Senior IT Engineer Jobs in England

Senior IT Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior IT Engineer salary in England is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 720 815 1045
Rank change year-on-year +95 +230 -271
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Engineer 127 111 107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.12% 0.080%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.13% 0.084%
Number of salaries quoted 111 92 90
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,125 £40,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £100,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +11.76%

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 81,072 82,732 127,934
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.49% 91.46% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,480 52,417 75,087
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 £71,669 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,519 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Engineer in England

Senior IT Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior IT Engineer in England

Senior IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Engineer in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior IT Engineer in England

Senior 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 Senior IT Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 8 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
London +113 39 £65,000 +8.33% 9
Midlands +1 23 £35,000 -13.58% 8
North of England +55 20 £55,000 +10.00% 7
South West -16 20 £50,000 +11.11% 3
South East +18 18 £47,500 -5.00% 4
East Midlands -6 18 £35,000 0.00% 3
Yorkshire +89 11 £55,000 -8.33% 3
North West +12 9 £54,500 +21.11% 4
East of England +18 7 £42,500 +11.84% 3
West Midlands +2 5 £36,000 -11.11% 5
Senior IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior IT Engineer in the job title.

1 74 (58.27%) Windows
2 68 (53.54%) Microsoft 365
3 61 (48.03%) Azure
4 55 (43.31%) Active Directory
5 54 (42.52%) Microsoft
6 36 (28.35%) Windows Server
7 35 (27.56%) VMware
8 33 (25.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 32 (25.20%) Firewall
10 31 (24.41%) Cybersecurity
11 28 (22.05%) ITIL
12 26 (20.47%) Hyper-V
13 24 (18.90%) PowerShell
13 24 (18.90%) DNS
14 23 (18.11%) Degree
15 22 (17.32%) Windows 10
15 22 (17.32%) DHCP
16 21 (16.54%) Entra ID
17 20 (15.75%) VMware Infrastructure
17 20 (15.75%) Social Skills
18 16 (12.60%) Cisco
19 13 (10.24%) Microsoft Exchange
19 13 (10.24%) AWS
19 13 (10.24%) Windows Server 2019
19 13 (10.24%) Customer Service
20 12 (9.45%) Windows Server 2016
20 12 (9.45%) SCCM
20 12 (9.45%) VLAN
20 12 (9.45%) Microsoft Intune
20 12 (9.45%) Finance

Senior 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 13 (10.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.72%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.57%) WordPress
4 1 (0.79%) Apache
4 1 (0.79%) IIS
4 1 (0.79%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (8.66%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 68 (53.54%) Microsoft 365
2 61 (48.03%) Azure
3 21 (16.54%) Entra ID
4 13 (10.24%) AWS
5 6 (4.72%) Mimecast
6 5 (3.94%) OneDrive
7 4 (3.15%) GCP
7 4 (3.15%) IaaS
7 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (3.15%) PaaS
7 4 (3.15%) SaaS
8 3 (2.36%) Azure Storage
8 3 (2.36%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.79%) Akamai
10 1 (0.79%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.79%) GitHub
10 1 (0.79%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 32 (25.20%) Firewall
2 24 (18.90%) DNS
3 22 (17.32%) DHCP
4 12 (9.45%) VLAN
5 10 (7.87%) LAN
5 10 (7.87%) VPN
6 8 (6.30%) VoIP
6 8 (6.30%) WAN
7 6 (4.72%) TCP/IP
8 5 (3.94%) Internet
8 5 (3.94%) SAN
8 5 (3.94%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (3.94%) Wireless
9 4 (3.15%) WLAN
10 3 (2.36%) Network Security
10 3 (2.36%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (1.57%) DKIM
11 2 (1.57%) DMARC
11 2 (1.57%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (1.57%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.79%) Power BI
1 1 (0.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.57%) MSI
General
1 20 (15.75%) Social Skills
2 12 (9.45%) Finance
3 6 (4.72%) Aerospace
4 5 (3.94%) Automotive
4 5 (3.94%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (3.15%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.36%) Advertising
6 3 (2.36%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.57%) Legal
8 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.79%) Law
8 1 (0.79%) Local Government
8 1 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.79%) Social Science
8 1 (0.79%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.57%) CSS
1 2 (1.57%) HTML
2 1 (0.79%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.79%) Azure Blueprints
2 1 (0.79%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.87%) Driving Licence
2 9 (7.09%) Cyberattack
3 8 (6.30%) Data Centre
4 6 (4.72%) Public Cloud
5 4 (3.15%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.36%) CCTV
6 3 (2.36%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (2.36%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.36%) PKI
6 3 (2.36%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.57%) Handset
8 1 (0.79%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (0.79%) Cybercrime
8 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.79%) iPad
8 1 (0.79%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.79%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.79%) Replication
8 1 (0.79%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.79%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 74 (58.27%) Windows
2 36 (28.35%) Windows Server
3 22 (17.32%) Windows 10
4 13 (10.24%) Windows Server 2019
5 12 (9.45%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (8.66%) Linux
7 8 (6.30%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (4.72%) Mac OS
9 5 (3.94%) Mac OS X
9 5 (3.94%) Windows 7
9 5 (3.94%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (3.15%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (2.36%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.79%) AIX
12 1 (0.79%) Android
12 1 (0.79%) Unix
12 1 (0.79%) VMS
12 1 (0.79%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (25.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 31 (24.41%) Cybersecurity
3 28 (22.05%) ITIL
4 13 (10.24%) Customer Service
5 10 (7.87%) Incident Response
5 10 (7.87%) Information Security
5 10 (7.87%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (7.87%) Security Operations
6 9 (7.09%) Disaster Recovery
6 9 (7.09%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 8 (6.30%) Data Loss Prevention
7 8 (6.30%) Mentoring
8 6 (4.72%) Offensive Security
8 6 (4.72%) Service Management
8 6 (4.72%) Task Automation
9 5 (3.94%) Creative Thinking
9 5 (3.94%) Data Security
9 5 (3.94%) Infrastructure Maintenance
9 5 (3.94%) Migration
9 5 (3.94%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 24 (18.90%) PowerShell
2 10 (7.87%) Bash
3 5 (3.94%) SQL
4 4 (3.15%) Perl
4 4 (3.15%) Python
4 4 (3.15%) Ruby
5 1 (0.79%) Korn
5 1 (0.79%) PHP
5 1 (0.79%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.79%) VB
Qualifications
1 23 (18.11%) Degree
2 4 (3.15%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (3.15%) CISSP
2 4 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (2.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 3 (2.36%) CCSK
3 3 (2.36%) CCSP
3 3 (2.36%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.36%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.57%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (0.79%) CCAA
5 1 (0.79%) CCNA
5 1 (0.79%) CEH
5 1 (0.79%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (0.79%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.79%) MCP
5 1 (0.79%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.72%) GDPR
2 5 (3.94%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (2.36%) SLA
4 2 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.79%) COBIT
5 1 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.79%) NIST
System Software
1 55 (43.31%) Active Directory
2 26 (20.47%) Hyper-V
3 20 (15.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.94%) vSphere
5 4 (3.15%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (2.36%) Xen
6 3 (2.36%) XenApp
7 2 (1.57%) Terminal Services
7 2 (1.57%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.79%) Firmware
8 1 (0.79%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.79%) Samba
8 1 (0.79%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (9.45%) Microsoft Intune
1 12 (9.45%) SCCM
2 5 (3.94%) FortiGate
3 4 (3.15%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (2.36%) CASB
4 3 (2.36%) NetCrunch
4 3 (2.36%) Terraform
4 3 (2.36%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.79%) WSUS
Vendors
1 54 (42.52%) Microsoft
2 35 (27.56%) VMware
3 16 (12.60%) Cisco
4 8 (6.30%) Aruba
4 8 (6.30%) WatchGuard
5 7 (5.51%) Citrix
5 7 (5.51%) Meraki
5 7 (5.51%) Palo Alto
6 6 (4.72%) CrowdStrike
6 6 (4.72%) Fortinet
7 5 (3.94%) Apple
7 5 (3.94%) Google
8 4 (3.15%) Dell
8 4 (3.15%) Extreme Networks
8 4 (3.15%) HP
8 4 (3.15%) SonicWALL
8 4 (3.15%) Sophos
9 3 (2.36%) LogicMonitor
9 3 (2.36%) Netskope
9 3 (2.36%) Symantec