Technical Engineer Job Trends in London

Technical Engineer
England > London

The median Technical Engineer salary in London is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 299 395 379
Rank change year-on-year +96 -16 +204
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Engineer 75 33 64
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.53% 0.21% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.23% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 65 15 56
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,700 £38,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,125 £44,557
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -43.75% +60.00%
75th Percentile £51,250 £48,104 £112,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £55,050 £138,750
England median annual salary £37,250 £42,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year -11.83% +5.63% -5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 12,862 14,378 17,329
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.20% 92.68% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 8,531 8,295 13,928
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

Technical Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Technical Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Technical Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Technical Engineer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Technical Engineer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Technical Engineer job vacancies in London

Technical Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Engineer in London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Engineer in London

Technical 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 Technical Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 14 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
Central London +67 33 £47,500 +5.56% 3
West London -1 3 £40,000 -
North London - 1 £32,500 - 1
Technical Engineer
England

Technical Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Technical 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 London region featuring Technical Engineer in the job title.

1 30 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (38.67%) Degree
3 19 (25.33%) Python
4 16 (21.33%) Bash
4 16 (21.33%) Customer Experience
4 16 (21.33%) Machine Learning
5 15 (20.00%) Customer Service
5 15 (20.00%) Windows
6 13 (17.33%) Microsoft
6 13 (17.33%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (17.33%) SQL
7 11 (14.67%) MySQL
7 11 (14.67%) User Experience
8 10 (13.33%) Azure
9 8 (10.67%) Active Directory
10 7 (9.33%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (9.33%) Entra ID
10 7 (9.33%) Linux
10 7 (9.33%) Microsoft Intune
11 6 (8.00%) Cost Control
11 6 (8.00%) ITSM
11 6 (8.00%) MariaDB
11 6 (8.00%) Mentoring
11 6 (8.00%) PHP
11 6 (8.00%) SharePoint
11 6 (8.00%) SLA
11 6 (8.00%) Test Automation
12 5 (6.67%) Energy Management
12 5 (6.67%) ITIL
12 5 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel

Technical Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 6 (8.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.33%) CMS
2 1 (1.33%) Confluence
2 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.67%) Avid Media Composer
2 2 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.67%) Pro Tools
3 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (17.33%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (13.33%) Azure
3 7 (9.33%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.67%) Google Workspace
4 2 (2.67%) SaaS
5 1 (1.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (1.33%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (1.33%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.33%) AWS
5 1 (1.33%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (1.33%) Figma
5 1 (1.33%) Serverless
5 1 (1.33%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.67%) Modbus
2 3 (4.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.67%) DHCP
3 2 (2.67%) DNS
3 2 (2.67%) Firewall
3 2 (2.67%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (2.67%) Network Security
3 2 (2.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (14.67%) MySQL
2 6 (8.00%) MariaDB
3 1 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 29 (38.67%) Social Skills
2 7 (9.33%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (8.00%) Automotive
4 1 (1.33%) Finance
4 1 (1.33%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.33%) Node.js
1 1 (1.33%) OAuth
1 1 (1.33%) OpenID
1 1 (1.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (6.67%) Driving Licence
3 4 (5.33%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.67%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (2.67%) BBC
4 2 (2.67%) IoT
4 2 (2.67%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.67%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (2.67%) Video Editing
5 1 (1.33%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.33%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.33%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 15 (20.00%) Windows
2 7 (9.33%) Linux
3 5 (6.67%) Windows 10
4 4 (5.33%) Mac OS
4 4 (5.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (21.33%) Customer Experience
2 16 (21.33%) Machine Learning
3 15 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 11 (14.67%) User Experience
5 7 (9.33%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (8.00%) Cost Control
6 6 (8.00%) ITSM
6 6 (8.00%) Mentoring
6 6 (8.00%) Test Automation
7 5 (6.67%) Energy Management
7 5 (6.67%) ITIL
8 3 (4.00%) Agile
8 3 (4.00%) AI
8 3 (4.00%) Change Management
8 3 (4.00%) Computer Science
8 3 (4.00%) Information Security
8 3 (4.00%) Presales
9 2 (2.67%) Asset Management
9 2 (2.67%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (25.33%) Python
2 16 (21.33%) Bash
3 13 (17.33%) SQL
4 6 (8.00%) PHP
5 5 (6.67%) PL/SQL
6 4 (5.33%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 29 (38.67%) Degree
2 3 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.67%) CEH
3 2 (2.67%) CISM
3 2 (2.67%) CISSP
3 2 (2.67%) GSEC
3 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.33%) CCNA
4 1 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.33%) MCP
4 1 (1.33%) MCSA
4 1 (1.33%) MCSE
4 1 (1.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.00%) SLA
2 2 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.67%) SOC 2
3 1 (1.33%) QA
System Software
1 8 (10.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (9.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.33%) Autotask
2 1 (1.33%) Grafana
2 1 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (17.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.67%) Toshiba
3 2 (2.67%) Avid
3 2 (2.67%) Google
3 2 (2.67%) Panasonic
4 1 (1.33%) Becrypt
4 1 (1.33%) ConnectWise
4 1 (1.33%) CyberArk