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 August 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 260 158
Rank change year-on-year +152 -102 +40
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,651 498 1,239
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.72% 1.14% 1.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.83% 1.26% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,430 379 958
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,250 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £43,750 £48,875 £44,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £53,750
UK median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +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 90,192 39,670 69,296
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.98% 90.52% 95.04%
Number of salaries quoted 63,568 23,991 46,044
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 24 August 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 August 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 +123 396 £36,250 -9.38% 59
East of England +100 273 £35,000 -1.41% 35
North of England +56 273 £32,500 -3.70% 37
Midlands +64 260 £35,000 - 38
South West +48 226 £35,000 -12.50% 27
London +71 222 £36,000 -20.00% 43
North West +97 152 £33,475 -4.36% 18
East Midlands +35 131 £35,000 +20.69% 14
West Midlands +57 129 £34,500 -18.82% 24
Yorkshire -8 105 £30,000 -9.09% 14
North East -49 16 £40,000 -17.95% 5
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 August 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.

1 867 (52.51%) Microsoft
2 775 (46.94%) Microsoft 365
3 721 (43.67%) Windows
4 580 (35.13%) Active Directory
5 458 (27.74%) Azure
6 393 (23.80%) Problem-Solving
7 375 (22.71%) Windows Server
8 361 (21.87%) Entra ID
9 335 (20.29%) Customer Service
10 286 (17.32%) Firewall
11 276 (16.72%) Microsoft Exchange
12 262 (15.87%) Microsoft Intune
13 238 (14.42%) DNS
13 238 (14.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 225 (13.63%) SharePoint
15 210 (12.72%) Cybersecurity
16 203 (12.30%) Hyper-V
17 200 (12.11%) DHCP
18 192 (11.63%) VMware
19 191 (11.57%) VPN
20 155 (9.39%) Wi-Fi
21 150 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
22 143 (8.66%) Disaster Recovery
23 141 (8.54%) Continuous Improvement
24 138 (8.36%) ITIL
25 137 (8.30%) TCP/IP
26 130 (7.87%) Windows 10
27 129 (7.81%) Degree
28 125 (7.57%) PowerShell
29 117 (7.09%) Linux

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
1 276 (16.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 225 (13.63%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.21%) IIS
4 11 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2013
5 9 (0.55%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (0.55%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (0.24%) Confluence
7 3 (0.18%) Apache
Applications
1 86 (5.21%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.18%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (0.36%) Raiser’s Edge
2 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.061%) Eikon
3 1 (0.061%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 775 (46.94%) Microsoft 365
2 458 (27.74%) Azure
3 361 (21.87%) Entra ID
4 57 (3.45%) OneDrive
5 50 (3.03%) AWS
6 49 (2.97%) SaaS
7 44 (2.67%) Google Workspace
8 33 (2.00%) Mimecast
9 24 (1.45%) Power Platform
10 16 (0.97%) PaaS
10 16 (0.97%) Power Automate
11 14 (0.85%) IaaS
11 14 (0.85%) Nutanix
12 11 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (0.55%) PowerApps
14 7 (0.42%) Dynamics 365
15 6 (0.36%) Cloud Computing
15 6 (0.36%) Cloudflare
15 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Copilot
16 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 286 (17.32%) Firewall
2 238 (14.42%) DNS
3 200 (12.11%) DHCP
4 191 (11.57%) VPN
5 155 (9.39%) Wi-Fi
6 137 (8.30%) TCP/IP
7 102 (6.18%) LAN
7 102 (6.18%) VLAN
8 96 (5.81%) WAN
9 93 (5.63%) Wireless
10 77 (4.66%) VoIP
11 48 (2.91%) SAN
12 38 (2.30%) Network Security
13 22 (1.33%) Internet
14 19 (1.15%) SSL
15 17 (1.03%) WLAN
16 15 (0.91%) Remote Desktop
17 7 (0.42%) NAS
18 4 (0.24%) Cisco ASA
18 4 (0.24%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (4.00%) SQL Server
2 10 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (0.55%) Power BI
4 6 (0.36%) MySQL
5 5 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.12%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 38 (2.30%) JIRA
2 3 (0.18%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.18%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.061%) Carbide.c++
General
1 440 (26.65%) Social Skills
2 72 (4.36%) Analytical Skills
3 71 (4.30%) Legal
4 70 (4.24%) Manufacturing
5 60 (3.63%) Finance
6 47 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
7 46 (2.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 36 (2.18%) Retail
9 34 (2.06%) Advertising
10 27 (1.64%) Law
11 25 (1.51%) Telecoms
12 21 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
13 17 (1.03%) Automotive
14 11 (0.67%) Public Sector
15 9 (0.55%) Aerospace
16 8 (0.48%) Games
16 8 (0.48%) Local Government
17 7 (0.42%) Banking
18 6 (0.36%) Police
19 4 (0.24%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (0.55%) HTML
2 7 (0.42%) JSON
3 5 (0.30%) CSS
3 5 (0.30%) Terraform
3 5 (0.30%) Web Services
4 2 (0.12%) .NET
4 2 (0.12%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 2 (0.12%) EDI
4 2 (0.12%) LDAP
4 2 (0.12%) SAML
4 2 (0.12%) WinForms
5 1 (0.061%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.061%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 203 (12.30%) Driving Licence
2 100 (6.06%) Onboarding
3 71 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
4 40 (2.42%) Data Centre
5 36 (2.18%) CCTV
6 21 (1.27%) Operational Technology
7 18 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
7 18 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
8 17 (1.03%) Replication
9 16 (0.97%) Management Information System
10 15 (0.91%) Clustering
11 13 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (0.79%) Security Posture
12 12 (0.73%) Cyber Threat
13 11 (0.67%) Cloud Native
14 10 (0.61%) NHS
15 8 (0.48%) FMCG
15 8 (0.48%) PKI
16 7 (0.42%) EPoS
17 6 (0.36%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 721 (43.67%) Windows
2 375 (22.71%) Windows Server
3 130 (7.87%) Windows 10
4 117 (7.09%) Linux
5 113 (6.84%) Mac OS
6 50 (3.03%) Windows Server 2019
7 45 (2.73%) Apple iOS
8 39 (2.36%) Windows Server 2016
9 38 (2.30%) Android
10 17 (1.03%) Windows Server 2012
11 12 (0.73%) Ubuntu
12 8 (0.48%) Windows 7
13 5 (0.30%) Mac OS X
13 5 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 5 (0.30%) Windows 8
14 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
15 3 (0.18%) Kali Linux
15 3 (0.18%) Rocky
16 2 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 393 (23.80%) Problem-Solving
2 335 (20.29%) Customer Service
3 238 (14.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 210 (12.72%) Cybersecurity
5 143 (8.66%) Disaster Recovery
6 141 (8.54%) Continuous Improvement
7 138 (8.36%) ITIL
8 88 (5.33%) Project Delivery
9 75 (4.54%) ITSM
10 72 (4.36%) Service Delivery
11 64 (3.88%) Service Management
12 62 (3.76%) Mentoring
13 60 (3.63%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 49 (2.97%) Business Continuity
15 48 (2.91%) Change Management
16 45 (2.73%) User Experience
17 44 (2.67%) Collaborative Culture
18 41 (2.48%) Identity Management
18 41 (2.48%) Migration
19 40 (2.42%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 125 (7.57%) PowerShell
2 53 (3.21%) SQL
3 12 (0.73%) Python
4 11 (0.67%) R
5 8 (0.48%) Ruby
6 5 (0.30%) C#
7 4 (0.24%) VBScript
8 3 (0.18%) Bicep
8 3 (0.18%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.18%) PHP
8 3 (0.18%) VBA
9 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.12%) VB
10 1 (0.061%) Bash
10 1 (0.061%) Java
Qualifications
1 129 (7.81%) Degree
2 110 (6.66%) Microsoft Certification
3 72 (4.36%) DBS Check
4 49 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
5 47 (2.85%) CCNA
6 46 (2.79%) Security Cleared
7 35 (2.12%) Azure Certification
8 26 (1.57%) Network+ Certification
8 26 (1.57%) SC Cleared
9 24 (1.45%) A+ Certification
10 19 (1.15%) CompTIA Security+
11 13 (0.79%) MCSE
12 12 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (0.48%) DV Cleared
14 7 (0.42%) AWS Certification
14 7 (0.42%) CCNP
15 6 (0.36%) MCSA
16 5 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
16 5 (0.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 4 (0.24%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (6.18%) Cyber Essentials
2 53 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 44 (2.67%) SLA
4 36 (2.18%) GDPR
5 32 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 11 (0.67%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.36%) NIST
8 4 (0.24%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.12%) QA
10 1 (0.061%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.061%) NCSC
10 1 (0.061%) TickIT
System Software
1 580 (35.13%) Active Directory
2 203 (12.30%) Hyper-V
3 150 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
6 13 (0.79%) Docker
6 13 (0.79%) vSphere
7 12 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (0.48%) BitLocker
8 8 (0.48%) Firmware
9 5 (0.30%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.061%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.061%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.061%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 262 (15.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (1.57%) Jamf Pro
3 24 (1.45%) SCCM
4 21 (1.27%) Autotask
5 13 (0.79%) WSUS
6 11 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (0.61%) Failover Clustering
8 9 (0.55%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.36%) Kubernetes
10 5 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.24%) Iperf
11 4 (0.24%) Nessus
12 3 (0.18%) Nmap
13 2 (0.12%) Ansible
13 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 2 (0.12%) PaperCut
13 2 (0.12%) SCOM
14 1 (0.061%) vCenter Server
14 1 (0.061%) vRealize Orchestrator
14 1 (0.061%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 867 (52.51%) Microsoft
2 192 (11.63%) VMware
3 80 (4.85%) Cisco
4 61 (3.69%) Veeam
5 54 (3.27%) SonicWALL
6 49 (2.97%) Google
7 41 (2.48%) Apple
8 35 (2.12%) HP
9 34 (2.06%) Ubiquiti
10 32 (1.94%) Meraki
11 29 (1.76%) Datto
12 26 (1.57%) Sophos
13 25 (1.51%) Dell
14 24 (1.45%) Fortinet
15 19 (1.15%) Aruba
16 17 (1.03%) Palo Alto
17 16 (0.97%) Draytek
17 16 (0.97%) Logitech
18 15 (0.91%) TOWER Software
19 14 (0.85%) CrowdStrike