IT Engineer Job Trends in Sittingbourne

IT Engineer
Kent > Sittingbourne

The median IT Engineer salary in Sittingbourne is £34,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 February 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Sittingbourne 7.69% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 10.53% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 - -
75th Percentile £36,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Kent median annual salary £27,500 £26,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year +3.77% +6.00% -13.04%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Sittingbourne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Sittingbourne. 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 Sittingbourne with a recognized job title 19 8 20
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 73.08% 100.00% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 18 6 20
10th Percentile £31,875 £32,500 £26,125
25th Percentile - £33,750 £45,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -27.27% +61.76%
75th Percentile £40,000 £47,188 -
90th Percentile £58,125 £49,375 £55,750
Kent median annual salary £42,500 £52,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -18.27% +22.35% -15.00%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sittingbourne

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 Sittingbourne.

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in Sittingbourne

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Sittingbourne

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Sittingbourne.

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Sittingbourne

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sittingbourne

For the 6 months to 25 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 Sittingbourne region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
1 2 (100.00%) Google
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Windows

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sittingbourne 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Google
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) VMware