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 9 July 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 261 131
Rank change year-on-year +179 -130 +86
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,787 530 1,840
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.06% 1.23% 2.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.19% 1.36% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,539 415 1,537
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +11.94% -2.90%
75th Percentile £43,750 £48,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £52,050
UK median annual salary £35,000 £36,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% +9.09% -4.35%

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 81,756 38,938 85,020
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.26% 90.41% 94.58%
Number of salaries quoted 57,481 23,375 62,455
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,000 £52,837
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +5.99% -11.94%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 9 July 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 9 July 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 +111 448 £35,000 -6.67% 62
North of England +93 346 £32,500 -1.52% 45
Midlands +73 273 £32,500 -10.34% 29
East of England +109 263 £35,000 +7.58% 29
London +101 234 £36,000 -20.00% 45
South West +48 220 £35,000 -3.45% 28
North West +128 198 £32,940 +2.14% 13
West Midlands +58 139 £32,500 -19.25% 11
East Midlands +38 134 £31,250 -3.85% 18
Yorkshire +1 132 £30,000 - 30
North East -38 16 £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 9 July 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.

1 854 (47.79%) Microsoft
2 817 (45.72%) Microsoft 365
3 732 (40.96%) Windows
4 602 (33.69%) Active Directory
5 499 (27.92%) Azure
6 433 (24.23%) Problem-Solving
7 378 (21.15%) Windows Server
8 362 (20.26%) Entra ID
9 349 (19.53%) Customer Service
10 302 (16.90%) Firewall
11 265 (14.83%) Microsoft Exchange
12 258 (14.44%) Microsoft Intune
13 239 (13.37%) DNS
14 225 (12.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 223 (12.48%) SharePoint
16 203 (11.36%) DHCP
17 201 (11.25%) VPN
18 195 (10.91%) VMware
19 193 (10.80%) Cybersecurity
20 183 (10.24%) Hyper-V
21 167 (9.35%) Wi-Fi
22 161 (9.01%) ITIL
23 159 (8.90%) Windows 10
24 139 (7.78%) LAN
25 136 (7.61%) VMware Infrastructure
26 133 (7.44%) WAN
27 131 (7.33%) PowerShell
28 128 (7.16%) Disaster Recovery
29 125 (6.99%) Mac OS
30 121 (6.77%) Microsoft Office

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
1 265 (14.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 223 (12.48%) SharePoint
3 15 (0.84%) IIS
4 14 (0.78%) Exchange Server 2013
5 12 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2007
5 12 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2010
6 11 (0.62%) Confluence
7 2 (0.11%) Apache
Applications
1 121 (6.77%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.17%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.056%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.056%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (0.34%) Raiser’s Edge
2 5 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.28%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.056%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.056%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 817 (45.72%) Microsoft 365
2 499 (27.92%) Azure
3 362 (20.26%) Entra ID
4 63 (3.53%) AWS
5 61 (3.41%) Google Workspace
6 59 (3.30%) SaaS
7 57 (3.19%) OneDrive
8 27 (1.51%) Mimecast
9 24 (1.34%) PaaS
10 23 (1.29%) Power Platform
11 20 (1.12%) IaaS
12 11 (0.62%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (0.62%) Nutanix
13 10 (0.56%) Power Automate
14 9 (0.50%) PowerApps
15 7 (0.39%) OCI
16 6 (0.34%) Azure Sentinel
16 6 (0.34%) Cloudflare
16 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Copilot
17 5 (0.28%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 302 (16.90%) Firewall
2 239 (13.37%) DNS
3 203 (11.36%) DHCP
4 201 (11.25%) VPN
5 167 (9.35%) Wi-Fi
6 139 (7.78%) LAN
7 133 (7.44%) WAN
8 102 (5.71%) TCP/IP
9 95 (5.32%) VLAN
10 81 (4.53%) VoIP
11 62 (3.47%) Wireless
12 53 (2.97%) SAN
13 30 (1.68%) Network Security
14 21 (1.18%) Internet
15 16 (0.90%) WLAN
16 14 (0.78%) Remote Desktop
16 14 (0.78%) SD-WAN
17 11 (0.62%) SSL
18 7 (0.39%) DMZ
18 7 (0.39%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (4.14%) SQL Server
2 13 (0.73%) Power BI
3 9 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (0.28%) MySQL
5 2 (0.11%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 46 (2.57%) JIRA
2 4 (0.22%) GitLab
3 3 (0.17%) Chocolatey
4 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.056%) Carbide.c++
5 1 (0.056%) Git
5 1 (0.056%) LabVIEW
General
1 458 (25.63%) Social Skills
2 70 (3.92%) Finance
3 62 (3.47%) Manufacturing
4 61 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
5 60 (3.36%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (3.36%) Legal
6 59 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 49 (2.74%) Law
8 41 (2.29%) Retail
9 39 (2.18%) Multimedia
10 33 (1.85%) Telecoms
11 25 (1.40%) Advertising
12 19 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
13 17 (0.95%) Public Sector
14 16 (0.90%) Automotive
15 8 (0.45%) Banking
15 8 (0.45%) Games
16 7 (0.39%) Aerospace
16 7 (0.39%) Local Government
17 5 (0.28%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (0.50%) HTML
2 7 (0.39%) JSON
3 5 (0.28%) CSS
3 5 (0.28%) Web Services
4 4 (0.22%) OpenTelemetry
5 2 (0.11%) EDI
6 1 (0.056%) OpenID
6 1 (0.056%) SAML
6 1 (0.056%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 249 (13.93%) Driving Licence
2 95 (5.32%) Onboarding
3 65 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
4 37 (2.07%) Data Centre
5 36 (2.01%) CCTV
6 18 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
6 18 (1.01%) Security Posture
7 16 (0.90%) Video Conferencing
8 15 (0.84%) Clustering
9 14 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (0.62%) Management Information System
10 11 (0.62%) NHS
11 10 (0.56%) Cloud Native
11 10 (0.56%) FMCG
11 10 (0.56%) PKI
11 10 (0.56%) Replication
12 9 (0.50%) Cyber Threat
12 9 (0.50%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (0.50%) iPhone
12 9 (0.50%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 732 (40.96%) Windows
2 378 (21.15%) Windows Server
3 159 (8.90%) Windows 10
4 125 (6.99%) Mac OS
5 109 (6.10%) Linux
6 62 (3.47%) Windows Server 2019
7 54 (3.02%) Windows Server 2016
8 44 (2.46%) Apple iOS
9 38 (2.13%) Android
10 23 (1.29%) Windows Server 2012
11 17 (0.95%) Windows 7
12 11 (0.62%) Windows 8
13 9 (0.50%) Mac OS X
14 6 (0.34%) Ubuntu
15 4 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 4 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
16 2 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 433 (24.23%) Problem-Solving
2 349 (19.53%) Customer Service
3 225 (12.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 193 (10.80%) Cybersecurity
5 161 (9.01%) ITIL
6 128 (7.16%) Disaster Recovery
7 119 (6.66%) Continuous Improvement
8 103 (5.76%) Mentoring
9 96 (5.37%) Service Delivery
10 92 (5.15%) ITSM
11 77 (4.31%) Project Delivery
12 63 (3.53%) Change Management
12 63 (3.53%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 62 (3.47%) Service Management
14 53 (2.97%) Root Cause Analysis
15 51 (2.85%) Business Continuity
16 49 (2.74%) Migration
17 45 (2.52%) Process Improvement
18 42 (2.35%) Time Management
19 41 (2.29%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 131 (7.33%) PowerShell
2 59 (3.30%) SQL
3 14 (0.78%) Python
4 10 (0.56%) R
5 9 (0.50%) Bash
6 5 (0.28%) VB
7 4 (0.22%) PHP
7 4 (0.22%) Ruby
7 4 (0.22%) VBScript
8 3 (0.17%) Bicep
8 3 (0.17%) C#
8 3 (0.17%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.17%) Uniface
8 3 (0.17%) VBA
9 2 (0.11%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.056%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 114 (6.38%) Degree
1 114 (6.38%) Microsoft Certification
2 76 (4.25%) DBS Check
3 68 (3.81%) Security Cleared
4 49 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
5 48 (2.69%) CCNA
6 40 (2.24%) SC Cleared
7 34 (1.90%) Azure Certification
8 32 (1.79%) A+ Certification
9 25 (1.40%) Network+ Certification
10 16 (0.90%) DV Cleared
11 14 (0.78%) CompTIA Security+
11 14 (0.78%) MCSE
12 13 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
13 10 (0.56%) CCNP
14 7 (0.39%) AWS Certification
14 7 (0.39%) MCSA
15 5 (0.28%) MCITP
16 4 (0.22%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (5.43%) Cyber Essentials
2 67 (3.75%) SLA
3 63 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 26 (1.45%) GDPR
6 11 (0.62%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.28%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.28%) NIST
8 4 (0.22%) QA
9 1 (0.056%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.056%) NCSC
9 1 (0.056%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.056%) TickIT
System Software
1 602 (33.69%) Active Directory
2 183 (10.24%) Hyper-V
3 136 (7.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
4 17 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (0.78%) vSphere
6 13 (0.73%) Docker
7 10 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (0.45%) BitLocker
9 7 (0.39%) VMware Workstation
10 6 (0.34%) Terminal Services
11 4 (0.22%) VMware NSX
12 3 (0.17%) Firmware
13 1 (0.056%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.056%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 258 (14.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (1.85%) SCCM
3 27 (1.51%) Autotask
4 24 (1.34%) Jamf Pro
5 16 (0.90%) WSUS
6 13 (0.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 13 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (0.56%) Failover Clustering
7 10 (0.56%) FortiGate
8 6 (0.34%) Ansible
8 6 (0.34%) Terraform
9 4 (0.22%) Iperf
9 4 (0.22%) Kubernetes
10 1 (0.056%) Argo
10 1 (0.056%) Nessus
10 1 (0.056%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 854 (47.79%) Microsoft
2 195 (10.91%) VMware
3 68 (3.81%) Cisco
3 68 (3.81%) Google
4 60 (3.36%) Fortinet
5 47 (2.63%) Meraki
6 46 (2.57%) Veeam
7 42 (2.35%) Apple
8 39 (2.18%) Fujitsu
8 39 (2.18%) Virgin Media
9 35 (1.96%) SonicWALL
10 32 (1.79%) Ubiquiti
11 31 (1.73%) HP
12 25 (1.40%) Datto
12 25 (1.40%) Dell
13 22 (1.23%) Sophos
14 15 (0.84%) Aruba
15 13 (0.73%) Draytek
15 13 (0.73%) Epicor
15 13 (0.73%) ServiceNow