IT Engineer Job Trends in the Thames Valley

IT Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median IT Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 132 134
Rank change year-on-year +18 +2 +40
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 57 49 65
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.41% 1.45% 1.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.53% 1.66% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 51 43 61
10th Percentile £27,250 - £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - +20.17%
75th Percentile £35,500 £50,000 £40,000
90th Percentile £37,500 £60,000 £43,750
South East median annual salary £32,000 £37,500 £35,500
% change year-on-year -14.67% +5.63% +15.45%

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 3,722 2,948 3,760
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 87.12% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2,181 1,458 2,675
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%

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 14 January 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 14 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
Buckinghamshire +24 25 £33,000 -34.00% 6
Oxfordshire +21 23 £28,500 +3.64% 7
Berkshire -17 9 £32,500 -27.78% 8
IT Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 Thames Valley region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 49 (85.96%) Windows
2 31 (54.39%) Azure
3 26 (45.61%) Microsoft
4 25 (43.86%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (42.11%) Active Directory
6 20 (35.09%) Microsoft 365
7 18 (31.58%) Google
8 17 (29.82%) Windows Server
9 15 (26.32%) DBS Check
9 15 (26.32%) Degree
10 14 (24.56%) DHCP
10 14 (24.56%) DNS
10 14 (24.56%) IIS
11 13 (22.81%) GCP
11 13 (22.81%) Software Engineering
11 13 (22.81%) VoIP
12 12 (21.05%) .NET
12 12 (21.05%) .NET Framework
12 12 (21.05%) Azure DevOps
12 12 (21.05%) C#
12 12 (21.05%) Computer Science
12 12 (21.05%) Computer Science Degree
12 12 (21.05%) DevOps
12 12 (21.05%) Entity Framework
12 12 (21.05%) Sage
12 12 (21.05%) SQL
12 12 (21.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 12 (21.05%) T-SQL
12 12 (21.05%) WinForms
12 12 (21.05%) Xamarin

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 14 (24.56%) IIS
2 4 (7.02%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (19.30%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 31 (54.39%) Azure
2 20 (35.09%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (22.81%) GCP
4 12 (21.05%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (14.04%) AWS
6 6 (10.53%) Google Workspace
7 5 (8.77%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (24.56%) DHCP
1 14 (24.56%) DNS
2 13 (22.81%) VoIP
3 9 (15.79%) LAN
3 9 (15.79%) WAN
4 7 (12.28%) Firewall
4 7 (12.28%) TCP/IP
5 6 (10.53%) VPN
6 2 (3.51%) VLAN
6 2 (3.51%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (21.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 7 (12.28%) SQL Server
General
1 18 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 5 (8.77%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (7.02%) Telecoms
4 3 (5.26%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (21.05%) .NET
1 12 (21.05%) .NET Framework
1 12 (21.05%) Entity Framework
1 12 (21.05%) WinForms
2 7 (12.28%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.28%) Driving Licence
2 5 (8.77%) Social Media
3 1 (1.75%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 49 (85.96%) Windows
2 17 (29.82%) Windows Server
3 4 (7.02%) Windows 10
4 2 (3.51%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (3.51%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (3.51%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.75%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (43.86%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (22.81%) Software Engineering
3 12 (21.05%) Computer Science
3 12 (21.05%) DevOps
4 10 (17.54%) Customer Service
5 6 (10.53%) Project Delivery
6 5 (8.77%) Agile
6 5 (8.77%) CAD
6 5 (8.77%) Data Management
6 5 (8.77%) Data Protection
6 5 (8.77%) ITIL
6 5 (8.77%) Network Management
6 5 (8.77%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (8.77%) SDLC
7 4 (7.02%) B2B
7 4 (7.02%) Collaborative Culture
8 3 (5.26%) Mentoring
9 2 (3.51%) Data Privacy
9 2 (3.51%) Service Delivery
10 1 (1.75%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (21.05%) C#
1 12 (21.05%) SQL
1 12 (21.05%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (26.32%) DBS Check
1 15 (26.32%) Degree
2 12 (21.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (15.79%) MCP
3 9 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (12.28%) A+ Certification
5 2 (3.51%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.02%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (7.02%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (42.11%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.51%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (15.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (8.77%) Jamf Pro
2 5 (8.77%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 26 (45.61%) Microsoft
2 18 (31.58%) Google
3 12 (21.05%) Sage
3 12 (21.05%) Xamarin
4 5 (8.77%) Cisco
4 5 (8.77%) Meraki
4 5 (8.77%) Zoho
5 4 (7.02%) Adobe
6 3 (5.26%) Fortinet
6 3 (5.26%) Fujitsu
6 3 (5.26%) Virgin Media
7 2 (3.51%) VMware
8 1 (1.75%) Atlassian