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 30 June 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 266 130
Rank change year-on-year +187 -136 +89
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,770 507 1,908
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.07% 1.23% 2.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.20% 1.37% 2.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,525 391 1,597
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £36,000 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +7.46% -1.47%
75th Percentile £43,750 £47,375 £43,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £50,450
UK median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year - +6.06% -2.94%

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 80,603 36,975 87,502
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.20% 89.99% 94.60%
Number of salaries quoted 56,724 21,823 64,513
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,825 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,474 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,673 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.95% +7.95% -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 30 June 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 30 June 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 +113 434 £35,000 -6.67% 53
North of England +84 359 £32,500 -0.76% 37
Midlands +74 274 £32,500 -7.14% 23
East of England +105 254 £35,000 +7.58% 23
London +88 238 £36,000 -20.00% 33
South West +57 208 £35,000 - 28
North West +128 200 £32,940 +2.94% 19
Yorkshire +9 141 £30,000 - 17
West Midlands +66 140 £32,500 -16.13% 10
East Midlands +39 134 £32,500 - 13
North East -39 18 £37,500 -23.08% 4
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 June 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.

1 821 (46.38%) Microsoft
2 793 (44.80%) Microsoft 365
3 706 (39.89%) Windows
4 583 (32.94%) Active Directory
5 487 (27.51%) Azure
6 431 (24.35%) Problem-Solving
7 368 (20.79%) Windows Server
8 345 (19.49%) Entra ID
9 340 (19.21%) Customer Service
10 294 (16.61%) Firewall
11 249 (14.07%) Microsoft Exchange
12 242 (13.67%) Microsoft Intune
13 232 (13.11%) DNS
14 219 (12.37%) SharePoint
15 217 (12.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 198 (11.19%) DHCP
17 195 (11.02%) VPN
18 192 (10.85%) VMware
19 181 (10.23%) Cybersecurity
20 176 (9.94%) Hyper-V
21 163 (9.21%) Windows 10
22 161 (9.10%) Wi-Fi
23 159 (8.98%) ITIL
24 139 (7.85%) LAN
25 135 (7.63%) WAN
26 132 (7.46%) VMware Infrastructure
27 127 (7.18%) PowerShell
28 121 (6.84%) Disaster Recovery
29 118 (6.67%) Mac OS
29 118 (6.67%) 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
1 249 (14.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 219 (12.37%) SharePoint
3 14 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2013
4 13 (0.73%) IIS
5 12 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2007
5 12 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2010
6 11 (0.62%) Confluence
7 1 (0.056%) Apache
Applications
1 118 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.17%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.056%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 5 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.28%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.23%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.056%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 793 (44.80%) Microsoft 365
2 487 (27.51%) Azure
3 345 (19.49%) Entra ID
4 62 (3.50%) AWS
4 62 (3.50%) Google Workspace
5 58 (3.28%) OneDrive
5 58 (3.28%) SaaS
6 25 (1.41%) Mimecast
6 25 (1.41%) PaaS
7 23 (1.30%) Power Platform
8 21 (1.19%) IaaS
9 10 (0.56%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (0.51%) Nutanix
10 9 (0.51%) Power Automate
10 9 (0.51%) PowerApps
11 7 (0.40%) OCI
12 6 (0.34%) Azure Sentinel
12 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Copilot
13 5 (0.28%) Cloudflare
13 5 (0.28%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 294 (16.61%) Firewall
2 232 (13.11%) DNS
3 198 (11.19%) DHCP
4 195 (11.02%) VPN
5 161 (9.10%) Wi-Fi
6 139 (7.85%) LAN
7 135 (7.63%) WAN
8 92 (5.20%) VLAN
9 90 (5.08%) TCP/IP
10 80 (4.52%) VoIP
11 54 (3.05%) SAN
12 52 (2.94%) Wireless
13 28 (1.58%) Network Security
14 18 (1.02%) Internet
15 17 (0.96%) SD-WAN
16 16 (0.90%) WLAN
17 11 (0.62%) Remote Desktop
17 11 (0.62%) SSL
18 7 (0.40%) NAS
19 6 (0.34%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (4.01%) SQL Server
2 13 (0.73%) Power BI
3 8 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.23%) MySQL
6 2 (0.11%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 46 (2.60%) JIRA
2 4 (0.23%) Chocolatey
2 4 (0.23%) GitLab
3 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.056%) Carbide.c++
4 1 (0.056%) Git
4 1 (0.056%) LabVIEW
General
1 441 (24.92%) Social Skills
2 69 (3.90%) Finance
3 63 (3.56%) Organisational Skills
4 60 (3.39%) Manufacturing
5 59 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 58 (3.28%) Analytical Skills
6 58 (3.28%) Legal
7 51 (2.88%) Law
8 41 (2.32%) Retail
9 39 (2.20%) Multimedia
10 35 (1.98%) Telecoms
11 20 (1.13%) Advertising
12 18 (1.02%) Public Sector
13 16 (0.90%) Automotive
13 16 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (0.51%) Banking
15 8 (0.45%) Games
16 7 (0.40%) Local Government
17 6 (0.34%) Aerospace
18 5 (0.28%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (0.51%) HTML
2 7 (0.40%) 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
1 239 (13.50%) Driving Licence
2 92 (5.20%) Onboarding
3 62 (3.50%) Self-Motivation
4 35 (1.98%) Data Centre
5 34 (1.92%) CCTV
6 20 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
7 17 (0.96%) Security Posture
8 16 (0.90%) Video Conferencing
9 14 (0.79%) Clustering
9 14 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
10 12 (0.68%) FMCG
10 12 (0.68%) Management Information System
11 11 (0.62%) NHS
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
14 8 (0.45%) PKI
15 7 (0.40%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 706 (39.89%) Windows
2 368 (20.79%) Windows Server
3 163 (9.21%) Windows 10
4 118 (6.67%) Mac OS
5 105 (5.93%) Linux
6 63 (3.56%) Windows Server 2019
7 54 (3.05%) Windows Server 2016
8 42 (2.37%) Apple iOS
9 38 (2.15%) Android
10 24 (1.36%) Windows Server 2012
11 17 (0.96%) Windows 7
12 11 (0.62%) Windows 8
13 9 (0.51%) Mac OS X
14 5 (0.28%) Ubuntu
15 4 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 4 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
16 2 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 431 (24.35%) Problem-Solving
2 340 (19.21%) Customer Service
3 217 (12.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 181 (10.23%) Cybersecurity
5 159 (8.98%) ITIL
6 121 (6.84%) Disaster Recovery
7 111 (6.27%) Continuous Improvement
8 101 (5.71%) Mentoring
9 94 (5.31%) Service Delivery
10 93 (5.25%) ITSM
11 73 (4.12%) Project Delivery
12 62 (3.50%) Service Management
13 60 (3.39%) Change Management
14 58 (3.28%) Remote Monitoring and Management
15 49 (2.77%) Migration
15 49 (2.77%) Root Cause Analysis
16 48 (2.71%) Business Continuity
17 43 (2.43%) Process Improvement
18 42 (2.37%) Time Management
19 40 (2.26%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 127 (7.18%) PowerShell
2 59 (3.33%) SQL
3 12 (0.68%) 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%) Google Apps Script
8 2 (0.11%) Ruby
8 2 (0.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 116 (6.55%) Degree
2 110 (6.21%) Microsoft Certification
3 76 (4.29%) DBS Check
4 69 (3.90%) Security Cleared
5 46 (2.60%) Cisco Certification
6 45 (2.54%) CCNA
7 42 (2.37%) SC Cleared
8 34 (1.92%) Azure Certification
9 32 (1.81%) A+ Certification
10 25 (1.41%) Network+ Certification
11 15 (0.85%) 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 6 (0.34%) AWS Certification
14 6 (0.34%) MCSA
15 5 (0.28%) Computer Science Degree
15 5 (0.28%) MCITP
16 4 (0.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (4.92%) Cyber Essentials
2 69 (3.90%) SLA
3 61 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 24 (1.36%) 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
1 583 (32.94%) Active Directory
2 176 (9.94%) Hyper-V
3 132 (7.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (0.68%) Docker
6 12 (0.68%) vSphere
7 8 (0.45%) BitLocker
7 8 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.40%) 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
1 242 (13.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (1.92%) SCCM
3 27 (1.53%) Autotask
4 24 (1.36%) Jamf Pro
5 15 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 15 (0.85%) WSUS
6 14 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (0.68%) FortiGate
8 9 (0.51%) Failover Clustering
9 6 (0.34%) Terraform
10 5 (0.28%) Ansible
11 3 (0.17%) Iperf
11 3 (0.17%) Kubernetes
12 1 (0.056%) Argo
12 1 (0.056%) Nessus
12 1 (0.056%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 821 (46.38%) Microsoft
2 192 (10.85%) VMware
3 69 (3.90%) Google
4 62 (3.50%) Cisco
5 60 (3.39%) Fortinet
6 47 (2.66%) Meraki
7 44 (2.49%) Apple
8 43 (2.43%) Veeam
9 39 (2.20%) Fujitsu
9 39 (2.20%) Virgin Media
10 32 (1.81%) SonicWALL
11 29 (1.64%) HP
12 27 (1.53%) Ubiquiti
13 26 (1.47%) Datto
14 23 (1.30%) Dell
15 21 (1.19%) Sophos
16 13 (0.73%) Aruba
16 13 (0.73%) Epicor
16 13 (0.73%) ServiceNow
17 12 (0.68%) Draytek