IT Engineer Job Trends in Scotland

IT Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median IT Engineer salary in Scotland is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 February 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 105 155
Rank change year-on-year +16 +50 +6
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 59 34 61
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 2.01% 1.43% 1.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.19% 1.54% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 53 25 56
10th Percentile £24,500 - £24,625
25th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £31,500 £29,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.69% +0.86%
75th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £40,250
90th Percentile £39,750 £49,500 £43,750
UK median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +4.48% +1.52%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,690 2,207 3,898
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.47% 92.93% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,332 981 2,252
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -12.28%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,778 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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 Scotland.

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in Scotland

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Scotland.

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Scotland

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in Scotland

IT Engineer
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 11 February 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
Glasgow +17 21 £29,000 -20.55% 10
Perth and Kinross - 16 £32,500 -
Edinburgh 0 14 £30,000 +9.09% 1
Lanarkshire +7 3 - - 9
Aberdeen -1 2 £25,575 +6.56% 3
Midlothian - 2 £32,500 - 1
Perthshire - 1 £32,500 -
IT Engineer
UK

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

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

1 23 (38.98%) Windows
2 22 (37.29%) Microsoft
3 17 (28.81%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (27.12%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (20.34%) Active Directory
5 12 (20.34%) Cybersecurity
5 12 (20.34%) Dell
6 11 (18.64%) Azure
7 9 (15.25%) A+ Certification
7 9 (15.25%) Customer Service
7 9 (15.25%) Entra ID
8 8 (13.56%) Firewall
8 8 (13.56%) Windows Server
9 7 (11.86%) DHCP
9 7 (11.86%) DNS
9 7 (11.86%) HP
9 7 (11.86%) Service Delivery
9 7 (11.86%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (10.17%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (10.17%) ITIL
10 6 (10.17%) OneDrive
10 6 (10.17%) SaaS
11 5 (8.47%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (8.47%) CCNA
11 5 (8.47%) Coaching
11 5 (8.47%) Exchange Server 2007
11 5 (8.47%) Exchange Server 2010
11 5 (8.47%) Exchange Server 2013
11 5 (8.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 5 (8.47%) MCSE

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 5 (8.47%) Exchange Server 2007
1 5 (8.47%) Exchange Server 2010
1 5 (8.47%) Exchange Server 2013
1 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (28.81%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (18.64%) Azure
3 9 (15.25%) Entra ID
4 6 (10.17%) OneDrive
4 6 (10.17%) SaaS
5 1 (1.69%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 8 (13.56%) Firewall
2 7 (11.86%) DHCP
2 7 (11.86%) DNS
2 7 (11.86%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (8.47%) SAN
4 4 (6.78%) LAN
4 4 (6.78%) WAN
4 4 (6.78%) Wireless
5 3 (5.08%) WLAN
6 2 (3.39%) Softphone
6 2 (3.39%) TCP/IP
6 2 (3.39%) TETRA
6 2 (3.39%) VPN
7 1 (1.69%) Network Security
7 1 (1.69%) NX-OS
7 1 (1.69%) VLAN
General
1 16 (27.12%) Social Skills
2 10 (16.95%) Public Sector
3 9 (15.25%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.47%) Legal
4 5 (8.47%) Manufacturing
5 4 (6.78%) Electronics
5 4 (6.78%) Finance
5 4 (6.78%) Fire and Rescue
5 4 (6.78%) Marketing
5 4 (6.78%) Police
5 4 (6.78%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.69%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 12 (20.34%) Driving Licence
2 9 (15.25%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (8.47%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (8.47%) Data Centre
3 5 (8.47%) Smartphone
4 2 (3.39%) CCTV
4 2 (3.39%) FMCG
5 1 (1.69%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 23 (38.98%) Windows
2 8 (13.56%) Windows Server
3 5 (8.47%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (8.47%) Windows Server 2012
3 5 (8.47%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (5.08%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.69%) CentOS
5 1 (1.69%) Linux
5 1 (1.69%) Rocky
5 1 (1.69%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (27.12%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (20.34%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (15.25%) Customer Service
4 7 (11.86%) Service Delivery
5 6 (10.17%) ITIL
6 5 (8.47%) Coaching
6 5 (8.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (8.47%) Server Virtualisation
7 4 (6.78%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (6.78%) Digital Marketing
7 4 (6.78%) ITSM
7 4 (6.78%) Mentoring
7 4 (6.78%) Programme Management
8 3 (5.08%) Change Management
8 3 (5.08%) Collaborative Culture
8 3 (5.08%) Inventory Management
9 1 (1.69%) Client Onboarding
9 1 (1.69%) Proactive Monitoring
9 1 (1.69%) Project Delivery
9 1 (1.69%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.69%) SQL
1 1 (1.69%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (15.25%) A+ Certification
2 6 (10.17%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (8.47%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (8.47%) CCNA
3 5 (8.47%) MCSE
3 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (8.47%) Network+ Certification
4 4 (6.78%) Degree
4 4 (6.78%) Security Cleared
5 2 (3.39%) HND
6 1 (1.69%) CCIE
6 1 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.78%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (20.34%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 22 (37.29%) Microsoft
2 12 (20.34%) Dell
3 7 (11.86%) HP
4 4 (6.78%) SAP
5 2 (3.39%) Cisco
6 1 (1.69%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.69%) VMware