IT Engineer Jobs in the East Midlands

IT Engineer
England > East Midlands

The median IT Engineer salary in the East Midlands is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 65 123 117
Rank change year-on-year +58 -6 -2
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 152 45 85
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 3.35% 1.82% 2.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.55% 2.02% 2.54%
Number of salaries quoted 115 36 78
10th Percentile £30,000 - £22,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £29,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +35.59% -9.23% -13.33%
75th Percentile £43,750 £36,938 £47,500
90th Percentile £48,750 £53,500 £47,875
England median annual salary £35,000 £34,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +1.45% -1.43% -

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 4,276 2,225 3,344
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.33% 89.90% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,688 1,192 2,036
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,685 £25,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £34,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% +7.95%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings that featured IT Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the East Midlands

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for IT Engineer 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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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
Lincolnshire +38 54 £40,000 +44.80% 1
Derbyshire +24 37 £37,500 +36.36% 3
Northamptonshire -7 27 £36,250 +31.82% 1
Leicestershire +3 24 £42,500 +30.77% 3
Nottinghamshire -26 9 £41,500 -27.83% 2
IT Engineer
England

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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 East Midlands region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 96 (63.16%) Windows
2 82 (53.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 62 (40.79%) Microsoft
4 59 (38.82%) Active Directory
5 58 (38.16%) Microsoft 365
6 56 (36.84%) Windows Server
7 52 (34.21%) Problem-Solving
8 48 (31.58%) Azure
9 47 (30.92%) VMware
10 41 (26.97%) Cybersecurity
11 39 (25.66%) Cisco
11 39 (25.66%) ITIL
12 38 (25.00%) DNS
13 37 (24.34%) Social Skills
14 33 (21.71%) VMware Infrastructure
15 30 (19.74%) DHCP
16 28 (18.42%) Linux
17 27 (17.76%) Wi-Fi
18 26 (17.11%) Microsoft Certification
18 26 (17.11%) TCP/IP
19 24 (15.79%) CCNA
19 24 (15.79%) Cisco Certification
19 24 (15.79%) Degree
20 22 (14.47%) Hyper-V
20 22 (14.47%) Entra ID
21 21 (13.82%) Firewall
21 21 (13.82%) Microsoft Exchange
21 21 (13.82%) MCSE
22 20 (13.16%) Driving Licence
23 19 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 21 (13.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (9.21%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.66%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (7.89%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 58 (38.16%) Microsoft 365
2 48 (31.58%) Azure
3 22 (14.47%) Entra ID
4 8 (5.26%) Mimecast
4 8 (5.26%) Nutanix
5 5 (3.29%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (1.32%) AWS
6 2 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.32%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 38 (25.00%) DNS
2 30 (19.74%) DHCP
3 27 (17.76%) Wi-Fi
4 26 (17.11%) TCP/IP
5 21 (13.82%) Firewall
6 19 (12.50%) Internet
7 17 (11.18%) Network Security
8 16 (10.53%) WAN
9 15 (9.87%) WLAN
10 12 (7.89%) VLAN
11 11 (7.24%) SD-WAN
12 8 (5.26%) LAN
13 5 (3.29%) Cisco Nexus
13 5 (3.29%) NetScaler
14 3 (1.97%) VPN
15 2 (1.32%) Cisco IOS
15 2 (1.32%) NAS
15 2 (1.32%) SAN
16 1 (0.66%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.97%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (3.29%) Visual Studio Code
2 3 (1.97%) Axure RP
3 2 (1.32%) JIRA
General
1 37 (24.34%) Social Skills
2 11 (7.24%) Finance
3 8 (5.26%) Aerospace
4 5 (3.29%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (3.29%) Law
4 5 (3.29%) Manufacturing
5 3 (1.97%) Automotive
5 3 (1.97%) Legal
6 2 (1.32%) Marketing
6 2 (1.32%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.29%) Loki
1 5 (3.29%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (13.16%) Driving Licence
2 17 (11.18%) Data Centre
3 15 (9.87%) Onboarding
4 9 (5.92%) CCTV
5 7 (4.61%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.66%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.66%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 96 (63.16%) Windows
2 56 (36.84%) Windows Server
3 28 (18.42%) Linux
4 19 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
5 13 (8.55%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (3.95%) Windows 10
7 5 (3.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (3.29%) VMS
8 3 (1.97%) Android
9 2 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (53.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 52 (34.21%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (26.97%) Cybersecurity
4 39 (25.66%) ITIL
5 17 (11.18%) Computer Science
5 17 (11.18%) Disaster Recovery
5 17 (11.18%) Network Management
6 15 (9.87%) Asset Management
6 15 (9.87%) IT Asset Management
6 15 (9.87%) Mentoring
7 11 (7.24%) Migration
8 10 (6.58%) Customer Service
9 9 (5.92%) Service Management
10 8 (5.26%) Preventative Maintenance
11 7 (4.61%) ERP
11 7 (4.61%) Project Delivery
11 7 (4.61%) Project Management
11 7 (4.61%) Root Cause Analysis
12 6 (3.95%) Continuous Improvement
13 5 (3.29%) Fault Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.95%) SQL
2 4 (2.63%) Python
3 3 (1.97%) C++
3 3 (1.97%) Java
3 3 (1.97%) PL/SQL
3 3 (1.97%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.66%) Perl
Qualifications
1 26 (17.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (15.79%) CCNA
2 24 (15.79%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (15.79%) Degree
3 21 (13.82%) MCSE
4 15 (9.87%) CCNP
4 15 (9.87%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (9.87%) LPIC
4 15 (9.87%) MCP
5 12 (7.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 8 (5.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 8 (5.26%) SC Cleared
6 8 (5.26%) Security Cleared
7 5 (3.29%) Azure Certification
7 5 (3.29%) DBS Check
7 5 (3.29%) DV Cleared
7 5 (3.29%) RHCSA
8 2 (1.32%) CCA
8 2 (1.32%) CCDA
8 2 (1.32%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (3.29%) ISO 9001
2 5 (3.29%) QA
3 2 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.66%) GDPR
4 1 (0.66%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.66%) SLA
System Software
1 59 (38.82%) Active Directory
2 33 (21.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (14.47%) Hyper-V
4 11 (7.24%) vSphere
5 5 (3.29%) XenDesktop
6 4 (2.63%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.66%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 11 (7.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (5.92%) SCCM
3 5 (3.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 5 (3.29%) EMC NetWorker
3 5 (3.29%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.29%) Prometheus
3 5 (3.29%) Terraform
4 1 (0.66%) SCOM
Vendors
1 62 (40.79%) Microsoft
2 47 (30.92%) VMware
3 39 (25.66%) Cisco
4 14 (9.21%) Meraki
4 14 (9.21%) Veeam
5 8 (5.26%) Acronis
5 8 (5.26%) Nasuni
5 8 (5.26%) Rapid7
6 6 (3.95%) Dell
7 5 (3.29%) Citrix
7 5 (3.29%) EMC
7 5 (3.29%) Fortinet
7 5 (3.29%) Red Hat
8 4 (2.63%) Barracuda Networks
8 4 (2.63%) CyberArk
8 4 (2.63%) Cylance
8 4 (2.63%) McAfee
8 4 (2.63%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.97%) Apple
9 3 (1.97%) ServiceNow