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 14 November 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 207 148
Rank change year-on-year +78 -59 +25
Permanent IT Engineer jobs 1,526 627 1,097
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.41% 1.36% 1.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.54% 1.50% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,232 516 643
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,750 £25,900
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £37,338
Median % change year-on-year - -6.26% +6.68%
75th Percentile £45,000 £42,688 £47,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £33,000 £36,750
% change year-on-year +6.06% -10.20% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in England matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
14 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in England matching a recognised job title 99,320 41,709 57,691
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.79% 90.57% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 67,525 26,384 32,521
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,056 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.09% -7.73% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -4.17%

IT Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT Engineer job postings 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 IT Engineer jobs in England over the 6 months to 14 November 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 Engineer jobs within the England region over the 6 months to 14 November 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
South East +59 383 £38,500 +15.79% 163
Midlands +8 277 £35,000 +11.11% 110
North of England -1 256 £35,000 +7.69% 134
South West +26 239 £35,000 - 38
London +23 194 £37,500 -6.25% 172
East of England +35 177 £35,000 +12.90% 56
West Midlands +42 157 £35,000 -28.21% 70
North West +6 138 £35,000 +14.75% 67
East Midlands -34 120 £35,000 +16.67% 40
Yorkshire -22 91 £30,000 -23.57% 48
North East -48 27 £40,000 -17.95% 21
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 November 2026, IT Engineer job ads cited 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 IT Engineer job ads across the England region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Microsoft54.7%835
2Microsoft 36549.3%752
2Windows49.3%752
4Active Directory36.3%554
5Azure27.7%422
6Entra ID25.6%391
7Problem-Solving25.0%381
8Windows Server24.4%372
9Customer Service22.1%337
10Microsoft Intune20.2%309
11Firewall18.7%285
12Infrastructure Engineering18.3%279
13DNS17.8%271
14Microsoft Exchange17.7%270
15Cybersecurity16.5%252
16DHCP15.5%236
17VPN14.4%219
18SharePoint13.7%209
19Hyper-V13.0%199
20VMware12.7%194
21TCP/IP12.0%183
22ITIL10.7%163
23Wi-Fi9.8%149
24Continuous Improvement9.7%148
25VMware Infrastructure9.6%147
26VLAN8.7%132
27Disaster Recovery8.5%129
28Windows 108.4%128
29PowerShell8.3%126
30LAN7.4%113

IT Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1IT Support Engineer65.9%1,005
2IT Infrastructure Engineer12.5%191
3Senior IT Engineer11.5%175
42nd Line Engineer10.2%156
5Field Engineer9.8%150
62nd Line Support Engineer9.2%141
7Systems Engineer7.3%112
8Senior IT Support6.9%105
9Senior Support Engineer6.4%98
103rd Line Engineer5.5%84
113rd Line Support Engineer5.2%79
12Field Service Engineer3.5%53
12IT Security Engineer3.5%53
141st/2nd Line Support Engineer3.3%51
15Infrastructure Support Engineer3.2%49
161st Line Engineer2.5%38
171st Line Support Engineer2.4%37
18Senior Infrastructure Engineer2.2%33
18Service Desk Engineer2.2%33
20Junior IT Engineer2.0%31
748 IT Engineer jobs in England