Technical Engineer Job Trends in the South West

Technical Engineer
England > South West

The median Technical Engineer salary in the South West is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 September 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 61 207
Rank change year-on-year -86 +146 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Engineer 94 128 29
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.96% 3.69% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.02% 4.00% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 56 54 16
10th Percentile £33,500 £27,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £27,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,000 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - -4.48%
75th Percentile £45,000 £33,750 £37,563
90th Percentile £53,000 £41,488 £40,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £36,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +18.06% -4.00% -11.76%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 9,182 3,198 7,237
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 92.24% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 6,341 2,116 4,770
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -8.65% -5.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £58,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.45% - -8.33%

Technical Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Technical Engineer job vacancy trend in the South West

Technical Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for Technical Engineer job vacancies in the South West.

Salary distribution trend for Technical Engineer job vacancies in the South West

Technical Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 9 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Engineer in the South West

Technical 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 Technical Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 9 September 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
Gloucestershire -26 32 £40,000 +7.59%
Somerset -29 31 £35,000 -15.37% 1
Devon -20 12 £45,000 - 2
Bristol -36 10 £75,000 -15.49% 1
Wiltshire -20 7 £40,000 -
Dorset -10 2 £45,000 +52.54%
Technical Engineer
England

Technical Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 9 September 2026, Technical 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 West region featuring Technical Engineer in the job title.

1 30 (31.91%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (23.40%) Degree
3 21 (22.34%) Microsoft
4 14 (14.89%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (14.89%) Customer Service
5 12 (12.77%) CRM
6 11 (11.70%) Wireless
7 10 (10.64%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (9.57%) Mentoring
9 8 (8.51%) Bluetooth
9 8 (8.51%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (8.51%) Firewall
9 8 (8.51%) Microsoft Office
9 8 (8.51%) Remote Desktop
9 8 (8.51%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (8.51%) Windows
10 7 (7.45%) Mathematics
11 6 (6.38%) Active Directory
11 6 (6.38%) Root Cause Analysis
12 5 (5.32%) Actionable Insight
12 5 (5.32%) DHCP
12 5 (5.32%) DNS
12 5 (5.32%) HND
12 5 (5.32%) Logistics
12 5 (5.32%) NVQ Level 3
13 4 (4.26%) Adobe
13 4 (4.26%) Adobe Illustrator
13 4 (4.26%) Azure
13 4 (4.26%) Entra ID
13 4 (4.26%) Network Security

Technical Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 (2.13%) Confluence
2 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.06%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (8.51%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.26%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (2.13%) Simulink
4 1 (1.06%) AutoCAD
4 1 (1.06%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (3.19%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (10.64%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (4.26%) Azure
2 4 (4.26%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 11 (11.70%) Wireless
2 8 (8.51%) Bluetooth
2 8 (8.51%) Firewall
2 8 (8.51%) Remote Desktop
2 8 (8.51%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (5.32%) DHCP
3 5 (5.32%) DNS
4 4 (4.26%) Network Security
5 3 (3.19%) VPN
6 1 (1.06%) DKIM
6 1 (1.06%) DMARC
6 1 (1.06%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.06%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 2 (2.13%) Git
1 2 (2.13%) JIRA
General
1 19 (20.21%) Social Skills
2 15 (15.96%) Manufacturing
3 6 (6.38%) Aerospace
3 6 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (4.26%) Electronics
4 4 (4.26%) Finance
5 3 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.13%) Games
7 1 (1.06%) Advertising
7 1 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.06%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.51%) Driving Licence
1 8 (8.51%) IoT
1 8 (8.51%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (5.32%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (2.13%) PKI
3 2 (2.13%) Replication
4 1 (1.06%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.06%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.51%) Windows
2 4 (4.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (31.91%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (14.89%) Continuous Improvement
2 14 (14.89%) Customer Service
3 12 (12.77%) CRM
4 9 (9.57%) Mentoring
5 8 (8.51%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (7.45%) Mathematics
7 6 (6.38%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (5.32%) Actionable Insight
8 5 (5.32%) Logistics
9 4 (4.26%) Technical Analysis
9 4 (4.26%) Validation
10 3 (3.19%) Collaborative Culture
10 3 (3.19%) Customer Experience
10 3 (3.19%) Decision-Making
10 3 (3.19%) Service Desk Management
11 2 (2.13%) CI/CD
11 2 (2.13%) Continuous Delivery
11 2 (2.13%) Continuous Integration
11 2 (2.13%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.13%) C
1 2 (2.13%) C++
1 2 (2.13%) MATLAB
1 2 (2.13%) SQL
2 1 (1.06%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (23.40%) Degree
2 5 (5.32%) HND
2 5 (5.32%) NVQ Level 3
3 4 (4.26%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.13%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.13%) HNC
5 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.13%) GDPR
2 1 (1.06%) GMP
2 1 (1.06%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (6.38%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.19%) Hyper-V
2 3 (3.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 21 (22.34%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.26%) Adobe
3 3 (3.19%) VMware