IT Engineer Job Trends in England

IT Engineer
UK > England

The median IT Engineer salary in England is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 March 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 157 137
Rank change year-on-year +54 -20 +124
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,191 788 1,488
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.92% 1.89% 2.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.10% 2.08% 2.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,018 477 1,365
10th Percentile £25,875 £25,400 £24,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £27,500 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +4.48% -
75th Percentile £41,000 £44,250 £43,000
90th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +4.48% -

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 56,757 37,915 65,624
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.55% 91.02% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 36,688 20,803 52,147
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £28,843
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £93,750
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 2 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 2 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 +54 311 £33,000 -2.22% 83
North of England +53 250 £32,500 -3.65% 55
Midlands -21 228 £31,500 -10.00% 19
London +82 167 £40,000 -11.11% 56
East Midlands -5 134 £30,000 - 6
North West +54 126 £30,000 -18.37% 34
East of England +43 118 £30,000 +9.09% 27
South West +37 115 £34,000 -2.86% 33
Yorkshire +23 115 £36,500 +21.67% 19
West Midlands -45 94 £32,500 -7.14% 13
North East -8 9 £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 2 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.

1 564 (47.36%) Windows
2 557 (46.77%) Microsoft 365
3 544 (45.68%) Microsoft
4 458 (38.46%) Active Directory
5 387 (32.49%) Azure
6 352 (29.55%) Problem-Solving
7 295 (24.77%) Windows Server
8 242 (20.32%) Customer Service
9 228 (19.14%) Firewall
10 212 (17.80%) DNS
11 202 (16.96%) Entra ID
12 194 (16.29%) DHCP
13 187 (15.70%) Microsoft Intune
14 168 (14.11%) VPN
15 159 (13.35%) Windows 10
16 151 (12.68%) ITIL
17 144 (12.09%) SharePoint
18 139 (11.67%) VMware
19 136 (11.42%) Microsoft Exchange
20 125 (10.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
21 116 (9.74%) Microsoft Office
22 115 (9.66%) Cybersecurity
23 112 (9.40%) Hyper-V
24 111 (9.32%) WAN
25 106 (8.90%) LAN
26 98 (8.23%) Wi-Fi
27 94 (7.89%) Google
27 94 (7.89%) VLAN
28 91 (7.64%) TCP/IP
29 89 (7.47%) 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
1 144 (12.09%) SharePoint
2 136 (11.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.26%) Confluence
4 14 (1.18%) IIS
5 6 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2007
5 6 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2010
5 6 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.084%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 116 (9.74%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.25%) CINEMA 4D
5 2 (0.17%) Acrobat
5 2 (0.17%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.084%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.084%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (0.59%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.084%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.084%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 557 (46.77%) Microsoft 365
2 387 (32.49%) Azure
3 202 (16.96%) Entra ID
4 80 (6.72%) Google Workspace
5 76 (6.38%) AWS
6 44 (3.69%) OneDrive
7 40 (3.36%) SaaS
8 25 (2.10%) GCP
9 24 (2.02%) Power Platform
10 18 (1.51%) IaaS
10 18 (1.51%) PaaS
11 15 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (1.09%) Power Automate
13 11 (0.92%) Datadog
14 10 (0.84%) Azure Sentinel
15 8 (0.67%) PowerApps
16 7 (0.59%) Microsoft Copilot
16 7 (0.59%) OCI
17 5 (0.42%) Azure AI
17 5 (0.42%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 228 (19.14%) Firewall
2 212 (17.80%) DNS
3 194 (16.29%) DHCP
4 168 (14.11%) VPN
5 111 (9.32%) WAN
6 106 (8.90%) LAN
7 98 (8.23%) Wi-Fi
8 94 (7.89%) VLAN
9 91 (7.64%) TCP/IP
10 56 (4.70%) VoIP
11 36 (3.02%) SAN
12 31 (2.60%) Wireless
13 25 (2.10%) SD-WAN
14 19 (1.60%) Network Security
15 14 (1.18%) Remote Desktop
16 12 (1.01%) IP Telephony
17 9 (0.76%) Internet
18 8 (0.67%) WLAN
19 5 (0.42%) SSL
19 5 (0.42%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (3.95%) SQL Server
2 23 (1.93%) Power BI
3 12 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.42%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.084%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.084%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.084%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 30 (2.52%) JIRA
2 8 (0.67%) Chocolatey
3 4 (0.34%) GitLab
4 2 (0.17%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.17%) Git
4 2 (0.17%) JMeter
4 2 (0.17%) LoadRunner
4 2 (0.17%) NeoLoad
4 2 (0.17%) Snyk
5 1 (0.084%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.084%) LabVIEW
General
1 337 (28.30%) Social Skills
2 81 (6.80%) Finance
3 77 (6.47%) Organisational Skills
4 60 (5.04%) Law
5 50 (4.20%) Analytical Skills
6 39 (3.27%) Multimedia
7 38 (3.19%) Retail
8 37 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 37 (3.11%) Manufacturing
9 34 (2.85%) Legal
10 31 (2.60%) Telecoms
11 25 (2.10%) Public Sector
12 9 (0.76%) Advertising
12 9 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (0.76%) Games
13 8 (0.67%) Banking
14 7 (0.59%) Electronics
15 5 (0.42%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.42%) Social Housing
16 4 (0.34%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (1.60%) .NET
2 13 (1.09%) .NET Framework
3 12 (1.01%) Entity Framework
3 12 (1.01%) WinForms
4 7 (0.59%) ASP.NET
5 4 (0.34%) OpenTelemetry
6 3 (0.25%) OAuth
7 2 (0.17%) OAuth2
7 2 (0.17%) React
7 2 (0.17%) REST
8 1 (0.084%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.084%) AVA JavaScript Test Runner
8 1 (0.084%) GraphQL
8 1 (0.084%) LangChain
8 1 (0.084%) LangGraph
8 1 (0.084%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (0.084%) OpenID
8 1 (0.084%) SAML
8 1 (0.084%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 204 (17.13%) Driving Licence
2 58 (4.87%) Onboarding
3 36 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (2.18%) CCTV
5 18 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (0.92%) Security Posture
7 11 (0.92%) Smartphone
8 10 (0.84%) iPad
8 10 (0.84%) iPhone
8 10 (0.84%) Social Media
9 9 (0.76%) Data Centre
9 9 (0.76%) Fat Client
9 9 (0.76%) Thin Client
10 8 (0.67%) Cyber Threat
10 8 (0.67%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (0.59%) FMCG
11 7 (0.59%) Management Information System
12 6 (0.50%) PMI
13 5 (0.42%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 564 (47.36%) Windows
2 295 (24.77%) Windows Server
3 159 (13.35%) Windows 10
4 79 (6.63%) Mac OS
5 52 (4.37%) Windows Server 2019
6 49 (4.11%) Linux
7 46 (3.86%) Windows Server 2016
8 29 (2.43%) Android
9 28 (2.35%) Apple iOS
10 22 (1.85%) Windows Server 2012
11 16 (1.34%) Windows 7
12 12 (1.01%) Mac OS X
13 10 (0.84%) Windows 8
14 3 (0.25%) Debian
15 1 (0.084%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.084%) Solaris
15 1 (0.084%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.084%) Unix
15 1 (0.084%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 352 (29.55%) Problem-Solving
2 242 (20.32%) Customer Service
3 151 (12.68%) ITIL
4 125 (10.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 115 (9.66%) Cybersecurity
6 87 (7.30%) Mentoring
7 80 (6.72%) ITSM
8 64 (5.37%) Service Delivery
9 53 (4.45%) Disaster Recovery
10 49 (4.11%) Migration
11 43 (3.61%) Continuous Improvement
11 43 (3.61%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 42 (3.53%) Asset Management
13 39 (3.27%) Computer Science
13 39 (3.27%) Process Improvement
14 38 (3.19%) Incident Management
15 35 (2.94%) Root Cause Analysis
16 32 (2.69%) Change Management
16 32 (2.69%) Project Delivery
17 31 (2.60%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 62 (5.21%) PowerShell
2 49 (4.11%) SQL
3 17 (1.43%) C#
4 13 (1.09%) Python
5 12 (1.01%) T-SQL
6 10 (0.84%) Bash
7 7 (0.59%) PL/SQL
7 7 (0.59%) VBScript
8 5 (0.42%) VB
9 3 (0.25%) Uniface
10 2 (0.17%) Google Apps Script
10 2 (0.17%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.084%) Java
11 1 (0.084%) PHP
11 1 (0.084%) R
11 1 (0.084%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 89 (7.47%) Degree
2 80 (6.72%) Microsoft Certification
3 51 (4.28%) Security Cleared
4 50 (4.20%) DBS Check
5 37 (3.11%) Cisco Certification
6 36 (3.02%) CCNA
7 34 (2.85%) SC Cleared
8 33 (2.77%) A+ Certification
9 31 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
10 21 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (1.68%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 20 (1.68%) Network+ Certification
12 17 (1.43%) Azure Certification
13 16 (1.34%) MCSE
14 15 (1.26%) DV Cleared
15 13 (1.09%) CCNP
15 13 (1.09%) MCSA
16 8 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
17 6 (0.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 6 (0.50%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (5.79%) SLA
2 54 (4.53%) Cyber Essentials
3 39 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 13 (1.09%) GDPR
6 8 (0.67%) QA
7 6 (0.50%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.50%) NIST
8 1 (0.084%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.084%) SOC 2
System Software
1 458 (38.46%) Active Directory
2 112 (9.40%) Hyper-V
3 83 (6.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (0.84%) VMware Workstation
6 8 (0.67%) vSphere
7 7 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.50%) Firmware
9 5 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.34%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.25%) Docker
12 2 (0.17%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.084%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.084%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 187 (15.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (2.27%) SCCM
3 20 (1.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 16 (1.34%) Jamf Pro
5 15 (1.26%) WSUS
6 14 (1.18%) Autotask
7 10 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.76%) Ansible
8 9 (0.76%) FortiGate
9 7 (0.59%) SmoothWall
10 5 (0.42%) Failover Clustering
10 5 (0.42%) Kubernetes
11 1 (0.084%) Nessus
11 1 (0.084%) Podman
11 1 (0.084%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.084%) Terraform
Vendors
1 544 (45.68%) Microsoft
2 139 (11.67%) VMware
3 94 (7.89%) Google
4 52 (4.37%) Fortinet
5 49 (4.11%) Apple
6 39 (3.27%) Fujitsu
6 39 (3.27%) Virgin Media
7 38 (3.19%) Cisco
8 33 (2.77%) Meraki
9 32 (2.69%) Veeam
10 19 (1.60%) Dell
11 17 (1.43%) Sage
12 16 (1.34%) ServiceNow
13 14 (1.18%) WatchGuard
14 13 (1.09%) Adobe
15 12 (1.01%) Xamarin
16 11 (0.92%) Datto
17 10 (0.84%) Citrix
17 10 (0.84%) ESET
17 10 (0.84%) Zoho