IT Engineer Job Trends in England

IT Engineer
UK > England

The median IT Engineer salary in England is £34,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 April 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 204 134
Rank change year-on-year +113 -70 +108
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,505 596 1,762
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.89% 1.57% 2.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.03% 1.77% 2.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,287 420 1,581
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £27,500 £26,600
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £35,000 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +6.06% -4.35%
75th Percentile £42,375 £43,750 £43,000
90th Percentile £53,750 £54,500 £51,000
UK median annual salary £34,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -1.43% +7.69% -5.80%

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 74,036 33,691 78,502
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.85% 88.93% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 48,620 21,281 59,900
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,580 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.84%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 29 April 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 29 April 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 +76 356 £34,000 -2.86% 59
North of England +73 322 £32,500 -1.52% 46
Midlands -6 258 £32,000 -8.57% 37
East of England +67 200 £32,500 +12.07% 41
London +65 198 £40,000 -13.51% 24
North West +74 172 £32,425 -7.36% 24
South West +53 168 £35,000 +1.45% 25
Yorkshire +6 140 £32,500 +8.33% 21
East Midlands +3 139 £30,000 - 25
West Midlands -30 119 £32,500 -7.14% 12
North East -38 10 £30,000 -20.00% 3
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 April 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.

1 656 (43.59%) Microsoft
2 653 (43.39%) Microsoft 365
3 600 (39.87%) Windows
4 510 (33.89%) Active Directory
5 403 (26.78%) Azure
6 387 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
7 321 (21.33%) Windows Server
8 287 (19.07%) Customer Service
9 252 (16.74%) Entra ID
10 245 (16.28%) Firewall
11 201 (13.36%) DNS
12 190 (12.62%) Microsoft Intune
13 182 (12.09%) DHCP
14 172 (11.43%) VPN
15 171 (11.36%) Windows 10
16 163 (10.83%) SharePoint
17 153 (10.17%) Microsoft Exchange
18 152 (10.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 152 (10.10%) ITIL
19 142 (9.44%) VMware
20 138 (9.17%) LAN
21 136 (9.04%) WAN
22 130 (8.64%) Wi-Fi
23 124 (8.24%) Microsoft Office
24 122 (8.11%) Cybersecurity
25 116 (7.71%) Hyper-V
26 98 (6.51%) Degree
27 94 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
28 92 (6.11%) ITSM
29 90 (5.98%) Mentoring

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
1 163 (10.83%) SharePoint
2 153 (10.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (0.93%) Confluence
4 10 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2013
5 8 (0.53%) Exchange Server 2007
5 8 (0.53%) Exchange Server 2010
6 6 (0.40%) IIS
Applications
1 124 (8.24%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.20%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.13%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.066%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.066%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (0.47%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.066%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 653 (43.39%) Microsoft 365
2 403 (26.78%) Azure
3 252 (16.74%) Entra ID
4 74 (4.92%) Google Workspace
5 58 (3.85%) AWS
6 45 (2.99%) OneDrive
7 43 (2.86%) SaaS
8 28 (1.86%) PaaS
9 25 (1.66%) IaaS
10 21 (1.40%) Power Platform
11 13 (0.86%) Mimecast
11 13 (0.86%) PowerApps
12 10 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (0.66%) Azure Sentinel
12 10 (0.66%) Datadog
13 9 (0.60%) Power Automate
14 7 (0.47%) GCP
14 7 (0.47%) OCI
15 5 (0.33%) Intacct
15 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 245 (16.28%) Firewall
2 201 (13.36%) DNS
3 182 (12.09%) DHCP
4 172 (11.43%) VPN
5 138 (9.17%) LAN
6 136 (9.04%) WAN
7 130 (8.64%) Wi-Fi
8 85 (5.65%) VLAN
9 69 (4.58%) VoIP
10 66 (4.39%) TCP/IP
11 44 (2.92%) SAN
12 36 (2.39%) Wireless
13 24 (1.59%) Network Security
14 23 (1.53%) SD-WAN
15 11 (0.73%) Internet
15 11 (0.73%) Remote Desktop
16 10 (0.66%) WLAN
17 7 (0.47%) NAS
17 7 (0.47%) SSL
18 6 (0.40%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (4.19%) SQL Server
2 21 (1.40%) Power BI
3 3 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.20%) MySQL
4 1 (0.066%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.066%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.066%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 37 (2.46%) JIRA
2 8 (0.53%) Chocolatey
3 4 (0.27%) GitLab
4 1 (0.066%) Git
4 1 (0.066%) LabVIEW
General
1 349 (23.19%) Social Skills
2 81 (5.38%) Finance
3 69 (4.58%) Organisational Skills
4 55 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 54 (3.59%) Analytical Skills
6 52 (3.46%) Manufacturing
7 49 (3.26%) Law
8 41 (2.72%) Retail
9 39 (2.59%) Legal
9 39 (2.59%) Multimedia
10 38 (2.52%) Telecoms
11 23 (1.53%) Public Sector
12 13 (0.86%) Advertising
12 13 (0.86%) Automotive
13 9 (0.60%) Banking
14 8 (0.53%) Games
15 6 (0.40%) Electronics
16 5 (0.33%) Dutch Language
16 5 (0.33%) Social Housing
16 5 (0.33%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.33%) CSS
1 5 (0.33%) HTML
2 4 (0.27%) .NET
2 4 (0.27%) OpenTelemetry
3 3 (0.20%) JSON
3 3 (0.20%) Web Services
4 1 (0.066%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.066%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.066%) AVA JavaScript Test Runner
4 1 (0.066%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.066%) LangChain
4 1 (0.066%) LangGraph
4 1 (0.066%) OAuth
4 1 (0.066%) OpenID
4 1 (0.066%) React
4 1 (0.066%) SAML
4 1 (0.066%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.066%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 209 (13.89%) Driving Licence
2 70 (4.65%) Onboarding
3 44 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
4 27 (1.79%) CCTV
5 25 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
6 17 (1.13%) Data Centre
7 11 (0.73%) FMCG
7 11 (0.73%) Security Posture
7 11 (0.73%) Social Media
8 10 (0.66%) iPad
8 10 (0.66%) iPhone
8 10 (0.66%) Smartphone
9 8 (0.53%) Cyber Threat
9 8 (0.53%) Fat Client
9 8 (0.53%) Linux Command Line
9 8 (0.53%) Thin Client
10 7 (0.47%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (0.47%) Operational Technology
11 6 (0.40%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (0.40%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 600 (39.87%) Windows
2 321 (21.33%) Windows Server
3 171 (11.36%) Windows 10
4 83 (5.51%) Mac OS
5 53 (3.52%) Linux
6 49 (3.26%) Windows Server 2019
7 47 (3.12%) Windows Server 2016
8 40 (2.66%) Apple iOS
9 34 (2.26%) Android
10 23 (1.53%) Windows Server 2012
11 14 (0.93%) Windows 7
12 11 (0.73%) Mac OS X
13 9 (0.60%) Windows 8
14 4 (0.27%) Ubuntu
14 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
15 2 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.066%) Solaris
16 1 (0.066%) Unix
16 1 (0.066%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 387 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
2 287 (19.07%) Customer Service
3 152 (10.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 152 (10.10%) ITIL
4 122 (8.11%) Cybersecurity
5 92 (6.11%) ITSM
6 90 (5.98%) Mentoring
7 77 (5.12%) Disaster Recovery
8 63 (4.19%) Service Delivery
9 60 (3.99%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 54 (3.59%) Continuous Improvement
11 47 (3.12%) Migration
11 47 (3.12%) Service Management
12 43 (2.86%) Time Management
13 41 (2.72%) Asset Management
13 41 (2.72%) Change Management
14 40 (2.66%) Process Improvement
14 40 (2.66%) Project Delivery
15 39 (2.59%) Root Cause Analysis
16 36 (2.39%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 75 (4.98%) PowerShell
2 42 (2.79%) SQL
3 10 (0.66%) Bash
3 10 (0.66%) Python
4 5 (0.33%) C#
4 5 (0.33%) VB
5 4 (0.27%) PHP
5 4 (0.27%) R
6 3 (0.20%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.20%) Uniface
6 3 (0.20%) VBA
7 2 (0.13%) Google Apps Script
8 1 (0.066%) Java
8 1 (0.066%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.066%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.066%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.066%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 98 (6.51%) Degree
2 94 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
3 71 (4.72%) Security Cleared
4 57 (3.79%) DBS Check
5 45 (2.99%) SC Cleared
6 36 (2.39%) A+ Certification
6 36 (2.39%) Cisco Certification
7 34 (2.26%) CCNA
8 26 (1.73%) Network+ Certification
9 21 (1.40%) Azure Certification
10 20 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
11 16 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
12 15 (1.00%) DV Cleared
12 15 (1.00%) MCSE
13 10 (0.66%) CCNP
13 10 (0.66%) CompTIA Security+
14 6 (0.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 6 (0.40%) MCITP
14 6 (0.40%) MCSA
14 6 (0.40%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (5.85%) SLA
2 56 (3.72%) Cyber Essentials
3 45 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 23 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 11 (0.73%) GDPR
6 7 (0.47%) NIST
6 7 (0.47%) QA
7 3 (0.20%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.066%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.066%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.066%) SOC 2
System Software
1 510 (33.89%) Active Directory
2 116 (7.71%) Hyper-V
3 83 (5.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (0.66%) Docker
7 9 (0.60%) VMware Workstation
8 7 (0.47%) vSphere
9 5 (0.33%) Terminal Services
10 4 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.27%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.20%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.20%) Firmware
12 1 (0.066%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 190 (12.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (2.26%) SCCM
3 21 (1.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 21 (1.40%) Autotask
4 19 (1.26%) WSUS
5 18 (1.20%) Jamf Pro
6 11 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (0.66%) FortiGate
8 5 (0.33%) Ansible
8 5 (0.33%) SmoothWall
9 3 (0.20%) Terraform
10 1 (0.066%) Kubernetes
10 1 (0.066%) Podman
10 1 (0.066%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 656 (43.59%) Microsoft
2 142 (9.44%) VMware
3 80 (5.32%) Google
4 60 (3.99%) Fortinet
5 51 (3.39%) Apple
6 43 (2.86%) Cisco
7 39 (2.59%) Fujitsu
7 39 (2.59%) Virgin Media
8 37 (2.46%) Meraki
9 22 (1.46%) Dell
10 20 (1.33%) Veeam
11 19 (1.26%) Datto
12 18 (1.20%) HP
12 18 (1.20%) Sophos
13 15 (1.00%) SonicWALL
14 13 (0.86%) Draytek
14 13 (0.86%) Epicor
14 13 (0.86%) ServiceNow
14 13 (0.86%) Ubiquiti
15 11 (0.73%) Citrix