IT Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

IT Engineer
England > Midlands

The median IT Engineer salary in the Midlands is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 81 161
Rank change year-on-year -54 +80 +13
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 123 354 175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.76% 2.98% 1.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.90% 3.16% 2.12%
Number of salaries quoted 74 303 145
10th Percentile £25,500 £24,000 £25,425
25th Percentile £28,250 £26,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £42,438 £43,750 £42,750
90th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £48,750
England median annual salary £35,000 £32,500 £34,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -5.80% -1.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 6,457 11,206 8,240
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 94.36% 89.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,795 8,325 4,631
10th Percentile £27,025 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,125 £60,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the Midlands

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for IT Engineer in the Midlands

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in the Midlands

IT Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 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
West Midlands -28 79 £35,000 +2.94% 45
East Midlands -50 44 £32,500 -13.33% 51
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 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 Midlands region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 103 (83.74%) Windows
2 77 (62.60%) Microsoft
3 64 (52.03%) Linux
4 50 (40.65%) Problem-Solving
5 48 (39.02%) Cisco
6 47 (38.21%) Degree
7 44 (35.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 44 (35.77%) Windows Server
8 43 (34.96%) Driving Licence
8 43 (34.96%) Computer Science
9 42 (34.15%) MCSE
9 42 (34.15%) Computer Science Degree
10 41 (33.33%) WLAN
11 39 (31.71%) Active Directory
12 38 (30.89%) Social Skills
13 35 (28.46%) Microsoft 365
13 35 (28.46%) ITIL
14 32 (26.02%) Network Security
15 31 (25.20%) Systems Engineering
16 30 (24.39%) Azure
16 30 (24.39%) Firewall
16 30 (24.39%) CCNA
16 30 (24.39%) Cisco Certification
17 29 (23.58%) Mentoring
18 28 (22.76%) MCP
18 28 (22.76%) CCNP
18 28 (22.76%) Asset Management
19 27 (21.95%) LPIC
19 27 (21.95%) Internet
19 27 (21.95%) IT Asset Management

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 16 (13.01%) Confluence
2 7 (5.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (5.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (16.26%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (11.38%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.63%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 35 (28.46%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (24.39%) Azure
3 14 (11.38%) Google Workspace
4 8 (6.50%) Entra ID
5 5 (4.07%) IaaS
6 4 (3.25%) AWS
7 3 (2.44%) Nutanix
8 2 (1.63%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.63%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.81%) GCP
9 1 (0.81%) PaaS
9 1 (0.81%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.81%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (33.33%) WLAN
2 32 (26.02%) Network Security
3 30 (24.39%) Firewall
4 27 (21.95%) Internet
5 25 (20.33%) DNS
6 23 (18.70%) DHCP
7 20 (16.26%) TCP/IP
8 19 (15.45%) VLAN
9 14 (11.38%) BGP
9 14 (11.38%) OSPF
10 9 (7.32%) WAN
11 8 (6.50%) VPN
11 8 (6.50%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (4.88%) LAN
13 3 (2.44%) Intrusion Detection
14 2 (1.63%) SAN
14 2 (1.63%) SD-WAN
15 1 (0.81%) Remote Desktop
15 1 (0.81%) Unified Communications
15 1 (0.81%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (13.82%) MySQL
2 16 (13.01%) Relational Database
3 10 (8.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (13.01%) Bitbucket
1 16 (13.01%) Git
1 16 (13.01%) JIRA
General
1 38 (30.89%) Social Skills
2 16 (13.01%) Retail
3 14 (11.38%) Automotive
4 6 (4.88%) Finance
4 6 (4.88%) Manufacturing
4 6 (4.88%) Telecoms
5 4 (3.25%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.25%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.63%) Marketing
8 1 (0.81%) Billing
8 1 (0.81%) Electronics
8 1 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.81%) Law
8 1 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (13.82%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 43 (34.96%) Driving Licence
2 15 (12.20%) Management Information System
3 14 (11.38%) Smartphone
4 7 (5.69%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.44%) EPoS
5 3 (2.44%) Social Media
6 2 (1.63%) FMCG
6 2 (1.63%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.63%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.81%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.81%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.81%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.81%) PKI
7 1 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 103 (83.74%) Windows
2 64 (52.03%) Linux
3 44 (35.77%) Windows Server
4 22 (17.89%) Windows 10
5 17 (13.82%) Windows Server 2016
5 17 (13.82%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (11.38%) Mac OS X
6 14 (11.38%) Ubuntu
7 3 (2.44%) Windows 7
8 2 (1.63%) Android
8 2 (1.63%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.81%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (40.65%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (34.96%) Computer Science
3 35 (28.46%) ITIL
4 31 (25.20%) Systems Engineering
5 29 (23.58%) Mentoring
6 28 (22.76%) Asset Management
7 27 (21.95%) IT Asset Management
7 27 (21.95%) Network Management
8 17 (13.82%) Agile
8 17 (13.82%) Coaching
9 16 (13.01%) CI/CD
9 16 (13.01%) Continuous Deployment
9 16 (13.01%) Continuous Integration
9 16 (13.01%) DevSecOps
10 15 (12.20%) Customer Service
11 14 (11.38%) Business Case
11 14 (11.38%) Performance Tuning
12 10 (8.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 9 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
14 7 (5.69%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 19 (15.45%) SQL
2 17 (13.82%) PowerShell
3 16 (13.01%) C#
4 1 (0.81%) Python
Qualifications
1 47 (38.21%) Degree
2 44 (35.77%) Microsoft Certification
3 42 (34.15%) Computer Science Degree
3 42 (34.15%) MCSE
4 30 (24.39%) CCNA
4 30 (24.39%) Cisco Certification
5 28 (22.76%) CCNP
5 28 (22.76%) MCP
6 27 (21.95%) LPIC
7 16 (13.01%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (11.38%) HNC
8 14 (11.38%) HND
9 3 (2.44%) DBS Check
9 3 (2.44%) MCSA
10 2 (1.63%) SC Cleared
10 2 (1.63%) Security Cleared
11 1 (0.81%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.81%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.81%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.07%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.81%) GDPR
3 1 (0.81%) GRC
3 1 (0.81%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 39 (31.71%) Active Directory
2 17 (13.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (8.94%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.63%) Firmware
4 2 (1.63%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (13.01%) Ansible
2 6 (4.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (4.07%) SCCM
4 2 (1.63%) FortiGate
4 2 (1.63%) WSUS
5 1 (0.81%) Autotask
5 1 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 77 (62.60%) Microsoft
2 48 (39.02%) Cisco
3 21 (17.07%) Apple
4 20 (16.26%) VMware
5 16 (13.01%) Atlassian
5 16 (13.01%) Dell
6 15 (12.20%) Google
6 15 (12.20%) Ubiquiti
7 14 (11.38%) Fortinet
8 5 (4.07%) HP
8 5 (4.07%) Meraki
9 3 (2.44%) Citrix
10 2 (1.63%) Nasuni
10 2 (1.63%) Rapid7
10 2 (1.63%) Sophos
10 2 (1.63%) Veeam
11 1 (0.81%) Aruba
11 1 (0.81%) ConnectWise
11 1 (0.81%) Datto
11 1 (0.81%) Nimble Storage