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 £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 November 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 117 145
Rank change year-on-year -36 +28 +95
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 568 994 715
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.55% 2.08% 2.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.73% 2.20% 2.43%
Number of salaries quoted 476 578 648
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,600 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,250 £29,000 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £34,854
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +0.42% +7.24%
75th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £50,625 £53,750 £53,000
UK median annual salary £33,000 £37,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -10.81% +5.71% +2.94%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 32,788 45,254 29,432
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.76% 94.66% 95.71%
Number of salaries quoted 20,410 24,365 22,133
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.93% -3.81% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

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 16 November 2025.

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 16 November 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
Midlands -29 147 £31,500 -10.00% 58
North of England -6 132 £32,500 -7.14% 72
South East -20 131 £33,500 -16.25% 91
East Midlands +9 106 £30,000 -14.29% 33
Yorkshire +30 81 £38,500 +13.24% 32
South West -10 71 £35,000 -12.50% 49
East of England +6 54 £31,000 -4.62% 37
North West -15 44 £30,500 -12.86% 35
West Midlands -64 41 £48,750 +39.29% 25
Scotland -10 31 £30,000 -4.76% 30
Wales +15 16 £57,500 +53.33% 12
North East -3 7 £48,750 +39.29% 5
Northern Ireland +2 1 £31,500 +5.00% 3
Channel Islands - 1 £45,000 - 2
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 November 2025, 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.

1 369 (64.96%) Windows
2 326 (57.39%) Microsoft
3 324 (57.04%) Active Directory
4 316 (55.63%) Microsoft 365
5 239 (42.08%) Azure
6 188 (33.10%) Problem-Solving
7 186 (32.75%) Firewall
8 185 (32.57%) Windows Server
9 134 (23.59%) DNS
10 124 (21.83%) Customer Service
11 122 (21.48%) DHCP
12 116 (20.42%) Cybersecurity
12 116 (20.42%) Microsoft Intune
13 112 (19.72%) Entra ID
14 90 (15.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 90 (15.85%) ITIL
14 90 (15.85%) VMware
15 87 (15.32%) Hyper-V
16 83 (14.61%) SharePoint
17 73 (12.85%) Microsoft Exchange
18 72 (12.68%) TCP/IP
19 68 (11.97%) Windows 10
20 65 (11.44%) VMware Infrastructure
21 64 (11.27%) PowerShell
22 63 (11.09%) VLAN
23 61 (10.74%) Degree
24 60 (10.56%) VPN
25 56 (9.86%) Microsoft Certification
25 56 (9.86%) Network Management
26 50 (8.80%) Linux

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 83 (14.61%) SharePoint
2 73 (12.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (3.87%) IIS
4 3 (0.53%) Confluence
5 2 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.18%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 46 (8.10%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.35%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 6 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.18%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 316 (55.63%) Microsoft 365
2 239 (42.08%) Azure
3 112 (19.72%) Entra ID
4 39 (6.87%) AWS
5 21 (3.70%) GCP
5 21 (3.70%) SaaS
6 20 (3.52%) OneDrive
7 18 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (2.99%) Google Workspace
9 16 (2.82%) Power Platform
10 12 (2.11%) IaaS
11 10 (1.76%) Power Automate
12 9 (1.58%) Cloud Computing
13 8 (1.41%) Azure Stack
13 8 (1.41%) PaaS
14 6 (1.06%) iPaaS
14 6 (1.06%) Nutanix
14 6 (1.06%) Serverless
15 5 (0.88%) Azure Monitor
15 5 (0.88%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 186 (32.75%) Firewall
2 134 (23.59%) DNS
3 122 (21.48%) DHCP
4 72 (12.68%) TCP/IP
5 63 (11.09%) VLAN
6 60 (10.56%) VPN
7 50 (8.80%) Wi-Fi
8 39 (6.87%) WAN
9 33 (5.81%) SAN
10 30 (5.28%) Wireless
11 26 (4.58%) LAN
12 21 (3.70%) VoIP
13 20 (3.52%) Network Security
14 18 (3.17%) SD-WAN
15 12 (2.11%) IP Telephony
16 9 (1.58%) IPsec
17 7 (1.23%) Intrusion Detection
17 7 (1.23%) iSCSI
18 6 (1.06%) Cisco IOS
18 6 (1.06%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (6.69%) SQL Server
2 13 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
3 12 (2.11%) Power BI
3 12 (2.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (0.70%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.18%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (1.76%) JIRA
2 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.18%) Git
2 1 (0.18%) GitLab
2 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.18%) Snyk
General
1 206 (36.27%) Social Skills
2 35 (6.16%) Manufacturing
3 29 (5.11%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (5.11%) Law
3 29 (5.11%) Organisational Skills
4 22 (3.87%) Public Sector
5 20 (3.52%) Telecoms
6 18 (3.17%) Finance
7 17 (2.99%) Legal
8 12 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (1.76%) Pharmaceutical
10 9 (1.58%) Electronics
10 9 (1.58%) Retail
11 6 (1.06%) Marketing
12 4 (0.70%) Billing
12 4 (0.70%) Dutch Language
12 4 (0.70%) French Language
12 4 (0.70%) Spanish Language
13 3 (0.53%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.29%) .NET
2 12 (2.11%) .NET Framework
2 12 (2.11%) Entity Framework
2 12 (2.11%) WinForms
3 7 (1.23%) ASP.NET
4 5 (0.88%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.53%) EDI
6 1 (0.18%) LAMP
6 1 (0.18%) OAuth
6 1 (0.18%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 112 (19.72%) Driving Licence
2 45 (7.92%) Onboarding
3 40 (7.04%) Operational Technology
4 19 (3.35%) Data Centre
5 18 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (2.82%) Clustering
7 11 (1.94%) CCTV
8 10 (1.76%) Hybrid Cloud
9 9 (1.58%) FMCG
10 8 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.06%) Life Science
12 6 (1.06%) Security Posture
12 6 (1.06%) Smartphone
13 5 (0.88%) BYOD
13 5 (0.88%) Cyber Security Posture
14 4 (0.70%) Enterprise Storage
14 4 (0.70%) iPad
14 4 (0.70%) Mobile App
15 3 (0.53%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 369 (64.96%) Windows
2 185 (32.57%) Windows Server
3 68 (11.97%) Windows 10
4 50 (8.80%) Linux
5 33 (5.81%) Mac OS
6 24 (4.23%) Windows Server 2019
7 16 (2.82%) Apple iOS
8 13 (2.29%) Android
9 12 (2.11%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (1.41%) Rocky
11 6 (1.06%) Windows 7
12 4 (0.70%) Unix
12 4 (0.70%) Windows 8
12 4 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.53%) Debian
14 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (33.10%) Problem-Solving
2 124 (21.83%) Customer Service
3 116 (20.42%) Cybersecurity
4 90 (15.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 90 (15.85%) ITIL
5 56 (9.86%) Network Management
6 41 (7.22%) Network Design
7 40 (7.04%) Disaster Recovery
8 36 (6.34%) Project Delivery
9 35 (6.16%) Continuous Improvement
10 32 (5.63%) Incident Management
11 30 (5.28%) ITSM
12 29 (5.11%) Mentoring
13 27 (4.75%) Data Protection
13 27 (4.75%) Migration
14 26 (4.58%) Service Delivery
14 26 (4.58%) Software Engineering
15 25 (4.40%) Process Improvement
16 24 (4.23%) Computer Science
17 23 (4.05%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 64 (11.27%) PowerShell
2 35 (6.16%) SQL
3 14 (2.46%) C#
4 13 (2.29%) T-SQL
5 8 (1.41%) Python
6 7 (1.23%) PL/SQL
6 7 (1.23%) VBScript
7 4 (0.70%) Uniface
8 2 (0.35%) Bash
8 2 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.18%) Go
Qualifications
1 61 (10.74%) Degree
2 56 (9.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 30 (5.28%) Cisco Certification
4 26 (4.58%) CCNA
5 23 (4.05%) DBS Check
6 21 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (3.70%) MCP
7 17 (2.99%) Security Cleared
8 16 (2.82%) A+ Certification
9 15 (2.64%) Azure Certification
10 14 (2.46%) MCSE
10 14 (2.46%) SC Cleared
11 12 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
11 12 (2.11%) Network+ Certification
12 9 (1.58%) MCSA
13 8 (1.41%) CCNP
13 8 (1.41%) DV Cleared
14 7 (1.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 6 (1.06%) ACMT
15 6 (1.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (6.51%) Cyber Essentials
2 36 (6.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (4.58%) GDPR
4 22 (3.87%) SLA
5 7 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 7 (1.23%) NIST
6 6 (1.06%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.35%) GxP
7 2 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.18%) NCSC
8 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 324 (57.04%) Active Directory
2 87 (15.32%) Hyper-V
3 65 (11.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 41 (7.22%) Virtual Servers
5 11 (1.94%) Firmware
6 8 (1.41%) Docker
7 7 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.70%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.35%) vSphere
10 2 (0.35%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.18%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 116 (20.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (3.70%) SCCM
3 17 (2.99%) Kubernetes
4 14 (2.46%) Autotask
5 9 (1.58%) vCenter Server
6 8 (1.41%) Failover Clustering
7 7 (1.23%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.53%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.53%) WSUS
9 2 (0.35%) Ansible
9 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (0.35%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.35%) Puppet
9 2 (0.35%) SmoothWall
9 2 (0.35%) Terraform
9 2 (0.35%) WhatsUp Gold
10 1 (0.18%) Backup Exec
10 1 (0.18%) Podman
10 1 (0.18%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 326 (57.39%) Microsoft
2 90 (15.85%) VMware
3 46 (8.10%) Cisco
4 44 (7.75%) Veeam
5 29 (5.11%) Google
6 24 (4.23%) Apple
7 20 (3.52%) Dell
8 19 (3.35%) Meraki
8 19 (3.35%) Sophos
9 16 (2.82%) HP
10 15 (2.64%) Aruba
10 15 (2.64%) ServiceNow
11 13 (2.29%) Datto
11 13 (2.29%) Sage
11 13 (2.29%) Zoho
12 12 (2.11%) Xamarin
13 9 (1.58%) Draytek
13 9 (1.58%) WatchGuard
14 7 (1.23%) Citrix
14 7 (1.23%) Mitel