Senior IT Engineer Jobs in Central London

Senior IT Engineer
London > Central London

The median Senior IT Engineer salary in Central London is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 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
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 157 183 248
Rank change year-on-year +26 +65 +43
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Engineer 5 3 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.20% 0.080% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.084% 0.061%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 3
10th Percentile £41,950 £43,300 £47,400
25th Percentile £51,250 £54,250 £49,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - +38.89% +12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,500
90th Percentile £82,000 - £87,200
London median annual salary £61,250 £72,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -15.52% +26.09% +17.35%

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 2,277 3,581 4,957
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.81% 95.32% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,613 2,771 4,126
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,875 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £73,210
Median % change year-on-year - -0.97% +0.98%
75th Percentile £95,000 £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%

Senior IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Engineer in Central London

Senior IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Senior IT Engineer in Central London

Senior IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Engineer in Central London over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior IT Engineer in Central London

Senior 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 Senior IT Engineer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 21 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 +34 5 £75,000 +102.70% 1
Senior IT Engineer
London

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

For the 6 months to 21 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 Central London region featuring Senior IT Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) VPN
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (60.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (60.00%) Firewall
3 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 3 (60.00%) Business Continuity
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (60.00%) PowerShell
3 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (60.00%) Entra ID
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Server
3 3 (60.00%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (40.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (40.00%) vCenter Server
4 2 (40.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (40.00%) Refinitiv
4 2 (40.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (40.00%) Technology Strategy
4 2 (40.00%) Business Strategy
4 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
4 2 (40.00%) Azure Certification

Senior 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 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (60.00%) Entra ID
4 2 (40.00%) AWS
4 2 (40.00%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (20.00%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) VPN
2 3 (60.00%) Firewall
3 2 (40.00%) NetScaler
3 2 (40.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (20.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (40.00%) Linux
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Business Continuity
2 3 (60.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) BCP
3 2 (40.00%) Business Continuity Planning
3 2 (40.00%) Business Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (40.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 2 (40.00%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
4 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
4 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (40.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) CEH
2 1 (20.00%) CISM
2 1 (20.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) NIST
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) Hyper-V
2 2 (40.00%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (60.00%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (40.00%) SCCM
2 2 (40.00%) SCOM
2 2 (40.00%) vCenter Server
3 1 (20.00%) Plesk
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Bloomberg
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) Citrix
2 2 (40.00%) FactSet
2 2 (40.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (40.00%) Mitel
2 2 (40.00%) NetApp
2 2 (40.00%) Refinitiv
2 2 (40.00%) Veeam
2 2 (40.00%) VMware
3 1 (20.00%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (20.00%) Rackspace
3 1 (20.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (20.00%) Zscaler