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 20 September 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 259 170
Rank change year-on-year +143 -89 +11
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,667 467 1,083
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.63% 1.08% 1.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.75% 1.20% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,444 352 780
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £38,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +2.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £44,750 £48,813 £46,813
90th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £56,150
UK median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +2.74% +4.29%

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 95,525 38,959 65,649
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 90.42% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 67,241 23,398 39,541
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,325 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.18% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £58,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.36% - -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 20 September 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 20 September 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 +128 391 £37,500 -6.25% 91
Midlands +65 296 £34,500 -6.76% 65
East of England +101 264 £35,000 -3.45% 38
North of England +38 259 £32,940 -5.89% 77
South West +44 238 £35,000 -6.67% 33
London +42 217 £36,000 -20.00% 113
West Midlands +46 149 £34,500 -27.37% 32
East Midlands +34 147 £35,000 +13.82% 33
North West +82 146 £34,500 -1.43% 50
Yorkshire -19 94 £30,000 -9.09% 20
North East -49 19 £40,000 -17.95% 7
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 September 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.

1 891 (53.45%) Microsoft
2 813 (48.77%) Microsoft 365
3 773 (46.37%) Windows
4 603 (36.17%) Active Directory
5 481 (28.85%) Azure
6 416 (24.96%) Problem-Solving
7 399 (23.94%) Entra ID
8 397 (23.82%) Windows Server
9 366 (21.96%) Customer Service
10 308 (18.48%) Firewall
11 298 (17.88%) Microsoft Intune
12 286 (17.16%) Microsoft Exchange
13 271 (16.26%) DNS
14 254 (15.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 247 (14.82%) SharePoint
16 244 (14.64%) Cybersecurity
17 231 (13.86%) DHCP
18 219 (13.14%) Hyper-V
19 215 (12.90%) VPN
20 210 (12.60%) VMware
21 167 (10.02%) TCP/IP
22 166 (9.96%) Wi-Fi
23 159 (9.54%) VMware Infrastructure
24 153 (9.18%) ITIL
25 151 (9.06%) Continuous Improvement
26 141 (8.46%) Disaster Recovery
27 137 (8.22%) Windows 10
28 132 (7.92%) Degree
29 129 (7.74%) Linux
30 124 (7.44%) PowerShell

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
1 286 (17.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 247 (14.82%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.38%) IIS
4 8 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (0.36%) Apache
5 6 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2007
5 6 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (0.24%) Confluence
Applications
1 83 (4.98%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (0.96%) 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
2 3 (0.18%) Shopify
3 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.060%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.060%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 813 (48.77%) Microsoft 365
2 481 (28.85%) Azure
3 399 (23.94%) Entra ID
4 74 (4.44%) OneDrive
5 53 (3.18%) Google Workspace
6 52 (3.12%) AWS
7 46 (2.76%) SaaS
8 34 (2.04%) Mimecast
9 28 (1.68%) Power Platform
10 17 (1.02%) Power Automate
11 14 (0.84%) Nutanix
12 13 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
12 13 (0.78%) PaaS
13 10 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
13 10 (0.60%) IaaS
14 7 (0.42%) PowerApps
15 6 (0.36%) Cloud Computing
15 6 (0.36%) Cloudflare
16 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Purview
17 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 308 (18.48%) Firewall
2 271 (16.26%) DNS
3 231 (13.86%) DHCP
4 215 (12.90%) VPN
5 167 (10.02%) TCP/IP
6 166 (9.96%) Wi-Fi
7 119 (7.14%) VLAN
8 105 (6.30%) LAN
9 104 (6.24%) Wireless
10 98 (5.88%) WAN
11 92 (5.52%) VoIP
12 49 (2.94%) SAN
13 34 (2.04%) Network Security
14 23 (1.38%) Internet
15 20 (1.20%) SSL
16 18 (1.08%) WLAN
17 14 (0.84%) Remote Desktop
18 8 (0.48%) PBX
18 8 (0.48%) Structured Cabling
19 7 (0.42%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (4.20%) SQL Server
2 10 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (0.54%) MySQL
4 7 (0.42%) Power BI
5 4 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.12%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 36 (2.16%) JIRA
2 3 (0.18%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.18%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.060%) Carbide.c++
General
1 496 (29.75%) Social Skills
2 74 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
3 72 (4.32%) Legal
4 71 (4.26%) Manufacturing
5 56 (3.36%) Finance
6 52 (3.12%) Organisational Skills
7 41 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 38 (2.28%) Retail
9 36 (2.16%) Advertising
10 33 (1.98%) Telecoms
11 25 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
12 23 (1.38%) Law
12 23 (1.38%) Public Sector
13 17 (1.02%) Automotive
14 13 (0.78%) Games
15 9 (0.54%) Aerospace
16 7 (0.42%) Local Government
17 6 (0.36%) Banking
17 6 (0.36%) Police
18 4 (0.24%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (0.54%) HTML
2 7 (0.42%) JSON
3 5 (0.30%) CSS
4 4 (0.24%) .NET
4 4 (0.24%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 4 (0.24%) Web Services
4 4 (0.24%) WinForms
5 3 (0.18%) Terraform
6 2 (0.12%) EDI
6 2 (0.12%) LDAP
6 2 (0.12%) SAML
7 1 (0.060%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.060%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 221 (13.26%) Driving Licence
2 99 (5.94%) Onboarding
3 74 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
4 43 (2.58%) CCTV
5 40 (2.40%) Data Centre
6 26 (1.56%) Operational Technology
7 19 (1.14%) Replication
7 19 (1.14%) Video Conferencing
8 18 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
9 16 (0.96%) Management Information System
10 15 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
10 15 (0.90%) Clustering
11 12 (0.72%) Cyber Threat
12 11 (0.66%) Cloud Native
13 10 (0.60%) Security Posture
14 8 (0.48%) PKI
15 7 (0.42%) EPoS
15 7 (0.42%) FMCG
15 7 (0.42%) NHS
16 6 (0.36%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 773 (46.37%) Windows
2 397 (23.82%) Windows Server
3 137 (8.22%) Windows 10
4 129 (7.74%) Linux
5 108 (6.48%) Mac OS
6 48 (2.88%) Apple iOS
7 47 (2.82%) Windows Server 2019
8 43 (2.58%) Android
9 35 (2.10%) Windows Server 2016
10 17 (1.02%) Ubuntu
11 14 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
12 6 (0.36%) Windows 7
13 5 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 5 (0.30%) Rocky
14 4 (0.24%) Windows 8
15 3 (0.18%) Kali Linux
15 3 (0.18%) Mac OS X
15 3 (0.18%) Unix
16 2 (0.12%) VMS
16 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 416 (24.96%) Problem-Solving
2 366 (21.96%) Customer Service
3 254 (15.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 244 (14.64%) Cybersecurity
5 153 (9.18%) ITIL
6 151 (9.06%) Continuous Improvement
7 141 (8.46%) Disaster Recovery
8 97 (5.82%) Project Delivery
9 82 (4.92%) Service Delivery
10 80 (4.80%) ITSM
11 66 (3.96%) Mentoring
12 60 (3.60%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 57 (3.42%) Service Management
14 53 (3.18%) Business Continuity
15 51 (3.06%) Change Management
16 48 (2.88%) Migration
16 48 (2.88%) User Experience
17 42 (2.52%) Collaborative Culture
18 40 (2.40%) Identity Management
18 40 (2.40%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 124 (7.44%) PowerShell
2 52 (3.12%) SQL
3 12 (0.72%) Python
4 10 (0.60%) R
4 10 (0.60%) Ruby
5 7 (0.42%) C#
6 4 (0.24%) Bicep
6 4 (0.24%) VBScript
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
1 132 (7.92%) Degree
2 114 (6.84%) Microsoft Certification
3 76 (4.56%) DBS Check
4 52 (3.12%) Cisco Certification
5 49 (2.94%) CCNA
6 41 (2.46%) Security Cleared
7 34 (2.04%) Azure Certification
8 29 (1.74%) Network+ Certification
9 25 (1.50%) A+ Certification
10 21 (1.26%) SC Cleared
11 20 (1.20%) MCSE
12 19 (1.14%) CompTIA Security+
13 14 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
14 11 (0.66%) CCNP
14 11 (0.66%) MCSA
15 9 (0.54%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 7 (0.42%) AWS Certification
16 7 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
16 7 (0.42%) DV Cleared
17 6 (0.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (6.72%) Cyber Essentials
2 52 (3.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 47 (2.82%) GDPR
4 36 (2.16%) SLA
5 27 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 11 (0.66%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.36%) NIST
8 5 (0.30%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.18%) NCSC
10 2 (0.12%) QA
11 1 (0.060%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.060%) TickIT
System Software
1 603 (36.17%) Active Directory
2 219 (13.14%) Hyper-V
3 159 (9.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
6 13 (0.78%) vSphere
7 11 (0.66%) Docker
8 10 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
9 9 (0.54%) Firmware
10 8 (0.48%) BitLocker
11 5 (0.30%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.060%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.060%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 298 (17.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (1.68%) Jamf Pro
3 22 (1.32%) SCCM
4 19 (1.14%) Autotask
5 15 (0.90%) WSUS
6 11 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
8 8 (0.48%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.36%) Kubernetes
10 4 (0.24%) Iperf
10 4 (0.24%) Nessus
11 3 (0.18%) Nmap
11 3 (0.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.12%) Ansible
12 2 (0.12%) Backup Exec
12 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 2 (0.12%) PaperCut
12 2 (0.12%) SCOM
12 2 (0.12%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 891 (53.45%) Microsoft
2 210 (12.60%) VMware
3 91 (5.46%) Cisco
4 75 (4.50%) Veeam
5 63 (3.78%) SonicWALL
6 56 (3.36%) Google
7 50 (3.00%) Apple
8 37 (2.22%) HP
9 36 (2.16%) Meraki
10 33 (1.98%) Datto
11 32 (1.92%) Dell
11 32 (1.92%) Fortinet
11 32 (1.92%) Sophos
12 31 (1.86%) Ubiquiti
13 25 (1.50%) Palo Alto
14 24 (1.44%) Draytek
15 22 (1.32%) Aruba
16 20 (1.20%) TOWER Software
17 19 (1.14%) Logitech
17 19 (1.14%) ServiceNow