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 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 144 83 156
Rank change year-on-year -61 +73 +20
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 124 355 174
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.76% 2.99% 1.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.91% 3.17% 2.09%
Number of salaries quoted 75 304 144
10th Percentile £25,500 £24,000 £25,413
25th Percentile £27,125 £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 £42,375 £43,750 £42,750
90th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £48,750
England median annual salary £35,000 £33,000 £34,500
% change year-on-year +6.06% -4.35% -

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 6,509 11,196 8,307
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 94.29% 89.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,841 8,341 4,661
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £60,741 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -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 9 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 9 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 -21 81 £35,000 +0.72% 34
East Midlands -43 43 £30,000 -20.00% 42
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 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.

1 104 (83.87%) Windows
2 78 (62.90%) Microsoft
3 63 (50.81%) Linux
4 52 (41.94%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (37.10%) Degree
5 46 (37.10%) Cisco
6 44 (35.48%) Microsoft Certification
7 43 (34.68%) Computer Science
7 43 (34.68%) Windows Server
7 43 (34.68%) Driving Licence
8 42 (33.87%) Computer Science Degree
8 42 (33.87%) MCSE
9 41 (33.06%) WLAN
10 40 (32.26%) Active Directory
10 40 (32.26%) Social Skills
11 37 (29.84%) Microsoft 365
12 36 (29.03%) ITIL
13 32 (25.81%) Network Security
14 31 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
15 29 (23.39%) Azure
15 29 (23.39%) Mentoring
15 29 (23.39%) Firewall
15 29 (23.39%) Cisco Certification
15 29 (23.39%) CCNA
16 28 (22.58%) CCNP
16 28 (22.58%) MCP
16 28 (22.58%) Asset Management
17 27 (21.77%) LPIC
17 27 (21.77%) Internet
17 27 (21.77%) 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 (12.90%) Confluence
2 6 (4.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.84%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.81%) CMS
3 1 (0.81%) WordPress
Applications
1 21 (16.94%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (11.29%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.61%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 37 (29.84%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (23.39%) Azure
3 14 (11.29%) Google Workspace
4 7 (5.65%) Entra ID
5 5 (4.03%) IaaS
6 4 (3.23%) AWS
7 2 (1.61%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.81%) Dropbox
8 1 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.81%) GCP
8 1 (0.81%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.81%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.81%) PaaS
8 1 (0.81%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.81%) SaaS
8 1 (0.81%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 41 (33.06%) WLAN
2 32 (25.81%) Network Security
3 29 (23.39%) Firewall
4 27 (21.77%) Internet
5 23 (18.55%) DNS
6 22 (17.74%) DHCP
7 18 (14.52%) TCP/IP
7 18 (14.52%) VLAN
8 14 (11.29%) BGP
8 14 (11.29%) OSPF
9 9 (7.26%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (6.45%) VPN
10 8 (6.45%) WAN
11 6 (4.84%) LAN
12 3 (2.42%) Intrusion Detection
13 1 (0.81%) PBX
13 1 (0.81%) SAN
13 1 (0.81%) VoIP
13 1 (0.81%) VRRP
13 1 (0.81%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (13.71%) MySQL
2 16 (12.90%) Relational Database
3 10 (8.06%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (12.90%) Bitbucket
1 16 (12.90%) Git
1 16 (12.90%) JIRA
General
1 40 (32.26%) Social Skills
2 16 (12.90%) Retail
3 14 (11.29%) Automotive
4 6 (4.84%) Finance
4 6 (4.84%) Manufacturing
4 6 (4.84%) Telecoms
5 4 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (3.23%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.61%) Marketing
7 1 (0.81%) Electronics
7 1 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.81%) Law
7 1 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (13.71%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 43 (34.68%) Driving Licence
2 15 (12.10%) Management Information System
3 14 (11.29%) Smartphone
4 7 (5.65%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.42%) EPoS
5 3 (2.42%) Social Media
6 2 (1.61%) FMCG
6 2 (1.61%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.61%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.81%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.81%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.81%) iPhone
7 1 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.81%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.81%) PKI
7 1 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 104 (83.87%) Windows
2 63 (50.81%) Linux
3 43 (34.68%) Windows Server
4 24 (19.35%) Windows 10
5 16 (12.90%) Windows Server 2016
5 16 (12.90%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (11.29%) Mac OS X
6 14 (11.29%) Ubuntu
7 3 (2.42%) Windows 7
8 2 (1.61%) Android
8 2 (1.61%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.81%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (41.94%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (34.68%) Computer Science
3 36 (29.03%) ITIL
4 31 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
5 29 (23.39%) Mentoring
6 28 (22.58%) Asset Management
7 27 (21.77%) IT Asset Management
7 27 (21.77%) Network Management
8 17 (13.71%) Agile
8 17 (13.71%) Coaching
8 17 (13.71%) Customer Service
9 16 (12.90%) CI/CD
9 16 (12.90%) Continuous Deployment
9 16 (12.90%) Continuous Integration
9 16 (12.90%) DevSecOps
10 14 (11.29%) Business Case
10 14 (11.29%) Performance Tuning
11 9 (7.26%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (7.26%) Incident Management
11 9 (7.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 20 (16.13%) SQL
2 17 (13.71%) PowerShell
3 16 (12.90%) C#
4 1 (0.81%) Python
Qualifications
1 46 (37.10%) Degree
2 44 (35.48%) Microsoft Certification
3 42 (33.87%) Computer Science Degree
3 42 (33.87%) MCSE
4 29 (23.39%) CCNA
4 29 (23.39%) Cisco Certification
5 28 (22.58%) CCNP
5 28 (22.58%) MCP
6 27 (21.77%) LPIC
7 16 (12.90%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (11.29%) HNC
8 14 (11.29%) HND
9 4 (3.23%) DBS Check
10 3 (2.42%) MCSA
11 2 (1.61%) A+ Certification
11 2 (1.61%) SC Cleared
11 2 (1.61%) Security Cleared
12 1 (0.81%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.81%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.03%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.42%) 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 40 (32.26%) Active Directory
2 18 (14.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (8.06%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.61%) Firmware
4 2 (1.61%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.81%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (12.90%) Ansible
2 6 (4.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (3.23%) SCCM
4 2 (1.61%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.81%) WSUS
Vendors
1 78 (62.90%) Microsoft
2 46 (37.10%) Cisco
3 22 (17.74%) Apple
4 21 (16.94%) VMware
5 16 (12.90%) Atlassian
5 16 (12.90%) Dell
6 15 (12.10%) Google
6 15 (12.10%) Ubiquiti
7 14 (11.29%) Fortinet
8 4 (3.23%) HP
8 4 (3.23%) Meraki
9 3 (2.42%) Citrix
10 2 (1.61%) Sophos
10 2 (1.61%) Veeam
11 1 (0.81%) Acronis
11 1 (0.81%) ConnectWise
11 1 (0.81%) Nasuni
11 1 (0.81%) NetApp
11 1 (0.81%) Nimble Storage
11 1 (0.81%) Rapid7