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 12 November 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 211 152 172
Rank change year-on-year -59 +20 +141
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 627 1,086 918
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.38% 1.80% 1.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% 1.90% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 518 633 820
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,000 £25,488
25th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% +1.45%
75th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
UK median annual salary £33,000 £37,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -10.81% +5.71% +1.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 41,237 57,193 44,985
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.54% 94.73% 95.41%
Number of salaries quoted 25,930 32,125 34,792
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £32,092
25th Percentile £35,500 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

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 12 November 2025.

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 12 November 2025. 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
Midlands -34 147 £32,500 -7.14% 61
South East -14 134 £33,250 -16.88% 103
North of England -40 130 £32,500 -7.14% 67
East Midlands +9 109 £30,000 -14.29% 34
London +8 98 £40,000 -11.11% 89
Yorkshire +18 79 £38,500 +10.00% 24
South West -13 71 £35,000 -12.50% 47
East of England 0 54 £31,000 -4.62% 43
North West -36 44 £30,500 -12.86% 38
West Midlands -72 38 £50,000 +42.86% 27
North East -8 7 £48,750 +39.29% 5
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 November 2025, 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.

1 413 (65.87%) Windows
2 363 (57.89%) Microsoft
3 346 (55.18%) Active Directory
4 345 (55.02%) Microsoft 365
5 278 (44.34%) Azure
6 217 (34.61%) Windows Server
7 213 (33.97%) Firewall
8 205 (32.70%) Problem-Solving
9 153 (24.40%) DNS
10 143 (22.81%) Microsoft Intune
11 136 (21.69%) Entra ID
12 133 (21.21%) DHCP
13 125 (19.94%) Customer Service
14 121 (19.30%) Cybersecurity
15 103 (16.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 103 (16.43%) VMware
16 97 (15.47%) Microsoft Exchange
16 97 (15.47%) SharePoint
17 94 (14.99%) ITIL
18 93 (14.83%) Hyper-V
19 91 (14.51%) TCP/IP
20 84 (13.40%) VPN
21 80 (12.76%) PowerShell
22 78 (12.44%) Windows 10
23 76 (12.12%) VLAN
23 76 (12.12%) VMware Infrastructure
24 70 (11.16%) Degree
25 63 (10.05%) Linux
26 60 (9.57%) Wi-Fi
27 57 (9.09%) AWS

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 97 (15.47%) Microsoft Exchange
1 97 (15.47%) SharePoint
2 21 (3.35%) IIS
3 3 (0.48%) Confluence
3 3 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.16%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 46 (7.34%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.48%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (0.16%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 6 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.64%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 345 (55.02%) Microsoft 365
2 278 (44.34%) Azure
3 136 (21.69%) Entra ID
4 57 (9.09%) AWS
5 26 (4.15%) Google Workspace
5 26 (4.15%) SaaS
6 23 (3.67%) GCP
7 21 (3.35%) Power Platform
8 19 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (2.87%) OneDrive
10 13 (2.07%) IaaS
11 11 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
11 11 (1.75%) Nutanix
11 11 (1.75%) Power Automate
12 9 (1.44%) PaaS
13 8 (1.28%) Azure Stack
14 7 (1.12%) Serverless
15 6 (0.96%) iPaaS
15 6 (0.96%) Microsoft Copilot
15 6 (0.96%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 213 (33.97%) Firewall
2 153 (24.40%) DNS
3 133 (21.21%) DHCP
4 91 (14.51%) TCP/IP
5 84 (13.40%) VPN
6 76 (12.12%) VLAN
7 60 (9.57%) Wi-Fi
8 47 (7.50%) WAN
9 38 (6.06%) Wireless
10 36 (5.74%) SAN
11 33 (5.26%) LAN
12 27 (4.31%) VoIP
13 24 (3.83%) Network Security
14 20 (3.19%) SD-WAN
15 14 (2.23%) IP Telephony
16 11 (1.75%) IPsec
17 9 (1.44%) Intrusion Detection
17 9 (1.44%) iSCSI
17 9 (1.44%) Remote Desktop
18 8 (1.28%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (6.86%) SQL Server
2 14 (2.23%) Power BI
3 13 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
4 12 (1.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (1.12%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.64%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.48%) DynamoDB
7 3 (0.48%) Mixpanel
7 3 (0.48%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.32%) MySQL
8 2 (0.32%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 12 (1.91%) JIRA
2 5 (0.80%) Git
3 3 (0.48%) Browser DevTools
3 3 (0.48%) Charles Proxy
3 3 (0.48%) Fiddler
3 3 (0.48%) Maven
3 3 (0.48%) Postman
3 3 (0.48%) Selenium
3 3 (0.48%) TestNG
3 3 (0.48%) WebDriver
3 3 (0.48%) Zephyr
4 2 (0.32%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.32%) JMeter
4 2 (0.32%) LoadRunner
4 2 (0.32%) NeoLoad
4 2 (0.32%) Snyk
5 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
General
1 233 (37.16%) Social Skills
2 48 (7.66%) Law
3 39 (6.22%) Manufacturing
4 33 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (5.26%) Finance
5 32 (5.10%) Organisational Skills
6 20 (3.19%) Telecoms
7 18 (2.87%) Legal
7 18 (2.87%) Public Sector
8 15 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (1.91%) Electronics
10 10 (1.59%) Billing
10 10 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
11 8 (1.28%) Retail
12 7 (1.12%) Marketing
13 5 (0.80%) Automotive
14 4 (0.64%) Dutch Language
14 4 (0.64%) French Language
14 4 (0.64%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.87%) .NET
2 15 (2.39%) .NET Framework
3 12 (1.91%) Entity Framework
3 12 (1.91%) WinForms
4 9 (1.44%) REST
5 7 (1.12%) ASP.NET
6 6 (0.96%) GraphQL
7 5 (0.80%) 802.1X
8 4 (0.64%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.64%) React
9 3 (0.48%) EDI
10 2 (0.32%) OAuth
10 2 (0.32%) OAuth2
11 1 (0.16%) Django
11 1 (0.16%) Flask
11 1 (0.16%) LAMP
11 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Graph
11 1 (0.16%) Spring
11 1 (0.16%) Spring Boot
11 1 (0.16%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 98 (15.63%) Driving Licence
2 44 (7.02%) Onboarding
3 40 (6.38%) Operational Technology
4 26 (4.15%) Self-Motivation
5 22 (3.51%) Data Centre
6 16 (2.55%) CCTV
6 16 (2.55%) Clustering
7 13 (2.07%) Product Ownership
8 10 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (1.28%) FMCG
9 8 (1.28%) iPhone
9 8 (1.28%) Security Posture
10 7 (1.12%) BYOD
10 7 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.12%) iPad
10 7 (1.12%) Life Science
11 6 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (0.96%) CMDB
11 6 (0.96%) Management Information System
12 5 (0.80%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 413 (65.87%) Windows
2 217 (34.61%) Windows Server
3 78 (12.44%) Windows 10
4 63 (10.05%) Linux
5 49 (7.81%) Mac OS
6 32 (5.10%) Windows Server 2019
7 22 (3.51%) Apple iOS
7 22 (3.51%) Windows Server 2016
8 17 (2.71%) Android
9 8 (1.28%) Mac OS X
9 8 (1.28%) Rocky
10 7 (1.12%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (0.96%) VMS
11 6 (0.96%) Windows 7
12 4 (0.64%) Unix
12 4 (0.64%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.48%) Debian
14 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (32.70%) Problem-Solving
2 125 (19.94%) Customer Service
3 121 (19.30%) Cybersecurity
4 103 (16.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 94 (14.99%) ITIL
6 56 (8.93%) Disaster Recovery
6 56 (8.93%) Network Management
7 42 (6.70%) Network Design
8 40 (6.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 37 (5.90%) Incident Management
9 37 (5.90%) Mentoring
9 37 (5.90%) Project Delivery
10 34 (5.42%) ITSM
10 34 (5.42%) Migration
11 32 (5.10%) Agile
12 31 (4.94%) Computer Science
13 30 (4.78%) Service Delivery
13 30 (4.78%) Software Engineering
14 27 (4.31%) Root Cause Analysis
15 26 (4.15%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 80 (12.76%) PowerShell
2 40 (6.38%) SQL
3 17 (2.71%) Python
4 16 (2.55%) C#
5 12 (1.91%) T-SQL
6 10 (1.59%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.12%) PL/SQL
7 7 (1.12%) VBScript
8 4 (0.64%) Java
8 4 (0.64%) Uniface
9 2 (0.32%) Bash
9 2 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.32%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.16%) Perl
10 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 70 (11.16%) Degree
2 50 (7.97%) Microsoft Certification
3 28 (4.47%) Cisco Certification
4 27 (4.31%) DBS Check
5 25 (3.99%) CCNA
6 23 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 21 (3.35%) MCP
8 19 (3.03%) Azure Certification
9 17 (2.71%) Security Cleared
10 14 (2.23%) A+ Certification
10 14 (2.23%) SC Cleared
11 12 (1.91%) MCSE
12 10 (1.59%) MCSA
13 9 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (1.44%) CCNP
13 9 (1.44%) Network+ Certification
14 8 (1.28%) DV Cleared
14 8 (1.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 7 (1.12%) CISSP
16 6 (0.96%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (7.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials
3 34 (5.42%) GDPR
4 24 (3.83%) SLA
5 8 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 8 (1.28%) NIST
6 6 (0.96%) QA
7 5 (0.80%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.48%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.32%) GxP
10 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 346 (55.18%) Active Directory
2 93 (14.83%) Hyper-V
3 76 (12.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 42 (6.70%) Virtual Servers
5 11 (1.75%) Firmware
6 10 (1.59%) Docker
7 7 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.64%) VMware Workstation
10 3 (0.48%) vSphere
11 2 (0.32%) BitLocker
11 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.32%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.16%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.16%) XenApp
12 1 (0.16%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 143 (22.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (4.63%) SCCM
3 23 (3.67%) Kubernetes
4 20 (3.19%) Autotask
5 11 (1.75%) Jamf Pro
6 9 (1.44%) vCenter Server
7 8 (1.28%) Failover Clustering
8 7 (1.12%) Ansible
9 5 (0.80%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.64%) SmoothWall
10 4 (0.64%) WSUS
11 3 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.48%) Terraform
12 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Clustering
12 2 (0.32%) NetBackup
12 2 (0.32%) Puppet
12 2 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.32%) WhatsUp Gold
13 1 (0.16%) Nessus
13 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 363 (57.89%) Microsoft
2 103 (16.43%) VMware
3 47 (7.50%) Cisco
4 46 (7.34%) Veeam
5 38 (6.06%) Google
6 30 (4.78%) Apple
7 22 (3.51%) ServiceNow
8 19 (3.03%) Meraki
8 19 (3.03%) Sophos
9 17 (2.71%) Aruba
10 16 (2.55%) Datto
10 16 (2.55%) HP
11 14 (2.23%) Dell
12 13 (2.07%) Zoho
13 12 (1.91%) Adobe
13 12 (1.91%) Sage
13 12 (1.91%) Xamarin
14 11 (1.75%) Oracle
15 9 (1.44%) Draytek
15 9 (1.44%) WatchGuard