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 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 83 162 167
Rank change year-on-year +79 +5 -69
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 352 171 207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.02% 1.78% 1.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.20% 1.99% 2.01%
Number of salaries quoted 302 141 197
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,000 £22,500
25th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £32,500 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -4.41% -2.86%
75th Percentile £43,750 £42,750 £46,000
90th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £48,750
England median annual salary £33,000 £34,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +1.47% -2.86%

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 10,986 8,613 10,285
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.28% 89.50% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 8,233 4,790 7,091
10th Percentile £26,050 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,500
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 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +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 April 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 April 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 +80 193 £35,000 +4.48% 34
East Midlands +51 154 £37,500 +33.93% 37
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 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.

1 202 (57.39%) Windows
2 171 (48.58%) Microsoft 365
3 158 (44.89%) Active Directory
4 137 (38.92%) Microsoft
5 132 (37.50%) Windows Server
6 131 (37.22%) Azure
7 118 (33.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 95 (26.99%) VMware
9 80 (22.73%) Social Skills
10 75 (21.31%) Entra ID
11 71 (20.17%) Firewall
12 70 (19.89%) VMware Infrastructure
13 68 (19.32%) Hyper-V
14 65 (18.47%) Problem-Solving
15 64 (18.18%) DNS
16 59 (16.76%) Microsoft Intune
17 56 (15.91%) Microsoft Exchange
17 56 (15.91%) DHCP
18 54 (15.34%) Cisco
18 54 (15.34%) Customer Service
19 51 (14.49%) ITIL
20 49 (13.92%) Cybersecurity
21 46 (13.07%) SharePoint
22 34 (9.66%) Microsoft Office
22 34 (9.66%) Telecoms
22 34 (9.66%) Veeam
23 33 (9.38%) Windows Server 2012
23 33 (9.38%) SCCM
23 33 (9.38%) Wi-Fi
24 32 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement

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 56 (15.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 46 (13.07%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (0.57%) IIS
Applications
1 34 (9.66%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 171 (48.58%) Microsoft 365
2 131 (37.22%) Azure
3 75 (21.31%) Entra ID
4 15 (4.26%) AWS
5 7 (1.99%) Mimecast
5 7 (1.99%) Nutanix
6 6 (1.70%) Google Workspace
7 4 (1.14%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.57%) Amazon S3
8 2 (0.57%) ClickUp
8 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (0.57%) OpenDNS
8 2 (0.57%) PaaS
9 1 (0.28%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 71 (20.17%) Firewall
2 64 (18.18%) DNS
3 56 (15.91%) DHCP
4 33 (9.38%) Wi-Fi
5 30 (8.52%) TCP/IP
6 27 (7.67%) SAN
7 24 (6.82%) VoIP
8 20 (5.68%) WAN
9 18 (5.11%) VLAN
10 14 (3.98%) LAN
11 12 (3.41%) Internet
11 12 (3.41%) Wireless
12 9 (2.56%) Network Security
12 9 (2.56%) PBX
13 7 (1.99%) VPN
14 6 (1.70%) SD-WAN
15 5 (1.42%) Broadband
16 4 (1.14%) iSCSI
16 4 (1.14%) NAS
16 4 (1.14%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (1.99%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.85%) InfluxDB
4 1 (0.28%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (0.85%) LabVIEW
General
1 80 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 34 (9.66%) Telecoms
3 25 (7.10%) Law
4 18 (5.11%) Finance
5 16 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (3.98%) Manufacturing
7 9 (2.56%) Retail
8 6 (1.70%) Automotive
8 6 (1.70%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.42%) Aerospace
10 3 (0.85%) Legal
11 2 (0.57%) Electronics
11 2 (0.57%) Games
11 2 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.57%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.28%) Advertising
12 1 (0.28%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.57%) LAMP
1 2 (0.57%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.95%) Data Centre
2 20 (5.68%) Driving Licence
2 20 (5.68%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (3.41%) CCTV
4 11 (3.13%) Fat Client
4 11 (3.13%) Replication
4 11 (3.13%) Thin Client
5 5 (1.42%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.42%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.14%) Clustering
6 4 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (0.85%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (0.85%) IoT
7 3 (0.85%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.57%) Housing Association
8 2 (0.57%) PKI
8 2 (0.57%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.28%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.28%) iPhone
9 1 (0.28%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 202 (57.39%) Windows
2 132 (37.50%) Windows Server
3 33 (9.38%) Windows Server 2012
4 32 (9.09%) Windows Server 2016
5 29 (8.24%) Windows 10
6 27 (7.67%) Windows Server 2019
7 23 (6.53%) Linux
8 12 (3.41%) Mac OS
9 5 (1.42%) Unix
10 4 (1.14%) Apple iOS
10 4 (1.14%) CentOS
11 3 (0.85%) Android
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
1 118 (33.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 65 (18.47%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (15.34%) Customer Service
4 51 (14.49%) ITIL
5 49 (13.92%) Cybersecurity
6 32 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 23 (6.53%) Disaster Recovery
8 22 (6.25%) Migration
9 21 (5.97%) Agile
10 20 (5.68%) Service Delivery
11 19 (5.40%) Proactive Monitoring
12 14 (3.98%) Server Management
13 13 (3.69%) Asset Management
14 12 (3.41%) Break/Fix
14 12 (3.41%) Change Management
14 12 (3.41%) Preventative Maintenance
14 12 (3.41%) Project Delivery
14 12 (3.41%) Requirements Analysis
15 11 (3.13%) Project Planning
16 10 (2.84%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 25 (7.10%) PowerShell
2 22 (6.25%) SQL
3 11 (3.13%) Python
4 7 (1.99%) JavaScript
5 6 (1.70%) C++
5 6 (1.70%) Java
6 5 (1.42%) C#
7 4 (1.14%) R
8 1 (0.28%) Bash
8 1 (0.28%) Go
8 1 (0.28%) Perl
8 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.28%) Swift
Qualifications
1 23 (6.53%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (3.41%) Degree
3 11 (3.13%) MCSE
4 10 (2.84%) DBS Check
5 8 (2.27%) CCNA
5 8 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (1.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 5 (1.42%) A+ Certification
7 5 (1.42%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (1.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (1.14%) MCSA
8 4 (1.14%) Security Cleared
9 3 (0.85%) 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 21 (5.97%) SLA
2 10 (2.84%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.14%) QA
4 1 (0.28%) GDPR
4 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 158 (44.89%) Active Directory
2 70 (19.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 68 (19.32%) Hyper-V
4 12 (3.41%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (3.13%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (1.14%) vSphere
7 3 (0.85%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.57%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.57%) Docker
8 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.57%) pfSense
8 2 (0.57%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 59 (16.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (9.38%) SCCM
3 4 (1.14%) SCOM
4 3 (0.85%) Failover Clustering
4 3 (0.85%) Grafana
5 2 (0.57%) Backup Exec
5 2 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.57%) WSUS
6 1 (0.28%) Check_MK
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 137 (38.92%) Microsoft
2 95 (26.99%) VMware
3 54 (15.34%) Cisco
4 34 (9.66%) Veeam
5 19 (5.40%) HP
6 18 (5.11%) Meraki
7 16 (4.55%) Citrix
8 12 (3.41%) Acronis
9 10 (2.84%) Dell
10 9 (2.56%) Apple
11 7 (1.99%) Fortinet
11 7 (1.99%) Nimble Storage
11 7 (1.99%) Remedy
12 6 (1.70%) Google
12 6 (1.70%) Zerto
13 5 (1.42%) ConnectWise
13 5 (1.42%) Mitel
13 5 (1.42%) Nasuni
13 5 (1.42%) Rapid7
14 4 (1.14%) Cylance