IT Engineer Job Trends in the East Midlands

IT Engineer
England > East Midlands

The median IT Engineer salary in the East Midlands is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 February 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 48 61
Rank change year-on-year +8 +13 +43
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 137 85 101
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 4.73% 4.26% 3.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.08% 4.45% 3.63%
Number of salaries quoted 115 39 87
10th Percentile £24,750 £25,200 £23,500
25th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £30,000 £36,120
Median % change year-on-year - -16.94% +12.00%
75th Percentile £38,750 £36,500 £43,750
90th Percentile £41,250 £51,500 £50,000
England median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +4.48% +1.15%

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 2,697 1,908 2,782
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.19% 95.74% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,771 881 2,263
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,000 £36,250 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.41%

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 15 February 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 15 February 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 -3 61 £27,500 -8.33% 6
Lincolnshire +4 27 £37,500 -25.00% 3
Nottinghamshire +30 19 £30,000 -45.45% 5
Leicestershire -22 15 £41,250 +35.25%
Northamptonshire +1 13 £26,500 -8.62% 2
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 February 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 85 (62.04%) Microsoft 365
2 79 (57.66%) Windows
3 58 (42.34%) Active Directory
4 53 (38.69%) Problem-Solving
4 53 (38.69%) Windows Server
5 51 (37.23%) Customer Service
6 45 (32.85%) DHCP
6 45 (32.85%) DNS
7 42 (30.66%) Azure
8 36 (26.28%) Microsoft
9 31 (22.63%) Incident Management
10 28 (20.44%) Entra ID
11 27 (19.71%) Microsoft Intune
12 22 (16.06%) SharePoint
13 21 (15.33%) Hyper-V
13 21 (15.33%) ITSM
14 19 (13.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 18 (13.14%) VMware
16 17 (12.41%) ITIL
17 16 (11.68%) Firewall
18 14 (10.22%) Microsoft Certification
19 13 (9.49%) Cybersecurity
19 13 (9.49%) Mentoring
19 13 (9.49%) Microsoft Exchange
20 12 (8.76%) Linux
21 11 (8.03%) Degree
21 11 (8.03%) TCP/IP
21 11 (8.03%) VMware Infrastructure
22 9 (6.57%) GDPR
22 9 (6.57%) Root Cause Analysis

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 22 (16.06%) SharePoint
2 13 (9.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (4.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (4.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 85 (62.04%) Microsoft 365
2 42 (30.66%) Azure
3 28 (20.44%) Entra ID
4 7 (5.11%) AWS
5 6 (4.38%) Google Workspace
5 6 (4.38%) iPaaS
5 6 (4.38%) SaaS
6 3 (2.19%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.46%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 45 (32.85%) DHCP
1 45 (32.85%) DNS
2 16 (11.68%) Firewall
3 11 (8.03%) TCP/IP
4 8 (5.84%) Network Security
4 8 (5.84%) VLAN
5 7 (5.11%) IP Telephony
6 6 (4.38%) Internet
6 6 (4.38%) SAN
7 5 (3.65%) TETRA
8 4 (2.92%) LAN
8 4 (2.92%) WAN
8 4 (2.92%) WLAN
9 2 (1.46%) VoIP
10 1 (0.73%) RFID
10 1 (0.73%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 6 (4.38%) JIRA
2 1 (0.73%) LabVIEW
General
1 46 (33.58%) Social Skills
2 16 (11.68%) Law
3 8 (5.84%) Telecoms
4 7 (5.11%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (4.38%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (3.65%) Multimedia
7 2 (1.46%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.73%) Electronics
8 1 (0.73%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.73%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 55 (40.15%) Driving Licence
2 7 (5.11%) CCTV
3 6 (4.38%) Clustering
3 6 (4.38%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (4.38%) iPad
3 6 (4.38%) PMI
4 4 (2.92%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.19%) Cyber Security Posture
5 3 (2.19%) Smartphone
6 2 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.46%) Social Media
7 1 (0.73%) Industry 4.0
7 1 (0.73%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.73%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 79 (57.66%) Windows
2 53 (38.69%) Windows Server
3 12 (8.76%) Linux
4 5 (3.65%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (2.92%) Mac OS
6 3 (2.19%) Windows 10
7 2 (1.46%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.73%) Android
8 1 (0.73%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.73%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (38.69%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (37.23%) Customer Service
3 31 (22.63%) Incident Management
4 21 (15.33%) ITSM
5 19 (13.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 17 (12.41%) ITIL
7 13 (9.49%) Cybersecurity
7 13 (9.49%) Mentoring
8 9 (6.57%) Root Cause Analysis
9 8 (5.84%) Network Management
9 8 (5.84%) Project Delivery
10 7 (5.11%) Agile
10 7 (5.11%) Data Protection
10 7 (5.11%) Proactive Monitoring
10 7 (5.11%) Process Improvement
11 6 (4.38%) Asset Management
11 6 (4.38%) Disaster Recovery
11 6 (4.38%) Risk Management
11 6 (4.38%) Server Management
11 6 (4.38%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.57%) SQL
2 2 (1.46%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (10.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (8.03%) Degree
3 7 (5.11%) CCNA
3 7 (5.11%) CCNP
3 7 (5.11%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (5.11%) MCSA
3 7 (5.11%) MCSE
3 7 (5.11%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 6 (4.38%) PMI Certification
5 5 (3.65%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.46%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.46%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.57%) GDPR
2 8 (5.84%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (5.11%) SLA
4 2 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 58 (42.34%) Active Directory
2 21 (15.33%) Hyper-V
3 11 (8.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.46%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 27 (19.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.38%) Failover Clustering
2 6 (4.38%) WSUS
3 2 (1.46%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 36 (26.28%) Microsoft
2 18 (13.14%) VMware
3 8 (5.84%) WatchGuard
4 7 (5.11%) Draytek
4 7 (5.11%) Mitel
5 6 (4.38%) Apple
5 6 (4.38%) Cisco
5 6 (4.38%) Google
5 6 (4.38%) ServiceNow
5 6 (4.38%) Veeam
6 5 (3.65%) Fortinet
6 5 (3.65%) Fujitsu
6 5 (3.65%) Meraki
6 5 (3.65%) Virgin Media
7 3 (2.19%) Freshdesk
7 3 (2.19%) Progress
8 2 (1.46%) Darktrace