IT Engineer Job Trends in Oxfordshire

IT Engineer
South East > Oxfordshire

The median IT Engineer salary in Oxfordshire is £28,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 58 64
Rank change year-on-year +27 +6 +31
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 23 20 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 3.15% 2.54% 0.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.34% 2.82% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 21 18 6
10th Percentile £27,000 - £30,375
25th Percentile £27,250 £25,750 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £27,500 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -23.61% +17.07%
75th Percentile £35,000 £35,438 £39,500
90th Percentile - £41,125 £42,875
South East median annual salary £32,000 £38,000 £35,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% +7.04% +15.45%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Oxfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 689 708 714
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.25% 90.08% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 483 377 594
10th Percentile £28,150 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,656
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +6.47% +7.62%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £77,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £56,509 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.52% +7.64% -4.55%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Oxfordshire.

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Oxfordshire

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in Oxfordshire

IT Engineer
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 11 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
Banbury -5 8 £28,500 +3.64%
Abingdon -5 3 £35,000 -41.67% 1
Oxford +5 2 £45,000 +28.57% 2
IT Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 Oxfordshire region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 19 (82.61%) Windows
2 18 (78.26%) Azure
3 17 (73.91%) Active Directory
3 17 (73.91%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (60.87%) Microsoft
5 12 (52.17%) Google
6 11 (47.83%) DHCP
6 11 (47.83%) DNS
7 9 (39.13%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (39.13%) VoIP
8 8 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (34.78%) Windows Server
9 7 (30.43%) A+ Certification
9 7 (30.43%) AWS
9 7 (30.43%) GCP
9 7 (30.43%) MCP
9 7 (30.43%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (30.43%) Microsoft Office
9 7 (30.43%) TCP/IP
10 5 (21.74%) Cisco
10 5 (21.74%) Customer Service
10 5 (21.74%) Data Protection
10 5 (21.74%) DBS Check
10 5 (21.74%) Entra ID
10 5 (21.74%) Google Workspace
10 5 (21.74%) ITIL
10 5 (21.74%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (21.74%) LAN
10 5 (21.74%) Meraki
10 5 (21.74%) Network Management

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 4 (17.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (78.26%) Azure
2 17 (73.91%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (30.43%) AWS
3 7 (30.43%) GCP
4 5 (21.74%) Entra ID
4 5 (21.74%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 11 (47.83%) DHCP
1 11 (47.83%) DNS
2 9 (39.13%) VoIP
3 7 (30.43%) TCP/IP
4 5 (21.74%) LAN
4 5 (21.74%) WAN
5 4 (17.39%) Firewall
5 4 (17.39%) VPN
General
1 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (17.39%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Social Media
2 4 (17.39%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 19 (82.61%) Windows
2 8 (34.78%) Windows Server
3 4 (17.39%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (21.74%) Customer Service
2 5 (21.74%) Data Protection
2 5 (21.74%) ITIL
2 5 (21.74%) Network Management
2 5 (21.74%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (17.39%) B2B
3 4 (17.39%) Collaborative Culture
3 4 (17.39%) Project Delivery
4 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (4.35%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) A+ Certification
1 7 (30.43%) MCP
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (21.74%) DBS Check
3 1 (4.35%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (17.39%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (73.91%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (39.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (21.74%) Jamf Pro
2 5 (21.74%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 14 (60.87%) Microsoft
2 12 (52.17%) Google
3 5 (21.74%) Cisco
3 5 (21.74%) Meraki