IT Engineer Job Trends in the East Midlands

IT Engineer
England > East Midlands

The median IT Engineer salary in the East Midlands is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 September 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 97 65
Rank change year-on-year +37 -32 +26
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 135 55 132
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 2.17% 2.34% 3.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.31% 2.50% 3.40%
Number of salaries quoted 103 52 96
10th Percentile £26,350 £23,575 £30,000
25th Percentile £27,750 £24,865 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £30,750 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.82% -18.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £42,500 £39,438 £43,750
90th Percentile £49,500 £42,500 £47,375
England median annual salary £35,000 £39,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -10.26% +11.43% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 the East Midlands with a recognized job title 5,838 2,197 3,879
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.74% 93.53% 94.36%
Number of salaries quoted 3,772 1,276 2,266
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,125 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.23% -5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in the East Midlands

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 3 September 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in the East Midlands

IT Engineer
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 September 2026. 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
Derbyshire +1 31 £29,250 +6.36% 1
Nottinghamshire +1 29 £30,000 +16.50% 4
Leicestershire -8 27 £32,500 -27.78% 4
Northamptonshire +19 24 £44,250 +52.59% 7
Lincolnshire -8 20 £27,500 -31.25% 1
Rutland - 4 £35,000 -
IT Engineer
England

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 3 September 2026, 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 East Midlands region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 84 (62.22%) Windows
2 77 (57.04%) Microsoft 365
3 60 (44.44%) Microsoft
4 52 (38.52%) Active Directory
5 46 (34.07%) Customer Service
6 38 (28.15%) Problem-Solving
7 35 (25.93%) Firewall
7 35 (25.93%) Windows 10
8 33 (24.44%) Azure
9 30 (22.22%) Windows Server
10 29 (21.48%) PowerShell
11 25 (18.52%) ITIL
12 24 (17.78%) Entra ID
13 23 (17.04%) DNS
14 22 (16.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 20 (14.81%) Sophos
16 19 (14.07%) DHCP
16 19 (14.07%) LAN
16 19 (14.07%) Mimecast
16 19 (14.07%) WAN
17 18 (13.33%) Android
18 17 (12.59%) Apple iOS
18 17 (12.59%) ITSM
18 17 (12.59%) Logitech
18 17 (12.59%) Proactive Monitoring
18 17 (12.59%) Service Catalogue
18 17 (12.59%) TOWER Software
19 16 (11.85%) Microsoft Intune
20 15 (11.11%) DBS Check
21 14 (10.37%) Degree

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (8.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (5.93%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 77 (57.04%) Microsoft 365
2 33 (24.44%) Azure
3 24 (17.78%) Entra ID
4 19 (14.07%) Mimecast
5 5 (3.70%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.48%) AWS
6 2 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.74%) Azure AKS
7 1 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.74%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.74%) GitHub
7 1 (0.74%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.74%) IaaS
7 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.74%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.74%) PaaS
7 1 (0.74%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (25.93%) Firewall
2 23 (17.04%) DNS
3 19 (14.07%) DHCP
3 19 (14.07%) LAN
3 19 (14.07%) WAN
4 14 (10.37%) Wireless
5 13 (9.63%) VPN
6 10 (7.41%) TCP/IP
7 7 (5.19%) VLAN
8 5 (3.70%) Internet
8 5 (3.70%) Network Security
8 5 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (2.22%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (2.22%) VoIP
10 2 (1.48%) IP Telephony
10 2 (1.48%) SAN
11 1 (0.74%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (0.74%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.48%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 2 (1.48%) JIRA
General
1 21 (15.56%) Social Skills
2 15 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (3.70%) Telecoms
4 4 (2.96%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (2.96%) Dutch Language
4 4 (2.96%) Manufacturing
4 4 (2.96%) Portuguese Language
4 4 (2.96%) Spanish Language
5 2 (1.48%) French Language
6 1 (0.74%) Automotive
6 1 (0.74%) Finance
6 1 (0.74%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.74%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 22 (16.30%) Driving Licence
2 11 (8.15%) CCTV
3 9 (6.67%) Onboarding
4 7 (5.19%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.48%) Clustering
6 2 (1.48%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.48%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.48%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.74%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.74%) PKI
7 1 (0.74%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 84 (62.22%) Windows
2 35 (25.93%) Windows 10
3 30 (22.22%) Windows Server
4 18 (13.33%) Android
5 17 (12.59%) Apple iOS
6 10 (7.41%) Linux
7 3 (2.22%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (34.07%) Customer Service
2 38 (28.15%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (18.52%) ITIL
4 22 (16.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 17 (12.59%) ITSM
5 17 (12.59%) Proactive Monitoring
5 17 (12.59%) Service Catalogue
6 11 (8.15%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (8.15%) Mentoring
7 9 (6.67%) Business Continuity
7 9 (6.67%) Patch Management
7 9 (6.67%) Time Management
8 8 (5.93%) Case Management
8 8 (5.93%) Project Delivery
9 7 (5.19%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (5.19%) Disaster Recovery
10 6 (4.44%) Service Management
10 6 (4.44%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 5 (3.70%) User Experience
12 4 (2.96%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (21.48%) PowerShell
2 8 (5.93%) SQL
3 3 (2.22%) Bicep
4 1 (0.74%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (11.11%) DBS Check
2 14 (10.37%) Degree
3 7 (5.19%) CCNA
3 7 (5.19%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (4.44%) Azure Certification
4 6 (4.44%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (3.70%) SC Cleared
5 5 (3.70%) Security Cleared
6 3 (2.22%) CCNP
7 2 (1.48%) MCSA
7 2 (1.48%) MCSE
7 2 (1.48%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.74%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.70%) PCI DSS
4 3 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.48%) GDPR
6 1 (0.74%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.74%) NCSC
6 1 (0.74%) SLA
System Software
1 52 (38.52%) Active Directory
2 11 (8.15%) Hyper-V
3 5 (3.70%) Firmware
4 4 (2.96%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (2.22%) Docker
5 3 (2.22%) vSphere
6 1 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (11.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.22%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.74%) Ansible
3 1 (0.74%) Argo
3 1 (0.74%) Nessus
3 1 (0.74%) SCCM
Vendors
1 60 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 20 (14.81%) Sophos
3 17 (12.59%) Logitech
3 17 (12.59%) TOWER Software
4 8 (5.93%) VMware
5 6 (4.44%) Cisco
6 5 (3.70%) Google
6 5 (3.70%) ServiceNow
6 5 (3.70%) SonicWALL
6 5 (3.70%) Veeam
6 5 (3.70%) WatchGuard
7 4 (2.96%) Freshdesk
8 3 (2.22%) Apple
8 3 (2.22%) Fortinet
8 3 (2.22%) HP
8 3 (2.22%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.48%) Draytek
9 2 (1.48%) Mitel
9 2 (1.48%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.74%) Qualys