IT Engineer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 July 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 224 110
Rank change year-on-year +156 -114 +66
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,648 454 1,639
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.29% 1.34% 2.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.42% 1.50% 2.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,474 361 1,357
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -
75th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £43,000
90th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £48,750
UK median annual salary £35,000 £37,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year -5.41% +10.45% -2.90%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 68,088 30,221 67,123
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 89.44% 94.88%
Number of salaries quoted 47,187 17,297 47,231
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,958 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.12%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,806
% change year-on-year - +4.15% -11.99%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
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 IT Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 July 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 +120 446 £35,000 -6.67% 55
North of England +72 325 £32,500 -1.52% 44
East of England +116 264 £35,000 +1.45% 30
Midlands +66 260 £32,500 -13.33% 25
South West +57 224 £35,000 -6.67% 23
North West +122 183 £35,000 +7.69% 17
West Midlands +57 130 £32,500 -21.00% 9
East Midlands +47 130 £32,500 - 16
Yorkshire -2 125 £30,000 - 24
Scotland +54 73 £28,500 -5.00% 11
Wales -12 51 £45,000 -43.75% 11
North East -46 17 £40,000 -17.95% 8
Northern Ireland - 5 £41,000 - 3
IT Engineer
UK

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 18 July 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 749 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 712 (43.20%) Microsoft 365
3 648 (39.32%) Windows
4 530 (32.16%) Active Directory
5 425 (25.79%) Azure
6 393 (23.85%) Problem-Solving
7 347 (21.06%) Customer Service
8 337 (20.45%) Windows Server
9 311 (18.87%) Entra ID
10 260 (15.78%) Firewall
11 231 (14.02%) Microsoft Intune
12 228 (13.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 219 (13.29%) Microsoft Exchange
14 207 (12.56%) DNS
15 193 (11.71%) SharePoint
16 183 (11.10%) Cybersecurity
17 178 (10.80%) Hyper-V
18 172 (10.44%) VMware
19 170 (10.32%) DHCP
20 164 (9.95%) VPN
21 150 (9.10%) Windows 10
22 137 (8.31%) ITIL
22 137 (8.31%) VMware Infrastructure
23 128 (7.77%) Wi-Fi
24 120 (7.28%) Continuous Improvement
25 116 (7.04%) Disaster Recovery
25 116 (7.04%) LAN
26 115 (6.98%) PowerShell
27 108 (6.55%) WAN
28 107 (6.49%) Mac OS

IT Engineer Skill Set
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
1 219 (13.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 193 (11.71%) SharePoint
3 14 (0.85%) Confluence
3 14 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2013
4 13 (0.79%) IIS
5 12 (0.73%) Exchange Server 2007
5 12 (0.73%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.18%) Apache
Applications
1 95 (5.76%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.18%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.061%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 6 (0.36%) Raiser’s Edge
2 5 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.30%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.061%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 712 (43.20%) Microsoft 365
2 425 (25.79%) Azure
3 311 (18.87%) Entra ID
4 57 (3.46%) AWS
5 49 (2.97%) OneDrive
6 37 (2.25%) Google Workspace
7 32 (1.94%) SaaS
8 28 (1.70%) Mimecast
9 23 (1.40%) Power Platform
10 19 (1.15%) PaaS
11 14 (0.85%) IaaS
12 11 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (0.67%) Power Automate
13 9 (0.55%) PowerApps
14 8 (0.49%) Nutanix
15 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Copilot
16 5 (0.30%) OCI
17 4 (0.24%) Azure Sentinel
17 4 (0.24%) GCP
17 4 (0.24%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 260 (15.78%) Firewall
2 207 (12.56%) DNS
3 170 (10.32%) DHCP
4 164 (9.95%) VPN
5 128 (7.77%) Wi-Fi
6 116 (7.04%) LAN
7 108 (6.55%) WAN
8 96 (5.83%) TCP/IP
9 78 (4.73%) VoIP
10 65 (3.94%) Wireless
11 64 (3.88%) VLAN
12 31 (1.88%) SAN
13 30 (1.82%) Network Security
14 22 (1.33%) Internet
15 17 (1.03%) Remote Desktop
16 16 (0.97%) WLAN
17 11 (0.67%) SD-WAN
18 10 (0.61%) SSL
19 7 (0.42%) Broadband
19 7 (0.42%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (3.09%) SQL Server
2 13 (0.79%) Power BI
3 9 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (0.55%) MySQL
4 5 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.12%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 45 (2.73%) JIRA
2 3 (0.18%) GitLab
3 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.061%) Carbide.c++
4 1 (0.061%) LabVIEW
General
1 396 (24.03%) Social Skills
2 79 (4.79%) Manufacturing
3 70 (4.25%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (3.46%) Legal
4 57 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
5 51 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (2.31%) Public Sector
6 38 (2.31%) Retail
7 32 (1.94%) Law
8 31 (1.88%) Finance
8 31 (1.88%) Telecoms
9 24 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
10 22 (1.33%) Advertising
11 17 (1.03%) Automotive
12 7 (0.42%) Aerospace
12 7 (0.42%) Local Government
13 4 (0.24%) Dutch Language
13 4 (0.24%) Military
13 4 (0.24%) Portuguese Language
13 4 (0.24%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.42%) HTML
1 7 (0.42%) JSON
2 4 (0.24%) Web Services
3 3 (0.18%) CSS
3 3 (0.18%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (0.061%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 234 (14.20%) Driving Licence
2 88 (5.34%) Onboarding
3 66 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
4 40 (2.43%) CCTV
5 37 (2.25%) Data Centre
6 23 (1.40%) FMCG
7 20 (1.21%) Security Posture
8 19 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (0.67%) Cloud Native
10 11 (0.67%) Clustering
10 11 (0.67%) Management Information System
10 11 (0.67%) NHS
11 10 (0.61%) PKI
11 10 (0.61%) Smartphone
12 9 (0.55%) Operational Technology
13 7 (0.42%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (0.42%) EPoS
13 7 (0.42%) Replication
14 6 (0.36%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 648 (39.32%) Windows
2 337 (20.45%) Windows Server
3 150 (9.10%) Windows 10
4 107 (6.49%) Mac OS
5 90 (5.46%) Linux
6 41 (2.49%) Apple iOS
7 39 (2.37%) Windows Server 2019
8 38 (2.31%) Android
9 36 (2.18%) Windows Server 2016
10 16 (0.97%) Windows 7
11 15 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
12 11 (0.67%) Ubuntu
13 10 (0.61%) Windows 8
14 4 (0.24%) Mac OS X
14 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
15 2 (0.12%) VMS
16 1 (0.061%) CentOS
16 1 (0.061%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.061%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 393 (23.85%) Problem-Solving
2 347 (21.06%) Customer Service
3 228 (13.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 183 (11.10%) Cybersecurity
5 137 (8.31%) ITIL
6 120 (7.28%) Continuous Improvement
7 116 (7.04%) Disaster Recovery
8 70 (4.25%) Project Delivery
9 65 (3.94%) Service Delivery
10 63 (3.82%) Mentoring
11 62 (3.76%) Service Management
12 59 (3.58%) ITSM
12 59 (3.58%) Root Cause Analysis
13 49 (2.97%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 48 (2.91%) Business Continuity
15 45 (2.73%) Time Management
16 42 (2.55%) User Experience
17 39 (2.37%) Process Improvement
18 38 (2.31%) ERP
19 37 (2.25%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 115 (6.98%) PowerShell
2 58 (3.52%) SQL
3 11 (0.67%) R
4 10 (0.61%) Python
5 6 (0.36%) Ruby
6 5 (0.30%) Bash
7 4 (0.24%) PHP
7 4 (0.24%) VB
7 4 (0.24%) VBScript
8 3 (0.18%) Bicep
8 3 (0.18%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.18%) VBA
9 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.12%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 90 (5.46%) Microsoft Certification
2 83 (5.04%) Security Cleared
3 77 (4.67%) Degree
4 57 (3.46%) DBS Check
5 56 (3.40%) SC Cleared
6 53 (3.22%) CCNA
6 53 (3.22%) Cisco Certification
7 34 (2.06%) Network+ Certification
8 27 (1.64%) A+ Certification
9 23 (1.40%) Azure Certification
10 19 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
11 15 (0.91%) DV Cleared
11 15 (0.91%) MCSE
12 14 (0.85%) CompTIA Security+
13 9 (0.55%) CCNP
14 7 (0.42%) MCSA
15 6 (0.36%) AWS Certification
16 5 (0.30%) MCITP
17 4 (0.24%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (5.76%) Cyber Essentials
2 60 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (2.79%) SLA
4 33 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 23 (1.40%) GDPR
6 10 (0.61%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.24%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.24%) NIST
7 4 (0.24%) QA
8 1 (0.061%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.061%) NCSC
System Software
1 530 (32.16%) Active Directory
2 178 (10.80%) Hyper-V
3 137 (8.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (1.15%) vSphere
6 17 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
8 13 (0.79%) Docker
9 8 (0.49%) BitLocker
10 6 (0.36%) VMware Workstation
11 5 (0.30%) Terminal Services
12 3 (0.18%) Firmware
12 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
13 1 (0.061%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 231 (14.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (1.27%) SCCM
3 18 (1.09%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 12 (0.73%) Proxmox
4 12 (0.73%) WSUS
5 10 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
6 9 (0.55%) FortiGate
6 9 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.42%) Autotask
7 7 (0.42%) Failover Clustering
8 5 (0.30%) Ansible
9 4 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.24%) Iperf
9 4 (0.24%) Kubernetes
9 4 (0.24%) Terraform
10 1 (0.061%) Argo
10 1 (0.061%) Nessus
Vendors
1 749 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 172 (10.44%) VMware
3 68 (4.13%) Cisco
4 45 (2.73%) Veeam
5 43 (2.61%) Google
6 36 (2.18%) Meraki
7 33 (2.00%) Apple
7 33 (2.00%) Dell
8 24 (1.46%) HP
8 24 (1.46%) Sophos
9 23 (1.40%) Ubiquiti
10 21 (1.27%) SonicWALL
11 15 (0.91%) Fortinet
12 13 (0.79%) CrowdStrike
12 13 (0.79%) Epicor
13 11 (0.67%) Logitech
13 11 (0.67%) ServiceNow
13 11 (0.67%) TOWER Software
14 10 (0.61%) Sage
15 9 (0.55%) Palo Alto