IT Engineer Job Trends in England

IT Engineer
UK > England

The median IT Engineer salary in England is £32,618 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 March 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 164 136
Rank change year-on-year +67 -28 +118
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,344 686 1,685
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.96% 1.89% 2.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.12% 2.10% 2.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,158 455 1,514
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,628 £24,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,618 £35,000 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.81% +6.06% -1.49%
75th Percentile £41,250 £44,125 £43,000
90th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK median annual salary £33,000 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -5.71% +6.06% -1.49%

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 63,292 32,676 73,151
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.08% 89.99% 94.40%
Number of salaries quoted 41,400 20,880 57,222
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 27 March 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 27 March 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 +62 352 £33,500 -4.29% 75
North of England +58 277 £32,500 -1.52% 59
Midlands -24 232 £32,000 -8.57% 46
London +62 186 £40,000 -11.11% 30
East of England +43 156 £30,000 +9.09% 30
North West +60 141 £30,750 -10.87% 35
South West +49 139 £34,500 -0.72% 41
East Midlands -10 133 £30,000 - 22
Yorkshire +11 125 £34,250 +14.17% 22
West Midlands -50 99 £32,500 -7.14% 24
North East -28 11 £30,000 -16.67% 5
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 March 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.

1 615 (45.76%) Microsoft 365
2 611 (45.46%) Microsoft
3 609 (45.31%) Windows
4 491 (36.53%) Active Directory
5 403 (29.99%) Azure
6 380 (28.27%) Problem-Solving
7 312 (23.21%) Windows Server
8 270 (20.09%) Customer Service
9 242 (18.01%) Firewall
10 219 (16.29%) Entra ID
11 212 (15.77%) DNS
12 197 (14.66%) DHCP
12 197 (14.66%) Microsoft Intune
13 172 (12.80%) VPN
14 169 (12.57%) Windows 10
15 166 (12.35%) ITIL
16 151 (11.24%) SharePoint
17 150 (11.16%) Microsoft Exchange
18 141 (10.49%) VMware
19 131 (9.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 123 (9.15%) WAN
21 122 (9.08%) Microsoft Office
22 121 (9.00%) Hyper-V
23 120 (8.93%) Cybersecurity
23 120 (8.93%) LAN
24 114 (8.48%) Wi-Fi
25 95 (7.07%) Google
26 90 (6.70%) Microsoft Certification
26 90 (6.70%) VLAN
27 89 (6.62%) Degree

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
1 151 (11.24%) SharePoint
2 150 (11.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.12%) Confluence
4 10 (0.74%) Exchange Server 2013
4 10 (0.74%) IIS
5 9 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 122 (9.08%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.15%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.074%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.074%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (0.52%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.074%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 615 (45.76%) Microsoft 365
2 403 (29.99%) Azure
3 219 (16.29%) Entra ID
4 84 (6.25%) Google Workspace
5 74 (5.51%) AWS
6 48 (3.57%) OneDrive
7 42 (3.13%) SaaS
8 24 (1.79%) Power Platform
9 23 (1.71%) IaaS
9 23 (1.71%) PaaS
10 19 (1.41%) GCP
11 12 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (0.89%) Power Automate
12 11 (0.82%) Datadog
13 10 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
13 10 (0.74%) PowerApps
14 8 (0.60%) Microsoft Copilot
15 7 (0.52%) OCI
16 6 (0.45%) Mimecast
17 5 (0.37%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 242 (18.01%) Firewall
2 212 (15.77%) DNS
3 197 (14.66%) DHCP
4 172 (12.80%) VPN
5 123 (9.15%) WAN
6 120 (8.93%) LAN
7 114 (8.48%) Wi-Fi
8 90 (6.70%) VLAN
9 87 (6.47%) TCP/IP
10 61 (4.54%) VoIP
11 32 (2.38%) Wireless
12 31 (2.31%) SAN
13 24 (1.79%) Network Security
13 24 (1.79%) SD-WAN
14 14 (1.04%) Remote Desktop
15 10 (0.74%) IP Telephony
15 10 (0.74%) WLAN
16 9 (0.67%) Internet
17 5 (0.37%) SSL
17 5 (0.37%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (3.87%) SQL Server
2 24 (1.79%) Power BI
3 8 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (0.30%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 34 (2.53%) JIRA
2 8 (0.60%) Chocolatey
3 4 (0.30%) GitLab
4 2 (0.15%) Git
5 1 (0.074%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.074%) LabVIEW
General
1 348 (25.89%) Social Skills
2 81 (6.03%) Finance
3 77 (5.73%) Organisational Skills
4 51 (3.79%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (3.79%) Law
5 45 (3.35%) Retail
6 43 (3.20%) Manufacturing
7 39 (2.90%) Multimedia
8 37 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 35 (2.60%) Legal
10 33 (2.46%) Telecoms
11 24 (1.79%) Public Sector
12 11 (0.82%) Advertising
13 9 (0.67%) Banking
13 9 (0.67%) Games
14 7 (0.52%) Electronics
15 6 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (0.37%) Financial Institution
16 5 (0.37%) Social Housing
16 5 (0.37%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (0.89%) .NET
2 8 (0.60%) .NET Framework
2 8 (0.60%) Entity Framework
2 8 (0.60%) WinForms
3 5 (0.37%) ASP.NET
4 4 (0.30%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.074%) AVA JavaScript Test Runner
5 1 (0.074%) LangChain
5 1 (0.074%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.074%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.074%) OAuth
5 1 (0.074%) OpenID
5 1 (0.074%) React
5 1 (0.074%) SAML
5 1 (0.074%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.074%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 211 (15.70%) Driving Licence
2 61 (4.54%) Onboarding
3 39 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (1.71%) CCTV
5 18 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
6 13 (0.97%) Data Centre
7 11 (0.82%) Security Posture
7 11 (0.82%) Smartphone
8 10 (0.74%) iPad
8 10 (0.74%) iPhone
9 9 (0.67%) Fat Client
9 9 (0.67%) FMCG
9 9 (0.67%) Social Media
9 9 (0.67%) Thin Client
10 8 (0.60%) Cyber Threat
10 8 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (0.60%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (0.45%) PMI
12 5 (0.37%) Management Information System
12 5 (0.37%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 609 (45.31%) Windows
2 312 (23.21%) Windows Server
3 169 (12.57%) Windows 10
4 84 (6.25%) Mac OS
5 57 (4.24%) Linux
5 57 (4.24%) Windows Server 2019
6 53 (3.94%) Windows Server 2016
7 29 (2.16%) Apple iOS
8 27 (2.01%) Windows Server 2012
9 24 (1.79%) Android
10 17 (1.26%) Windows 7
11 16 (1.19%) Mac OS X
12 11 (0.82%) Windows 8
13 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.22%) Debian
15 2 (0.15%) Ubuntu
16 1 (0.074%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.074%) Solaris
16 1 (0.074%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (28.27%) Problem-Solving
2 270 (20.09%) Customer Service
3 166 (12.35%) ITIL
4 131 (9.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 120 (8.93%) Cybersecurity
6 89 (6.62%) Mentoring
7 86 (6.40%) ITSM
8 67 (4.99%) Service Delivery
9 56 (4.17%) Disaster Recovery
10 51 (3.79%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 47 (3.50%) Continuous Improvement
11 47 (3.50%) Migration
11 47 (3.50%) Process Improvement
12 43 (3.20%) Asset Management
13 38 (2.83%) Change Management
13 38 (2.83%) Computer Science
13 38 (2.83%) Project Delivery
13 38 (2.83%) Service Management
14 35 (2.60%) Incident Management
15 34 (2.53%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 71 (5.28%) PowerShell
2 44 (3.27%) SQL
3 11 (0.82%) C#
3 11 (0.82%) Python
4 10 (0.74%) Bash
5 8 (0.60%) T-SQL
6 5 (0.37%) PL/SQL
6 5 (0.37%) VB
6 5 (0.37%) VBScript
7 3 (0.22%) Uniface
8 2 (0.15%) Google Apps Script
8 2 (0.15%) R
9 1 (0.074%) Java
9 1 (0.074%) PHP
9 1 (0.074%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 90 (6.70%) Microsoft Certification
2 89 (6.62%) Degree
3 60 (4.46%) Security Cleared
4 50 (3.72%) DBS Check
5 39 (2.90%) Cisco Certification
6 38 (2.83%) SC Cleared
7 37 (2.75%) CCNA
8 36 (2.68%) A+ Certification
9 26 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 24 (1.79%) Network+ Certification
11 21 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
12 20 (1.49%) Azure Certification
13 18 (1.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 17 (1.26%) MCSE
15 15 (1.12%) CCNP
15 15 (1.12%) DV Cleared
16 13 (0.97%) MCSA
17 9 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
18 6 (0.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 6 (0.45%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (6.25%) SLA
2 60 (4.46%) Cyber Essentials
3 43 (3.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 9 (0.67%) GDPR
6 7 (0.52%) NIST
6 7 (0.52%) QA
7 4 (0.30%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.074%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.074%) SOC 2
System Software
1 491 (36.53%) Active Directory
2 121 (9.00%) Hyper-V
3 81 (6.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (0.82%) VMware Workstation
6 8 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (0.52%) vSphere
8 6 (0.45%) Firmware
9 5 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.30%) Docker
10 4 (0.30%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.15%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.074%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.074%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 197 (14.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (2.31%) SCCM
3 22 (1.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 18 (1.34%) Autotask
4 18 (1.34%) WSUS
5 17 (1.26%) Jamf Pro
6 10 (0.74%) FortiGate
6 10 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.60%) Ansible
8 7 (0.52%) SmoothWall
9 3 (0.22%) Terraform
10 1 (0.074%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.074%) Kubernetes
10 1 (0.074%) Podman
10 1 (0.074%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 611 (45.46%) Microsoft
2 141 (10.49%) VMware
3 95 (7.07%) Google
4 54 (4.02%) Fortinet
5 52 (3.87%) Apple
6 39 (2.90%) Fujitsu
6 39 (2.90%) Virgin Media
7 38 (2.83%) Cisco
8 35 (2.60%) Meraki
9 26 (1.93%) Veeam
10 21 (1.56%) Dell
11 14 (1.04%) Datto
11 14 (1.04%) Sage
11 14 (1.04%) WatchGuard
12 13 (0.97%) ServiceNow
13 12 (0.89%) ConnectWise
13 12 (0.89%) Ubiquiti
14 11 (0.82%) Citrix
14 11 (0.82%) Draytek
14 11 (0.82%) ESET