Senior IT Engineer Job Trends in Peterborough

Senior IT Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Peterborough

The median Senior IT Engineer salary in Peterborough is £32,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 September 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Peterborough 0.21% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £32,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Peterborough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Peterborough. 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 Peterborough with a recognized job title 447 134 202
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 93.71% 89.38%
Number of salaries quoted 318 87 113
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,550 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,087 £30,422
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.74% +16.88% -11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £50,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £68,750 £57,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £57,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +27.78% -14.29% -2.78%

Senior IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Peterborough

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior IT Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Peterborough.

Senior IT Engineer job vacancy trend in Peterborough

Senior IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Peterborough

Salary distribution trend for Senior IT Engineer job vacancies in Peterborough.

Salary distribution trend for Senior IT Engineer job vacancies in Peterborough

Senior IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Peterborough

For the 6 months to 17 September 2026, Senior 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 Peterborough region featuring Senior IT Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Senior IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Peterborough 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft