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 25 August 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 225 118
Rank change year-on-year +142 -107 +38
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,568 435 1,171
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.97% 1.25% 1.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.09% 1.40% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,392 342 902
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,750 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £36,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +2.94%
75th Percentile £43,750 £47,250 £43,750
90th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £52,375
UK median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -

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 74,850 31,070 57,020
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.23% 89.40% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 51,898 17,899 36,723
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,520 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.74% -4.96% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 25 August 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 25 August 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 +124 394 £36,250 -9.38% 59
East of England +107 275 £35,000 -2.78% 41
North of England +47 272 £32,500 -3.70% 37
Midlands +67 260 £35,000 - 42
South West +51 225 £35,000 -12.50% 29
North West +87 151 £33,475 -4.36% 18
East Midlands +36 132 £35,000 +20.69% 15
West Midlands +43 128 £34,500 -18.82% 27
Yorkshire -23 105 £30,000 -9.09% 13
Scotland +50 78 £28,500 +3.64% 14
Wales -24 53 £40,000 -50.00% 4
North East -48 16 £40,000 -17.95% 6
Northern Ireland -69 11 £41,000 +30.16%
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 August 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.

1 759 (48.41%) Microsoft
2 687 (43.81%) Microsoft 365
3 642 (40.94%) Windows
4 508 (32.40%) Active Directory
5 404 (25.77%) Azure
6 359 (22.90%) Problem-Solving
7 339 (21.62%) Windows Server
8 326 (20.79%) Customer Service
9 308 (19.64%) Entra ID
10 244 (15.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 244 (15.56%) Microsoft Intune
11 241 (15.37%) Firewall
12 226 (14.41%) Microsoft Exchange
13 210 (13.39%) DNS
14 197 (12.56%) Hyper-V
15 194 (12.37%) SharePoint
16 191 (12.18%) Cybersecurity
17 177 (11.29%) DHCP
18 170 (10.84%) VMware
19 156 (9.95%) VPN
20 144 (9.18%) VMware Infrastructure
21 136 (8.67%) Continuous Improvement
22 131 (8.35%) Windows 10
23 130 (8.29%) Disaster Recovery
24 127 (8.10%) ITIL
25 124 (7.91%) Wi-Fi
26 115 (7.33%) PowerShell
26 115 (7.33%) TCP/IP
27 98 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
28 94 (5.99%) 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
1 226 (14.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 194 (12.37%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.08%) IIS
4 7 (0.45%) Confluence
5 6 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.19%) Apache
Applications
1 62 (3.95%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.19%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (0.38%) Raiser’s Edge
2 2 (0.13%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.064%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 687 (43.81%) Microsoft 365
2 404 (25.77%) Azure
3 308 (19.64%) Entra ID
4 49 (3.13%) AWS
5 43 (2.74%) OneDrive
6 29 (1.85%) Mimecast
7 28 (1.79%) Google Workspace
8 24 (1.53%) Power Platform
8 24 (1.53%) SaaS
9 16 (1.02%) Power Automate
10 14 (0.89%) PaaS
11 11 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (0.70%) IaaS
11 11 (0.70%) Nutanix
12 9 (0.57%) PowerApps
13 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Copilot
14 5 (0.32%) Dynamics 365
15 3 (0.19%) Cloudflare
15 3 (0.19%) GCP
16 2 (0.13%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 241 (15.37%) Firewall
2 210 (13.39%) DNS
3 177 (11.29%) DHCP
4 156 (9.95%) VPN
5 124 (7.91%) Wi-Fi
6 115 (7.33%) TCP/IP
7 90 (5.74%) LAN
8 80 (5.10%) VoIP
8 80 (5.10%) Wireless
9 79 (5.04%) WAN
10 76 (4.85%) VLAN
11 36 (2.30%) Network Security
12 32 (2.04%) SAN
13 22 (1.40%) Internet
14 16 (1.02%) WLAN
15 15 (0.96%) Remote Desktop
15 15 (0.96%) SSL
16 7 (0.45%) NAS
17 5 (0.32%) Broadband
18 4 (0.26%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (3.00%) SQL Server
2 9 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
2 9 (0.57%) MySQL
2 9 (0.57%) Power BI
3 5 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.13%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 37 (2.36%) JIRA
2 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.064%) Carbide.c++
General
1 380 (24.23%) Social Skills
2 83 (5.29%) Analytical Skills
2 83 (5.29%) Manufacturing
3 70 (4.46%) Legal
4 43 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 38 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
6 34 (2.17%) Public Sector
7 33 (2.10%) Telecoms
8 31 (1.98%) Retail
9 29 (1.85%) Advertising
10 27 (1.72%) Finance
11 25 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
12 17 (1.08%) Automotive
13 14 (0.89%) Law
14 9 (0.57%) Aerospace
15 6 (0.38%) Local Government
16 4 (0.26%) Banking
16 4 (0.26%) Dutch Language
16 4 (0.26%) Games
16 4 (0.26%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.45%) HTML
1 7 (0.45%) JSON
2 4 (0.26%) Terraform
2 4 (0.26%) Web Services
3 3 (0.19%) CSS
4 2 (0.13%) .NET
4 2 (0.13%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 2 (0.13%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 231 (14.73%) Driving Licence
2 97 (6.19%) Onboarding
3 62 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
4 45 (2.87%) CCTV
5 37 (2.36%) Data Centre
6 21 (1.34%) FMCG
7 20 (1.28%) Operational Technology
8 16 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
8 16 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
8 16 (1.02%) Security Posture
9 13 (0.83%) Management Information System
9 13 (0.83%) Replication
10 11 (0.70%) Cloud Native
10 11 (0.70%) Clustering
11 10 (0.64%) NHS
11 10 (0.64%) Smartphone
12 9 (0.57%) Cyber Threat
13 8 (0.51%) PKI
14 7 (0.45%) EPoS
15 6 (0.38%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 642 (40.94%) Windows
2 339 (21.62%) Windows Server
3 131 (8.35%) Windows 10
4 94 (5.99%) Mac OS
5 93 (5.93%) Linux
6 43 (2.74%) Apple iOS
7 35 (2.23%) Android
7 35 (2.23%) Windows Server 2019
8 25 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
9 17 (1.08%) Ubuntu
10 11 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (0.45%) Windows 7
12 5 (0.32%) Windows 8
13 4 (0.26%) Mac OS X
14 3 (0.19%) Debian
14 3 (0.19%) Rocky
15 2 (0.13%) VMS
16 1 (0.064%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 359 (22.90%) Problem-Solving
2 326 (20.79%) Customer Service
3 244 (15.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 191 (12.18%) Cybersecurity
5 136 (8.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 130 (8.29%) Disaster Recovery
7 127 (8.10%) ITIL
8 75 (4.78%) Project Delivery
9 61 (3.89%) Service Management
10 56 (3.57%) Mentoring
11 54 (3.44%) ITSM
12 46 (2.93%) User Experience
13 45 (2.87%) Business Continuity
13 45 (2.87%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 42 (2.68%) Root Cause Analysis
14 42 (2.68%) Service Delivery
15 39 (2.49%) Time Management
16 32 (2.04%) Collaborative Culture
16 32 (2.04%) ERP
17 31 (1.98%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 115 (7.33%) PowerShell
2 51 (3.25%) SQL
3 11 (0.70%) R
4 10 (0.64%) Python
5 8 (0.51%) Ruby
6 4 (0.26%) VBScript
7 3 (0.19%) Bicep
7 3 (0.19%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.19%) PHP
7 3 (0.19%) VBA
8 2 (0.13%) C#
8 2 (0.13%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 89 (5.68%) Degree
2 87 (5.55%) Microsoft Certification
3 59 (3.76%) DBS Check
3 59 (3.76%) Security Cleared
4 51 (3.25%) CCNA
4 51 (3.25%) Cisco Certification
5 40 (2.55%) SC Cleared
6 37 (2.36%) Network+ Certification
7 26 (1.66%) Azure Certification
8 21 (1.34%) A+ Certification
9 19 (1.21%) CompTIA Security+
10 15 (0.96%) MCSE
11 12 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (0.45%) CCNP
12 7 (0.45%) DV Cleared
13 6 (0.38%) AWS Certification
13 6 (0.38%) MCSA
14 5 (0.32%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 4 (0.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
2 52 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (2.17%) SLA
4 32 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 31 (1.98%) GDPR
6 10 (0.64%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.26%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.26%) NIST
8 3 (0.19%) QA
9 1 (0.064%) NCSC
System Software
1 508 (32.40%) Active Directory
2 197 (12.56%) Hyper-V
3 144 (9.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (1.08%) vSphere
5 15 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (0.83%) Docker
7 12 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (0.51%) BitLocker
8 8 (0.51%) Firmware
9 5 (0.32%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.064%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.064%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 244 (15.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (1.34%) SCCM
3 15 (0.96%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 13 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
5 12 (0.77%) WSUS
6 8 (0.51%) Proxmox
7 7 (0.45%) Failover Clustering
7 7 (0.45%) FortiGate
8 6 (0.38%) Kubernetes
9 4 (0.26%) Iperf
10 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.13%) Ansible
11 2 (0.13%) Autotask
11 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 2 (0.13%) PaperCut
11 2 (0.13%) SCOM
12 1 (0.064%) Argo
12 1 (0.064%) Nessus
Vendors
1 759 (48.41%) Microsoft
2 170 (10.84%) VMware
3 65 (4.15%) Cisco
4 58 (3.70%) Veeam
5 40 (2.55%) SonicWALL
6 39 (2.49%) Apple
7 32 (2.04%) Google
8 27 (1.72%) Sophos
9 24 (1.53%) Dell
10 23 (1.47%) Meraki
11 21 (1.34%) Ubiquiti
12 20 (1.28%) Fortinet
13 16 (1.02%) HP
14 15 (0.96%) Logitech
14 15 (0.96%) TOWER Software
15 12 (0.77%) Datto
15 12 (0.77%) Draytek
15 12 (0.77%) Palo Alto
16 11 (0.70%) CrowdStrike
17 10 (0.64%) ServiceNow