IT Engineer Jobs 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 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 154 225 387
Rank change year-on-year +71 +162 -71
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,385 1,154 1,427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.77% 1.62% 0.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.87% 1.77% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,114 989 1,258
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,750 £24,250
25th Percentile £28,000 £28,750 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £34,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% -1.43% -
75th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £60,628 £58,750
UK median annual salary £35,000 £34,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +1.45% -1.43% -

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 74,198 65,186 140,455
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.70% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 51,681 46,119 77,508
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured IT Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in England

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in England.

Salary trend for IT Engineer in England

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in England over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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
Midlands +66 326 £37,500 +15.38% 32
North of England +88 316 £32,500 -5.80% 64
South East +25 280 £35,000 +11.11% 74
South West +19 202 £34,000 - 39
West Midlands +44 172 £36,000 +2.86% 22
London -65 153 £40,000 +5.26% 29
East Midlands +58 152 £40,000 +35.59% 10
North West +54 149 £32,000 -14.67% 30
Yorkshire +93 132 £30,000 -12.41% 26
East of England +1 110 £31,833 -2.05% 21
North East +3 34 £32,500 -1.52% 13
IT Engineer
UK

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, IT Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 780 (56.32%) Windows
2 716 (51.70%) Microsoft
3 587 (42.38%) Microsoft 365
4 543 (39.21%) Active Directory
5 451 (32.56%) Azure
6 365 (26.35%) Social Skills
7 351 (25.34%) Windows Server
8 323 (23.32%) Firewall
9 304 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
10 298 (21.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 272 (19.64%) ITIL
12 262 (18.92%) VMware
13 216 (15.60%) Cisco
14 213 (15.38%) Customer Service
15 197 (14.22%) Microsoft Exchange
16 190 (13.72%) Windows 10
17 187 (13.50%) Linux
18 182 (13.14%) Microsoft Office
19 173 (12.49%) Degree
20 167 (12.06%) Driving Licence
21 164 (11.84%) VMware Infrastructure
22 162 (11.70%) Microsoft Certification
23 156 (11.26%) Hyper-V
24 154 (11.12%) Entra ID
25 150 (10.83%) SharePoint
26 143 (10.32%) Cybersecurity
27 138 (9.96%) Wi-Fi
28 136 (9.82%) DNS
29 125 (9.03%) Microsoft Intune
30 124 (8.95%) Cisco Certification

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 197 (14.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 150 (10.83%) SharePoint
3 11 (0.79%) IIS
4 9 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2013
5 4 (0.29%) CMS
5 4 (0.29%) Confluence
5 4 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2000
6 2 (0.14%) Apache
6 2 (0.14%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.14%) WordPress
7 1 (0.072%) nginx
7 1 (0.072%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.072%) Site Server
7 1 (0.072%) Tomcat
Applications
1 182 (13.14%) Microsoft Office
2 47 (3.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.072%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.072%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.36%) Sage X3
2 2 (0.14%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.072%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 587 (42.38%) Microsoft 365
2 451 (32.56%) Azure
3 154 (11.12%) Entra ID
4 47 (3.39%) AWS
4 47 (3.39%) OneDrive
5 29 (2.09%) Google Workspace
6 19 (1.37%) Mimecast
7 14 (1.01%) SaaS
8 13 (0.94%) iTunes
9 10 (0.72%) Nutanix
9 10 (0.72%) Power Platform
10 9 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (0.58%) Azure Storage
12 7 (0.51%) Amazon EC2
12 7 (0.51%) IaaS
13 6 (0.43%) OCI
13 6 (0.43%) PaaS
13 6 (0.43%) PowerApps
13 6 (0.43%) WhatsApp
14 5 (0.36%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 323 (23.32%) Firewall
2 138 (9.96%) Wi-Fi
3 136 (9.82%) DNS
4 118 (8.52%) Network Security
5 108 (7.80%) Internet
6 107 (7.73%) DHCP
7 95 (6.86%) VPN
7 95 (6.86%) WAN
8 85 (6.14%) TCP/IP
9 84 (6.06%) LAN
10 80 (5.78%) WLAN
11 70 (5.05%) Wireless
12 57 (4.12%) VLAN
12 57 (4.12%) VoIP
13 56 (4.04%) SAN
14 20 (1.44%) SD-WAN
15 18 (1.30%) SSL
16 17 (1.23%) Cisco IOS
17 16 (1.16%) Cisco Nexus
17 16 (1.16%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (6.14%) SQL Server
2 23 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
3 22 (1.59%) MySQL
4 4 (0.29%) DB2
4 4 (0.29%) InfluxDB
4 4 (0.29%) Power BI
5 3 (0.22%) MariaDB
5 3 (0.22%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.14%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.072%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 16 (1.16%) JIRA
2 5 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (0.22%) Axure RP
3 3 (0.22%) LabVIEW
3 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.072%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.072%) MSI
4 1 (0.072%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.072%) Selenium
4 1 (0.072%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 365 (26.35%) Social Skills
2 69 (4.98%) Finance
3 64 (4.62%) Telecoms
4 55 (3.97%) Law
5 49 (3.54%) Analytical Skills
6 46 (3.32%) Retail
7 44 (3.18%) Organisational Skills
8 43 (3.10%) Manufacturing
9 28 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
10 27 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 21 (1.52%) Games
11 21 (1.52%) Legal
11 21 (1.52%) Marketing
12 18 (1.30%) Banking
12 18 (1.30%) Public Sector
13 10 (0.72%) Advertising
13 10 (0.72%) Automotive
14 9 (0.65%) Military
15 8 (0.58%) Aerospace
16 7 (0.51%) Japanese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.36%) Loki
1 5 (0.36%) YAML
2 3 (0.22%) .NET
2 3 (0.22%) HTML
3 2 (0.14%) CSS
3 2 (0.14%) Kafka
3 2 (0.14%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.072%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.072%) Azure Blueprints
4 1 (0.072%) LAMP
4 1 (0.072%) RESTEasy
4 1 (0.072%) Web Services
4 1 (0.072%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 167 (12.06%) Driving Licence
2 81 (5.85%) Onboarding
3 56 (4.04%) Data Centre
4 48 (3.47%) Management Information System
5 35 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
6 32 (2.31%) Replication
7 22 (1.59%) Fat Client
7 22 (1.59%) Thin Client
8 19 (1.37%) Enterprise Storage
9 16 (1.16%) CCTV
9 16 (1.16%) EPoS
10 12 (0.87%) Social Media
11 11 (0.79%) Cyberattack
11 11 (0.79%) Smartphone
12 9 (0.65%) Clustering
13 7 (0.51%) Video Conferencing
14 6 (0.43%) Blackberry
14 6 (0.43%) Client/Server
14 6 (0.43%) Cyber Threat
14 6 (0.43%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 780 (56.32%) Windows
2 351 (25.34%) Windows Server
3 190 (13.72%) Windows 10
4 187 (13.50%) Linux
5 96 (6.93%) Windows Server 2016
6 73 (5.27%) Windows Server 2019
7 58 (4.19%) Windows Server 2012
8 49 (3.54%) Mac OS
9 47 (3.39%) Android
10 41 (2.96%) Apple iOS
11 21 (1.52%) Mac OS X
12 18 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 18 (1.30%) Windows 7
13 13 (0.94%) Unix
13 13 (0.94%) Windows Server 2008
14 11 (0.79%) Ubuntu
15 10 (0.72%) Windows 8
16 8 (0.58%) VMS
17 5 (0.36%) CentOS
18 4 (0.29%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 304 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
2 298 (21.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 272 (19.64%) ITIL
4 213 (15.38%) Customer Service
5 143 (10.32%) Cybersecurity
6 98 (7.08%) Computer Science
7 95 (6.86%) Asset Management
8 88 (6.35%) Project Delivery
9 86 (6.21%) Mentoring
10 74 (5.34%) Network Management
11 72 (5.20%) Disaster Recovery
12 69 (4.98%) IT Asset Management
13 68 (4.91%) Service Delivery
14 63 (4.55%) Continuous Improvement
14 63 (4.55%) Project Management
15 56 (4.04%) Migration
16 44 (3.18%) Agile
17 43 (3.10%) Service Management
18 42 (3.03%) Incident Management
19 39 (2.82%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 121 (8.74%) SQL
2 101 (7.29%) PowerShell
3 40 (2.89%) Python
4 9 (0.65%) Bash
4 9 (0.65%) C++
4 9 (0.65%) Java
4 9 (0.65%) Swift
5 8 (0.58%) C#
6 7 (0.51%) JavaScript
7 6 (0.43%) Perl
8 5 (0.36%) PHP
8 5 (0.36%) Ruby
9 4 (0.29%) R
9 4 (0.29%) VB
10 3 (0.22%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.22%) VBScript
11 2 (0.14%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.072%) Korn
Qualifications
1 173 (12.49%) Degree
2 162 (11.70%) Microsoft Certification
3 124 (8.95%) Cisco Certification
4 105 (7.58%) CCNA
5 99 (7.15%) MCSE
6 94 (6.79%) CCNP
7 86 (6.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 80 (5.78%) MCP
9 67 (4.84%) LPIC
10 51 (3.68%) DBS Check
11 42 (3.03%) Security Cleared
12 29 (2.09%) SC Cleared
13 25 (1.81%) Azure Certification
13 25 (1.81%) CISSP
14 22 (1.59%) DV Cleared
14 22 (1.59%) Network+ Certification
15 18 (1.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 17 (1.23%) A+ Certification
17 14 (1.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 13 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (3.61%) SLA
2 42 (3.03%) GDPR
3 31 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (1.37%) QA
5 17 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (0.58%) NIST
7 6 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.36%) ISO 9001
8 5 (0.36%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.29%) COBIT
10 3 (0.22%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.072%) HIPAA
System Software
1 543 (39.21%) Active Directory
2 164 (11.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 156 (11.26%) Hyper-V
4 27 (1.95%) VMware ESXi
4 27 (1.95%) vSphere
5 19 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
7 7 (0.51%) Firmware
8 6 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.36%) Terminal Services
9 5 (0.36%) XenDesktop
10 4 (0.29%) Docker
11 3 (0.22%) XenApp
12 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.14%) Xen
13 1 (0.072%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (0.072%) Samba
13 1 (0.072%) VirtualBox
13 1 (0.072%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.072%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 125 (9.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 68 (4.91%) SCCM
3 13 (0.94%) WSUS
4 10 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
5 9 (0.65%) Kubernetes
5 9 (0.65%) vCenter Server
6 8 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 8 (0.58%) Grafana
7 7 (0.51%) Ansible
7 7 (0.51%) SCOM
8 6 (0.43%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 5 (0.36%) Cisco CUCM
9 5 (0.36%) EMC NetWorker
9 5 (0.36%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.36%) ServiceCenter
9 5 (0.36%) Terraform
10 4 (0.29%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.29%) Nessus
10 4 (0.29%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.22%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 716 (51.70%) Microsoft
2 262 (18.92%) VMware
3 216 (15.60%) Cisco
4 80 (5.78%) Veeam
5 69 (4.98%) Citrix
6 59 (4.26%) Meraki
7 44 (3.18%) Apple
8 37 (2.67%) Google
8 37 (2.67%) HP
9 36 (2.60%) Dell
10 32 (2.31%) Fortinet
11 27 (1.95%) Sophos
12 21 (1.52%) Red Hat
13 19 (1.37%) Oracle
13 19 (1.37%) Palo Alto
14 17 (1.23%) Aruba
14 17 (1.23%) Draytek
15 15 (1.08%) ServiceNow
16 14 (1.01%) WatchGuard
17 13 (0.94%) Acronis