IT Engineer Jobs in England

IT Engineer
UK > England

The median IT Engineer salary in England is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 296 139 222
Rank change year-on-year -157 +83 +164
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 525 1,722 1,201
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.00% 1.97% 1.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.11% 2.08% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 412 1,431 1,013
10th Percentile £25,750 £24,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £34,000 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% -1.45% -1.43%
75th Percentile £48,750 £43,750 £45,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £52,500 £60,428
UK median annual salary £37,250 £33,500 £34,500
% change year-on-year +11.19% -2.90% -1.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 47,456 82,605 68,469
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.31% 94.69% 91.57%
Number of salaries quoted 26,456 59,020 47,752
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £39,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured IT Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in England

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in England.

Salary trend for IT Engineer in England

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in England over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

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 17 July 2025. 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
North of England -89 136 £33,000 +1.54% 116
South East -85 119 £37,500 +13.64% 109
London +12 99 £43,000 +7.50% 82
Yorkshire -5 91 £30,000 - 52
Midlands -90 86 £37,000 +2.78% 65
South West -35 57 £37,500 +17.19% 59
East Midlands -58 44 £32,500 -13.33% 32
West Midlands -63 42 £40,500 +15.71% 33
North West -128 35 £32,250 +6.61% 56
East of England -80 34 £34,500 +8.38% 58
North East 0 10 £48,750 +50.00% 12
IT Engineer
UK

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 17 July 2025, IT Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 349 (66.48%) Windows
2 289 (55.05%) Microsoft
3 269 (51.24%) Active Directory
4 242 (46.10%) Microsoft 365
5 219 (41.71%) Azure
6 197 (37.52%) Social Skills
7 173 (32.95%) Firewall
8 165 (31.43%) Windows Server
9 160 (30.48%) Problem-Solving
10 113 (21.52%) Customer Service
11 107 (20.38%) VMware
12 104 (19.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 101 (19.24%) Cybersecurity
14 96 (18.29%) Microsoft Intune
14 96 (18.29%) PowerShell
15 89 (16.95%) Entra ID
15 89 (16.95%) Degree
16 87 (16.57%) DNS
17 76 (14.48%) Cisco
18 74 (14.10%) Microsoft Exchange
18 74 (14.10%) Driving Licence
18 74 (14.10%) VMware Infrastructure
19 69 (13.14%) DHCP
20 66 (12.57%) ITIL
21 65 (12.38%) VLAN
22 64 (12.19%) VPN
23 63 (12.00%) SQL Server
23 63 (12.00%) Linux
24 62 (11.81%) Hyper-V
25 60 (11.43%) AWS

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 74 (14.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 60 (11.43%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.10%) Confluence
4 5 (0.95%) IIS
5 1 (0.19%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 31 (5.90%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.95%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.76%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.95%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.38%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.19%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 242 (46.10%) Microsoft 365
2 219 (41.71%) Azure
3 89 (16.95%) Entra ID
4 60 (11.43%) AWS
5 48 (9.14%) SaaS
6 21 (4.00%) IaaS
7 12 (2.29%) GCP
8 11 (2.10%) Cloud Computing
8 11 (2.10%) Mimecast
8 11 (2.10%) OneDrive
9 10 (1.90%) PaaS
10 9 (1.71%) Google Workspace
10 9 (1.71%) Nutanix
11 7 (1.33%) Serverless
12 6 (1.14%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (1.14%) Azure Stack
13 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Purview
13 5 (0.95%) Rubrik
14 4 (0.76%) Amazon Bedrock
Communications & Networking
1 173 (32.95%) Firewall
2 87 (16.57%) DNS
3 69 (13.14%) DHCP
4 65 (12.38%) VLAN
5 64 (12.19%) VPN
6 58 (11.05%) Wi-Fi
7 50 (9.52%) WAN
8 40 (7.62%) LAN
8 40 (7.62%) TCP/IP
9 38 (7.24%) SAN
10 26 (4.95%) VoIP
11 23 (4.38%) Network Security
12 21 (4.00%) NAS
13 20 (3.81%) SD-WAN
14 15 (2.86%) Intrusion Detection
15 14 (2.67%) Wireless
16 13 (2.48%) Internet
17 10 (1.90%) BGP
17 10 (1.90%) Cisco IOS
17 10 (1.90%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (12.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.38%) MySQL
3 2 (0.38%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.19%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.19%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (1.52%) JIRA
2 1 (0.19%) Git
2 1 (0.19%) Katalon Studio
2 1 (0.19%) Selenium
General
1 197 (37.52%) Social Skills
2 54 (10.29%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (8.95%) Finance
4 36 (6.86%) Organisational Skills
5 26 (4.95%) Manufacturing
6 21 (4.00%) Law
6 21 (4.00%) Telecoms
7 16 (3.05%) Marketing
7 16 (3.05%) Public Sector
8 15 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (2.86%) Legal
8 15 (2.86%) Retail
9 9 (1.71%) Automotive
10 6 (1.14%) Billing
10 6 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (0.95%) Electronics
12 4 (0.76%) Banking
13 3 (0.57%) Back Office
13 3 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.57%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.24%) 802.1X
2 5 (0.95%) EDI
2 5 (0.95%) LangChain
3 2 (0.38%) .NET
3 2 (0.38%) React
4 1 (0.19%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.19%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.19%) Django
4 1 (0.19%) Flask
4 1 (0.19%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.19%) LAMP
4 1 (0.19%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.19%) REST
4 1 (0.19%) SAML
4 1 (0.19%) Spring
4 1 (0.19%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.19%) Vue
4 1 (0.19%) WSH
4 1 (0.19%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 74 (14.10%) Driving Licence
2 42 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
3 41 (7.81%) Operational Technology
4 24 (4.57%) Onboarding
5 22 (4.19%) Data Centre
6 18 (3.43%) Mobile App
7 17 (3.24%) Management Information System
8 15 (2.86%) Social Media
9 13 (2.48%) Clustering
10 11 (2.10%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (2.10%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.33%) FMCG
12 6 (1.14%) BYOD
12 6 (1.14%) EPoS
12 6 (1.14%) PKI
12 6 (1.14%) Smartphone
13 5 (0.95%) Algorithms
13 5 (0.95%) Blackberry
13 5 (0.95%) iPhone
13 5 (0.95%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 349 (66.48%) Windows
2 165 (31.43%) Windows Server
3 63 (12.00%) Linux
4 56 (10.67%) Windows 10
5 35 (6.67%) Android
6 33 (6.29%) Mac OS
7 27 (5.14%) Windows Server 2019
8 23 (4.38%) Windows Server 2016
9 22 (4.19%) Apple iOS
10 8 (1.52%) Unix
10 8 (1.52%) Windows 7
11 7 (1.33%) Windows Server 2012
12 6 (1.14%) Rocky
13 4 (0.76%) Mac OS X
13 4 (0.76%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.38%) VMS
15 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (30.48%) Problem-Solving
2 113 (21.52%) Customer Service
3 104 (19.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 101 (19.24%) Cybersecurity
5 66 (12.57%) ITIL
6 54 (10.29%) Network Management
7 53 (10.10%) Migration
8 52 (9.90%) Disaster Recovery
9 46 (8.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 44 (8.38%) Network Design
11 38 (7.24%) Computer Science
12 32 (6.10%) Kalman Filter
13 29 (5.52%) CRM
13 29 (5.52%) High Availability
13 29 (5.52%) Mentoring
14 28 (5.33%) Data Privacy
14 28 (5.33%) ITSM
15 27 (5.14%) Root Cause Analysis
16 26 (4.95%) Virtual Environments
17 25 (4.76%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 96 (18.29%) PowerShell
2 29 (5.52%) SQL
3 26 (4.95%) Python
4 9 (1.71%) Java
5 4 (0.76%) C
5 4 (0.76%) C++
5 4 (0.76%) Uniface
6 3 (0.57%) Bash
6 3 (0.57%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.38%) Perl
7 2 (0.38%) VBScript
8 1 (0.19%) Bicep
8 1 (0.19%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.19%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 89 (16.95%) Degree
2 37 (7.05%) Security Cleared
3 36 (6.86%) Microsoft Certification
4 26 (4.95%) DBS Check
5 23 (4.38%) Cisco Certification
6 22 (4.19%) SC Cleared
7 20 (3.81%) HND
8 19 (3.62%) CCNA
9 18 (3.43%) DV Cleared
10 17 (3.24%) Azure Certification
10 17 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (2.10%) MCSA
12 10 (1.90%) A+ Certification
13 9 (1.71%) CISSP
13 9 (1.71%) MCSE
14 8 (1.52%) HNC
14 8 (1.52%) MCP
14 8 (1.52%) Network+ Certification
15 6 (1.14%) CCNP
15 6 (1.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (5.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (3.43%) Cyber Essentials
3 16 (3.05%) GDPR
4 14 (2.67%) SLA
5 11 (2.10%) NIST
6 7 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.95%) QA
8 4 (0.76%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.57%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.38%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.38%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 269 (51.24%) Active Directory
2 74 (14.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 62 (11.81%) Hyper-V
4 43 (8.19%) Virtual Servers
5 10 (1.90%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (1.71%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.14%) Docker
7 6 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (1.14%) vSphere
8 5 (0.95%) Firmware
9 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.38%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.19%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 96 (18.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (5.33%) SCCM
3 15 (2.86%) Jamf Pro
3 15 (2.86%) Kubernetes
4 10 (1.90%) Terraform
5 8 (1.52%) Autotask
5 8 (1.52%) FortiGate
5 8 (1.52%) SmoothWall
5 8 (1.52%) vCenter Server
6 7 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.14%) Ansible
8 5 (0.95%) WSUS
9 4 (0.76%) CASB
9 4 (0.76%) SCOM
10 3 (0.57%) Puppet
11 2 (0.38%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.38%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Clustering
11 2 (0.38%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.38%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 289 (55.05%) Microsoft
2 107 (20.38%) VMware
3 76 (14.48%) Cisco
4 32 (6.10%) Meraki
5 31 (5.90%) Veeam
6 30 (5.71%) Apple
7 24 (4.57%) Sophos
8 20 (3.81%) HP
9 18 (3.43%) Aruba
9 18 (3.43%) Google
9 18 (3.43%) Zoho
10 16 (3.05%) Dell
11 15 (2.86%) Fortinet
12 13 (2.48%) Citrix
13 12 (2.29%) Datto
14 10 (1.90%) Palo Alto
15 8 (1.52%) SAP
15 8 (1.52%) ServiceNow
15 8 (1.52%) Ubiquiti
16 7 (1.33%) CheckPoint