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 24 June 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 263 129
Rank change year-on-year +184 -134 +100
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,752 502 1,959
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.07% 1.25% 2.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.20% 1.39% 2.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,510 385 1,641
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £36,500 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% +10.61% -2.94%
75th Percentile £43,750 £48,750 £43,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £50,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -4.41%

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 79,578 36,065 89,387
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.10% 89.96% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 56,025 21,047 66,131
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 24 June 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 24 June 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 +107 428 £35,000 -6.67% 62
North of England +100 363 £32,940 +0.58% 46
Midlands +84 267 £32,500 -7.14% 25
East of England +108 246 £35,000 +7.58% 25
London +97 238 £36,000 -20.00% 33
South West +56 207 £35,000 - 32
North West +127 203 £32,940 +2.14% 24
Yorkshire +8 142 £32,500 +8.33% 18
West Midlands +64 139 £32,500 -13.33% 7
East Midlands +39 128 £32,500 -0.76% 18
North East -33 18 £37,500 -23.08% 7
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 June 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.

1 790 (45.09%) Microsoft
2 769 (43.89%) Microsoft 365
3 684 (39.04%) Windows
4 567 (32.36%) Active Directory
5 479 (27.34%) Azure
6 422 (24.09%) Problem-Solving
7 360 (20.55%) Windows Server
8 335 (19.12%) Entra ID
9 328 (18.72%) Customer Service
10 286 (16.32%) Firewall
11 236 (13.47%) Microsoft Intune
12 235 (13.41%) Microsoft Exchange
13 222 (12.67%) DNS
14 212 (12.10%) SharePoint
15 208 (11.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 191 (10.90%) VPN
17 190 (10.84%) DHCP
18 187 (10.67%) VMware
19 177 (10.10%) Cybersecurity
20 171 (9.76%) Hyper-V
21 162 (9.25%) Windows 10
22 156 (8.90%) Wi-Fi
23 154 (8.79%) ITIL
24 139 (7.93%) LAN
25 138 (7.88%) WAN
26 127 (7.25%) VMware Infrastructure
27 120 (6.85%) PowerShell
28 117 (6.68%) Microsoft Office
29 116 (6.62%) Mac OS
30 114 (6.51%) Degree

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
1 235 (13.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 212 (12.10%) SharePoint
3 14 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2013
4 12 (0.68%) Confluence
4 12 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2007
4 12 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2010
5 11 (0.63%) IIS
Applications
1 117 (6.68%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.17%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.057%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 5 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.29%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.11%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.057%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 769 (43.89%) Microsoft 365
2 479 (27.34%) Azure
3 335 (19.12%) Entra ID
4 64 (3.65%) Google Workspace
5 61 (3.48%) AWS
6 57 (3.25%) OneDrive
7 53 (3.03%) SaaS
8 25 (1.43%) PaaS
9 23 (1.31%) Power Platform
10 22 (1.26%) Mimecast
11 21 (1.20%) IaaS
12 10 (0.57%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (0.51%) Nutanix
13 9 (0.51%) PowerApps
14 8 (0.46%) Power Automate
15 7 (0.40%) OCI
16 6 (0.34%) Azure Sentinel
16 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Copilot
17 5 (0.29%) GCP
17 5 (0.29%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 286 (16.32%) Firewall
2 222 (12.67%) DNS
3 191 (10.90%) VPN
4 190 (10.84%) DHCP
5 156 (8.90%) Wi-Fi
6 139 (7.93%) LAN
7 138 (7.88%) WAN
8 87 (4.97%) VLAN
9 81 (4.62%) TCP/IP
10 80 (4.57%) VoIP
11 54 (3.08%) SAN
12 44 (2.51%) Wireless
13 27 (1.54%) Network Security
14 20 (1.14%) SD-WAN
15 16 (0.91%) WLAN
16 15 (0.86%) Internet
17 11 (0.63%) SSL
18 10 (0.57%) Remote Desktop
19 7 (0.40%) NAS
20 5 (0.29%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (3.88%) SQL Server
2 13 (0.74%) Power BI
3 7 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.17%) MySQL
6 1 (0.057%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 44 (2.51%) JIRA
2 4 (0.23%) Chocolatey
2 4 (0.23%) GitLab
3 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.057%) Carbide.c++
4 1 (0.057%) Git
4 1 (0.057%) LabVIEW
General
1 425 (24.26%) Social Skills
2 69 (3.94%) Finance
3 64 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
4 59 (3.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 57 (3.25%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (3.25%) Manufacturing
6 55 (3.14%) Legal
7 50 (2.85%) Law
8 41 (2.34%) Retail
9 39 (2.23%) Multimedia
10 36 (2.05%) Telecoms
11 19 (1.08%) Advertising
12 18 (1.03%) Public Sector
13 15 (0.86%) Automotive
14 14 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (0.51%) Banking
16 7 (0.40%) Games
17 6 (0.34%) Aerospace
17 6 (0.34%) Local Government
18 5 (0.29%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (0.51%) HTML
2 7 (0.40%) JSON
3 5 (0.29%) CSS
3 5 (0.29%) Web Services
4 4 (0.23%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.057%) EDI
5 1 (0.057%) OpenID
5 1 (0.057%) SAML
5 1 (0.057%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 232 (13.24%) Driving Licence
2 86 (4.91%) Onboarding
3 59 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
4 33 (1.88%) Data Centre
5 32 (1.83%) CCTV
6 20 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
7 17 (0.97%) Security Posture
8 15 (0.86%) Video Conferencing
9 13 (0.74%) Clustering
9 13 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
10 12 (0.68%) FMCG
10 12 (0.68%) Management Information System
11 11 (0.63%) NHS
12 10 (0.57%) Replication
13 9 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (0.51%) iPhone
14 8 (0.46%) Cyber Threat
14 8 (0.46%) Operational Technology
14 8 (0.46%) Social Media
15 7 (0.40%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 684 (39.04%) Windows
2 360 (20.55%) Windows Server
3 162 (9.25%) Windows 10
4 116 (6.62%) Mac OS
5 101 (5.76%) Linux
6 63 (3.60%) Windows Server 2019
7 53 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
8 40 (2.28%) Apple iOS
9 36 (2.05%) Android
10 24 (1.37%) Windows Server 2012
11 17 (0.97%) Windows 7
12 11 (0.63%) Windows 8
13 9 (0.51%) Mac OS X
14 4 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 4 (0.23%) Ubuntu
14 4 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
15 2 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 422 (24.09%) Problem-Solving
2 328 (18.72%) Customer Service
3 208 (11.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 177 (10.10%) Cybersecurity
5 154 (8.79%) ITIL
6 113 (6.45%) Disaster Recovery
7 104 (5.94%) Continuous Improvement
8 98 (5.59%) Mentoring
9 93 (5.31%) Service Delivery
10 92 (5.25%) ITSM
11 70 (4.00%) Project Delivery
12 61 (3.48%) Service Management
13 59 (3.37%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 55 (3.14%) Change Management
15 48 (2.74%) Root Cause Analysis
16 47 (2.68%) Migration
17 46 (2.63%) Business Continuity
18 43 (2.45%) Process Improvement
19 41 (2.34%) Time Management
20 38 (2.17%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 120 (6.85%) PowerShell
2 58 (3.31%) SQL
3 10 (0.57%) Python
4 9 (0.51%) Bash
5 7 (0.40%) R
6 5 (0.29%) VB
7 4 (0.23%) PHP
7 4 (0.23%) VBScript
8 3 (0.17%) C#
8 3 (0.17%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.17%) Uniface
8 3 (0.17%) VBA
9 2 (0.11%) Bicep
9 2 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
9 2 (0.11%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.057%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 114 (6.51%) Degree
2 106 (6.05%) Microsoft Certification
3 76 (4.34%) DBS Check
4 69 (3.94%) Security Cleared
5 43 (2.45%) Cisco Certification
6 42 (2.40%) CCNA
6 42 (2.40%) SC Cleared
7 32 (1.83%) Azure Certification
8 31 (1.77%) A+ Certification
9 26 (1.48%) Network+ Certification
10 15 (0.86%) CompTIA Security+
10 15 (0.86%) DV Cleared
11 14 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (0.80%) MCSE
12 9 (0.51%) CCNP
13 6 (0.34%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (0.29%) AWS Certification
14 5 (0.29%) MCITP
14 5 (0.29%) MCSA
15 4 (0.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (4.79%) Cyber Essentials
2 69 (3.94%) SLA
3 61 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 33 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 22 (1.26%) GDPR
6 11 (0.63%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.34%) NIST
8 5 (0.29%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.23%) QA
10 1 (0.057%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.057%) NCSC
10 1 (0.057%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.057%) TickIT
System Software
1 567 (32.36%) Active Directory
2 171 (9.76%) Hyper-V
3 127 (7.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (0.97%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (0.63%) Docker
7 10 (0.57%) vSphere
8 8 (0.46%) BitLocker
9 7 (0.40%) VMware Workstation
10 6 (0.34%) Terminal Services
10 6 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
11 4 (0.23%) VMware NSX
12 3 (0.17%) Firmware
13 1 (0.057%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.057%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 236 (13.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (1.94%) SCCM
3 27 (1.54%) Autotask
4 24 (1.37%) Jamf Pro
5 16 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 14 (0.80%) FortiGate
6 14 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (0.80%) WSUS
7 8 (0.46%) Failover Clustering
8 6 (0.34%) Terraform
9 5 (0.29%) Ansible
10 2 (0.11%) Iperf
10 2 (0.11%) Kubernetes
11 1 (0.057%) Argo
11 1 (0.057%) Nessus
11 1 (0.057%) SmoothWall
11 1 (0.057%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 790 (45.09%) Microsoft
2 187 (10.67%) VMware
3 71 (4.05%) Google
4 61 (3.48%) Cisco
4 61 (3.48%) Fortinet
5 48 (2.74%) Meraki
6 44 (2.51%) Apple
7 42 (2.40%) Veeam
8 39 (2.23%) Fujitsu
8 39 (2.23%) Virgin Media
9 29 (1.66%) SonicWALL
10 27 (1.54%) HP
10 27 (1.54%) Ubiquiti
11 26 (1.48%) Datto
12 21 (1.20%) Dell
13 20 (1.14%) Sophos
14 13 (0.74%) Epicor
15 12 (0.68%) Aruba
15 12 (0.68%) ServiceNow
16 11 (0.63%) Draytek