IT Engineer Job Trends in the East of England

IT Engineer
England > East of England

The median IT Engineer salary in the East of England is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 July 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 136 73
Rank change year-on-year +104 -63 +22
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 264 36 173
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 3.98% 1.04% 2.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.24% 1.11% 2.86%
Number of salaries quoted 245 34 164
10th Percentile £26,700 £21,250 £24,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £32,533 £31,833
Median % change year-on-year +7.58% +2.20% -2.05%
75th Percentile £40,750 £51,875 £37,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £46,750
England median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +11.94% -2.90%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 6,230 3,239 6,054
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.92% 93.45% 93.90%
Number of salaries quoted 4,275 1,840 4,538
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,125 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +1.05% -12.04%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £73,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +3.77% -11.67%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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 of England.

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in the East of England

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in the East of England.

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in the East of England

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in the East of England

IT Engineer
Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 13 July 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
Cambridgeshire +32 76 £32,500 -51.85% 5
Essex +29 58 £35,000 +55.56% 9
Hertfordshire +19 49 £35,000 -3.45% 10
Suffolk +52 35 £35,000 -2.78% 4
Norfolk -5 28 £35,000 +7.58% 3
Bedfordshire +20 18 £34,500 -4.17%
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 July 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 of England region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 113 (42.80%) Microsoft 365
2 107 (40.53%) Microsoft
3 94 (35.61%) Windows
4 74 (28.03%) Active Directory
5 67 (25.38%) Problem-Solving
5 67 (25.38%) Windows Server
6 53 (20.08%) Entra ID
7 51 (19.32%) Customer Service
8 46 (17.42%) Azure
9 44 (16.67%) SharePoint
10 42 (15.91%) Firewall
11 41 (15.53%) Cybersecurity
12 39 (14.77%) Microsoft Exchange
13 27 (10.23%) Windows 10
14 26 (9.85%) VPN
15 25 (9.47%) DNS
16 24 (9.09%) Service Delivery
17 22 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 21 (7.95%) Hyper-V
18 21 (7.95%) Microsoft Intune
18 21 (7.95%) PowerShell
19 20 (7.58%) Continuous Improvement
20 19 (7.20%) DHCP
20 19 (7.20%) Remote Monitoring and Management
21 18 (6.82%) VMware
22 17 (6.44%) Microsoft Certification
23 15 (5.68%) TCP/IP
23 15 (5.68%) VMware Infrastructure
23 15 (5.68%) Wi-Fi
24 14 (5.30%) ERP

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 44 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 39 (14.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.27%) Exchange Server 2013
4 4 (1.52%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (1.52%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (1.52%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.89%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 113 (42.80%) Microsoft 365
2 53 (20.08%) Entra ID
3 46 (17.42%) Azure
4 13 (4.92%) OneDrive
5 12 (4.55%) Power Platform
6 9 (3.41%) PowerApps
7 7 (2.65%) Google Workspace
8 4 (1.52%) Nutanix
9 3 (1.14%) AWS
9 3 (1.14%) Cloudflare
9 3 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (15.91%) Firewall
2 26 (9.85%) VPN
3 25 (9.47%) DNS
4 19 (7.20%) DHCP
5 15 (5.68%) TCP/IP
5 15 (5.68%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (4.55%) LAN
6 12 (4.55%) VoIP
7 11 (4.17%) Wireless
8 8 (3.03%) VLAN
8 8 (3.03%) WAN
9 2 (0.76%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.76%) Internet
9 2 (0.76%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (0.76%) L2TP
9 2 (0.76%) Modbus
9 2 (0.76%) Network Security
9 2 (0.76%) OpenVPN
9 2 (0.76%) WLAN
10 1 (0.38%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.41%) Power BI
2 3 (1.14%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
General
1 76 (28.79%) Social Skills
2 19 (7.20%) Telecoms
3 14 (5.30%) Legal
3 14 (5.30%) Retail
4 7 (2.65%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (2.65%) Manufacturing
5 4 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (1.14%) Law
6 3 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (0.76%) Finance
7 2 (0.76%) Local Government
7 2 (0.76%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 43 (16.29%) Driving Licence
2 11 (4.17%) Onboarding
3 7 (2.65%) CCTV
3 7 (2.65%) Operational Technology
4 5 (1.89%) FMCG
4 5 (1.89%) Robotics
5 4 (1.52%) Clustering
5 4 (1.52%) NHS
6 3 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.76%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 94 (35.61%) Windows
2 67 (25.38%) Windows Server
3 27 (10.23%) Windows 10
4 14 (5.30%) Windows Server 2019
5 13 (4.92%) Apple iOS
6 11 (4.17%) Linux
7 9 (3.41%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (3.03%) Mac OS
9 5 (1.89%) Windows 7
10 4 (1.52%) Android
10 4 (1.52%) Windows 8
10 4 (1.52%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.76%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (25.38%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (19.32%) Customer Service
3 41 (15.53%) Cybersecurity
4 24 (9.09%) Service Delivery
5 22 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 20 (7.58%) Continuous Improvement
7 19 (7.20%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 14 (5.30%) ERP
9 13 (4.92%) Virtual Environments
10 11 (4.17%) Disaster Recovery
11 9 (3.41%) Business Intelligence
11 9 (3.41%) Server Management
11 9 (3.41%) Time Management
12 8 (3.03%) Incident Management
12 8 (3.03%) Mentoring
12 8 (3.03%) Proactive Monitoring
12 8 (3.03%) User Experience
13 7 (2.65%) Asset Management
13 7 (2.65%) Migration
13 7 (2.65%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 21 (7.95%) PowerShell
2 5 (1.89%) SQL
2 5 (1.89%) VB
Qualifications
1 17 (6.44%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (2.65%) Degree
3 5 (1.89%) CCNA
3 5 (1.89%) CCNP
3 5 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (1.89%) DBS Check
3 5 (1.89%) Security Cleared
4 4 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (1.52%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.76%) CEH
5 2 (0.76%) CISA
5 2 (0.76%) CISM
5 2 (0.76%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (0.76%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.55%) SLA
2 2 (0.76%) GDPR
2 2 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.76%) NIST
2 2 (0.76%) QA
System Software
1 74 (28.03%) Active Directory
2 21 (7.95%) Hyper-V
3 15 (5.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.38%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 21 (7.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.52%) Failover Clustering
2 4 (1.52%) SCCM
3 2 (0.76%) WSUS
Vendors
1 107 (40.53%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.82%) VMware
3 11 (4.17%) Apple
4 9 (3.41%) Epicor
5 7 (2.65%) Google
6 5 (1.89%) Cisco
6 5 (1.89%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.14%) Draytek
7 3 (1.14%) Meraki
7 3 (1.14%) SonicWALL
7 3 (1.14%) Sophos
8 2 (0.76%) ConnectWise
8 2 (0.76%) Fujitsu
8 2 (0.76%) Samsung
8 2 (0.76%) Splunk
8 2 (0.76%) Veeam
8 2 (0.76%) Virgin Media
9 1 (0.38%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.38%) Sage