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 13 November 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 56 88
Rank change year-on-year +11 +32 +29
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 109 124 31
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 4.84% 3.64% 1.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.24% 3.83% 2.00%
Number of salaries quoted 104 55 29
10th Percentile £24,325 £27,850 £23,500
25th Percentile £25,750 £29,375 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £35,000 £36,120
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -3.10% -6.18%
75th Percentile £39,250 £42,875 £43,750
90th Percentile £41,250 £48,750 £59,500
England median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% +1.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 2,079 3,240 1,552
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.40% 95.07% 97.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,358 1,538 1,123
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £37,075
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £53,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.83% -4.17% -

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 13 November 2025.

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 13 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
Derbyshire -2 50 £26,500 -29.33% 12
Lincolnshire -2 27 £37,500 +7.14% 7
Nottinghamshire +22 14 £37,500 -9.64% 3
Northamptonshire +22 11 £28,750 -4.17% 9
Leicestershire -18 7 £45,000 +47.54% 5
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 East Midlands region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 94 (86.24%) Microsoft 365
2 77 (70.64%) Windows
3 72 (66.06%) Active Directory
4 60 (55.05%) Windows Server
5 59 (54.13%) Azure
5 59 (54.13%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (46.79%) DNS
7 48 (44.04%) Microsoft
8 46 (42.20%) DHCP
9 37 (33.94%) Customer Service
9 37 (33.94%) Entra ID
9 37 (33.94%) Microsoft Intune
10 29 (26.61%) SharePoint
11 27 (24.77%) Firewall
11 27 (24.77%) Incident Management
12 25 (22.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 20 (18.35%) Hyper-V
14 19 (17.43%) ITIL
15 17 (15.60%) TCP/IP
15 17 (15.60%) VLAN
16 16 (14.68%) Cisco
16 16 (14.68%) Cybersecurity
16 16 (14.68%) Microsoft Certification
16 16 (14.68%) Microsoft Exchange
17 14 (12.84%) ITSM
17 14 (12.84%) VMware
18 13 (11.93%) Linux
19 12 (11.01%) CCNA
19 12 (11.01%) Cisco Certification
19 12 (11.01%) GDPR

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 29 (26.61%) SharePoint
2 16 (14.68%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 4 (3.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 94 (86.24%) Microsoft 365
2 59 (54.13%) Azure
3 37 (33.94%) Entra ID
4 8 (7.34%) AWS
4 8 (7.34%) Nutanix
5 6 (5.50%) iPaaS
5 6 (5.50%) SaaS
6 5 (4.59%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (4.59%) OneDrive
7 4 (3.67%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 51 (46.79%) DNS
2 46 (42.20%) DHCP
3 27 (24.77%) Firewall
4 17 (15.60%) TCP/IP
4 17 (15.60%) VLAN
5 11 (10.09%) SAN
6 7 (6.42%) IP Telephony
7 5 (4.59%) iSCSI
7 5 (4.59%) WAN
8 4 (3.67%) SD-WAN
8 4 (3.67%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (1.83%) Network Security
9 2 (1.83%) VPN
10 1 (0.92%) 3G
10 1 (0.92%) 4G
10 1 (0.92%) ADSL
10 1 (0.92%) LAN
10 1 (0.92%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.92%) Wireless
10 1 (0.92%) WLAN
General
1 37 (33.94%) Social Skills
2 14 (12.84%) Law
3 7 (6.42%) Telecoms
4 6 (5.50%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (4.59%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.59%) Billing
5 5 (4.59%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.83%) Legal
7 1 (0.92%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 49 (44.95%) Driving Licence
2 7 (6.42%) CCTV
3 6 (5.50%) Clustering
3 6 (5.50%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (5.50%) Onboarding
4 5 (4.59%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (4.59%) Cyber Security Posture
5 3 (2.75%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.92%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 77 (70.64%) Windows
2 60 (55.05%) Windows Server
3 13 (11.93%) Linux
4 7 (6.42%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (4.59%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (3.67%) Mac OS
7 3 (2.75%) Windows 10
8 2 (1.83%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.92%) Android
9 1 (0.92%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.92%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (54.13%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (33.94%) Customer Service
3 27 (24.77%) Incident Management
4 25 (22.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 19 (17.43%) ITIL
6 16 (14.68%) Cybersecurity
7 14 (12.84%) ITSM
8 11 (10.09%) Project Delivery
9 9 (8.26%) Data Protection
10 8 (7.34%) Mentoring
10 8 (7.34%) Network Management
11 7 (6.42%) Disaster Recovery
12 6 (5.50%) Process Improvement
12 6 (5.50%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 6 (5.50%) Risk Management
12 6 (5.50%) Vulnerability Management
13 5 (4.59%) IT Strategy
13 5 (4.59%) Strategic Roadmap
13 5 (4.59%) Tech Ops
13 5 (4.59%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.09%) PowerShell
2 5 (4.59%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (14.68%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (11.01%) CCNA
2 12 (11.01%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (6.42%) CCNP
3 7 (6.42%) MCP
3 7 (6.42%) MCSA
3 7 (6.42%) MCSE
4 6 (5.50%) Degree
5 5 (4.59%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (11.01%) GDPR
2 8 (7.34%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (5.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 72 (66.06%) Active Directory
2 20 (18.35%) Hyper-V
3 6 (5.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (4.59%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 37 (33.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (8.26%) SCCM
3 6 (5.50%) Failover Clustering
4 5 (4.59%) Autotask
5 1 (0.92%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.92%) WSUS
Vendors
1 48 (44.04%) Microsoft
2 16 (14.68%) Cisco
3 14 (12.84%) VMware
4 7 (6.42%) Draytek
4 7 (6.42%) Meraki
4 7 (6.42%) Mitel
4 7 (6.42%) Veeam
4 7 (6.42%) WatchGuard
5 6 (5.50%) ServiceNow
6 5 (4.59%) Aruba
6 5 (4.59%) Datto
6 5 (4.59%) HP
6 5 (4.59%) Progress
7 4 (3.67%) HubSpot
7 4 (3.67%) Nasuni
7 4 (3.67%) Rapid7
7 4 (3.67%) Salesforce
7 4 (3.67%) Zoho
8 3 (2.75%) Freshdesk
9 2 (1.83%) Darktrace