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 5 May 2026.

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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 68 58
Rank change year-on-year +9 -10 +52
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 138 56 156
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 3.05% 3.22% 3.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.22% 3.41% 3.96%
Number of salaries quoted 105 34 139
10th Percentile £24,750 £24,461 £23,900
25th Percentile £26,750 £25,781 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £30,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - -20.00% +33.93%
75th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £43,250 £42,500 £50,000
England median annual salary £34,500 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -1.43% +6.06% -4.35%

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 4,291 1,644 3,940
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 94.48% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,653 984 2,984
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -15.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -11.18%

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 5 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 5 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
Derbyshire -6 44 £28,500 -12.98% 1
Nottinghamshire +10 33 £29,813 -0.63% 10
Lincolnshire -1 27 £35,000 +41.34% 1
Leicestershire -35 17 £35,000 +2.94% 4
Northamptonshire +10 11 £37,500 +36.36% 2
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 5 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 68 (49.28%) Windows
2 61 (44.20%) Microsoft 365
3 49 (35.51%) Active Directory
4 48 (34.78%) Customer Service
5 41 (29.71%) Windows Server
6 37 (26.81%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (19.57%) DNS
8 26 (18.84%) Microsoft
9 24 (17.39%) DHCP
9 24 (17.39%) ITSM
10 18 (13.04%) Degree
10 18 (13.04%) Incident Management
11 17 (12.32%) Windows 10
12 14 (10.14%) Microsoft Office
13 13 (9.42%) Entra ID
14 12 (8.70%) Azure
14 12 (8.70%) DBS Check
14 12 (8.70%) SLA
14 12 (8.70%) Time Management
15 11 (7.97%) Hyper-V
15 11 (7.97%) Root Cause Analysis
16 10 (7.25%) Internet
16 10 (7.25%) SQL
16 10 (7.25%) Wireless
17 9 (6.52%) Agile
17 9 (6.52%) Apple
17 9 (6.52%) Firewall
17 9 (6.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 9 (6.52%) ITIL
17 9 (6.52%) LAN

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 (5.80%) Confluence
1 8 (5.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (10.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 61 (44.20%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (9.42%) Entra ID
3 12 (8.70%) Azure
4 6 (4.35%) Google Workspace
4 6 (4.35%) Mimecast
5 1 (0.72%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (19.57%) DNS
2 24 (17.39%) DHCP
3 10 (7.25%) Internet
3 10 (7.25%) Wireless
4 9 (6.52%) Firewall
4 9 (6.52%) LAN
4 9 (6.52%) WAN
5 7 (5.07%) Network Security
6 5 (3.62%) TETRA
6 5 (3.62%) VoIP
7 4 (2.90%) TCP/IP
7 4 (2.90%) WLAN
8 1 (0.72%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.72%) RFID
8 1 (0.72%) SAN
8 1 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 8 (5.80%) JIRA
2 1 (0.72%) LabVIEW
General
1 27 (19.57%) Social Skills
2 17 (12.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (7.25%) Law
4 5 (3.62%) Multimedia
4 5 (3.62%) Telecoms
5 4 (2.90%) Dutch Language
5 4 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (2.90%) Portuguese Language
5 4 (2.90%) Spanish Language
6 2 (1.45%) French Language
6 2 (1.45%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.72%) Finance
7 1 (0.72%) Military
7 1 (0.72%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 36 (26.09%) Driving Licence
2 10 (7.25%) CCTV
3 6 (4.35%) iPad
3 6 (4.35%) PMI
4 3 (2.17%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.45%) Social Media
6 1 (0.72%) Clustering
6 1 (0.72%) Industry 4.0
6 1 (0.72%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.72%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 68 (49.28%) Windows
2 41 (29.71%) Windows Server
3 17 (12.32%) Windows 10
4 6 (4.35%) Linux
5 5 (3.62%) Android
5 5 (3.62%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.90%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (2.17%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (34.78%) Customer Service
2 37 (26.81%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (17.39%) ITSM
4 18 (13.04%) Incident Management
5 12 (8.70%) Time Management
6 11 (7.97%) Root Cause Analysis
7 9 (6.52%) Agile
7 9 (6.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 9 (6.52%) ITIL
7 9 (6.52%) Proactive Monitoring
8 8 (5.80%) Case Management
8 8 (5.80%) Mentoring
9 7 (5.07%) Project Delivery
9 7 (5.07%) Server Management
9 7 (5.07%) Service Management
10 6 (4.35%) Line Management
10 6 (4.35%) Preventative Maintenance
11 5 (3.62%) Service Catalogue
12 4 (2.90%) Break/Fix
12 4 (2.90%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.25%) SQL
2 8 (5.80%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.72%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (13.04%) Degree
2 12 (8.70%) DBS Check
3 8 (5.80%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.80%) Security Cleared
4 6 (4.35%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.72%) CCNA
6 1 (0.72%) CCNP
6 1 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.72%) MCSA
6 1 (0.72%) MCSE
6 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.70%) SLA
2 2 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.72%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.72%) GDPR
System Software
1 49 (35.51%) Active Directory
2 11 (7.97%) Hyper-V
3 7 (5.07%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (5.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.35%) WSUS
3 2 (1.45%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 26 (18.84%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.52%) Apple
3 8 (5.80%) VMware
4 6 (4.35%) Google
5 5 (3.62%) Fortinet
5 5 (3.62%) Fujitsu
5 5 (3.62%) Logitech
5 5 (3.62%) ServiceNow
5 5 (3.62%) Sophos
5 5 (3.62%) TOWER Software
5 5 (3.62%) Virgin Media
6 4 (2.90%) Freshdesk
7 3 (2.17%) HP
7 3 (2.17%) Meraki
7 3 (2.17%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.45%) Cisco
8 2 (1.45%) WatchGuard
9 1 (0.72%) Draytek
9 1 (0.72%) Mitel
9 1 (0.72%) SonicWALL