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 6 July 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 258 127
Rank change year-on-year +177 -131 +102
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,774 522 1,887
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.05% 1.23% 2.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.18% 1.36% 2.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,527 406 1,582
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,250 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.04% +11.19% -2.90%
75th Percentile £43,750 £48,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £51,200
UK median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year - +6.06% -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 81,495 38,348 86,338
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 90.46% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 57,378 22,892 63,591
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% +7.62% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,528 £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 6 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 6 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 +117 437 £35,000 -6.67% 59
North of England +90 351 £32,500 -1.52% 41
Midlands +83 274 £32,500 -7.14% 32
East of England +111 259 £35,000 +7.58% 23
London +90 236 £36,000 -20.00% 37
South West +53 214 £35,000 - 27
North West +115 199 £32,940 +2.94% 21
West Midlands +62 139 £32,500 -18.75% 14
East Midlands +43 135 £31,250 -3.85% 18
Yorkshire +7 135 £30,000 - 19
North East -39 17 £40,000 -17.95% 4
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 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.

1 839 (47.29%) Microsoft
2 802 (45.21%) Microsoft 365
3 717 (40.42%) Windows
4 590 (33.26%) Active Directory
5 493 (27.79%) Azure
6 435 (24.52%) Problem-Solving
7 371 (20.91%) Windows Server
8 354 (19.95%) Entra ID
9 346 (19.50%) Customer Service
10 299 (16.85%) Firewall
11 257 (14.49%) Microsoft Exchange
12 249 (14.04%) Microsoft Intune
13 236 (13.30%) DNS
14 223 (12.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 220 (12.40%) SharePoint
16 201 (11.33%) DHCP
17 199 (11.22%) VPN
18 194 (10.94%) VMware
19 188 (10.60%) Cybersecurity
20 179 (10.09%) Hyper-V
21 163 (9.19%) Wi-Fi
22 161 (9.08%) ITIL
23 159 (8.96%) Windows 10
24 140 (7.89%) LAN
25 135 (7.61%) VMware Infrastructure
25 135 (7.61%) WAN
26 131 (7.38%) PowerShell
27 123 (6.93%) Disaster Recovery
28 121 (6.82%) Mac OS
29 118 (6.65%) 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
1 257 (14.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 220 (12.40%) SharePoint
3 14 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2013
3 14 (0.79%) IIS
4 12 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2007
4 12 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2010
5 11 (0.62%) Confluence
6 2 (0.11%) Apache
Applications
1 118 (6.65%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.07%) 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 5 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.28%) NetSuite
1 5 (0.28%) Raiser’s Edge
2 1 (0.056%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.056%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 802 (45.21%) Microsoft 365
2 493 (27.79%) Azure
3 354 (19.95%) Entra ID
4 64 (3.61%) AWS
5 61 (3.44%) Google Workspace
6 58 (3.27%) OneDrive
7 57 (3.21%) SaaS
8 26 (1.47%) Mimecast
9 24 (1.35%) PaaS
10 23 (1.30%) Power Platform
11 20 (1.13%) IaaS
12 11 (0.62%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (0.62%) Nutanix
13 10 (0.56%) Power Automate
14 9 (0.51%) PowerApps
15 7 (0.39%) OCI
16 6 (0.34%) Azure Sentinel
16 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Copilot
17 5 (0.28%) Cloudflare
17 5 (0.28%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 299 (16.85%) Firewall
2 236 (13.30%) DNS
3 201 (11.33%) DHCP
4 199 (11.22%) VPN
5 163 (9.19%) Wi-Fi
6 140 (7.89%) LAN
7 135 (7.61%) WAN
8 96 (5.41%) TCP/IP
9 94 (5.30%) VLAN
10 81 (4.57%) VoIP
11 56 (3.16%) Wireless
12 53 (2.99%) SAN
13 30 (1.69%) Network Security
14 19 (1.07%) Internet
15 16 (0.90%) WLAN
16 15 (0.85%) SD-WAN
17 12 (0.68%) Remote Desktop
18 11 (0.62%) SSL
19 7 (0.39%) DMZ
19 7 (0.39%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (4.06%) SQL Server
2 13 (0.73%) Power BI
3 8 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (0.28%) MySQL
5 2 (0.11%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 45 (2.54%) JIRA
2 4 (0.23%) 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
1 453 (25.54%) Social Skills
2 69 (3.89%) Finance
3 61 (3.44%) Manufacturing
3 61 (3.44%) Organisational Skills
4 60 (3.38%) Legal
5 59 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 51 (2.87%) Law
7 42 (2.37%) Retail
8 39 (2.20%) Multimedia
9 34 (1.92%) Telecoms
10 22 (1.24%) Advertising
11 17 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
11 17 (0.96%) Public Sector
12 16 (0.90%) Automotive
13 8 (0.45%) Banking
14 7 (0.39%) Aerospace
14 7 (0.39%) Games
14 7 (0.39%) Local Government
15 5 (0.28%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (0.51%) HTML
2 7 (0.39%) JSON
3 5 (0.28%) CSS
3 5 (0.28%) Web Services
4 4 (0.23%) OpenTelemetry
5 2 (0.11%) EDI
6 1 (0.056%) OpenID
6 1 (0.056%) SAML
6 1 (0.056%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 244 (13.75%) Driving Licence
2 96 (5.41%) Onboarding
3 64 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
4 36 (2.03%) Data Centre
5 35 (1.97%) CCTV
6 20 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
7 19 (1.07%) Security Posture
8 16 (0.90%) Video Conferencing
9 14 (0.79%) Clustering
9 14 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
10 12 (0.68%) Management Information System
11 11 (0.62%) NHS
12 10 (0.56%) FMCG
12 10 (0.56%) Replication
13 9 (0.51%) Cyber Threat
13 9 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (0.51%) iPhone
13 9 (0.51%) Operational Technology
13 9 (0.51%) PKI
14 8 (0.45%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 717 (40.42%) Windows
2 371 (20.91%) Windows Server
3 159 (8.96%) Windows 10
4 121 (6.82%) Mac OS
5 106 (5.98%) Linux
6 63 (3.55%) Windows Server 2019
7 55 (3.10%) Windows Server 2016
8 44 (2.48%) Apple iOS
9 39 (2.20%) Android
10 24 (1.35%) Windows Server 2012
11 17 (0.96%) Windows 7
12 11 (0.62%) Windows 8
13 9 (0.51%) Mac OS X
14 6 (0.34%) Ubuntu
15 4 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 4 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
16 2 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 435 (24.52%) Problem-Solving
2 346 (19.50%) Customer Service
3 223 (12.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 188 (10.60%) Cybersecurity
5 161 (9.08%) ITIL
6 123 (6.93%) Disaster Recovery
7 116 (6.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 103 (5.81%) Mentoring
9 96 (5.41%) Service Delivery
10 92 (5.19%) ITSM
11 76 (4.28%) Project Delivery
12 62 (3.49%) Change Management
12 62 (3.49%) Service Management
13 60 (3.38%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 51 (2.87%) Root Cause Analysis
15 49 (2.76%) Business Continuity
15 49 (2.76%) Migration
16 44 (2.48%) Process Improvement
17 42 (2.37%) User Experience
18 41 (2.31%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 131 (7.38%) PowerShell
2 58 (3.27%) SQL
3 13 (0.73%) Python
4 9 (0.51%) Bash
4 9 (0.51%) R
5 5 (0.28%) VB
6 4 (0.23%) PHP
6 4 (0.23%) VBScript
7 3 (0.17%) Bicep
7 3 (0.17%) C#
7 3 (0.17%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.17%) Uniface
7 3 (0.17%) VBA
8 2 (0.11%) Ruby
8 2 (0.11%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.056%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 115 (6.48%) Degree
2 114 (6.43%) Microsoft Certification
3 76 (4.28%) DBS Check
4 69 (3.89%) Security Cleared
5 49 (2.76%) Cisco Certification
6 48 (2.71%) CCNA
7 41 (2.31%) SC Cleared
8 34 (1.92%) Azure Certification
9 32 (1.80%) A+ Certification
10 25 (1.41%) Network+ Certification
11 16 (0.90%) DV Cleared
12 14 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
12 14 (0.79%) CompTIA Security+
12 14 (0.79%) MCSE
13 10 (0.56%) CCNP
14 7 (0.39%) AWS Certification
14 7 (0.39%) MCSA
15 5 (0.28%) MCITP
16 4 (0.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (5.24%) Cyber Essentials
2 67 (3.78%) SLA
3 62 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 35 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 25 (1.41%) GDPR
6 11 (0.62%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.28%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.28%) NIST
8 4 (0.23%) 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
1 590 (33.26%) Active Directory
2 179 (10.09%) Hyper-V
3 135 (7.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
4 17 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (0.73%) Docker
5 13 (0.73%) vSphere
6 9 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (0.45%) BitLocker
8 7 (0.39%) VMware Workstation
9 6 (0.34%) Terminal Services
10 4 (0.23%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.17%) Firmware
12 1 (0.056%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.056%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 249 (14.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (1.86%) SCCM
3 27 (1.52%) Autotask
4 24 (1.35%) Jamf Pro
5 16 (0.90%) WSUS
6 14 (0.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 13 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (0.56%) FortiGate
9 9 (0.51%) Failover Clustering
10 6 (0.34%) Ansible
10 6 (0.34%) Terraform
11 4 (0.23%) Iperf
11 4 (0.23%) Kubernetes
12 1 (0.056%) Argo
12 1 (0.056%) Nessus
12 1 (0.056%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 839 (47.29%) Microsoft
2 194 (10.94%) VMware
3 68 (3.83%) Google
4 65 (3.66%) Cisco
5 61 (3.44%) Fortinet
6 47 (2.65%) Meraki
7 46 (2.59%) Veeam
8 42 (2.37%) Apple
9 39 (2.20%) Fujitsu
9 39 (2.20%) Virgin Media
10 35 (1.97%) SonicWALL
11 30 (1.69%) HP
12 29 (1.63%) Ubiquiti
13 25 (1.41%) Datto
14 24 (1.35%) Dell
15 22 (1.24%) Sophos
16 14 (0.79%) Aruba
17 13 (0.73%) Draytek
17 13 (0.73%) Epicor
17 13 (0.73%) ServiceNow