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 16 October 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 75 67
Rank change year-on-year +7 -8 +20
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 130 73 112
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.94% 3.17% 3.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.12% 3.38% 3.26%
Number of salaries quoted 95 70 57
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £25,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £30,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% +7.69%
75th Percentile £44,000 £39,250 £42,500
90th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £48,750
England median annual salary £35,000 £36,000 £37,338
% change year-on-year -2.78% -3.58% +6.68%

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 6,137 2,158 3,439
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.49% 93.74% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 4,109 1,228 1,660
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -15.79% -9.52%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +7.27% -4.35% -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 16 October 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 16 October 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 -10 36 £28,500 +7.55%
Leicestershire -16 32 £35,000 -22.22%
Northamptonshire +7 29 £45,000 +55.17% 3
Lincolnshire -10 16 £30,000 -25.00%
Nottinghamshire -16 15 £35,000 +16.67% 1
Rutland - 2 £35,000 -
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 October 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 89 (68.46%) Windows
2 85 (65.38%) Microsoft 365
3 77 (59.23%) Microsoft
4 51 (39.23%) Active Directory
5 50 (38.46%) Customer Service
6 43 (33.08%) Firewall
7 38 (29.23%) Azure
8 37 (28.46%) ITIL
9 36 (27.69%) Problem-Solving
10 32 (24.62%) Windows 10
11 30 (23.08%) Entra ID
12 29 (22.31%) PowerShell
13 28 (21.54%) DNS
13 28 (21.54%) Windows Server
14 27 (20.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 26 (20.00%) LAN
16 24 (18.46%) DHCP
16 24 (18.46%) WAN
17 23 (17.69%) Microsoft Intune
18 21 (16.15%) Hyper-V
18 21 (16.15%) Sophos
18 21 (16.15%) VPN
19 20 (15.38%) Mimecast
20 19 (14.62%) Android
21 18 (13.85%) Apple iOS
21 18 (13.85%) Logitech
21 18 (13.85%) Proactive Monitoring
21 18 (13.85%) Service Catalogue
21 18 (13.85%) TOWER Software
22 17 (13.08%) Cybersecurity

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 17 (13.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (9.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (3.08%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 85 (65.38%) Microsoft 365
2 38 (29.23%) Azure
3 30 (23.08%) Entra ID
4 20 (15.38%) Mimecast
5 10 (7.69%) Google Workspace
6 5 (3.85%) AWS
6 5 (3.85%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.77%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.77%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.77%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.77%) GitHub
8 1 (0.77%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.77%) IaaS
8 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.77%) PaaS
8 1 (0.77%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (33.08%) Firewall
2 28 (21.54%) DNS
3 26 (20.00%) LAN
4 24 (18.46%) DHCP
4 24 (18.46%) WAN
5 21 (16.15%) VPN
6 16 (12.31%) TCP/IP
7 11 (8.46%) Wireless
8 10 (7.69%) VLAN
8 10 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (5.38%) Network Security
10 5 (3.85%) IP Telephony
11 4 (3.08%) Internet
11 4 (3.08%) SAN
12 3 (2.31%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (2.31%) VoIP
13 1 (0.77%) Cisco IOS
13 1 (0.77%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.31%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.54%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 3 (2.31%) JIRA
General
1 30 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 7 (5.38%) Manufacturing
2 7 (5.38%) Telecoms
3 5 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (0.77%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.77%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 32 (24.62%) Driving Licence
2 10 (7.69%) CCTV
3 9 (6.92%) Onboarding
4 6 (4.62%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.31%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.54%) Clustering
6 2 (1.54%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.54%) IoT
6 2 (1.54%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.54%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.54%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.77%) Anti-Spyware
7 1 (0.77%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.77%) PKI
7 1 (0.77%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 89 (68.46%) Windows
2 32 (24.62%) Windows 10
3 28 (21.54%) Windows Server
4 19 (14.62%) Android
5 18 (13.85%) Apple iOS
6 12 (9.23%) Linux
7 2 (1.54%) macOS
8 1 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (38.46%) Customer Service
2 37 (28.46%) ITIL
3 36 (27.69%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (20.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 18 (13.85%) Proactive Monitoring
5 18 (13.85%) Service Catalogue
6 17 (13.08%) Cybersecurity
7 15 (11.54%) Business Continuity
8 13 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
8 13 (10.00%) ITSM
9 11 (8.46%) Mentoring
10 9 (6.92%) Patch Management
11 7 (5.38%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (5.38%) Incident Management
11 7 (5.38%) Service Management
12 6 (4.62%) Project Delivery
12 6 (4.62%) User Experience
12 6 (4.62%) Vulnerability Remediation
13 5 (3.85%) Service Delivery
13 5 (3.85%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (22.31%) PowerShell
2 8 (6.15%) SQL
3 3 (2.31%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 12 (9.23%) CCNA
1 12 (9.23%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (8.46%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (7.69%) DBS Check
4 7 (5.38%) Degree
5 6 (4.62%) Azure Certification
5 6 (4.62%) CCNP
6 5 (3.85%) MCSA
6 5 (3.85%) MCSE
6 5 (3.85%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 3 (2.31%) SC Cleared
7 3 (2.31%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.77%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (4.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.85%) PCI DSS
4 3 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.77%) GDPR
5 1 (0.77%) NCSC
System Software
1 51 (39.23%) Active Directory
2 21 (16.15%) Hyper-V
3 7 (5.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.85%) Firmware
5 3 (2.31%) Docker
5 3 (2.31%) vSphere
6 1 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 23 (17.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.31%) Backup Exec
2 3 (2.31%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.54%) SCCM
4 1 (0.77%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.77%) Ansible
4 1 (0.77%) Argo
4 1 (0.77%) Nessus
Vendors
1 77 (59.23%) Microsoft
2 21 (16.15%) Sophos
3 18 (13.85%) Logitech
3 18 (13.85%) TOWER Software
4 14 (10.77%) VMware
5 10 (7.69%) Google
6 9 (6.92%) Cisco
7 8 (6.15%) Veeam
7 8 (6.15%) WatchGuard
8 7 (5.38%) ServiceNow
9 5 (3.85%) Draytek
9 5 (3.85%) Mitel
9 5 (3.85%) SonicWALL
10 4 (3.08%) JD Edwards
11 3 (2.31%) Datto
11 3 (2.31%) Fortinet
11 3 (2.31%) Palo Alto
12 2 (1.54%) Apple
13 1 (0.77%) Qualys
13 1 (0.77%) Salesforce