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 17 June 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 250 129
Rank change year-on-year +172 -121 +102
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,723 498 1,967
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.07% 1.26% 2.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.20% 1.40% 2.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,482 380 1,645
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £36,250 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +9.85% -2.94%
75th Percentile £43,750 £47,250 £43,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -4.41%

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 78,266 35,581 89,728
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 89.96% 94.61%
Number of salaries quoted 55,070 20,653 66,430
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,239 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% +9.52% -12.86%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 17 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 17 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 +111 412 £35,000 -6.67% 76
North of England +103 361 £32,940 +1.35% 72
Midlands +84 264 £32,500 -7.14% 52
East of England +107 244 £35,000 +7.58% 46
London +82 234 £36,000 -20.00% 41
South West +56 205 £35,000 - 39
North West +125 202 £35,000 +8.53% 31
Yorkshire +8 143 £32,500 +8.33% 32
West Midlands +65 133 £32,500 -10.34% 19
East Midlands +33 131 £30,000 -9.09% 33
North East -39 16 £34,750 -21.69% 11
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 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.

1 755 (43.82%) Microsoft
2 740 (42.95%) Microsoft 365
3 658 (38.19%) Windows
4 544 (31.57%) Active Directory
5 470 (27.28%) Azure
6 413 (23.97%) Problem-Solving
7 346 (20.08%) Windows Server
8 321 (18.63%) Entra ID
9 319 (18.51%) Customer Service
10 280 (16.25%) Firewall
11 229 (13.29%) Microsoft Intune
12 222 (12.88%) Microsoft Exchange
13 212 (12.30%) DNS
14 202 (11.72%) SharePoint
15 196 (11.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 187 (10.85%) VPN
17 184 (10.68%) DHCP
18 181 (10.50%) VMware
19 168 (9.75%) Cybersecurity
20 162 (9.40%) Hyper-V
21 159 (9.23%) Windows 10
22 151 (8.76%) Wi-Fi
23 148 (8.59%) ITIL
24 140 (8.13%) LAN
25 139 (8.07%) WAN
26 120 (6.96%) VMware Infrastructure
27 117 (6.79%) Degree
28 116 (6.73%) Microsoft Office
29 114 (6.62%) Mac OS
30 112 (6.50%) PowerShell

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
1 222 (12.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 202 (11.72%) SharePoint
3 14 (0.81%) Exchange Server 2013
4 13 (0.75%) Confluence
5 12 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2007
5 12 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2010
6 10 (0.58%) IIS
Applications
1 116 (6.73%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.17%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.058%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 5 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.29%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.058%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 740 (42.95%) Microsoft 365
2 470 (27.28%) Azure
3 321 (18.63%) Entra ID
4 68 (3.95%) Google Workspace
5 60 (3.48%) AWS
6 54 (3.13%) OneDrive
7 49 (2.84%) SaaS
8 26 (1.51%) PaaS
9 22 (1.28%) IaaS
9 22 (1.28%) Power Platform
10 20 (1.16%) Mimecast
11 10 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (0.52%) PowerApps
13 8 (0.46%) Nutanix
14 7 (0.41%) Azure Sentinel
14 7 (0.41%) OCI
15 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Copilot
15 6 (0.35%) Power Automate
16 5 (0.29%) GCP
16 5 (0.29%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 280 (16.25%) Firewall
2 212 (12.30%) DNS
3 187 (10.85%) VPN
4 184 (10.68%) DHCP
5 151 (8.76%) Wi-Fi
6 140 (8.13%) LAN
7 139 (8.07%) WAN
8 84 (4.88%) VLAN
9 78 (4.53%) VoIP
10 75 (4.35%) TCP/IP
11 55 (3.19%) SAN
12 37 (2.15%) Wireless
13 26 (1.51%) Network Security
14 20 (1.16%) SD-WAN
15 16 (0.93%) WLAN
16 14 (0.81%) Internet
17 10 (0.58%) Remote Desktop
17 10 (0.58%) SSL
18 7 (0.41%) NAS
19 5 (0.29%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (3.77%) SQL Server
2 13 (0.75%) Power BI
3 6 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.17%) MySQL
6 1 (0.058%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 41 (2.38%) JIRA
2 5 (0.29%) Chocolatey
3 4 (0.23%) GitLab
4 1 (0.058%) Carbide.c++
4 1 (0.058%) Git
4 1 (0.058%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.058%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 402 (23.33%) Social Skills
2 70 (4.06%) Finance
3 60 (3.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 59 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
5 56 (3.25%) Analytical Skills
6 52 (3.02%) Manufacturing
7 49 (2.84%) Law
7 49 (2.84%) Legal
8 39 (2.26%) Multimedia
8 39 (2.26%) Retail
9 36 (2.09%) Telecoms
10 18 (1.04%) Advertising
11 17 (0.99%) Public Sector
12 14 (0.81%) Automotive
13 10 (0.58%) Banking
13 10 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (0.35%) Aerospace
14 6 (0.35%) Games
15 5 (0.29%) Local Government
15 5 (0.29%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (0.52%) HTML
2 7 (0.41%) JSON
3 5 (0.29%) CSS
3 5 (0.29%) Web Services
4 4 (0.23%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.058%) .NET
5 1 (0.058%) OpenID
5 1 (0.058%) SAML
5 1 (0.058%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 227 (13.17%) Driving Licence
2 79 (4.59%) Onboarding
3 53 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
4 30 (1.74%) Data Centre
5 29 (1.68%) CCTV
6 20 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
7 15 (0.87%) Security Posture
7 15 (0.87%) Video Conferencing
8 12 (0.70%) Clustering
8 12 (0.70%) Management Information System
9 11 (0.64%) FMCG
9 11 (0.64%) NHS
10 10 (0.58%) Hybrid Cloud
10 10 (0.58%) Replication
11 9 (0.52%) iPhone
11 9 (0.52%) Social Media
12 8 (0.46%) Cyber Threat
12 8 (0.46%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (0.46%) Linux Command Line
13 7 (0.41%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 658 (38.19%) Windows
2 346 (20.08%) Windows Server
3 159 (9.23%) Windows 10
4 114 (6.62%) Mac OS
5 98 (5.69%) Linux
6 63 (3.66%) Windows Server 2019
7 53 (3.08%) Windows Server 2016
8 39 (2.26%) Apple iOS
9 35 (2.03%) Android
10 24 (1.39%) Windows Server 2012
11 17 (0.99%) Windows 7
12 11 (0.64%) Windows 8
13 9 (0.52%) Mac OS X
14 4 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 4 (0.23%) Ubuntu
14 4 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.058%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 413 (23.97%) Problem-Solving
2 319 (18.51%) Customer Service
3 196 (11.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 168 (9.75%) Cybersecurity
5 148 (8.59%) ITIL
6 105 (6.09%) Disaster Recovery
7 97 (5.63%) Mentoring
8 93 (5.40%) ITSM
9 92 (5.34%) Continuous Improvement
10 90 (5.22%) Service Delivery
11 66 (3.83%) Project Delivery
12 61 (3.54%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 56 (3.25%) Service Management
14 51 (2.96%) Change Management
15 45 (2.61%) Migration
16 44 (2.55%) Root Cause Analysis
17 43 (2.50%) Business Continuity
18 39 (2.26%) Process Improvement
18 39 (2.26%) Time Management
19 34 (1.97%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 112 (6.50%) PowerShell
2 56 (3.25%) SQL
3 9 (0.52%) Bash
4 8 (0.46%) Python
5 5 (0.29%) R
5 5 (0.29%) VB
6 4 (0.23%) C#
6 4 (0.23%) PHP
6 4 (0.23%) VBScript
7 3 (0.17%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.17%) Uniface
7 3 (0.17%) VBA
8 2 (0.12%) Bicep
8 2 (0.12%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.058%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 117 (6.79%) Degree
2 105 (6.09%) Microsoft Certification
3 73 (4.24%) DBS Check
4 70 (4.06%) Security Cleared
5 43 (2.50%) SC Cleared
6 41 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
7 40 (2.32%) CCNA
8 32 (1.86%) A+ Certification
8 32 (1.86%) Azure Certification
9 28 (1.63%) Network+ Certification
10 17 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
11 15 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
11 15 (0.87%) DV Cleared
12 14 (0.81%) MCSE
13 8 (0.46%) CCNP
14 7 (0.41%) Computer Science Degree
15 5 (0.29%) MCITP
16 4 (0.23%) AWS Certification
16 4 (0.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 4 (0.23%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (4.70%) Cyber Essentials
2 70 (4.06%) SLA
3 59 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 33 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 19 (1.10%) GDPR
6 11 (0.64%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.41%) NIST
8 5 (0.29%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.29%) QA
9 1 (0.058%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.058%) NCSC
9 1 (0.058%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.058%) TickIT
System Software
1 544 (31.57%) Active Directory
2 162 (9.40%) Hyper-V
3 120 (6.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (0.64%) Docker
7 8 (0.46%) BitLocker
7 8 (0.46%) vSphere
8 7 (0.41%) VMware Workstation
9 6 (0.35%) Terminal Services
10 4 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.23%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.17%) Firmware
12 1 (0.058%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.058%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 229 (13.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (2.03%) SCCM
3 27 (1.57%) Autotask
4 25 (1.45%) Jamf Pro
5 17 (0.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 15 (0.87%) WSUS
7 14 (0.81%) FortiGate
7 14 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
9 6 (0.35%) Terraform
10 5 (0.29%) Ansible
11 2 (0.12%) Kubernetes
11 2 (0.12%) SmoothWall
12 1 (0.058%) Argo
12 1 (0.058%) Iperf
12 1 (0.058%) Nessus
12 1 (0.058%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 755 (43.82%) Microsoft
2 181 (10.50%) VMware
3 75 (4.35%) Google
4 60 (3.48%) Cisco
4 60 (3.48%) Fortinet
5 48 (2.79%) Meraki
6 47 (2.73%) Apple
7 40 (2.32%) Veeam
8 39 (2.26%) Fujitsu
8 39 (2.26%) Virgin Media
9 28 (1.63%) SonicWALL
10 27 (1.57%) Ubiquiti
11 26 (1.51%) Datto
11 26 (1.51%) HP
12 20 (1.16%) Dell
12 20 (1.16%) Sophos
13 13 (0.75%) Epicor
14 12 (0.70%) Aruba
14 12 (0.70%) ServiceNow
15 11 (0.64%) ConnectWise