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 £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 November 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 73 152
Rank change year-on-year +6 +79 -19
Permanent Technical Engineer jobs 192 94 30
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.18% 2.93% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.39% 3.22% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 142 73 25
10th Percentile £32,000 £25,750 £28,400
25th Percentile £36,250 £28,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -22.22% +13.92%
75th Percentile £59,375 £43,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £50,000 -
England median annual salary £45,000 £37,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year +21.62% -2.63% -8.43%

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 adverts in the East of England matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
2 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the East of England matching a recognised job title 8,022 2,916 3,933
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 90.90% 90.81% 93.44%
Number of salaries quoted 5,696 1,833 2,014
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,853 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £52,647
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -14.53% +0.28%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £59,250 £53,168 £57,500
% change year-on-year +11.44% -7.53% -4.17%

Technical Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Technical Engineer job postings 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 Technical Engineer jobs in the East of England over the 6 months to 2 November 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 Technical Engineer jobs within the East of England region over the 6 months to 2 November 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire +17 66 £55,000 +29.41% 9
Essex +11 52 £40,000 +42.86% 4
Bedfordshire -19 28 £35,000 - 3
Norfolk - 22 £50,000 -
Cambridgeshire -41 17 £55,000 +69.23% 6
Suffolk +5 7 £30,000 -47.37%
Technical Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 November 2026, Technical Engineer job ads cited 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 Technical Engineer job ads across the East of England region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1CRM20.8%40
2Problem-Solving18.8%36
3Degree16.7%32
4Actionable Insight10.9%21
4Logistics10.9%21
4NVQ Level 310.9%21
7Customer Service9.9%19
8Commercial Awareness7.8%15
9Customer Engagement6.3%12
10Windows5.7%11
11Continuous Improvement5.2%10
12Microsoft4.2%8
12Project Management4.2%8
14HNC3.6%7
14HND3.6%7
14Microsoft 3653.6%7
17B2B3.1%6
17Firmware3.1%6
17Matrix Organization3.1%6
17Root Cause Analysis3.1%6
17Technology Strategy3.1%6
22B2B Sales2.6%5
22Mentoring2.6%5
22Service Management2.6%5
25Active Directory2.1%4
25Analytics2.1%4
25Azure2.1%4
25Azure Certification2.1%4
25Azure ExpressRoute2.1%4
25Azure Monitor2.1%4

Technical Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Technical Support Engineer43.2%83
2Technical Sales Engineer42.7%82
3Manufacturing Engineer4.2%8
4Programmer3.1%6
5Mechanical Engineer2.6%5
6Azure Consultant2.1%4
6Azure Engineer2.1%4
6Technical Consultant2.1%4
9Full-Stack Engineer1.0%2
9Graduate Sales Engineer1.0%2
9Graduate Support Engineer1.0%2
9Graduate Technical Engineer1.0%2
9Graduate Technical Support1.0%2
9Sales Support Engineer1.0%2
9Software Engineer1.0%2
9Technical Leader1.0%2
17Implementation Engineer0.5%1
17Java Software Engineer0.5%1
17Junior Technical Engineer0.5%1
17Principal Software Engineer0.5%1
22 Technical Engineer jobs in the East of England