Technical Engineer Job Trends in the East of England

Technical Engineer
England > East of England

The median Technical Engineer salary in the East of England is £44,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 August 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 88 128
Rank change year-on-year -6 +40 +29
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Engineer 112 88 44
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.56% 2.54% 0.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.67% 2.74% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 69 70 40
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £29,031
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £35,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% -7.89% +1.33%
75th Percentile £52,500 £43,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £47,125 £55,000
England median annual salary £42,000 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year +15.07% -1.35% -12.94%

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 6,719 3,215 4,375
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.70% 92.97% 94.31%
Number of salaries quoted 4,656 1,825 3,000
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

Technical Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Technical Engineer job vacancy trend in the East of England

Technical Engineer
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

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

Technical Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 9 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Engineer in the East of England

Technical 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 Technical Engineer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 9 August 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 +3 41 £50,000 +17.65% 4
Essex +2 28 £40,000 +46.79% 2
Bedfordshire -13 17 £35,000 - 5
Cambridgeshire -37 10 £60,000 +84.62% 4
Suffolk +2 8 £32,500 -29.73%
Norfolk - 8 £50,000 - 1
Technical Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 August 2026, Technical 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 Technical Engineer in the job title.

1 35 (31.25%) CRM
2 25 (22.32%) Degree
3 21 (18.75%) Actionable Insight
3 21 (18.75%) Logistics
3 21 (18.75%) NVQ Level 3
3 21 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (12.50%) Commercial Awareness
5 10 (8.93%) Project Management
6 9 (8.04%) Customer Engagement
7 8 (7.14%) ISO 9001
8 6 (5.36%) Inventory Management
8 6 (5.36%) Matrix Organization
8 6 (5.36%) Technology Strategy
9 5 (4.46%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (3.57%) Customer Requirements
10 4 (3.57%) Firmware
10 4 (3.57%) Microsoft
11 3 (2.68%) Active Directory
11 3 (2.68%) Azure
11 3 (2.68%) Customer Service
11 3 (2.68%) Customer-Centricity
11 3 (2.68%) Data Interpretation
11 3 (2.68%) Master's Degree
11 3 (2.68%) Mentoring
11 3 (2.68%) Microservices
11 3 (2.68%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (2.68%) PhD
11 3 (2.68%) Process Improvement
11 3 (2.68%) Windows
12 2 (1.79%) Analytics

Technical 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:

Applications
1 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.68%) Azure
1 3 (2.68%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (1.79%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 2 (1.79%) Azure Monitor
2 2 (1.79%) Azure Storage
2 2 (1.79%) Entra ID
2 2 (1.79%) SaaS
3 1 (0.89%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.79%) DHCP
1 2 (1.79%) DNS
1 2 (1.79%) Firewall
1 2 (1.79%) TCP/IP
1 2 (1.79%) VPN
2 1 (0.89%) Broadband
General
1 20 (17.86%) Electronics
2 18 (16.07%) Manufacturing
3 12 (10.71%) Marketing
4 7 (6.25%) Social Skills
5 4 (3.57%) Aerospace
5 4 (3.57%) Automotive
5 4 (3.57%) Telecoms
6 3 (2.68%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.79%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 22 (19.64%) Renewable Energy
2 16 (14.29%) Driving Licence
3 10 (8.93%) Data Centre
4 8 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (5.36%) IoT
6 4 (3.57%) Acoustics
7 2 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.68%) Windows
2 2 (1.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (31.25%) CRM
2 21 (18.75%) Actionable Insight
2 21 (18.75%) Logistics
2 21 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (12.50%) Commercial Awareness
4 10 (8.93%) Project Management
5 9 (8.04%) Customer Engagement
6 6 (5.36%) Inventory Management
6 6 (5.36%) Matrix Organization
6 6 (5.36%) Technology Strategy
7 5 (4.46%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (3.57%) Customer Requirements
9 3 (2.68%) Customer Service
9 3 (2.68%) Customer-Centricity
9 3 (2.68%) Data Interpretation
9 3 (2.68%) Mentoring
9 3 (2.68%) Microservices
9 3 (2.68%) Process Improvement
10 2 (1.79%) Cloud Security
10 2 (1.79%) Cost Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.79%) Bicep
1 2 (1.79%) PowerShell
1 2 (1.79%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (22.32%) Degree
2 21 (18.75%) NVQ Level 3
3 3 (2.68%) Master's Degree
3 3 (2.68%) PhD
4 2 (1.79%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.79%) HNC
4 2 (1.79%) HND
5 1 (0.89%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.89%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.14%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.89%) QA
System Software
1 4 (3.57%) Firmware
2 3 (2.68%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.79%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (3.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.79%) VMware