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 1 April 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 171 134
Rank change year-on-year +77 -37 +124
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,389 676 1,700
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.97% 1.85% 2.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.14% 2.06% 2.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,198 445 1,527
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,633 £24,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +6.06% -1.49%
75th Percentile £41,250 £44,250 £43,750
90th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £51,100
UK median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +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 64,914 32,868 73,783
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.18% 89.93% 94.38%
Number of salaries quoted 42,649 21,136 57,579
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.71%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,159
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 1 April 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 1 April 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 +63 364 £33,250 -5.00% 75
North of England +53 284 £32,000 -3.03% 59
Midlands -23 238 £32,000 -8.57% 46
London +56 190 £40,000 -11.11% 30
East of England +47 168 £30,000 +9.09% 30
North West +60 145 £31,000 -11.43% 35
South West +47 143 £34,500 - 41
East Midlands -6 137 £30,000 - 22
Yorkshire +17 128 £33,500 +11.67% 22
West Midlands -48 101 £32,500 -7.14% 24
North East -27 11 £30,000 -20.00% 5
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 April 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.

1 635 (45.72%) Microsoft 365
2 631 (45.43%) Microsoft
3 625 (45.00%) Windows
4 506 (36.43%) Active Directory
5 414 (29.81%) Azure
6 390 (28.08%) Problem-Solving
7 322 (23.18%) Windows Server
8 279 (20.09%) Customer Service
9 246 (17.71%) Firewall
10 228 (16.41%) Entra ID
11 219 (15.77%) DNS
12 203 (14.61%) DHCP
12 203 (14.61%) Microsoft Intune
13 175 (12.60%) VPN
14 173 (12.46%) Windows 10
15 168 (12.10%) ITIL
16 159 (11.45%) Microsoft Exchange
16 159 (11.45%) SharePoint
17 143 (10.30%) VMware
18 137 (9.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 126 (9.07%) WAN
20 125 (9.00%) Microsoft Office
21 123 (8.86%) Cybersecurity
21 123 (8.86%) Hyper-V
21 123 (8.86%) LAN
22 117 (8.42%) Wi-Fi
23 95 (6.84%) Google
24 93 (6.70%) Degree
25 92 (6.62%) Microsoft Certification
25 92 (6.62%) TCP/IP

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
1 159 (11.45%) Microsoft Exchange
1 159 (11.45%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.08%) Confluence
3 11 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2013
4 10 (0.72%) Exchange Server 2007
4 10 (0.72%) Exchange Server 2010
4 10 (0.72%) IIS
Applications
1 125 (9.00%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.14%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.072%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.072%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (0.50%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.072%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 635 (45.72%) Microsoft 365
2 414 (29.81%) Azure
3 228 (16.41%) Entra ID
4 84 (6.05%) Google Workspace
5 74 (5.33%) AWS
6 49 (3.53%) OneDrive
7 44 (3.17%) SaaS
8 24 (1.73%) IaaS
8 24 (1.73%) PaaS
8 24 (1.73%) Power Platform
9 19 (1.37%) GCP
10 11 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (0.79%) Datadog
10 11 (0.79%) Power Automate
10 11 (0.79%) PowerApps
11 10 (0.72%) Azure Sentinel
12 8 (0.58%) Microsoft Copilot
12 8 (0.58%) Mimecast
13 7 (0.50%) OCI
14 5 (0.36%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 246 (17.71%) Firewall
2 219 (15.77%) DNS
3 203 (14.61%) DHCP
4 175 (12.60%) VPN
5 126 (9.07%) WAN
6 123 (8.86%) LAN
7 117 (8.42%) Wi-Fi
8 92 (6.62%) TCP/IP
9 91 (6.55%) VLAN
10 61 (4.39%) VoIP
11 35 (2.52%) Wireless
12 32 (2.30%) SAN
13 24 (1.73%) Network Security
13 24 (1.73%) SD-WAN
14 14 (1.01%) Remote Desktop
15 10 (0.72%) IP Telephony
15 10 (0.72%) WLAN
16 9 (0.65%) Internet
17 5 (0.36%) SSL
17 5 (0.36%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (3.96%) SQL Server
2 24 (1.73%) Power BI
3 8 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (0.29%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 36 (2.59%) JIRA
2 8 (0.58%) Chocolatey
3 4 (0.29%) GitLab
4 2 (0.14%) Git
5 1 (0.072%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.072%) LabVIEW
General
1 357 (25.70%) Social Skills
2 82 (5.90%) Finance
3 78 (5.62%) Organisational Skills
4 51 (3.67%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (3.67%) Law
5 45 (3.24%) Retail
6 44 (3.17%) Manufacturing
7 40 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 39 (2.81%) Multimedia
9 37 (2.66%) Legal
10 33 (2.38%) Telecoms
11 24 (1.73%) Public Sector
12 12 (0.86%) Advertising
13 9 (0.65%) Banking
13 9 (0.65%) Games
14 7 (0.50%) Electronics
15 6 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (0.43%) Spanish Language
16 5 (0.36%) Financial Institution
16 5 (0.36%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (0.86%) .NET
2 8 (0.58%) .NET Framework
2 8 (0.58%) Entity Framework
2 8 (0.58%) WinForms
3 5 (0.36%) ASP.NET
4 4 (0.29%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.072%) AVA JavaScript Test Runner
5 1 (0.072%) LangChain
5 1 (0.072%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.072%) OAuth
5 1 (0.072%) OpenID
5 1 (0.072%) React
5 1 (0.072%) SAML
5 1 (0.072%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.072%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 214 (15.41%) Driving Licence
2 60 (4.32%) Onboarding
3 41 (2.95%) Self-Motivation
4 25 (1.80%) CCTV
5 18 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
6 13 (0.94%) Data Centre
7 11 (0.79%) Security Posture
7 11 (0.79%) Smartphone
8 10 (0.72%) iPad
8 10 (0.72%) iPhone
9 9 (0.65%) Fat Client
9 9 (0.65%) FMCG
9 9 (0.65%) Social Media
9 9 (0.65%) Thin Client
10 8 (0.58%) Cyber Threat
10 8 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (0.58%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (0.43%) PMI
12 5 (0.36%) Management Information System
12 5 (0.36%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 625 (45.00%) Windows
2 322 (23.18%) Windows Server
3 173 (12.46%) Windows 10
4 84 (6.05%) Mac OS
5 58 (4.18%) Windows Server 2019
6 56 (4.03%) Linux
7 55 (3.96%) Windows Server 2016
8 30 (2.16%) Apple iOS
9 28 (2.02%) Windows Server 2012
10 25 (1.80%) Android
11 17 (1.22%) Windows 7
12 16 (1.15%) Mac OS X
13 11 (0.79%) Windows 8
14 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
15 3 (0.22%) Debian
16 1 (0.072%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.072%) Solaris
16 1 (0.072%) Ubuntu
16 1 (0.072%) Unix
16 1 (0.072%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 390 (28.08%) Problem-Solving
2 279 (20.09%) Customer Service
3 168 (12.10%) ITIL
4 137 (9.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 123 (8.86%) Cybersecurity
6 91 (6.55%) Mentoring
7 90 (6.48%) ITSM
8 68 (4.90%) Service Delivery
9 59 (4.25%) Disaster Recovery
10 51 (3.67%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 48 (3.46%) Continuous Improvement
11 48 (3.46%) Process Improvement
12 47 (3.38%) Migration
13 43 (3.10%) Asset Management
14 42 (3.02%) Service Management
15 41 (2.95%) Change Management
16 40 (2.88%) Computer Science
17 39 (2.81%) Project Delivery
18 36 (2.59%) Incident Management
19 35 (2.52%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 74 (5.33%) PowerShell
2 44 (3.17%) SQL
3 11 (0.79%) C#
3 11 (0.79%) Python
4 10 (0.72%) Bash
5 8 (0.58%) T-SQL
6 5 (0.36%) PL/SQL
6 5 (0.36%) VB
6 5 (0.36%) VBScript
7 4 (0.29%) R
8 3 (0.22%) Uniface
9 2 (0.14%) Google Apps Script
10 1 (0.072%) Java
10 1 (0.072%) PHP
10 1 (0.072%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 93 (6.70%) Degree
2 92 (6.62%) Microsoft Certification
3 64 (4.61%) Security Cleared
4 53 (3.82%) DBS Check
5 41 (2.95%) SC Cleared
6 39 (2.81%) Cisco Certification
7 37 (2.66%) A+ Certification
7 37 (2.66%) CCNA
8 26 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
9 24 (1.73%) Network+ Certification
10 21 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (1.44%) Azure Certification
12 18 (1.30%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 17 (1.22%) MCSE
14 15 (1.08%) CCNP
14 15 (1.08%) DV Cleared
15 13 (0.94%) MCSA
16 9 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
17 6 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 6 (0.43%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (6.12%) SLA
2 59 (4.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 44 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 9 (0.65%) GDPR
6 7 (0.50%) NIST
6 7 (0.50%) QA
7 3 (0.22%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.072%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.072%) SOC 2
System Software
1 506 (36.43%) Active Directory
2 123 (8.86%) Hyper-V
3 82 (5.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (0.79%) VMware Workstation
6 8 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (0.50%) vSphere
8 6 (0.43%) Firmware
9 5 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.29%) Docker
10 4 (0.29%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.14%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.072%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.072%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 203 (14.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (2.30%) SCCM
3 22 (1.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 18 (1.30%) Autotask
4 18 (1.30%) WSUS
5 17 (1.22%) Jamf Pro
6 10 (0.72%) FortiGate
6 10 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.58%) Ansible
8 7 (0.50%) SmoothWall
9 3 (0.22%) Terraform
10 1 (0.072%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.072%) Kubernetes
10 1 (0.072%) Podman
Vendors
1 631 (45.43%) Microsoft
2 143 (10.30%) VMware
3 95 (6.84%) Google
4 55 (3.96%) Fortinet
5 52 (3.74%) Apple
6 39 (2.81%) Cisco
6 39 (2.81%) Fujitsu
6 39 (2.81%) Virgin Media
7 34 (2.45%) Meraki
8 26 (1.87%) Veeam
9 22 (1.58%) Dell
10 14 (1.01%) Datto
10 14 (1.01%) Sage
10 14 (1.01%) ServiceNow
10 14 (1.01%) WatchGuard
11 12 (0.86%) ConnectWise
11 12 (0.86%) Draytek
12 11 (0.79%) Citrix
12 11 (0.79%) Epicor
12 11 (0.79%) HP