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 19 November 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 192 152 172
Rank change year-on-year -40 +20 +134
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 637 1,069 922
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.39% 1.78% 1.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.53% 1.88% 2.08%
Number of salaries quoted 523 618 826
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £37,419 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.80% +6.91% +2.94%
75th Percentile £42,875 £47,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
UK median annual salary £33,000 £37,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -10.81% +5.71% +2.94%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 41,626 56,727 44,417
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 94.37% 95.31%
Number of salaries quoted 26,646 31,734 34,381
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.83% -4.17% -

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 19 November 2025.

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 19 November 2025. 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
Midlands -27 151 £32,000 -8.57% 54
North of England +6 134 £32,500 -7.14% 80
South East -16 133 £33,000 -17.50% 94
East Midlands +18 109 £30,000 -14.29% 26
London +17 98 £40,000 -11.11% 85
Yorkshire +27 82 £37,500 +13.64% 34
South West -6 73 £35,000 -12.50% 51
East of England +4 55 £31,000 -4.62% 35
North West -28 45 £30,000 -14.29% 42
West Midlands -67 42 £47,500 +35.71% 28
North East -10 7 £48,750 +39.29% 4
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 November 2025, 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.

1 417 (65.46%) Windows
2 370 (58.08%) Microsoft
3 351 (55.10%) Microsoft 365
4 346 (54.32%) Active Directory
5 276 (43.33%) Azure
6 219 (34.38%) Windows Server
7 212 (33.28%) Firewall
8 210 (32.97%) Problem-Solving
9 152 (23.86%) DNS
10 142 (22.29%) Microsoft Intune
11 136 (21.35%) Entra ID
12 133 (20.88%) DHCP
13 129 (20.25%) Customer Service
14 121 (19.00%) Cybersecurity
15 102 (16.01%) VMware
16 100 (15.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 100 (15.70%) SharePoint
17 97 (15.23%) ITIL
18 95 (14.91%) Microsoft Exchange
19 93 (14.60%) Hyper-V
20 89 (13.97%) TCP/IP
21 85 (13.34%) VPN
22 80 (12.56%) Windows 10
23 77 (12.09%) PowerShell
24 76 (11.93%) VLAN
25 75 (11.77%) VMware Infrastructure
26 68 (10.68%) Degree
27 61 (9.58%) Linux
28 59 (9.26%) Wi-Fi
29 57 (8.95%) AWS

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
1 100 (15.70%) SharePoint
2 95 (14.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (3.30%) IIS
4 3 (0.47%) Confluence
4 3 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.16%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 49 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.47%) CINEMA 4D
5 2 (0.31%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 7 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.63%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 351 (55.10%) Microsoft 365
2 276 (43.33%) Azure
3 136 (21.35%) Entra ID
4 57 (8.95%) AWS
5 27 (4.24%) SaaS
6 26 (4.08%) Google Workspace
7 23 (3.61%) GCP
8 22 (3.45%) Power Platform
9 20 (3.14%) OneDrive
10 19 (2.98%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (2.04%) IaaS
12 12 (1.88%) Power Automate
13 11 (1.73%) Cloud Computing
14 9 (1.41%) Nutanix
14 9 (1.41%) PaaS
15 8 (1.26%) Azure Stack
16 7 (1.10%) Serverless
17 6 (0.94%) Datadog
17 6 (0.94%) iPaaS
17 6 (0.94%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 212 (33.28%) Firewall
2 152 (23.86%) DNS
3 133 (20.88%) DHCP
4 89 (13.97%) TCP/IP
5 85 (13.34%) VPN
6 76 (11.93%) VLAN
7 59 (9.26%) Wi-Fi
8 48 (7.54%) WAN
9 38 (5.97%) Wireless
10 35 (5.49%) LAN
11 34 (5.34%) SAN
12 28 (4.40%) VoIP
13 24 (3.77%) Network Security
14 19 (2.98%) SD-WAN
15 13 (2.04%) IP Telephony
16 11 (1.73%) IPsec
17 9 (1.41%) Intrusion Detection
18 8 (1.26%) iSCSI
18 8 (1.26%) Remote Desktop
19 7 (1.10%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (6.75%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.35%) Power BI
3 13 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
4 12 (1.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (1.10%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.63%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.47%) DynamoDB
7 3 (0.47%) Mixpanel
7 3 (0.47%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.31%) MySQL
8 2 (0.31%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 13 (2.04%) JIRA
2 5 (0.78%) Git
3 3 (0.47%) Browser DevTools
3 3 (0.47%) Charles Proxy
3 3 (0.47%) Fiddler
3 3 (0.47%) Maven
3 3 (0.47%) Postman
3 3 (0.47%) Selenium
3 3 (0.47%) TestNG
3 3 (0.47%) WebDriver
3 3 (0.47%) Zephyr
4 2 (0.31%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.31%) JMeter
4 2 (0.31%) LoadRunner
4 2 (0.31%) NeoLoad
4 2 (0.31%) Snyk
5 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
General
1 239 (37.52%) Social Skills
2 49 (7.69%) Law
3 42 (6.59%) Manufacturing
4 36 (5.65%) Finance
5 35 (5.49%) Organisational Skills
6 33 (5.18%) Analytical Skills
7 21 (3.30%) Telecoms
8 19 (2.98%) Legal
8 19 (2.98%) Public Sector
9 15 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (2.20%) Electronics
11 10 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (1.57%) Retail
12 9 (1.41%) Billing
13 8 (1.26%) Marketing
13 8 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.63%) Advertising
14 4 (0.63%) Automotive
14 4 (0.63%) Dutch Language
14 4 (0.63%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.83%) .NET
2 15 (2.35%) .NET Framework
3 12 (1.88%) Entity Framework
3 12 (1.88%) WinForms
4 9 (1.41%) REST
5 7 (1.10%) ASP.NET
6 6 (0.94%) GraphQL
7 5 (0.78%) 802.1X
8 4 (0.63%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.63%) React
9 3 (0.47%) EDI
10 2 (0.31%) OAuth
10 2 (0.31%) OAuth2
11 1 (0.16%) Django
11 1 (0.16%) Flask
11 1 (0.16%) LAMP
11 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Graph
11 1 (0.16%) Spring
11 1 (0.16%) Spring Boot
11 1 (0.16%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 100 (15.70%) Driving Licence
2 44 (6.91%) Onboarding
3 40 (6.28%) Operational Technology
4 28 (4.40%) Self-Motivation
5 22 (3.45%) Data Centre
6 16 (2.51%) CCTV
6 16 (2.51%) Clustering
7 13 (2.04%) Product Ownership
8 10 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (1.26%) FMCG
9 8 (1.26%) iPhone
9 8 (1.26%) Security Posture
10 7 (1.10%) BYOD
10 7 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.10%) iPad
11 6 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (0.94%) CMDB
11 6 (0.94%) Life Science
11 6 (0.94%) Management Information System
12 5 (0.78%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 417 (65.46%) Windows
2 219 (34.38%) Windows Server
3 80 (12.56%) Windows 10
4 61 (9.58%) Linux
5 49 (7.69%) Mac OS
6 32 (5.02%) Windows Server 2019
7 24 (3.77%) Apple iOS
8 21 (3.30%) Windows Server 2016
9 18 (2.83%) Android
10 8 (1.26%) Mac OS X
10 8 (1.26%) Rocky
11 7 (1.10%) Windows Server 2012
12 6 (0.94%) VMS
12 6 (0.94%) Windows 7
13 4 (0.63%) Unix
13 4 (0.63%) Windows 8
14 3 (0.47%) Debian
15 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (32.97%) Problem-Solving
2 129 (20.25%) Customer Service
3 121 (19.00%) Cybersecurity
4 100 (15.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 97 (15.23%) ITIL
6 56 (8.79%) Disaster Recovery
6 56 (8.79%) Network Management
7 42 (6.59%) Network Design
8 39 (6.12%) Continuous Improvement
9 38 (5.97%) Mentoring
10 37 (5.81%) Incident Management
10 37 (5.81%) Project Delivery
11 36 (5.65%) Migration
12 34 (5.34%) ITSM
13 32 (5.02%) Agile
14 30 (4.71%) Computer Science
14 30 (4.71%) Service Delivery
14 30 (4.71%) Software Engineering
15 27 (4.24%) Root Cause Analysis
16 25 (3.92%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 77 (12.09%) PowerShell
2 40 (6.28%) SQL
3 17 (2.67%) Python
4 16 (2.51%) C#
5 12 (1.88%) T-SQL
6 10 (1.57%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.10%) PL/SQL
7 7 (1.10%) VBScript
8 4 (0.63%) Java
8 4 (0.63%) Uniface
9 2 (0.31%) Bash
9 2 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.31%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.16%) Perl
10 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 68 (10.68%) Degree
2 50 (7.85%) Microsoft Certification
3 27 (4.24%) Cisco Certification
3 27 (4.24%) DBS Check
4 24 (3.77%) CCNA
5 22 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (3.30%) MCP
7 19 (2.98%) Azure Certification
7 19 (2.98%) Security Cleared
8 15 (2.35%) A+ Certification
8 15 (2.35%) SC Cleared
9 12 (1.88%) MCSE
10 10 (1.57%) MCSA
11 9 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (1.41%) CCNP
11 9 (1.41%) Network+ Certification
12 8 (1.26%) DV Cleared
12 8 (1.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 7 (1.10%) CISSP
14 6 (0.94%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (6.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (5.97%) Cyber Essentials
3 34 (5.34%) GDPR
4 26 (4.08%) SLA
5 8 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 8 (1.26%) NIST
6 6 (0.94%) QA
7 5 (0.78%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.47%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.31%) GxP
10 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 346 (54.32%) Active Directory
2 93 (14.60%) Hyper-V
3 75 (11.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 42 (6.59%) Virtual Servers
5 11 (1.73%) Firmware
6 10 (1.57%) Docker
7 8 (1.26%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.63%) VMware Workstation
10 4 (0.63%) vSphere
11 2 (0.31%) BitLocker
11 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.31%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.31%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.16%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.16%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 142 (22.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (4.24%) SCCM
3 22 (3.45%) Kubernetes
4 19 (2.98%) Autotask
5 11 (1.73%) Jamf Pro
6 9 (1.41%) vCenter Server
7 8 (1.26%) Failover Clustering
8 7 (1.10%) Ansible
9 5 (0.78%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.63%) SmoothWall
11 3 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.47%) WSUS
12 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Clustering
12 2 (0.31%) NetBackup
12 2 (0.31%) Puppet
12 2 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.31%) Terraform
12 2 (0.31%) WhatsUp Gold
13 1 (0.16%) CASB
13 1 (0.16%) QRadar
Vendors
1 370 (58.08%) Microsoft
2 102 (16.01%) VMware
3 46 (7.22%) Cisco
4 45 (7.06%) Veeam
5 38 (5.97%) Google
6 31 (4.87%) Apple
7 22 (3.45%) ServiceNow
8 19 (2.98%) Sophos
9 18 (2.83%) Meraki
10 16 (2.51%) Aruba
10 16 (2.51%) Datto
11 15 (2.35%) Dell
11 15 (2.35%) HP
12 14 (2.20%) Adobe
12 14 (2.20%) Zoho
13 12 (1.88%) Sage
13 12 (1.88%) Xamarin
14 11 (1.73%) Oracle
15 9 (1.41%) Citrix
15 9 (1.41%) SAP