IT Engineer Job Trends in England

IT Engineer
UK > England

The median IT Engineer salary in England is £34,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 May 2026.

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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 257 137
Rank change year-on-year +165 -120 +101
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,535 511 1,748
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.91% 1.31% 2.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.05% 1.46% 2.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,313 403 1,565
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £35,000 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% +6.06% -4.35%
75th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £43,000
90th Percentile £56,000 £53,750 £50,000
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 75,019 34,985 79,528
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.22% 89.49% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 50,497 21,159 60,456
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,129
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +9.26% -11.18%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,991
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,670 £52,550
% change year-on-year -4.63% +9.74% -12.42%

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 May 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 12 May 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 +99 355 £34,000 -2.86% 57
North of England +105 324 £32,500 - 49
Midlands +38 252 £32,250 -7.86% 37
East of England +85 216 £33,000 +10.00% 40
London +78 202 £40,000 -11.11% 30
South West +59 183 £35,000 +4.48% 31
North West +107 178 £32,500 -4.41% 24
Yorkshire +16 137 £33,500 +11.67% 23
East Midlands +42 128 £30,000 - 20
West Midlands +18 124 £32,500 -7.14% 17
North East -34 9 £30,000 -20.00% 4
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 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.

1 648 (42.21%) Microsoft 365
2 640 (41.69%) Microsoft
3 580 (37.79%) Windows
4 493 (32.12%) Active Directory
5 400 (26.06%) Azure
6 379 (24.69%) Problem-Solving
7 308 (20.07%) Windows Server
8 297 (19.35%) Customer Service
9 253 (16.48%) Entra ID
10 251 (16.35%) Firewall
11 189 (12.31%) DNS
12 185 (12.05%) Microsoft Intune
13 176 (11.47%) VPN
14 171 (11.14%) DHCP
15 161 (10.49%) Microsoft Exchange
16 160 (10.42%) SharePoint
17 156 (10.16%) Windows 10
18 153 (9.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 149 (9.71%) VMware
20 140 (9.12%) ITIL
21 136 (8.86%) LAN
21 136 (8.86%) Wi-Fi
22 135 (8.79%) WAN
23 130 (8.47%) Hyper-V
24 127 (8.27%) Cybersecurity
25 122 (7.95%) Microsoft Office
26 108 (7.04%) Degree
27 97 (6.32%) Microsoft Certification
28 92 (5.99%) VMware Infrastructure
29 87 (5.67%) Mentoring

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
1 161 (10.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 160 (10.42%) SharePoint
3 14 (0.91%) Confluence
4 12 (0.78%) Exchange Server 2013
5 10 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2007
5 10 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2010
6 6 (0.39%) IIS
Applications
1 122 (7.95%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.20%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.13%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.065%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.065%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (0.39%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.065%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 648 (42.21%) Microsoft 365
2 400 (26.06%) Azure
3 253 (16.48%) Entra ID
4 66 (4.30%) Google Workspace
5 52 (3.39%) AWS
6 44 (2.87%) OneDrive
7 39 (2.54%) SaaS
8 26 (1.69%) PaaS
9 23 (1.50%) IaaS
10 22 (1.43%) Power Platform
11 15 (0.98%) Mimecast
12 11 (0.72%) PowerApps
13 9 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (0.59%) Azure Sentinel
14 8 (0.52%) Datadog
15 7 (0.46%) OCI
16 5 (0.33%) GCP
16 5 (0.33%) Intacct
16 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Copilot
16 5 (0.33%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 251 (16.35%) Firewall
2 189 (12.31%) DNS
3 176 (11.47%) VPN
4 171 (11.14%) DHCP
5 136 (8.86%) LAN
5 136 (8.86%) Wi-Fi
6 135 (8.79%) WAN
7 83 (5.41%) VLAN
8 68 (4.43%) VoIP
9 54 (3.52%) TCP/IP
10 52 (3.39%) SAN
11 31 (2.02%) Wireless
12 27 (1.76%) Network Security
13 21 (1.37%) SD-WAN
14 15 (0.98%) WLAN
15 12 (0.78%) Internet
16 10 (0.65%) Remote Desktop
17 7 (0.46%) NAS
18 6 (0.39%) SSL
19 5 (0.33%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (4.30%) SQL Server
2 18 (1.17%) Power BI
3 3 (0.20%) MySQL
4 2 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.065%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 33 (2.15%) JIRA
2 8 (0.52%) Chocolatey
3 4 (0.26%) GitLab
4 1 (0.065%) Git
4 1 (0.065%) LabVIEW
General
1 344 (22.41%) Social Skills
2 82 (5.34%) Finance
3 60 (3.91%) Analytical Skills
3 60 (3.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 59 (3.84%) Organisational Skills
5 53 (3.45%) Manufacturing
6 47 (3.06%) Law
7 43 (2.80%) Legal
8 40 (2.61%) Retail
8 40 (2.61%) Telecoms
9 39 (2.54%) Multimedia
10 22 (1.43%) Public Sector
11 15 (0.98%) Advertising
12 14 (0.91%) Automotive
13 10 (0.65%) Banking
14 7 (0.46%) Games
15 5 (0.33%) Social Housing
16 4 (0.26%) Dutch Language
16 4 (0.26%) Portuguese Language
16 4 (0.26%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (0.39%) HTML
2 5 (0.33%) CSS
3 4 (0.26%) JSON
3 4 (0.26%) OpenTelemetry
4 3 (0.20%) .NET
4 3 (0.20%) Web Services
5 1 (0.065%) AVA JavaScript Test Runner
5 1 (0.065%) LangChain
5 1 (0.065%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.065%) OAuth
5 1 (0.065%) OpenID
5 1 (0.065%) React
5 1 (0.065%) SAML
5 1 (0.065%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 200 (13.03%) Driving Licence
2 67 (4.36%) Onboarding
3 45 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
5 27 (1.76%) CCTV
6 23 (1.50%) Data Centre
7 11 (0.72%) FMCG
7 11 (0.72%) Security Posture
7 11 (0.72%) Social Media
8 9 (0.59%) Management Information System
8 9 (0.59%) NHS
8 9 (0.59%) Smartphone
9 8 (0.52%) Cyber Threat
9 8 (0.52%) iPad
9 8 (0.52%) iPhone
9 8 (0.52%) Linux Command Line
10 7 (0.46%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (0.46%) Fat Client
10 7 (0.46%) Replication
10 7 (0.46%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 580 (37.79%) Windows
2 308 (20.07%) Windows Server
3 156 (10.16%) Windows 10
4 84 (5.47%) Mac OS
5 60 (3.91%) Linux
6 52 (3.39%) Windows Server 2019
7 48 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
8 38 (2.48%) Apple iOS
9 33 (2.15%) Android
10 22 (1.43%) Windows Server 2012
11 14 (0.91%) Windows 7
12 9 (0.59%) Mac OS X
12 9 (0.59%) Windows 8
13 4 (0.26%) Ubuntu
13 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.065%) Solaris
15 1 (0.065%) Unix
15 1 (0.065%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 379 (24.69%) Problem-Solving
2 297 (19.35%) Customer Service
3 153 (9.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 140 (9.12%) ITIL
5 127 (8.27%) Cybersecurity
6 87 (5.67%) Mentoring
7 86 (5.60%) ITSM
8 77 (5.02%) Disaster Recovery
9 65 (4.23%) Service Delivery
10 60 (3.91%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 57 (3.71%) Continuous Improvement
12 45 (2.93%) Migration
13 44 (2.87%) Service Management
14 43 (2.80%) Change Management
14 43 (2.80%) Time Management
15 42 (2.74%) Project Delivery
16 40 (2.61%) Root Cause Analysis
17 36 (2.35%) Process Improvement
18 35 (2.28%) Business Continuity
19 34 (2.21%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 80 (5.21%) PowerShell
2 44 (2.87%) SQL
3 11 (0.72%) Bash
4 10 (0.65%) Python
5 5 (0.33%) VB
6 4 (0.26%) C#
6 4 (0.26%) PHP
6 4 (0.26%) R
7 3 (0.20%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.20%) Uniface
7 3 (0.20%) VBA
8 2 (0.13%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.065%) Java
9 1 (0.065%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 108 (7.04%) Degree
2 97 (6.32%) Microsoft Certification
3 74 (4.82%) Security Cleared
4 54 (3.52%) DBS Check
5 46 (3.00%) SC Cleared
6 41 (2.67%) Cisco Certification
7 40 (2.61%) CCNA
8 38 (2.48%) A+ Certification
9 29 (1.89%) Network+ Certification
10 25 (1.63%) Azure Certification
11 21 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
12 17 (1.11%) MCSE
13 15 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
13 15 (0.98%) DV Cleared
14 14 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
15 7 (0.46%) CCNP
16 6 (0.39%) MCITP
16 6 (0.39%) PMI Certification
17 4 (0.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 4 (0.26%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (5.21%) SLA
2 63 (4.10%) Cyber Essentials
3 50 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 12 (0.78%) GDPR
6 9 (0.59%) NIST
7 7 (0.46%) QA
8 5 (0.33%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.26%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.065%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.065%) SOC 2
System Software
1 493 (32.12%) Active Directory
2 130 (8.47%) Hyper-V
3 92 (5.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.11%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (0.65%) Docker
7 7 (0.46%) VMware Workstation
7 7 (0.46%) vSphere
8 6 (0.39%) Terminal Services
9 4 (0.26%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.20%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.20%) Firmware
11 1 (0.065%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.065%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 185 (12.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (2.15%) SCCM
3 19 (1.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 19 (1.24%) Autotask
3 19 (1.24%) WSUS
4 17 (1.11%) Jamf Pro
5 12 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.65%) FortiGate
7 5 (0.33%) Ansible
8 4 (0.26%) SmoothWall
8 4 (0.26%) Terraform
9 2 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.065%) Kubernetes
10 1 (0.065%) Podman
10 1 (0.065%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 640 (41.69%) Microsoft
2 149 (9.71%) VMware
3 71 (4.63%) Google
4 60 (3.91%) Fortinet
5 51 (3.32%) Apple
6 44 (2.87%) Cisco
7 39 (2.54%) Fujitsu
7 39 (2.54%) Virgin Media
8 38 (2.48%) Meraki
9 25 (1.63%) Dell
10 23 (1.50%) Veeam
11 19 (1.24%) Datto
11 19 (1.24%) HP
12 18 (1.17%) SonicWALL
12 18 (1.17%) Sophos
13 15 (0.98%) Ubiquiti
14 13 (0.85%) Epicor
15 11 (0.72%) ConnectWise
15 11 (0.72%) Draytek
16 10 (0.65%) Citrix