IT Engineer Job Trends in the East Midlands

IT Engineer
England > East Midlands

The median IT Engineer salary in the East Midlands is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 May 2026.

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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 92 56
Rank change year-on-year +35 -36 +44
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 128 41 174
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 2.73% 2.17% 3.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.86% 2.30% 4.01%
Number of salaries quoted 99 34 150
10th Percentile £24,750 £24,623 £24,000
25th Percentile £26,750 £26,375 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,750 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.40% -12.67% +33.93%
75th Percentile £35,000 £41,375 £43,750
90th Percentile £46,000 £43,375 £50,000
England median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -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.

Permanent vacancies in the East Midlands with a recognized job title 4,473 1,780 4,340
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.23% 94.23% 94.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2,797 923 3,229
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,375 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - -15.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,000 £56,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £55,200 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +9.52% -13.65%

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 May 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 May 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 +17 35 £30,000 -22.08% 9
Derbyshire +3 34 £27,500 -15.38% 7
Leicestershire -17 23 £35,000 -6.67% 2
Lincolnshire -11 17 £27,500 +11.06% 4
Northamptonshire +18 13 £38,750 +40.91% 3
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 May 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 61 (47.66%) Windows
2 55 (42.97%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (35.94%) Active Directory
4 39 (30.47%) Customer Service
5 30 (23.44%) Microsoft
5 30 (23.44%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (22.66%) Windows Server
7 22 (17.19%) Windows 10
8 21 (16.41%) ITSM
9 20 (15.63%) DNS
10 17 (13.28%) DHCP
10 17 (13.28%) Firewall
11 15 (11.72%) DBS Check
11 15 (11.72%) Degree
12 14 (10.94%) PowerShell
13 13 (10.16%) Incident Management
13 13 (10.16%) SQL
14 12 (9.38%) SLA
14 12 (9.38%) Time Management
15 11 (8.59%) Microsoft Office
15 11 (8.59%) Root Cause Analysis
16 10 (7.81%) Azure
16 10 (7.81%) Entra ID
16 10 (7.81%) ITIL
16 10 (7.81%) Wireless
17 9 (7.03%) Agile
17 9 (7.03%) JIRA
17 9 (7.03%) Mimecast
18 8 (6.25%) Case Management
18 8 (6.25%) Confluence

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 8 (6.25%) Confluence
1 8 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (8.59%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 55 (42.97%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (7.81%) Azure
2 10 (7.81%) Entra ID
3 9 (7.03%) Mimecast
4 6 (4.69%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 20 (15.63%) DNS
2 17 (13.28%) DHCP
2 17 (13.28%) Firewall
3 10 (7.81%) Wireless
4 8 (6.25%) Internet
4 8 (6.25%) LAN
4 8 (6.25%) WAN
5 5 (3.91%) Network Security
5 5 (3.91%) TETRA
5 5 (3.91%) VoIP
5 5 (3.91%) VPN
6 4 (3.13%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.56%) SAN
7 2 (1.56%) VLAN
7 2 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.78%) RFID
8 1 (0.78%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.78%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 9 (7.03%) JIRA
2 1 (0.78%) LabVIEW
General
1 20 (15.63%) Social Skills
2 17 (13.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (7.81%) Law
4 5 (3.91%) Multimedia
5 4 (3.13%) Dutch Language
5 4 (3.13%) Manufacturing
5 4 (3.13%) Portuguese Language
5 4 (3.13%) Spanish Language
5 4 (3.13%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.56%) French Language
6 2 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.78%) Finance
7 1 (0.78%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 25 (19.53%) Driving Licence
2 9 (7.03%) CCTV
3 3 (2.34%) iPad
3 3 (2.34%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.34%) PMI
3 3 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.56%) Clustering
4 2 (1.56%) Social Media
5 1 (0.78%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.78%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (0.78%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.78%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 61 (47.66%) Windows
2 29 (22.66%) Windows Server
3 22 (17.19%) Windows 10
4 7 (5.47%) Android
4 7 (5.47%) Apple iOS
5 5 (3.91%) Linux
6 3 (2.34%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (30.47%) Customer Service
2 30 (23.44%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (16.41%) ITSM
4 13 (10.16%) Incident Management
5 12 (9.38%) Time Management
6 11 (8.59%) Root Cause Analysis
7 10 (7.81%) ITIL
8 9 (7.03%) Agile
9 8 (6.25%) Case Management
9 8 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (6.25%) Proactive Monitoring
10 7 (5.47%) Mentoring
10 7 (5.47%) Project Delivery
10 7 (5.47%) Service Catalogue
11 6 (4.69%) Line Management
11 6 (4.69%) Service Management
12 5 (3.91%) Server Management
13 4 (3.13%) Asset Management
13 4 (3.13%) Break/Fix
13 4 (3.13%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 14 (10.94%) PowerShell
2 13 (10.16%) SQL
3 1 (0.78%) Bicep
3 1 (0.78%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (11.72%) DBS Check
1 15 (11.72%) Degree
2 8 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 8 (6.25%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.34%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.78%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.38%) SLA
2 5 (3.91%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.34%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.78%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.78%) GDPR
System Software
1 46 (35.94%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.25%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.56%) vSphere
5 1 (0.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (3.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.34%) WSUS
3 2 (1.56%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.78%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 30 (23.44%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.47%) Logitech
2 7 (5.47%) Sophos
2 7 (5.47%) TOWER Software
3 6 (4.69%) Apple
3 6 (4.69%) Google
4 5 (3.91%) Fortinet
4 5 (3.91%) Fujitsu
4 5 (3.91%) Virgin Media
4 5 (3.91%) VMware
5 4 (3.13%) Freshdesk
5 4 (3.13%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.13%) Veeam
6 3 (2.34%) HP
6 3 (2.34%) Meraki
6 3 (2.34%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.56%) Cisco
7 2 (1.56%) SonicWALL
8 1 (0.78%) WatchGuard