IT Engineer Job Trends in the Thames Valley

IT Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median IT Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £39,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 August 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 172 110
Rank change year-on-year +79 -62 +28
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 107 26 91
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.57% 0.69% 1.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.66% 0.75% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 101 20 77
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,000 £27,175
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,188 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £41,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% -2.38% +29.23%
75th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £48,750 £50,125 £52,500
South East median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £38,250
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.58% +17.69%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,465 3,454 4,856
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.06% 91.59% 94.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4,530 1,569 3,080
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in the Thames Valley

IT Engineer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
Oxfordshire +15 43 £40,000 -3.61% 6
Buckinghamshire +29 39 £35,000 +25.00% 1
Berkshire +33 25 £39,000 +4.00% 4
IT Engineer
South East

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 18 August 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 Thames Valley region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 72 (67.29%) Windows
2 55 (51.40%) Microsoft
3 46 (42.99%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (33.64%) Active Directory
5 35 (32.71%) Customer Service
6 31 (28.97%) Wi-Fi
7 30 (28.04%) Firewall
8 28 (26.17%) Azure
8 28 (26.17%) Problem-Solving
9 27 (25.23%) DBS Check
10 26 (24.30%) SharePoint
11 25 (23.36%) DHCP
11 25 (23.36%) DNS
11 25 (23.36%) Entra ID
12 24 (22.43%) Windows Server
13 22 (20.56%) VLAN
14 21 (19.63%) Disaster Recovery
14 21 (19.63%) PowerShell
14 21 (19.63%) VMware
14 21 (19.63%) VPN
15 20 (18.69%) Microsoft Intune
16 19 (17.76%) Cybersecurity
16 19 (17.76%) Degree
16 19 (17.76%) Mac OS
16 19 (17.76%) Microsoft Exchange
17 18 (16.82%) VMware Infrastructure
18 17 (15.89%) Hyper-V
19 16 (14.95%) Cyber Essentials
20 15 (14.02%) ITIL
20 15 (14.02%) Project Delivery

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 26 (24.30%) SharePoint
2 19 (17.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.80%) IIS
4 1 (0.93%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (6.54%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (5.61%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 46 (42.99%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (26.17%) Azure
3 25 (23.36%) Entra ID
4 12 (11.21%) Power Automate
5 11 (10.28%) Google Workspace
6 3 (2.80%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.93%) AWS
7 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 31 (28.97%) Wi-Fi
2 30 (28.04%) Firewall
3 25 (23.36%) DHCP
3 25 (23.36%) DNS
4 22 (20.56%) VLAN
5 21 (19.63%) VPN
6 12 (11.21%) SSL
6 12 (11.21%) VoIP
7 10 (9.35%) Wireless
8 9 (8.41%) TCP/IP
9 8 (7.48%) LAN
10 3 (2.80%) NAS
11 2 (1.87%) Network Security
11 2 (1.87%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.80%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (5.61%) JIRA
General
1 37 (34.58%) Social Skills
2 5 (4.67%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (3.74%) Manufacturing
3 4 (3.74%) Retail
4 3 (2.80%) Telecoms
5 2 (1.87%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (1.87%) Games
5 2 (1.87%) Legal
5 2 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (0.93%) Finance
6 1 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.87%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (14.02%) Driving Licence
2 13 (12.15%) Onboarding
3 9 (8.41%) CCTV
4 6 (5.61%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.87%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.87%) Replication
6 1 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 72 (67.29%) Windows
2 24 (22.43%) Windows Server
3 19 (17.76%) Mac OS
4 14 (13.08%) Linux
5 12 (11.21%) Windows 10
6 7 (6.54%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.87%) Rocky
7 2 (1.87%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.93%) Android
8 1 (0.93%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (32.71%) Customer Service
2 28 (26.17%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (19.63%) Disaster Recovery
4 19 (17.76%) Cybersecurity
5 15 (14.02%) ITIL
5 15 (14.02%) Project Delivery
6 12 (11.21%) Kalman Filter
7 10 (9.35%) Data Protection
7 10 (9.35%) Proactive Monitoring
8 9 (8.41%) Data Privacy
8 9 (8.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 9 (8.41%) Mobile Device Management
9 8 (7.48%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (7.48%) User Experience
10 7 (6.54%) Time Management
11 6 (5.61%) Informatics
11 6 (5.61%) Infrastructure Management
11 6 (5.61%) Service Management
12 5 (4.67%) Mentoring
12 5 (4.67%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 21 (19.63%) PowerShell
2 6 (5.61%) Python
Qualifications
1 27 (25.23%) DBS Check
2 19 (17.76%) Degree
3 13 (12.15%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (8.41%) CompTIA Security+
4 9 (8.41%) Network+ Certification
5 4 (3.74%) CCNA
5 4 (3.74%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.87%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (14.95%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (9.35%) GDPR
3 9 (8.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 9 (8.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.80%) SLA
System Software
1 36 (33.64%) Active Directory
2 18 (16.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (15.89%) Hyper-V
4 6 (5.61%) vSphere
5 4 (3.74%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (2.80%) BitLocker
6 3 (2.80%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 20 (18.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (9.35%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.93%) Autotask
3 1 (0.93%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 55 (51.40%) Microsoft
2 21 (19.63%) VMware
3 11 (10.28%) Google
3 11 (10.28%) Veeam
4 10 (9.35%) Apple
4 10 (9.35%) Cisco
4 10 (9.35%) Datto
5 9 (8.41%) SonicWALL
6 5 (4.67%) Okta
7 4 (3.74%) Sophos
8 3 (2.80%) Barracuda Networks
9 2 (1.87%) Dell
9 2 (1.87%) Meraki
10 1 (0.93%) Aruba
10 1 (0.93%) ConnectWise
10 1 (0.93%) EMC