Technical Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Technical Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Technical Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2025.

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

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 177 229
Rank change year-on-year +32 +52 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Engineer 26 63 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.86% 0.94% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 0.99% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 26 56 19
10th Percentile £34,000 £24,000 £31,123
25th Percentile £36,813 £26,688 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £31,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +58.73% -30.00% +28.57%
75th Percentile - £46,250 £46,125
90th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £51,750
South East median annual salary £36,750 £35,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -17.65% +25.00%

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 2,472 6,377 5,521
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 81.83% 94.68% 89.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,276 4,540 3,219
10th Percentile £29,375 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £39,625 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -7.41% -1.82%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £86,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Technical Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Engineer in the Thames Valley

Technical Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Technical Engineer in the Thames Valley

Technical Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Technical Engineer in the Thames Valley

Technical 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 Technical Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. 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
Berkshire +30 22 £50,000 +44.93% 10
Buckinghamshire +28 4 £47,500 +97.92% 13
Technical Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Technical 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 Technical Engineer in the job title.

1 16 (61.54%) Linux
2 15 (57.69%) SQL
3 11 (42.31%) PL/SQL
3 11 (42.31%) MySQL
3 11 (42.31%) Microsoft
3 11 (42.31%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (30.77%) Windows
5 7 (26.92%) Active Directory
5 7 (26.92%) Windows Server
6 6 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (23.08%) Social Skills
6 6 (23.08%) Sophos
6 6 (23.08%) DNS
6 6 (23.08%) SharePoint
6 6 (23.08%) Mac OS
6 6 (23.08%) Hyper-V
6 6 (23.08%) Firewall
7 5 (19.23%) VMware Infrastructure
7 5 (19.23%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (19.23%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (19.23%) CRM
7 5 (19.23%) DHCP
7 5 (19.23%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (19.23%) vCenter Server
7 5 (19.23%) Ubiquiti
7 5 (19.23%) VMware
7 5 (19.23%) Remote Desktop
8 4 (15.38%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (15.38%) Metabase
8 4 (15.38%) A+ Certification

Technical 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 6 (23.08%) SharePoint
2 5 (19.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (3.85%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 11 (42.31%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (23.08%) DNS
1 6 (23.08%) Firewall
2 5 (19.23%) DHCP
2 5 (19.23%) Remote Desktop
3 4 (15.38%) VPN
4 2 (7.69%) Network Security
5 1 (3.85%) Internet
5 1 (3.85%) VLAN
5 1 (3.85%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (42.31%) MySQL
2 4 (15.38%) Metabase
3 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.69%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.85%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 16 (61.54%) Linux
2 8 (30.77%) Windows
3 7 (26.92%) Windows Server
4 6 (23.08%) Mac OS
5 1 (3.85%) Windows 10
5 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (19.23%) CRM
3 1 (3.85%) Asset Management
3 1 (3.85%) Budgeting
3 1 (3.85%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 1 (3.85%) Coaching
3 1 (3.85%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.85%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (3.85%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (3.85%) Customer Service
3 1 (3.85%) Data Development
3 1 (3.85%) Data Protection
3 1 (3.85%) ERP
3 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (3.85%) Line Management
3 1 (3.85%) Logistics
3 1 (3.85%) Process Improvement
3 1 (3.85%) Project Management
3 1 (3.85%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (3.85%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 15 (57.69%) SQL
2 11 (42.31%) PL/SQL
3 4 (15.38%) C++
3 4 (15.38%) Python
4 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.85%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (15.38%) A+ Certification
2 4 (15.38%) Dell Certification
2 4 (15.38%) MCP
3 2 (7.69%) Degree
4 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.85%) MCSA
4 1 (3.85%) MCSE
4 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) COSHH
System Software
1 7 (26.92%) Active Directory
2 6 (23.08%) Hyper-V
3 5 (19.23%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (19.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (19.23%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 11 (42.31%) Microsoft
2 6 (23.08%) Sophos
3 5 (19.23%) Ubiquiti
3 5 (19.23%) VMware
4 4 (15.38%) Dell
5 1 (3.85%) Apple
5 1 (3.85%) Cisco
5 1 (3.85%) Draytek
5 1 (3.85%) HP
5 1 (3.85%) Meraki
5 1 (3.85%) SAP