IT Engineer Job Trends in Southend-on-Sea

IT Engineer
Essex > Southend-on-Sea

The median IT Engineer salary in Southend-on-Sea is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 June 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Southend-on-Sea 9.80% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 9.80% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
Essex median annual salary £32,500 £22,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year +44.44% -25.00% -14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Southend-on-Sea

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Southend-on-Sea. 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 Southend-on-Sea with a recognized job title 51 28 26
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 96.55% 86.67%
Number of salaries quoted 44 12 16
10th Percentile £26,000 - £24,875
25th Percentile £27,219 £27,500 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £32,500 £30,182
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% +7.68% -32.93%
75th Percentile £60,000 £33,750 £32,772
90th Percentile £65,000 - £42,750
Essex median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -3.23%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Southend-on-Sea

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 Southend-on-Sea.

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in Southend-on-Sea

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Southend-on-Sea

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Southend-on-Sea.

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Southend-on-Sea

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southend-on-Sea

For the 6 months to 6 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 Southend-on-Sea region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (40.00%) CEH
1 2 (40.00%) CISA
1 2 (40.00%) CISM
1 2 (40.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) GDPR
1 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (40.00%) NIST
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (40.00%) SIEM
1 2 (40.00%) Threat Detection
1 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Remediation

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southend-on-Sea 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (40.00%) SIEM
1 2 (40.00%) Threat Detection
1 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CEH
1 2 (40.00%) CISA
1 2 (40.00%) CISM
1 2 (40.00%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) GDPR
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (40.00%) NIST