IT Engineer Job Trends in Staffordshire

IT Engineer
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The median IT Engineer salary in Staffordshire is £28,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 22 18
Rank change year-on-year -43 -4 +45
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 12 46 29
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 1.21% 8.29% 7.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.42% 9.06% 7.59%
Number of salaries quoted 7 36 28
10th Percentile £22,500 £32,250 £29,150
25th Percentile £24,188 £32,500 £33,867
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £35,000 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -10.26% +56.00%
75th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £37,500 £38,125 £49,125
West Midlands median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year - -10.26% -2.50%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Staffordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Staffordshire. 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 Staffordshire with a recognized job title 845 508 382
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.18% 91.53% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 408 344 338
10th Percentile £26,375 £28,119 £25,878
25th Percentile £30,580 £32,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -1.23% -10.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,397 £53,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £62,125 £60,375
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Staffordshire.

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Staffordshire

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in Staffordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in Staffordshire

IT Engineer
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Tamworth -1 3 £25,000 -52.38% 1
Burton-upon-Trent - 3 £30,000 -
IT Engineer
West Midlands

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire

For the 6 months to 1 January 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 Staffordshire region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
3 5 (41.67%) Azure
3 5 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (41.67%) VPN
4 4 (33.33%) Firewall
4 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (33.33%) Python
5 3 (25.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 3 (25.00%) AWS
5 3 (25.00%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (25.00%) Datadog
5 3 (25.00%) DNS
5 3 (25.00%) GCP
5 3 (25.00%) Google
5 3 (25.00%) IaaS
5 3 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (25.00%) Incident Management
5 3 (25.00%) ITIL
5 3 (25.00%) JIRA
5 3 (25.00%) PaaS
5 3 (25.00%) SaaS
5 3 (25.00%) ServiceNow
5 3 (25.00%) SLA
5 3 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (25.00%) Windows
6 2 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2013
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 5 (41.67%) Azure
2 5 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (25.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 3 (25.00%) AWS
3 3 (25.00%) Azure Monitor
3 3 (25.00%) Datadog
3 3 (25.00%) GCP
3 3 (25.00%) IaaS
3 3 (25.00%) PaaS
3 3 (25.00%) SaaS
4 2 (16.67%) Azure Key Vault
4 2 (16.67%) Power Platform
5 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) VPN
2 4 (33.33%) Firewall
3 3 (25.00%) DNS
4 1 (8.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (8.33%) Law
2 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (8.33%) FMCG
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
2 2 (16.67%) Windows 10
2 2 (16.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (25.00%) Incident Management
2 3 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (16.67%) DevOps
3 2 (16.67%) SIEM
3 2 (16.67%) Task Automation
4 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
4 1 (8.33%) Network Management
4 1 (8.33%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) Python
2 2 (16.67%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (16.67%) CCSP
1 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (16.67%) CISM
1 2 (16.67%) CISSP
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) SLA
2 2 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (8.33%) GDPR
3 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (8.33%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Google
2 3 (25.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (16.67%) Cisco
3 2 (16.67%) Dell
3 2 (16.67%) Exabeam
3 2 (16.67%) HP
3 2 (16.67%) Meraki
4 1 (8.33%) Fortinet