Technical Engineer Job Trends in England

Technical Engineer
UK > England

The median Technical Engineer salary in England is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 August 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 188 444
Rank change year-on-year -17 +256 +146
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Engineer 911 823 338
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.96% 1.88% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.02% 2.07% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 681 579 263
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £25,625
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,000 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.06% -4.00% -11.76%
75th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £45,625
90th Percentile £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +21.43% -6.67% -6.25%

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 89,009 39,723 68,532
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 90.60% 94.95%
Number of salaries quoted 62,517 23,995 46,561
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £56,400 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.55% - -8.33%

Technical Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Technical Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Technical Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Technical Engineer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Technical Engineer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Technical Engineer job vacancies in England

Technical Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Engineer in England over the 6 months to 16 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Engineer in England

Technical 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 Technical Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 16 August 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
North of England +18 219 £40,000 +19.85% 25
Midlands -2 208 £42,500 +13.33% 24
South East -41 202 £42,500 +6.25% 32
West Midlands +5 137 £42,500 +24.96% 11
East of England +2 122 £43,250 +23.57% 10
North West +49 113 £42,500 +13.33% 7
London -13 97 £45,000 +25.00% 9
Yorkshire +5 87 £41,500 +36.07% 17
East Midlands -28 71 £40,000 - 12
South West -122 64 £40,000 +25.00% 12
North East -79 19 £37,000 +2.07% 3
Technical Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 August 2026, Technical 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 Technical Engineer in the job title.

1 207 (22.72%) Problem-Solving
2 114 (12.51%) Degree
3 103 (11.31%) Continuous Improvement
4 90 (9.88%) CRM
5 84 (9.22%) Microsoft
6 74 (8.12%) Customer Service
7 64 (7.03%) Microsoft Office
8 62 (6.81%) Windows
9 59 (6.48%) Logistics
10 52 (5.71%) NVQ Level 3
11 49 (5.38%) Actionable Insight
12 45 (4.94%) HNC
13 42 (4.61%) Microsoft 365
13 42 (4.61%) Root Cause Analysis
14 41 (4.50%) Customer Experience
15 38 (4.17%) HND
16 37 (4.06%) Wireless
17 35 (3.84%) Azure
18 33 (3.62%) Firewall
19 32 (3.51%) Presales
20 30 (3.29%) Cybersecurity
20 30 (3.29%) Validation
21 29 (3.18%) Commercial Awareness
22 25 (2.74%) Entra ID
22 25 (2.74%) SQL
22 25 (2.74%) Technical Leadership
23 24 (2.63%) Active Directory
23 24 (2.63%) Business Development
23 24 (2.63%) Decision-Making
24 23 (2.52%) Cisco

Technical 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 17 (1.87%) IIS
2 13 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.10%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.44%) Apache
4 4 (0.44%) nginx
Applications
1 64 (7.03%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.22%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 5 (0.55%) Odoo
2 2 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.22%) Q-Pulse
2 2 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 42 (4.61%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (3.84%) Azure
3 25 (2.74%) Entra ID
4 22 (2.41%) SaaS
5 10 (1.10%) AWS
6 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (0.44%) Power Automate
7 4 (0.44%) Power Platform
8 3 (0.33%) GCP
9 2 (0.22%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (0.22%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (0.22%) Azure Storage
9 2 (0.22%) GitHub
9 2 (0.22%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.22%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.22%) PaaS
9 2 (0.22%) Serverless
10 1 (0.11%) Azure AI
10 1 (0.11%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 37 (4.06%) Wireless
2 33 (3.62%) Firewall
3 22 (2.41%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.98%) DNS
5 17 (1.87%) LAN
5 17 (1.87%) WAN
6 14 (1.54%) DHCP
6 14 (1.54%) VPN
7 13 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (1.10%) Internet
9 9 (0.99%) VoIP
10 8 (0.88%) Bluetooth
11 7 (0.77%) Ethernet
12 6 (0.66%) Broadband
12 6 (0.66%) Unified Communications
13 5 (0.55%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (0.55%) Remote Desktop
13 5 (0.55%) VLAN
14 4 (0.44%) Network Security
14 4 (0.44%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.66%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.33%) Power BI
3 2 (0.22%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.22%) MySQL
3 2 (0.22%) Redis
4 1 (0.11%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.11%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.11%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (0.44%) Browser DevTools
1 4 (0.44%) Carbide.c++
2 2 (0.22%) Git
2 2 (0.22%) GitLab
2 2 (0.22%) JIRA
2 2 (0.22%) Postman
3 1 (0.11%) Jenkins
General
1 201 (22.06%) Social Skills
2 109 (11.96%) Manufacturing
3 73 (8.01%) Electronics
4 48 (5.27%) Marketing
5 44 (4.83%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
7 20 (2.20%) Finance
8 18 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
9 16 (1.76%) Telecoms
10 14 (1.54%) Advertising
11 12 (1.32%) Games
11 12 (1.32%) Retail
12 11 (1.21%) Aerospace
12 11 (1.21%) Agriculture
13 9 (0.99%) German Language
13 9 (0.99%) Legal
14 8 (0.88%) Public Sector
15 7 (0.77%) Automotive
15 7 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (0.44%) Japanese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (1.54%) Node.js
2 8 (0.88%) LDAP
2 8 (0.88%) Spring
3 7 (0.77%) Vue
4 4 (0.44%) COM
4 4 (0.44%) DCOM
4 4 (0.44%) JSON
4 4 (0.44%) Middleware
5 3 (0.33%) React
6 2 (0.22%) CSS
6 2 (0.22%) CSS3
6 2 (0.22%) HTML
6 2 (0.22%) HTML5
6 2 (0.22%) Next.js
6 2 (0.22%) Playwright
6 2 (0.22%) SAML
6 2 (0.22%) Web Services
7 1 (0.11%) .NET
7 1 (0.11%) RESTful
7 1 (0.11%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 96 (10.54%) Driving Licence
2 71 (7.79%) Renewable Energy
3 43 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
4 29 (3.18%) IoT
5 26 (2.85%) Data Centre
6 21 (2.31%) Smart Home
7 11 (1.21%) Acoustics
7 11 (1.21%) Video Conferencing
8 10 (1.10%) Onboarding
9 9 (0.99%) PKI
10 6 (0.66%) Robotics
11 5 (0.55%) Algorithms
11 5 (0.55%) SCADA
12 4 (0.44%) BYOD
12 4 (0.44%) Cloud Native
12 4 (0.44%) e-Learning
12 4 (0.44%) FMCG
12 4 (0.44%) Mobile App
12 4 (0.44%) Smartcard
12 4 (0.44%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 62 (6.81%) Windows
2 15 (1.65%) Linux
2 15 (1.65%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.55%) Android
3 5 (0.55%) Ubuntu
4 4 (0.44%) Windows 7
5 2 (0.22%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.11%) Debian
6 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.11%) Robot Operating System
6 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (22.72%) Problem-Solving
2 103 (11.31%) Continuous Improvement
3 90 (9.88%) CRM
4 74 (8.12%) Customer Service
5 59 (6.48%) Logistics
6 49 (5.38%) Actionable Insight
7 42 (4.61%) Root Cause Analysis
8 41 (4.50%) Customer Experience
9 32 (3.51%) Presales
10 30 (3.29%) Cybersecurity
10 30 (3.29%) Validation
11 29 (3.18%) Commercial Awareness
12 25 (2.74%) Technical Leadership
13 24 (2.63%) Business Development
13 24 (2.63%) Decision-Making
14 23 (2.52%) Project Management
15 22 (2.41%) Customer Engagement
15 22 (2.41%) Project Delivery
16 20 (2.20%) ITIL
16 20 (2.20%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 25 (2.74%) SQL
2 18 (1.98%) Ladder Logic
3 14 (1.54%) TypeScript
4 9 (0.99%) Java
4 9 (0.99%) PowerShell
5 7 (0.77%) JavaScript
6 5 (0.55%) Assembly Language
6 5 (0.55%) Python
7 3 (0.33%) Bash
8 2 (0.22%) Bicep
8 2 (0.22%) PHP
9 1 (0.11%) C#
9 1 (0.11%) Go
Qualifications
1 114 (12.51%) Degree
2 52 (5.71%) NVQ Level 3
3 45 (4.94%) HNC
4 38 (4.17%) HND
5 13 (1.43%) Security Cleared
6 6 (0.66%) CCNA
6 6 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (0.66%) PMP
7 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (0.55%) SC Cleared
8 4 (0.44%) CCNP
8 4 (0.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (0.44%) MCDST
8 4 (0.44%) MCITP
8 4 (0.44%) MCSA
8 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (0.33%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.22%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.22%) PhD
10 2 (0.22%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (2.31%) SLA
2 18 (1.98%) ISO 9001
3 12 (1.32%) GDPR
4 10 (1.10%) GMP
5 8 (0.88%) QA
6 6 (0.66%) NEBOSH
7 4 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.22%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.22%) COSHH
8 2 (0.22%) Data Quality
System Software
1 24 (2.63%) Active Directory
2 20 (2.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.66%) Firmware
3 6 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.55%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.33%) Docker
5 3 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.44%) Cisco CUCM
2 4 (0.44%) SCCM
2 4 (0.44%) ServiceCenter
2 4 (0.44%) Terraform
3 3 (0.33%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.22%) Autotask
4 2 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.11%) Ansible
5 1 (0.11%) Grafana
5 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 84 (9.22%) Microsoft
2 23 (2.52%) Cisco
3 20 (2.20%) VMware
4 13 (1.43%) Dell
5 12 (1.32%) Juniper
6 9 (0.99%) McAfee
6 9 (0.99%) Salesforce
7 6 (0.66%) Citrix
7 6 (0.66%) Remedy
8 5 (0.55%) Siemens
9 4 (0.44%) Adobe
9 4 (0.44%) Apple
9 4 (0.44%) Bloomberg
9 4 (0.44%) Facebook
9 4 (0.44%) HP
9 4 (0.44%) Reuters
9 4 (0.44%) SAP
9 4 (0.44%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.44%) SonicWALL
10 3 (0.33%) Ubiquiti