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 11 August 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 269 157
Rank change year-on-year +165 -112 +45
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,655 496 1,249
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.76% 1.14% 1.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.87% 1.25% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,437 384 978
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,825 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,438 £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 88,511 39,569 69,008
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 90.62% 94.89%
Number of salaries quoted 62,172 23,929 47,027
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,754 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.91% - -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 11 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 11 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 +117 409 £35,000 -12.50% 57
North of England +61 281 £32,500 -3.70% 37
East of England +109 265 £35,000 -2.78% 41
Midlands +56 253 £34,500 -8.00% 38
South West +54 225 £35,000 -6.67% 32
London +72 221 £36,000 -16.28% 57
North West +97 157 £34,238 -2.18% 20
East Midlands +43 130 £35,000 +7.69% 13
West Midlands +40 123 £33,250 -21.76% 25
Yorkshire -10 109 £30,000 -9.09% 13
North East -52 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 11 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.

1 852 (51.48%) Microsoft
2 775 (46.83%) Microsoft 365
3 718 (43.38%) Windows
4 571 (34.50%) Active Directory
5 464 (28.04%) Azure
6 397 (23.99%) Problem-Solving
7 368 (22.24%) Windows Server
8 355 (21.45%) Entra ID
9 334 (20.18%) Customer Service
10 278 (16.80%) Microsoft Exchange
11 275 (16.62%) Firewall
12 259 (15.65%) Microsoft Intune
13 234 (14.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 224 (13.53%) DNS
15 219 (13.23%) SharePoint
16 195 (11.78%) Hyper-V
17 191 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
18 186 (11.24%) DHCP
18 186 (11.24%) VMware
19 179 (10.82%) VPN
20 157 (9.49%) Wi-Fi
21 144 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
22 143 (8.64%) ITIL
23 141 (8.52%) Disaster Recovery
24 135 (8.16%) Continuous Improvement
25 134 (8.10%) Windows 10
26 124 (7.49%) PowerShell
26 124 (7.49%) TCP/IP
27 120 (7.25%) Mac OS
28 119 (7.19%) 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
1 278 (16.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 219 (13.23%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.09%) IIS
4 12 (0.73%) Exchange Server 2013
5 10 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2007
5 10 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2010
6 7 (0.42%) Confluence
7 3 (0.18%) Apache
Applications
1 94 (5.68%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.03%) 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
1 775 (46.83%) Microsoft 365
2 464 (28.04%) Azure
3 355 (21.45%) Entra ID
4 54 (3.26%) OneDrive
5 52 (3.14%) AWS
6 50 (3.02%) SaaS
7 45 (2.72%) Google Workspace
8 32 (1.93%) Mimecast
9 20 (1.21%) Power Platform
10 17 (1.03%) PaaS
11 15 (0.91%) IaaS
12 14 (0.85%) Nutanix
12 14 (0.85%) Power Automate
13 11 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (0.42%) Microsoft Copilot
14 7 (0.42%) PowerApps
15 6 (0.36%) Cloud Computing
15 6 (0.36%) Cloudflare
15 6 (0.36%) GCP
16 5 (0.30%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 275 (16.62%) Firewall
2 224 (13.53%) DNS
3 186 (11.24%) DHCP
4 179 (10.82%) VPN
5 157 (9.49%) Wi-Fi
6 124 (7.49%) TCP/IP
7 109 (6.59%) LAN
8 102 (6.16%) WAN
9 91 (5.50%) VLAN
10 82 (4.95%) Wireless
11 75 (4.53%) VoIP
12 47 (2.84%) SAN
13 32 (1.93%) Network Security
14 22 (1.33%) Internet
15 17 (1.03%) Remote Desktop
16 16 (0.97%) SSL
16 16 (0.97%) WLAN
17 7 (0.42%) NAS
18 5 (0.30%) Broadband
19 4 (0.24%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (3.87%) 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 41 (2.48%) JIRA
2 2 (0.12%) Burp Suite
2 2 (0.12%) Metasploit
2 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.060%) Carbide.c++
General
1 422 (25.50%) Social Skills
2 69 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
2 69 (4.17%) Legal
3 67 (4.05%) Manufacturing
4 60 (3.63%) Finance
5 51 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 48 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
7 40 (2.42%) Retail
8 34 (2.05%) Law
9 33 (1.99%) Advertising
10 27 (1.63%) Telecoms
11 20 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
12 17 (1.03%) Automotive
13 9 (0.54%) Local Government
14 8 (0.48%) Aerospace
14 8 (0.48%) Public Sector
15 6 (0.36%) Games
16 5 (0.30%) Banking
16 5 (0.30%) Police
17 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
Miscellaneous
1 202 (12.21%) Driving Licence
2 96 (5.80%) Onboarding
3 69 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
4 38 (2.30%) Data Centre
5 35 (2.11%) CCTV
6 18 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
7 16 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
8 15 (0.91%) Clustering
9 14 (0.85%) Management Information System
9 14 (0.85%) Replication
9 14 (0.85%) Security Posture
10 13 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (0.66%) Cloud Native
11 11 (0.66%) Cyber Threat
11 11 (0.66%) NHS
11 11 (0.66%) Operational Technology
12 8 (0.48%) FMCG
12 8 (0.48%) PKI
13 7 (0.42%) EPoS
14 6 (0.36%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 718 (43.38%) Windows
2 368 (22.24%) Windows Server
3 134 (8.10%) Windows 10
4 120 (7.25%) Mac OS
5 113 (6.83%) Linux
6 49 (2.96%) Windows Server 2019
7 46 (2.78%) Apple iOS
8 39 (2.36%) Android
8 39 (2.36%) Windows Server 2016
9 17 (1.03%) Windows Server 2012
10 11 (0.66%) Windows 7
11 10 (0.60%) Ubuntu
12 7 (0.42%) Mac OS X
12 7 (0.42%) Windows 8
13 5 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
15 2 (0.12%) Kali Linux
15 2 (0.12%) VMS
16 1 (0.060%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 397 (23.99%) Problem-Solving
2 334 (20.18%) Customer Service
3 234 (14.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 191 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
5 143 (8.64%) ITIL
6 141 (8.52%) Disaster Recovery
7 135 (8.16%) Continuous Improvement
8 87 (5.26%) Project Delivery
9 81 (4.89%) ITSM
10 76 (4.59%) Service Delivery
11 66 (3.99%) Service Management
12 60 (3.63%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 59 (3.56%) Mentoring
14 53 (3.20%) Change Management
15 47 (2.84%) Business Continuity
16 43 (2.60%) Collaborative Culture
16 43 (2.60%) Root Cause Analysis
16 43 (2.60%) User Experience
17 41 (2.48%) Identity Management
18 38 (2.30%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 124 (7.49%) PowerShell
2 54 (3.26%) SQL
3 12 (0.73%) 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%) VBA
8 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.12%) VB
9 1 (0.060%) Bash
9 1 (0.060%) Java
Qualifications
1 119 (7.19%) Degree
2 111 (6.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 70 (4.23%) DBS Check
4 52 (3.14%) Security Cleared
5 50 (3.02%) Cisco Certification
6 48 (2.90%) CCNA
7 31 (1.87%) Azure Certification
8 30 (1.81%) SC Cleared
9 28 (1.69%) A+ Certification
10 25 (1.51%) Network+ Certification
11 18 (1.09%) CompTIA Security+
12 13 (0.79%) MCSE
13 9 (0.54%) DV Cleared
14 7 (0.42%) AWS Certification
14 7 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
14 7 (0.42%) CCNP
14 7 (0.42%) Computer Science Degree
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 (5.92%) Cyber Essentials
2 55 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 49 (2.96%) SLA
4 33 (1.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 27 (1.63%) 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
1 571 (34.50%) Active Directory
2 195 (11.78%) Hyper-V
3 144 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.79%) Docker
4 13 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
6 11 (0.66%) vSphere
7 8 (0.48%) BitLocker
8 7 (0.42%) Firmware
9 5 (0.30%) Terminal Services
10 3 (0.18%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.060%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.060%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 259 (15.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (1.75%) SCCM
3 25 (1.51%) Jamf Pro
4 23 (1.39%) Autotask
5 15 (0.91%) WSUS
6 10 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
6 10 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.42%) FortiGate
8 6 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 6 (0.36%) Kubernetes
9 5 (0.30%) Terraform
10 4 (0.24%) Iperf
11 3 (0.18%) Nessus
12 2 (0.12%) Ansible
12 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 2 (0.12%) Nmap
12 2 (0.12%) PaperCut
12 2 (0.12%) SCOM
13 1 (0.060%) Argo
13 1 (0.060%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 852 (51.48%) Microsoft
2 186 (11.24%) VMware
3 77 (4.65%) Cisco
4 54 (3.26%) Veeam
5 53 (3.20%) Google
6 45 (2.72%) SonicWALL
7 41 (2.48%) Apple
8 36 (2.18%) Meraki
9 35 (2.11%) HP
9 35 (2.11%) Ubiquiti
10 25 (1.51%) Datto
10 25 (1.51%) Sophos
11 24 (1.45%) Dell
12 21 (1.27%) Fortinet
13 17 (1.03%) Aruba
14 14 (0.85%) Palo Alto
15 13 (0.79%) Draytek
15 13 (0.79%) Logitech
15 13 (0.79%) ServiceNow
15 13 (0.79%) TOWER Software