IT Engineer Job Trends in England

IT Engineer
UK > England

The median IT Engineer salary in England is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 July 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 255 131
Rank change year-on-year +172 -124 +79
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,791 533 1,796
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.05% 1.23% 2.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.17% 1.36% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,541 419 1,498
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +11.94% -2.19%
75th Percentile £43,750 £48,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £57,750 £52,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £36,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year -4.11% +10.61% -4.35%

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 82,535 39,220 83,741
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.27% 90.37% 94.59%
Number of salaries quoted 58,071 23,613 61,241
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £53,123
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +3.53% -11.46%
75th Percentile £75,250 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 12 July 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 12 July 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 +115 450 £35,000 -6.67% 69
North of England +94 348 £32,500 -1.52% 43
Midlands +72 274 £32,500 -13.33% 28
East of England +107 263 £35,000 +7.58% 30
London +96 231 £36,000 -20.00% 34
South West +53 222 £35,000 - 28
North West +115 200 £32,940 +1.35% 13
West Midlands +65 139 £32,500 -21.00% 10
East Midlands +38 135 £32,500 - 18
Yorkshire +1 132 £30,000 - 27
North East -49 16 £40,000 -17.95% 8
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 July 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.

1 860 (48.02%) Microsoft
2 822 (45.90%) Microsoft 365
3 736 (41.09%) Windows
4 607 (33.89%) Active Directory
5 500 (27.92%) Azure
6 436 (24.34%) Problem-Solving
7 380 (21.22%) Windows Server
8 367 (20.49%) Entra ID
9 352 (19.65%) Customer Service
10 302 (16.86%) Firewall
11 271 (15.13%) Microsoft Exchange
12 261 (14.57%) Microsoft Intune
13 243 (13.57%) DNS
14 228 (12.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 225 (12.56%) SharePoint
16 207 (11.56%) DHCP
17 204 (11.39%) VPN
18 197 (11.00%) Cybersecurity
19 195 (10.89%) VMware
20 185 (10.33%) Hyper-V
21 168 (9.38%) Wi-Fi
22 162 (9.05%) ITIL
23 158 (8.82%) Windows 10
24 138 (7.71%) LAN
25 137 (7.65%) VMware Infrastructure
26 132 (7.37%) WAN
27 131 (7.31%) PowerShell
28 128 (7.15%) Disaster Recovery
29 126 (7.04%) Mac OS
30 122 (6.81%) Microsoft Office

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
1 271 (15.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 225 (12.56%) SharePoint
3 16 (0.89%) IIS
4 14 (0.78%) Exchange Server 2013
5 12 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2007
5 12 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2010
6 11 (0.61%) Confluence
7 3 (0.17%) Apache
Applications
1 122 (6.81%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.17%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.11%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.056%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 6 (0.34%) Raiser’s Edge
2 5 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.28%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.056%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.056%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 822 (45.90%) Microsoft 365
2 500 (27.92%) Azure
3 367 (20.49%) Entra ID
4 63 (3.52%) AWS
5 62 (3.46%) Google Workspace
6 59 (3.29%) SaaS
7 57 (3.18%) OneDrive
8 27 (1.51%) Mimecast
9 24 (1.34%) PaaS
10 23 (1.28%) Power Platform
11 20 (1.12%) IaaS
12 11 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (0.61%) Nutanix
12 11 (0.61%) Power Automate
13 9 (0.50%) PowerApps
14 7 (0.39%) OCI
15 6 (0.34%) Azure Sentinel
15 6 (0.34%) Cloudflare
15 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Copilot
16 5 (0.28%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 302 (16.86%) Firewall
2 243 (13.57%) DNS
3 207 (11.56%) DHCP
4 204 (11.39%) VPN
5 168 (9.38%) Wi-Fi
6 138 (7.71%) LAN
7 132 (7.37%) WAN
8 107 (5.97%) TCP/IP
9 97 (5.42%) VLAN
10 82 (4.58%) VoIP
11 65 (3.63%) Wireless
12 52 (2.90%) SAN
13 31 (1.73%) Network Security
14 21 (1.17%) Internet
15 16 (0.89%) WLAN
16 14 (0.78%) Remote Desktop
16 14 (0.78%) SD-WAN
17 11 (0.61%) SSL
18 7 (0.39%) DMZ
18 7 (0.39%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (4.13%) SQL Server
2 13 (0.73%) Power BI
3 9 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (0.34%) MySQL
5 5 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.11%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 46 (2.57%) JIRA
2 4 (0.22%) GitLab
3 3 (0.17%) Chocolatey
4 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.056%) Carbide.c++
5 1 (0.056%) Git
5 1 (0.056%) LabVIEW
General
1 459 (25.63%) Social Skills
2 71 (3.96%) Finance
3 63 (3.52%) Manufacturing
4 62 (3.46%) Analytical Skills
5 61 (3.41%) Legal
5 61 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
6 59 (3.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 49 (2.74%) Law
8 42 (2.35%) Retail
9 39 (2.18%) Multimedia
10 31 (1.73%) Telecoms
11 26 (1.45%) Advertising
12 19 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
13 17 (0.95%) Public Sector
14 16 (0.89%) Automotive
15 8 (0.45%) Banking
16 7 (0.39%) Aerospace
16 7 (0.39%) Games
16 7 (0.39%) Local Government
17 5 (0.28%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (0.50%) HTML
2 7 (0.39%) JSON
3 5 (0.28%) CSS
3 5 (0.28%) Web Services
4 4 (0.22%) OpenTelemetry
5 2 (0.11%) EDI
6 1 (0.056%) OpenID
6 1 (0.056%) SAML
6 1 (0.056%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 252 (14.07%) Driving Licence
2 96 (5.36%) Onboarding
3 66 (3.69%) Self-Motivation
4 37 (2.07%) Data Centre
5 36 (2.01%) CCTV
6 18 (1.01%) Security Posture
7 17 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
8 16 (0.89%) Video Conferencing
9 15 (0.84%) Clustering
10 14 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
11 11 (0.61%) Management Information System
11 11 (0.61%) NHS
12 10 (0.56%) Cloud Native
12 10 (0.56%) FMCG
12 10 (0.56%) PKI
12 10 (0.56%) Replication
13 9 (0.50%) Cyber Threat
13 9 (0.50%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (0.50%) iPhone
13 9 (0.50%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 736 (41.09%) Windows
2 380 (21.22%) Windows Server
3 158 (8.82%) Windows 10
4 126 (7.04%) Mac OS
5 110 (6.14%) Linux
6 61 (3.41%) Windows Server 2019
7 54 (3.02%) Windows Server 2016
8 45 (2.51%) Apple iOS
9 38 (2.12%) Android
10 23 (1.28%) Windows Server 2012
11 17 (0.95%) Windows 7
12 11 (0.61%) Windows 8
13 9 (0.50%) Mac OS X
14 7 (0.39%) Ubuntu
15 4 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 4 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
16 2 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 436 (24.34%) Problem-Solving
2 352 (19.65%) Customer Service
3 228 (12.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 197 (11.00%) Cybersecurity
5 162 (9.05%) ITIL
6 128 (7.15%) Disaster Recovery
7 120 (6.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 103 (5.75%) Mentoring
9 97 (5.42%) Service Delivery
10 92 (5.14%) ITSM
11 78 (4.36%) Project Delivery
12 65 (3.63%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 63 (3.52%) Change Management
14 62 (3.46%) Service Management
15 53 (2.96%) Root Cause Analysis
16 52 (2.90%) Business Continuity
17 49 (2.74%) Migration
18 45 (2.51%) Process Improvement
19 42 (2.35%) Time Management
20 41 (2.29%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 131 (7.31%) PowerShell
2 59 (3.29%) SQL
3 14 (0.78%) Python
4 10 (0.56%) R
5 9 (0.50%) Bash
6 5 (0.28%) VB
7 4 (0.22%) PHP
7 4 (0.22%) Ruby
7 4 (0.22%) VBScript
8 3 (0.17%) Bicep
8 3 (0.17%) C#
8 3 (0.17%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.17%) Uniface
8 3 (0.17%) VBA
9 2 (0.11%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.056%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 116 (6.48%) Microsoft Certification
2 115 (6.42%) Degree
3 74 (4.13%) DBS Check
4 68 (3.80%) Security Cleared
5 50 (2.79%) Cisco Certification
6 49 (2.74%) CCNA
7 40 (2.23%) SC Cleared
8 34 (1.90%) Azure Certification
9 32 (1.79%) A+ Certification
10 25 (1.40%) Network+ Certification
11 16 (0.89%) DV Cleared
12 14 (0.78%) CompTIA Security+
12 14 (0.78%) MCSE
13 13 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
14 10 (0.56%) CCNP
15 7 (0.39%) AWS Certification
15 7 (0.39%) MCSA
16 5 (0.28%) MCITP
17 4 (0.22%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (5.58%) Cyber Essentials
2 66 (3.69%) SLA
3 63 (3.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 26 (1.45%) GDPR
6 11 (0.61%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.28%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.28%) NIST
8 4 (0.22%) QA
9 1 (0.056%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.056%) NCSC
9 1 (0.056%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.056%) TickIT
System Software
1 607 (33.89%) Active Directory
2 185 (10.33%) Hyper-V
3 137 (7.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (0.78%) vSphere
7 13 (0.73%) Docker
8 11 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (0.45%) BitLocker
10 7 (0.39%) VMware Workstation
11 6 (0.34%) Terminal Services
12 4 (0.22%) VMware NSX
13 3 (0.17%) Firmware
14 1 (0.056%) Terminal Server
14 1 (0.056%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 261 (14.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (1.84%) SCCM
3 27 (1.51%) Autotask
4 24 (1.34%) Jamf Pro
5 17 (0.95%) WSUS
6 13 (0.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 13 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (0.56%) Failover Clustering
7 10 (0.56%) FortiGate
8 6 (0.34%) Ansible
8 6 (0.34%) Terraform
9 4 (0.22%) Iperf
9 4 (0.22%) Kubernetes
10 1 (0.056%) Argo
10 1 (0.056%) Nessus
10 1 (0.056%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 860 (48.02%) Microsoft
2 195 (10.89%) VMware
3 69 (3.85%) Google
4 68 (3.80%) Cisco
5 60 (3.35%) Fortinet
6 48 (2.68%) Veeam
7 47 (2.62%) Meraki
8 41 (2.29%) Apple
9 39 (2.18%) Fujitsu
9 39 (2.18%) Virgin Media
10 36 (2.01%) SonicWALL
11 33 (1.84%) Ubiquiti
12 32 (1.79%) HP
13 26 (1.45%) Dell
14 24 (1.34%) Datto
15 22 (1.23%) Sophos
16 16 (0.89%) Aruba
17 13 (0.73%) Draytek
17 13 (0.73%) Epicor
17 13 (0.73%) ServiceNow