IT Engineer Job Trends in Gloucestershire

IT Engineer
South West > Gloucestershire

The median IT Engineer salary in Gloucestershire is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 70 84
Rank change year-on-year +29 +14 +16
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 16 7 21
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 2.47% 1.11% 2.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.65% 1.15% 2.25%
Number of salaries quoted 11 5 19
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £22,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £33,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.79% +10.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £61,875 £33,500 -
90th Percentile £80,000 £35,900 £32,450
South West median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £34,854
% change year-on-year -7.14% +0.42% +12.43%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Gloucestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 604 609 932
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.21% 96.21% 95.30%
Number of salaries quoted 443 268 618
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £29,440
25th Percentile £35,893 £41,250 £35,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,195 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.01% +6.39% -4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £64,688
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,250 £77,940
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £50,702
% change year-on-year -3.85% +2.56% +1.40%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Gloucestershire.

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Gloucestershire

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in Gloucestershire

IT Engineer
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Gloucester +11 3 £80,000 +142.42% 1
Stroud - 1 £40,000 -
IT Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 13 January 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 Gloucestershire region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (43.75%) Active Directory
1 7 (43.75%) Entra ID
2 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
3 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (25.00%) Hyper-V
3 4 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (25.00%) Power Automate
3 4 (25.00%) Power BI
3 4 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 4 (25.00%) PowerApps
3 4 (25.00%) Windows
4 3 (18.75%) Azure
4 3 (18.75%) Azure Certification
4 3 (18.75%) Azure Stack
4 3 (18.75%) B2B
4 3 (18.75%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (18.75%) Containerisation
4 3 (18.75%) Dell
4 3 (18.75%) DV Cleared
4 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (18.75%) Kubernetes
4 3 (18.75%) Linux
4 3 (18.75%) Network+ Certification
4 3 (18.75%) Rocky
4 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
4 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
4 3 (18.75%) Windows Server
4 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (6.25%) CI/CD

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 7 (43.75%) Entra ID
2 4 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (25.00%) Power Automate
2 4 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (25.00%) PowerApps
3 3 (18.75%) Azure
3 3 (18.75%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) DHCP
1 1 (6.25%) DNS
1 1 (6.25%) Firewall
1 1 (6.25%) LAN
1 1 (6.25%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (6.25%) TCP/IP
1 1 (6.25%) Telnet
1 1 (6.25%) VPN
1 1 (6.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (25.00%) Finance
2 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
2 3 (18.75%) Telecoms
3 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Data Centre
1 3 (18.75%) Hybrid Cloud
1 3 (18.75%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Windows
2 3 (18.75%) Linux
2 3 (18.75%) Rocky
2 3 (18.75%) Windows Server
2 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (18.75%) B2B
2 3 (18.75%) Containerisation
2 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (6.25%) CI/CD
3 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (6.25%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (18.75%) Azure Certification
2 3 (18.75%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (18.75%) DV Cleared
2 3 (18.75%) Network+ Certification
2 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
2 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 7 (43.75%) Active Directory
2 4 (25.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) Dell