IT Engineer Job Trends in England

IT Engineer
UK > England

The median IT Engineer salary in England is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 March 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 162 131
Rank change year-on-year +58 -31 +124
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,279 739 1,651
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.93% 1.92% 2.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.10% 2.12% 2.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,100 473 1,489
10th Percentile £25,875 £25,627 £24,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +6.06% -1.49%
75th Percentile £41,250 £44,250 £43,000
90th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +6.06% -1.49%

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 60,799 34,868 70,502
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.92% 90.36% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 39,652 21,084 55,582
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £28,550
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.84%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in 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 England.

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in England

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in England

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in England over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in England

IT 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 IT Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 17 March 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
South East +55 342 £33,250 -5.00% 63
North of England +48 265 £32,500 -4.06% 48
Midlands -21 228 £31,500 -10.00% 37
London +66 176 £40,000 -11.11% 35
North West +57 136 £30,000 -17.24% 25
East of England +41 136 £30,000 +9.09% 36
East Midlands -3 133 £30,000 - 15
South West +49 130 £34,000 -1.45% 34
Yorkshire +14 120 £35,000 +16.67% 20
West Midlands -43 95 £32,500 -7.14% 22
North East -26 9 £30,000 -16.67% 7
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 March 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 England region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 585 (45.74%) Windows
2 579 (45.27%) Microsoft 365
3 575 (44.96%) Microsoft
4 470 (36.75%) Active Directory
5 397 (31.04%) Azure
6 369 (28.85%) Problem-Solving
7 301 (23.53%) Windows Server
8 258 (20.17%) Customer Service
9 232 (18.14%) Firewall
10 211 (16.50%) DNS
11 207 (16.18%) Entra ID
12 195 (15.25%) DHCP
13 187 (14.62%) Microsoft Intune
14 172 (13.45%) VPN
15 160 (12.51%) Windows 10
16 157 (12.28%) ITIL
17 144 (11.26%) SharePoint
18 138 (10.79%) Microsoft Exchange
19 136 (10.63%) VMware
20 126 (9.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
21 121 (9.46%) Microsoft Office
22 118 (9.23%) WAN
23 117 (9.15%) Hyper-V
24 116 (9.07%) Cybersecurity
25 114 (8.91%) LAN
26 104 (8.13%) Wi-Fi
27 96 (7.51%) Google
28 91 (7.11%) Degree
29 90 (7.04%) VLAN
30 88 (6.88%) TCP/IP

IT 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:

Application Platforms
1 144 (11.26%) SharePoint
2 138 (10.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.17%) Confluence
4 14 (1.09%) IIS
5 7 (0.55%) Exchange Server 2007
5 7 (0.55%) Exchange Server 2010
5 7 (0.55%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.078%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 121 (9.46%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.16%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.078%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.078%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (0.55%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.078%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 579 (45.27%) Microsoft 365
2 397 (31.04%) Azure
3 207 (16.18%) Entra ID
4 83 (6.49%) Google Workspace
5 77 (6.02%) AWS
6 45 (3.52%) OneDrive
7 39 (3.05%) SaaS
8 23 (1.80%) GCP
8 23 (1.80%) Power Platform
9 22 (1.72%) IaaS
10 21 (1.64%) PaaS
11 17 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
12 12 (0.94%) Power Automate
13 11 (0.86%) Datadog
14 10 (0.78%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (0.70%) PowerApps
16 8 (0.63%) Microsoft Copilot
17 7 (0.55%) OCI
18 6 (0.47%) Mimecast
19 5 (0.39%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 232 (18.14%) Firewall
2 211 (16.50%) DNS
3 195 (15.25%) DHCP
4 172 (13.45%) VPN
5 118 (9.23%) WAN
6 114 (8.91%) LAN
7 104 (8.13%) Wi-Fi
8 90 (7.04%) VLAN
9 88 (6.88%) TCP/IP
10 60 (4.69%) VoIP
11 31 (2.42%) SAN
12 30 (2.35%) Wireless
13 25 (1.95%) SD-WAN
14 21 (1.64%) Network Security
15 14 (1.09%) Remote Desktop
16 9 (0.70%) Internet
16 9 (0.70%) IP Telephony
17 8 (0.63%) WLAN
18 5 (0.39%) SSL
18 5 (0.39%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (4.07%) SQL Server
2 23 (1.80%) Power BI
3 12 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.39%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.16%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.078%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.078%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.078%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 33 (2.58%) JIRA
2 8 (0.63%) Chocolatey
3 4 (0.31%) GitLab
4 2 (0.16%) Git
4 2 (0.16%) Snyk
5 1 (0.078%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.078%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.078%) JMeter
5 1 (0.078%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.078%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.078%) NeoLoad
General
1 337 (26.35%) Social Skills
2 82 (6.41%) Finance
3 75 (5.86%) Organisational Skills
4 53 (4.14%) Law
5 50 (3.91%) Analytical Skills
6 43 (3.36%) Retail
7 39 (3.05%) Multimedia
8 37 (2.89%) Manufacturing
9 34 (2.66%) Legal
10 33 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 33 (2.58%) Telecoms
11 24 (1.88%) Public Sector
12 10 (0.78%) Advertising
13 9 (0.70%) Banking
13 9 (0.70%) Games
14 7 (0.55%) Electronics
15 6 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (0.39%) Social Housing
17 4 (0.31%) Dutch Language
17 4 (0.31%) French Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (1.33%) .NET
2 13 (1.02%) .NET Framework
3 12 (0.94%) Entity Framework
3 12 (0.94%) WinForms
4 7 (0.55%) ASP.NET
5 4 (0.31%) OpenTelemetry
6 3 (0.23%) OAuth
7 2 (0.16%) OAuth2
7 2 (0.16%) React
7 2 (0.16%) REST
8 1 (0.078%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.078%) AVA JavaScript Test Runner
8 1 (0.078%) GraphQL
8 1 (0.078%) LangChain
8 1 (0.078%) LangGraph
8 1 (0.078%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (0.078%) OpenID
8 1 (0.078%) SAML
8 1 (0.078%) Software Packaging
8 1 (0.078%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 210 (16.42%) Driving Licence
2 60 (4.69%) Onboarding
3 37 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (1.80%) CCTV
5 18 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
6 13 (1.02%) Security Posture
7 12 (0.94%) Data Centre
8 11 (0.86%) Smartphone
9 10 (0.78%) iPhone
10 9 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (0.70%) Fat Client
10 9 (0.70%) Social Media
10 9 (0.70%) Thin Client
11 8 (0.63%) Cyber Threat
11 8 (0.63%) FMCG
11 8 (0.63%) iPad
11 8 (0.63%) Linux Command Line
12 7 (0.55%) Management Information System
13 6 (0.47%) PMI
14 5 (0.39%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 585 (45.74%) Windows
2 301 (23.53%) Windows Server
3 160 (12.51%) Windows 10
4 83 (6.49%) Mac OS
5 55 (4.30%) Windows Server 2019
6 52 (4.07%) Linux
7 50 (3.91%) Windows Server 2016
8 25 (1.95%) Apple iOS
8 25 (1.95%) Windows Server 2012
9 24 (1.88%) Android
10 17 (1.33%) Windows 7
11 13 (1.02%) Mac OS X
12 11 (0.86%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.23%) Debian
14 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.078%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.078%) Solaris
15 1 (0.078%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.078%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 369 (28.85%) Problem-Solving
2 258 (20.17%) Customer Service
3 157 (12.28%) ITIL
4 126 (9.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 116 (9.07%) Cybersecurity
6 87 (6.80%) Mentoring
7 79 (6.18%) ITSM
8 62 (4.85%) Service Delivery
9 52 (4.07%) Disaster Recovery
10 49 (3.83%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 48 (3.75%) Migration
12 46 (3.60%) Process Improvement
13 44 (3.44%) Continuous Improvement
14 42 (3.28%) Asset Management
15 41 (3.21%) Computer Science
16 38 (2.97%) Incident Management
17 35 (2.74%) Change Management
17 35 (2.74%) Root Cause Analysis
17 35 (2.74%) Service Management
18 34 (2.66%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 65 (5.08%) PowerShell
2 49 (3.83%) SQL
3 15 (1.17%) C#
4 12 (0.94%) T-SQL
5 11 (0.86%) Python
6 10 (0.78%) Bash
7 7 (0.55%) PL/SQL
7 7 (0.55%) VBScript
8 5 (0.39%) VB
9 3 (0.23%) Uniface
10 2 (0.16%) Google Apps Script
10 2 (0.16%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.16%) R
11 1 (0.078%) Java
11 1 (0.078%) PHP
11 1 (0.078%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 91 (7.11%) Degree
2 84 (6.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 56 (4.38%) Security Cleared
4 47 (3.67%) DBS Check
5 37 (2.89%) SC Cleared
6 36 (2.81%) Cisco Certification
7 35 (2.74%) CCNA
8 34 (2.66%) A+ Certification
9 30 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
10 21 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
10 21 (1.64%) Network+ Certification
11 19 (1.49%) Azure Certification
12 18 (1.41%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 16 (1.25%) MCSE
14 15 (1.17%) DV Cleared
15 13 (1.02%) CCNP
15 13 (1.02%) MCSA
16 9 (0.70%) CompTIA Security+
17 6 (0.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 6 (0.47%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (6.02%) SLA
2 58 (4.53%) Cyber Essentials
3 42 (3.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 10 (0.78%) GDPR
6 8 (0.63%) QA
7 6 (0.47%) NIST
8 5 (0.39%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.078%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.078%) SOC 2
System Software
1 470 (36.75%) Active Directory
2 117 (9.15%) Hyper-V
3 79 (6.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (0.86%) VMware Workstation
6 7 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (0.55%) vSphere
7 6 (0.47%) Firmware
8 5 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.31%) Docker
9 4 (0.31%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.078%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.078%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 187 (14.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (2.03%) SCCM
3 22 (1.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 16 (1.25%) Autotask
4 16 (1.25%) Jamf Pro
5 15 (1.17%) WSUS
6 10 (0.78%) FortiGate
6 10 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.63%) Ansible
8 7 (0.55%) SmoothWall
9 4 (0.31%) Kubernetes
10 2 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.16%) Terraform
11 1 (0.078%) Nessus
11 1 (0.078%) Podman
11 1 (0.078%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 575 (44.96%) Microsoft
2 136 (10.63%) VMware
3 96 (7.51%) Google
4 52 (4.07%) Fortinet
5 46 (3.60%) Apple
6 39 (3.05%) Fujitsu
6 39 (3.05%) Virgin Media
7 34 (2.66%) Cisco
7 34 (2.66%) Meraki
8 30 (2.35%) Veeam
9 19 (1.49%) Dell
10 17 (1.33%) Sage
11 14 (1.09%) WatchGuard
12 13 (1.02%) ServiceNow
13 12 (0.94%) ConnectWise
13 12 (0.94%) Datto
13 12 (0.94%) Xamarin
14 11 (0.86%) Citrix
14 11 (0.86%) ESET
14 11 (0.86%) Ubiquiti