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 29 July 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 105 60
Rank change year-on-year +46 -45 +40
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 135 40 150
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 2.43% 1.76% 3.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.55% 1.88% 3.68%
Number of salaries quoted 106 37 114
10th Percentile £25,000 £23,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £25,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -18.75% +35.59%
75th Percentile £39,688 £39,250 £43,750
90th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £48,750
England median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% +1.45%

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 5,286 2,126 4,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.11% 93.57% 94.03%
Number of salaries quoted 3,373 1,224 2,630
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £26,225
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,795
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,125 £70,000
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 29 July 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 29 July 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
Nottinghamshire +4 35 £30,000 -22.08% 1
Derbyshire +1 29 £25,500 -21.54% 3
Leicestershire -11 29 £35,000 +6.06% 2
Lincolnshire -9 19 £27,500 +11.06% 4
Northamptonshire +22 17 £45,000 +28.57% 5
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 29 July 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 76 (56.30%) Windows
2 66 (48.89%) Microsoft 365
3 54 (40.00%) Active Directory
4 51 (37.78%) Microsoft
5 40 (29.63%) Customer Service
6 35 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (22.22%) Windows 10
8 26 (19.26%) Azure
8 26 (19.26%) Firewall
9 25 (18.52%) Windows Server
10 24 (17.78%) PowerShell
11 21 (15.56%) ITSM
12 20 (14.81%) DNS
13 19 (14.07%) Entra ID
14 18 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 18 (13.33%) ITIL
15 17 (12.59%) DBS Check
16 16 (11.85%) DHCP
17 14 (10.37%) Mimecast
17 14 (10.37%) SQL
18 13 (9.63%) Android
18 13 (9.63%) Degree
18 13 (9.63%) LAN
18 13 (9.63%) Microsoft Intune
18 13 (9.63%) Sophos
18 13 (9.63%) WAN
19 12 (8.89%) Apple iOS
19 12 (8.89%) Logitech
19 12 (8.89%) Proactive Monitoring
19 12 (8.89%) Service Catalogue

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 10 (7.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.44%) Confluence
3 5 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (5.93%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 66 (48.89%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (19.26%) Azure
3 19 (14.07%) Entra ID
4 14 (10.37%) Mimecast
5 7 (5.19%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.74%) Azure AKS
6 1 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.74%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.74%) GitHub
6 1 (0.74%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.74%) IaaS
6 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.74%) PaaS
6 1 (0.74%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (19.26%) Firewall
2 20 (14.81%) DNS
3 16 (11.85%) DHCP
4 13 (9.63%) LAN
4 13 (9.63%) WAN
5 12 (8.89%) Wireless
6 10 (7.41%) VPN
7 7 (5.19%) TCP/IP
8 5 (3.70%) Internet
8 5 (3.70%) VLAN
8 5 (3.70%) VoIP
9 4 (2.96%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (2.22%) Network Security
10 3 (2.22%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (1.48%) SAN
12 1 (0.74%) Cisco IOS
12 1 (0.74%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.48%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 8 (5.93%) JIRA
General
1 23 (17.04%) Social Skills
2 20 (14.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (5.19%) Law
4 4 (2.96%) Dutch Language
4 4 (2.96%) Manufacturing
4 4 (2.96%) Portuguese Language
4 4 (2.96%) Spanish Language
5 3 (2.22%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.48%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.48%) French Language
6 2 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.74%) Automotive
7 1 (0.74%) Finance
7 1 (0.74%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.59%) Driving Licence
2 9 (6.67%) CCTV
2 9 (6.67%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.48%) Clustering
4 2 (1.48%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (1.48%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.48%) Private Cloud
4 2 (1.48%) Social Media
5 1 (0.74%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.74%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.74%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 76 (56.30%) Windows
2 30 (22.22%) Windows 10
3 25 (18.52%) Windows Server
4 13 (9.63%) Android
5 12 (8.89%) Apple iOS
6 8 (5.93%) Linux
7 3 (2.22%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (29.63%) Customer Service
2 35 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (15.56%) ITSM
4 18 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 18 (13.33%) ITIL
5 12 (8.89%) Proactive Monitoring
5 12 (8.89%) Service Catalogue
6 11 (8.15%) Time Management
7 10 (7.41%) Root Cause Analysis
8 8 (5.93%) Case Management
8 8 (5.93%) Incident Management
8 8 (5.93%) Project Delivery
8 8 (5.93%) Service Management
9 7 (5.19%) Agile
9 7 (5.19%) Business Continuity
10 6 (4.44%) Line Management
10 6 (4.44%) Mentoring
10 6 (4.44%) Patch Management
11 5 (3.70%) Analytics
11 5 (3.70%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 24 (17.78%) PowerShell
2 14 (10.37%) SQL
3 3 (2.22%) Bicep
4 1 (0.74%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (12.59%) DBS Check
2 13 (9.63%) Degree
3 10 (7.41%) SC Cleared
3 10 (7.41%) Security Cleared
4 4 (2.96%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.48%) CCNA
5 2 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.74%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.41%) SLA
2 8 (5.93%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.70%) PCI DSS
5 3 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.48%) GDPR
7 1 (0.74%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.74%) NCSC
System Software
1 54 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.44%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.22%) Docker
3 3 (2.22%) vSphere
4 2 (1.48%) Firmware
4 2 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (9.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.22%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.48%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.74%) Ansible
4 1 (0.74%) Argo
4 1 (0.74%) Nessus
4 1 (0.74%) Terraform
Vendors
1 51 (37.78%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.63%) Sophos
3 12 (8.89%) Logitech
3 12 (8.89%) TOWER Software
4 7 (5.19%) Google
5 5 (3.70%) Cisco
5 5 (3.70%) Veeam
6 4 (2.96%) Freshdesk
6 4 (2.96%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.96%) VMware
7 3 (2.22%) Apple
7 3 (2.22%) HP
7 3 (2.22%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.22%) SonicWALL
8 2 (1.48%) Meraki
9 1 (0.74%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.74%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.74%) Qualys
9 1 (0.74%) WatchGuard