IT Engineer Job Trends in England

IT Engineer
UK > England

The median IT Engineer salary in England is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 March 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 163 136
Rank change year-on-year +58 -27 +124
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,246 756 1,622
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.92% 1.93% 2.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.09% 2.13% 2.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,069 477 1,470
10th Percentile £25,875 £25,630 £24,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £27,500 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £33,350
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +4.95% -0.45%
75th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £43,000
90th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £50,250
UK median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +6.06% -0.18%

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 59,723 35,545 69,696
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.81% 90.61% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 38,881 20,941 55,105
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 12 March 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 March 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 +45 333 £33,500 -4.29% 64
North of England +46 262 £32,500 -4.41% 52
Midlands -23 228 £31,500 -10.00% 32
London +79 172 £40,000 -11.11% 34
North West +55 133 £30,000 -22.08% 27
East Midlands -5 133 £30,000 - 13
East of England +49 128 £30,000 +9.09% 39
South West +41 121 £35,000 - 30
Yorkshire +13 120 £35,000 +16.67% 20
West Midlands -46 95 £32,500 -7.14% 19
North East -20 9 £30,000 -16.67% 9
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 March 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.

1 576 (46.23%) Windows
2 568 (45.59%) Microsoft 365
3 561 (45.02%) Microsoft
4 462 (37.08%) Active Directory
5 391 (31.38%) Azure
6 366 (29.37%) Problem-Solving
7 297 (23.84%) Windows Server
8 253 (20.30%) Customer Service
9 231 (18.54%) Firewall
10 210 (16.85%) DNS
11 201 (16.13%) Entra ID
12 194 (15.57%) DHCP
13 184 (14.77%) Microsoft Intune
14 170 (13.64%) VPN
15 157 (12.60%) Windows 10
16 155 (12.44%) ITIL
17 143 (11.48%) SharePoint
18 135 (10.83%) Microsoft Exchange
18 135 (10.83%) VMware
19 122 (9.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 120 (9.63%) Microsoft Office
21 117 (9.39%) Cybersecurity
22 115 (9.23%) WAN
23 114 (9.15%) Hyper-V
24 110 (8.83%) LAN
25 100 (8.03%) Wi-Fi
26 96 (7.70%) Google
27 91 (7.30%) VLAN
28 89 (7.14%) Degree
29 88 (7.06%) TCP/IP

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
1 143 (11.48%) SharePoint
2 135 (10.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.20%) Confluence
4 14 (1.12%) IIS
5 7 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2007
5 7 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2010
5 7 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.080%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 120 (9.63%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.16%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.16%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.080%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (0.56%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.080%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.080%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 568 (45.59%) Microsoft 365
2 391 (31.38%) Azure
3 201 (16.13%) Entra ID
4 82 (6.58%) Google Workspace
5 77 (6.18%) AWS
6 45 (3.61%) OneDrive
7 38 (3.05%) SaaS
8 24 (1.93%) GCP
8 24 (1.93%) Power Platform
9 20 (1.61%) IaaS
9 20 (1.61%) PaaS
10 16 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (0.96%) Power Automate
12 11 (0.88%) Datadog
13 10 (0.80%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (0.72%) PowerApps
15 7 (0.56%) Microsoft Copilot
15 7 (0.56%) OCI
16 5 (0.40%) Intacct
16 5 (0.40%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 231 (18.54%) Firewall
2 210 (16.85%) DNS
3 194 (15.57%) DHCP
4 170 (13.64%) VPN
5 115 (9.23%) WAN
6 110 (8.83%) LAN
7 100 (8.03%) Wi-Fi
8 91 (7.30%) VLAN
9 88 (7.06%) TCP/IP
10 59 (4.74%) VoIP
11 32 (2.57%) SAN
12 30 (2.41%) Wireless
13 25 (2.01%) SD-WAN
14 19 (1.52%) Network Security
15 14 (1.12%) Remote Desktop
16 9 (0.72%) Internet
16 9 (0.72%) IP Telephony
17 8 (0.64%) WLAN
18 5 (0.40%) SSL
18 5 (0.40%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (4.09%) SQL Server
2 23 (1.85%) Power BI
3 12 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.40%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.16%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.080%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.080%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.080%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 31 (2.49%) JIRA
2 8 (0.64%) Chocolatey
3 4 (0.32%) GitLab
4 2 (0.16%) Git
4 2 (0.16%) Snyk
5 1 (0.080%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.080%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.080%) JMeter
5 1 (0.080%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.080%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.080%) NeoLoad
General
1 335 (26.89%) Social Skills
2 82 (6.58%) Finance
3 75 (6.02%) Organisational Skills
4 54 (4.33%) Law
5 50 (4.01%) Analytical Skills
6 41 (3.29%) Retail
7 39 (3.13%) Multimedia
8 37 (2.97%) Manufacturing
9 33 (2.65%) Telecoms
10 32 (2.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 32 (2.57%) Legal
11 24 (1.93%) Public Sector
12 10 (0.80%) Advertising
13 9 (0.72%) Banking
13 9 (0.72%) Games
14 7 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (0.56%) Electronics
15 5 (0.40%) Social Housing
16 4 (0.32%) Dutch Language
16 4 (0.32%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (1.36%) .NET
2 13 (1.04%) .NET Framework
3 12 (0.96%) Entity Framework
3 12 (0.96%) WinForms
4 7 (0.56%) ASP.NET
5 4 (0.32%) OpenTelemetry
6 3 (0.24%) OAuth
7 2 (0.16%) OAuth2
7 2 (0.16%) React
7 2 (0.16%) REST
8 1 (0.080%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.080%) AVA JavaScript Test Runner
8 1 (0.080%) GraphQL
8 1 (0.080%) LangChain
8 1 (0.080%) LangGraph
8 1 (0.080%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (0.080%) OpenID
8 1 (0.080%) SAML
8 1 (0.080%) Software Packaging
8 1 (0.080%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 208 (16.69%) Driving Licence
2 58 (4.65%) Onboarding
3 37 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (1.85%) CCTV
5 18 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
6 13 (1.04%) Security Posture
7 11 (0.88%) Data Centre
7 11 (0.88%) Smartphone
8 10 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (0.80%) iPhone
9 9 (0.72%) Fat Client
9 9 (0.72%) Social Media
9 9 (0.72%) Thin Client
10 8 (0.64%) Cyber Threat
10 8 (0.64%) iPad
10 8 (0.64%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (0.56%) FMCG
11 7 (0.56%) Management Information System
12 6 (0.48%) PMI
13 5 (0.40%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 576 (46.23%) Windows
2 297 (23.84%) Windows Server
3 157 (12.60%) Windows 10
4 81 (6.50%) Mac OS
5 54 (4.33%) Windows Server 2019
6 50 (4.01%) Linux
7 49 (3.93%) Windows Server 2016
8 25 (2.01%) Apple iOS
9 24 (1.93%) Android
9 24 (1.93%) Windows Server 2012
10 17 (1.36%) Windows 7
11 13 (1.04%) Mac OS X
12 11 (0.88%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.24%) Debian
14 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.080%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.080%) Solaris
15 1 (0.080%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.080%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (29.37%) Problem-Solving
2 253 (20.30%) Customer Service
3 155 (12.44%) ITIL
4 122 (9.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 117 (9.39%) Cybersecurity
6 86 (6.90%) Mentoring
7 79 (6.34%) ITSM
8 62 (4.98%) Service Delivery
9 52 (4.17%) Disaster Recovery
10 49 (3.93%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 48 (3.85%) Migration
12 45 (3.61%) Process Improvement
13 44 (3.53%) Continuous Improvement
14 43 (3.45%) Asset Management
15 41 (3.29%) Computer Science
16 36 (2.89%) Incident Management
17 35 (2.81%) Root Cause Analysis
18 34 (2.73%) Project Delivery
18 34 (2.73%) Service Management
19 33 (2.65%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 64 (5.14%) PowerShell
2 48 (3.85%) SQL
3 15 (1.20%) C#
4 12 (0.96%) T-SQL
5 11 (0.88%) Python
6 10 (0.80%) Bash
7 7 (0.56%) PL/SQL
7 7 (0.56%) VBScript
8 5 (0.40%) VB
9 3 (0.24%) Uniface
10 2 (0.16%) Google Apps Script
10 2 (0.16%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.080%) Java
11 1 (0.080%) PHP
11 1 (0.080%) R
11 1 (0.080%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 89 (7.14%) Degree
2 84 (6.74%) Microsoft Certification
3 56 (4.49%) Security Cleared
4 47 (3.77%) DBS Check
5 37 (2.97%) SC Cleared
6 36 (2.89%) Cisco Certification
7 35 (2.81%) CCNA
8 34 (2.73%) A+ Certification
9 31 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
10 21 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (1.61%) Network+ Certification
12 19 (1.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 18 (1.44%) Azure Certification
14 16 (1.28%) MCSE
15 15 (1.20%) DV Cleared
16 13 (1.04%) CCNP
16 13 (1.04%) MCSA
17 8 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
18 6 (0.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 6 (0.48%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (6.02%) SLA
2 55 (4.41%) Cyber Essentials
3 38 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 10 (0.80%) GDPR
6 8 (0.64%) QA
7 6 (0.48%) NIST
8 5 (0.40%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.080%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.080%) SOC 2
System Software
1 462 (37.08%) Active Directory
2 114 (9.15%) Hyper-V
3 78 (6.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.44%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (0.88%) VMware Workstation
6 8 (0.64%) vSphere
7 7 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.48%) Firmware
9 5 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.32%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.24%) Docker
12 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.080%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.080%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 184 (14.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (2.09%) SCCM
3 21 (1.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 16 (1.28%) Autotask
4 16 (1.28%) Jamf Pro
5 15 (1.20%) WSUS
6 10 (0.80%) FortiGate
6 10 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.64%) Ansible
8 7 (0.56%) SmoothWall
9 4 (0.32%) Kubernetes
10 3 (0.24%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.16%) Terraform
12 1 (0.080%) Nessus
12 1 (0.080%) Podman
12 1 (0.080%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 561 (45.02%) Microsoft
2 135 (10.83%) VMware
3 96 (7.70%) Google
4 52 (4.17%) Fortinet
5 46 (3.69%) Apple
6 39 (3.13%) Fujitsu
6 39 (3.13%) Virgin Media
7 35 (2.81%) Cisco
8 34 (2.73%) Meraki
9 31 (2.49%) Veeam
10 20 (1.61%) Dell
11 17 (1.36%) Sage
12 14 (1.12%) WatchGuard
13 13 (1.04%) ServiceNow
14 12 (0.96%) Datto
14 12 (0.96%) Xamarin
15 11 (0.88%) Citrix
15 11 (0.88%) ConnectWise
15 11 (0.88%) ESET
16 10 (0.80%) Adobe