IT Engineer Job Trends in the Midlands

IT Engineer
England > Midlands

The median IT Engineer salary in the Midlands is £31,500 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 78 55 76
Rank change year-on-year -23 +21 +107
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 192 274 183
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.45% 4.29% 3.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.71% 4.56% 3.40%
Number of salaries quoted 150 93 171
10th Percentile £25,375 £27,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £35,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £44,944
90th Percentile £47,500 £49,750 £50,000
England median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +6.06%

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 7,094 6,010 5,385
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.69% 94.19% 94.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,323 2,791 4,449
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £52,500 £49,750
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.53% -5.24%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,614 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

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 14 January 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 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
East Midlands +10 126 £30,000 - 18
West Midlands -50 66 £35,000 - 16
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 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.

1 134 (69.79%) Microsoft 365
2 102 (53.13%) Windows
3 93 (48.44%) Problem-Solving
4 91 (47.40%) Active Directory
5 89 (46.35%) Microsoft
6 82 (42.71%) Azure
7 70 (36.46%) Windows Server
8 62 (32.29%) DNS
9 59 (30.73%) DHCP
10 57 (29.69%) Entra ID
11 51 (26.56%) Customer Service
12 46 (23.96%) SharePoint
13 39 (20.31%) Microsoft Intune
14 34 (17.71%) ITIL
15 30 (15.63%) Incident Management
15 30 (15.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 28 (14.58%) Firewall
17 27 (14.06%) Hyper-V
18 26 (13.54%) Cybersecurity
19 24 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
19 24 (12.50%) VMware
20 23 (11.98%) Mentoring
21 20 (10.42%) Microsoft Certification
22 19 (9.90%) VPN
23 18 (9.38%) Cyber Essentials
23 18 (9.38%) LAN
24 17 (8.85%) ITSM
24 17 (8.85%) Linux
25 16 (8.33%) WAN
26 15 (7.81%) Degree

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 46 (23.96%) SharePoint
2 24 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.04%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (1.04%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (1.04%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.52%) Confluence
4 1 (0.52%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (5.21%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (4.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.52%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 134 (69.79%) Microsoft 365
2 82 (42.71%) Azure
3 57 (29.69%) Entra ID
4 10 (5.21%) AWS
5 9 (4.69%) SaaS
6 8 (4.17%) OneDrive
7 6 (3.13%) Google Workspace
7 6 (3.13%) iPaaS
8 5 (2.60%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (1.56%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (1.56%) Azure Stack
9 3 (1.56%) Datadog
9 3 (1.56%) GCP
9 3 (1.56%) IaaS
9 3 (1.56%) Nutanix
9 3 (1.56%) PaaS
9 3 (1.56%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.04%) Slack
11 1 (0.52%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 62 (32.29%) DNS
2 59 (30.73%) DHCP
3 28 (14.58%) Firewall
4 19 (9.90%) VPN
5 18 (9.38%) LAN
6 16 (8.33%) WAN
7 13 (6.77%) TCP/IP
8 11 (5.73%) VLAN
9 9 (4.69%) Network Security
9 9 (4.69%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (3.65%) IP Telephony
11 6 (3.13%) Internet
11 6 (3.13%) SAN
12 4 (2.08%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (2.08%) TETRA
12 4 (2.08%) WLAN
13 2 (1.04%) SD-WAN
14 1 (0.52%) VoIP
14 1 (0.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.56%) Power BI
1 3 (1.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (5.73%) JIRA
2 1 (0.52%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.52%) Git
General
1 64 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 23 (11.98%) Law
3 12 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
4 11 (5.73%) Multimedia
5 9 (4.69%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (4.17%) Telecoms
7 7 (3.65%) Finance
8 6 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (3.13%) Legal
8 6 (3.13%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.60%) Public Sector
10 4 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.04%) Automotive
12 1 (0.52%) Electronics
12 1 (0.52%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.52%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 64 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 18 (9.38%) Onboarding
3 7 (3.65%) CCTV
3 7 (3.65%) Cyber Security Posture
4 6 (3.13%) Clustering
4 6 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (3.13%) FMCG
4 6 (3.13%) iPad
4 6 (3.13%) PMI
5 5 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.08%) Smartphone
7 3 (1.56%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.04%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.52%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.52%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 102 (53.13%) Windows
2 70 (36.46%) Windows Server
3 17 (8.85%) Linux
4 12 (6.25%) Windows 10
5 10 (5.21%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (3.65%) Apple iOS
7 4 (2.08%) Mac OS
8 3 (1.56%) Rocky
9 2 (1.04%) Windows 7
9 2 (1.04%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.52%) Android
10 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (48.44%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (26.56%) Customer Service
3 34 (17.71%) ITIL
4 30 (15.63%) Incident Management
4 30 (15.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 26 (13.54%) Cybersecurity
6 23 (11.98%) Mentoring
7 17 (8.85%) ITSM
8 12 (6.25%) Disaster Recovery
9 11 (5.73%) Project Delivery
10 10 (5.21%) Data Protection
11 9 (4.69%) CRM
11 9 (4.69%) Network Management
12 8 (4.17%) Proactive Monitoring
12 8 (4.17%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 6 (3.13%) Performance Metrics
13 6 (3.13%) Preventative Maintenance
13 6 (3.13%) Process Improvement
13 6 (3.13%) Roadmaps
13 6 (3.13%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.69%) PowerShell
2 8 (4.17%) SQL
3 5 (2.60%) Python
4 2 (1.04%) Google Apps Script
5 1 (0.52%) C#
5 1 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 20 (10.42%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (7.81%) Degree
3 13 (6.77%) SC Cleared
3 13 (6.77%) Security Cleared
4 8 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (3.65%) CCNA
5 7 (3.65%) CCNP
5 7 (3.65%) MCP
5 7 (3.65%) MCSA
5 7 (3.65%) MCSE
6 6 (3.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (3.13%) PMI Certification
7 5 (2.60%) DBS Check
8 4 (2.08%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (1.56%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.56%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.56%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.52%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.52%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.38%) Cyber Essentials
2 13 (6.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (6.25%) GDPR
4 6 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (2.08%) NIST
5 4 (2.08%) SLA
System Software
1 91 (47.40%) Active Directory
2 27 (14.06%) Hyper-V
3 15 (7.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.60%) Firmware
5 3 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.52%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 39 (20.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (3.13%) Failover Clustering
2 6 (3.13%) WSUS
3 3 (1.56%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.52%) Ansible
Vendors
1 89 (46.35%) Microsoft
2 24 (12.50%) VMware
3 13 (6.77%) Fortinet
4 11 (5.73%) Cisco
4 11 (5.73%) Fujitsu
4 11 (5.73%) Virgin Media
5 9 (4.69%) Google
5 9 (4.69%) ServiceNow
6 8 (4.17%) Meraki
6 8 (4.17%) WatchGuard
7 7 (3.65%) Draytek
7 7 (3.65%) Mitel
8 6 (3.13%) Apple
8 6 (3.13%) Salesforce
8 6 (3.13%) Veeam
9 5 (2.60%) Dell
9 5 (2.60%) Progress
10 4 (2.08%) HubSpot
10 4 (2.08%) Zoho
11 3 (1.56%) Freshdesk