IT Engineer Jobs in England

IT Engineer
UK > England

The median IT Engineer salary in England is £33,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 138 248 359
Rank change year-on-year +110 +111 -97
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,766 1,383 1,368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.07% 1.50% 1.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.19% 1.64% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,585 1,102 1,225
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,500 £27,750 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £34,500 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -1.43%
75th Percentile £43,000 £45,000 £45,000
90th Percentile £50,550 £60,450 £57,500
UK median annual salary £32,500 £34,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year -5.80% +1.47% -2.86%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 80,599 84,573 127,334
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.53% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 60,280 53,577 75,684
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +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 3 May 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 3 May 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
South East +68 418 £35,000 +11.55% 70
Midlands +88 353 £35,000 +7.69% 64
North of England +72 350 £30,750 -10.87% 68
South West +8 235 £30,000 -7.69% 48
London -3 217 £40,000 +5.26% 61
West Midlands +78 193 £35,000 +4.48% 27
East of England +69 184 £31,417 -1.05% 24
North West +27 168 £30,000 -14.29% 35
East Midlands +63 155 £37,500 +33.93% 37
Yorkshire +78 131 £30,000 +5.26% 26
North East +28 50 £32,500 -2.26% 10
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 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 1,042 (59.00%) Windows
2 938 (53.11%) Microsoft 365
3 902 (51.08%) Microsoft
4 793 (44.90%) Active Directory
5 665 (37.66%) Azure
6 550 (31.14%) Windows Server
7 541 (30.63%) Social Skills
8 471 (26.67%) Firewall
9 381 (21.57%) VMware
10 351 (19.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 330 (18.69%) Microsoft Exchange
12 316 (17.89%) Problem-Solving
12 316 (17.89%) Customer Service
13 280 (15.86%) Hyper-V
14 278 (15.74%) ITIL
14 278 (15.74%) Windows 10
15 254 (14.38%) VMware Infrastructure
16 244 (13.82%) Microsoft Office
17 228 (12.91%) SharePoint
18 226 (12.80%) DNS
19 222 (12.57%) Entra ID
20 218 (12.34%) Microsoft Intune
21 190 (10.76%) DHCP
22 182 (10.31%) Wi-Fi
23 178 (10.08%) Cisco
24 177 (10.02%) Cybersecurity
25 171 (9.68%) Degree
26 165 (9.34%) PowerShell
27 159 (9.00%) Driving Licence
28 158 (8.95%) Linux

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
1 330 (18.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 228 (12.91%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.08%) Exchange Server 2013
4 16 (0.91%) IIS
5 11 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2010
6 9 (0.51%) Confluence
6 9 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2007
7 6 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2000
8 4 (0.23%) CMS
9 3 (0.17%) SAS
9 3 (0.17%) WordPress
10 2 (0.11%) Apache
10 2 (0.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.11%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.057%) Moodle
11 1 (0.057%) nginx
11 1 (0.057%) Site Server
11 1 (0.057%) Tomcat
Applications
1 244 (13.82%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (2.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.17%) SPSS
6 2 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.057%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.057%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.057%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.057%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.28%) Sage X3
2 4 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.057%) Carpe Diem
5 1 (0.057%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.057%) MIS ActiveH
5 1 (0.057%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 938 (53.11%) Microsoft 365
2 665 (37.66%) Azure
3 222 (12.57%) Entra ID
4 97 (5.49%) AWS
5 56 (3.17%) OneDrive
6 37 (2.10%) Mimecast
7 32 (1.81%) Google Workspace
8 17 (0.96%) SaaS
9 12 (0.68%) IaaS
9 12 (0.68%) iTunes
9 12 (0.68%) Power Platform
10 11 (0.62%) PaaS
11 10 (0.57%) Power Automate
12 9 (0.51%) Amazon EC2
12 9 (0.51%) GCP
12 9 (0.51%) Nutanix
13 8 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
14 7 (0.40%) PowerApps
14 7 (0.40%) Serverless
14 7 (0.40%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 471 (26.67%) Firewall
2 226 (12.80%) DNS
3 190 (10.76%) DHCP
4 182 (10.31%) Wi-Fi
5 152 (8.61%) VPN
6 134 (7.59%) TCP/IP
7 133 (7.53%) WAN
8 120 (6.80%) LAN
9 106 (6.00%) VoIP
10 105 (5.95%) SAN
11 104 (5.89%) Wireless
12 100 (5.66%) VLAN
13 59 (3.34%) Network Security
14 45 (2.55%) Internet
15 32 (1.81%) Remote Desktop
16 27 (1.53%) NAS
16 27 (1.53%) SD-WAN
17 19 (1.08%) Cisco IOS
17 19 (1.08%) SSL
18 17 (0.96%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (7.08%) SQL Server
2 45 (2.55%) Amazon RDS
3 34 (1.93%) MySQL
4 8 (0.45%) MariaDB
5 5 (0.28%) Power BI
6 4 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (0.23%) DB2
6 4 (0.23%) InfluxDB
7 3 (0.17%) Big Data
7 3 (0.17%) EDRMS
8 2 (0.11%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.057%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.057%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 22 (1.25%) JIRA
2 4 (0.23%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.17%) LabVIEW
4 2 (0.11%) MSI
4 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.057%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.057%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.057%) Jenkins
General
1 541 (30.63%) Social Skills
2 107 (6.06%) Finance
3 88 (4.98%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (4.81%) Law
5 78 (4.42%) Organisational Skills
6 75 (4.25%) Telecoms
7 61 (3.45%) Manufacturing
8 50 (2.83%) Retail
9 43 (2.43%) Legal
10 36 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 35 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
12 26 (1.47%) Marketing
12 26 (1.47%) Public Sector
13 25 (1.42%) Banking
14 18 (1.02%) Games
15 17 (0.96%) Automotive
16 16 (0.91%) Advertising
17 14 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
18 12 (0.68%) Back Office
19 9 (0.51%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.45%) ADSI
1 8 (0.45%) LDAP
2 5 (0.28%) Kafka
3 4 (0.23%) .NET
3 4 (0.23%) Cocoa
4 3 (0.17%) JSON
4 3 (0.17%) LAMP
5 2 (0.11%) CSS
5 2 (0.11%) HTML
5 2 (0.11%) V-Ray
6 1 (0.057%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.057%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.057%) EDI
6 1 (0.057%) OAuth
6 1 (0.057%) RESTEasy
6 1 (0.057%) SAML
6 1 (0.057%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 159 (9.00%) Driving Licence
2 65 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
3 60 (3.40%) Data Centre
4 47 (2.66%) Management Information System
5 46 (2.60%) Replication
6 34 (1.93%) Onboarding
7 30 (1.70%) Fat Client
7 30 (1.70%) Thin Client
8 28 (1.59%) EPoS
9 26 (1.47%) CCTV
10 25 (1.42%) Enterprise Storage
11 18 (1.02%) iPad
11 18 (1.02%) Public Cloud
12 17 (0.96%) Video Conferencing
13 14 (0.79%) Social Media
14 13 (0.74%) Cyberattack
14 13 (0.74%) Security Posture
15 11 (0.62%) Clustering
16 10 (0.57%) Life Science
16 10 (0.57%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1,042 (59.00%) Windows
2 550 (31.14%) Windows Server
3 278 (15.74%) Windows 10
4 158 (8.95%) Linux
5 143 (8.10%) Windows Server 2016
6 109 (6.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 96 (5.44%) Windows Server 2012
8 85 (4.81%) Mac OS
9 70 (3.96%) Android
10 69 (3.91%) Apple iOS
11 34 (1.93%) Windows 7
12 26 (1.47%) Windows Server 2008
13 25 (1.42%) Mac OS X
14 24 (1.36%) Windows 8
15 17 (0.96%) Unix
16 13 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 10 (0.57%) Windows Server 2003
18 9 (0.51%) CentOS
19 5 (0.28%) Debian
19 5 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 351 (19.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 316 (17.89%) Customer Service
2 316 (17.89%) Problem-Solving
3 278 (15.74%) ITIL
4 177 (10.02%) Cybersecurity
5 99 (5.61%) Migration
6 92 (5.21%) Disaster Recovery
7 87 (4.93%) Project Delivery
8 83 (4.70%) Service Delivery
9 82 (4.64%) Continuous Improvement
10 68 (3.85%) Project Management
11 53 (3.00%) Agile
11 53 (3.00%) Incident Management
12 48 (2.72%) Asset Management
13 47 (2.66%) Service Management
14 46 (2.60%) Time Management
15 44 (2.49%) Change Management
16 43 (2.43%) Project Planning
17 41 (2.32%) Remote Monitoring and Management
18 40 (2.27%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 165 (9.34%) PowerShell
2 154 (8.72%) SQL
3 44 (2.49%) Python
4 25 (1.42%) Bash
5 12 (0.68%) Java
6 10 (0.57%) Swift
7 9 (0.51%) C++
7 9 (0.51%) PHP
8 7 (0.40%) C#
8 7 (0.40%) JavaScript
9 6 (0.34%) VB
10 5 (0.28%) Perl
11 4 (0.23%) R
11 4 (0.23%) Ruby
12 2 (0.11%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.057%) Go
13 1 (0.057%) Korn
13 1 (0.057%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.057%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 171 (9.68%) Degree
2 117 (6.63%) Microsoft Certification
3 84 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
4 69 (3.91%) DBS Check
5 64 (3.62%) CCNA
6 48 (2.72%) Network+ Certification
7 35 (1.98%) Azure Certification
8 34 (1.93%) Security Cleared
9 33 (1.87%) MCSE
10 30 (1.70%) A+ Certification
11 25 (1.42%) CISSP
12 23 (1.30%) CCNP
13 20 (1.13%) CompTIA Security+
13 20 (1.13%) MCP
14 18 (1.02%) SC Cleared
15 16 (0.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 14 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
17 13 (0.74%) MCSA
18 12 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
18 12 (0.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (5.61%) SLA
2 37 (2.10%) GDPR
3 31 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 23 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (0.91%) QA
6 9 (0.51%) NIST
7 5 (0.28%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.28%) SOC 2
8 4 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.17%) COBIT
9 3 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.057%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.057%) GRC
10 1 (0.057%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.057%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.057%) NCSC
System Software
1 793 (44.90%) Active Directory
2 280 (15.86%) Hyper-V
3 254 (14.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 43 (2.43%) VMware ESXi
5 30 (1.70%) vSphere
6 27 (1.53%) Virtual Desktop
7 21 (1.19%) Virtual Servers
8 19 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
9 15 (0.85%) Docker
10 10 (0.57%) Terminal Services
11 7 (0.40%) Firmware
12 5 (0.28%) VMware Server
12 5 (0.28%) XenApp
13 4 (0.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 3 (0.17%) Xen
15 2 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
15 2 (0.11%) pfSense
15 2 (0.11%) Samba
15 2 (0.11%) VMware Workstation
16 1 (0.057%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 218 (12.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 88 (4.98%) SCCM
3 17 (0.96%) WSUS
4 15 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
5 14 (0.79%) SCOM
6 13 (0.74%) Cisco CUCM
6 13 (0.74%) ServiceCenter
7 12 (0.68%) Kubernetes
8 11 (0.62%) FortiGate
9 10 (0.57%) Ansible
10 9 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 9 (0.51%) vCenter Server
11 7 (0.40%) Failover Clustering
12 6 (0.34%) Grafana
12 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 6 (0.34%) Opsgenie
13 5 (0.28%) NetCrunch
13 5 (0.28%) Proxmox
14 4 (0.23%) Backup Exec
14 4 (0.23%) Nessus
Vendors
1 902 (51.08%) Microsoft
2 381 (21.57%) VMware
3 178 (10.08%) Cisco
4 134 (7.59%) Citrix
5 102 (5.78%) Veeam
6 86 (4.87%) HP
7 84 (4.76%) Apple
8 69 (3.91%) Meraki
9 59 (3.34%) Sophos
10 42 (2.38%) Google
11 35 (1.98%) Dell
11 35 (1.98%) Fortinet
11 35 (1.98%) Palo Alto
12 28 (1.59%) Aruba
12 28 (1.59%) ConnectWise
12 28 (1.59%) Draytek
13 27 (1.53%) Barracuda Networks
14 23 (1.30%) Acronis
15 22 (1.25%) WatchGuard
16 14 (0.79%) Oracle