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 20 June 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 249 127
Rank change year-on-year +171 -122 +96
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,735 505 1,972
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.07% 1.27% 2.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.20% 1.41% 2.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,496 387 1,650
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 £48,125 £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 78,810 35,838 90,464
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.10% 90.06% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 55,430 20,848 67,006
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,969 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,750 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.86%
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 20 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 20 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 +112 420 £35,000 -6.67% 59
North of England +103 362 £32,940 +0.58% 42
Midlands +82 264 £32,500 -7.14% 30
East of England +107 246 £35,000 +7.58% 26
London +82 234 £36,000 -20.00% 30
South West +51 206 £35,000 - 30
North West +130 203 £33,970 +5.33% 22
Yorkshire +7 143 £32,500 +8.33% 16
West Midlands +60 135 £32,500 -16.13% 7
East Midlands +34 129 £31,250 -5.30% 23
North East -42 16 £34,750 -28.72% 6
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 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.

1 773 (44.55%) Microsoft
2 758 (43.69%) Microsoft 365
3 675 (38.90%) Windows
4 555 (31.99%) Active Directory
5 476 (27.44%) Azure
6 418 (24.09%) Problem-Solving
7 353 (20.35%) Windows Server
8 328 (18.90%) Entra ID
9 323 (18.62%) Customer Service
10 282 (16.25%) Firewall
11 234 (13.49%) Microsoft Intune
12 227 (13.08%) Microsoft Exchange
13 214 (12.33%) DNS
14 206 (11.87%) SharePoint
15 202 (11.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 189 (10.89%) VPN
17 186 (10.72%) DHCP
18 182 (10.49%) VMware
19 170 (9.80%) Cybersecurity
20 165 (9.51%) Hyper-V
21 161 (9.28%) Windows 10
22 154 (8.88%) Wi-Fi
23 149 (8.59%) ITIL
24 140 (8.07%) LAN
25 139 (8.01%) WAN
26 122 (7.03%) VMware Infrastructure
27 118 (6.80%) PowerShell
28 117 (6.74%) Degree
28 117 (6.74%) Mac OS
28 117 (6.74%) Microsoft Office

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
1 227 (13.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 206 (11.87%) SharePoint
3 14 (0.81%) Exchange Server 2013
4 13 (0.75%) Confluence
5 12 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2007
5 12 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2010
6 10 (0.58%) IIS
Applications
1 117 (6.74%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.17%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.058%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 5 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.29%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.058%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 758 (43.69%) Microsoft 365
2 476 (27.44%) Azure
3 328 (18.90%) Entra ID
4 67 (3.86%) Google Workspace
5 60 (3.46%) AWS
6 56 (3.23%) OneDrive
7 51 (2.94%) SaaS
8 26 (1.50%) PaaS
9 23 (1.33%) Power Platform
10 22 (1.27%) IaaS
11 21 (1.21%) Mimecast
12 10 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (0.52%) PowerApps
14 8 (0.46%) Nutanix
14 8 (0.46%) Power Automate
15 7 (0.40%) Azure Sentinel
15 7 (0.40%) OCI
16 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Copilot
17 5 (0.29%) Datadog
17 5 (0.29%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 282 (16.25%) Firewall
2 214 (12.33%) DNS
3 189 (10.89%) VPN
4 186 (10.72%) DHCP
5 154 (8.88%) Wi-Fi
6 140 (8.07%) LAN
7 139 (8.01%) WAN
8 84 (4.84%) VLAN
9 79 (4.55%) TCP/IP
9 79 (4.55%) VoIP
10 54 (3.11%) SAN
11 42 (2.42%) Wireless
12 25 (1.44%) Network Security
13 20 (1.15%) SD-WAN
14 16 (0.92%) WLAN
15 14 (0.81%) Internet
16 11 (0.63%) Remote Desktop
16 11 (0.63%) SSL
17 7 (0.40%) NAS
18 5 (0.29%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (3.80%) SQL Server
2 13 (0.75%) Power BI
3 7 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.17%) MySQL
6 1 (0.058%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 44 (2.54%) JIRA
2 5 (0.29%) Chocolatey
3 4 (0.23%) GitLab
4 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.058%) Carbide.c++
5 1 (0.058%) Git
5 1 (0.058%) LabVIEW
General
1 413 (23.80%) Social Skills
2 68 (3.92%) Finance
3 63 (3.63%) Organisational Skills
4 59 (3.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 57 (3.29%) Analytical Skills
6 54 (3.11%) Manufacturing
7 53 (3.05%) Legal
8 49 (2.82%) Law
9 39 (2.25%) Multimedia
9 39 (2.25%) Retail
10 36 (2.07%) Telecoms
11 18 (1.04%) Advertising
11 18 (1.04%) Public Sector
12 14 (0.81%) Automotive
13 12 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (0.58%) Banking
15 6 (0.35%) Aerospace
15 6 (0.35%) Games
15 6 (0.35%) Local Government
16 5 (0.29%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (0.52%) HTML
2 7 (0.40%) JSON
3 5 (0.29%) CSS
3 5 (0.29%) Web Services
4 4 (0.23%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.058%) OpenID
5 1 (0.058%) SAML
5 1 (0.058%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 230 (13.26%) Driving Licence
2 83 (4.78%) Onboarding
3 55 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
4 31 (1.79%) Data Centre
5 30 (1.73%) CCTV
6 20 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
7 15 (0.86%) Security Posture
7 15 (0.86%) Video Conferencing
8 12 (0.69%) Clustering
8 12 (0.69%) FMCG
8 12 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (0.69%) Management Information System
9 11 (0.63%) NHS
10 10 (0.58%) Replication
11 9 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (0.52%) iPhone
11 9 (0.52%) Social Media
12 8 (0.46%) Cyber Threat
13 7 (0.40%) Linux Command Line
13 7 (0.40%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 675 (38.90%) Windows
2 353 (20.35%) Windows Server
3 161 (9.28%) Windows 10
4 117 (6.74%) Mac OS
5 101 (5.82%) Linux
6 63 (3.63%) Windows Server 2019
7 53 (3.05%) Windows Server 2016
8 40 (2.31%) Apple iOS
9 36 (2.07%) Android
10 24 (1.38%) Windows Server 2012
11 17 (0.98%) Windows 7
12 11 (0.63%) Windows 8
13 9 (0.52%) 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 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 418 (24.09%) Problem-Solving
2 323 (18.62%) Customer Service
3 202 (11.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 170 (9.80%) Cybersecurity
5 149 (8.59%) ITIL
6 107 (6.17%) Disaster Recovery
7 97 (5.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 97 (5.59%) Mentoring
8 92 (5.30%) ITSM
9 90 (5.19%) Service Delivery
10 68 (3.92%) Project Delivery
11 60 (3.46%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 60 (3.46%) Service Management
12 51 (2.94%) Change Management
13 45 (2.59%) Migration
13 45 (2.59%) Root Cause Analysis
14 44 (2.54%) Business Continuity
15 41 (2.36%) Process Improvement
16 40 (2.31%) Time Management
17 38 (2.19%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 118 (6.80%) PowerShell
2 57 (3.29%) SQL
3 9 (0.52%) Bash
4 8 (0.46%) Python
5 6 (0.35%) 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 (0.12%) Bicep
9 2 (0.12%) Google Apps Script
9 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.058%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 117 (6.74%) Degree
2 105 (6.05%) Microsoft Certification
3 74 (4.27%) DBS Check
4 69 (3.98%) Security Cleared
5 42 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
5 42 (2.42%) SC Cleared
6 41 (2.36%) CCNA
7 32 (1.84%) A+ Certification
7 32 (1.84%) Azure Certification
8 28 (1.61%) Network+ Certification
9 17 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
10 15 (0.86%) DV Cleared
11 14 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (0.81%) MCSE
12 9 (0.52%) CCNP
13 8 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (0.29%) MCITP
15 4 (0.23%) AWS Certification
15 4 (0.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 4 (0.23%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (4.78%) Cyber Essentials
2 70 (4.03%) SLA
3 60 (3.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 32 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 20 (1.15%) GDPR
6 11 (0.63%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.40%) NIST
8 5 (0.29%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.23%) QA
10 1 (0.058%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.058%) NCSC
10 1 (0.058%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.058%) TickIT
System Software
1 555 (31.99%) Active Directory
2 165 (9.51%) Hyper-V
3 122 (7.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (0.63%) Docker
7 8 (0.46%) BitLocker
7 8 (0.46%) vSphere
8 7 (0.40%) VMware Workstation
9 6 (0.35%) Terminal Services
9 6 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.23%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.17%) Firmware
12 1 (0.058%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.058%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 234 (13.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (2.02%) SCCM
3 27 (1.56%) Autotask
4 25 (1.44%) Jamf Pro
5 17 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 14 (0.81%) FortiGate
6 14 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (0.81%) WSUS
7 7 (0.40%) Failover Clustering
8 6 (0.35%) Terraform
9 5 (0.29%) Ansible
10 2 (0.12%) Kubernetes
10 2 (0.12%) SmoothWall
11 1 (0.058%) Argo
11 1 (0.058%) Iperf
11 1 (0.058%) Nessus
11 1 (0.058%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 773 (44.55%) Microsoft
2 182 (10.49%) VMware
3 74 (4.27%) Google
4 61 (3.52%) Cisco
5 60 (3.46%) Fortinet
6 49 (2.82%) Meraki
7 45 (2.59%) Apple
8 40 (2.31%) Veeam
9 39 (2.25%) Fujitsu
9 39 (2.25%) Virgin Media
10 28 (1.61%) SonicWALL
11 27 (1.56%) HP
11 27 (1.56%) Ubiquiti
12 26 (1.50%) Datto
13 21 (1.21%) Dell
14 20 (1.15%) Sophos
15 13 (0.75%) Epicor
16 12 (0.69%) Aruba
16 12 (0.69%) ServiceNow
17 11 (0.63%) Draytek