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 30 October 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 222 158
Rank change year-on-year +97 -64 +22
Permanent IT Engineer jobs 1,561 561 1,023
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.45% 1.29% 1.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.58% 1.42% 1.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,292 457 638
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year - -6.67% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in England matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
30 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in England matching a recognised job title 98,920 39,482 58,072
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.01% 90.98% 95.16%
Number of salaries quoted 68,155 24,346 33,022
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,490 £53,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.20% -6.96% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £52,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year +12.38% -7.89% -5.00%

IT Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT Engineer job postings 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 IT Engineer jobs in England over the 6 months to 30 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 Engineer jobs within the England region over the 6 months to 30 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
South East +61 379 £39,000 +11.43% 34
Midlands +28 276 £35,000 +11.11% 20
North of England +45 257 £34,500 -1.43% 39
South West +39 247 £35,000 +1.45% 20
East of England +58 203 £35,000 +1.45% 17
London +34 199 £37,000 -7.50% 20
West Midlands +51 154 £35,000 -30.00% 10
North West +44 137 £34,000 +6.25% 23
East Midlands -9 122 £35,000 +16.67% 10
Yorkshire -11 95 £30,500 -25.15% 10
North East -54 25 £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 30 October 2026, IT Engineer job ads cited 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 IT Engineer job ads across the England region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Microsoft54.2%846
2Microsoft 36549.3%770
3Windows48.8%761
4Active Directory36.3%566
5Azure28.4%443
6Problem-Solving25.7%401
7Entra ID25.6%400
8Windows Server24.6%384
9Customer Service22.0%344
10Microsoft Intune19.7%307
11Firewall19.4%303
12Microsoft Exchange18.3%285
13DNS18.1%283
14Infrastructure Engineering17.6%275
15Cybersecurity16.1%252
16DHCP15.6%243
17VPN14.9%232
18Hyper-V14.3%223
19SharePoint14.2%222
20VMware13.2%206
21TCP/IP11.9%185
22ITIL10.2%160
23VMware Infrastructure10.1%157
23Wi-Fi10.1%157
25Continuous Improvement9.5%149
26VLAN8.8%137
27Disaster Recovery8.1%127
28PowerShell7.9%123
29Windows 107.8%121
30Degree7.6%118

IT Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1IT Support Engineer66.7%1,041
2IT Infrastructure Engineer12.2%190
3Senior IT Engineer10.6%166
42nd Line Engineer10.5%164
52nd Line Support Engineer9.7%151
6Systems Engineer8.1%127
7Field Engineer7.9%124
8Senior IT Support6.8%106
9Senior Support Engineer6.3%99
103rd Line Engineer5.2%81
113rd Line Support Engineer4.9%76
12IT Security Engineer4.2%65
131st/2nd Line Support Engineer3.7%57
14Field Service Engineer3.1%49
15Infrastructure Support Engineer2.8%44
161st Line Engineer2.3%36
171st Line Support Engineer2.2%35
18Systems Support Engineer2.0%31
19Service Desk Engineer1.9%30
20Junior IT Engineer1.9%29
144 IT Engineer jobs in England