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 27 October 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 236 165
Rank change year-on-year +111 -71 +16
Permanent IT Engineer jobs 1,562 547 1,016
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.46% 1.27% 1.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.59% 1.40% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,298 442 630
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,563 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £37,500
% 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 adverts in England matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
27 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in England matching a recognised job title 98,334 39,071 58,078
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.17% 90.98% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 67,978 23,833 33,011
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,999 £53,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% -7.83% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,490 £52,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year +13.31% -7.89% -5.00%

IT Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT Engineer job postings 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 IT Engineer jobs in England over the 6 months to 27 October 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 Engineer jobs within the England region over the 6 months to 27 October 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
South East +86 374 £38,750 +10.71% 28
Midlands +30 277 £35,000 +11.11% 19
North of England +35 258 £34,000 -2.86% 42
South West +25 245 £35,000 +4.48% 30
East of England +66 206 £35,000 - 18
London +27 201 £36,500 -10.98% 25
West Midlands +53 156 £34,500 -31.00% 11
North West +53 140 £34,000 +6.25% 23
East Midlands -8 121 £35,000 +16.67% 8
Yorkshire -8 94 £30,000 -26.38% 14
North East -45 24 £40,000 -17.95% 7
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 October 2026, IT Engineer job ads cited 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 IT Engineer job ads across the England region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Microsoft54.5%851
2Microsoft 36549.5%773
3Windows48.7%760
4Active Directory36.4%568
5Azure28.9%451
6Problem-Solving25.9%405
7Entra ID25.8%403
8Windows Server24.5%383
9Customer Service22.1%345
10Microsoft Intune19.7%308
11Firewall19.4%303
12Microsoft Exchange18.3%286
13DNS18.2%285
14Infrastructure Engineering17.5%274
15Cybersecurity16.2%253
16DHCP15.7%245
17VPN15.2%237
18SharePoint14.3%223
19Hyper-V14.2%222
20VMware13.3%208
21TCP/IP11.9%186
22ITIL10.2%159
22VMware Infrastructure10.2%159
24Wi-Fi10.1%158
25Continuous Improvement9.6%150
26VLAN8.8%138
27Disaster Recovery8.2%128
28PowerShell7.8%122
29Windows 107.7%121
30Degree7.6%118

IT Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1IT Support Engineer67.0%1,047
2IT Infrastructure Engineer12.1%189
32nd Line Engineer10.6%165
4Senior IT Engineer10.5%164
52nd Line Support Engineer9.8%153
6Systems Engineer8.3%130
7Field Engineer7.2%112
8Senior IT Support6.7%104
9Senior Support Engineer6.2%97
103rd Line Engineer5.2%81
113rd Line Support Engineer4.9%76
12IT Security Engineer4.3%67
131st/2nd Line Support Engineer3.7%58
14Field Service Engineer3.0%47
15Infrastructure Support Engineer2.8%43
161st Line Engineer2.3%36
171st Line Support Engineer2.2%35
18Systems Support Engineer2.0%31
19Service Desk Engineer1.9%30
20Junior IT Engineer1.9%29
154 IT Engineer jobs in England