Technical Engineer Jobs in England

Technical Engineer
UK > England

The median Technical Engineer salary in England is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 425 389 616
Rank change year-on-year -36 +227 +212
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Engineer 288 567 313
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.59% 0.66% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 0.70% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 199 479 185
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,000 £29,371
25th Percentile £30,500 £29,175 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -22.22% +28.57%
75th Percentile £50,000 £48,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £58,000 £65,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -22.22% +28.57%

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 44,258 81,164 82,197
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.65% 94.49% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 24,638 60,585 52,246
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,650 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% -

Technical Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Engineer in England

Technical Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Technical Engineer in England

Technical Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Engineer in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

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 12 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
South East +21 79 £42,000 +17.48% 87
South West +79 45 £31,000 -13.89% 28
North of England +16 44 £32,750 +3.97% 51
East of England +46 43 £37,500 +7.14% 29
London +82 42 £34,500 -42.50% 75
Midlands -22 34 £40,000 +14.29% 61
Yorkshire +47 22 £30,500 -1.61% 26
East Midlands +11 22 £40,000 +45.45% 32
North West -18 21 £37,500 +25.00% 19
West Midlands -2 12 £26,000 -25.71% 23
North East +43 1 £45,000 +30.43% 8
Technical Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, Technical 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 Technical Engineer in the job title.

1 103 (35.76%) Social Skills
2 101 (35.07%) Problem-Solving
3 68 (23.61%) Customer Service
4 66 (22.92%) Windows
5 64 (22.22%) Firewall
6 60 (20.83%) Degree
7 55 (19.10%) Microsoft
8 44 (15.28%) Linux
9 43 (14.93%) Microsoft 365
9 43 (14.93%) Windows Server
10 32 (11.11%) Security Cleared
11 31 (10.76%) CRM
11 31 (10.76%) Driving Licence
12 30 (10.42%) Mentoring
12 30 (10.42%) VMware
12 30 (10.42%) Continuous Improvement
13 29 (10.07%) SC Cleared
14 28 (9.72%) Hyper-V
14 28 (9.72%) VMware Infrastructure
15 27 (9.38%) Active Directory
16 26 (9.03%) Cisco Certification
17 24 (8.33%) Cisco
17 24 (8.33%) CCNA
17 24 (8.33%) DNS
17 24 (8.33%) HND
17 24 (8.33%) Azure
18 23 (7.99%) JIRA
18 23 (7.99%) JNCIA
18 23 (7.99%) SharePoint
19 22 (7.64%) SQL

Technical 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 23 (7.99%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.74%) Kinematics
4 2 (0.69%) Confluence
5 1 (0.35%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.35%) nginx
Applications
1 16 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.82%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.78%) SOLIDWORKS
4 5 (1.74%) AutoCAD
5 4 (1.39%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.69%) Autodesk Inventor
7 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.39%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.35%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 43 (14.93%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (8.33%) Azure
3 13 (4.51%) OneDrive
4 10 (3.47%) AWS
5 5 (1.74%) Nutanix
6 4 (1.39%) GCP
7 3 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.04%) Rubrik
7 3 (1.04%) Serverless
8 2 (0.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (0.69%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.35%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 64 (22.22%) Firewall
2 24 (8.33%) DNS
3 22 (7.64%) VPN
4 17 (5.90%) WAN
5 16 (5.56%) VSAT
5 16 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (3.82%) DHCP
7 10 (3.47%) LAN
8 6 (2.08%) MPLS
8 6 (2.08%) NetScaler
8 6 (2.08%) Remote Desktop
9 5 (1.74%) Unified Communications
10 4 (1.39%) 4G
10 4 (1.39%) HTTP
10 4 (1.39%) VLAN
10 4 (1.39%) VoIP
11 3 (1.04%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.69%) 5G
12 2 (0.69%) Network Security
12 2 (0.69%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.17%) MySQL
2 10 (3.47%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.39%) Metabase
4 2 (0.69%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.35%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 23 (7.99%) JIRA
2 3 (1.04%) PowerBuilder
3 1 (0.35%) Git
3 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
General
1 103 (35.76%) Social Skills
2 20 (6.94%) Telecoms
3 19 (6.60%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (6.60%) Manufacturing
3 19 (6.60%) Presentation Skills
4 14 (4.86%) Finance
5 13 (4.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (3.82%) Aviation
7 10 (3.47%) Retail
8 9 (3.13%) Aerospace
9 8 (2.78%) Aeronautics
9 8 (2.78%) Electronics
10 7 (2.43%) Back Office
11 6 (2.08%) Legal
11 6 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.74%) French Language
12 5 (1.74%) German Language
13 4 (1.39%) Police
14 3 (1.04%) Automotive
14 3 (1.04%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.39%) REST
1 4 (1.39%) SOAP
2 3 (1.04%) .NET
2 3 (1.04%) GraphQL
2 3 (1.04%) React
3 2 (0.69%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.35%) FHIR
4 1 (0.35%) Node.js
4 1 (0.35%) PySpark
4 1 (0.35%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.35%) ServiceStack
4 1 (0.35%) Spring
4 1 (0.35%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.76%) Driving Licence
2 19 (6.60%) Satnav
2 19 (6.60%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (4.17%) Private Cloud
4 8 (2.78%) Public Cloud
5 7 (2.43%) CCTV
5 7 (2.43%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.08%) Tandem
7 5 (1.74%) Reinsurance
8 4 (1.39%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.39%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.39%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.04%) IoT
9 3 (1.04%) NHS
9 3 (1.04%) PACS
10 2 (0.69%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.69%) Fibre Optics
10 2 (0.69%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 66 (22.92%) Windows
2 44 (15.28%) Linux
3 43 (14.93%) Windows Server
4 20 (6.94%) Windows 10
5 10 (3.47%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (2.78%) Mac OS
7 5 (1.74%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (1.39%) VMS
8 4 (1.39%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.69%) Debian
9 2 (0.69%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (35.07%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (23.61%) Customer Service
3 31 (10.76%) CRM
4 30 (10.42%) Continuous Improvement
4 30 (10.42%) Mentoring
5 22 (7.64%) Test Automation
6 20 (6.94%) ITIL
7 19 (6.60%) B2B
7 19 (6.60%) Scenario Testing
8 16 (5.56%) Commercial Awareness
8 16 (5.56%) Project Management
9 14 (4.86%) Kalman Filter
9 14 (4.86%) Proactive Management
9 14 (4.86%) Web Filtering
10 12 (4.17%) Password Management
11 11 (3.82%) Computer Science
11 11 (3.82%) Project Delivery
12 10 (3.47%) CAD
12 10 (3.47%) Statistics
12 10 (3.47%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 22 (7.64%) SQL
2 11 (3.82%) PL/SQL
3 8 (2.78%) Python
3 8 (2.78%) VB
4 6 (2.08%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.39%) C++
5 4 (1.39%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.04%) C#
7 2 (0.69%) Java
8 1 (0.35%) Go
8 1 (0.35%) PHP
8 1 (0.35%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 60 (20.83%) Degree
2 32 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 29 (10.07%) SC Cleared
4 26 (9.03%) Cisco Certification
5 24 (8.33%) CCNA
5 24 (8.33%) HND
6 23 (7.99%) JNCIA
7 19 (6.60%) HNC
8 6 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.39%) A+ Certification
9 4 (1.39%) Dell Certification
9 4 (1.39%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.39%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.39%) MCP
10 2 (0.69%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.35%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.35%) JNCIP
11 1 (0.35%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.21%) SLA
2 4 (1.39%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.04%) COSHH
4 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.35%) DICOM
System Software
1 28 (9.72%) Hyper-V
1 28 (9.72%) VMware Infrastructure
2 27 (9.38%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.43%) Docker
3 7 (2.43%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (2.43%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (1.74%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 2 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (3.47%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.43%) vCenter Server
3 6 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (2.08%) Proxmox
3 6 (2.08%) Terraform
4 3 (1.04%) Autotask
4 3 (1.04%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.35%) Ansible
5 1 (0.35%) Grafana
5 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 55 (19.10%) Microsoft
2 30 (10.42%) VMware
3 24 (8.33%) Cisco
4 19 (6.60%) Salesforce
5 16 (5.56%) SAP
5 16 (5.56%) Siemens
6 13 (4.51%) Dell
7 12 (4.17%) Juniper
8 11 (3.82%) Citrix
9 7 (2.43%) Sophos
10 6 (2.08%) McAfee
10 6 (2.08%) Ubiquiti
11 5 (1.74%) YouTube
12 4 (1.39%) Google
13 3 (1.04%) Commvault
13 3 (1.04%) Datto
13 3 (1.04%) Meraki
13 3 (1.04%) Veeam
13 3 (1.04%) Zerto
14 2 (0.69%) Oracle