IT Engineer Jobs in the East of England

IT Engineer
England > East of England

The median IT Engineer salary in the East of England is £31,833 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 71 138 219
Rank change year-on-year +67 +81 -93
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 181 101 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 2.95% 1.91% 1.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.14% 2.27% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 181 92 66
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,000 £20,125
25th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,833 £31,563 £30,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.86% +3.48% -23.75%
75th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £42,438
90th Percentile £46,750 £47,950 £52,500
England median annual salary £33,000 £34,500 £34,726
% change year-on-year -4.35% -0.65% -0.78%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 5,757 4,447 6,047
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 83.98% 93.65%
Number of salaries quoted 4,395 2,222 2,849
10th Percentile £25,809 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,558 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £63,625 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £77,100
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings that featured IT Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the East of England

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in the East of England.

Salary trend for IT Engineer 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 11 May 2024.

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 11 May 2024. 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
Hertfordshire +41 67 £29,500 -5.98% 8
Essex +29 38 £30,000 -14.29% 4
Cambridgeshire +29 36 £35,000 - 11
Norfolk -12 26 £32,500 +47.73% 1
Suffolk -5 8 £37,750 +51.00% 2
Bedfordshire +33 6 £29,250 +2.63% 1
IT Engineer
England

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, IT Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the East of England region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 136 (75.14%) Windows
2 125 (69.06%) Microsoft
3 124 (68.51%) Microsoft 365
4 90 (49.72%) Azure
5 86 (47.51%) Active Directory
6 73 (40.33%) Windows Server
7 66 (36.46%) Microsoft Exchange
8 58 (32.04%) Social Skills
9 57 (31.49%) Firewall
10 46 (25.41%) VMware
11 45 (24.86%) Customer Service
12 42 (23.20%) ITIL
13 39 (21.55%) Hyper-V
14 37 (20.44%) SharePoint
15 36 (19.89%) Windows 10
16 33 (18.23%) Problem-Solving
17 32 (17.68%) VMware Infrastructure
18 31 (17.13%) Microsoft Office
19 30 (16.57%) Linux
20 26 (14.36%) Windows Server 2016
20 26 (14.36%) Entra ID
21 25 (13.81%) Windows Server 2019
22 24 (13.26%) Microsoft Intune
22 24 (13.26%) Wi-Fi
23 22 (12.15%) DNS
24 21 (11.60%) Degree
24 21 (11.60%) Line Management
24 21 (11.60%) Mac OS
25 20 (11.05%) PowerShell
25 20 (11.05%) Disaster Recovery

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 66 (36.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (20.44%) SharePoint
3 9 (4.97%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (3.87%) Exchange Server 2007
4 7 (3.87%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (1.10%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (1.10%) Skype for Business
5 2 (1.10%) WordPress
6 1 (0.55%) IIS
Applications
1 31 (17.13%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.76%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (2.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.66%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 124 (68.51%) Microsoft 365
2 90 (49.72%) Azure
3 26 (14.36%) Entra ID
4 9 (4.97%) AWS
5 7 (3.87%) OneDrive
6 6 (3.31%) Mimecast
6 6 (3.31%) Serverless
7 5 (2.76%) Google Workspace
7 5 (2.76%) SaaS
8 2 (1.10%) IaaS
8 2 (1.10%) PaaS
9 1 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.55%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 57 (31.49%) Firewall
2 24 (13.26%) Wi-Fi
3 22 (12.15%) DNS
4 18 (9.94%) VPN
5 16 (8.84%) LAN
5 16 (8.84%) Remote Desktop
6 15 (8.29%) DHCP
7 13 (7.18%) Internet
8 10 (5.52%) VLAN
8 10 (5.52%) WAN
9 8 (4.42%) Wireless
10 7 (3.87%) PBX
11 6 (3.31%) VoIP
12 5 (2.76%) SAN
13 4 (2.21%) BGP
14 3 (1.66%) Bluetooth
14 3 (1.66%) TCP/IP
15 2 (1.10%) MPLS
15 2 (1.10%) VPLS
15 2 (1.10%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (10.50%) SQL Server
2 17 (9.39%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (4.42%) MariaDB
3 8 (4.42%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (3.31%) JIRA
General
1 58 (32.04%) Social Skills
2 12 (6.63%) Finance
3 8 (4.42%) Telecoms
4 7 (3.87%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (3.31%) Law
6 5 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.66%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (1.66%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.10%) Automotive
8 2 (1.10%) Marketing
9 1 (0.55%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.21%) Cocoa
2 2 (1.10%) CSS
2 2 (1.10%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.84%) Driving Licence
2 13 (7.18%) iPad
3 10 (5.52%) Social Media
4 6 (3.31%) Public Cloud
5 5 (2.76%) Cyber Security Posture
5 5 (2.76%) Life Science
5 5 (2.76%) Security Posture
5 5 (2.76%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.21%) Fat Client
6 4 (2.21%) Thin Client
7 3 (1.66%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.10%) CCTV
8 2 (1.10%) Educational Technology
8 2 (1.10%) Handset
8 2 (1.10%) Replication
9 1 (0.55%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.55%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.55%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 136 (75.14%) Windows
2 73 (40.33%) Windows Server
3 36 (19.89%) Windows 10
4 30 (16.57%) Linux
5 26 (14.36%) Windows Server 2016
6 25 (13.81%) Windows Server 2019
7 21 (11.60%) Mac OS
8 15 (8.29%) Apple iOS
9 14 (7.73%) Windows 7
10 11 (6.08%) Android
10 11 (6.08%) Windows Server 2012
11 10 (5.52%) Windows 8
12 7 (3.87%) Windows Server 2008
13 5 (2.76%) Windows Server 2003
14 3 (1.66%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (24.86%) Customer Service
2 42 (23.20%) ITIL
3 33 (18.23%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (11.60%) Line Management
5 20 (11.05%) Disaster Recovery
6 18 (9.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 13 (7.18%) Project Delivery
8 10 (5.52%) Incident Management
8 10 (5.52%) Server Management
9 9 (4.97%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (4.42%) Mentoring
10 8 (4.42%) Patch Management
10 8 (4.42%) Project Planning
10 8 (4.42%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 7 (3.87%) Service Delivery
11 7 (3.87%) Software Testing
12 6 (3.31%) Collaborative Working
12 6 (3.31%) Data Loss Prevention
12 6 (3.31%) Migration
12 6 (3.31%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 20 (11.05%) PowerShell
2 5 (2.76%) VB
3 1 (0.55%) Shell Script
3 1 (0.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (11.60%) Degree
2 17 (9.39%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (4.97%) Network+ Certification
4 8 (4.42%) A+ Certification
4 8 (4.42%) CompTIA Security+
4 8 (4.42%) MCP
5 5 (2.76%) DBS Check
5 5 (2.76%) ITIL Certification
5 5 (2.76%) MCSA
6 2 (1.10%) MCSE
7 1 (0.55%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.55%) CCAA
7 1 (0.55%) CCNA
7 1 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.55%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (0.55%) MCTS
7 1 (0.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.97%) SLA
2 5 (2.76%) GDPR
3 2 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 86 (47.51%) Active Directory
2 39 (21.55%) Hyper-V
3 32 (17.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (9.39%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (3.31%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (2.76%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (2.76%) vSphere
7 3 (1.66%) Docker
8 2 (1.10%) Firmware
8 2 (1.10%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.55%) Samba
Systems Management
1 24 (13.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.21%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (1.66%) Ansible
3 3 (1.66%) HAProxy
4 2 (1.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (1.10%) NetCrunch
5 1 (0.55%) SCCM
5 1 (0.55%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 125 (69.06%) Microsoft
2 46 (25.41%) VMware
3 20 (11.05%) Citrix
4 14 (7.73%) Apple
5 13 (7.18%) Sophos
6 9 (4.97%) Cisco
6 9 (4.97%) Meraki
6 9 (4.97%) Veeam
7 7 (3.87%) Acronis
7 7 (3.87%) Synology
7 7 (3.87%) WatchGuard
8 6 (3.31%) Google
9 4 (2.21%) Draytek
9 4 (2.21%) HP
9 4 (2.21%) Mitel
9 4 (2.21%) NetApp
10 3 (1.66%) Adobe
10 3 (1.66%) ConnectWise
10 3 (1.66%) Dell
11 2 (1.10%) Palo Alto