Senior IT Engineer Job Trends in the East of England

Senior IT Engineer
England > East of England

The median Senior IT Engineer salary in the East of England is £48,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 - 143
Rank change year-on-year - - +85
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Engineer 2 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.048% - 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% - 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £34,375 - £43,000
25th Percentile £39,063 - £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 - £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +52.67%
75th Percentile £59,063 - £62,500
90th Percentile £64,125 - £70,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £51,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -17.07% +2.50% +11.11%

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 3,738 3,155 2,316
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.40% 89.45% 95.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2,268 1,416 1,758
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,625 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.48% -3.91%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

Senior IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior IT Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Senior IT Engineer job vacancy trend in the East of England

Senior IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

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

Senior IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior IT Engineer in the East of England

Senior 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 Senior IT Engineer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 14 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
Hertfordshire - 2 £48,750 - 2
Senior IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Senior 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 Senior IT Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) iSCSI
2 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) SAN
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure

Senior 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) iSCSI
1 1 (50.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) VMware