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 2 October 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 271 172
Rank change year-on-year +154 -99 +14
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,634 459 1,063
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.57% 1.06% 1.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% 1.17% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,405 345 743
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,925 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £38,500 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +6.94% +2.86%
75th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £46,250
90th Percentile £57,500 £62,750 £57,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +4.17% +2.86%

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 96,584 39,137 63,749
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.91% 90.50% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 67,856 23,062 37,088
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.18% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,600 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.55% - -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 2 October 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 2 October 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 +141 383 £37,500 -6.25% 121
Midlands +64 298 £34,750 -4.79% 93
North of England +48 263 £34,000 -2.86% 85
South West +43 239 £35,000 -6.67% 43
East of England +88 238 £35,000 -3.45% 43
London +47 211 £36,000 -15.29% 203
West Midlands +57 155 £34,500 -27.37% 39
North West +73 148 £35,000 - 47
East Midlands +24 143 £35,000 +20.69% 53
Yorkshire -18 92 £30,000 -9.09% 30
North East -44 23 £40,000 -17.95% 9
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 October 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.

1 886 (54.22%) Microsoft
2 806 (49.33%) Microsoft 365
3 775 (47.43%) Windows
4 598 (36.60%) Active Directory
5 474 (29.01%) Azure
6 417 (25.52%) Problem-Solving
7 404 (24.72%) Entra ID
8 397 (24.30%) Windows Server
9 363 (22.22%) Customer Service
10 307 (18.79%) Firewall
11 301 (18.42%) Microsoft Intune
12 282 (17.26%) Microsoft Exchange
13 277 (16.95%) DNS
14 259 (15.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 248 (15.18%) Cybersecurity
16 238 (14.57%) SharePoint
17 235 (14.38%) DHCP
18 222 (13.59%) VPN
19 221 (13.53%) Hyper-V
20 210 (12.85%) VMware
21 171 (10.47%) TCP/IP
22 166 (10.16%) Wi-Fi
23 159 (9.73%) VMware Infrastructure
24 155 (9.49%) ITIL
25 152 (9.30%) Continuous Improvement
26 142 (8.69%) Disaster Recovery
27 138 (8.45%) Windows 10
28 127 (7.77%) Degree
28 127 (7.77%) Linux
29 125 (7.65%) VLAN

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
1 282 (17.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 238 (14.57%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.41%) IIS
4 6 (0.37%) Apache
5 5 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (0.24%) Confluence
6 4 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 82 (5.02%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.18%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (0.37%) Raiser’s Edge
2 4 (0.24%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.24%) Shopify
3 2 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.061%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 806 (49.33%) Microsoft 365
2 474 (29.01%) Azure
3 404 (24.72%) Entra ID
4 76 (4.65%) OneDrive
5 62 (3.79%) Google Workspace
6 51 (3.12%) AWS
7 40 (2.45%) SaaS
8 34 (2.08%) Mimecast
9 25 (1.53%) Power Platform
10 16 (0.98%) Power Automate
11 14 (0.86%) Nutanix
12 13 (0.80%) Dynamics 365
13 10 (0.61%) PaaS
14 9 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (0.55%) IaaS
15 7 (0.43%) Cloud Computing
16 6 (0.37%) Cloudflare
17 5 (0.31%) PowerApps
18 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Purview
18 4 (0.24%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 307 (18.79%) Firewall
2 277 (16.95%) DNS
3 235 (14.38%) DHCP
4 222 (13.59%) VPN
5 171 (10.47%) TCP/IP
6 166 (10.16%) Wi-Fi
7 125 (7.65%) VLAN
8 118 (7.22%) LAN
9 109 (6.67%) WAN
10 103 (6.30%) Wireless
11 95 (5.81%) VoIP
12 48 (2.94%) SAN
13 33 (2.02%) Network Security
14 23 (1.41%) Internet
15 21 (1.29%) SSL
16 17 (1.04%) WLAN
17 14 (0.86%) Remote Desktop
18 8 (0.49%) PBX
18 8 (0.49%) Structured Cabling
19 6 (0.37%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (4.28%) SQL Server
2 10 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (0.55%) MySQL
4 4 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (0.24%) Power BI
5 2 (0.12%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 33 (2.02%) JIRA
2 3 (0.18%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.18%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.061%) Carbide.c++
General
1 506 (30.97%) Social Skills
2 76 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
3 70 (4.28%) Legal
3 70 (4.28%) Manufacturing
4 58 (3.55%) Finance
5 54 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
6 42 (2.57%) Retail
7 35 (2.14%) Advertising
8 34 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 34 (2.08%) Telecoms
9 27 (1.65%) Public Sector
10 26 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
11 22 (1.35%) Law
12 16 (0.98%) Automotive
13 13 (0.80%) Games
14 9 (0.55%) Aerospace
15 8 (0.49%) Aviation
16 7 (0.43%) Local Government
17 6 (0.37%) Banking
17 6 (0.37%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (0.55%) HTML
2 7 (0.43%) JSON
3 5 (0.31%) CSS
4 4 (0.24%) .NET
4 4 (0.24%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 4 (0.24%) Web Services
4 4 (0.24%) WinForms
5 3 (0.18%) LDAP
5 3 (0.18%) Terraform
6 2 (0.12%) EDI
6 2 (0.12%) SAML
7 1 (0.061%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.061%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 221 (13.53%) Driving Licence
2 102 (6.24%) Onboarding
3 75 (4.59%) Self-Motivation
4 41 (2.51%) CCTV
5 38 (2.33%) Data Centre
6 27 (1.65%) Operational Technology
7 21 (1.29%) Replication
7 21 (1.29%) Video Conferencing
8 17 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
8 17 (1.04%) Management Information System
9 16 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
10 15 (0.92%) Clustering
11 12 (0.73%) Cyber Threat
12 11 (0.67%) Cloud Native
13 10 (0.61%) Security Posture
14 8 (0.49%) NHS
14 8 (0.49%) PKI
15 7 (0.43%) Smartphone
16 6 (0.37%) EPoS
16 6 (0.37%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 775 (47.43%) Windows
2 397 (24.30%) Windows Server
3 138 (8.45%) Windows 10
4 127 (7.77%) Linux
5 108 (6.61%) Mac OS
6 44 (2.69%) Apple iOS
6 44 (2.69%) Windows Server 2019
7 42 (2.57%) Android
8 32 (1.96%) Windows Server 2016
9 17 (1.04%) Ubuntu
10 12 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (0.37%) Rocky
11 6 (0.37%) Windows 7
12 5 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 4 (0.24%) Windows 8
14 3 (0.18%) Kali Linux
14 3 (0.18%) Unix
15 1 (0.061%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.061%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 417 (25.52%) Problem-Solving
2 363 (22.22%) Customer Service
3 259 (15.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 248 (15.18%) Cybersecurity
5 155 (9.49%) ITIL
6 152 (9.30%) Continuous Improvement
7 142 (8.69%) Disaster Recovery
8 93 (5.69%) Project Delivery
9 80 (4.90%) Service Delivery
10 77 (4.71%) ITSM
11 65 (3.98%) Mentoring
12 61 (3.73%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 58 (3.55%) Service Management
14 53 (3.24%) User Experience
15 52 (3.18%) Business Continuity
16 50 (3.06%) Migration
17 47 (2.88%) Change Management
18 43 (2.63%) Root Cause Analysis
19 40 (2.45%) Collaborative Culture
19 40 (2.45%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 120 (7.34%) PowerShell
2 51 (3.12%) SQL
3 12 (0.73%) Python
3 12 (0.73%) Ruby
4 8 (0.49%) R
5 7 (0.43%) C#
6 4 (0.24%) Bicep
6 4 (0.24%) VBScript
7 3 (0.18%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.18%) PHP
7 3 (0.18%) VB
7 3 (0.18%) VBA
8 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.061%) Bash
9 1 (0.061%) Java
Qualifications
1 127 (7.77%) Degree
2 110 (6.73%) Microsoft Certification
3 71 (4.35%) DBS Check
4 53 (3.24%) Cisco Certification
5 51 (3.12%) CCNA
6 36 (2.20%) Security Cleared
7 35 (2.14%) Azure Certification
8 29 (1.77%) Network+ Certification
9 26 (1.59%) A+ Certification
10 20 (1.22%) MCSE
11 19 (1.16%) CompTIA Security+
12 18 (1.10%) SC Cleared
13 14 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
14 11 (0.67%) MCSA
15 10 (0.61%) CCNP
16 9 (0.55%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 8 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
18 7 (0.43%) AWS Certification
18 7 (0.43%) DV Cleared
18 7 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (6.73%) Cyber Essentials
2 51 (3.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 48 (2.94%) GDPR
4 33 (2.02%) SLA
5 26 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 12 (0.73%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.31%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.31%) NIST
8 4 (0.24%) NCSC
9 2 (0.12%) QA
10 1 (0.061%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.061%) TickIT
System Software
1 598 (36.60%) Active Directory
2 221 (13.53%) Hyper-V
3 159 (9.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
6 13 (0.80%) vSphere
7 10 (0.61%) Docker
7 10 (0.61%) Firmware
7 10 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.43%) BitLocker
9 4 (0.24%) Terminal Services
9 4 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.12%) XenApp
11 1 (0.061%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 301 (18.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (2.08%) Jamf Pro
3 18 (1.10%) Autotask
3 18 (1.10%) SCCM
4 13 (0.80%) WSUS
5 11 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.61%) Failover Clustering
7 8 (0.49%) FortiGate
8 6 (0.37%) Kubernetes
9 5 (0.31%) SmoothWall
9 5 (0.31%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 4 (0.24%) Backup Exec
10 4 (0.24%) Iperf
10 4 (0.24%) Nessus
11 3 (0.18%) Nmap
12 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.12%) Ansible
12 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 2 (0.12%) PaperCut
12 2 (0.12%) SCOM
Vendors
1 886 (54.22%) Microsoft
2 210 (12.85%) VMware
3 100 (6.12%) Cisco
4 83 (5.08%) Veeam
5 65 (3.98%) Google
6 60 (3.67%) SonicWALL
7 51 (3.12%) Apple
8 44 (2.69%) Meraki
9 37 (2.26%) Sophos
10 34 (2.08%) Datto
10 34 (2.08%) Dell
10 34 (2.08%) HP
11 32 (1.96%) Fortinet
12 30 (1.84%) Ubiquiti
13 28 (1.71%) Palo Alto
14 24 (1.47%) TOWER Software
15 22 (1.35%) Draytek
16 21 (1.29%) Aruba
17 20 (1.22%) Logitech
18 18 (1.10%) ServiceNow