IT Engineer Jobs in London

IT Engineer
England > London

The median IT Engineer salary in London is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 295 315 300
Rank change year-on-year +20 -15 +229
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 105 212 381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.81% 0.90% 1.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 0.95% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 75 188 328
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,425 £28,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +5.26% +1.33%
75th Percentile £55,000 £59,063 £56,250
90th Percentile £75,700 £80,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £35,000 £33,000 £34,500
% change year-on-year +6.06% -4.35% -1.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,743 22,315 32,111
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.31% 94.23% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 7,246 16,650 23,748
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,451
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured IT Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in London

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in London.

Salary trend for IT Engineer in London

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in London over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in London

IT Engineer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 20 May 2025. 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
Central London +25 36 £41,500 +10.67% 9
South London -1 3 £36,500 +7.35% 8
West London +7 1 - -
IT Engineer
England

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 20 May 2025, IT Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 68 (64.76%) Azure
2 67 (63.81%) Microsoft
3 59 (56.19%) Windows
4 58 (55.24%) Active Directory
5 55 (52.38%) Microsoft 365
6 38 (36.19%) Social Skills
7 35 (33.33%) Entra ID
8 31 (29.52%) Windows Server
9 28 (26.67%) Customer Service
9 28 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
9 28 (26.67%) Degree
9 28 (26.67%) Finance
10 27 (25.71%) PowerShell
10 27 (25.71%) Microsoft Intune
11 26 (24.76%) Wi-Fi
12 25 (23.81%) Firewall
13 23 (21.90%) ITIL
14 22 (20.95%) DNS
15 20 (19.05%) SaaS
16 19 (18.10%) AWS
16 19 (18.10%) Microsoft Exchange
17 18 (17.14%) Cisco
17 18 (17.14%) Windows 10
18 16 (15.24%) SharePoint
18 16 (15.24%) VLAN
19 15 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
19 15 (14.29%) VPN
19 15 (14.29%) ITSM
19 15 (14.29%) Migration
19 15 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 19 (18.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (15.24%) SharePoint
3 10 (9.52%) Confluence
4 3 (2.86%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (11.43%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.81%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (4.76%) Sage 200
1 5 (4.76%) Sage 50
2 4 (3.81%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (1.90%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.95%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 68 (64.76%) Azure
2 55 (52.38%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (33.33%) Entra ID
4 20 (19.05%) SaaS
5 19 (18.10%) AWS
6 7 (6.67%) Google Workspace
7 5 (4.76%) IaaS
7 5 (4.76%) Slack
8 4 (3.81%) Amazon Bedrock
8 4 (3.81%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (3.81%) Amazon S3
8 4 (3.81%) GCP
9 3 (2.86%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.90%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.90%) Mimecast
10 2 (1.90%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.90%) PaaS
11 1 (0.95%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.95%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 26 (24.76%) Wi-Fi
2 25 (23.81%) Firewall
3 22 (20.95%) DNS
4 16 (15.24%) VLAN
5 15 (14.29%) VPN
6 12 (11.43%) Internet
7 9 (8.57%) PBX
7 9 (8.57%) Structured Cabling
8 8 (7.62%) DHCP
9 6 (5.71%) LAN
10 5 (4.76%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (4.76%) SAN
11 4 (3.81%) FTP
11 4 (3.81%) IPv4
11 4 (3.81%) NAS
11 4 (3.81%) SMTP
11 4 (3.81%) TCP/IP
11 4 (3.81%) Wireless
12 3 (2.86%) SSL
13 2 (1.90%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.81%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.95%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.95%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (5.71%) JIRA
2 1 (0.95%) Katalon Studio
2 1 (0.95%) Selenium
General
1 38 (36.19%) Social Skills
2 28 (26.67%) Finance
3 15 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (11.43%) Legal
5 10 (9.52%) Marketing
6 9 (8.57%) Law
7 8 (7.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.86%) Banking
8 3 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.90%) Games
9 2 (1.90%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.95%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.95%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (13.33%) 802.1X
2 5 (4.76%) LangChain
3 1 (0.95%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.95%) React
3 1 (0.95%) REST
3 1 (0.95%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.67%) Onboarding
2 6 (5.71%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (3.81%) Algorithms
4 4 (3.81%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.81%) Driving Licence
4 4 (3.81%) iPad
4 4 (3.81%) iPhone
4 4 (3.81%) Security Posture
5 3 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.86%) Cloud Security Posture
5 3 (2.86%) PKI
5 3 (2.86%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.90%) CMDB
6 2 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.90%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.90%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.95%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 59 (56.19%) Windows
2 31 (29.52%) Windows Server
3 18 (17.14%) Windows 10
4 12 (11.43%) Linux
5 6 (5.71%) Android
5 6 (5.71%) Mac OS
6 5 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (3.81%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (2.86%) Unix
9 1 (0.95%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.95%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (26.67%) Customer Service
1 28 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (21.90%) ITIL
3 15 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 15 (14.29%) ITSM
3 15 (14.29%) Migration
4 14 (13.33%) Computer Science
5 12 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (11.43%) Mentoring
6 11 (10.48%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (10.48%) Service Management
7 10 (9.52%) Change Control
7 10 (9.52%) Information Security
8 9 (8.57%) Infrastructure Management
9 8 (7.62%) CI/CD
9 8 (7.62%) CRM
9 8 (7.62%) Server Management
10 7 (6.67%) Agile
10 7 (6.67%) Data Protection
10 7 (6.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 27 (25.71%) PowerShell
2 13 (12.38%) Python
3 6 (5.71%) SQL
4 5 (4.76%) Java
5 4 (3.81%) C
5 4 (3.81%) C++
6 1 (0.95%) Bash
6 1 (0.95%) Bicep
6 1 (0.95%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.95%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (26.67%) Degree
2 11 (10.48%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (8.57%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (6.67%) Azure Certification
5 6 (5.71%) CCNA
6 5 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (3.81%) AWS Certification
7 4 (3.81%) CISSP
7 4 (3.81%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (2.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (2.86%) CCSK
8 3 (2.86%) CCSP
8 3 (2.86%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.90%) CCNP
9 2 (1.90%) MCSA
10 1 (0.95%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.95%) CEH
10 1 (0.95%) CISM
10 1 (0.95%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (4.76%) SLA
3 3 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (2.86%) NIST
3 3 (2.86%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.90%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.90%) GDPR
4 2 (1.90%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.90%) QA
System Software
1 58 (55.24%) Active Directory
2 9 (8.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (7.62%) Hyper-V
4 7 (6.67%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (5.71%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.90%) Firmware
7 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.95%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.95%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.95%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (25.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (9.52%) SCCM
3 6 (5.71%) Terraform
4 5 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (3.81%) CASB
5 4 (3.81%) SCOM
5 4 (3.81%) WSUS
6 2 (1.90%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.95%) Ansible
7 1 (0.95%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.95%) Plesk
7 1 (0.95%) Puppet
Vendors
1 67 (63.81%) Microsoft
2 18 (17.14%) Cisco
3 13 (12.38%) VMware
4 8 (7.62%) Meraki
4 8 (7.62%) Veeam
4 8 (7.62%) Zscaler
5 7 (6.67%) Citrix
6 6 (5.71%) Apple
6 6 (5.71%) ServiceNow
7 5 (4.76%) OpenAI
7 5 (4.76%) Sage
8 4 (3.81%) Google
8 4 (3.81%) Remedy
9 3 (2.86%) Bloomberg
9 3 (2.86%) Concur
9 3 (2.86%) Fortinet
9 3 (2.86%) HubSpot
9 3 (2.86%) Refinitiv
9 3 (2.86%) SAP
9 3 (2.86%) Symantec