Engineering Specialist Job Trends in Ipswich

Engineering Specialist
Suffolk > Ipswich

The median Engineering Specialist salary in Ipswich is £92,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 September 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Engineering Specialist 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Ipswich 0.65% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £79,750 - -
25th Percentile £83,125 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 - -
75th Percentile £98,125 - -
90th Percentile £99,250 - -
Suffolk median annual salary £92,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Ipswich

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Ipswich. 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 Ipswich with a recognized job title 306 118 153
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 99.03% 99.16% 96.23%
Number of salaries quoted 190 109 85
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £24,400
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £29,629
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £51,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.33% +14.44% -25.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £76,250 £78,750
Suffolk median annual salary £40,000 £46,750 £35,000
% change year-on-year -14.44% +33.57% -22.22%

Engineering Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

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

Engineering Specialist job vacancy trend in Ipswich

Engineering Specialist
Salary Trend in Ipswich

Salary distribution trend for Engineering Specialist job vacancies in Ipswich.

Salary distribution trend for Engineering Specialist job vacancies in Ipswich

Engineering Specialist
Salary Histogram in Ipswich

Salary distribution for jobs citing Engineering Specialist in Ipswich over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Engineering Specialist in Ipswich

Engineering Specialist Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich

For the 6 months to 15 September 2026, Engineering Specialist 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 Ipswich region featuring Engineering Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Docker
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (50.00%) MEAN Stack
2 1 (50.00%) Objective-C
2 1 (50.00%) Python

Engineering Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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 1 (50.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) MEAN Stack
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) Objective-C
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes