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 7 October 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 88 73
Rank change year-on-year +28 -15 +10
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 143 62 104
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 2.13% 2.64% 2.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.31% 2.81% 2.88%
Number of salaries quoted 105 60 64
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,175 £28,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £25,375 £30,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £29,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.64% -15.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,688
90th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £48,750
England median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +2.74% +4.29%

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 6,190 2,204 3,608
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.21% 93.75% 94.95%
Number of salaries quoted 4,103 1,234 1,780
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £41,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.85% -8.89% -14.29%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £59,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.18% - -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 7 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 7 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 -3 38 £28,500 +7.55% 3
Leicestershire -10 35 £35,000 -22.22% 13
Northamptonshire +7 25 £44,250 +52.59% 11
Nottinghamshire -9 21 £32,500 +8.33% 7
Lincolnshire 0 20 £28,750 -28.13% 12
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 7 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 94 (65.73%) Windows
2 89 (62.24%) Microsoft 365
3 76 (53.15%) Microsoft
4 57 (39.86%) Customer Service
5 56 (39.16%) Active Directory
6 43 (30.07%) Firewall
7 41 (28.67%) Problem-Solving
8 38 (26.57%) Azure
9 37 (25.87%) ITIL
10 36 (25.17%) Windows 10
11 33 (23.08%) Windows Server
12 31 (21.68%) PowerShell
13 30 (20.98%) DNS
14 28 (19.58%) Entra ID
15 26 (18.18%) LAN
16 25 (17.48%) DHCP
16 25 (17.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 25 (17.48%) WAN
17 23 (16.08%) Microsoft Intune
18 22 (15.38%) Sophos
19 21 (14.69%) Mimecast
20 20 (13.99%) Android
20 20 (13.99%) Hyper-V
21 19 (13.29%) Apple iOS
21 19 (13.29%) Logitech
21 19 (13.29%) Proactive Monitoring
21 19 (13.29%) Service Catalogue
21 19 (13.29%) TOWER Software
21 19 (13.29%) VPN
22 18 (12.59%) ITSM

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 15 (10.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (6.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.10%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 89 (62.24%) Microsoft 365
2 38 (26.57%) Azure
3 28 (19.58%) Entra ID
4 21 (14.69%) Mimecast
5 10 (6.99%) Google Workspace
6 5 (3.50%) AWS
7 4 (2.80%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.70%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.70%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.70%) GitHub
9 1 (0.70%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.70%) IaaS
9 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.70%) PaaS
9 1 (0.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (30.07%) Firewall
2 30 (20.98%) DNS
3 26 (18.18%) LAN
4 25 (17.48%) DHCP
4 25 (17.48%) WAN
5 19 (13.29%) VPN
6 15 (10.49%) TCP/IP
7 14 (9.79%) Wireless
8 9 (6.29%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (5.59%) VLAN
10 6 (4.20%) Network Security
11 5 (3.50%) Internet
11 5 (3.50%) IP Telephony
12 3 (2.10%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (2.10%) VoIP
13 2 (1.40%) SAN
14 1 (0.70%) Cisco IOS
14 1 (0.70%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.10%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.40%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 2 (1.40%) JIRA
General
1 31 (21.68%) Social Skills
2 10 (6.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (5.59%) Telecoms
4 5 (3.50%) Manufacturing
5 4 (2.80%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.40%) Dutch Language
6 2 (1.40%) French Language
7 1 (0.70%) Automotive
7 1 (0.70%) Finance
7 1 (0.70%) Military
7 1 (0.70%) Portuguese Language
7 1 (0.70%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.70%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 34 (23.78%) Driving Licence
2 12 (8.39%) CCTV
3 9 (6.29%) Onboarding
4 7 (4.90%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.10%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.40%) Clustering
6 2 (1.40%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.40%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.40%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.70%) Anti-Spyware
7 1 (0.70%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.70%) IoT
7 1 (0.70%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.70%) PKI
7 1 (0.70%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 94 (65.73%) Windows
2 36 (25.17%) Windows 10
3 33 (23.08%) Windows Server
4 20 (13.99%) Android
5 19 (13.29%) Apple iOS
6 13 (9.09%) Linux
7 3 (2.10%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (39.86%) Customer Service
2 41 (28.67%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (25.87%) ITIL
4 25 (17.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 19 (13.29%) Proactive Monitoring
5 19 (13.29%) Service Catalogue
6 18 (12.59%) ITSM
7 17 (11.89%) Cybersecurity
8 15 (10.49%) Business Continuity
9 13 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
10 11 (7.69%) Mentoring
11 9 (6.29%) Patch Management
12 8 (5.59%) Project Delivery
12 8 (5.59%) Service Management
13 7 (4.90%) Continuous Improvement
13 7 (4.90%) Incident Management
13 7 (4.90%) Time Management
14 6 (4.20%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 5 (3.50%) User Experience
16 4 (2.80%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (21.68%) PowerShell
2 8 (5.59%) SQL
3 3 (2.10%) Bicep
4 1 (0.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (9.09%) DBS Check
2 11 (7.69%) CCNA
2 11 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (7.69%) Degree
3 10 (6.99%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (4.20%) Azure Certification
4 6 (4.20%) CCNP
5 5 (3.50%) MCSA
5 5 (3.50%) MCSE
5 5 (3.50%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 4 (2.80%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.80%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.70%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (4.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.50%) PCI DSS
4 3 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.40%) GDPR
6 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.70%) NCSC
6 1 (0.70%) SLA
System Software
1 56 (39.16%) Active Directory
2 20 (13.99%) Hyper-V
3 7 (4.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.50%) Firmware
5 3 (2.10%) Docker
5 3 (2.10%) vSphere
6 1 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 23 (16.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.10%) Backup Exec
2 3 (2.10%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.40%) SCCM
4 1 (0.70%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.70%) Ansible
4 1 (0.70%) Argo
4 1 (0.70%) Nessus
Vendors
1 76 (53.15%) Microsoft
2 22 (15.38%) Sophos
3 19 (13.29%) Logitech
3 19 (13.29%) TOWER Software
4 14 (9.79%) VMware
5 10 (6.99%) Google
6 9 (6.29%) Cisco
7 8 (5.59%) Veeam
7 8 (5.59%) WatchGuard
8 7 (4.90%) ServiceNow
9 5 (3.50%) Draytek
9 5 (3.50%) Mitel
9 5 (3.50%) SonicWALL
10 4 (2.80%) JD Edwards
11 3 (2.10%) Apple
11 3 (2.10%) Datto
11 3 (2.10%) Fortinet
11 3 (2.10%) HP
11 3 (2.10%) Palo Alto
12 2 (1.40%) Freshdesk