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 5 September 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 272 167
Rank change year-on-year +163 -105 +21
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,654 463 1,120
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.69% 1.07% 1.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.80% 1.19% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,437 348 845
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £38,750 £35,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +9.15% +1.43%
75th Percentile £43,750 £49,000 £45,000
90th Percentile £58,000 £61,250 £55,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -

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 92,123 38,992 65,936
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.88% 90.33% 95.18%
Number of salaries quoted 65,167 23,479 42,049
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 5 September 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 5 September 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 +130 391 £37,500 -6.25% 75
East of England +102 273 £35,000 -4.76% 31
Midlands +70 270 £35,000 - 42
North of England +50 262 £32,500 -1.52% 44
South West +52 235 £35,000 -15.15% 32
London +60 222 £36,000 -20.00% 93
North West +97 146 £33,488 -4.32% 23
East Midlands +30 137 £35,000 +13.82% 15
West Midlands +49 133 £34,500 -27.37% 27
Yorkshire -28 99 £30,000 -9.09% 16
North East -53 17 £40,000 -17.95% 5
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 September 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.

1 874 (52.84%) Microsoft
2 790 (47.76%) Microsoft 365
3 736 (44.50%) Windows
4 584 (35.31%) Active Directory
5 464 (28.05%) Azure
6 399 (24.12%) Problem-Solving
7 385 (23.28%) Windows Server
8 377 (22.79%) Entra ID
9 344 (20.80%) Customer Service
10 294 (17.78%) Firewall
11 276 (16.69%) Microsoft Exchange
12 275 (16.63%) Microsoft Intune
13 248 (14.99%) DNS
14 244 (14.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 237 (14.33%) SharePoint
16 225 (13.60%) Cybersecurity
17 210 (12.70%) DHCP
18 209 (12.64%) Hyper-V
19 200 (12.09%) VPN
20 199 (12.03%) VMware
21 157 (9.49%) Wi-Fi
22 153 (9.25%) VMware Infrastructure
23 149 (9.01%) TCP/IP
24 145 (8.77%) Continuous Improvement
25 142 (8.59%) ITIL
26 140 (8.46%) Disaster Recovery
27 133 (8.04%) Windows 10
28 131 (7.92%) Degree
29 126 (7.62%) PowerShell
30 124 (7.50%) Linux

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
1 276 (16.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 237 (14.33%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.27%) IIS
4 9 (0.54%) Exchange Server 2013
5 7 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2007
5 7 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (0.24%) Apache
6 4 (0.24%) Confluence
Applications
1 84 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.18%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (0.36%) Raiser’s Edge
2 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.060%) Eikon
3 1 (0.060%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.060%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 790 (47.76%) Microsoft 365
2 464 (28.05%) Azure
3 377 (22.79%) Entra ID
4 66 (3.99%) OneDrive
5 51 (3.08%) AWS
6 48 (2.90%) SaaS
7 46 (2.78%) Google Workspace
8 34 (2.06%) Mimecast
9 26 (1.57%) Power Platform
10 17 (1.03%) Power Automate
11 15 (0.91%) PaaS
12 14 (0.85%) Nutanix
13 13 (0.79%) IaaS
14 12 (0.73%) Azure DevOps
15 10 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
16 8 (0.48%) PowerApps
17 6 (0.36%) Cloud Computing
17 6 (0.36%) Cloudflare
17 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Copilot
18 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 294 (17.78%) Firewall
2 248 (14.99%) DNS
3 210 (12.70%) DHCP
4 200 (12.09%) VPN
5 157 (9.49%) Wi-Fi
6 149 (9.01%) TCP/IP
7 110 (6.65%) VLAN
8 100 (6.05%) LAN
9 98 (5.93%) Wireless
10 92 (5.56%) WAN
11 83 (5.02%) VoIP
12 46 (2.78%) SAN
13 38 (2.30%) Network Security
14 22 (1.33%) Internet
15 20 (1.21%) SSL
16 17 (1.03%) WLAN
17 14 (0.85%) Remote Desktop
18 7 (0.42%) NAS
18 7 (0.42%) Structured Cabling
19 5 (0.30%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (3.93%) SQL Server
2 10 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (0.48%) Power BI
4 7 (0.42%) MySQL
5 5 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.12%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 39 (2.36%) JIRA
2 3 (0.18%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.18%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.060%) Carbide.c++
General
1 461 (27.87%) Social Skills
2 73 (4.41%) Analytical Skills
3 72 (4.35%) Legal
3 72 (4.35%) Manufacturing
4 56 (3.39%) Finance
5 48 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
6 42 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 34 (2.06%) Advertising
7 34 (2.06%) Retail
8 29 (1.75%) Telecoms
9 26 (1.57%) Law
10 21 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
11 17 (1.03%) Automotive
12 13 (0.79%) Public Sector
13 12 (0.73%) Games
14 9 (0.54%) Aerospace
15 8 (0.48%) Local Government
16 6 (0.36%) Banking
16 6 (0.36%) Police
17 4 (0.24%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (0.54%) HTML
2 7 (0.42%) JSON
3 5 (0.30%) CSS
3 5 (0.30%) Web Services
4 4 (0.24%) Terraform
5 3 (0.18%) .NET
5 3 (0.18%) ASP.NET Web Forms
5 3 (0.18%) WinForms
6 2 (0.12%) EDI
6 2 (0.12%) LDAP
6 2 (0.12%) SAML
7 1 (0.060%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.060%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 209 (12.64%) Driving Licence
2 96 (5.80%) Onboarding
3 73 (4.41%) Self-Motivation
4 40 (2.42%) CCTV
5 39 (2.36%) Data Centre
6 26 (1.57%) Operational Technology
7 19 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
7 19 (1.15%) Replication
7 19 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
8 16 (0.97%) Management Information System
9 15 (0.91%) Clustering
10 13 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
11 12 (0.73%) Cyber Threat
11 12 (0.73%) Security Posture
12 11 (0.67%) Cloud Native
13 8 (0.48%) FMCG
13 8 (0.48%) NHS
13 8 (0.48%) PKI
14 7 (0.42%) EPoS
15 6 (0.36%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 736 (44.50%) Windows
2 385 (23.28%) Windows Server
3 133 (8.04%) Windows 10
4 124 (7.50%) Linux
5 110 (6.65%) Mac OS
6 49 (2.96%) Apple iOS
7 48 (2.90%) Windows Server 2019
8 41 (2.48%) Android
9 35 (2.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 15 (0.91%) Ubuntu
10 15 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (0.36%) Windows 7
12 5 (0.30%) Mac OS X
12 5 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 5 (0.30%) Rocky
13 4 (0.24%) Windows 8
14 3 (0.18%) Kali Linux
14 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
15 2 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 399 (24.12%) Problem-Solving
2 344 (20.80%) Customer Service
3 244 (14.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 225 (13.60%) Cybersecurity
5 145 (8.77%) Continuous Improvement
6 142 (8.59%) ITIL
7 140 (8.46%) Disaster Recovery
8 92 (5.56%) Project Delivery
9 75 (4.53%) Service Delivery
10 72 (4.35%) ITSM
11 61 (3.69%) Mentoring
12 59 (3.57%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 57 (3.45%) Service Management
14 48 (2.90%) Business Continuity
15 47 (2.84%) Change Management
15 47 (2.84%) User Experience
16 45 (2.72%) Migration
17 43 (2.60%) Collaborative Culture
18 41 (2.48%) Identity Management
19 38 (2.30%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 126 (7.62%) PowerShell
2 53 (3.20%) SQL
3 12 (0.73%) Python
4 11 (0.67%) R
5 9 (0.54%) Ruby
6 6 (0.36%) C#
7 4 (0.24%) Bicep
7 4 (0.24%) VBScript
8 3 (0.18%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.18%) PHP
8 3 (0.18%) VB
8 3 (0.18%) VBA
9 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.060%) Bash
10 1 (0.060%) Java
Qualifications
1 131 (7.92%) Degree
2 113 (6.83%) Microsoft Certification
3 75 (4.53%) DBS Check
4 51 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
5 48 (2.90%) CCNA
6 38 (2.30%) Security Cleared
7 35 (2.12%) Azure Certification
8 27 (1.63%) Network+ Certification
9 23 (1.39%) A+ Certification
10 20 (1.21%) CompTIA Security+
10 20 (1.21%) SC Cleared
11 16 (0.97%) MCSE
12 13 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (0.60%) CCNP
14 9 (0.54%) MCSA
15 7 (0.42%) AWS Certification
15 7 (0.42%) DV Cleared
15 7 (0.42%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 5 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
16 5 (0.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (6.41%) Cyber Essentials
2 53 (3.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 41 (2.48%) GDPR
3 41 (2.48%) SLA
4 29 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 11 (0.67%) PCI DSS
6 6 (0.36%) NIST
7 5 (0.30%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.12%) QA
9 1 (0.060%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.060%) NCSC
9 1 (0.060%) TickIT
System Software
1 584 (35.31%) Active Directory
2 209 (12.64%) Hyper-V
3 153 (9.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
6 13 (0.79%) Docker
6 13 (0.79%) vSphere
7 11 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (0.48%) BitLocker
8 8 (0.48%) Firmware
9 5 (0.30%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.060%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.060%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.060%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 275 (16.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (1.63%) Jamf Pro
3 23 (1.39%) SCCM
4 20 (1.21%) Autotask
5 14 (0.85%) WSUS
6 11 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
8 9 (0.54%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.36%) Kubernetes
10 4 (0.24%) Iperf
10 4 (0.24%) Nessus
11 3 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.18%) Nmap
12 2 (0.12%) Ansible
12 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 2 (0.12%) PaperCut
12 2 (0.12%) SCOM
13 1 (0.060%) vCenter Server
13 1 (0.060%) vRealize Orchestrator
13 1 (0.060%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 874 (52.84%) Microsoft
2 199 (12.03%) VMware
3 82 (4.96%) Cisco
4 66 (3.99%) Veeam
5 59 (3.57%) SonicWALL
6 50 (3.02%) Google
7 46 (2.78%) Apple
8 36 (2.18%) HP
9 33 (2.00%) Meraki
10 32 (1.93%) Datto
10 32 (1.93%) Ubiquiti
11 29 (1.75%) Sophos
12 27 (1.63%) Dell
13 26 (1.57%) Fortinet
14 21 (1.27%) Draytek
15 20 (1.21%) Aruba
16 19 (1.15%) Palo Alto
17 18 (1.09%) Logitech
18 17 (1.03%) TOWER Software
19 15 (0.91%) ServiceNow