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 to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 164 170
Rank change year-on-year +79 +6 -69
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 353 172 213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.01% 1.86% 1.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.19% 2.07% 2.06%
Number of salaries quoted 303 142 202
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,388 £22,500
25th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £43,750 £42,750 £47,250
90th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £57,250
England median annual salary £33,000 £34,500 £34,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -1.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 11,062 8,311 10,343
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 89.66% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 8,270 4,658 7,067
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,925 £27,539
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,054
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +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 7 May 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 7 May 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 +72 191 £34,375 +2.61% 23
East Midlands +54 157 £37,500 +33.93% 33
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 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.

1 204 (57.79%) Windows
2 171 (48.44%) Microsoft 365
3 158 (44.76%) Active Directory
4 134 (37.96%) Microsoft
5 132 (37.39%) Windows Server
6 129 (36.54%) Azure
7 117 (33.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 94 (26.63%) VMware
9 82 (23.23%) Social Skills
10 74 (20.96%) Entra ID
11 69 (19.55%) Firewall
12 68 (19.26%) VMware Infrastructure
13 67 (18.98%) Hyper-V
14 66 (18.70%) Problem-Solving
15 63 (17.85%) DNS
16 58 (16.43%) Microsoft Intune
17 55 (15.58%) DHCP
18 54 (15.30%) Microsoft Exchange
19 53 (15.01%) ITIL
19 53 (15.01%) Cisco
19 53 (15.01%) Customer Service
20 50 (14.16%) Cybersecurity
21 43 (12.18%) SharePoint
22 35 (9.92%) Telecoms
22 35 (9.92%) Veeam
23 34 (9.63%) Continuous Improvement
23 34 (9.63%) SCCM
23 34 (9.63%) Microsoft Office
24 33 (9.35%) Wi-Fi
25 31 (8.78%) TCP/IP

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 54 (15.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (12.18%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (0.57%) IIS
Applications
1 34 (9.63%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 171 (48.44%) Microsoft 365
2 129 (36.54%) Azure
3 74 (20.96%) Entra ID
4 15 (4.25%) AWS
5 7 (1.98%) Mimecast
5 7 (1.98%) Nutanix
6 6 (1.70%) Google Workspace
7 4 (1.13%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.57%) Amazon S3
8 2 (0.57%) ClickUp
8 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (0.57%) OpenDNS
9 1 (0.28%) PaaS
9 1 (0.28%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 69 (19.55%) Firewall
2 63 (17.85%) DNS
3 55 (15.58%) DHCP
4 33 (9.35%) Wi-Fi
5 31 (8.78%) TCP/IP
6 24 (6.80%) SAN
7 22 (6.23%) VoIP
8 20 (5.67%) WAN
9 18 (5.10%) VLAN
10 14 (3.97%) LAN
11 12 (3.40%) Internet
12 11 (3.12%) Wireless
13 10 (2.83%) PBX
14 8 (2.27%) Network Security
15 7 (1.98%) VPN
16 6 (1.70%) SD-WAN
17 5 (1.42%) Broadband
18 4 (1.13%) Wireshark
19 3 (0.85%) FlexRay
19 3 (0.85%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.55%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (1.70%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.13%) InfluxDB
4 1 (0.28%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (0.85%) LabVIEW
General
1 82 (23.23%) Social Skills
2 35 (9.92%) Telecoms
3 25 (7.08%) Law
4 19 (5.38%) Finance
5 15 (4.25%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (4.25%) Manufacturing
6 9 (2.55%) Retail
7 6 (1.70%) Automotive
8 5 (1.42%) Aerospace
8 5 (1.42%) Public Sector
9 3 (0.85%) Legal
10 2 (0.57%) Electronics
10 2 (0.57%) Games
10 2 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.57%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.28%) Advertising
11 1 (0.28%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.57%) LAMP
1 2 (0.57%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.93%) Data Centre
2 21 (5.95%) Driving Licence
3 20 (5.67%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (3.40%) CCTV
4 12 (3.40%) Replication
5 11 (3.12%) Fat Client
5 11 (3.12%) Thin Client
6 5 (1.42%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.42%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.13%) Clustering
7 4 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.85%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (0.85%) IoT
8 3 (0.85%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.57%) Housing Association
9 2 (0.57%) PKI
9 2 (0.57%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.28%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.28%) iPhone
10 1 (0.28%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 204 (57.79%) Windows
2 132 (37.39%) Windows Server
3 31 (8.78%) Windows Server 2012
3 31 (8.78%) Windows Server 2016
4 28 (7.93%) Windows 10
5 26 (7.37%) Windows Server 2019
6 24 (6.80%) Linux
7 10 (2.83%) Mac OS
8 5 (1.42%) Unix
9 4 (1.13%) CentOS
10 3 (0.85%) Android
11 2 (0.57%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.28%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.28%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.28%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (33.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 66 (18.70%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (15.01%) Customer Service
3 53 (15.01%) ITIL
4 50 (14.16%) Cybersecurity
5 34 (9.63%) Continuous Improvement
6 22 (6.23%) Agile
6 22 (6.23%) Disaster Recovery
6 22 (6.23%) Migration
7 20 (5.67%) Proactive Monitoring
7 20 (5.67%) Service Delivery
8 14 (3.97%) Server Management
9 13 (3.68%) Change Management
9 13 (3.68%) Project Delivery
10 12 (3.40%) Asset Management
10 12 (3.40%) Break/Fix
10 12 (3.40%) Preventative Maintenance
10 12 (3.40%) Requirements Analysis
11 11 (3.12%) Project Planning
12 10 (2.83%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 25 (7.08%) PowerShell
2 22 (6.23%) SQL
3 13 (3.68%) Python
4 7 (1.98%) C++
4 7 (1.98%) Java
4 7 (1.98%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.42%) C#
6 4 (1.13%) R
7 2 (0.57%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.28%) Bash
8 1 (0.28%) Go
8 1 (0.28%) Perl
8 1 (0.28%) Swift
Qualifications
1 23 (6.52%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (3.40%) Degree
3 11 (3.12%) MCSE
4 10 (2.83%) DBS Check
5 8 (2.27%) CCNA
5 8 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (1.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 5 (1.42%) A+ Certification
7 5 (1.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (1.42%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (1.13%) MCSA
9 3 (0.85%) Security Cleared
10 2 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.28%) CCA
11 1 (0.28%) CCDA
11 1 (0.28%) Citrix Certification
11 1 (0.28%) HNC
11 1 (0.28%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.38%) SLA
2 10 (2.83%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.13%) QA
4 1 (0.28%) GDPR
4 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 158 (44.76%) Active Directory
2 68 (19.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 67 (18.98%) Hyper-V
4 13 (3.68%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (3.12%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (2.55%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (1.13%) vSphere
8 3 (0.85%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.57%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.57%) Docker
9 2 (0.57%) pfSense
9 2 (0.57%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 58 (16.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (9.63%) SCCM
3 4 (1.13%) Grafana
3 4 (1.13%) SCOM
4 3 (0.85%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (0.57%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.28%) Check_MK
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 134 (37.96%) Microsoft
2 94 (26.63%) VMware
3 53 (15.01%) Cisco
4 35 (9.92%) Veeam
5 19 (5.38%) HP
6 16 (4.53%) Citrix
6 16 (4.53%) Meraki
7 12 (3.40%) Acronis
8 10 (2.83%) Dell
9 8 (2.27%) Apple
10 7 (1.98%) Fortinet
10 7 (1.98%) Nimble Storage
10 7 (1.98%) Remedy
11 6 (1.70%) Google
11 6 (1.70%) Zerto
12 5 (1.42%) ConnectWise
12 5 (1.42%) Mitel
12 5 (1.42%) Nasuni
12 5 (1.42%) Rapid7
13 4 (1.13%) Cylance