IT Engineer Job Trends in the Midlands

IT Engineer
England > Midlands

The median IT Engineer salary in the Midlands is £32,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 April 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 70 77
Rank change year-on-year -4 +7 +90
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 259 183 355
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.11% 3.76% 3.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.27% 4.21% 3.34%
Number of salaries quoted 201 83 304
10th Percentile £24,750 £25,100 £24,000
25th Percentile £26,875 £27,125 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £38,750 £42,375 £43,750
90th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
England median annual salary £33,500 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -4.29% +6.06% -5.04%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 11,394 4,346 10,629
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.82% 89.35% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 7,132 2,776 8,160
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £33,704
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,997 £60,741
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,011 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.74%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in the Midlands

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies 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 21 April 2026.

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 21 April 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
East Midlands -5 144 £30,000 - 28
West Midlands -26 115 £32,500 -7.14% 16
IT Engineer
England

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 21 April 2026, IT 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 Midlands region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 133 (51.35%) Microsoft 365
2 120 (46.33%) Windows
3 105 (40.54%) Problem-Solving
4 95 (36.68%) Microsoft
5 90 (34.75%) Active Directory
6 65 (25.10%) Azure
7 63 (24.32%) Customer Service
8 61 (23.55%) Windows Server
9 52 (20.08%) Entra ID
10 46 (17.76%) DNS
11 42 (16.22%) DHCP
12 40 (15.44%) Microsoft Intune
12 40 (15.44%) SharePoint
13 39 (15.06%) ITIL
14 38 (14.67%) ITSM
15 28 (10.81%) Firewall
15 28 (10.81%) LAN
16 27 (10.42%) Windows 10
17 26 (10.04%) VPN
17 26 (10.04%) WAN
18 25 (9.65%) Microsoft Office
19 24 (9.27%) Microsoft Exchange
20 23 (8.88%) Incident Management
20 23 (8.88%) SC Cleared
20 23 (8.88%) Security Cleared
21 22 (8.49%) Google
22 21 (8.11%) VMware
23 20 (7.72%) Degree
23 20 (7.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
23 20 (7.72%) Microsoft Certification

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 40 (15.44%) SharePoint
2 24 (9.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (3.09%) Confluence
4 4 (1.54%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (1.54%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (1.54%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (1.16%) IIS
Applications
1 25 (9.65%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.16%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (1.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.39%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.39%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 133 (51.35%) Microsoft 365
2 65 (25.10%) Azure
3 52 (20.08%) Entra ID
4 19 (7.34%) Google Workspace
5 9 (3.47%) OneDrive
6 7 (2.70%) AWS
7 4 (1.54%) Mimecast
7 4 (1.54%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (1.16%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (1.16%) Datadog
8 3 (1.16%) GCP
8 3 (1.16%) IaaS
8 3 (1.16%) PaaS
8 3 (1.16%) SaaS
9 2 (0.77%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 46 (17.76%) DNS
2 42 (16.22%) DHCP
3 28 (10.81%) Firewall
3 28 (10.81%) LAN
4 26 (10.04%) VPN
4 26 (10.04%) WAN
5 15 (5.79%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (3.09%) VoIP
7 7 (2.70%) Internet
7 7 (2.70%) TCP/IP
7 7 (2.70%) Wireless
8 6 (2.32%) Network Security
9 5 (1.93%) TETRA
10 4 (1.54%) IP Telephony
10 4 (1.54%) Remote Desktop
10 4 (1.54%) WLAN
11 2 (0.77%) VLAN
12 1 (0.39%) RFID
12 1 (0.39%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.54%) Power BI
2 3 (1.16%) MySQL
3 2 (0.77%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (6.95%) JIRA
2 1 (0.39%) LabVIEW
General
1 62 (23.94%) Social Skills
2 24 (9.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 21 (8.11%) Law
4 16 (6.18%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (5.41%) Manufacturing
6 11 (4.25%) Multimedia
7 8 (3.09%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (3.09%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.70%) Finance
9 5 (1.93%) Legal
10 4 (1.54%) Dutch Language
10 4 (1.54%) Portuguese Language
10 4 (1.54%) Spanish Language
11 2 (0.77%) French Language
11 2 (0.77%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.39%) Military
12 1 (0.39%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.16%) CSS
1 3 (1.16%) HTML
1 3 (1.16%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 64 (24.71%) Driving Licence
2 13 (5.02%) Onboarding
3 10 (3.86%) CCTV
3 10 (3.86%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.70%) FMCG
5 6 (2.32%) iPad
5 6 (2.32%) PMI
6 5 (1.93%) Social Media
7 4 (1.54%) Smartphone
8 3 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.16%) Cyber Security Posture
8 3 (1.16%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.39%) CMDB
9 1 (0.39%) Industry 4.0
9 1 (0.39%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 120 (46.33%) Windows
2 61 (23.55%) Windows Server
3 27 (10.42%) Windows 10
4 15 (5.79%) Apple iOS
5 9 (3.47%) Android
6 8 (3.09%) Linux
7 5 (1.93%) Windows 7
8 4 (1.54%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (1.16%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (40.54%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (24.32%) Customer Service
3 39 (15.06%) ITIL
4 38 (14.67%) ITSM
5 23 (8.88%) Incident Management
6 20 (7.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 16 (6.18%) Disaster Recovery
7 16 (6.18%) Service Delivery
8 15 (5.79%) Cybersecurity
8 15 (5.79%) Mentoring
9 14 (5.41%) Root Cause Analysis
9 14 (5.41%) Time Management
10 12 (4.63%) ERP
10 12 (4.63%) Service Management
11 10 (3.86%) Migration
11 10 (3.86%) Proactive Monitoring
11 10 (3.86%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 9 (3.47%) Agile
12 9 (3.47%) Data Security
12 9 (3.47%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (7.72%) SQL
2 16 (6.18%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.93%) Python
4 4 (1.54%) PHP
5 3 (1.16%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.16%) VBA
6 2 (0.77%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 23 (8.88%) SC Cleared
1 23 (8.88%) Security Cleared
2 20 (7.72%) Degree
2 20 (7.72%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (3.47%) BPSS Clearance
3 9 (3.47%) DBS Check
4 6 (2.32%) A+ Certification
4 6 (2.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 6 (2.32%) MCITP
4 6 (2.32%) PMI Certification
5 4 (1.54%) CCNA
5 4 (1.54%) CCNP
5 4 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (1.54%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (1.54%) MCSA
5 4 (1.54%) MCSE
5 4 (1.54%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 1 (0.39%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.72%) SLA
2 19 (7.34%) Cyber Essentials
3 16 (6.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (3.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (1.54%) NIST
6 1 (0.39%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.39%) GDPR
System Software
1 90 (34.75%) Active Directory
2 19 (7.34%) Hyper-V
3 17 (6.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 40 (15.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.32%) WSUS
3 2 (0.77%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 95 (36.68%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.49%) Google
3 21 (8.11%) VMware
4 12 (4.63%) ServiceNow
5 11 (4.25%) Fortinet
5 11 (4.25%) Fujitsu
5 11 (4.25%) Virgin Media
6 10 (3.86%) Meraki
7 9 (3.47%) Cisco
8 7 (2.70%) Apple
8 7 (2.70%) HP
9 6 (2.32%) Freshdesk
9 6 (2.32%) Logitech
10 5 (1.93%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.93%) WatchGuard
11 4 (1.54%) Dell
11 4 (1.54%) Draytek
11 4 (1.54%) Mitel
11 4 (1.54%) Sophos
11 4 (1.54%) TOWER Software