Senior IT Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Senior IT Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Senior IT Engineer salary in the Midlands is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 246 300 294
Rank change year-on-year +54 -6 +49
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Engineer 6 23 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.085% 0.19% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.093% 0.21% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 6 17 16
10th Percentile £35,625 - £30,930
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -13.58% -14.74%
75th Percentile £55,313 £50,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £66,250 £47,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -3.11%

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 6,468 11,211 8,329
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.12% 94.31% 89.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,829 8,342 4,674
10th Percentile £27,213 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £61,030 £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%

Senior IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Senior IT Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Engineer in the Midlands

Senior IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior IT Engineer in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Senior IT Engineer in the Midlands

Senior IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior IT Engineer in the Midlands

Senior 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 Senior IT Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 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 +46 3 £42,500 +18.06% 8
East Midlands +19 3 £55,000 +57.14% 4
Senior IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior IT Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) ITIL
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 2 (33.33%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 2 (33.33%) Network Security
3 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 2 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Proactive Maintenance
3 2 (33.33%) AWS
3 2 (33.33%) Security Management
3 2 (33.33%) VMware
3 2 (33.33%) Retail
3 2 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (16.67%) Google
4 1 (16.67%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (16.67%) Marketing
4 1 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) SaaS
4 1 (16.67%) PaaS
4 1 (16.67%) Firewall
4 1 (16.67%) ITSM
4 1 (16.67%) MCP
4 1 (16.67%) SQL

Senior 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 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (33.33%) AWS
4 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
4 1 (16.67%) GCP
4 1 (16.67%) PaaS
4 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (16.67%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (16.67%) FMCG
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (16.67%) Linux
3 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 2 (33.33%) Proactive Maintenance
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Security Management
3 1 (16.67%) Client Onboarding
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
3 1 (16.67%) Coaching
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) ERP
3 1 (16.67%) High Availability
3 1 (16.67%) IT Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) ITSM
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) CCNA
2 1 (16.67%) CCNP
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (16.67%) MCP
2 1 (16.67%) MCSA
2 1 (16.67%) MCSE
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Virtual Servers
1 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (16.67%) ConnectWise
2 1 (16.67%) Google
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft