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 8 November 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 200 159 175
Rank change year-on-year -41 +16 +139
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 611 1,018 912
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.38% 1.68% 1.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% 1.77% 2.00%
Number of salaries quoted 504 632 814
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,000 £25,413
25th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% +1.45%
75th Percentile £43,250 £47,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
UK median annual salary £33,250 £37,338 £35,000
% change year-on-year -10.95% +6.68% +1.82%

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 40,271 57,548 45,584
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.96% 94.92% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 25,710 32,582 35,348
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

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 8 November 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 8 November 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
South East -7 134 £34,250 -14.38% 179
Midlands -25 134 £31,500 -10.00% 70
North of England -31 133 £35,000 - 97
East Midlands +16 100 £30,000 -14.29% 41
London +27 95 £40,000 -11.11% 121
Yorkshire +19 78 £40,000 +14.29% 27
South West -9 70 £35,000 -12.50% 57
East of England +13 52 £31,500 -3.08% 58
North West -39 48 £31,000 -11.43% 58
West Midlands -59 34 £50,000 +42.86% 29
North East -3 7 £48,750 +39.29% 12
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 November 2025, 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.

1 400 (65.47%) Windows
2 354 (57.94%) Microsoft
3 339 (55.48%) Active Directory
4 332 (54.34%) Microsoft 365
5 273 (44.68%) Azure
6 208 (34.04%) Firewall
7 204 (33.39%) Windows Server
8 189 (30.93%) Problem-Solving
9 145 (23.73%) DNS
10 143 (23.40%) Microsoft Intune
11 133 (21.77%) Entra ID
12 125 (20.46%) Customer Service
12 125 (20.46%) DHCP
13 121 (19.80%) Cybersecurity
14 102 (16.69%) VMware
15 100 (16.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 96 (15.71%) ITIL
17 93 (15.22%) Microsoft Exchange
17 93 (15.22%) SharePoint
18 90 (14.73%) Hyper-V
19 87 (14.24%) TCP/IP
20 82 (13.42%) VPN
21 81 (13.26%) PowerShell
22 76 (12.44%) VMware Infrastructure
23 75 (12.27%) Degree
23 75 (12.27%) VLAN
24 74 (12.11%) Windows 10
25 62 (10.15%) Linux
26 60 (9.82%) Wi-Fi
27 57 (9.33%) Network Management

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 93 (15.22%) Microsoft Exchange
1 93 (15.22%) SharePoint
2 21 (3.44%) IIS
3 3 (0.49%) Confluence
3 3 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.16%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 44 (7.20%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.49%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (0.16%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 4 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.65%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 332 (54.34%) Microsoft 365
2 273 (44.68%) Azure
3 133 (21.77%) Entra ID
4 55 (9.00%) AWS
5 25 (4.09%) Google Workspace
5 25 (4.09%) SaaS
6 23 (3.76%) GCP
7 20 (3.27%) Power Platform
8 19 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (2.62%) OneDrive
10 13 (2.13%) IaaS
11 11 (1.80%) Cloud Computing
11 11 (1.80%) Nutanix
12 10 (1.64%) Power Automate
13 9 (1.47%) PaaS
14 8 (1.31%) Azure Stack
15 7 (1.15%) Serverless
16 6 (0.98%) iPaaS
16 6 (0.98%) Microsoft Copilot
16 6 (0.98%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 208 (34.04%) Firewall
2 145 (23.73%) DNS
3 125 (20.46%) DHCP
4 87 (14.24%) TCP/IP
5 82 (13.42%) VPN
6 75 (12.27%) VLAN
7 60 (9.82%) Wi-Fi
8 45 (7.36%) WAN
9 37 (6.06%) Wireless
10 36 (5.89%) SAN
11 32 (5.24%) LAN
12 26 (4.26%) VoIP
13 24 (3.93%) Network Security
14 20 (3.27%) SD-WAN
15 14 (2.29%) IP Telephony
16 11 (1.80%) IPsec
17 9 (1.47%) Intrusion Detection
17 9 (1.47%) iSCSI
17 9 (1.47%) Remote Desktop
18 8 (1.31%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (6.87%) SQL Server
2 13 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
2 13 (2.13%) Power BI
3 12 (1.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (1.15%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.65%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.49%) DynamoDB
6 3 (0.49%) Mixpanel
6 3 (0.49%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.33%) MySQL
7 2 (0.33%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 10 (1.64%) JIRA
2 5 (0.82%) Git
3 3 (0.49%) Browser DevTools
3 3 (0.49%) Charles Proxy
3 3 (0.49%) Fiddler
3 3 (0.49%) Maven
3 3 (0.49%) Postman
3 3 (0.49%) Selenium
3 3 (0.49%) TestNG
3 3 (0.49%) WebDriver
3 3 (0.49%) Zephyr
4 2 (0.33%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.33%) JMeter
4 2 (0.33%) LoadRunner
4 2 (0.33%) NeoLoad
4 2 (0.33%) Snyk
5 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
General
1 230 (37.64%) Social Skills
2 46 (7.53%) Law
3 38 (6.22%) Manufacturing
4 33 (5.40%) Finance
4 33 (5.40%) Organisational Skills
5 32 (5.24%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (3.27%) Telecoms
7 18 (2.95%) Legal
7 18 (2.95%) Public Sector
8 15 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (1.80%) Electronics
10 10 (1.64%) Billing
10 10 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
11 8 (1.31%) Retail
12 7 (1.15%) Marketing
13 5 (0.82%) Automotive
14 4 (0.65%) Dutch Language
14 4 (0.65%) French Language
14 4 (0.65%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.95%) .NET
2 15 (2.45%) .NET Framework
3 12 (1.96%) Entity Framework
3 12 (1.96%) WinForms
4 9 (1.47%) REST
5 7 (1.15%) ASP.NET
6 6 (0.98%) GraphQL
7 5 (0.82%) 802.1X
8 4 (0.65%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.65%) React
9 3 (0.49%) EDI
10 2 (0.33%) OAuth
10 2 (0.33%) OAuth2
11 1 (0.16%) Django
11 1 (0.16%) Flask
11 1 (0.16%) LAMP
11 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Graph
11 1 (0.16%) Spring
11 1 (0.16%) Spring Boot
11 1 (0.16%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 92 (15.06%) Driving Licence
2 42 (6.87%) Onboarding
3 40 (6.55%) Operational Technology
4 25 (4.09%) Self-Motivation
5 22 (3.60%) Data Centre
6 16 (2.62%) CCTV
6 16 (2.62%) Clustering
7 13 (2.13%) Product Ownership
8 10 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (1.31%) iPhone
9 8 (1.31%) Security Posture
9 8 (1.31%) Social Media
10 7 (1.15%) BYOD
10 7 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.15%) FMCG
10 7 (1.15%) iPad
10 7 (1.15%) Life Science
11 6 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (0.98%) CMDB
11 6 (0.98%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 400 (65.47%) Windows
2 204 (33.39%) Windows Server
3 74 (12.11%) Windows 10
4 62 (10.15%) Linux
5 48 (7.86%) Mac OS
6 29 (4.75%) Windows Server 2019
7 22 (3.60%) Apple iOS
8 20 (3.27%) Windows Server 2016
9 16 (2.62%) Android
10 8 (1.31%) Mac OS X
10 8 (1.31%) Rocky
11 6 (0.98%) VMS
11 6 (0.98%) Windows 7
11 6 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.65%) Unix
12 4 (0.65%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.49%) Debian
14 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (30.93%) Problem-Solving
2 125 (20.46%) Customer Service
3 121 (19.80%) Cybersecurity
4 100 (16.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 96 (15.71%) ITIL
6 57 (9.33%) Network Management
7 54 (8.84%) Disaster Recovery
8 42 (6.87%) Network Design
9 39 (6.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 36 (5.89%) Mentoring
11 35 (5.73%) Incident Management
11 35 (5.73%) Project Delivery
12 32 (5.24%) Agile
12 32 (5.24%) ITSM
13 31 (5.07%) Computer Science
13 31 (5.07%) Migration
14 30 (4.91%) Root Cause Analysis
15 29 (4.75%) Service Delivery
15 29 (4.75%) Software Engineering
16 26 (4.26%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 81 (13.26%) PowerShell
2 40 (6.55%) SQL
3 17 (2.78%) Python
4 16 (2.62%) C#
5 12 (1.96%) T-SQL
6 10 (1.64%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.15%) PL/SQL
7 7 (1.15%) VBScript
8 4 (0.65%) Java
8 4 (0.65%) Uniface
9 2 (0.33%) Bash
9 2 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.33%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.16%) Perl
10 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 75 (12.27%) Degree
2 46 (7.53%) Microsoft Certification
3 32 (5.24%) DBS Check
4 28 (4.58%) Cisco Certification
5 25 (4.09%) CCNA
6 23 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 21 (3.44%) MCP
8 19 (3.11%) Azure Certification
9 17 (2.78%) Security Cleared
10 14 (2.29%) A+ Certification
10 14 (2.29%) SC Cleared
11 12 (1.96%) MCSE
12 10 (1.64%) MCSA
13 9 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (1.47%) CCNP
13 9 (1.47%) Network+ Certification
14 8 (1.31%) DV Cleared
14 8 (1.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 7 (1.15%) CISSP
16 6 (0.98%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (7.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials
3 34 (5.56%) GDPR
4 22 (3.60%) SLA
5 8 (1.31%) NIST
6 7 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (0.98%) QA
8 5 (0.82%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.49%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.33%) GxP
11 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 339 (55.48%) Active Directory
2 90 (14.73%) Hyper-V
3 76 (12.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 42 (6.87%) Virtual Servers
5 11 (1.80%) Firmware
6 10 (1.64%) Docker
7 7 (1.15%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.65%) VMware Workstation
10 3 (0.49%) vSphere
11 2 (0.33%) BitLocker
11 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.33%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.16%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.16%) XenApp
12 1 (0.16%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 143 (23.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (4.75%) SCCM
3 23 (3.76%) Kubernetes
4 19 (3.11%) Autotask
5 16 (2.62%) Jamf Pro
6 9 (1.47%) vCenter Server
7 8 (1.31%) Failover Clustering
8 7 (1.15%) Ansible
9 6 (0.98%) SmoothWall
10 5 (0.82%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.65%) WSUS
12 3 (0.49%) Terraform
13 2 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Clustering
13 2 (0.33%) NetBackup
13 2 (0.33%) Puppet
13 2 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.33%) WhatsUp Gold
14 1 (0.16%) Nessus
14 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 354 (57.94%) Microsoft
2 102 (16.69%) VMware
3 52 (8.51%) Cisco
4 45 (7.36%) Veeam
5 37 (6.06%) Google
6 29 (4.75%) Apple
7 24 (3.93%) Meraki
8 20 (3.27%) ServiceNow
9 19 (3.11%) Sophos
10 17 (2.78%) Aruba
11 16 (2.62%) HP
12 15 (2.45%) Datto
13 14 (2.29%) Dell
14 12 (1.96%) Sage
14 12 (1.96%) Xamarin
14 12 (1.96%) Zoho
15 11 (1.80%) Adobe
15 11 (1.80%) Oracle
16 9 (1.47%) Draytek
16 9 (1.47%) WatchGuard