IT Engineer Jobs in Southampton

IT Engineer
Hampshire > Southampton

The median IT Engineer salary in Southampton is £31,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 48 47
Rank change year-on-year +17 -1 +52
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 10 29 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 2.95% 3.34% 3.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.99% 3.43% 3.92%
Number of salaries quoted 10 29 28
10th Percentile £22,250 £25,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £25,063 £31,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,250 £37,000 £31,250
Median % change year-on-year -15.54% +18.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £38,438 £41,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £40,000 £66,250 £47,500
Hampshire median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year - +1.56% -8.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 334 845 715
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.53% 97.24% 93.10%
Number of salaries quoted 260 715 566
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,600 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £80,000
Hampshire median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +6.00% -3.85% -0.95%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Southampton

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in Southampton.

Salary trend for IT Engineer in Southampton

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in Southampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in Southampton over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in Southampton

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 9 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 Southampton region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) Azure
2 5 (50.00%) AWS
2 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (40.00%) VMware
4 3 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (30.00%) PowerShell
4 3 (30.00%) Hyper-V
4 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (30.00%) Windows
4 3 (30.00%) Power Platform
4 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (30.00%) Google
4 3 (30.00%) Server Virtualisation
4 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (30.00%) GCP
4 3 (30.00%) Power BI
4 3 (30.00%) Windows Server
5 2 (20.00%) Entra ID
5 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
5 2 (20.00%) Break/Fix
5 2 (20.00%) Order Management
5 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
6 1 (10.00%) CCNA
6 1 (10.00%) Dell
6 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) Azure
2 5 (50.00%) AWS
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (30.00%) GCP
3 3 (30.00%) Power Platform
4 2 (20.00%) Entra ID
5 1 (10.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Git
1 1 (10.00%) Postman
General
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) GraphQL
1 1 (10.00%) JSON
1 1 (10.00%) REST
1 1 (10.00%) SOAP
1 1 (10.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (10.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (10.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
1 3 (30.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (30.00%) Server Virtualisation
2 2 (20.00%) Break/Fix
2 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (20.00%) Order Management
2 2 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (10.00%) Coaching
3 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (10.00%) DevOps
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL
3 1 (10.00%) Logistics
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (10.00%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (10.00%) Python
2 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (10.00%) CCNA
1 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (10.00%) MCSE
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (30.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) VMware
2 3 (30.00%) Google
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (10.00%) Dell
4 1 (10.00%) Spotify