IT Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

IT Engineer
England > Midlands

The median IT Engineer salary in the Midlands is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 153 167
Rank change year-on-year +66 +14 -35
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 326 143 243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.81% 1.88% 1.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.97% 2.09% 2.09%
Number of salaries quoted 211 133 232
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,750 £23,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £26,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £32,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -18.75% +9.59%
75th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £57,500
England median annual salary £35,000 £34,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +1.45% -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 10,958 6,838 11,649
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.32% 90.04% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 7,238 4,339 7,425
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,125 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,004 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 +44 172 £36,000 +2.86% 22
East Midlands +58 152 £40,000 +35.59% 10
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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.

1 224 (68.71%) Windows
2 169 (51.84%) Microsoft
3 133 (40.80%) Active Directory
4 128 (39.26%) Problem-Solving
5 119 (36.50%) ITIL
6 118 (36.20%) Microsoft 365
7 114 (34.97%) Cisco
8 112 (34.36%) Windows Server
9 108 (33.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 98 (30.06%) Microsoft Certification
10 98 (30.06%) Azure
11 93 (28.53%) Linux
12 87 (26.69%) Degree
13 85 (26.07%) MCSE
14 82 (25.15%) VMware
15 79 (24.23%) Cisco Certification
15 79 (24.23%) CCNA
15 79 (24.23%) Driving Licence
15 79 (24.23%) Social Skills
16 74 (22.70%) Computer Science
16 74 (22.70%) Network Security
16 74 (22.70%) Asset Management
17 72 (22.09%) Computer Science Degree
18 71 (21.78%) WLAN
19 70 (21.47%) Internet
20 68 (20.86%) Onboarding
21 67 (20.55%) Network Management
22 66 (20.25%) MCP
22 66 (20.25%) CCNP
23 65 (19.94%) Mentoring

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 37 (11.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (6.44%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.31%) IIS
Applications
1 31 (9.51%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.31%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 118 (36.20%) Microsoft 365
2 98 (30.06%) Azure
3 49 (15.03%) Entra ID
4 8 (2.45%) Google Workspace
4 8 (2.45%) Mimecast
4 8 (2.45%) Nutanix
5 7 (2.15%) AWS
6 5 (1.53%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (0.61%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.61%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.31%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 74 (22.70%) Network Security
2 71 (21.78%) WLAN
3 70 (21.47%) Internet
4 60 (18.40%) Firewall
5 57 (17.48%) DNS
6 49 (15.03%) DHCP
7 39 (11.96%) Wi-Fi
8 36 (11.04%) TCP/IP
9 26 (7.98%) WAN
10 25 (7.67%) VLAN
11 18 (5.52%) VoIP
12 15 (4.60%) LAN
13 12 (3.68%) SD-WAN
14 10 (3.07%) SAN
15 7 (2.15%) PBX
15 7 (2.15%) VPN
16 6 (1.84%) BGP
16 6 (1.84%) OSPF
17 5 (1.53%) NetScaler
17 5 (1.53%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.53%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.23%) InfluxDB
2 4 (1.23%) MySQL
3 3 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.31%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (1.53%) Visual Studio Code
2 3 (0.92%) Axure RP
2 3 (0.92%) LabVIEW
3 2 (0.61%) JIRA
General
1 79 (24.23%) Social Skills
2 18 (5.52%) Finance
3 16 (4.91%) Telecoms
4 15 (4.60%) Law
4 15 (4.60%) Manufacturing
5 12 (3.68%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.37%) Retail
7 10 (3.07%) Automotive
8 8 (2.45%) Aerospace
9 5 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.53%) Legal
10 4 (1.23%) Public Sector
11 3 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.61%) Electronics
12 2 (0.61%) Marketing
13 1 (0.31%) Advertising
13 1 (0.31%) Banking
13 1 (0.31%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.53%) Loki
1 5 (1.53%) YAML
2 1 (0.31%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 79 (24.23%) Driving Licence
2 68 (20.86%) Onboarding
3 19 (5.83%) Data Centre
4 17 (5.21%) Management Information System
5 13 (3.99%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (3.37%) Fat Client
6 11 (3.37%) Thin Client
7 10 (3.07%) Replication
8 9 (2.76%) CCTV
9 6 (1.84%) Smartphone
10 4 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.92%) Embedded Systems
11 3 (0.92%) IoT
12 2 (0.61%) Renewable Energy
13 1 (0.31%) Educational Technology
13 1 (0.31%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 224 (68.71%) Windows
2 112 (34.36%) Windows Server
3 93 (28.53%) Linux
4 35 (10.74%) Windows Server 2016
5 29 (8.90%) Windows Server 2019
6 25 (7.67%) Windows 10
7 18 (5.52%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (1.84%) Mac OS X
8 6 (1.84%) Ubuntu
9 5 (1.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (1.53%) VMS
10 3 (0.92%) Android
11 2 (0.61%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.61%) Unix
12 1 (0.31%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (39.26%) Problem-Solving
2 119 (36.50%) ITIL
3 108 (33.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 74 (22.70%) Asset Management
4 74 (22.70%) Computer Science
5 67 (20.55%) Network Management
6 65 (19.94%) IT Asset Management
6 65 (19.94%) Mentoring
7 45 (13.80%) Cybersecurity
8 31 (9.51%) Continuous Improvement
9 28 (8.59%) Customer Service
10 24 (7.36%) Disaster Recovery
11 19 (5.83%) Project Delivery
12 18 (5.52%) Service Delivery
13 17 (5.21%) Migration
14 16 (4.91%) Agile
15 14 (4.29%) Change Management
15 14 (4.29%) Proactive Monitoring
16 12 (3.68%) Preventative Maintenance
16 12 (3.68%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (7.98%) PowerShell
2 25 (7.67%) SQL
3 13 (3.99%) Python
4 8 (2.45%) C++
4 8 (2.45%) Java
5 7 (2.15%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.53%) C#
7 4 (1.23%) R
8 3 (0.92%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.31%) Perl
9 1 (0.31%) PHP
Qualifications
1 98 (30.06%) Microsoft Certification
2 87 (26.69%) Degree
3 85 (26.07%) MCSE
4 79 (24.23%) CCNA
4 79 (24.23%) Cisco Certification
5 72 (22.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 66 (20.25%) CCNP
6 66 (20.25%) MCP
7 65 (19.94%) LPIC
8 14 (4.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 9 (2.76%) SC Cleared
9 9 (2.76%) Security Cleared
10 8 (2.45%) DBS Check
10 8 (2.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 7 (2.15%) Azure Certification
12 6 (1.84%) HNC
12 6 (1.84%) HND
13 5 (1.53%) DV Cleared
13 5 (1.53%) RHCSA
14 2 (0.61%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.37%) SLA
2 9 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (2.76%) QA
3 6 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.53%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.31%) GDPR
6 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 133 (40.80%) Active Directory
2 59 (18.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 49 (15.03%) Hyper-V
4 11 (3.37%) vSphere
5 8 (2.45%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.84%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (1.53%) XenDesktop
8 4 (1.23%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.31%) Firmware
9 1 (0.31%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 34 (10.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (9.51%) SCCM
3 5 (1.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 5 (1.53%) EMC NetWorker
3 5 (1.53%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.53%) Prometheus
3 5 (1.53%) Terraform
4 4 (1.23%) Grafana
5 1 (0.31%) SCOM
Vendors
1 169 (51.84%) Microsoft
2 114 (34.97%) Cisco
3 82 (25.15%) VMware
4 28 (8.59%) Veeam
5 18 (5.52%) Meraki
6 15 (4.60%) Dell
7 12 (3.68%) Acronis
7 12 (3.68%) Fortinet
8 10 (3.07%) Apple
9 9 (2.76%) Citrix
10 8 (2.45%) Google
10 8 (2.45%) HP
10 8 (2.45%) Nasuni
10 8 (2.45%) Rapid7
10 8 (2.45%) Ubiquiti
11 6 (1.84%) ServiceNow
12 5 (1.53%) EMC
12 5 (1.53%) Red Hat
12 5 (1.53%) Remedy
12 5 (1.53%) SolarWinds