Senior IT Engineer Jobs in England

Senior IT Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior IT Engineer salary in England is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 649 722 812
Rank change year-on-year +73 +90 +244
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Engineer 34 120 109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.070% 0.14% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.14% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 21 104 89
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £34,601
25th Percentile £42,500 £35,188 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £71,250 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% -5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 43,919 83,679 79,671
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.64% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 23,116 62,210 50,998
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,084 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 28 May 2025.

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 28 May 2025. 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 +105 18 £61,250 -15.52% 16
South East +80 7 £40,500 -7.43% 11
Midlands +42 6 £45,000 +28.57% 5
East Midlands +24 4 £48,000 +37.14% 3
South West +102 2 £45,000 +12.50% 7
West Midlands +61 2 £45,000 +25.00% 2
East of England +37 1 £67,500 +58.82% 6
Senior IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, 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 23 (67.65%) Azure
2 19 (55.88%) AWS
2 19 (55.88%) Windows
3 18 (52.94%) Degree
4 17 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (47.06%) Windows Server
5 16 (47.06%) Microsoft
6 15 (44.12%) Social Skills
7 14 (41.18%) Active Directory
8 12 (35.29%) Finance
8 12 (35.29%) Microsoft Intune
9 11 (32.35%) Information Security
10 10 (29.41%) VPN
10 10 (29.41%) Marketing
10 10 (29.41%) Entra ID
10 10 (29.41%) CI/CD
11 9 (26.47%) ITIL
11 9 (26.47%) Law
12 8 (23.53%) Legal
12 8 (23.53%) VMware
12 8 (23.53%) Firewall
12 8 (23.53%) SQL Server
12 8 (23.53%) SharePoint
12 8 (23.53%) Computer Science
12 8 (23.53%) PowerShell
12 8 (23.53%) Cloud Security
12 8 (23.53%) Mentoring
13 7 (20.59%) Cybersecurity
13 7 (20.59%) Service Management

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 8 (23.53%) SharePoint
2 5 (14.71%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Chatbot
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (5.88%) Fidessa
3 1 (2.94%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 23 (67.65%) Azure
2 19 (55.88%) AWS
3 17 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (29.41%) Entra ID
5 5 (14.71%) GCP
6 4 (11.76%) Amazon Bedrock
7 3 (8.82%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (8.82%) Amazon EKS
7 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (8.82%) Route 53
7 3 (8.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (5.88%) OneDrive
9 1 (2.94%) PaaS
9 1 (2.94%) SaaS
9 1 (2.94%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 10 (29.41%) VPN
2 8 (23.53%) Firewall
3 5 (14.71%) DNS
4 4 (11.76%) Network Security
5 3 (8.82%) DHCP
5 3 (8.82%) VLAN
5 3 (8.82%) VoIP
6 2 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (5.88%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (23.53%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.94%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (2.94%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.94%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (11.76%) JIRA
General
1 15 (44.12%) Social Skills
2 12 (35.29%) Finance
3 10 (29.41%) Marketing
4 9 (26.47%) Law
5 8 (23.53%) Legal
6 3 (8.82%) Automotive
6 3 (8.82%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (5.88%) Banking
7 2 (5.88%) Retail
8 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (14.71%) LangChain
2 1 (2.94%) GraphQL
2 1 (2.94%) React
2 1 (2.94%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) Driving Licence
1 6 (17.65%) Management Information System
2 4 (11.76%) Algorithms
2 4 (11.76%) Cloud Native
2 4 (11.76%) Onboarding
2 4 (11.76%) Security Posture
3 3 (8.82%) Cloud Security Posture
3 3 (8.82%) PKI
3 3 (8.82%) Virtual Team
4 2 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (5.88%) Educational Technology
4 2 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.94%) FMCG
5 1 (2.94%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.94%) Media Streaming
5 1 (2.94%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.94%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (55.88%) Windows
2 16 (47.06%) Windows Server
3 5 (14.71%) Linux
3 5 (14.71%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (8.82%) Android
4 3 (8.82%) Mac OS
4 3 (8.82%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (32.35%) Information Security
3 10 (29.41%) CI/CD
4 9 (26.47%) ITIL
5 8 (23.53%) Cloud Security
5 8 (23.53%) Computer Science
5 8 (23.53%) Mentoring
6 7 (20.59%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (20.59%) Service Management
7 6 (17.65%) Artificial Intelligence
7 6 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 6 (17.65%) ITSM
7 6 (17.65%) Machine Learning
8 5 (14.71%) API Development
8 5 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (14.71%) DevOps
8 5 (14.71%) Generative AI
8 5 (14.71%) LLM
8 5 (14.71%) Platform Engineering
8 5 (14.71%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (23.53%) PowerShell
2 5 (14.71%) Python
3 4 (11.76%) C
3 4 (11.76%) C++
3 4 (11.76%) Java
4 3 (8.82%) SQL
5 1 (2.94%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.94%) T-SQL
5 1 (2.94%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (52.94%) Degree
2 5 (14.71%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (11.76%) AWS Certification
3 4 (11.76%) Azure Certification
3 4 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (11.76%) CISSP
3 4 (11.76%) MCP
3 4 (11.76%) MCSA
3 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (8.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 3 (8.82%) CCSK
4 3 (8.82%) CCSP
4 3 (8.82%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.94%) CCNA
5 1 (2.94%) CCNP
5 1 (2.94%) CEH
5 1 (2.94%) CISM
5 1 (2.94%) MCSE
5 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.82%) SLA
2 2 (5.88%) GDPR
3 1 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.94%) NIST
3 1 (2.94%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.94%) QA
System Software
1 14 (41.18%) Active Directory
2 6 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (14.71%) Hyper-V
4 2 (5.88%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (35.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (14.71%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (11.76%) Terraform
4 3 (8.82%) CASB
4 3 (8.82%) Kubernetes
5 2 (5.88%) SCCM
5 2 (5.88%) SCOM
5 2 (5.88%) vCenter Server
6 1 (2.94%) Ansible
6 1 (2.94%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (2.94%) Plesk
6 1 (2.94%) Puppet
Vendors
1 16 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 8 (23.53%) VMware
3 5 (14.71%) OpenAI
4 4 (11.76%) Remedy
4 4 (11.76%) ServiceNow
4 4 (11.76%) Zscaler
5 3 (8.82%) Apple
5 3 (8.82%) Bloomberg
5 3 (8.82%) Refinitiv
5 3 (8.82%) SonicWALL
5 3 (8.82%) Symantec
5 3 (8.82%) Veeam
6 2 (5.88%) Cisco
6 2 (5.88%) Citrix
6 2 (5.88%) FactSet
6 2 (5.88%) Fortinet
6 2 (5.88%) Mitel
6 2 (5.88%) NetApp
7 1 (2.94%) LogicMonitor
7 1 (2.94%) Palo Alto