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 14 June 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 252 128
Rank change year-on-year +174 -124 +99
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,714 500 1,951
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.07% 1.27% 2.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.20% 1.41% 2.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,478 383 1,634
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.06% -4.35%
75th Percentile £43,750 £46,125 £43,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £50,175
UK median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year - +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 77,803 35,497 89,090
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 89.90% 94.59%
Number of salaries quoted 54,705 20,597 65,984
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,341
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.87% +9.52% -13.32%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 14 June 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 14 June 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 +103 409 £35,000 -6.67% 50
North of England +92 358 £32,940 +1.35% 48
Midlands +80 263 £32,500 -7.14% 35
East of England +101 242 £35,000 +7.69% 23
London +97 234 £36,000 -20.00% 40
South West +59 205 £35,000 - 29
North West +120 201 £33,970 +5.33% 24
Yorkshire +1 143 £32,500 +8.33% 20
West Midlands +59 133 £32,500 -7.14% 13
East Midlands +39 130 £30,000 -8.40% 22
North East -37 14 £32,000 -27.89% 6
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 June 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.

1 743 (43.35%) Microsoft
2 733 (42.77%) Microsoft 365
3 654 (38.16%) Windows
4 540 (31.51%) Active Directory
5 463 (27.01%) Azure
6 414 (24.15%) Problem-Solving
7 343 (20.01%) Windows Server
8 322 (18.79%) Customer Service
9 312 (18.20%) Entra ID
10 277 (16.16%) Firewall
11 222 (12.95%) Microsoft Intune
12 217 (12.66%) Microsoft Exchange
13 211 (12.31%) DNS
14 198 (11.55%) SharePoint
15 189 (11.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 188 (10.97%) VPN
17 184 (10.74%) DHCP
18 181 (10.56%) VMware
19 162 (9.45%) Cybersecurity
20 160 (9.33%) Hyper-V
21 159 (9.28%) Windows 10
22 152 (8.87%) Wi-Fi
23 147 (8.58%) ITIL
24 141 (8.23%) LAN
25 140 (8.17%) WAN
26 120 (7.00%) Degree
26 120 (7.00%) VMware Infrastructure
27 117 (6.83%) Microsoft Office
28 114 (6.65%) Mac OS
29 112 (6.53%) PowerShell

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
1 217 (12.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 198 (11.55%) SharePoint
3 14 (0.82%) Exchange Server 2013
4 13 (0.76%) Confluence
5 12 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2007
5 12 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2010
6 10 (0.58%) IIS
Applications
1 117 (6.83%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.18%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.058%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 5 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.29%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.058%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 733 (42.77%) Microsoft 365
2 463 (27.01%) Azure
3 312 (18.20%) Entra ID
4 69 (4.03%) Google Workspace
5 59 (3.44%) AWS
6 54 (3.15%) OneDrive
7 49 (2.86%) SaaS
8 27 (1.58%) PaaS
9 23 (1.34%) IaaS
10 22 (1.28%) Power Platform
11 20 (1.17%) Mimecast
12 10 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (0.53%) PowerApps
14 7 (0.41%) Azure Sentinel
14 7 (0.41%) Nutanix
14 7 (0.41%) OCI
15 6 (0.35%) Datadog
15 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Copilot
15 6 (0.35%) Power Automate
16 5 (0.29%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 277 (16.16%) Firewall
2 211 (12.31%) DNS
3 188 (10.97%) VPN
4 184 (10.74%) DHCP
5 152 (8.87%) Wi-Fi
6 141 (8.23%) LAN
7 140 (8.17%) WAN
8 84 (4.90%) VLAN
9 77 (4.49%) VoIP
10 72 (4.20%) TCP/IP
11 55 (3.21%) SAN
12 37 (2.16%) Wireless
13 25 (1.46%) Network Security
14 20 (1.17%) SD-WAN
15 16 (0.93%) WLAN
16 14 (0.82%) Internet
17 10 (0.58%) Remote Desktop
17 10 (0.58%) SSL
18 7 (0.41%) NAS
19 5 (0.29%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (3.79%) SQL Server
2 13 (0.76%) Power BI
3 5 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.18%) MySQL
5 1 (0.058%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 41 (2.39%) JIRA
2 6 (0.35%) Chocolatey
3 4 (0.23%) GitLab
4 1 (0.058%) Carbide.c++
4 1 (0.058%) Git
4 1 (0.058%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.058%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 398 (23.22%) Social Skills
2 70 (4.08%) Finance
3 60 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
4 59 (3.44%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (3.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 51 (2.98%) Manufacturing
6 50 (2.92%) Legal
7 49 (2.86%) Law
8 39 (2.28%) Multimedia
8 39 (2.28%) Retail
9 38 (2.22%) Telecoms
10 18 (1.05%) Advertising
10 18 (1.05%) Public Sector
11 14 (0.82%) Automotive
12 11 (0.64%) Banking
13 9 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (0.35%) Games
15 5 (0.29%) Aerospace
15 5 (0.29%) Local Government
15 5 (0.29%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (0.53%) HTML
2 7 (0.41%) JSON
3 5 (0.29%) CSS
3 5 (0.29%) Web Services
4 4 (0.23%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.058%) .NET
5 1 (0.058%) OpenID
5 1 (0.058%) SAML
5 1 (0.058%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 228 (13.30%) Driving Licence
2 79 (4.61%) Onboarding
3 51 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
4 30 (1.75%) Data Centre
5 29 (1.69%) CCTV
6 22 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
7 15 (0.88%) Video Conferencing
8 13 (0.76%) Management Information System
8 13 (0.76%) Security Posture
9 12 (0.70%) Clustering
10 11 (0.64%) FMCG
10 11 (0.64%) NHS
11 10 (0.58%) Hybrid Cloud
11 10 (0.58%) Replication
11 10 (0.58%) Social Media
12 9 (0.53%) Cyber Threat
12 9 (0.53%) iPhone
13 8 (0.47%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (0.47%) Linux Command Line
14 7 (0.41%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 654 (38.16%) Windows
2 343 (20.01%) Windows Server
3 159 (9.28%) Windows 10
4 114 (6.65%) Mac OS
5 96 (5.60%) Linux
6 63 (3.68%) Windows Server 2019
7 53 (3.09%) Windows Server 2016
8 39 (2.28%) Apple iOS
9 35 (2.04%) Android
10 24 (1.40%) Windows Server 2012
11 17 (0.99%) Windows 7
12 11 (0.64%) Windows 8
13 9 (0.53%) Mac OS X
14 4 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 4 (0.23%) Ubuntu
14 4 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.058%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 414 (24.15%) Problem-Solving
2 322 (18.79%) Customer Service
3 189 (11.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 162 (9.45%) Cybersecurity
5 147 (8.58%) ITIL
6 104 (6.07%) Disaster Recovery
7 96 (5.60%) Mentoring
8 93 (5.43%) ITSM
9 90 (5.25%) Service Delivery
10 88 (5.13%) Continuous Improvement
11 66 (3.85%) Project Delivery
12 61 (3.56%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 56 (3.27%) Service Management
14 50 (2.92%) Change Management
15 45 (2.63%) Root Cause Analysis
16 43 (2.51%) Business Continuity
16 43 (2.51%) Migration
17 40 (2.33%) Time Management
18 39 (2.28%) Process Improvement
19 35 (2.04%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 112 (6.53%) PowerShell
2 54 (3.15%) SQL
3 9 (0.53%) Bash
4 8 (0.47%) Python
5 5 (0.29%) R
5 5 (0.29%) VB
6 4 (0.23%) C#
6 4 (0.23%) PHP
6 4 (0.23%) VBScript
7 3 (0.18%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.18%) Uniface
7 3 (0.18%) VBA
8 2 (0.12%) Bicep
8 2 (0.12%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.058%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 120 (7.00%) Degree
2 106 (6.18%) Microsoft Certification
3 74 (4.32%) DBS Check
4 70 (4.08%) Security Cleared
5 43 (2.51%) SC Cleared
6 42 (2.45%) Cisco Certification
7 41 (2.39%) CCNA
8 33 (1.93%) A+ Certification
8 33 (1.93%) Azure Certification
9 29 (1.69%) Network+ Certification
10 17 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
11 16 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (0.88%) DV Cleared
12 15 (0.88%) MCSE
13 9 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
14 8 (0.47%) CCNP
15 5 (0.29%) MCITP
16 4 (0.23%) AWS Certification
16 4 (0.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 4 (0.23%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (4.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 71 (4.14%) SLA
3 58 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 32 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 19 (1.11%) GDPR
6 10 (0.58%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.41%) NIST
8 5 (0.29%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.29%) QA
9 1 (0.058%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.058%) NCSC
9 1 (0.058%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.058%) TickIT
System Software
1 540 (31.51%) Active Directory
2 160 (9.33%) Hyper-V
3 120 (7.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (0.64%) Docker
7 8 (0.47%) BitLocker
7 8 (0.47%) vSphere
8 7 (0.41%) VMware Workstation
9 6 (0.35%) Terminal Services
10 4 (0.23%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.18%) Firmware
11 3 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
12 1 (0.058%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.058%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 222 (12.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (2.10%) SCCM
3 27 (1.58%) Autotask
4 26 (1.52%) Jamf Pro
5 17 (0.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 16 (0.93%) WSUS
7 14 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (0.76%) FortiGate
9 7 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
10 6 (0.35%) Terraform
11 5 (0.29%) Ansible
12 3 (0.18%) SmoothWall
13 2 (0.12%) Kubernetes
14 1 (0.058%) Argo
14 1 (0.058%) Iperf
14 1 (0.058%) Nessus
14 1 (0.058%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 743 (43.35%) Microsoft
2 181 (10.56%) VMware
3 76 (4.43%) Google
4 60 (3.50%) Fortinet
5 59 (3.44%) Cisco
6 49 (2.86%) Meraki
7 48 (2.80%) Apple
8 39 (2.28%) Fujitsu
8 39 (2.28%) Virgin Media
9 37 (2.16%) Veeam
10 28 (1.63%) SonicWALL
11 27 (1.58%) Ubiquiti
12 26 (1.52%) Datto
12 26 (1.52%) HP
13 21 (1.23%) Dell
14 20 (1.17%) Sophos
15 13 (0.76%) Epicor
16 12 (0.70%) Aruba
16 12 (0.70%) ServiceNow
17 11 (0.64%) ConnectWise