IT Engineer Job Trends in Cornwall

IT Engineer
South West > Cornwall

The median IT Engineer salary in Cornwall is £31,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 November 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 - 20
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Cornwall 1.25% - 1.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.35% - 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £30,650 - -
25th Percentile £30,875 - £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 - £31,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.70%
75th Percentile £31,875 - £32,250
90th Percentile £31,950 - -
South West median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £34,910
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.58% +7.41%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cornwall

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cornwall. 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 Cornwall with a recognized job title 148 101 57
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 89.38% 87.69%
Number of salaries quoted 93 63 37
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £30,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +14.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £45,000 £43,625 £45,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £55,000 £55,000
South West median annual salary £45,000 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.76% -2.86% +5.00%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cornwall

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 Cornwall.

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in Cornwall

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Cornwall

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Cornwall.

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Cornwall

IT Engineer
Job Locations in Cornwall

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the Cornwall region over the 6 months to 16 November 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
Bodmin - 1 £31,000 - 2
Truro - 1 £32,000 -
IT Engineer
South West

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cornwall

For the 6 months to 16 November 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 Cornwall region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) IPsec
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cornwall 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 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
2 1 (50.00%) IPsec
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft