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 28 May 2026.

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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 241 132
Rank change year-on-year +151 -109 +108
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,639 515 1,785
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.97% 1.35% 2.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.11% 1.51% 2.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,409 367 1,588
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,625 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £43,000
90th Percentile £56,500 £54,700 £50,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -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 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 77,673 34,176 81,965
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.39% 89.62% 94.60%
Number of salaries quoted 52,865 19,635 62,091
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,870 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -13.65%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
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 28 May 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 28 May 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 +105 374 £34,500 -1.43% 80
North of England +91 344 £32,940 +1.35% 37
Midlands +52 257 £32,500 -7.14% 34
East of England +87 234 £34,750 +15.83% 37
London +71 228 £40,000 -11.11% 30
South West +58 199 £35,000 +4.48% 27
North West +119 190 £32,940 -2.40% 22
Yorkshire -3 143 £33,500 +16.52% 13
West Midlands +23 130 £32,500 -7.14% 12
East Midlands +34 127 £30,000 -8.40% 22
North East -40 11 £30,000 -20.00% 3
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 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.

1 695 (42.40%) Microsoft
1 695 (42.40%) Microsoft 365
2 628 (38.32%) Windows
3 517 (31.54%) Active Directory
4 445 (27.15%) Azure
5 405 (24.71%) Problem-Solving
6 326 (19.89%) Windows Server
7 312 (19.04%) Customer Service
8 284 (17.33%) Entra ID
9 272 (16.60%) Firewall
10 207 (12.63%) Microsoft Intune
11 203 (12.39%) DNS
12 193 (11.78%) Microsoft Exchange
13 192 (11.71%) VPN
14 182 (11.10%) DHCP
14 182 (11.10%) SharePoint
15 170 (10.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 169 (10.31%) VMware
17 159 (9.70%) Windows 10
18 150 (9.15%) Wi-Fi
19 147 (8.97%) ITIL
20 146 (8.91%) Hyper-V
21 145 (8.85%) Cybersecurity
22 139 (8.48%) LAN
23 138 (8.42%) WAN
24 118 (7.20%) Degree
24 118 (7.20%) Microsoft Office
25 108 (6.59%) VMware Infrastructure
26 103 (6.28%) Mac OS
26 103 (6.28%) Microsoft Certification

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
1 193 (11.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 182 (11.10%) SharePoint
3 15 (0.92%) Confluence
4 14 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2013
5 12 (0.73%) Exchange Server 2007
5 12 (0.73%) Exchange Server 2010
6 8 (0.49%) IIS
Applications
1 118 (7.20%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.18%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.12%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 6 (0.37%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.061%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.061%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 695 (42.40%) Microsoft 365
2 445 (27.15%) Azure
3 284 (17.33%) Entra ID
4 71 (4.33%) Google Workspace
5 57 (3.48%) AWS
6 50 (3.05%) OneDrive
7 45 (2.75%) SaaS
8 27 (1.65%) PaaS
9 24 (1.46%) IaaS
10 21 (1.28%) Power Platform
11 17 (1.04%) Mimecast
12 9 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (0.55%) Azure Sentinel
12 9 (0.55%) PowerApps
13 8 (0.49%) Datadog
14 7 (0.43%) OCI
15 6 (0.37%) Microsoft Copilot
16 5 (0.31%) GCP
16 5 (0.31%) Intacct
17 4 (0.24%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 272 (16.60%) Firewall
2 203 (12.39%) DNS
3 192 (11.71%) VPN
4 182 (11.10%) DHCP
5 150 (9.15%) Wi-Fi
6 139 (8.48%) LAN
7 138 (8.42%) WAN
8 89 (5.43%) VLAN
9 72 (4.39%) VoIP
10 64 (3.90%) TCP/IP
11 54 (3.29%) SAN
12 34 (2.07%) Wireless
13 24 (1.46%) Network Security
14 20 (1.22%) SD-WAN
15 16 (0.98%) WLAN
16 12 (0.73%) Remote Desktop
17 9 (0.55%) Internet
18 8 (0.49%) SSL
19 7 (0.43%) NAS
20 5 (0.31%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (4.15%) SQL Server
2 14 (0.85%) Power BI
3 4 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.18%) MySQL
5 1 (0.061%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.061%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 38 (2.32%) JIRA
2 8 (0.49%) Chocolatey
3 4 (0.24%) GitLab
4 1 (0.061%) Carbide.c++
4 1 (0.061%) Git
4 1 (0.061%) LabVIEW
General
1 376 (22.94%) Social Skills
2 79 (4.82%) Finance
3 64 (3.90%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (3.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 58 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
6 53 (3.23%) Manufacturing
7 46 (2.81%) Law
8 44 (2.68%) Legal
9 39 (2.38%) Multimedia
9 39 (2.38%) Telecoms
10 38 (2.32%) Retail
11 18 (1.10%) Public Sector
12 15 (0.92%) Advertising
13 14 (0.85%) Automotive
14 13 (0.79%) Banking
15 6 (0.37%) Games
16 5 (0.31%) Aerospace
16 5 (0.31%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (0.31%) Local Government
16 5 (0.31%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.43%) HTML
2 5 (0.31%) CSS
2 5 (0.31%) JSON
2 5 (0.31%) Web Services
3 4 (0.24%) OpenTelemetry
4 2 (0.12%) .NET
5 1 (0.061%) OpenID
5 1 (0.061%) SAML
5 1 (0.061%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 215 (13.12%) Driving Licence
2 74 (4.51%) Onboarding
3 45 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (1.71%) CCTV
5 26 (1.59%) Data Centre
6 25 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
7 13 (0.79%) Management Information System
8 12 (0.73%) Security Posture
8 12 (0.73%) Video Conferencing
9 11 (0.67%) FMCG
9 11 (0.67%) NHS
9 11 (0.67%) Social Media
10 10 (0.61%) Replication
11 9 (0.55%) Clustering
11 9 (0.55%) iPhone
12 8 (0.49%) Cyber Threat
12 8 (0.49%) Linux Command Line
13 7 (0.43%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (0.43%) Hybrid Cloud
13 7 (0.43%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 628 (38.32%) Windows
2 326 (19.89%) Windows Server
3 159 (9.70%) Windows 10
4 103 (6.28%) Mac OS
5 82 (5.00%) Linux
6 60 (3.66%) Windows Server 2019
7 55 (3.36%) Windows Server 2016
8 37 (2.26%) Apple iOS
9 35 (2.14%) Android
10 24 (1.46%) Windows Server 2012
11 17 (1.04%) Windows 7
12 11 (0.67%) Windows 8
13 9 (0.55%) Mac OS X
14 4 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 4 (0.24%) Ubuntu
14 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.061%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 405 (24.71%) Problem-Solving
2 312 (19.04%) Customer Service
3 170 (10.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 147 (8.97%) ITIL
5 145 (8.85%) Cybersecurity
6 92 (5.61%) ITSM
6 92 (5.61%) Mentoring
7 87 (5.31%) Disaster Recovery
8 80 (4.88%) Service Delivery
9 71 (4.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 66 (4.03%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 56 (3.42%) Project Delivery
12 49 (2.99%) Service Management
13 48 (2.93%) Change Management
14 46 (2.81%) Migration
15 44 (2.68%) Time Management
16 43 (2.62%) Root Cause Analysis
17 38 (2.32%) Business Continuity
17 38 (2.32%) Process Improvement
18 35 (2.14%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 98 (5.98%) PowerShell
2 48 (2.93%) SQL
3 10 (0.61%) Bash
4 8 (0.49%) Python
5 5 (0.31%) C#
5 5 (0.31%) VB
6 4 (0.24%) PHP
6 4 (0.24%) R
7 3 (0.18%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.18%) Uniface
7 3 (0.18%) VBA
8 2 (0.12%) Google Apps Script
8 2 (0.12%) VBScript
9 1 (0.061%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 118 (7.20%) Degree
2 103 (6.28%) Microsoft Certification
3 72 (4.39%) Security Cleared
4 64 (3.90%) DBS Check
5 44 (2.68%) SC Cleared
6 40 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
7 39 (2.38%) CCNA
8 35 (2.14%) A+ Certification
9 32 (1.95%) Azure Certification
10 29 (1.77%) Network+ Certification
11 18 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
12 17 (1.04%) CompTIA Security+
13 16 (0.98%) DV Cleared
14 15 (0.92%) MCSE
15 13 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
16 7 (0.43%) CCNP
17 5 (0.31%) MCITP
18 4 (0.24%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 4 (0.24%) MCSA
19 3 (0.18%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (4.70%) SLA
2 73 (4.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 53 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 30 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 14 (0.85%) GDPR
6 9 (0.55%) NIST
7 7 (0.43%) QA
8 6 (0.37%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.31%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.061%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.061%) SOC 2
System Software
1 517 (31.54%) Active Directory
2 146 (8.91%) Hyper-V
3 108 (6.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (0.61%) Docker
7 7 (0.43%) VMware Workstation
7 7 (0.43%) vSphere
8 6 (0.37%) Terminal Services
9 5 (0.31%) BitLocker
10 4 (0.24%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.18%) Firmware
12 1 (0.061%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.061%) Virtual Machines
12 1 (0.061%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 207 (12.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (2.20%) SCCM
3 24 (1.46%) Autotask
4 22 (1.34%) Jamf Pro
5 19 (1.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 17 (1.04%) WSUS
7 13 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
8 11 (0.67%) FortiGate
9 5 (0.31%) Failover Clustering
9 5 (0.31%) Terraform
10 4 (0.24%) Ansible
10 4 (0.24%) SmoothWall
11 2 (0.12%) Kubernetes
12 1 (0.061%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 695 (42.40%) Microsoft
2 169 (10.31%) VMware
3 77 (4.70%) Google
4 60 (3.66%) Fortinet
5 50 (3.05%) Cisco
6 49 (2.99%) Apple
7 45 (2.75%) Meraki
8 39 (2.38%) Fujitsu
8 39 (2.38%) Virgin Media
9 35 (2.14%) Veeam
10 23 (1.40%) Datto
10 23 (1.40%) SonicWALL
10 23 (1.40%) Ubiquiti
11 22 (1.34%) HP
12 21 (1.28%) Dell
13 19 (1.16%) Sophos
14 13 (0.79%) Epicor
15 12 (0.73%) ConnectWise
16 11 (0.67%) Draytek
17 9 (0.55%) Sage