IT Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

IT Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median IT Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 December 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 139 125 186
Rank change year-on-year -14 +61 +4
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 52 63 85
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.30% 1.78% 1.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.41% 1.89% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 42 60 83
10th Percentile - £26,194 £23,300
25th Percentile £25,750 £30,375 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £34,750 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.91% +19.83% -3.33%
75th Percentile £50,000 £40,000 £33,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £46,875 £43,000
South East median annual salary £37,500 £35,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year +5.63% +18.33% -11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 3,692 3,340 5,977
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.98% 94.51% 94.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,911 2,245 3,658
10th Percentile £32,000 £30,800 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,263 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,760 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.96% -2.25% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the Thames Valley

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for IT Engineer 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 6 December 2024.

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 6 December 2024. 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 -9 19 £27,500 -22.66% 6
Berkshire +4 18 £52,500 +41.89% 3
Buckinghamshire -28 15 £50,000 +61.29% 7
IT Engineer
South East

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 6 December 2024, 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 Thames Valley region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 35 (67.31%) Windows
2 33 (63.46%) Active Directory
3 30 (57.69%) Microsoft
4 29 (55.77%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (50.00%) Azure
6 23 (44.23%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (40.38%) Social Skills
8 18 (34.62%) Firewall
9 17 (32.69%) AWS
10 16 (30.77%) TCP/IP
11 15 (28.85%) DNS
11 15 (28.85%) DHCP
11 15 (28.85%) Microsoft Certification
12 14 (26.92%) Linux
12 14 (26.92%) MCP
13 13 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 12 (23.08%) GCP
14 12 (23.08%) Google
15 11 (21.15%) Microsoft Office
15 11 (21.15%) Microsoft Exchange
15 11 (21.15%) A+ Certification
16 10 (19.23%) SharePoint
17 9 (17.31%) Cisco
17 9 (17.31%) Hyper-V
17 9 (17.31%) Windows Server
18 8 (15.38%) ITIL
19 7 (13.46%) Project Management
19 7 (13.46%) Asset Management
20 6 (11.54%) Retail
20 6 (11.54%) Ubuntu

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 11 (21.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (19.23%) SharePoint
3 3 (5.77%) CloudStack
3 3 (5.77%) OpenStack
Applications
1 11 (21.15%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 29 (55.77%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (50.00%) Azure
3 17 (32.69%) AWS
4 12 (23.08%) GCP
5 3 (5.77%) Entra ID
5 3 (5.77%) OneDrive
6 2 (3.85%) iTunes
7 1 (1.92%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 18 (34.62%) Firewall
2 16 (30.77%) TCP/IP
3 15 (28.85%) DHCP
3 15 (28.85%) DNS
4 5 (9.62%) LAN
4 5 (9.62%) Network Security
4 5 (9.62%) WAN
5 4 (7.69%) VPN
6 3 (5.77%) Internet
6 3 (5.77%) SSL
6 3 (5.77%) VLAN
6 3 (5.77%) WLAN
7 2 (3.85%) iSCSI
8 1 (1.92%) MPLS
8 1 (1.92%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (1.92%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.77%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
General
1 21 (40.38%) Social Skills
2 6 (11.54%) Retail
3 4 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 3 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.92%) Finance
5 1 (1.92%) Law
5 1 (1.92%) Legal
5 1 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.62%) Driving Licence
1 5 (9.62%) Onboarding
2 4 (7.69%) CMDB
3 3 (5.77%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.85%) CCTV
4 2 (3.85%) Clustering
5 1 (1.92%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 35 (67.31%) Windows
2 14 (26.92%) Linux
3 9 (17.31%) Windows Server
4 6 (11.54%) CentOS
4 6 (11.54%) Ubuntu
5 4 (7.69%) Mac OS
6 3 (5.77%) Debian
7 1 (1.92%) Windows 10
7 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (44.23%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 8 (15.38%) ITIL
4 7 (13.46%) Asset Management
4 7 (13.46%) Project Management
5 6 (11.54%) Customer Service
5 6 (11.54%) Project Delivery
6 4 (7.69%) Change Management
6 4 (7.69%) Configuration Management
6 4 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (7.69%) Cost Reduction
6 4 (7.69%) Internal Audit
6 4 (7.69%) Logistics
6 4 (7.69%) Project Planning
6 4 (7.69%) Security Patching
7 3 (5.77%) Computer Science
7 3 (5.77%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (5.77%) Data Integration
7 3 (5.77%) Mentoring
7 3 (5.77%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.69%) SQL
2 1 (1.92%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (28.85%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (26.92%) MCP
3 11 (21.15%) A+ Certification
4 6 (11.54%) CCNA
4 6 (11.54%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (9.62%) CCNP
6 4 (7.69%) Degree
7 3 (5.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (5.77%) LPIC
7 3 (5.77%) MCSE
8 2 (3.85%) DBS Check
8 2 (3.85%) Security Cleared
9 1 (1.92%) CISSP
9 1 (1.92%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (1.92%) GCIA
9 1 (1.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (1.92%) JNCIA
9 1 (1.92%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (1.92%) SANS
9 1 (1.92%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (7.69%) GDPR
1 4 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.92%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (63.46%) Active Directory
2 9 (17.31%) Hyper-V
3 6 (11.54%) pfSense
4 2 (3.85%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (3.85%) vSphere
5 1 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (5.77%) Kubernetes
1 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (5.77%) Terraform
2 1 (1.92%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.92%) SCCM
2 1 (1.92%) vCenter Server
2 1 (1.92%) WSUS
Vendors
1 30 (57.69%) Microsoft
2 12 (23.08%) Google
3 9 (17.31%) Cisco
4 4 (7.69%) VMware
5 3 (5.77%) Red Hat
5 3 (5.77%) Veeam
6 2 (3.85%) Citrix
6 2 (3.85%) ConnectWise
6 2 (3.85%) Fortinet
6 2 (3.85%) Juniper
7 1 (1.92%) Adobe
7 1 (1.92%) Dell
7 1 (1.92%) Draytek
7 1 (1.92%) Sage
7 1 (1.92%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.92%) SonicWALL
7 1 (1.92%) WatchGuard