IT Engineer
East of England > Essex
The median IT Engineer salary in Essex is £22,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 48 | 39 | 67 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -9 | +28 | +28 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer | 13 | 38 | 16 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex | 2.57% | 4.20% | 1.97% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 2.91% | 4.43% | 2.48% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 11 | 38 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £22,500 | £28,800 |
| 25th Percentile | £21,250 | £24,688 | £32,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £22,500 | £30,000 | £35,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -25.00% | -14.29% | -9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £23,750 | £35,000 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £40,275 | £38,000 |
| East of England median annual salary | £30,000 | £31,833 | £31,750 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.76% | +0.26% | +5.83% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Essex
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title | 446 | 857 | 644 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 88.14% | 94.70% | 79.21% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 225 | 701 | 366 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,000 | £26,000 | £25,625 |
| 25th Percentile | £29,250 | £30,000 | £33,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,000 | £45,000 | £46,750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.11% | -3.74% | -1.58% |
| 75th Percentile | £57,500 | £60,000 | £65,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £79,600 | £76,250 | £80,000 |
| East of England median annual salary | £50,000 | £47,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -13.64% | +10.00% |
IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex
Job postings that featured IT Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Essex.
IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Essex
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in Essex.
IT Engineer
Job Locations in Essex
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the Essex region over the 6 months to 31 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 |
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| Colchester | +14 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Hockley | - | 1 | - | - | |
| IT Engineer East of England |
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IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex
For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, 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 Essex region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.
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IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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: