IT Engineer Job Trends in Hertfordshire

IT Engineer
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median IT Engineer salary in Hertfordshire is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 81 63
Rank change year-on-year +16 -18 +44
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 24 22 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 1.44% 1.84% 1.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.59% 2.16% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 15 22 11
10th Percentile £25,250 £26,525 £31,250
25th Percentile £27,750 £33,063 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £40,750 £50,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £51,000 - £45,000
East of England median annual salary £30,000 £31,250 £32,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% -7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 1,512 1,018 776
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.65% 85.26% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 879 476 589
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,950
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £77,500
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.78%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Hertfordshire.

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Hertfordshire

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in Hertfordshire

IT Engineer
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 11 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
Stevenage - 5 £28,500 - 1
Watford -4 4 £40,000 +14.29% 2
Borehamwood -4 4 £45,000 +20.00% 1
Hitchin +11 3 £28,500 -20.28% 1
Hemel Hempstead +7 2 - - 1
IT Engineer
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 Hertfordshire region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (70.83%) Windows
2 14 (58.33%) Azure
3 13 (54.17%) Active Directory
3 13 (54.17%) Entra ID
3 13 (54.17%) Microsoft
3 13 (54.17%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (54.17%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (45.83%) Firewall
4 11 (45.83%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (45.83%) Windows Server
5 8 (33.33%) Windows 10
6 7 (29.17%) Mentoring
6 7 (29.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (29.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (29.17%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (29.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (20.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 5 (20.83%) ITIL
9 4 (16.67%) PowerShell
9 4 (16.67%) SCCM
10 3 (12.50%) Android
10 3 (12.50%) Apple
10 3 (12.50%) CCNA
10 3 (12.50%) Cisco
10 3 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (12.50%) DBS Check
10 3 (12.50%) Debian
10 3 (12.50%) Degree
10 3 (12.50%) IP Telephony

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 14 (58.33%) Azure
2 13 (54.17%) Entra ID
2 13 (54.17%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.17%) AWS
3 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.17%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 11 (45.83%) Firewall
2 6 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (12.50%) IP Telephony
3 3 (12.50%) VPN
4 2 (8.33%) LAN
4 2 (8.33%) WAN
4 2 (8.33%) Wireless
4 2 (8.33%) WLAN
5 1 (4.17%) iSCSI
5 1 (4.17%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (4.17%) SAN
5 1 (4.17%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (4.17%) SQL Server
General
1 14 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.67%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Solar Panel
2 3 (12.50%) iPad
3 1 (4.17%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.17%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (70.83%) Windows
2 11 (45.83%) Windows Server
3 8 (33.33%) Windows 10
4 7 (29.17%) Windows Server 2016
4 7 (29.17%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (12.50%) Android
5 3 (12.50%) Debian
5 3 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (45.83%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (29.17%) Mentoring
3 5 (20.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (20.83%) ITIL
4 3 (12.50%) ITSM
4 3 (12.50%) Task Automation
4 3 (12.50%) Test Automation
5 2 (8.33%) Change Management
5 2 (8.33%) Customer Service
5 2 (8.33%) Inventory Management
5 2 (8.33%) Service Delivery
6 1 (4.17%) CI/CD
6 1 (4.17%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (4.17%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure as Code
6 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Automation
6 1 (4.17%) Migration
6 1 (4.17%) Roadmaps
6 1 (4.17%) Technology Roadmap
6 1 (4.17%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (12.50%) CCNA
2 3 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (12.50%) DBS Check
2 3 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (4.17%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 13 (54.17%) Active Directory
2 7 (29.17%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (54.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (16.67%) SCCM
3 1 (4.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (54.17%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.50%) Apple
2 3 (12.50%) Cisco
2 3 (12.50%) Remedy
2 3 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.17%) VMware