IT Engineer Job Trends in Glasgow

IT Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median IT Engineer salary in Glasgow is £28,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 September 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 61 156
Rank change year-on-year +7 +95 -95
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 24 17 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 1.84% 2.34% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.97% 2.48% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 24 16 11
10th Percentile £25,375 £25,000 £21,250
25th Percentile £25,844 £28,313 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £30,000 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +25.00% -31.43%
75th Percentile £29,438 £45,000 £33,250
90th Percentile £33,750 £63,750 £53,750
Scotland median annual salary £28,500 £27,250 £30,250
% change year-on-year +4.59% -9.92% -18.24%

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 1,218 686 2,058
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.62% 94.62% 98.09%
Number of salaries quoted 742 280 656
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £32,375
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,250 £52,750
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% +0.95% -4.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £84,125
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -

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
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in Glasgow over the 6 months to 9 September 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in Glasgow

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

For the 6 months to 9 September 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 10 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (29.17%) Supply Chain Management
3 6 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (20.83%) A+ Certification
4 5 (20.83%) CCNA
4 5 (20.83%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (20.83%) Coaching
4 5 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (20.83%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (20.83%) MCSE
4 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
4 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
5 4 (16.67%) Azure
5 4 (16.67%) Customer Service
5 4 (16.67%) Debian
5 4 (16.67%) Dell
5 4 (16.67%) DHCP
5 4 (16.67%) DNS
5 4 (16.67%) Entra ID
5 4 (16.67%) Hyper-V
5 4 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (16.67%) Linux
5 4 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (16.67%) Migration
5 4 (16.67%) Network+ Certification
5 4 (16.67%) PowerShell
5 4 (16.67%) SAN
5 4 (16.67%) Ubuntu

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 4 (16.67%) Azure
1 4 (16.67%) Entra ID
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.67%) DHCP
1 4 (16.67%) DNS
1 4 (16.67%) SAN
General
1 10 (41.67%) Public Sector
2 7 (29.17%) Manufacturing
3 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 5 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (16.67%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 7 (29.17%) FMCG
2 5 (20.83%) Smartphone
3 4 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (16.67%) Data Centre
4 2 (8.33%) Driving Licence
5 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Debian
1 4 (16.67%) Linux
1 4 (16.67%) Ubuntu
1 4 (16.67%) Windows
1 4 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (29.17%) Supply Chain Management
3 5 (20.83%) Coaching
3 5 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (20.83%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 4 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (16.67%) Migration
5 2 (8.33%) ITIL
5 2 (8.33%) User Experience
6 1 (4.17%) Agile
6 1 (4.17%) Analytics
6 1 (4.17%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (4.17%) Customer-Centric Approach
6 1 (4.17%) Customer-Centricity
6 1 (4.17%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (4.17%) Data Analysis
6 1 (4.17%) Data Privacy
6 1 (4.17%) Knowledge Transfer
6 1 (4.17%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (20.83%) A+ Certification
2 5 (20.83%) CCNA
2 5 (20.83%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (20.83%) MCSE
2 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (16.67%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) QA
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 4 (16.67%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.67%) Dell