IT Engineer Job Trends in England

IT Engineer
UK > England

The median IT Engineer salary in England is £33,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 December 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 197 157 163
Rank change year-on-year -40 +6 +137
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 652 996 922
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.32% 1.79% 2.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.47% 1.91% 2.15%
Number of salaries quoted 564 581 833
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £37,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.81% +5.71% +4.48%
75th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -10.96% +4.29% +4.48%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 44,402 52,240 42,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.21% 93.83% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 28,028 29,074 33,507
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% -

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 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 2025. 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
Midlands -34 171 £31,500 -10.00% 42
South East +8 142 £32,500 -14.47% 84
East Midlands +13 117 £30,000 -11.76% 19
London +47 107 £40,000 -11.11% 50
North of England -24 102 £32,500 -7.14% 95
South West +4 71 £35,000 -6.67% 35
East of England +17 66 £30,500 -6.15% 30
West Midlands -72 54 £37,500 +7.14% 23
North West +2 51 £30,000 -21.05% 41
Yorkshire -19 47 £36,500 +10.61% 51
North East -3 4 £48,125 +34.62% 8
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 December 2025, 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.

1 393 (60.28%) Windows
2 387 (59.36%) Microsoft
3 380 (58.28%) Microsoft 365
4 317 (48.62%) Active Directory
5 282 (43.25%) Azure
6 235 (36.04%) Problem-Solving
7 232 (35.58%) Windows Server
8 176 (26.99%) Firewall
9 166 (25.46%) DNS
10 149 (22.85%) DHCP
11 141 (21.63%) Customer Service
12 140 (21.47%) Microsoft Intune
13 137 (21.01%) Entra ID
14 113 (17.33%) SharePoint
15 103 (15.80%) ITIL
16 100 (15.34%) VMware
17 99 (15.18%) VPN
18 96 (14.72%) Microsoft Exchange
19 94 (14.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 92 (14.11%) TCP/IP
21 91 (13.96%) Hyper-V
22 90 (13.80%) Windows 10
23 84 (12.88%) VLAN
24 81 (12.42%) Cybersecurity
25 72 (11.04%) VMware Infrastructure
26 66 (10.12%) Degree
27 65 (9.97%) PowerShell
28 64 (9.82%) Wi-Fi
29 59 (9.05%) Microsoft Office
30 58 (8.90%) Microsoft Certification

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
1 113 (17.33%) SharePoint
2 96 (14.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (3.22%) IIS
4 4 (0.61%) Confluence
5 3 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.15%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 59 (9.05%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.46%) CINEMA 4D
5 2 (0.31%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.15%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 380 (58.28%) Microsoft 365
2 282 (43.25%) Azure
3 137 (21.01%) Entra ID
4 55 (8.44%) AWS
5 28 (4.29%) Google Workspace
6 26 (3.99%) Power Platform
6 26 (3.99%) SaaS
7 24 (3.68%) GCP
7 24 (3.68%) OneDrive
8 17 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (1.99%) Power Automate
10 12 (1.84%) IaaS
11 10 (1.53%) PaaS
12 9 (1.38%) Cloud Computing
13 8 (1.23%) Nutanix
14 7 (1.07%) Azure Stack
14 7 (1.07%) Datadog
14 7 (1.07%) Serverless
15 6 (0.92%) iPaaS
15 6 (0.92%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 176 (26.99%) Firewall
2 166 (25.46%) DNS
3 149 (22.85%) DHCP
4 99 (15.18%) VPN
5 92 (14.11%) TCP/IP
6 84 (12.88%) VLAN
7 64 (9.82%) Wi-Fi
8 52 (7.98%) WAN
9 43 (6.60%) LAN
10 40 (6.13%) Wireless
11 33 (5.06%) SAN
12 30 (4.60%) VoIP
13 23 (3.53%) Network Security
14 17 (2.61%) SD-WAN
15 11 (1.69%) IP Telephony
15 11 (1.69%) IPsec
16 9 (1.38%) Remote Desktop
17 8 (1.23%) WLAN
18 6 (0.92%) Cisco IOS
18 6 (0.92%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (5.83%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.91%) Power BI
3 13 (1.99%) Amazon RDS
4 12 (1.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (1.07%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.61%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.46%) DynamoDB
7 3 (0.46%) Mixpanel
7 3 (0.46%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.31%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.15%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 16 (2.45%) JIRA
2 5 (0.77%) Git
3 3 (0.46%) Browser DevTools
3 3 (0.46%) Charles Proxy
3 3 (0.46%) Fiddler
3 3 (0.46%) Maven
3 3 (0.46%) Postman
3 3 (0.46%) Selenium
3 3 (0.46%) TestNG
3 3 (0.46%) WebDriver
3 3 (0.46%) Zephyr
4 2 (0.31%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.31%) JMeter
4 2 (0.31%) LoadRunner
4 2 (0.31%) NeoLoad
4 2 (0.31%) Snyk
5 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.15%) Chocolatey
General
1 249 (38.19%) Social Skills
2 51 (7.82%) Law
3 48 (7.36%) Finance
4 46 (7.06%) Manufacturing
5 35 (5.37%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (5.37%) Organisational Skills
6 28 (4.29%) Legal
7 23 (3.53%) Public Sector
8 22 (3.37%) Telecoms
9 16 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (2.30%) Electronics
11 14 (2.15%) Retail
12 10 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.07%) Advertising
13 7 (1.07%) Billing
13 7 (1.07%) Marketing
14 5 (0.77%) Games
14 5 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.61%) Dutch Language
15 4 (0.61%) French Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.91%) .NET
2 15 (2.30%) .NET Framework
3 12 (1.84%) Entity Framework
3 12 (1.84%) WinForms
4 9 (1.38%) REST
5 7 (1.07%) ASP.NET
6 6 (0.92%) GraphQL
7 5 (0.77%) 802.1X
7 5 (0.77%) React
8 4 (0.61%) AngularJS
9 3 (0.46%) EDI
9 3 (0.46%) OAuth
10 2 (0.31%) OAuth2
11 1 (0.15%) Django
11 1 (0.15%) Flask
11 1 (0.15%) LAMP
11 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Graph
11 1 (0.15%) Spring
11 1 (0.15%) Spring Boot
11 1 (0.15%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 107 (16.41%) Driving Licence
2 49 (7.52%) Onboarding
3 29 (4.45%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (3.07%) Data Centre
5 16 (2.45%) CCTV
6 15 (2.30%) Clustering
7 14 (2.15%) Product Ownership
8 10 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (1.53%) iPad
9 9 (1.38%) FMCG
9 9 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (1.23%) iPhone
10 8 (1.23%) Security Posture
10 8 (1.23%) Smartphone
11 7 (1.07%) BYOD
11 7 (1.07%) CMDB
11 7 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (0.77%) Fat Client
12 5 (0.77%) Life Science
12 5 (0.77%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 393 (60.28%) Windows
2 232 (35.58%) Windows Server
3 90 (13.80%) Windows 10
4 55 (8.44%) Linux
5 48 (7.36%) Mac OS
6 36 (5.52%) Windows Server 2019
7 24 (3.68%) Windows Server 2016
8 21 (3.22%) Apple iOS
9 16 (2.45%) Android
10 8 (1.23%) Mac OS X
10 8 (1.23%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (1.07%) Rocky
12 6 (0.92%) VMS
12 6 (0.92%) Windows 7
13 4 (0.61%) Windows 8
14 3 (0.46%) Debian
15 2 (0.31%) Unix
16 1 (0.15%) Solaris
16 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
16 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (36.04%) Problem-Solving
2 141 (21.63%) Customer Service
3 103 (15.80%) ITIL
4 94 (14.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 81 (12.42%) Cybersecurity
6 53 (8.13%) Disaster Recovery
7 41 (6.29%) Mentoring
8 40 (6.13%) Project Delivery
9 38 (5.83%) ITSM
10 36 (5.52%) Continuous Improvement
10 36 (5.52%) Incident Management
11 35 (5.37%) Migration
12 29 (4.45%) Agile
12 29 (4.45%) Computer Science
12 29 (4.45%) Software Engineering
13 28 (4.29%) Service Delivery
14 27 (4.14%) Business Intelligence
15 26 (3.99%) Asset Management
15 26 (3.99%) Process Improvement
15 26 (3.99%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 65 (9.97%) PowerShell
2 40 (6.13%) SQL
3 21 (3.22%) Python
4 16 (2.45%) C#
5 12 (1.84%) T-SQL
6 10 (1.53%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.07%) PL/SQL
7 7 (1.07%) VBScript
8 5 (0.77%) Java
9 3 (0.46%) Bash
10 2 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.31%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.31%) Uniface
11 1 (0.15%) Perl
11 1 (0.15%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 66 (10.12%) Degree
2 58 (8.90%) Microsoft Certification
3 30 (4.60%) Cisco Certification
4 28 (4.29%) DBS Check
5 27 (4.14%) CCNA
6 23 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 21 (3.22%) MCP
8 20 (3.07%) A+ Certification
9 19 (2.91%) Azure Certification
10 16 (2.45%) MCSE
10 16 (2.45%) Security Cleared
11 13 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
11 13 (1.99%) Network+ Certification
11 13 (1.99%) SC Cleared
12 11 (1.69%) MCSA
13 9 (1.38%) CCNP
14 8 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 8 (1.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 7 (1.07%) CISSP
15 7 (1.07%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (5.83%) Cyber Essentials
1 38 (5.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (5.37%) SLA
3 29 (4.45%) GDPR
4 7 (1.07%) QA
5 5 (0.77%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (0.77%) NIST
6 3 (0.46%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.31%) GxP
8 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
System Software
1 317 (48.62%) Active Directory
2 91 (13.96%) Hyper-V
3 72 (11.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.69%) Docker
4 11 (1.69%) Firmware
5 10 (1.53%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (1.07%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.61%) VMware Workstation
8 4 (0.61%) vSphere
9 3 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.31%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.31%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.31%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.15%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.15%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 140 (21.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (3.37%) SCCM
3 20 (3.07%) Kubernetes
4 17 (2.61%) Autotask
5 10 (1.53%) Jamf Pro
6 9 (1.38%) vCenter Server
7 8 (1.23%) Ansible
8 7 (1.07%) Failover Clustering
9 5 (0.77%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.61%) SmoothWall
10 4 (0.61%) WSUS
11 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Clustering
11 2 (0.31%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.31%) Podman
11 2 (0.31%) Puppet
11 2 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.31%) WhatsUp Gold
12 1 (0.15%) Nessus
12 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 387 (59.36%) Microsoft
2 100 (15.34%) VMware
3 43 (6.60%) Cisco
4 40 (6.13%) Google
4 40 (6.13%) Veeam
5 34 (5.21%) Apple
6 24 (3.68%) ServiceNow
7 18 (2.76%) Meraki
8 17 (2.61%) Dell
9 15 (2.30%) Adobe
9 15 (2.30%) Datto
9 15 (2.30%) Sophos
10 13 (1.99%) Aruba
10 13 (1.99%) HP
11 12 (1.84%) Sage
11 12 (1.84%) Xamarin
11 12 (1.84%) Zoho
12 11 (1.69%) Oracle
13 9 (1.38%) Citrix
13 9 (1.38%) SAP