IT Engineer Job Trends in the South East

IT Engineer
England > South East

The median IT Engineer salary in the South East is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 June 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 158 113
Rank change year-on-year +103 -45 +67
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 409 126 423
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 2.79% 1.61% 2.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.93% 1.87% 2.45%
Number of salaries quoted 374 93 387
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +10.29% +7.94%
75th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £43,000
90th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £48,750
England median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year - +6.06% -4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 13,964 6,750 17,252
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.31% 86.49% 94.24%
Number of salaries quoted 9,805 3,587 12,346
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £27,563
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.87% +9.52% -13.32%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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 the South East.

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in the South East

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in the South East

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in the South East

IT Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 June 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
Hampshire +63 141 £35,000 +15.70% 16
Thames Valley +64 97 £35,000 -6.67% 15
East Sussex +28 46 £45,000 +63.64%
Kent 0 44 £31,350 -26.16% 4
Buckinghamshire +30 42 £34,500 +23.21% 3
Surrey -23 42 £40,000 - 4
West Sussex +12 38 £30,000 -40.00%
Oxfordshire +15 36 £35,000 -5.41% 9
Berkshire +8 19 £40,000 +6.67% 3
Middlesex - 1 £37,500 - 1
IT Engineer
England

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 14 June 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 South East region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 151 (36.92%) Microsoft
2 139 (33.99%) Windows
3 120 (29.34%) Microsoft 365
4 111 (27.14%) Azure
5 91 (22.25%) Active Directory
6 89 (21.76%) Customer Service
7 78 (19.07%) Problem-Solving
8 72 (17.60%) Windows Server
9 60 (14.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 50 (12.22%) Microsoft Intune
11 48 (11.74%) Entra ID
12 47 (11.49%) Firewall
13 39 (9.54%) VPN
14 38 (9.29%) Cybersecurity
14 38 (9.29%) LAN
15 36 (8.80%) DBS Check
16 34 (8.31%) Disaster Recovery
17 32 (7.82%) Hyper-V
17 32 (7.82%) ITIL
17 32 (7.82%) Project Delivery
18 31 (7.58%) Mac OS
18 31 (7.58%) VMware
19 30 (7.33%) WAN
20 29 (7.09%) DNS
20 29 (7.09%) Microsoft Exchange
21 27 (6.60%) SQL Server
22 23 (5.62%) Windows 10
23 22 (5.38%) Degree
23 22 (5.38%) Mentoring
23 22 (5.38%) Wi-Fi

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 29 (7.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (5.13%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.73%) IIS
4 1 (0.24%) Confluence
Applications
1 21 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.22%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 120 (29.34%) Microsoft 365
2 111 (27.14%) Azure
3 48 (11.74%) Entra ID
4 15 (3.67%) AWS
5 14 (3.42%) IaaS
5 14 (3.42%) PaaS
6 13 (3.18%) Google Workspace
7 9 (2.20%) Mimecast
8 6 (1.47%) Power Automate
9 5 (1.22%) OneDrive
9 5 (1.22%) SaaS
10 4 (0.98%) GCP
11 3 (0.73%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.49%) Nutanix
13 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 47 (11.49%) Firewall
2 39 (9.54%) VPN
3 38 (9.29%) LAN
4 30 (7.33%) WAN
5 29 (7.09%) DNS
6 22 (5.38%) Wi-Fi
7 20 (4.89%) DHCP
7 20 (4.89%) VoIP
8 16 (3.91%) TCP/IP
9 9 (2.20%) VLAN
10 8 (1.96%) Wireless
11 7 (1.71%) NAS
11 7 (1.71%) SSL
12 6 (1.47%) Internet
13 5 (1.22%) Remote Desktop
13 5 (1.22%) SAN
14 4 (0.98%) Broadband
14 4 (0.98%) WLAN
15 2 (0.49%) Network Security
16 1 (0.24%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.60%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (0.73%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (2.93%) JIRA
General
1 76 (18.58%) Social Skills
2 16 (3.91%) Organisational Skills
3 11 (2.69%) Finance
4 9 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (1.96%) Manufacturing
5 8 (1.96%) Retail
6 7 (1.71%) Legal
7 6 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.22%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (1.22%) Law
9 4 (0.98%) Multimedia
9 4 (0.98%) Telecoms
10 3 (0.73%) Back Office
10 3 (0.73%) Military
11 2 (0.49%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.49%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 42 (10.27%) Driving Licence
2 12 (2.93%) Onboarding
3 9 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (1.71%) NHS
5 6 (1.47%) iPhone
6 4 (0.98%) EPoS
7 3 (0.73%) CCTV
7 3 (0.73%) Clustering
7 3 (0.73%) Data Centre
7 3 (0.73%) Social Media
8 2 (0.49%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.49%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.49%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (0.49%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.49%) iSeries
8 2 (0.49%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.49%) Replication
9 1 (0.24%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (0.24%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 139 (33.99%) Windows
2 72 (17.60%) Windows Server
3 31 (7.58%) Mac OS
4 23 (5.62%) Windows 10
5 18 (4.40%) Linux
6 8 (1.96%) Android
6 8 (1.96%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.98%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.49%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (21.76%) Customer Service
2 78 (19.07%) Problem-Solving
3 60 (14.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 38 (9.29%) Cybersecurity
5 34 (8.31%) Disaster Recovery
6 32 (7.82%) ITIL
6 32 (7.82%) Project Delivery
7 22 (5.38%) Mentoring
8 18 (4.40%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (4.16%) Process Improvement
10 14 (3.42%) Business Continuity
11 13 (3.18%) Data Protection
12 11 (2.69%) Service Management
13 10 (2.44%) Time Management
14 9 (2.20%) Workflow
15 8 (1.96%) Asset Management
15 8 (1.96%) Identity Management
15 8 (1.96%) Technical Leadership
15 8 (1.96%) User Experience
16 7 (1.71%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 12 (2.93%) SQL
2 10 (2.44%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.22%) R
4 3 (0.73%) Uniface
5 1 (0.24%) Python
Qualifications
1 36 (8.80%) DBS Check
2 22 (5.38%) Degree
3 21 (5.13%) Security Cleared
4 11 (2.69%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (1.47%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.22%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.22%) CCNA
6 5 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (0.98%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (0.98%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.73%) A+ Certification
8 3 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (0.73%) MCSA
9 2 (0.49%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.24%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (2.93%) SLA
3 9 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.47%) GDPR
5 4 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.73%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.49%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.49%) QA
System Software
1 91 (22.25%) Active Directory
2 32 (7.82%) Hyper-V
3 21 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.73%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.73%) Terminal Services
5 3 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.49%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 50 (12.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.96%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (0.73%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (0.73%) SCCM
3 3 (0.73%) SmoothWall
4 2 (0.49%) Terraform
4 2 (0.49%) WSUS
5 1 (0.24%) Autotask
5 1 (0.24%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 151 (36.92%) Microsoft
2 31 (7.58%) VMware
3 17 (4.16%) Cisco
3 17 (4.16%) Google
4 16 (3.91%) Meraki
5 12 (2.93%) Veeam
6 8 (1.96%) Fortinet
6 8 (1.96%) SonicWALL
6 8 (1.96%) Sophos
7 7 (1.71%) Apple
8 6 (1.47%) Ubiquiti
9 5 (1.22%) Citrix
9 5 (1.22%) ConnectWise
9 5 (1.22%) CrowdStrike
9 5 (1.22%) Datto
9 5 (1.22%) HP
10 4 (0.98%) Epicor
10 4 (0.98%) Facebook
10 4 (0.98%) Fujitsu
10 4 (0.98%) SAP