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 26 September 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 272 168
Rank change year-on-year +154 -104 +16
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,655 465 1,078
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.60% 1.08% 1.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.72% 1.19% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,427 348 758
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £38,500 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.05% +5.71%
75th Percentile £45,000 £49,000 £46,188
90th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £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 96,260 39,089 64,754
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.05% 90.45% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 67,768 23,344 38,067
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,852 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 26 September 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 26 September 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 +136 391 £37,500 -6.25% 120
Midlands +64 299 £34,500 -8.00% 79
North of England +49 262 £33,475 -4.36% 75
East of England +101 250 £35,000 -3.45% 38
South West +42 239 £35,000 -6.67% 32
London +40 212 £36,000 -20.00% 175
West Midlands +57 151 £34,500 -29.23% 34
North West +78 148 £34,000 -2.86% 47
East Midlands +31 148 £35,000 +13.82% 44
Yorkshire -24 92 £30,000 -9.09% 18
North East -47 22 £40,000 -17.95% 10
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 September 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.

1 891 (53.84%) Microsoft
2 817 (49.37%) Microsoft 365
3 779 (47.07%) Windows
4 604 (36.50%) Active Directory
5 477 (28.82%) Azure
6 422 (25.50%) Problem-Solving
7 402 (24.29%) Windows Server
8 401 (24.23%) Entra ID
9 365 (22.05%) Customer Service
10 310 (18.73%) Firewall
11 300 (18.13%) Microsoft Intune
12 291 (17.58%) Microsoft Exchange
13 278 (16.80%) DNS
14 258 (15.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 248 (14.98%) SharePoint
16 244 (14.74%) Cybersecurity
17 237 (14.32%) DHCP
18 219 (13.23%) Hyper-V
19 216 (13.05%) VPN
20 209 (12.63%) VMware
21 170 (10.27%) TCP/IP
22 165 (9.97%) Wi-Fi
23 158 (9.55%) VMware Infrastructure
24 153 (9.24%) ITIL
25 151 (9.12%) Continuous Improvement
26 144 (8.70%) Disaster Recovery
27 140 (8.46%) Windows 10
28 130 (7.85%) Degree
29 127 (7.67%) Linux
30 121 (7.31%) 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
1 291 (17.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 248 (14.98%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.39%) IIS
4 8 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (0.36%) Apache
5 6 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2007
5 6 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (0.24%) Confluence
Applications
1 84 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.18%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (0.36%) 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 (0.060%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 817 (49.37%) Microsoft 365
2 477 (28.82%) Azure
3 401 (24.23%) Entra ID
4 77 (4.65%) OneDrive
5 57 (3.44%) Google Workspace
6 52 (3.14%) AWS
7 43 (2.60%) SaaS
8 35 (2.11%) Mimecast
9 26 (1.57%) Power Platform
10 16 (0.97%) Power Automate
11 14 (0.85%) Nutanix
12 13 (0.79%) Dynamics 365
13 11 (0.66%) PaaS
14 9 (0.54%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (0.54%) IaaS
15 6 (0.36%) Cloud Computing
15 6 (0.36%) Cloudflare
15 6 (0.36%) PowerApps
16 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Purview
17 4 (0.24%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 310 (18.73%) Firewall
2 278 (16.80%) DNS
3 237 (14.32%) DHCP
4 216 (13.05%) VPN
5 170 (10.27%) TCP/IP
6 165 (9.97%) Wi-Fi
7 121 (7.31%) VLAN
8 109 (6.59%) LAN
9 105 (6.34%) Wireless
10 102 (6.16%) WAN
11 94 (5.68%) VoIP
12 49 (2.96%) SAN
13 32 (1.93%) Network Security
14 23 (1.39%) Internet
15 20 (1.21%) SSL
16 17 (1.03%) WLAN
17 14 (0.85%) Remote Desktop
18 8 (0.48%) PBX
18 8 (0.48%) Structured Cabling
19 7 (0.42%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (4.29%) SQL Server
2 10 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (0.54%) MySQL
4 5 (0.30%) Power BI
5 4 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.12%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 35 (2.11%) JIRA
2 3 (0.18%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.18%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.060%) Carbide.c++
General
1 502 (30.33%) Social Skills
2 75 (4.53%) Analytical Skills
3 70 (4.23%) Legal
3 70 (4.23%) Manufacturing
4 55 (3.32%) Finance
4 55 (3.32%) Organisational Skills
5 39 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (2.30%) Retail
7 37 (2.24%) Advertising
8 34 (2.05%) Telecoms
9 25 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
9 25 (1.51%) Public Sector
10 23 (1.39%) Law
11 16 (0.97%) Automotive
12 13 (0.79%) Games
13 9 (0.54%) Aerospace
14 7 (0.42%) Aviation
14 7 (0.42%) Local Government
15 6 (0.36%) Banking
15 6 (0.36%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (0.54%) HTML
2 7 (0.42%) JSON
3 5 (0.30%) 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 (0.060%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.060%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 225 (13.60%) Driving Licence
2 99 (5.98%) Onboarding
3 78 (4.71%) Self-Motivation
4 43 (2.60%) CCTV
5 38 (2.30%) Data Centre
6 25 (1.51%) Operational Technology
7 21 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
8 20 (1.21%) Replication
9 17 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
10 16 (0.97%) Management Information System
11 15 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
11 15 (0.91%) Clustering
12 12 (0.73%) Cyber Threat
13 11 (0.66%) Cloud Native
14 10 (0.60%) Security Posture
15 8 (0.48%) NHS
15 8 (0.48%) PKI
16 7 (0.42%) EPoS
17 6 (0.36%) Public Cloud
17 6 (0.36%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 779 (47.07%) Windows
2 402 (24.29%) Windows Server
3 140 (8.46%) Windows 10
4 127 (7.67%) Linux
5 109 (6.59%) Mac OS
6 48 (2.90%) Apple iOS
7 46 (2.78%) Windows Server 2019
8 43 (2.60%) Android
9 35 (2.11%) Windows Server 2016
10 17 (1.03%) Ubuntu
11 14 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
12 6 (0.36%) Windows 7
13 5 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 5 (0.30%) Rocky
14 4 (0.24%) Windows 8
15 3 (0.18%) Kali Linux
15 3 (0.18%) Mac OS X
15 3 (0.18%) Unix
16 2 (0.12%) VMS
16 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 422 (25.50%) Problem-Solving
2 365 (22.05%) Customer Service
3 258 (15.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 244 (14.74%) Cybersecurity
5 153 (9.24%) ITIL
6 151 (9.12%) Continuous Improvement
7 144 (8.70%) Disaster Recovery
8 96 (5.80%) Project Delivery
9 82 (4.95%) Service Delivery
10 80 (4.83%) ITSM
11 65 (3.93%) Mentoring
12 60 (3.63%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 60 (3.63%) Service Management
13 53 (3.20%) Business Continuity
14 51 (3.08%) User Experience
15 49 (2.96%) Change Management
15 49 (2.96%) Migration
16 40 (2.42%) Collaborative Culture
16 40 (2.42%) Incident Management
16 40 (2.42%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 120 (7.25%) PowerShell
2 52 (3.14%) SQL
3 12 (0.73%) Python
3 12 (0.73%) Ruby
4 10 (0.60%) R
5 7 (0.42%) 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 (0.060%) Bash
9 1 (0.060%) Java
Qualifications
1 130 (7.85%) Degree
2 112 (6.77%) Microsoft Certification
3 74 (4.47%) DBS Check
4 52 (3.14%) Cisco Certification
5 50 (3.02%) CCNA
6 40 (2.42%) Security Cleared
7 34 (2.05%) Azure Certification
8 28 (1.69%) Network+ Certification
9 25 (1.51%) A+ Certification
10 21 (1.27%) SC Cleared
11 19 (1.15%) MCSE
12 18 (1.09%) CompTIA Security+
13 14 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
14 11 (0.66%) CCNP
14 11 (0.66%) MCSA
15 9 (0.54%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 7 (0.42%) AWS Certification
16 7 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
16 7 (0.42%) DV Cleared
16 7 (0.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (6.59%) Cyber Essentials
2 52 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 47 (2.84%) GDPR
4 34 (2.05%) SLA
5 26 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 11 (0.66%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.30%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.30%) NIST
8 3 (0.18%) NCSC
9 2 (0.12%) QA
10 1 (0.060%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.060%) TickIT
System Software
1 604 (36.50%) Active Directory
2 219 (13.23%) Hyper-V
3 158 (9.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
6 13 (0.79%) vSphere
7 10 (0.60%) Docker
8 9 (0.54%) Firmware
8 9 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (0.42%) BitLocker
10 4 (0.24%) Terminal Services
10 4 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.12%) XenApp
12 1 (0.060%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 300 (18.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (1.81%) Jamf Pro
3 20 (1.21%) SCCM
4 19 (1.15%) Autotask
5 15 (0.91%) WSUS
6 11 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
8 8 (0.48%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.36%) Kubernetes
10 4 (0.24%) Backup Exec
10 4 (0.24%) Iperf
10 4 (0.24%) Nessus
10 4 (0.24%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.18%) Nmap
11 3 (0.18%) SmoothWall
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
1 891 (53.84%) Microsoft
2 209 (12.63%) VMware
3 95 (5.74%) Cisco
4 79 (4.77%) Veeam
5 62 (3.75%) SonicWALL
6 60 (3.63%) Google
7 51 (3.08%) Apple
8 39 (2.36%) Meraki
9 37 (2.24%) HP
10 35 (2.11%) Sophos
11 34 (2.05%) Datto
12 32 (1.93%) Dell
13 31 (1.87%) Fortinet
13 31 (1.87%) Ubiquiti
14 26 (1.57%) Palo Alto
15 23 (1.39%) Draytek
16 22 (1.33%) Aruba
16 22 (1.33%) TOWER Software
17 20 (1.21%) Logitech
18 18 (1.09%) ServiceNow