Customer Engineer Job Trends in England

Customer Engineer
UK > England

The median Customer Engineer salary in England is £34,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 January 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 546 670 660
Rank change year-on-year +124 -10 +243
Permanent jobs requiring a Customer Engineer 47 13 19
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.090% 0.027% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.100% 0.029% 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 22 2 17
10th Percentile £28,138 - £27,900
25th Percentile £30,000 £76,727 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £85,253 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -60.12% +89.45% +20.00%
75th Percentile £43,750 £93,778 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,875 - £60,000
UK median annual salary £34,000 £62,626 £41,250
% change year-on-year -45.71% +51.82% -31.25%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 47,127 45,334 44,294
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 92.77% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 29,584 23,965 34,730
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,199 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.78%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +1.69% -1.67%

Customer Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Customer Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Customer Engineer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Customer Engineer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Customer Engineer job vacancies in England

Customer Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Engineer in England over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Customer Engineer in England

Customer Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 4 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
East of England - 21 £30,000 -
South West - 10 £42,500 - 2
North of England +29 9 £30,000 -64.81% 1
Yorkshire +1 8 £30,000 -64.81%
London +56 5 £42,500 - 5
South East +24 2 - - 3
North West - 1 £30,250 - 1
Customer Engineer
UK

Customer Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 4 January 2026, Customer 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 England region featuring Customer Engineer in the job title.

1 16 (34.04%) CSS
2 8 (17.02%) Customer Service
3 6 (12.77%) Java
3 6 (12.77%) SQL
4 5 (10.64%) Python
5 4 (8.51%) Computer Science
5 4 (8.51%) Degree
5 4 (8.51%) GDPR
5 4 (8.51%) Linux
5 4 (8.51%) SaaS
5 4 (8.51%) SC Cleared
5 4 (8.51%) Security Cleared
6 3 (6.38%) C
6 3 (6.38%) C++
6 3 (6.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (6.38%) Customer Experience
6 3 (6.38%) Databricks
6 3 (6.38%) E-Commerce
6 3 (6.38%) Logistics
6 3 (6.38%) Mathematics
6 3 (6.38%) PL/SQL
6 3 (6.38%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (6.38%) Single Customer View
6 3 (6.38%) Software Engineering
7 2 (4.26%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (4.26%) AWS
7 2 (4.26%) Business Case
7 2 (4.26%) CI/CD
7 2 (4.26%) Clean Code
7 2 (4.26%) Continuous Deployment

Customer Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (8.51%) SaaS
2 2 (4.26%) Amazon EKS
2 2 (4.26%) AWS
2 2 (4.26%) GCP
3 1 (2.13%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.13%) ATM
1 1 (2.13%) LAN
1 1 (2.13%) SAN
1 1 (2.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.26%) TeamCity
General
1 9 (19.15%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.64%) Retail
3 4 (8.51%) Aviation
3 4 (8.51%) Marketing
3 4 (8.51%) Military
3 4 (8.51%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (6.38%) Finance
4 3 (6.38%) Manufacturing
4 3 (6.38%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (4.26%) Banking
5 2 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.26%) Law
5 2 (4.26%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.13%) Electronics
6 1 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (34.04%) CSS
2 2 (4.26%) React
2 2 (4.26%) Regular Expression
2 2 (4.26%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.89%) Driving Licence
2 4 (8.51%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.26%) Blog
3 2 (4.26%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.13%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (2.13%) EPoS
4 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.51%) Linux
2 1 (2.13%) Android
2 1 (2.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (2.13%) Windows
2 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (17.02%) Customer Service
2 4 (8.51%) Computer Science
3 3 (6.38%) Customer Experience
3 3 (6.38%) E-Commerce
3 3 (6.38%) Logistics
3 3 (6.38%) Mathematics
3 3 (6.38%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (6.38%) Single Customer View
3 3 (6.38%) Software Engineering
4 2 (4.26%) Business Case
4 2 (4.26%) Clean Code
4 2 (4.26%) Continuous Deployment
4 2 (4.26%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (4.26%) Deployment Automation
4 2 (4.26%) DevOps
4 2 (4.26%) Disruptive Innovation
4 2 (4.26%) Fintech
4 2 (4.26%) Full-Stack Development
4 2 (4.26%) Presales
4 2 (4.26%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.77%) Java
1 6 (12.77%) SQL
2 5 (10.64%) Python
3 3 (6.38%) C
3 3 (6.38%) C++
3 3 (6.38%) PL/SQL
4 2 (4.26%) JavaScript
4 2 (4.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (8.51%) Degree
1 4 (8.51%) SC Cleared
1 4 (8.51%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.13%) Dell Certification
3 1 (2.13%) MCSA
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.51%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.13%) Hyper-V
1 1 (2.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (4.26%) Grafana
1 2 (4.26%) Kubernetes
1 2 (4.26%) Terraform
2 1 (2.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 3 (6.38%) Databricks
2 1 (2.13%) Cisco
2 1 (2.13%) Dell
2 1 (2.13%) Fujitsu
2 1 (2.13%) HP
2 1 (2.13%) Juniper
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.13%) Red Hat