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 15 July 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 258 133
Rank change year-on-year +172 -125 +77
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,744 529 1,798
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.99% 1.22% 2.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.11% 1.35% 2.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,530 415 1,499
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +10.29% -1.45%
75th Percentile £43,750 £48,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £56,375 £60,150 £52,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £37,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -5.41% +12.12% -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 82,582 39,134 83,713
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.27% 90.30% 94.59%
Number of salaries quoted 58,054 23,578 61,195
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +3.77% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,250 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £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 15 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 15 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 +121 444 £35,000 -6.67% 69
North of England +89 334 £32,500 -1.52% 53
East of England +108 262 £35,000 +4.43% 32
Midlands +69 261 £32,500 -12.16% 34
South West +47 221 £35,000 - 36
London +62 219 £36,000 -20.00% 33
North West +114 189 £32,940 -2.40% 18
East Midlands +43 131 £32,500 - 22
West Midlands +49 130 £32,500 -19.75% 12
Yorkshire 0 127 £30,000 - 30
North East -49 18 £40,000 -17.95% 10
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 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.

1 853 (48.91%) Microsoft
2 815 (46.73%) Microsoft 365
3 732 (41.97%) Windows
4 604 (34.63%) Active Directory
5 494 (28.33%) Azure
6 429 (24.60%) Problem-Solving
7 378 (21.67%) Windows Server
8 366 (20.99%) Entra ID
9 350 (20.07%) Customer Service
10 298 (17.09%) Firewall
11 269 (15.42%) Microsoft Exchange
12 261 (14.97%) Microsoft Intune
13 234 (13.42%) DNS
14 229 (13.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 220 (12.61%) SharePoint
16 198 (11.35%) DHCP
17 195 (11.18%) VPN
18 191 (10.95%) Cybersecurity
18 191 (10.95%) VMware
19 185 (10.61%) Hyper-V
20 164 (9.40%) Wi-Fi
21 158 (9.06%) ITIL
21 158 (9.06%) Windows 10
22 135 (7.74%) LAN
22 135 (7.74%) VMware Infrastructure
23 130 (7.45%) WAN
24 129 (7.40%) Disaster Recovery
24 129 (7.40%) PowerShell
25 123 (7.05%) Mac OS
25 123 (7.05%) 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
1 269 (15.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 220 (12.61%) SharePoint
3 16 (0.92%) IIS
4 14 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2013
5 12 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2007
5 12 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2010
6 11 (0.63%) Confluence
7 3 (0.17%) Apache
Applications
1 123 (7.05%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.17%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.11%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.057%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 6 (0.34%) Raiser’s Edge
2 5 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.29%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.057%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.057%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 815 (46.73%) Microsoft 365
2 494 (28.33%) Azure
3 366 (20.99%) Entra ID
4 62 (3.56%) AWS
5 59 (3.38%) Google Workspace
6 56 (3.21%) OneDrive
6 56 (3.21%) SaaS
7 27 (1.55%) Mimecast
8 23 (1.32%) Power Platform
9 22 (1.26%) PaaS
10 18 (1.03%) IaaS
11 11 (0.63%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (0.63%) Nutanix
11 11 (0.63%) Power Automate
12 9 (0.52%) PowerApps
13 7 (0.40%) OCI
14 6 (0.34%) Cloudflare
14 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Copilot
15 5 (0.29%) Azure Sentinel
15 5 (0.29%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 298 (17.09%) Firewall
2 234 (13.42%) DNS
3 198 (11.35%) DHCP
4 195 (11.18%) VPN
5 164 (9.40%) Wi-Fi
6 135 (7.74%) LAN
7 130 (7.45%) WAN
8 108 (6.19%) TCP/IP
9 92 (5.28%) VLAN
10 80 (4.59%) VoIP
11 67 (3.84%) Wireless
12 51 (2.92%) SAN
13 30 (1.72%) Network Security
14 23 (1.32%) Internet
15 16 (0.92%) Remote Desktop
15 16 (0.92%) WLAN
16 13 (0.75%) SD-WAN
17 10 (0.57%) SSL
18 7 (0.40%) NAS
19 6 (0.34%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (4.13%) SQL Server
2 13 (0.75%) Power BI
3 10 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (0.34%) MySQL
5 5 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.11%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 46 (2.64%) JIRA
2 3 (0.17%) GitLab
3 2 (0.11%) Chocolatey
3 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.057%) Carbide.c++
4 1 (0.057%) LabVIEW
General
1 451 (25.86%) Social Skills
2 68 (3.90%) Finance
3 63 (3.61%) Legal
3 63 (3.61%) Manufacturing
4 61 (3.50%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (3.44%) Organisational Skills
6 59 (3.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 50 (2.87%) Law
8 42 (2.41%) Retail
9 31 (1.78%) Telecoms
10 26 (1.49%) Advertising
11 19 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
12 17 (0.97%) Automotive
13 16 (0.92%) Public Sector
14 7 (0.40%) Aerospace
14 7 (0.40%) Banking
14 7 (0.40%) Games
14 7 (0.40%) Local Government
15 5 (0.29%) Social Housing
16 4 (0.23%) Portuguese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (0.52%) HTML
2 7 (0.40%) JSON
3 5 (0.29%) CSS
3 5 (0.29%) Web Services
4 3 (0.17%) OpenTelemetry
5 2 (0.11%) EDI
6 1 (0.057%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 210 (12.04%) Driving Licence
2 95 (5.45%) Onboarding
3 66 (3.78%) Self-Motivation
4 37 (2.12%) Data Centre
5 36 (2.06%) CCTV
6 18 (1.03%) Security Posture
7 17 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
8 16 (0.92%) Video Conferencing
9 15 (0.86%) Clustering
10 14 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
11 11 (0.63%) Management Information System
11 11 (0.63%) NHS
12 10 (0.57%) Cloud Native
12 10 (0.57%) Replication
13 9 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (0.52%) FMCG
13 9 (0.52%) iPhone
13 9 (0.52%) Operational Technology
13 9 (0.52%) PKI
14 8 (0.46%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 732 (41.97%) Windows
2 378 (21.67%) Windows Server
3 158 (9.06%) Windows 10
4 123 (7.05%) Mac OS
5 108 (6.19%) Linux
6 58 (3.33%) Windows Server 2019
7 51 (2.92%) Windows Server 2016
8 45 (2.58%) Apple iOS
9 39 (2.24%) Android
10 22 (1.26%) Windows Server 2012
11 17 (0.97%) Windows 7
12 11 (0.63%) Windows 8
13 9 (0.52%) Mac OS X
14 7 (0.40%) Ubuntu
15 4 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 4 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
16 2 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 429 (24.60%) Problem-Solving
2 350 (20.07%) Customer Service
3 229 (13.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 191 (10.95%) Cybersecurity
5 158 (9.06%) ITIL
6 129 (7.40%) Disaster Recovery
7 121 (6.94%) Continuous Improvement
8 95 (5.45%) Service Delivery
9 91 (5.22%) ITSM
10 78 (4.47%) Project Delivery
11 64 (3.67%) Mentoring
12 63 (3.61%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 63 (3.61%) Service Management
13 62 (3.56%) Change Management
14 52 (2.98%) Business Continuity
15 51 (2.92%) Root Cause Analysis
16 47 (2.69%) Migration
17 43 (2.47%) Process Improvement
18 41 (2.35%) User Experience
19 40 (2.29%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 129 (7.40%) PowerShell
2 59 (3.38%) SQL
3 12 (0.69%) Python
4 10 (0.57%) R
5 8 (0.46%) Bash
6 5 (0.29%) Ruby
6 5 (0.29%) VB
7 4 (0.23%) PHP
7 4 (0.23%) VBScript
8 3 (0.17%) Bicep
8 3 (0.17%) C#
8 3 (0.17%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.17%) VBA
9 2 (0.11%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.11%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 116 (6.65%) Microsoft Certification
2 114 (6.54%) Degree
3 74 (4.24%) DBS Check
4 65 (3.73%) Security Cleared
5 49 (2.81%) Cisco Certification
6 48 (2.75%) CCNA
7 38 (2.18%) SC Cleared
8 32 (1.83%) A+ Certification
8 32 (1.83%) Azure Certification
9 24 (1.38%) Network+ Certification
10 15 (0.86%) DV Cleared
11 14 (0.80%) CompTIA Security+
11 14 (0.80%) MCSE
12 12 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (0.52%) CCNP
14 7 (0.40%) AWS Certification
14 7 (0.40%) MCSA
15 5 (0.29%) MCITP
16 4 (0.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
2 64 (3.67%) SLA
3 61 (3.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 33 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 25 (1.43%) GDPR
6 11 (0.63%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.29%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.29%) NIST
8 3 (0.17%) QA
9 1 (0.057%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.057%) NCSC
9 1 (0.057%) TickIT
System Software
1 604 (34.63%) Active Directory
2 185 (10.61%) Hyper-V
3 135 (7.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
4 16 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (0.75%) Docker
6 12 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.69%) vSphere
7 8 (0.46%) BitLocker
8 7 (0.40%) VMware Workstation
9 6 (0.34%) Terminal Services
10 3 (0.17%) Firmware
10 3 (0.17%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.057%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.057%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 261 (14.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (1.83%) SCCM
3 27 (1.55%) Autotask
4 24 (1.38%) Jamf Pro
5 16 (0.92%) WSUS
6 12 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 10 (0.57%) Failover Clustering
9 9 (0.52%) FortiGate
10 5 (0.29%) Ansible
10 5 (0.29%) Terraform
11 4 (0.23%) Iperf
11 4 (0.23%) Kubernetes
12 1 (0.057%) Argo
12 1 (0.057%) Nessus
12 1 (0.057%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 853 (48.91%) Microsoft
2 191 (10.95%) VMware
3 71 (4.07%) Cisco
4 66 (3.78%) Google
5 47 (2.69%) Meraki
5 47 (2.69%) Veeam
6 40 (2.29%) Apple
7 35 (2.01%) SonicWALL
8 33 (1.89%) HP
9 32 (1.83%) Ubiquiti
10 26 (1.49%) Dell
11 23 (1.32%) Datto
12 22 (1.26%) Sophos
13 20 (1.15%) Fortinet
14 17 (0.97%) Aruba
15 13 (0.75%) Draytek
15 13 (0.75%) Epicor
15 13 (0.75%) ServiceNow
16 12 (0.69%) CrowdStrike
17 11 (0.63%) TOWER Software