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 24 July 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 265 142
Rank change year-on-year +174 -123 +60
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,695 510 1,496
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.90% 1.18% 1.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.01% 1.30% 1.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,480 398 1,220
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,750 £24,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% +1.45%
75th Percentile £43,750 £48,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £56,250 £60,550 £52,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +10.29% -2.16%

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 84,123 39,251 75,359
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.40% 90.71% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 59,120 23,732 53,784
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,578 £75,000 £71,650
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,389
% change year-on-year - +1.12% -9.35%

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 24 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 24 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 +131 439 £35,000 -12.50% 61
North of England +78 304 £32,500 -1.52% 53
East of England +112 257 £35,000 -0.71% 39
Midlands +68 256 £32,500 -12.16% 29
South West +53 225 £35,000 -9.68% 31
London +74 213 £36,000 -16.28% 41
North West +110 170 £33,970 +5.33% 25
East Midlands +45 132 £32,500 - 15
West Midlands +41 124 £32,500 -23.53% 14
Yorkshire -11 117 £30,000 -7.69% 25
North East -40 17 £40,000 -17.95% 6
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 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.

1 836 (49.32%) Microsoft
2 794 (46.84%) Microsoft 365
3 719 (42.42%) Windows
4 584 (34.45%) Active Directory
5 475 (28.02%) Azure
6 408 (24.07%) Problem-Solving
7 365 (21.53%) Windows Server
8 355 (20.94%) Entra ID
9 340 (20.06%) Customer Service
10 286 (16.87%) Firewall
11 268 (15.81%) Microsoft Exchange
12 262 (15.46%) Microsoft Intune
13 230 (13.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 222 (13.10%) DNS
15 214 (12.63%) SharePoint
16 187 (11.03%) Cybersecurity
17 186 (10.97%) DHCP
17 186 (10.97%) Hyper-V
18 185 (10.91%) VMware
19 182 (10.74%) VPN
20 158 (9.32%) Wi-Fi
21 151 (8.91%) ITIL
22 142 (8.38%) Windows 10
23 135 (7.96%) VMware Infrastructure
24 132 (7.79%) Disaster Recovery
25 123 (7.26%) Mac OS
25 123 (7.26%) PowerShell
26 121 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
27 120 (7.08%) LAN
28 114 (6.73%) WAN

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
1 268 (15.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 214 (12.63%) SharePoint
3 16 (0.94%) IIS
4 14 (0.83%) Exchange Server 2013
5 12 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2007
5 12 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2010
6 10 (0.59%) Confluence
7 3 (0.18%) Apache
Applications
1 113 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.18%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (0.35%) Raiser’s Edge
2 5 (0.29%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.059%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 794 (46.84%) Microsoft 365
2 475 (28.02%) Azure
3 355 (20.94%) Entra ID
4 58 (3.42%) Google Workspace
5 55 (3.24%) SaaS
6 54 (3.19%) AWS
7 53 (3.13%) OneDrive
8 28 (1.65%) Mimecast
9 21 (1.24%) Power Platform
10 20 (1.18%) PaaS
11 16 (0.94%) IaaS
12 12 (0.71%) Nutanix
12 12 (0.71%) Power Automate
13 11 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (0.41%) PowerApps
15 6 (0.35%) Cloudflare
15 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Copilot
16 5 (0.29%) Cloud Computing
16 5 (0.29%) GCP
17 4 (0.24%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 286 (16.87%) Firewall
2 222 (13.10%) DNS
3 186 (10.97%) DHCP
4 182 (10.74%) VPN
5 158 (9.32%) Wi-Fi
6 120 (7.08%) LAN
7 114 (6.73%) WAN
8 112 (6.61%) TCP/IP
9 88 (5.19%) VLAN
10 80 (4.72%) VoIP
11 72 (4.25%) Wireless
12 48 (2.83%) SAN
13 30 (1.77%) Network Security
14 23 (1.36%) Internet
15 17 (1.00%) Remote Desktop
16 16 (0.94%) WLAN
17 12 (0.71%) SSL
18 8 (0.47%) SD-WAN
19 7 (0.41%) NAS
20 5 (0.29%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (4.01%) SQL Server
2 11 (0.65%) Power BI
3 10 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (0.35%) MySQL
5 5 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.12%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 45 (2.65%) JIRA
2 2 (0.12%) GitLab
2 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.059%) Carbide.c++
3 1 (0.059%) Chocolatey
General
1 437 (25.78%) Social Skills
2 66 (3.89%) Finance
3 65 (3.83%) Legal
4 63 (3.72%) Manufacturing
5 59 (3.48%) Analytical Skills
6 57 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
7 56 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 44 (2.60%) Law
9 41 (2.42%) Retail
10 29 (1.71%) Advertising
10 29 (1.71%) Telecoms
11 20 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
12 17 (1.00%) Automotive
13 10 (0.59%) Public Sector
14 8 (0.47%) Aerospace
15 7 (0.41%) Local Government
16 6 (0.35%) Banking
17 5 (0.29%) Games
18 4 (0.24%) Dutch Language
18 4 (0.24%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (0.53%) HTML
2 7 (0.41%) JSON
3 5 (0.29%) CSS
3 5 (0.29%) Web Services
4 2 (0.12%) EDI
4 2 (0.12%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.059%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 208 (12.27%) Driving Licence
2 90 (5.31%) Onboarding
3 66 (3.89%) Self-Motivation
4 38 (2.24%) Data Centre
5 36 (2.12%) CCTV
6 16 (0.94%) Security Posture
6 16 (0.94%) Video Conferencing
7 15 (0.88%) Clustering
8 14 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
9 13 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (0.71%) Management Information System
11 11 (0.65%) Cloud Native
11 11 (0.65%) NHS
12 10 (0.59%) Replication
13 9 (0.53%) Operational Technology
13 9 (0.53%) PKI
14 8 (0.47%) FMCG
15 7 (0.41%) Cyber Threat
15 7 (0.41%) iPhone
15 7 (0.41%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 719 (42.42%) Windows
2 365 (21.53%) Windows Server
3 142 (8.38%) Windows 10
4 123 (7.26%) Mac OS
5 108 (6.37%) Linux
6 53 (3.13%) Windows Server 2019
7 46 (2.71%) Apple iOS
8 45 (2.65%) Windows Server 2016
9 37 (2.18%) Android
10 19 (1.12%) Windows Server 2012
11 16 (0.94%) Windows 7
12 10 (0.59%) Windows 8
13 9 (0.53%) Mac OS X
14 7 (0.41%) Ubuntu
15 4 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
16 2 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 408 (24.07%) Problem-Solving
2 340 (20.06%) Customer Service
3 230 (13.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 187 (11.03%) Cybersecurity
5 151 (8.91%) ITIL
6 132 (7.79%) Disaster Recovery
7 121 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
8 87 (5.13%) ITSM
9 86 (5.07%) Service Delivery
10 82 (4.84%) Project Delivery
11 64 (3.78%) Service Management
12 63 (3.72%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 59 (3.48%) Change Management
13 59 (3.48%) Mentoring
14 50 (2.95%) Root Cause Analysis
15 49 (2.89%) Business Continuity
16 42 (2.48%) Process Improvement
17 41 (2.42%) Migration
17 41 (2.42%) User Experience
18 40 (2.36%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 123 (7.26%) PowerShell
2 57 (3.36%) SQL
3 12 (0.71%) Python
4 10 (0.59%) R
5 7 (0.41%) Ruby
6 4 (0.24%) PHP
6 4 (0.24%) VB
6 4 (0.24%) VBScript
7 3 (0.18%) Bash
7 3 (0.18%) Bicep
7 3 (0.18%) C#
7 3 (0.18%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.18%) VBA
8 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.059%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 113 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 111 (6.55%) Degree
3 73 (4.31%) DBS Check
4 62 (3.66%) Security Cleared
5 46 (2.71%) Cisco Certification
6 45 (2.65%) CCNA
7 35 (2.06%) SC Cleared
8 32 (1.89%) A+ Certification
9 30 (1.77%) Azure Certification
10 25 (1.47%) Network+ Certification
11 16 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
12 15 (0.88%) DV Cleared
13 13 (0.77%) MCSE
14 9 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
15 7 (0.41%) AWS Certification
16 6 (0.35%) CCNP
16 6 (0.35%) MCSA
17 5 (0.29%) MCITP
18 4 (0.24%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (5.78%) Cyber Essentials
2 57 (3.36%) SLA
3 56 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 32 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 25 (1.47%) GDPR
6 11 (0.65%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.29%) NIST
8 4 (0.24%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.12%) QA
10 1 (0.059%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.059%) NCSC
10 1 (0.059%) TickIT
System Software
1 584 (34.45%) Active Directory
2 186 (10.97%) Hyper-V
3 135 (7.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
6 13 (0.77%) Docker
6 13 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (0.59%) vSphere
8 8 (0.47%) BitLocker
9 6 (0.35%) Terminal Services
9 6 (0.35%) VMware Workstation
10 4 (0.24%) Firmware
11 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.059%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.059%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 262 (15.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (1.83%) SCCM
3 27 (1.59%) Jamf Pro
4 26 (1.53%) Autotask
5 15 (0.88%) WSUS
6 10 (0.59%) Failover Clustering
7 8 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 8 (0.47%) FortiGate
8 7 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.29%) Terraform
10 4 (0.24%) Ansible
10 4 (0.24%) Iperf
10 4 (0.24%) Kubernetes
11 2 (0.12%) PaperCut
12 1 (0.059%) Argo
12 1 (0.059%) Nessus
12 1 (0.059%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 836 (49.32%) Microsoft
2 185 (10.91%) VMware
3 71 (4.19%) Cisco
4 65 (3.83%) Google
5 47 (2.77%) Veeam
6 42 (2.48%) Meraki
7 39 (2.30%) Apple
8 36 (2.12%) SonicWALL
9 34 (2.01%) HP
9 34 (2.01%) Ubiquiti
10 25 (1.47%) Dell
11 23 (1.36%) Sophos
12 22 (1.30%) Datto
13 18 (1.06%) Fortinet
14 17 (1.00%) Aruba
15 13 (0.77%) ServiceNow
16 12 (0.71%) Draytek
17 11 (0.65%) Epicor
17 11 (0.65%) Logitech
17 11 (0.65%) TOWER Software