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 21 March 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 162 132
Rank change year-on-year +58 -30 +122
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,297 718 1,654
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.93% 1.90% 2.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.10% 2.10% 2.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,115 462 1,490
10th Percentile £25,875 £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 £44,188 £43,000
90th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £50,025
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 61,816 34,123 71,016
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.96% 90.20% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 40,377 20,975 55,815
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £28,501
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
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 21 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 21 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 +56 341 £33,500 -4.29% 77
North of England +46 271 £32,350 -4.15% 50
Midlands -17 231 £31,500 -10.00% 40
London +56 181 £40,000 -11.11% 28
East of England +45 141 £30,000 +9.09% 34
North West +53 137 £30,000 -14.29% 33
East Midlands -8 135 £30,000 - 19
South West +45 130 £34,500 -0.72% 35
Yorkshire +19 124 £35,000 +16.67% 16
West Midlands -53 96 £32,500 -7.14% 21
North East -25 10 £30,000 -16.67% 3
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 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.

1 597 (46.03%) Windows
2 593 (45.72%) Microsoft 365
3 589 (45.41%) Microsoft
4 481 (37.09%) Active Directory
5 400 (30.84%) Azure
6 372 (28.68%) Problem-Solving
7 307 (23.67%) Windows Server
8 261 (20.12%) Customer Service
9 233 (17.96%) Firewall
10 212 (16.35%) DNS
11 210 (16.19%) Entra ID
12 196 (15.11%) DHCP
13 191 (14.73%) Microsoft Intune
14 174 (13.42%) VPN
15 166 (12.80%) Windows 10
16 160 (12.34%) ITIL
17 146 (11.26%) SharePoint
18 141 (10.87%) Microsoft Exchange
19 138 (10.64%) VMware
20 128 (9.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
21 122 (9.41%) Microsoft Office
22 120 (9.25%) WAN
23 119 (9.18%) Hyper-V
24 118 (9.10%) Cybersecurity
25 117 (9.02%) LAN
26 109 (8.40%) Wi-Fi
27 95 (7.32%) Google
28 90 (6.94%) Degree
28 90 (6.94%) VLAN
29 89 (6.86%) 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
1 146 (11.26%) SharePoint
2 141 (10.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.16%) Confluence
4 12 (0.93%) IIS
5 8 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2007
5 8 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2010
5 8 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.077%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 122 (9.41%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.15%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.077%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.077%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (0.54%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.077%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 593 (45.72%) Microsoft 365
2 400 (30.84%) Azure
3 210 (16.19%) Entra ID
4 83 (6.40%) Google Workspace
5 77 (5.94%) AWS
6 47 (3.62%) OneDrive
7 40 (3.08%) SaaS
8 22 (1.70%) GCP
8 22 (1.70%) IaaS
8 22 (1.70%) Power Platform
9 21 (1.62%) PaaS
10 15 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (0.85%) Datadog
11 11 (0.85%) Power Automate
12 10 (0.77%) Azure Sentinel
13 9 (0.69%) PowerApps
14 7 (0.54%) Microsoft Copilot
14 7 (0.54%) OCI
15 6 (0.46%) Mimecast
16 5 (0.39%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 233 (17.96%) Firewall
2 212 (16.35%) DNS
3 196 (15.11%) DHCP
4 174 (13.42%) VPN
5 120 (9.25%) WAN
6 117 (9.02%) LAN
7 109 (8.40%) Wi-Fi
8 90 (6.94%) VLAN
9 89 (6.86%) TCP/IP
10 60 (4.63%) VoIP
11 32 (2.47%) Wireless
12 31 (2.39%) SAN
13 24 (1.85%) SD-WAN
14 22 (1.70%) Network Security
15 14 (1.08%) Remote Desktop
16 10 (0.77%) IP Telephony
17 9 (0.69%) Internet
17 9 (0.69%) WLAN
18 5 (0.39%) SSL
18 5 (0.39%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (4.01%) SQL Server
2 22 (1.70%) Power BI
3 10 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.39%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.077%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.077%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.077%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 33 (2.54%) JIRA
2 8 (0.62%) Chocolatey
3 4 (0.31%) GitLab
4 2 (0.15%) Git
4 2 (0.15%) Snyk
5 1 (0.077%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.077%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.077%) JMeter
5 1 (0.077%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.077%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.077%) NeoLoad
General
1 343 (26.45%) Social Skills
2 83 (6.40%) Finance
3 76 (5.86%) Organisational Skills
4 55 (4.24%) Law
5 51 (3.93%) Analytical Skills
6 44 (3.39%) Retail
7 41 (3.16%) Manufacturing
8 39 (3.01%) Multimedia
9 35 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 35 (2.70%) Legal
10 33 (2.54%) Telecoms
11 24 (1.85%) Public Sector
12 10 (0.77%) Advertising
13 9 (0.69%) Banking
13 9 (0.69%) Games
14 7 (0.54%) Electronics
15 6 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (0.39%) Financial Institution
16 5 (0.39%) Social Housing
16 5 (0.39%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.16%) .NET
2 11 (0.85%) .NET Framework
3 10 (0.77%) Entity Framework
3 10 (0.77%) WinForms
4 6 (0.46%) ASP.NET
5 4 (0.31%) OpenTelemetry
6 3 (0.23%) OAuth
7 2 (0.15%) OAuth2
7 2 (0.15%) React
7 2 (0.15%) REST
8 1 (0.077%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.077%) AVA JavaScript Test Runner
8 1 (0.077%) GraphQL
8 1 (0.077%) LangChain
8 1 (0.077%) LangGraph
8 1 (0.077%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (0.077%) OpenID
8 1 (0.077%) SAML
8 1 (0.077%) Software Packaging
8 1 (0.077%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 210 (16.19%) Driving Licence
2 60 (4.63%) Onboarding
3 39 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (1.77%) CCTV
5 18 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
6 13 (1.00%) Security Posture
7 12 (0.93%) Data Centre
8 11 (0.85%) iPhone
8 11 (0.85%) Smartphone
9 9 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (0.69%) Fat Client
9 9 (0.69%) iPad
9 9 (0.69%) Social Media
9 9 (0.69%) Thin Client
10 8 (0.62%) Cyber Threat
10 8 (0.62%) FMCG
10 8 (0.62%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (0.54%) Management Information System
12 6 (0.46%) PMI
13 5 (0.39%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 597 (46.03%) Windows
2 307 (23.67%) Windows Server
3 166 (12.80%) Windows 10
4 84 (6.48%) Mac OS
5 55 (4.24%) Windows Server 2019
6 53 (4.09%) Linux
7 51 (3.93%) Windows Server 2016
8 27 (2.08%) Apple iOS
9 26 (2.00%) Windows Server 2012
10 25 (1.93%) Android
11 17 (1.31%) Windows 7
12 14 (1.08%) Mac OS X
13 11 (0.85%) Windows 8
14 3 (0.23%) Debian
14 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.077%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.077%) Solaris
15 1 (0.077%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.077%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 372 (28.68%) Problem-Solving
2 261 (20.12%) Customer Service
3 160 (12.34%) ITIL
4 128 (9.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 118 (9.10%) Cybersecurity
6 87 (6.71%) Mentoring
7 84 (6.48%) ITSM
8 63 (4.86%) Service Delivery
9 54 (4.16%) Disaster Recovery
10 49 (3.78%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 48 (3.70%) Migration
12 47 (3.62%) Continuous Improvement
13 45 (3.47%) Process Improvement
14 42 (3.24%) Asset Management
15 39 (3.01%) Computer Science
16 37 (2.85%) Incident Management
16 37 (2.85%) Service Management
17 36 (2.78%) Change Management
17 36 (2.78%) Root Cause Analysis
18 34 (2.62%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 68 (5.24%) PowerShell
2 47 (3.62%) SQL
3 13 (1.00%) C#
4 11 (0.85%) Python
5 10 (0.77%) Bash
5 10 (0.77%) T-SQL
6 6 (0.46%) PL/SQL
6 6 (0.46%) VBScript
7 5 (0.39%) VB
8 3 (0.23%) Uniface
9 2 (0.15%) Google Apps Script
9 2 (0.15%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.15%) R
10 1 (0.077%) Java
10 1 (0.077%) PHP
10 1 (0.077%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 90 (6.94%) Degree
2 86 (6.63%) Microsoft Certification
3 56 (4.32%) Security Cleared
4 47 (3.62%) DBS Check
5 38 (2.93%) Cisco Certification
6 37 (2.85%) SC Cleared
7 36 (2.78%) CCNA
8 35 (2.70%) A+ Certification
9 28 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
10 22 (1.70%) Network+ Certification
11 21 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
12 19 (1.46%) Azure Certification
13 18 (1.39%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 17 (1.31%) MCSE
15 15 (1.16%) DV Cleared
16 14 (1.08%) CCNP
17 13 (1.00%) MCSA
18 8 (0.62%) CompTIA Security+
19 6 (0.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
19 6 (0.46%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (6.09%) SLA
2 59 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
3 41 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 10 (0.77%) GDPR
6 8 (0.62%) QA
7 7 (0.54%) NIST
8 4 (0.31%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.077%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.077%) SOC 2
System Software
1 481 (37.09%) Active Directory
2 119 (9.18%) Hyper-V
3 80 (6.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.31%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (0.85%) VMware Workstation
6 7 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (0.54%) vSphere
7 6 (0.46%) Firmware
8 5 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.31%) Docker
9 4 (0.31%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.077%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.077%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 191 (14.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (2.16%) SCCM
3 22 (1.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 16 (1.23%) Autotask
4 16 (1.23%) Jamf Pro
4 16 (1.23%) WSUS
5 10 (0.77%) FortiGate
5 10 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.62%) Ansible
7 7 (0.54%) SmoothWall
8 4 (0.31%) Kubernetes
9 3 (0.23%) Terraform
10 2 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.077%) Podman
11 1 (0.077%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 589 (45.41%) Microsoft
2 138 (10.64%) VMware
3 95 (7.32%) Google
4 52 (4.01%) Fortinet
5 49 (3.78%) Apple
6 39 (3.01%) Fujitsu
6 39 (3.01%) Virgin Media
7 36 (2.78%) Cisco
8 34 (2.62%) Meraki
9 29 (2.24%) Veeam
10 20 (1.54%) Dell
11 15 (1.16%) Sage
12 14 (1.08%) ServiceNow
12 14 (1.08%) WatchGuard
13 12 (0.93%) ConnectWise
13 12 (0.93%) Datto
14 11 (0.85%) Citrix
14 11 (0.85%) ESET
14 11 (0.85%) Ubiquiti
15 10 (0.77%) Mitel