IT Engineer Job Trends in Glasgow

IT Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median IT Engineer salary in Glasgow is £26,150 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 October 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 66 76
Rank change year-on-year +10 +10 -19
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 19 16 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 1.28% 2.02% 1.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.37% 2.16% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 17 15 14
10th Percentile - £25,500 £22,075
25th Percentile £25,375 £29,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,150 £30,000 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +25.00% -31.43%
75th Percentile £33,750 £36,875 £47,188
90th Percentile - £63,750 £52,625
Scotland median annual salary £30,000 £30,000 £33,250
% change year-on-year - -9.77% -10.14%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 1,384 741 1,113
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.58% 93.68% 97.72%
Number of salaries quoted 827 311 586
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,000 £85,000 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -15.09% +0.95%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in Glasgow

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow.

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 7 October 2026, IT 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 Glasgow region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (47.37%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (31.58%) Active Directory
2 6 (31.58%) BPSS Clearance
2 6 (31.58%) Dell
2 6 (31.58%) DHCP
2 6 (31.58%) DNS
2 6 (31.58%) Entra ID
2 6 (31.58%) Hyper-V
2 6 (31.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (31.58%) Linux
2 6 (31.58%) Migration
2 6 (31.58%) Windows
2 6 (31.58%) Windows Server
3 5 (26.32%) A+ Certification
3 5 (26.32%) CCNA
3 5 (26.32%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (26.32%) Coaching
3 5 (26.32%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (26.32%) MCSE
3 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (21.05%) Azure
4 4 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (21.05%) Customer Service
4 4 (21.05%) Debian
4 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
4 4 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (21.05%) Network+ Certification
4 4 (21.05%) PowerShell
4 4 (21.05%) SAN

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (31.58%) Entra ID
2 4 (21.05%) Azure
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (10.53%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (31.58%) DHCP
1 6 (31.58%) DNS
2 4 (21.05%) SAN
3 2 (10.53%) Firewall
3 2 (10.53%) NAS
3 2 (10.53%) TCP/IP
3 2 (10.53%) VLAN
General
1 10 (52.63%) Public Sector
2 5 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
3 4 (21.05%) Legal
4 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Smartphone
2 4 (21.05%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (21.05%) Data Centre
2 4 (21.05%) Driving Licence
3 2 (10.53%) FMCG
3 2 (10.53%) Replication
4 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (31.58%) Linux
1 6 (31.58%) Windows
1 6 (31.58%) Windows Server
2 4 (21.05%) Debian
2 4 (21.05%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (31.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (31.58%) Migration
3 5 (26.32%) Coaching
3 5 (26.32%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (21.05%) Customer Service
5 3 (15.79%) Knowledge Transfer
6 2 (10.53%) Data Migration
6 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Transformation
6 2 (10.53%) ITIL
6 2 (10.53%) Network Segmentation
6 2 (10.53%) Supply Chain Management
7 1 (5.26%) Agile
7 1 (5.26%) Analytics
7 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (5.26%) Data Analysis
7 1 (5.26%) Data Privacy
7 1 (5.26%) PRINCE2
7 1 (5.26%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (26.32%) A+ Certification
2 5 (26.32%) CCNA
2 5 (26.32%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (26.32%) MCSE
2 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (21.05%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 6 (31.58%) Active Directory
1 6 (31.58%) Hyper-V
2 2 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Dell
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.53%) Cisco
3 2 (10.53%) Meraki
3 2 (10.53%) QNAP
3 2 (10.53%) Veeam
3 2 (10.53%) VMware