7 (19.44%) Legal
4 5 (13.89%) Games
4 5 (13.89%) Law
5 4 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (8.33%) Financial Institution
6 3 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.78%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.89%) Fat Client
1 5 (13.89%) Thin Client
2 4 (11.11%) Data Centre
3 3 (8.33%) iPhone
4 2 (5.56%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.56%) Onboarding
4 2 (5.56%) Reinsurance
4 2 (5.56%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.78%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.78%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (80.56%) Windows
2 15 (41.67%) Windows Server
3 12 (33.33%) Windows 10
4 8 (22.22%) Mac OS
5 4 (11.11%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (11.11%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (8.33%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (5.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.78%) ITIL
2 9 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 6 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 6 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (13.89%) Computer Science
4 5 (13.89%) Line Management
4 5 (13.89%) Problem Management
5 4 (11.11%) Business Continuity
5 4 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (11.11%) Migration
5 4 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (11.11%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 3 (8.33%) Mentoring
6 3 (8.33%) Regulatory Compliance
7 2 (5.56%) DevOps
7 2 (5.56%) IT Asset Management
7 2 (5.56%) Performance Metrics
7 2 (5.56%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.33%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.56%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (27.78%) Degree
2 3 (8.33%) A+ Certification
2 3 (8.33%) Network+ Certification
3 2 (5.56%) CISM
3 2 (5.56%) CISSP
3 2 (5.56%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (2.78%) CCNA
4 1 (2.78%) CCNP
4 1 (2.78%) CCSP
4 1 (2.78%) CEH
4 1 (2.78%) CISA
4 1 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.78%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.78%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (2.78%) MCITP
4 1 (2.78%) MCSA
4 1 (2.78%) MCSE
4 1 (2.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.89%) SLA
2 2 (5.56%) QA
3 1 (2.78%) GDPR
3 1 (2.78%) HIPAA
3 1 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (41.67%) Active Directory
2 11 (30.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (11.11%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.78%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (19.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (8.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 3 (8.33%) Kubernetes
3 2 (5.56%) Ansible
4 1 (2.78%) SCCM
Vendors
1 27 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (33.33%) VMware
3 9 (25.00%) Apple
4 5 (13.89%) Acronis
4 5 (13.89%) Datto
5 4 (11.11%) Google
6 2 (5.56%) ConnectWise
6 2 (5.56%) Okta
7 1 (2.78%) HP
7 1 (2.78%) iManage
7 1 (2.78%) Intapp
7 1 (2.78%) ServiceNow