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 8 August 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 258 158
Rank change year-on-year +158 -100 +51
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,672 494 1,246
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.79% 1.13% 1.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.90% 1.25% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,453 383 980
10th Percentile £27,300 £25,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,250 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £43,750 £49,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £53,750
UK median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% 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 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 87,841 39,513 68,517
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 90.67% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 61,676 23,901 47,109
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 8 August 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 8 August 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 +123 419 £35,000 -12.50% 59
North of England +65 287 £32,500 -2.62% 37
East of England +104 266 £35,000 -1.41% 40
Midlands +80 253 £34,500 -8.00% 35
South West +52 228 £35,000 -6.67% 32
London +68 218 £36,000 -16.28% 62
North West +109 162 £35,000 - 21
East Midlands +44 132 £35,000 +7.69% 14
West Midlands +47 121 £33,250 -21.76% 21
Yorkshire -12 110 £30,000 -9.09% 12
North East -46 15 £40,000 -17.95% 5
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 August 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.

1 856 (51.20%) Microsoft
2 788 (47.13%) Microsoft 365
3 730 (43.66%) Windows
4 580 (34.69%) Active Directory
5 472 (28.23%) Azure
6 406 (24.28%) Problem-Solving
7 370 (22.13%) Windows Server
8 362 (21.65%) Entra ID
9 344 (20.57%) Customer Service
10 279 (16.69%) Firewall
10 279 (16.69%) Microsoft Exchange
11 265 (15.85%) Microsoft Intune
12 230 (13.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 224 (13.40%) DNS
14 220 (13.16%) SharePoint
15 196 (11.72%) Hyper-V
16 195 (11.66%) Cybersecurity
17 191 (11.42%) VMware
18 186 (11.12%) DHCP
19 182 (10.89%) VPN
20 154 (9.21%) Wi-Fi
21 146 (8.73%) ITIL
21 146 (8.73%) VMware Infrastructure
22 140 (8.37%) Disaster Recovery
23 139 (8.31%) Windows 10
24 132 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
25 124 (7.42%) PowerShell
26 123 (7.36%) Mac OS
26 123 (7.36%) TCP/IP
27 118 (7.06%) 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
1 279 (16.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 220 (13.16%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.08%) IIS
4 13 (0.78%) Exchange Server 2013
5 11 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2007
5 11 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2010
6 8 (0.48%) Confluence
7 3 (0.18%) Apache
Applications
1 101 (6.04%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.18%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (0.36%) Raiser’s Edge
2 3 (0.18%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 788 (47.13%) Microsoft 365
2 472 (28.23%) Azure
3 362 (21.65%) Entra ID
4 56 (3.35%) OneDrive
5 53 (3.17%) AWS
6 52 (3.11%) Google Workspace
7 51 (3.05%) SaaS
8 31 (1.85%) Mimecast
9 20 (1.20%) Power Platform
10 17 (1.02%) PaaS
11 14 (0.84%) IaaS
11 14 (0.84%) Nutanix
11 14 (0.84%) Power Automate
12 11 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (0.42%) Microsoft Copilot
13 7 (0.42%) PowerApps
14 6 (0.36%) Cloud Computing
14 6 (0.36%) Cloudflare
14 6 (0.36%) GCP
15 5 (0.30%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 279 (16.69%) Firewall
2 224 (13.40%) DNS
3 186 (11.12%) DHCP
4 182 (10.89%) VPN
5 154 (9.21%) Wi-Fi
6 123 (7.36%) TCP/IP
7 111 (6.64%) LAN
8 105 (6.28%) WAN
9 91 (5.44%) VLAN
10 82 (4.90%) Wireless
11 78 (4.67%) VoIP
12 47 (2.81%) SAN
13 31 (1.85%) Network Security
14 22 (1.32%) Internet
15 17 (1.02%) Remote Desktop
16 16 (0.96%) SSL
16 16 (0.96%) WLAN
17 7 (0.42%) NAS
18 5 (0.30%) Broadband
18 5 (0.30%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (3.89%) SQL Server
2 10 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (0.54%) Power BI
4 6 (0.36%) MySQL
5 5 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.12%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 42 (2.51%) JIRA
2 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.060%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.060%) Carbide.c++
3 1 (0.060%) GitLab
3 1 (0.060%) Metasploit
General
1 438 (26.20%) Social Skills
2 69 (4.13%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (4.07%) Legal
4 67 (4.01%) Manufacturing
5 61 (3.65%) Finance
6 54 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
7 50 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 39 (2.33%) Retail
9 35 (2.09%) Law
10 33 (1.97%) Advertising
11 28 (1.67%) Telecoms
12 20 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
13 17 (1.02%) Automotive
14 9 (0.54%) Local Government
15 8 (0.48%) Aerospace
15 8 (0.48%) Public Sector
16 6 (0.36%) Games
17 5 (0.30%) Banking
17 5 (0.30%) Police
18 4 (0.24%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (0.54%) HTML
2 7 (0.42%) JSON
3 5 (0.30%) CSS
3 5 (0.30%) Web Services
4 2 (0.12%) EDI
4 2 (0.12%) LDAP
4 2 (0.12%) SAML
5 1 (0.060%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 206 (12.32%) Driving Licence
2 94 (5.62%) Onboarding
3 70 (4.19%) Self-Motivation
4 38 (2.27%) Data Centre
5 36 (2.15%) CCTV
6 18 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
7 16 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
8 15 (0.90%) Clustering
9 14 (0.84%) Management Information System
9 14 (0.84%) Replication
9 14 (0.84%) Security Posture
10 13 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (0.66%) Cloud Native
11 11 (0.66%) NHS
11 11 (0.66%) Operational Technology
12 9 (0.54%) Cyber Threat
13 8 (0.48%) FMCG
13 8 (0.48%) PKI
14 7 (0.42%) EPoS
15 6 (0.36%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 730 (43.66%) Windows
2 370 (22.13%) Windows Server
3 139 (8.31%) Windows 10
4 123 (7.36%) Mac OS
5 113 (6.76%) Linux
6 50 (2.99%) Windows Server 2019
7 47 (2.81%) Apple iOS
8 39 (2.33%) Android
8 39 (2.33%) Windows Server 2016
9 17 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
10 13 (0.78%) Windows 7
11 10 (0.60%) Ubuntu
12 8 (0.48%) Windows 8
13 7 (0.42%) Mac OS X
14 5 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
16 2 (0.12%) VMS
17 1 (0.060%) Kali Linux
17 1 (0.060%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 406 (24.28%) Problem-Solving
2 344 (20.57%) Customer Service
3 230 (13.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 195 (11.66%) Cybersecurity
5 146 (8.73%) ITIL
6 140 (8.37%) Disaster Recovery
7 132 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 86 (5.14%) Project Delivery
9 82 (4.90%) ITSM
10 79 (4.72%) Service Delivery
11 65 (3.89%) Service Management
12 61 (3.65%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 59 (3.53%) Mentoring
14 54 (3.23%) Change Management
15 50 (2.99%) Business Continuity
16 47 (2.81%) Root Cause Analysis
17 43 (2.57%) Collaborative Culture
17 43 (2.57%) User Experience
18 40 (2.39%) Identity Management
18 40 (2.39%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 124 (7.42%) PowerShell
2 55 (3.29%) SQL
3 12 (0.72%) Python
4 11 (0.66%) R
5 8 (0.48%) Ruby
6 4 (0.24%) VBScript
7 3 (0.18%) Bicep
7 3 (0.18%) C#
7 3 (0.18%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.18%) PHP
7 3 (0.18%) VB
7 3 (0.18%) VBA
8 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.060%) Bash
9 1 (0.060%) Java
Qualifications
1 118 (7.06%) Degree
2 111 (6.64%) Microsoft Certification
3 73 (4.37%) DBS Check
4 53 (3.17%) Security Cleared
5 50 (2.99%) Cisco Certification
6 48 (2.87%) CCNA
7 32 (1.91%) Azure Certification
8 30 (1.79%) SC Cleared
9 28 (1.67%) A+ Certification
10 26 (1.56%) Network+ Certification
11 18 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
12 13 (0.78%) MCSE
13 11 (0.66%) DV Cleared
14 7 (0.42%) AWS Certification
14 7 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
14 7 (0.42%) Computer Science Degree
15 6 (0.36%) CCNP
15 6 (0.36%) MCSA
16 4 (0.24%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (5.86%) Cyber Essentials
2 54 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 49 (2.93%) SLA
4 32 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 26 (1.56%) GDPR
6 11 (0.66%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.36%) NIST
8 4 (0.24%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.12%) QA
10 1 (0.060%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.060%) NCSC
10 1 (0.060%) TickIT
System Software
1 580 (34.69%) Active Directory
2 196 (11.72%) Hyper-V
3 146 (8.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (0.78%) Docker
5 13 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.72%) vSphere
7 8 (0.48%) BitLocker
8 7 (0.42%) Firmware
9 5 (0.30%) Terminal Services
10 4 (0.24%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.060%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.060%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.060%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 265 (15.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (1.67%) SCCM
3 27 (1.61%) Jamf Pro
4 24 (1.44%) Autotask
5 15 (0.90%) WSUS
6 10 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
7 9 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 7 (0.42%) FortiGate
9 5 (0.30%) Kubernetes
9 5 (0.30%) Terraform
10 4 (0.24%) Iperf
11 3 (0.18%) Ansible
12 2 (0.12%) Nessus
12 2 (0.12%) PaperCut
13 1 (0.060%) Argo
13 1 (0.060%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 1 (0.060%) Nmap
13 1 (0.060%) SCOM
13 1 (0.060%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 856 (51.20%) Microsoft
2 191 (11.42%) VMware
3 79 (4.72%) Cisco
4 60 (3.59%) Google
5 54 (3.23%) Veeam
6 43 (2.57%) SonicWALL
7 42 (2.51%) Apple
8 39 (2.33%) Meraki
9 36 (2.15%) Ubiquiti
10 35 (2.09%) HP
11 26 (1.56%) Sophos
12 25 (1.50%) Datto
12 25 (1.50%) Dell
13 20 (1.20%) Fortinet
14 17 (1.02%) Aruba
15 13 (0.78%) Logitech
15 13 (0.78%) Palo Alto
15 13 (0.78%) ServiceNow
15 13 (0.78%) TOWER Software
16 12 (0.72%) CrowdStrike