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 19 October 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 74 63
Rank change year-on-year +4 -11 +27
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 127 77 111
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.88% 3.33% 3.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.05% 3.55% 3.28%
Number of salaries quoted 93 74 56
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £28,000 £25,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £29,250 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.66% -16.43% +7.69%
75th Percentile £44,250 £39,250 £42,500
90th Percentile £47,500 £46,000 £48,750
England median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year - -6.67% +7.14%

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.

6 months to
19 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies in the East Midlands with a recognized job title 6,185 2,169 3,380
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.40% 93.69% 94.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4,126 1,236 1,628
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,125 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,938 £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 £59,500 £53,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +11.21% -6.96% -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 19 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 19 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 35 £28,500 +7.55%
Leicestershire -13 32 £35,000 -22.22% 9
Northamptonshire +3 30 £45,000 +55.17% 5
Lincolnshire -11 14 £30,000 -25.00% 7
Nottinghamshire -17 14 £35,000 +16.67% 6
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 19 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.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Windows68.5%87
2Microsoft 36565.4%83
3Microsoft60.6%77
4Active Directory39.4%50
5Customer Service38.6%49
6Firewall33.1%42
7Azure29.9%38
8ITIL28.3%36
8Problem-Solving28.3%36
10Windows 1024.4%31
11Entra ID23.6%30
12DNS22.0%28
12Infrastructure Engineering22.0%28
12PowerShell22.0%28
15Windows Server21.3%27
16LAN19.7%25
17DHCP18.9%24
18Microsoft Intune18.1%23
18WAN18.1%23
20Hyper-V17.3%22
21VPN16.5%21
22Sophos15.7%20
23Mimecast15.0%19
24Android14.2%18
25Apple iOS13.4%17
25Cybersecurity13.4%17
25Logitech13.4%17
25Microsoft Exchange13.4%17
25Proactive Monitoring13.4%17
25Service Catalogue13.4%17

IT Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1IT Support Engineer54.3%69
2IT Infrastructure Engineer20.5%26
3Senior IT Engineer17.3%22
4Field Engineer16.5%21
5Field Service Engineer14.2%18
6Senior IT Support8.7%11
6Senior Support Engineer8.7%11
8IT Administrator7.9%10
93rd Line Engineer7.1%9
101st Line Support Engineer5.5%7
10Senior Infrastructure Engineer5.5%7
123rd Line Support Engineer4.7%6
132nd Line Support Engineer3.9%5
13Junior IT Engineer3.9%5
13Junior IT Support3.9%5
13Junior Support Engineer3.9%5
13Project Engineer3.9%5
13Systems Engineer3.9%5
192nd/3rd Line Support Engineer2.4%3
193rd Line Infrastructure Engineer2.4%3
31 IT Engineer jobs in the East Midlands