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 27 January 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 158 141
Rank change year-on-year +23 -17 +122
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 947 856 1,328
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.71% 1.82% 2.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.88% 1.97% 2.30%
Number of salaries quoted 782 502 1,235
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £29,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £34,854
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +0.42% +4.04%
75th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £42,875
90th Percentile £49,000 £57,500 £53,750
UK median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £34,854
% change year-on-year -7.14% +0.42% +5.62%

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 50,321 43,342 57,649
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.00% 92.06% 95.03%
Number of salaries quoted 31,995 22,436 45,944
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
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% -9.09%

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 27 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 27 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 +35 218 £32,500 -7.14% 111
Midlands -22 208 £31,500 -10.00% 40
North of England +49 188 £32,500 -7.14% 71
London +69 153 £42,000 -15.15% 43
East Midlands +9 135 £30,000 - 23
North West +40 93 £30,000 -20.53% 35
South West +29 93 £33,000 -5.71% 32
Yorkshire +25 87 £36,500 +11.45% 28
East of England +32 86 £30,000 - 33
West Midlands -49 73 £32,500 -7.14% 17
North East -4 8 £29,250 -18.75% 11
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 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.

1 462 (48.79%) Windows
2 461 (48.68%) Microsoft
2 461 (48.68%) Microsoft 365
3 383 (40.44%) Active Directory
4 337 (35.59%) Azure
5 313 (33.05%) Problem-Solving
6 257 (27.14%) Windows Server
7 197 (20.80%) Firewall
8 195 (20.59%) Customer Service
9 192 (20.27%) DNS
10 176 (18.59%) DHCP
11 168 (17.74%) Entra ID
12 164 (17.32%) Microsoft Intune
13 143 (15.10%) VPN
14 139 (14.68%) SharePoint
15 132 (13.94%) ITIL
16 123 (12.99%) Windows 10
17 112 (11.83%) Microsoft Exchange
17 112 (11.83%) VMware
18 101 (10.67%) Cybersecurity
19 93 (9.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 92 (9.71%) Degree
21 90 (9.50%) Hyper-V
22 89 (9.40%) TCP/IP
23 88 (9.29%) VLAN
24 86 (9.08%) Mentoring
25 84 (8.87%) WAN
26 80 (8.45%) Microsoft Office
27 78 (8.24%) LAN
28 77 (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
1 139 (14.68%) SharePoint
2 112 (11.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.80%) IIS
4 9 (0.95%) Confluence
5 3 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 80 (8.45%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.32%) CINEMA 4D
5 2 (0.21%) Acrobat
5 2 (0.21%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.21%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 461 (48.68%) Microsoft 365
2 337 (35.59%) Azure
3 168 (17.74%) Entra ID
4 67 (7.07%) AWS
5 55 (5.81%) Google Workspace
6 40 (4.22%) OneDrive
7 32 (3.38%) SaaS
8 23 (2.43%) GCP
8 23 (2.43%) Power Platform
9 15 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (1.48%) IaaS
10 14 (1.48%) PaaS
11 13 (1.37%) Datadog
11 13 (1.37%) Power Automate
12 8 (0.84%) Azure Sentinel
13 6 (0.63%) iPaaS
13 6 (0.63%) Microsoft Copilot
13 6 (0.63%) OCI
13 6 (0.63%) PowerApps
14 5 (0.53%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 197 (20.80%) Firewall
2 192 (20.27%) DNS
3 176 (18.59%) DHCP
4 143 (15.10%) VPN
5 89 (9.40%) TCP/IP
6 88 (9.29%) VLAN
7 84 (8.87%) WAN
8 78 (8.24%) LAN
9 77 (8.13%) Wi-Fi
10 41 (4.33%) VoIP
11 37 (3.91%) Wireless
12 34 (3.59%) SAN
13 19 (2.01%) Network Security
13 19 (2.01%) SD-WAN
14 11 (1.16%) IP Telephony
15 10 (1.06%) Remote Desktop
16 9 (0.95%) Internet
17 8 (0.84%) WLAN
18 6 (0.63%) IPsec
19 5 (0.53%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (4.54%) SQL Server
2 21 (2.22%) Power BI
3 12 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (0.74%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.32%) DynamoDB
6 3 (0.32%) Mixpanel
6 3 (0.32%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.32%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.11%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 26 (2.75%) JIRA
2 7 (0.74%) Chocolatey
3 5 (0.53%) Git
4 3 (0.32%) Browser DevTools
4 3 (0.32%) Charles Proxy
4 3 (0.32%) Fiddler
4 3 (0.32%) Maven
4 3 (0.32%) Postman
4 3 (0.32%) Selenium
4 3 (0.32%) TestNG
4 3 (0.32%) WebDriver
4 3 (0.32%) Zephyr
5 2 (0.21%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.21%) GitLab
5 2 (0.21%) JMeter
5 2 (0.21%) LoadRunner
5 2 (0.21%) NeoLoad
5 2 (0.21%) Snyk
6 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.11%) LabVIEW
General
1 307 (32.42%) Social Skills
2 69 (7.29%) Finance
3 60 (6.34%) Law
4 58 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (6.02%) Organisational Skills
6 42 (4.44%) Manufacturing
7 39 (4.12%) Multimedia
8 31 (3.27%) Legal
9 28 (2.96%) Telecoms
10 25 (2.64%) Public Sector
11 22 (2.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 21 (2.22%) Retail
13 12 (1.27%) Electronics
14 10 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (0.95%) Games
16 8 (0.84%) Advertising
17 7 (0.74%) Banking
18 4 (0.42%) Billing
18 4 (0.42%) Dutch Language
18 4 (0.42%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.22%) .NET
2 15 (1.58%) .NET Framework
3 12 (1.27%) Entity Framework
3 12 (1.27%) WinForms
4 9 (0.95%) REST
5 7 (0.74%) ASP.NET
6 6 (0.63%) GraphQL
7 4 (0.42%) React
8 3 (0.32%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.32%) OAuth
9 2 (0.21%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.21%) OpenTelemetry
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%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 174 (18.37%) Driving Licence
2 56 (5.91%) Onboarding
3 36 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
5 17 (1.80%) CCTV
6 14 (1.48%) Product Ownership
7 12 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (1.16%) iPad
9 9 (0.95%) Data Centre
9 9 (0.95%) Fat Client
9 9 (0.95%) Smartphone
9 9 (0.95%) Thin Client
10 8 (0.84%) Clustering
10 8 (0.84%) Cyber Security Posture
10 8 (0.84%) Security Posture
11 7 (0.74%) CMDB
11 7 (0.74%) Cyber Threat
11 7 (0.74%) FMCG
11 7 (0.74%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 462 (48.79%) Windows
2 257 (27.14%) Windows Server
3 123 (12.99%) Windows 10
4 59 (6.23%) Mac OS
5 43 (4.54%) Linux
5 43 (4.54%) Windows Server 2019
6 40 (4.22%) Windows Server 2016
7 22 (2.32%) Android
8 20 (2.11%) Apple iOS
9 18 (1.90%) Windows Server 2012
10 8 (0.84%) Mac OS X
10 8 (0.84%) Windows 7
11 6 (0.63%) VMS
11 6 (0.63%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.32%) Debian
13 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.11%) Rocky
13 1 (0.11%) Solaris
13 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (33.05%) Problem-Solving
2 195 (20.59%) Customer Service
3 132 (13.94%) ITIL
4 101 (10.67%) Cybersecurity
5 93 (9.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 86 (9.08%) Mentoring
7 55 (5.81%) ITSM
8 52 (5.49%) Disaster Recovery
9 43 (4.54%) Migration
10 42 (4.44%) Service Delivery
11 40 (4.22%) Computer Science
12 39 (4.12%) Incident Management
13 38 (4.01%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 32 (3.38%) Continuous Improvement
15 31 (3.27%) Asset Management
16 30 (3.17%) Data Protection
16 30 (3.17%) Process Improvement
16 30 (3.17%) Project Delivery
17 29 (3.06%) Root Cause Analysis
17 29 (3.06%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 61 (6.44%) PowerShell
2 45 (4.75%) SQL
3 18 (1.90%) C#
4 17 (1.80%) Python
5 12 (1.27%) T-SQL
6 9 (0.95%) Bash
6 9 (0.95%) JavaScript
7 7 (0.74%) PL/SQL
7 7 (0.74%) VBScript
8 4 (0.42%) Java
9 2 (0.21%) Google Apps Script
9 2 (0.21%) Uniface
9 2 (0.21%) VB
10 1 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.11%) R
10 1 (0.11%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 92 (9.71%) Degree
2 72 (7.60%) Microsoft Certification
3 44 (4.65%) DBS Check
4 31 (3.27%) Cisco Certification
4 31 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (3.06%) CCNA
6 28 (2.96%) Security Cleared
7 27 (2.85%) A+ Certification
8 21 (2.22%) MCP
9 20 (2.11%) SC Cleared
10 16 (1.69%) Azure Certification
10 16 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
10 16 (1.69%) Network+ Certification
11 15 (1.58%) MCSE
12 13 (1.37%) MCSA
13 12 (1.27%) CCNP
14 7 (0.74%) CompTIA Security+
14 7 (0.74%) DV Cleared
15 6 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 6 (0.63%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (5.39%) SLA
2 47 (4.96%) Cyber Essentials
3 44 (4.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (2.75%) GDPR
5 11 (1.16%) QA
6 10 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (0.63%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.63%) NIST
8 3 (0.32%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.11%) GxP
9 1 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 383 (40.44%) Active Directory
2 90 (9.50%) Hyper-V
3 70 (7.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.58%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (1.16%) Firmware
6 6 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (0.63%) VMware Workstation
6 6 (0.63%) vSphere
7 5 (0.53%) Docker
7 5 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.21%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.21%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.11%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.11%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 164 (17.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (1.90%) SCCM
3 14 (1.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 12 (1.27%) Autotask
4 12 (1.27%) Jamf Pro
5 10 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.95%) Kubernetes
6 9 (0.95%) WSUS
7 8 (0.84%) FortiGate
8 7 (0.74%) Ansible
8 7 (0.74%) SmoothWall
9 6 (0.63%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.21%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.11%) Nessus
11 1 (0.11%) Podman
11 1 (0.11%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 461 (48.68%) Microsoft
2 112 (11.83%) VMware
3 66 (6.97%) Google
4 52 (5.49%) Fortinet
5 45 (4.75%) Apple
6 39 (4.12%) Fujitsu
6 39 (4.12%) Virgin Media
7 36 (3.80%) Cisco
8 33 (3.48%) Veeam
9 24 (2.53%) ServiceNow
10 22 (2.32%) Meraki
11 16 (1.69%) Adobe
12 14 (1.48%) Sage
12 14 (1.48%) WatchGuard
12 14 (1.48%) Zoho
13 13 (1.37%) Datto
13 13 (1.37%) Dell
14 12 (1.27%) Xamarin
15 10 (1.06%) Draytek
16 9 (0.95%) Acronis