IT Engineer Jobs in the South West

IT Engineer
England > South West

The median IT Engineer salary in the South West is £33,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 107 118
Rank change year-on-year -35 +11 +93
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 38 230 177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.09% 2.45% 2.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.16% 2.55% 2.96%
Number of salaries quoted 33 206 160
10th Percentile £27,500 £23,500 £25,737
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £30,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.67% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £47,500 £38,750 £40,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £48,750 £57,500
England median annual salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 3,271 9,031 5,981
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 96.14% 89.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,907 6,621 3,701
10th Percentile £27,250 £27,945 £29,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £36,365 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,350 £77,500 £79,750
England median annual salary £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured IT Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the South West

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in the South West.

Salary trend for IT Engineer in the South West

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in the South West

IT Engineer
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 22 May 2025. 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
Bristol +19 11 £47,500 +37.68% 19
Dorset +28 8 £32,500 +18.18% 14
Gloucestershire +2 6 £28,000 -6.67% 23
Wiltshire +27 5 £34,000 +36.00% 7
Devon -7 5 £32,500 +8.33% 13
Somerset -4 3 £31,000 -17.33% 10
IT Engineer
England

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 22 May 2025, IT Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South West region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 27 (71.05%) Windows
2 26 (68.42%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (60.53%) Active Directory
4 20 (52.63%) Microsoft
4 20 (52.63%) Windows Server
5 19 (50.00%) Azure
6 15 (39.47%) Social Skills
7 14 (36.84%) Firewall
8 12 (31.58%) VMware
8 12 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (28.95%) Entra ID
10 10 (26.32%) Driving Licence
10 10 (26.32%) WAN
10 10 (26.32%) LAN
10 10 (26.32%) Microsoft Intune
11 8 (21.05%) Microsoft Exchange
12 7 (18.42%) VPN
12 7 (18.42%) Cybersecurity
12 7 (18.42%) VLAN
12 7 (18.42%) VMware Infrastructure
13 6 (15.79%) ITIL
14 5 (13.16%) Linux
14 5 (13.16%) SQL Server
14 5 (13.16%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (13.16%) PowerShell
15 4 (10.53%) OneDrive
15 4 (10.53%) GDPR
15 4 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 4 (10.53%) Windows Server 2016
15 4 (10.53%) Customer Service

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (21.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (10.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (68.42%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (50.00%) Azure
3 11 (28.95%) Entra ID
4 4 (10.53%) IaaS
4 4 (10.53%) OneDrive
4 4 (10.53%) SaaS
5 3 (7.89%) AWS
5 3 (7.89%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (5.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (5.26%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (36.84%) Firewall
2 10 (26.32%) LAN
2 10 (26.32%) WAN
3 7 (18.42%) VLAN
3 7 (18.42%) VPN
4 5 (13.16%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (10.53%) DHCP
5 4 (10.53%) DNS
5 4 (10.53%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (7.89%) Network Security
6 3 (7.89%) SD-WAN
7 2 (5.26%) IPsec
7 2 (5.26%) MPLS
7 2 (5.26%) Unified Communications
7 2 (5.26%) Wireless
8 1 (2.63%) BGP
8 1 (2.63%) EIGRP
8 1 (2.63%) OSPF
8 1 (2.63%) SAN
8 1 (2.63%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.16%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.26%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) JIRA
General
1 15 (39.47%) Social Skills
2 3 (7.89%) Finance
2 3 (7.89%) Manufacturing
2 3 (7.89%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.63%) Aerospace
3 1 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.63%) Electronics
3 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (2.63%) Legal
3 1 (2.63%) Marketing
3 1 (2.63%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 10 (26.32%) Driving Licence
2 3 (7.89%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.26%) Educational Technology
3 2 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (5.26%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.26%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (5.26%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.63%) CCTV
4 1 (2.63%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 27 (71.05%) Windows
2 20 (52.63%) Windows Server
3 5 (13.16%) Linux
4 4 (10.53%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (7.89%) Windows 10
6 2 (5.26%) Android
6 2 (5.26%) Apple iOS
6 2 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (18.42%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (15.79%) ITIL
4 4 (10.53%) Business Continuity
4 4 (10.53%) Customer Service
4 4 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (10.53%) SIEM
5 3 (7.89%) ITSM
5 3 (7.89%) Network Design
5 3 (7.89%) Patch Management
5 3 (7.89%) Security Operations
5 3 (7.89%) Service Management
6 2 (5.26%) Agile
6 2 (5.26%) Data Security
6 2 (5.26%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (5.26%) Information Security
6 2 (5.26%) Migration
6 2 (5.26%) Risk Analysis
6 2 (5.26%) Risk Management
6 2 (5.26%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.16%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.26%) SQL
3 1 (2.63%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (10.53%) Degree
2 2 (5.26%) A+ Certification
2 2 (5.26%) CISSP
2 2 (5.26%) NVQ Level 3
2 2 (5.26%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.26%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.63%) CCNA
3 1 (2.63%) CCNP
3 1 (2.63%) CISA
3 1 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.63%) CISM
3 1 (2.63%) MCSA
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.53%) GDPR
2 2 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (5.26%) NIST
3 1 (2.63%) HIPAA
3 1 (2.63%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 23 (60.53%) Active Directory
2 7 (18.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (7.89%) vSphere
4 2 (5.26%) Hyper-V
4 2 (5.26%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (5.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (26.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (7.89%) Terraform
3 2 (5.26%) Ansible
3 2 (5.26%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 20 (52.63%) Microsoft
2 12 (31.58%) VMware
3 3 (7.89%) Cisco
3 3 (7.89%) SolarWinds
4 2 (5.26%) CheckPoint
4 2 (5.26%) Extreme Networks
4 2 (5.26%) Fortinet
4 2 (5.26%) Palo Alto
4 2 (5.26%) SAP
4 2 (5.26%) Zscaler
5 1 (2.63%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (2.63%) Google
5 1 (2.63%) HP
5 1 (2.63%) Meraki
5 1 (2.63%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.63%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.63%) Sophos
5 1 (2.63%) Ubiquiti
5 1 (2.63%) Veeam