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 October 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 254 171
Rank change year-on-year +131 -83 +13
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,581 504 1,024
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.52% 1.17% 1.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.64% 1.29% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,341 389 706
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £36,500 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% -1.35% +5.71%
75th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £57,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year - -5.41% +5.71%

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 96,332 38,980 61,684
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.66% 90.58% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 67,219 23,193 35,285
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £35,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% -1.79% -6.67%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,015 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.44% -2.73% -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 October 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 October 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 +114 367 £38,500 +2.67% 83
Midlands +55 288 £35,000 +3.70% 62
North of England +35 254 £35,000 - 76
South West +37 237 £35,000 - 41
East of England +85 224 £35,000 - 30
London +46 209 £36,000 -17.71% 177
West Midlands +54 155 £35,000 -26.32% 31
North West +73 143 £35,000 +3.70% 39
East Midlands +20 133 £35,000 +16.67% 31
Yorkshire -29 87 £30,000 -9.09% 28
North East -48 24 £40,000 -17.95% 11
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 October 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.

1 875 (55.34%) Microsoft
2 799 (50.54%) Microsoft 365
3 770 (48.70%) Windows
4 585 (37.00%) Active Directory
5 463 (29.29%) Azure
6 409 (25.87%) Problem-Solving
7 405 (25.62%) Entra ID
8 393 (24.86%) Windows Server
9 354 (22.39%) Customer Service
10 311 (19.67%) Firewall
11 303 (19.17%) Microsoft Intune
12 288 (18.22%) Microsoft Exchange
13 282 (17.84%) DNS
14 261 (16.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 250 (15.81%) Cybersecurity
16 241 (15.24%) DHCP
17 238 (15.05%) VPN
18 234 (14.80%) SharePoint
19 221 (13.98%) Hyper-V
20 212 (13.41%) VMware
21 182 (11.51%) TCP/IP
22 165 (10.44%) Wi-Fi
23 160 (10.12%) VMware Infrastructure
24 157 (9.93%) ITIL
25 148 (9.36%) Continuous Improvement
26 139 (8.79%) VLAN
27 138 (8.73%) Disaster Recovery
28 129 (8.16%) Windows 10
29 124 (7.84%) Linux
30 123 (7.78%) 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
1 288 (18.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 234 (14.80%) SharePoint
3 24 (1.52%) IIS
4 8 (0.51%) Apache
5 4 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 76 (4.81%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.13%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.13%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (0.38%) Raiser’s Edge
2 4 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.25%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.25%) Shopify
3 2 (0.13%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.063%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 799 (50.54%) Microsoft 365
2 463 (29.29%) Azure
3 405 (25.62%) Entra ID
4 79 (5.00%) OneDrive
5 66 (4.17%) Google Workspace
6 51 (3.23%) AWS
7 38 (2.40%) SaaS
8 36 (2.28%) Mimecast
9 21 (1.33%) Power Platform
10 14 (0.89%) Power Automate
11 13 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
11 13 (0.82%) Nutanix
12 10 (0.63%) IaaS
13 9 (0.57%) Cloud Computing
14 8 (0.51%) PaaS
15 7 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
16 6 (0.38%) Cloudflare
17 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Purview
17 4 (0.25%) Serverless
18 3 (0.19%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 311 (19.67%) Firewall
2 282 (17.84%) DNS
3 241 (15.24%) DHCP
4 238 (15.05%) VPN
5 182 (11.51%) TCP/IP
6 165 (10.44%) Wi-Fi
7 139 (8.79%) VLAN
8 122 (7.72%) LAN
9 112 (7.08%) WAN
10 103 (6.51%) Wireless
11 94 (5.95%) VoIP
12 46 (2.91%) SAN
13 33 (2.09%) Network Security
14 23 (1.45%) Internet
14 23 (1.45%) SSL
15 18 (1.14%) WLAN
16 15 (0.95%) Remote Desktop
17 8 (0.51%) PBX
17 8 (0.51%) Structured Cabling
18 6 (0.38%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (4.62%) SQL Server
2 10 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
2 10 (0.63%) MySQL
3 5 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.13%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 31 (1.96%) JIRA
2 3 (0.19%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.19%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.063%) Carbide.c++
General
1 508 (32.13%) Social Skills
2 76 (4.81%) Analytical Skills
3 71 (4.49%) Legal
4 70 (4.43%) Manufacturing
5 57 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
6 56 (3.54%) Finance
7 43 (2.72%) Retail
8 35 (2.21%) Advertising
9 31 (1.96%) Telecoms
10 27 (1.71%) Public Sector
11 24 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
12 23 (1.45%) Law
13 22 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 13 (0.82%) Games
15 12 (0.76%) Automotive
16 10 (0.63%) Aviation
17 8 (0.51%) Aerospace
18 6 (0.38%) Banking
18 6 (0.38%) Local Government
18 6 (0.38%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.44%) HTML
2 6 (0.38%) JSON
3 4 (0.25%) .NET
3 4 (0.25%) ASP.NET Web Forms
3 4 (0.25%) Web Services
3 4 (0.25%) WinForms
4 3 (0.19%) CSS
4 3 (0.19%) LDAP
4 3 (0.19%) Terraform
5 2 (0.13%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.13%) EDI
5 2 (0.13%) SAML
6 1 (0.063%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 224 (14.17%) Driving Licence
2 100 (6.33%) Onboarding
3 72 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
4 38 (2.40%) CCTV
5 35 (2.21%) Data Centre
6 28 (1.77%) Operational Technology
7 20 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
8 19 (1.20%) Management Information System
8 19 (1.20%) Replication
9 17 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
10 15 (0.95%) Clustering
11 13 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
12 12 (0.76%) Cyber Threat
13 11 (0.70%) Cloud Native
14 10 (0.63%) Security Posture
15 9 (0.57%) NHS
16 8 (0.51%) PKI
16 8 (0.51%) Smartphone
17 6 (0.38%) FMCG
17 6 (0.38%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 770 (48.70%) Windows
2 393 (24.86%) Windows Server
3 129 (8.16%) Windows 10
4 124 (7.84%) Linux
5 107 (6.77%) macOS
6 44 (2.78%) Windows Server 2019
7 42 (2.66%) Apple iOS
8 40 (2.53%) Android
9 35 (2.21%) Windows Server 2016
10 19 (1.20%) Ubuntu
11 12 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
12 7 (0.44%) Rocky
13 6 (0.38%) Windows 7
14 5 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 4 (0.25%) Windows 8
16 3 (0.19%) Kali Linux
16 3 (0.19%) Unix
17 1 (0.063%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 409 (25.87%) Problem-Solving
2 354 (22.39%) Customer Service
3 261 (16.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 250 (15.81%) Cybersecurity
5 157 (9.93%) ITIL
6 148 (9.36%) Continuous Improvement
7 138 (8.73%) Disaster Recovery
8 92 (5.82%) Project Delivery
9 80 (5.06%) Service Delivery
10 72 (4.55%) ITSM
11 60 (3.80%) Mentoring
11 60 (3.80%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 54 (3.42%) User Experience
13 53 (3.35%) Change Management
13 53 (3.35%) Service Management
14 51 (3.23%) Migration
15 50 (3.16%) Business Continuity
16 46 (2.91%) Root Cause Analysis
17 40 (2.53%) Collaborative Culture
18 39 (2.47%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 121 (7.65%) PowerShell
2 46 (2.91%) SQL
3 12 (0.76%) Ruby
4 10 (0.63%) Python
5 8 (0.51%) R
6 6 (0.38%) C#
7 4 (0.25%) Bicep
7 4 (0.25%) VBScript
8 3 (0.19%) VB
9 2 (0.13%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.13%) PHP
9 2 (0.13%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.13%) VBA
10 1 (0.063%) Bash
10 1 (0.063%) Java
Qualifications
1 123 (7.78%) Degree
2 112 (7.08%) Microsoft Certification
3 67 (4.24%) DBS Check
4 53 (3.35%) Cisco Certification
5 51 (3.23%) CCNA
6 36 (2.28%) Azure Certification
7 31 (1.96%) Security Cleared
8 29 (1.83%) Network+ Certification
9 25 (1.58%) A+ Certification
10 19 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
10 19 (1.20%) MCSE
11 15 (0.95%) SC Cleared
12 14 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (0.70%) MCSA
14 10 (0.63%) CCNP
14 10 (0.63%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 8 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
16 7 (0.44%) AWS Certification
16 7 (0.44%) DV Cleared
16 7 (0.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (6.96%) Cyber Essentials
2 52 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 44 (2.78%) GDPR
4 31 (1.96%) SLA
5 25 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 12 (0.76%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.32%) NCSC
7 5 (0.32%) NIST
8 4 (0.25%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.13%) QA
10 1 (0.063%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.063%) TickIT
System Software
1 585 (37.00%) Active Directory
2 221 (13.98%) Hyper-V
3 160 (10.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
6 15 (0.95%) vSphere
7 11 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (0.57%) Firmware
9 8 (0.51%) Docker
10 5 (0.32%) BitLocker
11 4 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.13%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.13%) XenApp
13 1 (0.063%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 303 (19.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (2.21%) Jamf Pro
3 19 (1.20%) SCCM
4 18 (1.14%) Autotask
5 14 (0.89%) WSUS
6 11 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (0.63%) Failover Clustering
8 8 (0.51%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.38%) Backup Exec
9 6 (0.38%) Kubernetes
10 5 (0.32%) SmoothWall
10 5 (0.32%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 4 (0.25%) Iperf
11 4 (0.25%) Nessus
12 3 (0.19%) Nmap
13 2 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.13%) Ansible
13 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 2 (0.13%) PaperCut
13 2 (0.13%) SCOM
Vendors
1 875 (55.34%) Microsoft
2 212 (13.41%) VMware
3 105 (6.64%) Cisco
4 90 (5.69%) Veeam
5 69 (4.36%) Google
6 62 (3.92%) SonicWALL
7 58 (3.67%) Apple
8 50 (3.16%) Meraki
9 37 (2.34%) Sophos
10 36 (2.28%) Dell
11 35 (2.21%) Datto
12 34 (2.15%) Palo Alto
13 31 (1.96%) Fortinet
13 31 (1.96%) HP
14 29 (1.83%) Ubiquiti
15 24 (1.52%) TOWER Software
16 22 (1.39%) Aruba
17 20 (1.27%) Logitech
18 19 (1.20%) Citrix
18 19 (1.20%) Draytek