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 15 May 2026.

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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 256 136
Rank change year-on-year +168 -120 +103
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,569 503 1,744
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.94% 1.29% 2.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.08% 1.44% 2.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,341 395 1,560
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -5.80%
75th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £43,000
90th Percentile £56,250 £53,750 £50,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -5.80%

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 75,487 34,868 79,376
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 89.50% 94.47%
Number of salaries quoted 50,840 20,779 60,307
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £53,847
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +7.71% -11.44%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,574 £71,980
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,508
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.51% -12.49%

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 15 May 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 15 May 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 +96 368 £34,000 -2.86% 56
North of England +111 327 £32,500 - 44
Midlands +38 256 £32,500 -7.14% 40
East of England +86 220 £33,000 +10.00% 43
London +66 207 £40,000 -13.51% 35
South West +59 188 £35,000 +4.48% 27
North West +116 180 £32,500 -7.14% 25
Yorkshire +22 138 £33,500 +11.67% 17
East Midlands +44 131 £30,000 -7.69% 26
West Midlands +14 125 £32,500 -7.14% 14
North East -34 9 £30,000 -20.00% 4
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 May 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.

1 653 (41.62%) Microsoft 365
2 648 (41.30%) Microsoft
3 587 (37.41%) Windows
4 500 (31.87%) Active Directory
5 411 (26.20%) Azure
6 383 (24.41%) Problem-Solving
7 312 (19.89%) Windows Server
8 299 (19.06%) Customer Service
9 259 (16.51%) Entra ID
10 256 (16.32%) Firewall
11 194 (12.36%) DNS
12 190 (12.11%) Microsoft Intune
13 180 (11.47%) VPN
14 176 (11.22%) DHCP
15 165 (10.52%) Microsoft Exchange
16 162 (10.33%) SharePoint
17 158 (10.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 157 (10.01%) Windows 10
19 152 (9.69%) VMware
20 141 (8.99%) ITIL
21 139 (8.86%) Wi-Fi
22 138 (8.80%) LAN
23 136 (8.67%) WAN
24 133 (8.48%) Hyper-V
25 129 (8.22%) Cybersecurity
26 124 (7.90%) Microsoft Office
27 112 (7.14%) Degree
28 101 (6.44%) Microsoft Certification
29 94 (5.99%) VMware Infrastructure
30 89 (5.67%) ITSM

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
1 165 (10.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 162 (10.33%) SharePoint
3 15 (0.96%) Confluence
4 12 (0.76%) Exchange Server 2013
5 10 (0.64%) Exchange Server 2007
5 10 (0.64%) Exchange Server 2010
6 6 (0.38%) IIS
Applications
1 124 (7.90%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.19%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.13%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.064%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (0.38%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.064%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 653 (41.62%) Microsoft 365
2 411 (26.20%) Azure
3 259 (16.51%) Entra ID
4 67 (4.27%) Google Workspace
5 52 (3.31%) AWS
6 43 (2.74%) OneDrive
7 40 (2.55%) SaaS
8 27 (1.72%) PaaS
9 23 (1.47%) IaaS
10 22 (1.40%) Power Platform
11 15 (0.96%) Mimecast
12 11 (0.70%) PowerApps
13 9 (0.57%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (0.57%) Azure Sentinel
14 8 (0.51%) Datadog
15 7 (0.45%) OCI
16 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Copilot
17 5 (0.32%) GCP
17 5 (0.32%) Intacct
17 5 (0.32%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 256 (16.32%) Firewall
2 194 (12.36%) DNS
3 180 (11.47%) VPN
4 176 (11.22%) DHCP
5 139 (8.86%) Wi-Fi
6 138 (8.80%) LAN
7 136 (8.67%) WAN
8 84 (5.35%) VLAN
9 69 (4.40%) VoIP
10 55 (3.51%) TCP/IP
11 54 (3.44%) SAN
12 33 (2.10%) Wireless
13 27 (1.72%) Network Security
14 21 (1.34%) SD-WAN
15 16 (1.02%) WLAN
16 12 (0.76%) Internet
17 10 (0.64%) Remote Desktop
18 7 (0.45%) NAS
18 7 (0.45%) SSL
19 5 (0.32%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (4.33%) SQL Server
2 18 (1.15%) Power BI
3 3 (0.19%) MySQL
4 2 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.064%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 35 (2.23%) JIRA
2 8 (0.51%) Chocolatey
3 4 (0.25%) GitLab
4 1 (0.064%) Git
4 1 (0.064%) LabVIEW
General
1 346 (22.05%) Social Skills
2 82 (5.23%) Finance
3 63 (4.02%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (3.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 58 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
6 53 (3.38%) Manufacturing
7 47 (3.00%) Law
8 44 (2.80%) Legal
9 40 (2.55%) Retail
9 40 (2.55%) Telecoms
10 39 (2.49%) Multimedia
11 22 (1.40%) Public Sector
12 15 (0.96%) Advertising
13 14 (0.89%) Automotive
14 10 (0.64%) Banking
15 7 (0.45%) Games
16 5 (0.32%) Social Housing
17 4 (0.25%) Aerospace
17 4 (0.25%) Dutch Language
17 4 (0.25%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (0.38%) HTML
2 5 (0.32%) CSS
3 4 (0.25%) JSON
3 4 (0.25%) OpenTelemetry
4 3 (0.19%) .NET
4 3 (0.19%) Web Services
5 1 (0.064%) AVA JavaScript Test Runner
5 1 (0.064%) LangChain
5 1 (0.064%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.064%) OAuth
5 1 (0.064%) OpenID
5 1 (0.064%) React
5 1 (0.064%) SAML
5 1 (0.064%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 208 (13.26%) Driving Licence
2 66 (4.21%) Onboarding
3 46 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (1.78%) Analytical Mindset
5 27 (1.72%) CCTV
6 24 (1.53%) Data Centre
7 11 (0.70%) FMCG
7 11 (0.70%) Security Posture
7 11 (0.70%) Social Media
8 10 (0.64%) Management Information System
8 10 (0.64%) NHS
9 9 (0.57%) Smartphone
10 8 (0.51%) Cyber Threat
10 8 (0.51%) iPad
10 8 (0.51%) iPhone
10 8 (0.51%) Linux Command Line
10 8 (0.51%) Replication
11 7 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (0.45%) Fat Client
11 7 (0.45%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 587 (37.41%) Windows
2 312 (19.89%) Windows Server
3 157 (10.01%) Windows 10
4 87 (5.54%) Mac OS
5 61 (3.89%) Linux
6 54 (3.44%) Windows Server 2019
7 50 (3.19%) Windows Server 2016
8 37 (2.36%) Apple iOS
9 34 (2.17%) Android
10 22 (1.40%) Windows Server 2012
11 14 (0.89%) Windows 7
12 9 (0.57%) Mac OS X
12 9 (0.57%) Windows 8
13 4 (0.25%) Ubuntu
13 4 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.064%) Solaris
15 1 (0.064%) Unix
15 1 (0.064%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 383 (24.41%) Problem-Solving
2 299 (19.06%) Customer Service
3 158 (10.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 141 (8.99%) ITIL
5 129 (8.22%) Cybersecurity
6 89 (5.67%) ITSM
6 89 (5.67%) Mentoring
7 77 (4.91%) Disaster Recovery
8 67 (4.27%) Service Delivery
9 60 (3.82%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 58 (3.70%) Continuous Improvement
11 47 (3.00%) Project Delivery
12 46 (2.93%) Migration
13 45 (2.87%) Service Management
14 44 (2.80%) Change Management
14 44 (2.80%) Time Management
15 40 (2.55%) Root Cause Analysis
16 37 (2.36%) Process Improvement
17 35 (2.23%) Business Continuity
18 34 (2.17%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 85 (5.42%) PowerShell
2 46 (2.93%) SQL
3 11 (0.70%) Bash
4 10 (0.64%) Python
5 5 (0.32%) VB
6 4 (0.25%) C#
6 4 (0.25%) PHP
6 4 (0.25%) R
7 3 (0.19%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.19%) Uniface
7 3 (0.19%) VBA
8 2 (0.13%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.064%) Java
9 1 (0.064%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.064%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 112 (7.14%) Degree
2 101 (6.44%) Microsoft Certification
3 76 (4.84%) Security Cleared
4 57 (3.63%) DBS Check
5 47 (3.00%) SC Cleared
6 41 (2.61%) Cisco Certification
7 40 (2.55%) CCNA
8 39 (2.49%) A+ Certification
9 31 (1.98%) Network+ Certification
10 25 (1.59%) Azure Certification
11 21 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
12 17 (1.08%) MCSE
13 16 (1.02%) CompTIA Security+
13 16 (1.02%) DV Cleared
14 14 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
15 7 (0.45%) CCNP
16 6 (0.38%) MCITP
16 6 (0.38%) PMI Certification
17 5 (0.32%) MCSA
18 3 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (5.10%) SLA
2 65 (4.14%) Cyber Essentials
3 51 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 12 (0.76%) GDPR
6 9 (0.57%) NIST
7 7 (0.45%) QA
8 5 (0.32%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.32%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.064%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.064%) SOC 2
System Software
1 500 (31.87%) Active Directory
2 133 (8.48%) Hyper-V
3 94 (5.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (0.89%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (0.64%) Docker
7 7 (0.45%) VMware Workstation
8 6 (0.38%) Terminal Services
8 6 (0.38%) vSphere
9 4 (0.25%) BitLocker
9 4 (0.25%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.19%) Firmware
11 1 (0.064%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 190 (12.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (2.17%) SCCM
3 20 (1.27%) WSUS
4 19 (1.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 19 (1.21%) Autotask
4 19 (1.21%) Jamf Pro
5 13 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.64%) FortiGate
7 5 (0.32%) Ansible
8 4 (0.25%) SmoothWall
8 4 (0.25%) Terraform
9 2 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.064%) Kubernetes
10 1 (0.064%) Podman
10 1 (0.064%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 648 (41.30%) Microsoft
2 152 (9.69%) VMware
3 72 (4.59%) Google
4 60 (3.82%) Fortinet
5 53 (3.38%) Apple
6 44 (2.80%) Cisco
7 40 (2.55%) Meraki
8 39 (2.49%) Fujitsu
8 39 (2.49%) Virgin Media
9 24 (1.53%) Dell
9 24 (1.53%) Veeam
10 20 (1.27%) Datto
11 19 (1.21%) HP
11 19 (1.21%) SonicWALL
12 18 (1.15%) Sophos
13 17 (1.08%) Ubiquiti
14 13 (0.83%) Epicor
15 11 (0.70%) ConnectWise
15 11 (0.70%) Draytek
16 10 (0.64%) Citrix