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 £34,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 May 2026.

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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 206 111
Rank change year-on-year +128 -95 +76
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,486 441 1,730
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.23% 1.51% 2.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.38% 1.69% 2.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,296 342 1,490
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,656 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £33,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% +3.08% -
75th Percentile £42,500 £42,456 £42,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £47,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year - +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 62,505 26,055 65,708
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.73% 89.13% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 41,409 14,263 47,844
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,159 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,729 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.34% +3.46% -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 21 May 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 21 May 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 +98 368 £34,000 -2.86% 56
North of England +99 335 £32,940 +1.35% 32
Midlands +50 256 £32,500 -7.14% 28
East of England +91 227 £34,750 +15.83% 43
South West +61 195 £35,000 +4.48% 32
North West +124 184 £32,940 -5.89% 15
Yorkshire +15 141 £33,500 +11.67% 16
East Midlands +43 128 £30,000 -7.69% 16
West Midlands +5 128 £32,500 -7.14% 12
Scotland +35 67 £29,000 -3.33% 10
Wales +2 38 £45,000 +13.92% 11
North East -37 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 21 May 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.

1 537 (36.14%) Microsoft 365
2 533 (35.87%) Microsoft
3 482 (32.44%) Windows
4 404 (27.19%) Active Directory
5 345 (23.22%) Problem-Solving
6 342 (23.01%) Azure
7 278 (18.71%) Customer Service
8 263 (17.70%) Windows Server
9 216 (14.54%) Entra ID
10 212 (14.27%) Firewall
11 154 (10.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 149 (10.03%) Microsoft Intune
13 142 (9.56%) DNS
14 138 (9.29%) VPN
15 136 (9.15%) SharePoint
16 129 (8.68%) Windows 10
17 127 (8.55%) Cybersecurity
18 124 (8.34%) Microsoft Exchange
19 123 (8.28%) DHCP
20 121 (8.14%) VMware
21 116 (7.81%) Hyper-V
22 115 (7.74%) LAN
23 109 (7.34%) ITIL
24 106 (7.13%) WAN
25 96 (6.46%) Security Cleared
26 93 (6.26%) VMware Infrastructure
26 93 (6.26%) Wi-Fi
27 82 (5.52%) Microsoft Office
28 80 (5.38%) Microsoft Certification
29 79 (5.32%) Mentoring

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
1 136 (9.15%) SharePoint
2 124 (8.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.14%) Confluence
4 14 (0.94%) Exchange Server 2013
5 12 (0.81%) Exchange Server 2007
5 12 (0.81%) Exchange Server 2010
6 7 (0.47%) IIS
Applications
1 82 (5.52%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.20%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.13%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.067%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (0.40%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.067%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 537 (36.14%) Microsoft 365
2 342 (23.01%) Azure
3 216 (14.54%) Entra ID
4 45 (3.03%) Google Workspace
5 43 (2.89%) AWS
6 35 (2.36%) OneDrive
7 22 (1.48%) Power Platform
8 20 (1.35%) SaaS
9 19 (1.28%) PaaS
10 16 (1.08%) Mimecast
11 14 (0.94%) IaaS
12 10 (0.67%) PowerApps
13 9 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
14 8 (0.54%) Azure Sentinel
15 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Copilot
16 5 (0.34%) GCP
16 5 (0.34%) Intacct
16 5 (0.34%) OCI
17 4 (0.27%) Nutanix
17 4 (0.27%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 212 (14.27%) Firewall
2 142 (9.56%) DNS
3 138 (9.29%) VPN
4 123 (8.28%) DHCP
5 115 (7.74%) LAN
6 106 (7.13%) WAN
7 93 (6.26%) Wi-Fi
8 56 (3.77%) VoIP
9 46 (3.10%) VLAN
10 40 (2.69%) TCP/IP
11 33 (2.22%) Wireless
12 32 (2.15%) SAN
13 25 (1.68%) Network Security
14 18 (1.21%) WLAN
15 13 (0.87%) SD-WAN
16 10 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
17 9 (0.61%) Internet
18 7 (0.47%) NAS
18 7 (0.47%) SSL
18 7 (0.47%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (2.42%) SQL Server
2 16 (1.08%) Power BI
3 5 (0.34%) MySQL
4 1 (0.067%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.067%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 38 (2.56%) JIRA
2 4 (0.27%) GitLab
3 1 (0.067%) LabVIEW
General
1 294 (19.78%) Social Skills
2 69 (4.64%) Manufacturing
3 60 (4.04%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (3.97%) Organisational Skills
5 52 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 43 (2.89%) Legal
7 40 (2.69%) Public Sector
7 40 (2.69%) Telecoms
8 39 (2.62%) Finance
9 37 (2.49%) Retail
10 35 (2.36%) Law
11 28 (1.88%) Multimedia
12 14 (0.94%) Automotive
13 13 (0.87%) Advertising
14 5 (0.34%) Electronics
14 5 (0.34%) Local Government
14 5 (0.34%) Social Housing
15 4 (0.27%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.27%) Fire and Rescue
15 4 (0.27%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.34%) HTML
1 5 (0.34%) JSON
2 4 (0.27%) OpenTelemetry
3 3 (0.20%) CSS
3 3 (0.20%) Web Services
4 1 (0.067%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 194 (13.06%) Driving Licence
2 54 (3.63%) Onboarding
3 47 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
4 32 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
5 29 (1.95%) Data Centre
6 27 (1.82%) CCTV
7 26 (1.75%) FMCG
8 18 (1.21%) Smartphone
9 12 (0.81%) Management Information System
10 11 (0.74%) Security Posture
11 10 (0.67%) NHS
12 9 (0.61%) Social Media
13 7 (0.47%) Clustering
13 7 (0.47%) Operational Technology
14 6 (0.40%) iPhone
14 6 (0.40%) Replication
15 5 (0.34%) Enterprise Software
15 5 (0.34%) Hybrid Cloud
15 5 (0.34%) Linux Command Line
15 5 (0.34%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 482 (32.44%) Windows
2 263 (17.70%) Windows Server
3 129 (8.68%) Windows 10
4 61 (4.10%) Mac OS
5 54 (3.63%) Linux
6 34 (2.29%) Windows Server 2019
7 33 (2.22%) Windows Server 2016
8 32 (2.15%) Android
9 30 (2.02%) Apple iOS
10 15 (1.01%) Windows 7
11 12 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
12 10 (0.67%) Windows 8
13 7 (0.47%) Ubuntu
14 5 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.27%) Mac OS X
16 2 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 1 (0.067%) CentOS
17 1 (0.067%) Solaris
17 1 (0.067%) Unix
17 1 (0.067%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 345 (23.22%) Problem-Solving
2 278 (18.71%) Customer Service
3 154 (10.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 127 (8.55%) Cybersecurity
5 109 (7.34%) ITIL
6 79 (5.32%) Mentoring
7 62 (4.17%) Disaster Recovery
8 58 (3.90%) Service Delivery
9 54 (3.63%) Continuous Improvement
10 52 (3.50%) ITSM
11 49 (3.30%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 48 (3.23%) Root Cause Analysis
13 45 (3.03%) Service Management
14 43 (2.89%) Project Delivery
15 41 (2.76%) Time Management
16 35 (2.36%) Business Continuity
17 34 (2.29%) Coaching
18 33 (2.22%) ERP
19 31 (2.09%) Process Improvement
20 29 (1.95%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 71 (4.78%) PowerShell
2 47 (3.16%) SQL
3 8 (0.54%) Python
4 7 (0.47%) Bash
5 5 (0.34%) VB
6 4 (0.27%) PHP
6 4 (0.27%) R
7 3 (0.20%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.20%) Uniface
7 3 (0.20%) VBA
8 2 (0.13%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.067%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 96 (6.46%) Security Cleared
2 80 (5.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 69 (4.64%) Degree
4 65 (4.37%) SC Cleared
5 50 (3.36%) DBS Check
6 47 (3.16%) CCNA
6 47 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
7 41 (2.76%) Network+ Certification
8 37 (2.49%) A+ Certification
9 30 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
10 22 (1.48%) MCSE
11 16 (1.08%) Azure Certification
11 16 (1.08%) DV Cleared
12 14 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (0.47%) CCNP
14 6 (0.40%) MCITP
15 5 (0.34%) Computer Science Degree
16 4 (0.27%) PMI Certification
17 3 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
17 3 (0.20%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (4.44%) Cyber Essentials
2 57 (3.84%) SLA
3 49 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 12 (0.81%) GDPR
6 8 (0.54%) NIST
7 5 (0.34%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.34%) QA
8 4 (0.27%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.067%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 404 (27.19%) Active Directory
2 116 (7.81%) Hyper-V
3 93 (6.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.35%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (0.67%) Docker
6 10 (0.67%) vSphere
7 7 (0.47%) VMware Workstation
8 5 (0.34%) Terminal Services
9 4 (0.27%) BitLocker
9 4 (0.27%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.13%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 149 (10.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (1.21%) SCCM
3 14 (0.94%) WSUS
4 11 (0.74%) Jamf Pro
4 11 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (0.67%) FortiGate
6 9 (0.61%) Proxmox
6 9 (0.61%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 8 (0.54%) Autotask
8 7 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (0.34%) Ansible
10 4 (0.27%) SmoothWall
11 3 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
11 3 (0.20%) Terraform
12 1 (0.067%) Kubernetes
12 1 (0.067%) Podman
Vendors
1 533 (35.87%) Microsoft
2 121 (8.14%) VMware
3 50 (3.36%) Google
4 42 (2.83%) Cisco
5 37 (2.49%) Fortinet
6 36 (2.42%) Apple
7 34 (2.29%) Dell
8 32 (2.15%) Meraki
9 28 (1.88%) Fujitsu
9 28 (1.88%) Virgin Media
10 26 (1.75%) Veeam
11 19 (1.28%) Sophos
12 15 (1.01%) HP
13 13 (0.87%) Epicor
13 13 (0.87%) Ubiquiti
14 10 (0.67%) SonicWALL
15 8 (0.54%) Citrix
15 8 (0.54%) Logitech
15 8 (0.54%) Sage
15 8 (0.54%) SAP