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 28 April 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 159 108
Rank change year-on-year +78 -51 +83
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,402 520 1,720
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.16% 1.92% 2.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.31% 2.17% 2.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,213 377 1,483
10th Percentile £26,050 £25,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £28,750 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £33,500 £32,001
Median % change year-on-year -2.99% +4.69% -1.54%
75th Percentile £40,000 £41,750 £42,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £48,750
UK median annual salary £34,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -2.86% +7.69% -5.80%

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 60,588 23,968 64,189
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.17% 88.29% 94.71%
Number of salaries quoted 38,708 14,653 46,923
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £76,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 28 April 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 28 April 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 +66 358 £33,750 -3.57% 61
North of England +74 321 £32,350 -1.97% 54
Midlands -7 256 £32,250 -7.86% 44
East of England +61 200 £32,500 +12.07% 45
North West +81 170 £32,175 -8.07% 29
South West +50 165 £35,000 +0.72% 37
Yorkshire +8 141 £32,500 +8.33% 24
East Midlands +6 139 £30,000 - 29
West Midlands -26 117 £32,500 -7.14% 15
Scotland +19 71 £30,000 +1.69% 10
Wales -2 31 £45,000 +13.92% 14
North East -41 10 £30,000 -20.00% 3
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 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.

1 545 (38.87%) Microsoft 365
2 541 (38.59%) Microsoft
3 498 (35.52%) Windows
4 423 (30.17%) Active Directory
5 347 (24.75%) Problem-Solving
6 325 (23.18%) Azure
7 274 (19.54%) Windows Server
8 266 (18.97%) Customer Service
9 207 (14.76%) Entra ID
10 203 (14.48%) Firewall
11 155 (11.06%) DNS
12 145 (10.34%) Microsoft Intune
13 143 (10.20%) Windows 10
14 139 (9.91%) DHCP
14 139 (9.91%) SharePoint
15 138 (9.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 127 (9.06%) VPN
17 122 (8.70%) ITIL
18 120 (8.56%) Cybersecurity
19 117 (8.35%) LAN
20 112 (7.99%) VMware
21 109 (7.77%) WAN
22 108 (7.70%) Microsoft Exchange
23 98 (6.99%) Hyper-V
24 91 (6.49%) Security Cleared
25 87 (6.21%) Wi-Fi
26 85 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
27 82 (5.85%) VMware Infrastructure
28 81 (5.78%) Mentoring
29 74 (5.28%) Microsoft Certification

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
1 139 (9.91%) SharePoint
2 108 (7.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.07%) Confluence
4 11 (0.78%) Exchange Server 2013
5 9 (0.64%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (0.64%) Exchange Server 2010
6 7 (0.50%) IIS
Applications
1 85 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.21%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.14%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.071%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 7 (0.50%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.071%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 545 (38.87%) Microsoft 365
2 325 (23.18%) Azure
3 207 (14.76%) Entra ID
4 49 (3.50%) Google Workspace
5 42 (3.00%) AWS
6 34 (2.43%) OneDrive
7 25 (1.78%) SaaS
8 21 (1.50%) Power Platform
9 20 (1.43%) PaaS
10 16 (1.14%) IaaS
11 13 (0.93%) Mimecast
11 13 (0.93%) PowerApps
12 9 (0.64%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (0.64%) Azure Sentinel
12 9 (0.64%) Power Automate
13 8 (0.57%) GCP
14 5 (0.36%) Intacct
14 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Copilot
14 5 (0.36%) OCI
15 3 (0.21%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 203 (14.48%) Firewall
2 155 (11.06%) DNS
3 139 (9.91%) DHCP
4 127 (9.06%) VPN
5 117 (8.35%) LAN
6 109 (7.77%) WAN
7 87 (6.21%) Wi-Fi
8 55 (3.92%) VoIP
9 47 (3.35%) VLAN
10 46 (3.28%) TCP/IP
11 35 (2.50%) Wireless
12 23 (1.64%) SAN
13 22 (1.57%) Network Security
14 16 (1.14%) SD-WAN
15 13 (0.93%) WLAN
16 11 (0.78%) Remote Desktop
17 9 (0.64%) Internet
18 7 (0.50%) NAS
18 7 (0.50%) TETRA
19 6 (0.43%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (2.57%) SQL Server
2 21 (1.50%) Power BI
3 4 (0.29%) MySQL
4 3 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.071%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.071%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.071%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 41 (2.92%) JIRA
2 4 (0.29%) GitLab
3 1 (0.071%) LabVIEW
General
1 305 (21.75%) Social Skills
2 74 (5.28%) Organisational Skills
3 71 (5.06%) Manufacturing
4 48 (3.42%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 43 (3.07%) Finance
7 40 (2.85%) Retail
8 39 (2.78%) Public Sector
8 39 (2.78%) Telecoms
9 38 (2.71%) Law
10 34 (2.43%) Legal
11 28 (2.00%) Multimedia
12 12 (0.86%) Automotive
13 11 (0.78%) Advertising
14 10 (0.71%) Electronics
15 6 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (0.43%) Fire and Rescue
15 6 (0.43%) Marketing
15 6 (0.43%) Police
16 5 (0.36%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.29%) OpenTelemetry
2 3 (0.21%) CSS
2 3 (0.21%) HTML
2 3 (0.21%) JSON
2 3 (0.21%) Web Services
3 1 (0.071%) .NET
3 1 (0.071%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.071%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.071%) Entity Framework
3 1 (0.071%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.071%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 199 (14.19%) Driving Licence
2 63 (4.49%) Onboarding
3 48 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
4 27 (1.93%) CCTV
4 27 (1.93%) FMCG
5 26 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
6 23 (1.64%) Data Centre
7 16 (1.14%) Smartphone
8 11 (0.78%) Security Posture
9 9 (0.64%) Social Media
10 7 (0.50%) Management Information System
10 7 (0.50%) Operational Technology
11 6 (0.43%) iPad
11 6 (0.43%) iPhone
11 6 (0.43%) PMI
12 5 (0.36%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (0.36%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (0.36%) Mobile App
12 5 (0.36%) Replication
12 5 (0.36%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 498 (35.52%) Windows
2 274 (19.54%) Windows Server
3 143 (10.20%) Windows 10
4 53 (3.78%) Mac OS
5 40 (2.85%) Linux
6 32 (2.28%) Android
7 31 (2.21%) Apple iOS
8 28 (2.00%) Windows Server 2019
9 27 (1.93%) Windows Server 2016
10 14 (1.00%) Windows 7
11 10 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
12 9 (0.64%) Windows 8
13 6 (0.43%) Ubuntu
14 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.29%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.071%) CentOS
16 1 (0.071%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.071%) Solaris
16 1 (0.071%) Unix
16 1 (0.071%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 347 (24.75%) Problem-Solving
2 266 (18.97%) Customer Service
3 138 (9.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 122 (8.70%) ITIL
5 120 (8.56%) Cybersecurity
6 81 (5.78%) Mentoring
7 62 (4.42%) Disaster Recovery
8 61 (4.35%) ITSM
9 58 (4.14%) Service Delivery
10 50 (3.57%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 48 (3.42%) Continuous Improvement
12 47 (3.35%) Service Management
13 46 (3.28%) Root Cause Analysis
14 40 (2.85%) Time Management
15 37 (2.64%) Project Delivery
16 36 (2.57%) ERP
17 34 (2.43%) Process Improvement
18 33 (2.35%) Asset Management
18 33 (2.35%) Business Continuity
19 32 (2.28%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 60 (4.28%) PowerShell
2 41 (2.92%) SQL
3 8 (0.57%) Python
4 7 (0.50%) Bash
5 5 (0.36%) VB
6 4 (0.29%) PHP
6 4 (0.29%) R
7 3 (0.21%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.21%) Uniface
7 3 (0.21%) VBA
8 2 (0.14%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.071%) C#
9 1 (0.071%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.071%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.071%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 91 (6.49%) Security Cleared
2 74 (5.28%) Microsoft Certification
3 61 (4.35%) SC Cleared
4 56 (3.99%) Degree
5 48 (3.42%) DBS Check
6 40 (2.85%) Cisco Certification
7 39 (2.78%) CCNA
8 34 (2.43%) A+ Certification
9 33 (2.35%) Network+ Certification
10 26 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
11 19 (1.36%) MCSE
12 15 (1.07%) DV Cleared
13 12 (0.86%) Azure Certification
14 10 (0.71%) CCNP
15 8 (0.57%) CompTIA Security+
16 7 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
17 6 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 6 (0.43%) MCITP
17 6 (0.43%) PMI Certification
18 4 (0.29%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (5.14%) SLA
2 54 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
3 43 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 23 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 11 (0.78%) GDPR
6 5 (0.36%) NIST
6 5 (0.36%) QA
7 3 (0.21%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.071%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.071%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 423 (30.17%) Active Directory
2 98 (6.99%) Hyper-V
3 82 (5.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (1.00%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (0.64%) Docker
6 9 (0.64%) VMware Workstation
6 9 (0.64%) vSphere
7 5 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.29%) Terminal Services
8 4 (0.29%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.21%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.14%) Firmware
11 1 (0.071%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 145 (10.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (1.28%) SCCM
3 15 (1.07%) WSUS
4 11 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
5 10 (0.71%) Autotask
5 10 (0.71%) FortiGate
6 8 (0.57%) Proxmox
6 8 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.57%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 7 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.36%) Ansible
9 4 (0.29%) SmoothWall
10 2 (0.14%) Terraform
11 1 (0.071%) Kubernetes
11 1 (0.071%) Podman
Vendors
1 541 (38.59%) Microsoft
2 112 (7.99%) VMware
3 56 (3.99%) Google
4 40 (2.85%) Cisco
5 37 (2.64%) Fortinet
6 36 (2.57%) Apple
7 29 (2.07%) Dell
7 29 (2.07%) Meraki
8 28 (2.00%) Fujitsu
8 28 (2.00%) Virgin Media
9 19 (1.36%) Veeam
10 18 (1.28%) Sophos
11 15 (1.07%) HP
12 13 (0.93%) Epicor
13 12 (0.86%) ServiceNow
14 10 (0.71%) Citrix
14 10 (0.71%) SAP
15 9 (0.64%) Adobe
15 9 (0.64%) Sage
15 9 (0.64%) Ubiquiti