Draytek Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Draytek
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring knowledge or experience of Draytek products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Draytek over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within the Draytek Corp.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 486 536 535
Rank change year-on-year +50 -1 +168
Permanent jobs citing Draytek 24 23 25
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.057% 0.064% 0.072%
As % of the Vendors category 0.19% 0.18% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 24 21 25
10th Percentile £27,600 £28,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £45,000 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% +34.33% -25.56%
75th Percentile £38,750 £48,750 £40,000
90th Percentile £44,875 £52,500 £45,350
UK median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +25.00% -20.00%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

Draytek falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 12,419 12,826 13,395
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.59% 35.49% 38.76%
Number of salaries quoted 6,861 6,139 10,435
10th Percentile £26,050 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £37,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +2.04% -2.00%
75th Percentile £60,250 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.28% +3.64% -4.35%

Draytek
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Draytek relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Draytek job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Draytek
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Draytek.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Draytek

Draytek
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Draytek in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Draytek in the UK excluding London

Draytek
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Draytek within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 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
South East +39 13 £37,500 +29.31% 6
East Midlands - 8 £30,000 -
Midlands - 8 £30,000 - 1
North of England +15 2 £27,500 -45.00% 3
Yorkshire -15 2 £27,500 -45.00%
East of England +11 1 £30,000 -33.33% 2
Draytek
UK

Draytek
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 14 (58.33%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (29.17%) AWS
2 7 (29.17%) Azure
2 7 (29.17%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.17%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 21 (87.50%) Firewall
2 7 (29.17%) IP Telephony
3 4 (16.67%) Wireless
4 2 (8.33%) DHCP
4 2 (8.33%) DNS
4 2 (8.33%) TCP/IP
4 2 (8.33%) VPN
5 1 (4.17%) Unified Communications
5 1 (4.17%) VLAN
5 1 (4.17%) VoIP
5 1 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) MySQL
General
1 9 (37.50%) Telecoms
2 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (41.67%) Support Engineer
2 9 (37.50%) Cisco Engineer
2 9 (37.50%) Field Engineer
3 8 (33.33%) Cisco Field Engineer
3 8 (33.33%) IT Engineer
4 7 (29.17%) IT Support
4 7 (29.17%) IT Support Engineer
5 5 (20.83%) Field Service Engineer
6 4 (16.67%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 3 (12.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 3 (12.50%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
7 3 (12.50%) Cabling Engineer
7 3 (12.50%) Network Field Engineer
8 1 (4.17%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
8 1 (4.17%) Audio Visual Engineer
8 1 (4.17%) Data Centre Analyst
8 1 (4.17%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 1 (4.17%) Help Desk Support
8 1 (4.17%) Help Desk Support Engineer
8 1 (4.17%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (54.17%) Driving Licence
2 7 (29.17%) CCTV
3 2 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (4.17%) Data Centre
4 1 (4.17%) Handset
4 1 (4.17%) IPTV
4 1 (4.17%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (41.67%) Windows
2 9 (37.50%) Linux
2 9 (37.50%) Windows Server
3 3 (12.50%) Windows 10
4 2 (8.33%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (29.17%) ITIL
1 7 (29.17%) ITSM
1 7 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (20.83%) Presales
2 5 (20.83%) Project Delivery
2 5 (20.83%) Service Delivery
3 4 (16.67%) Break/Fix
3 4 (16.67%) Project Planning
3 4 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (16.67%) Risk Analysis
4 3 (12.50%) Customer Service
4 3 (12.50%) Mentoring
5 2 (8.33%) Server Migrations
6 1 (4.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (4.17%) Customer Experience
6 1 (4.17%) Kalman Filter
6 1 (4.17%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) PowerShell
1 2 (8.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (29.17%) CCNA
1 7 (29.17%) CCNP
1 7 (29.17%) Cisco Certification
1 7 (29.17%) MCP
1 7 (29.17%) MCSA
1 7 (29.17%) MCSE
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.17%) HP APS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (29.17%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 9 (37.50%) Hyper-V
2 4 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (8.33%) Plesk
Vendors
1 13 (54.17%) Cisco
2 12 (50.00%) Sophos
3 10 (41.67%) Meraki
3 10 (41.67%) VMware
4 7 (29.17%) Mitel
4 7 (29.17%) WatchGuard
5 6 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 4 (16.67%) Aruba
6 4 (16.67%) Fortinet
7 3 (12.50%) Forcepoint
8 2 (8.33%) Yealink
9 1 (4.17%) ConnectWise
9 1 (4.17%) HP
9 1 (4.17%) Logitech
9 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow
9 1 (4.17%) Ubiquiti