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 22 January 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 166 146
Rank change year-on-year +20 -20 +120
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 886 856 1,157
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.63% 1.79% 2.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.79% 1.94% 2.19%
Number of salaries quoted 727 503 1,067
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £29,000 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - +6.06%
75th Percentile £40,750 £47,500 £43,750
90th Percentile £49,000 £57,500 £54,700
UK median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +6.06%

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 49,569 44,148 52,848
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.99% 92.27% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 31,460 23,079 41,799
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +6.15% -9.56%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
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 22 January 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 22 January 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 +35 204 £32,500 -7.14% 101
Midlands -19 201 £31,500 -10.00% 34
North of England +41 173 £32,500 -7.14% 74
London +55 147 £42,000 -16.00% 35
East Midlands +13 131 £30,000 - 19
South West +34 86 £33,000 -5.71% 32
North West +32 85 £30,000 -17.24% 30
Yorkshire +18 81 £41,500 +25.76% 32
East of England +25 77 £30,000 - 33
West Midlands -51 70 £33,750 -3.57% 15
North East 0 7 £30,000 -16.67% 16
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 January 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.

1 438 (49.44%) Windows
2 435 (49.10%) Microsoft 365
3 434 (48.98%) Microsoft
4 356 (40.18%) Active Directory
5 310 (34.99%) Azure
6 293 (33.07%) Problem-Solving
7 241 (27.20%) Windows Server
8 184 (20.77%) Firewall
9 182 (20.54%) Customer Service
10 180 (20.32%) DNS
11 165 (18.62%) DHCP
12 157 (17.72%) Microsoft Intune
13 152 (17.16%) Entra ID
14 133 (15.01%) VPN
15 132 (14.90%) SharePoint
16 125 (14.11%) ITIL
17 115 (12.98%) Windows 10
18 107 (12.08%) VMware
19 106 (11.96%) Microsoft Exchange
20 91 (10.27%) Cybersecurity
21 88 (9.93%) TCP/IP
22 86 (9.71%) Degree
23 85 (9.59%) Hyper-V
23 85 (9.59%) VLAN
24 80 (9.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
24 80 (9.03%) Mentoring
25 78 (8.80%) WAN
26 74 (8.35%) Microsoft Office
27 72 (8.13%) LAN
27 72 (8.13%) Wi-Fi

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
1 132 (14.90%) SharePoint
2 106 (11.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (2.03%) IIS
4 7 (0.79%) Confluence
5 3 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 74 (8.35%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.34%) CINEMA 4D
5 2 (0.23%) Acrobat
5 2 (0.23%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.23%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 435 (49.10%) Microsoft 365
2 310 (34.99%) Azure
3 152 (17.16%) Entra ID
4 58 (6.55%) AWS
5 50 (5.64%) Google Workspace
6 35 (3.95%) OneDrive
7 32 (3.61%) SaaS
8 23 (2.60%) GCP
8 23 (2.60%) Power Platform
9 15 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (1.47%) Datadog
10 13 (1.47%) IaaS
10 13 (1.47%) PaaS
10 13 (1.47%) Power Automate
11 6 (0.68%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (0.68%) iPaaS
11 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Copilot
12 5 (0.56%) Azure AI
12 5 (0.56%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (0.56%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 184 (20.77%) Firewall
2 180 (20.32%) DNS
3 165 (18.62%) DHCP
4 133 (15.01%) VPN
5 88 (9.93%) TCP/IP
6 85 (9.59%) VLAN
7 78 (8.80%) WAN
8 72 (8.13%) LAN
8 72 (8.13%) Wi-Fi
9 39 (4.40%) VoIP
10 37 (4.18%) Wireless
11 34 (3.84%) SAN
12 20 (2.26%) Network Security
13 17 (1.92%) SD-WAN
14 11 (1.24%) IP Telephony
15 10 (1.13%) Remote Desktop
16 8 (0.90%) Internet
16 8 (0.90%) WLAN
17 7 (0.79%) IPsec
18 5 (0.56%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (4.63%) SQL Server
2 20 (2.26%) Power BI
3 12 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 10 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (0.79%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.34%) DynamoDB
6 3 (0.34%) Mixpanel
6 3 (0.34%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.34%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.11%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 22 (2.48%) JIRA
2 7 (0.79%) Chocolatey
3 5 (0.56%) Git
4 3 (0.34%) Browser DevTools
4 3 (0.34%) Charles Proxy
4 3 (0.34%) Fiddler
4 3 (0.34%) Maven
4 3 (0.34%) Postman
4 3 (0.34%) Selenium
4 3 (0.34%) TestNG
4 3 (0.34%) WebDriver
4 3 (0.34%) Zephyr
5 2 (0.23%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.23%) JMeter
5 2 (0.23%) LoadRunner
5 2 (0.23%) NeoLoad
5 2 (0.23%) Snyk
6 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.11%) GitLab
6 1 (0.11%) LabVIEW
General
1 289 (32.62%) Social Skills
2 68 (7.67%) Finance
3 57 (6.43%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (6.32%) Law
5 51 (5.76%) Organisational Skills
6 42 (4.74%) Manufacturing
7 39 (4.40%) Multimedia
8 29 (3.27%) Legal
9 28 (3.16%) Telecoms
10 21 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 21 (2.37%) Public Sector
11 17 (1.92%) Retail
12 13 (1.47%) Electronics
13 10 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (0.90%) Advertising
14 8 (0.90%) Games
15 7 (0.79%) Banking
16 5 (0.56%) Marketing
17 4 (0.45%) Dutch Language
17 4 (0.45%) French Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.37%) .NET
2 15 (1.69%) .NET Framework
3 12 (1.35%) Entity Framework
3 12 (1.35%) WinForms
4 9 (1.02%) REST
5 7 (0.79%) ASP.NET
6 6 (0.68%) GraphQL
7 4 (0.45%) React
8 3 (0.34%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.34%) OAuth
9 2 (0.23%) OAuth2
10 1 (0.11%) AVA JavaScript Test Runner
10 1 (0.11%) LangChain
10 1 (0.11%) LangGraph
10 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Graph
10 1 (0.11%) OpenID
10 1 (0.11%) OpenTelemetry
10 1 (0.11%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 163 (18.40%) Driving Licence
2 50 (5.64%) Onboarding
3 35 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (2.26%) Analytical Mindset
5 16 (1.81%) CCTV
6 14 (1.58%) Product Ownership
7 11 (1.24%) iPad
8 10 (1.13%) Data Centre
9 9 (1.02%) Clustering
9 9 (1.02%) Smartphone
10 8 (0.90%) Cyber Security Posture
10 8 (0.90%) Fat Client
10 8 (0.90%) FMCG
10 8 (0.90%) Security Posture
10 8 (0.90%) Thin Client
11 7 (0.79%) CMDB
11 7 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
11 7 (0.79%) iPhone
11 7 (0.79%) Virtual Team
12 6 (0.68%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 438 (49.44%) Windows
2 241 (27.20%) Windows Server
3 115 (12.98%) Windows 10
4 57 (6.43%) Mac OS
5 42 (4.74%) Linux
6 40 (4.51%) Windows Server 2019
7 35 (3.95%) Windows Server 2016
8 21 (2.37%) Android
9 19 (2.14%) Apple iOS
10 16 (1.81%) Windows Server 2012
11 8 (0.90%) Mac OS X
12 7 (0.79%) Windows 7
13 6 (0.68%) VMS
14 5 (0.56%) Windows 8
15 3 (0.34%) Debian
16 2 (0.23%) Rocky
17 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 1 (0.11%) Solaris
17 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
17 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 293 (33.07%) Problem-Solving
2 182 (20.54%) Customer Service
3 125 (14.11%) ITIL
4 91 (10.27%) Cybersecurity
5 80 (9.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 80 (9.03%) Mentoring
6 52 (5.87%) Disaster Recovery
6 52 (5.87%) ITSM
7 43 (4.85%) Migration
8 40 (4.51%) Computer Science
9 36 (4.06%) Incident Management
9 36 (4.06%) Service Delivery
10 35 (3.95%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 32 (3.61%) Continuous Improvement
12 31 (3.50%) Project Delivery
13 29 (3.27%) Data Protection
13 29 (3.27%) Software Engineering
14 28 (3.16%) Asset Management
14 28 (3.16%) Process Improvement
15 26 (2.93%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 55 (6.21%) PowerShell
2 42 (4.74%) SQL
3 18 (2.03%) C#
4 17 (1.92%) Python
5 12 (1.35%) T-SQL
6 9 (1.02%) JavaScript
7 7 (0.79%) PL/SQL
7 7 (0.79%) VBScript
8 4 (0.45%) Java
9 3 (0.34%) Bash
10 2 (0.23%) Google Apps Script
10 2 (0.23%) Uniface
11 1 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.11%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.11%) VB
11 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 86 (9.71%) Degree
2 67 (7.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 41 (4.63%) DBS Check
4 31 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (3.27%) Cisco Certification
6 27 (3.05%) CCNA
7 26 (2.93%) A+ Certification
7 26 (2.93%) Security Cleared
8 21 (2.37%) MCP
9 20 (2.26%) SC Cleared
10 18 (2.03%) Azure Certification
11 16 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (1.69%) Network+ Certification
13 14 (1.58%) MCSE
14 12 (1.35%) CCNP
15 11 (1.24%) MCSA
16 7 (0.79%) CompTIA Security+
17 6 (0.68%) DV Cleared
17 6 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 6 (0.68%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.19%) SLA
2 45 (5.08%) Cyber Essentials
3 41 (4.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (2.93%) GDPR
5 10 (1.13%) QA
6 9 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (0.68%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.68%) NIST
8 3 (0.34%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.11%) GxP
9 1 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 356 (40.18%) Active Directory
2 85 (9.59%) Hyper-V
3 69 (7.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (1.24%) Firmware
6 6 (0.68%) Docker
6 6 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.56%) VMware Workstation
7 5 (0.56%) vSphere
8 2 (0.23%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.11%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 157 (17.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (2.03%) SCCM
3 12 (1.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 12 (1.35%) Autotask
3 12 (1.35%) Jamf Pro
4 11 (1.24%) Kubernetes
5 8 (0.90%) FortiGate
6 7 (0.79%) SmoothWall
6 7 (0.79%) WSUS
7 6 (0.68%) Ansible
7 6 (0.68%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.34%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.11%) Nessus
10 1 (0.11%) Podman
10 1 (0.11%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 434 (48.98%) Microsoft
2 107 (12.08%) VMware
3 61 (6.88%) Google
4 52 (5.87%) Fortinet
5 43 (4.85%) Apple
6 39 (4.40%) Fujitsu
6 39 (4.40%) Virgin Media
7 35 (3.95%) Cisco
8 32 (3.61%) Veeam
9 24 (2.71%) ServiceNow
10 21 (2.37%) Meraki
11 15 (1.69%) Adobe
12 14 (1.58%) Sage
12 14 (1.58%) Zoho
13 13 (1.47%) Datto
13 13 (1.47%) Dell
14 12 (1.35%) WatchGuard
14 12 (1.35%) Xamarin
15 9 (1.02%) Draytek
16 8 (0.90%) Salesforce