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 £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 January 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 111 72
Rank change year-on-year +31 -39 +88
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 82 68 104
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.88% 1.96% 3.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.11% 2.20% 3.23%
Number of salaries quoted 60 60 104
10th Percentile £25,500 - £24,000
25th Percentile £27,250 £21,250 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £30,000 £31,250
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -4.58%
75th Percentile £35,000 £39,063 £38,750
90th Percentile £40,750 £50,000 £43,750
England median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +6.06%

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 3,881 3,094 3,220
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.18% 89.11% 94.93%
Number of salaries quoted 2,374 1,392 2,543
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,250 £38,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,001
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,173
% change year-on-year -8.33% +8.75% -11.72%

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 24 January 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 24 January 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 +27 30 £30,000 +6.19% 8
Hertfordshire +5 26 £30,500 -18.67% 12
Essex -14 13 £27,500 +22.22% 5
Norfolk - 7 £35,000 - 10
Bedfordshire +27 5 £31,000 -4.62% 4
Suffolk - 1 £40,000 - 7
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 January 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 46 (56.10%) Microsoft
2 37 (45.12%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (43.90%) Windows
4 35 (42.68%) Active Directory
5 28 (34.15%) Azure
6 26 (31.71%) Problem-Solving
7 23 (28.05%) Windows Server
8 22 (26.83%) Entra ID
8 22 (26.83%) Microsoft Intune
9 18 (21.95%) Firewall
10 15 (18.29%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (13.41%) TCP/IP
11 11 (13.41%) Windows 10
12 10 (12.20%) Cybersecurity
12 10 (12.20%) ITIL
12 10 (12.20%) Mentoring
12 10 (12.20%) PowerShell
12 10 (12.20%) Service Delivery
13 9 (10.98%) Customer Service
13 9 (10.98%) SLA
13 9 (10.98%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (10.98%) Windows Server 2016
13 9 (10.98%) Windows Server 2019
14 8 (9.76%) Degree
14 8 (9.76%) OneDrive
14 8 (9.76%) SharePoint
14 8 (9.76%) Virtual Desktop
15 7 (8.54%) Business Intelligence
15 7 (8.54%) Power BI
15 7 (8.54%) Power Platform

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 8 (9.76%) SharePoint
2 5 (6.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (4.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (6.10%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (6.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (3.66%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.22%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 37 (45.12%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (34.15%) Azure
3 22 (26.83%) Entra ID
4 8 (9.76%) OneDrive
5 7 (8.54%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.44%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.22%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 18 (21.95%) Firewall
2 11 (13.41%) TCP/IP
3 9 (10.98%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (4.88%) DHCP
4 4 (4.88%) DNS
4 4 (4.88%) LAN
4 4 (4.88%) VPN
5 3 (3.66%) IP Telephony
5 3 (3.66%) WAN
5 3 (3.66%) Wireless
6 2 (2.44%) VLAN
6 2 (2.44%) WLAN
7 1 (1.22%) IMAP
7 1 (1.22%) IPsec
7 1 (1.22%) POP3
7 1 (1.22%) SMTP
7 1 (1.22%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.54%) Power BI
2 4 (4.88%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (3.66%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (4.88%) JIRA
General
1 20 (24.39%) Social Skills
2 4 (4.88%) Electronics
3 2 (2.44%) Multimedia
3 2 (2.44%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.22%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.10%) Driving Licence
2 4 (4.88%) Solar Panel
3 3 (3.66%) CCTV
3 3 (3.66%) iPad
4 2 (2.44%) Robotics
5 1 (1.22%) Biopharmaceutical
5 1 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 36 (43.90%) Windows
2 23 (28.05%) Windows Server
3 11 (13.41%) Windows 10
4 9 (10.98%) Windows Server 2016
4 9 (10.98%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (3.66%) Android
5 3 (3.66%) Debian
5 3 (3.66%) Linux
6 1 (1.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (31.71%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (12.20%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (12.20%) ITIL
2 10 (12.20%) Mentoring
2 10 (12.20%) Service Delivery
3 9 (10.98%) Customer Service
4 7 (8.54%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (6.10%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (6.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (4.88%) Computer Science
6 4 (4.88%) Cost Reduction
7 3 (3.66%) Data Protection
7 3 (3.66%) ERP
7 3 (3.66%) IT Strategy
7 3 (3.66%) ITSM
7 3 (3.66%) Task Automation
7 3 (3.66%) Test Automation
8 2 (2.44%) Proactive Monitoring
8 2 (2.44%) Server Management
8 2 (2.44%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 10 (12.20%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 15 (18.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (9.76%) Degree
3 5 (6.10%) CCNA
3 5 (6.10%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (6.10%) DBS Check
4 4 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.44%) MCSE
6 1 (1.22%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.98%) SLA
2 1 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.22%) GDPR
2 1 (1.22%) GxP
2 1 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 35 (42.68%) Active Directory
2 8 (9.76%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (6.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (1.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 22 (26.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.66%) SCCM
Vendors
1 46 (56.10%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.10%) VMware
3 4 (4.88%) Apple
4 3 (3.66%) Cisco
4 3 (3.66%) Remedy
4 3 (3.66%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.44%) Epicor
5 2 (2.44%) Fortinet
5 2 (2.44%) Fujitsu
5 2 (2.44%) Virgin Media
6 1 (1.22%) Draytek
6 1 (1.22%) Google
6 1 (1.22%) Ubiquiti