IT Engineer Job Trends in England

IT Engineer
UK > England

The median IT Engineer salary in England is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 March 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 152 133
Rank change year-on-year +48 -19 +125
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,242 765 1,623
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.92% 1.94% 2.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.10% 2.14% 2.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,065 485 1,471
10th Percentile £25,875 £25,350 £24,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £27,500 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +4.48% -
75th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £43,000
90th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £50,250
UK median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +6.06% -0.18%

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 59,237 35,681 69,690
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.80% 90.61% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 38,503 20,963 55,094
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

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 11 March 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 11 March 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 +50 333 £33,500 -4.29% 59
North of England +47 260 £32,500 -4.41% 50
Midlands -21 228 £31,500 -10.00% 27
London +60 171 £40,000 -11.11% 34
East Midlands -5 133 £30,000 - 12
North West +47 132 £30,000 -22.08% 28
East of England +46 127 £30,000 +9.09% 33
South West +44 121 £35,000 +1.45% 27
Yorkshire +13 119 £35,000 +16.67% 17
West Midlands -47 95 £32,500 -7.14% 15
North East -20 9 £30,000 -16.67% 9
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 March 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.

1 573 (46.14%) Windows
2 564 (45.41%) Microsoft 365
3 556 (44.77%) Microsoft
4 459 (36.96%) Active Directory
5 389 (31.32%) Azure
6 363 (29.23%) Problem-Solving
7 296 (23.83%) Windows Server
8 248 (19.97%) Customer Service
9 231 (18.60%) Firewall
10 208 (16.75%) DNS
11 199 (16.02%) Entra ID
12 192 (15.46%) DHCP
13 183 (14.73%) Microsoft Intune
14 169 (13.61%) VPN
15 157 (12.64%) Windows 10
16 156 (12.56%) ITIL
17 140 (11.27%) SharePoint
18 136 (10.95%) VMware
19 134 (10.79%) Microsoft Exchange
20 123 (9.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
21 119 (9.58%) Microsoft Office
22 115 (9.26%) Cybersecurity
22 115 (9.26%) WAN
23 113 (9.10%) Hyper-V
24 110 (8.86%) LAN
25 100 (8.05%) Wi-Fi
26 96 (7.73%) Google
27 90 (7.25%) VLAN
28 88 (7.09%) Degree
29 86 (6.92%) TCP/IP

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
1 140 (11.27%) SharePoint
2 134 (10.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.21%) Confluence
4 14 (1.13%) IIS
5 7 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2007
5 7 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2010
5 7 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.081%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 119 (9.58%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.16%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.16%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.081%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.081%) CINEMA 4D
Business Applications
1 7 (0.56%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.081%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.081%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.081%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 564 (45.41%) Microsoft 365
2 389 (31.32%) Azure
3 199 (16.02%) Entra ID
4 82 (6.60%) Google Workspace
5 76 (6.12%) AWS
6 45 (3.62%) OneDrive
7 38 (3.06%) SaaS
8 25 (2.01%) Power Platform
9 24 (1.93%) GCP
10 20 (1.61%) IaaS
10 20 (1.61%) PaaS
11 16 (1.29%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (1.05%) Power Automate
13 11 (0.89%) Datadog
14 10 (0.81%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (0.72%) PowerApps
16 7 (0.56%) Microsoft Copilot
16 7 (0.56%) OCI
17 5 (0.40%) Azure AI
17 5 (0.40%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 231 (18.60%) Firewall
2 208 (16.75%) DNS
3 192 (15.46%) DHCP
4 169 (13.61%) VPN
5 115 (9.26%) WAN
6 110 (8.86%) LAN
7 100 (8.05%) Wi-Fi
8 90 (7.25%) VLAN
9 86 (6.92%) TCP/IP
10 59 (4.75%) VoIP
11 33 (2.66%) SAN
12 30 (2.42%) Wireless
13 25 (2.01%) SD-WAN
14 18 (1.45%) Network Security
15 14 (1.13%) Remote Desktop
16 10 (0.81%) IP Telephony
17 9 (0.72%) Internet
18 8 (0.64%) WLAN
19 5 (0.40%) SSL
19 5 (0.40%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (4.11%) SQL Server
2 24 (1.93%) Power BI
3 12 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.40%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.16%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.081%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.081%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.081%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 31 (2.50%) JIRA
2 8 (0.64%) Chocolatey
3 4 (0.32%) GitLab
4 2 (0.16%) Git
4 2 (0.16%) Snyk
5 1 (0.081%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.081%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.081%) JMeter
5 1 (0.081%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.081%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.081%) NeoLoad
General
1 332 (26.73%) Social Skills
2 83 (6.68%) Finance
3 76 (6.12%) Organisational Skills
4 54 (4.35%) Law
5 50 (4.03%) Analytical Skills
6 41 (3.30%) Retail
7 39 (3.14%) Multimedia
8 37 (2.98%) Manufacturing
9 33 (2.66%) Telecoms
10 32 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 32 (2.58%) Legal
11 24 (1.93%) Public Sector
12 9 (0.72%) Advertising
12 9 (0.72%) Banking
12 9 (0.72%) Games
13 7 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (0.56%) Electronics
14 5 (0.40%) Social Housing
15 4 (0.32%) Billing
15 4 (0.32%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (1.45%) .NET
2 13 (1.05%) .NET Framework
3 12 (0.97%) Entity Framework
3 12 (0.97%) WinForms
4 7 (0.56%) ASP.NET
5 4 (0.32%) OpenTelemetry
6 3 (0.24%) OAuth
7 2 (0.16%) OAuth2
7 2 (0.16%) React
7 2 (0.16%) REST
8 1 (0.081%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.081%) AVA JavaScript Test Runner
8 1 (0.081%) GraphQL
8 1 (0.081%) LangChain
8 1 (0.081%) LangGraph
8 1 (0.081%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (0.081%) OpenID
8 1 (0.081%) SAML
8 1 (0.081%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 206 (16.59%) Driving Licence
2 59 (4.75%) Onboarding
3 37 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
4 24 (1.93%) CCTV
5 18 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (0.97%) Security Posture
7 11 (0.89%) Data Centre
7 11 (0.89%) Smartphone
8 10 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (0.81%) iPhone
9 9 (0.72%) Fat Client
9 9 (0.72%) iPad
9 9 (0.72%) Social Media
9 9 (0.72%) Thin Client
10 8 (0.64%) Cyber Threat
10 8 (0.64%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (0.56%) FMCG
11 7 (0.56%) Management Information System
12 6 (0.48%) PMI
13 5 (0.40%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 573 (46.14%) Windows
2 296 (23.83%) Windows Server
3 157 (12.64%) Windows 10
4 80 (6.44%) Mac OS
5 54 (4.35%) Windows Server 2019
6 51 (4.11%) Linux
7 49 (3.95%) Windows Server 2016
8 25 (2.01%) Android
8 25 (2.01%) Apple iOS
9 24 (1.93%) Windows Server 2012
10 17 (1.37%) Windows 7
11 13 (1.05%) Mac OS X
12 11 (0.89%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.24%) Debian
14 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.081%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.081%) Solaris
15 1 (0.081%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.081%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 363 (29.23%) Problem-Solving
2 248 (19.97%) Customer Service
3 156 (12.56%) ITIL
4 123 (9.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 115 (9.26%) Cybersecurity
6 85 (6.84%) Mentoring
7 81 (6.52%) ITSM
8 62 (4.99%) Service Delivery
9 53 (4.27%) Disaster Recovery
10 48 (3.86%) Migration
11 46 (3.70%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 44 (3.54%) Process Improvement
13 43 (3.46%) Asset Management
13 43 (3.46%) Continuous Improvement
14 40 (3.22%) Computer Science
15 36 (2.90%) Incident Management
16 35 (2.82%) Root Cause Analysis
16 35 (2.82%) Service Management
17 33 (2.66%) Change Management
17 33 (2.66%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 65 (5.23%) PowerShell
2 48 (3.86%) SQL
3 16 (1.29%) C#
4 12 (0.97%) Python
4 12 (0.97%) T-SQL
5 10 (0.81%) Bash
6 7 (0.56%) PL/SQL
6 7 (0.56%) VBScript
7 5 (0.40%) VB
8 3 (0.24%) Uniface
9 2 (0.16%) Google Apps Script
9 2 (0.16%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.081%) Java
10 1 (0.081%) PHP
10 1 (0.081%) R
10 1 (0.081%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 88 (7.09%) Degree
2 82 (6.60%) Microsoft Certification
3 56 (4.51%) Security Cleared
4 48 (3.86%) DBS Check
5 37 (2.98%) Cisco Certification
5 37 (2.98%) SC Cleared
6 36 (2.90%) CCNA
7 33 (2.66%) A+ Certification
8 31 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
10 20 (1.61%) Network+ Certification
11 19 (1.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 17 (1.37%) Azure Certification
13 16 (1.29%) MCSE
14 15 (1.21%) DV Cleared
15 13 (1.05%) CCNP
15 13 (1.05%) MCSA
16 8 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
17 6 (0.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 6 (0.48%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (6.04%) SLA
2 56 (4.51%) Cyber Essentials
3 39 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 10 (0.81%) GDPR
6 7 (0.56%) QA
7 6 (0.48%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.48%) NIST
8 1 (0.081%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.081%) SOC 2
System Software
1 459 (36.96%) Active Directory
2 113 (9.10%) Hyper-V
3 79 (6.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (0.89%) VMware Workstation
6 8 (0.64%) vSphere
7 7 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.48%) Firmware
9 5 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.32%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.24%) Docker
12 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.081%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.081%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 183 (14.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (2.17%) SCCM
3 21 (1.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 15 (1.21%) Autotask
4 15 (1.21%) Jamf Pro
4 15 (1.21%) WSUS
5 10 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.72%) Ansible
6 9 (0.72%) FortiGate
7 7 (0.56%) SmoothWall
8 4 (0.32%) Kubernetes
9 3 (0.24%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.16%) Terraform
11 1 (0.081%) Nessus
11 1 (0.081%) Podman
11 1 (0.081%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 556 (44.77%) Microsoft
2 136 (10.95%) VMware
3 96 (7.73%) Google
4 52 (4.19%) Fortinet
5 47 (3.78%) Apple
6 39 (3.14%) Fujitsu
6 39 (3.14%) Virgin Media
7 36 (2.90%) Cisco
8 32 (2.58%) Meraki
9 30 (2.42%) Veeam
10 20 (1.61%) Dell
11 17 (1.37%) Sage
12 14 (1.13%) ServiceNow
12 14 (1.13%) WatchGuard
13 12 (0.97%) Xamarin
14 11 (0.89%) Adobe
14 11 (0.89%) Citrix
14 11 (0.89%) Datto
14 11 (0.89%) ESET
15 10 (0.81%) Ubiquiti