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 5 November 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 214 163
Rank change year-on-year +84 -51 +13
Permanent IT Engineer jobs 1,521 596 1,018
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.42% 1.37% 1.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.55% 1.51% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,248 490 631
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £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 £43,250 £47,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £34,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year +1.45% -8.00% +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
5 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in England matching a recognised job title 98,208 39,507 57,610
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.84% 90.94% 94.93%
Number of salaries quoted 67,273 25,241 32,618
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,300 £53,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.89% -7.83% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £76,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.38% -8.70% -4.17%

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 5 November 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 5 November 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 +55 374 £39,000 +11.43% 72
Midlands +11 267 £35,000 +11.11% 46
North of England +17 261 £35,000 - 48
South West +29 236 £35,000 - 30
London +30 196 £37,500 -6.25% 43
East of England +30 187 £35,000 +7.69% 27
West Midlands +43 150 £34,500 -31.00% 27
North West +22 140 £34,500 +7.81% 29
East Midlands -33 117 £35,000 +16.67% 19
Yorkshire -15 94 £30,000 -25.00% 11
North East -46 27 £40,000 -17.95% 9
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 November 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
1Microsoft55.2%839
2Microsoft 36549.8%757
3Windows49.7%756
4Active Directory36.4%554
5Azure28.3%431
6Entra ID25.9%394
7Problem-Solving25.6%390
8Windows Server24.8%377
9Customer Service22.0%335
10Microsoft Intune20.1%306
11Firewall19.1%290
12DNS18.3%279
13Microsoft Exchange18.2%277
14Infrastructure Engineering18.1%275
15Cybersecurity16.6%252
16DHCP15.8%241
17VPN14.7%224
18SharePoint14.1%215
19Hyper-V13.7%208
20VMware13.2%201
21TCP/IP12.2%185
22ITIL10.6%161
23VMware Infrastructure10.1%153
24Continuous Improvement9.9%150
24Wi-Fi9.9%150
26VLAN8.9%135
27Disaster Recovery8.3%127
28PowerShell8.0%122
28Windows 108.0%122
30LAN7.5%114

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 Engineer66.7%1,014
2IT Infrastructure Engineer12.4%189
3Senior IT Engineer11.0%168
42nd Line Engineer10.4%158
52nd Line Support Engineer9.5%145
6Field Engineer8.5%130
7Systems Engineer7.8%119
8Senior IT Support7.0%106
9Senior Support Engineer6.5%99
103rd Line Engineer5.3%81
113rd Line Support Engineer5.0%76
12IT Security Engineer3.7%57
131st/2nd Line Support Engineer3.5%53
14Field Service Engineer3.3%50
15Infrastructure Support Engineer3.1%47
161st Line Engineer2.4%37
171st Line Support Engineer2.4%36
18Service Desk Engineer2.1%32
19Systems Support Engineer2.0%31
20Junior IT Engineer2.0%30
247 IT Engineer jobs in England