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 6 July 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 217 107
Rank change year-on-year +152 -110 +74
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,653 455 1,810
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.35% 1.39% 2.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.48% 1.56% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,459 359 1,513
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,750 £23,600
25th Percentile £29,750 £28,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -
75th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £42,500
90th Percentile £52,500 £54,600 £48,750
UK median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year - +6.06% -4.35%

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 66,564 29,259 71,575
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 89.40% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 46,194 16,540 51,114
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,929 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,130 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.26% - -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 6 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 6 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 +117 437 £35,000 -6.67% 59
North of England +90 351 £32,500 -1.52% 41
Midlands +83 274 £32,500 -7.14% 32
East of England +111 259 £35,000 +7.58% 23
South West +53 214 £35,000 - 27
North West +115 199 £32,940 +2.94% 21
West Midlands +62 139 £32,500 -18.75% 14
East Midlands +43 135 £31,250 -3.85% 18
Yorkshire +7 135 £30,000 - 19
Scotland +52 67 £28,500 -5.00% 14
Wales -9 50 £45,000 -26.53% 9
North East -39 17 £40,000 -17.95% 4
Northern Ireland - 1 £41,000 - 11
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 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.

1 721 (43.62%) Microsoft
2 687 (41.56%) Microsoft 365
3 621 (37.57%) Windows
4 506 (30.61%) Active Directory
5 417 (25.23%) Azure
6 402 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
7 339 (20.51%) Customer Service
8 329 (19.90%) Windows Server
9 295 (17.85%) Entra ID
10 261 (15.79%) Firewall
11 213 (12.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 208 (12.58%) Microsoft Intune
13 202 (12.22%) Microsoft Exchange
14 201 (12.16%) DNS
15 188 (11.37%) SharePoint
16 174 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
17 171 (10.34%) Hyper-V
18 170 (10.28%) VMware
19 167 (10.10%) DHCP
20 163 (9.86%) VPN
21 151 (9.13%) Windows 10
22 138 (8.35%) ITIL
23 136 (8.23%) VMware Infrastructure
24 122 (7.38%) Wi-Fi
25 119 (7.20%) LAN
26 114 (6.90%) PowerShell
27 112 (6.78%) WAN
28 110 (6.65%) Continuous Improvement
29 106 (6.41%) Disaster Recovery
30 101 (6.11%) 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
1 202 (12.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 188 (11.37%) SharePoint
3 15 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2013
4 14 (0.85%) Confluence
5 13 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2007
5 13 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2010
6 12 (0.73%) IIS
7 2 (0.12%) Apache
Applications
1 90 (5.44%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.18%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.060%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.060%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.30%) NetSuite
1 5 (0.30%) Raiser’s Edge
2 1 (0.060%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.060%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 687 (41.56%) Microsoft 365
2 417 (25.23%) Azure
3 295 (17.85%) Entra ID
4 58 (3.51%) AWS
5 48 (2.90%) OneDrive
6 41 (2.48%) Google Workspace
7 32 (1.94%) SaaS
8 25 (1.51%) Mimecast
9 23 (1.39%) Power Platform
10 20 (1.21%) PaaS
11 15 (0.91%) IaaS
12 11 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
13 10 (0.60%) Power Automate
14 9 (0.54%) PowerApps
15 8 (0.48%) Nutanix
16 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Copilot
17 5 (0.30%) Azure Sentinel
17 5 (0.30%) Intacct
17 5 (0.30%) OCI
18 4 (0.24%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 261 (15.79%) Firewall
2 201 (12.16%) DNS
3 167 (10.10%) DHCP
4 163 (9.86%) VPN
5 122 (7.38%) Wi-Fi
6 119 (7.20%) LAN
7 112 (6.78%) WAN
8 80 (4.84%) TCP/IP
9 78 (4.72%) VoIP
10 63 (3.81%) VLAN
11 52 (3.15%) Wireless
12 32 (1.94%) SAN
13 30 (1.81%) Network Security
14 18 (1.09%) Internet
15 16 (0.97%) WLAN
16 13 (0.79%) SD-WAN
17 12 (0.73%) Remote Desktop
18 11 (0.67%) SSL
19 7 (0.42%) DMZ
19 7 (0.42%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (2.84%) SQL Server
2 13 (0.79%) Power BI
3 8 (0.48%) MySQL
4 7 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.12%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 44 (2.66%) JIRA
2 4 (0.24%) GitLab
3 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.060%) Carbide.c++
4 1 (0.060%) LabVIEW
General
1 390 (23.59%) Social Skills
2 75 (4.54%) Manufacturing
3 66 (3.99%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (3.69%) Organisational Skills
5 51 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 51 (3.09%) Legal
6 41 (2.48%) Public Sector
7 38 (2.30%) Retail
8 34 (2.06%) Law
9 33 (2.00%) Telecoms
10 28 (1.69%) Multimedia
11 27 (1.63%) Finance
12 21 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
13 17 (1.03%) Advertising
14 16 (0.97%) Automotive
15 7 (0.42%) Aerospace
15 7 (0.42%) Local Government
16 5 (0.30%) Social Housing
17 4 (0.24%) Dutch Language
17 4 (0.24%) Portuguese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.42%) HTML
1 7 (0.42%) JSON
2 4 (0.24%) OpenTelemetry
2 4 (0.24%) Web Services
3 3 (0.18%) CSS
4 1 (0.060%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 250 (15.12%) Driving Licence
2 85 (5.14%) Onboarding
3 65 (3.93%) Self-Motivation
4 36 (2.18%) CCTV
4 36 (2.18%) Data Centre
5 24 (1.45%) FMCG
6 23 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
7 20 (1.21%) Security Posture
8 13 (0.79%) Management Information System
9 12 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (0.67%) Clustering
10 11 (0.67%) NHS
10 11 (0.67%) Smartphone
11 9 (0.54%) Operational Technology
11 9 (0.54%) PKI
12 8 (0.48%) Cloud Native
13 7 (0.42%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (0.42%) EPoS
13 7 (0.42%) Replication
14 6 (0.36%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 621 (37.57%) Windows
2 329 (19.90%) Windows Server
3 151 (9.13%) Windows 10
4 101 (6.11%) Mac OS
5 86 (5.20%) Linux
6 46 (2.78%) Windows Server 2019
7 42 (2.54%) Windows Server 2016
8 37 (2.24%) Apple iOS
9 36 (2.18%) Android
10 18 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
11 17 (1.03%) Windows 7
12 11 (0.67%) Windows 8
13 10 (0.60%) Ubuntu
14 5 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.24%) Mac OS X
16 2 (0.12%) VMS
17 1 (0.060%) CentOS
17 1 (0.060%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 1 (0.060%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 402 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
2 339 (20.51%) Customer Service
3 213 (12.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 174 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
5 138 (8.35%) ITIL
6 110 (6.65%) Continuous Improvement
7 106 (6.41%) Disaster Recovery
8 93 (5.63%) Mentoring
9 67 (4.05%) Service Delivery
10 66 (3.99%) Project Delivery
11 61 (3.69%) Root Cause Analysis
12 60 (3.63%) Service Management
13 57 (3.45%) ITSM
14 47 (2.84%) Business Continuity
15 46 (2.78%) Time Management
16 45 (2.72%) Remote Monitoring and Management
17 43 (2.60%) User Experience
18 39 (2.36%) Process Improvement
19 38 (2.30%) ERP
20 32 (1.94%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 114 (6.90%) PowerShell
2 57 (3.45%) SQL
3 10 (0.60%) Python
4 9 (0.54%) R
5 5 (0.30%) Bash
5 5 (0.30%) VB
6 4 (0.24%) PHP
6 4 (0.24%) VBScript
7 3 (0.18%) Bicep
7 3 (0.18%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.18%) Uniface
7 3 (0.18%) VBA
8 2 (0.12%) Ruby
8 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.060%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 90 (5.44%) Security Cleared
2 89 (5.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 78 (4.72%) Degree
4 62 (3.75%) SC Cleared
5 60 (3.63%) DBS Check
6 53 (3.21%) CCNA
6 53 (3.21%) Cisco Certification
7 36 (2.18%) Network+ Certification
8 28 (1.69%) A+ Certification
9 24 (1.45%) Azure Certification
10 22 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
11 16 (0.97%) DV Cleared
11 16 (0.97%) MCSE
12 14 (0.85%) CompTIA Security+
13 10 (0.60%) 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 89 (5.38%) Cyber Essentials
2 59 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 48 (2.90%) SLA
4 35 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 23 (1.39%) GDPR
6 10 (0.60%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.30%) QA
8 4 (0.24%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.24%) NIST
9 1 (0.060%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.060%) NCSC
System Software
1 506 (30.61%) Active Directory
2 171 (10.34%) Hyper-V
3 136 (8.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (1.51%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (1.15%) vSphere
6 18 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
7 13 (0.79%) Docker
8 12 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (0.48%) BitLocker
10 7 (0.42%) VMware Workstation
11 5 (0.30%) Terminal Services
12 4 (0.24%) VMware NSX
13 3 (0.18%) Firmware
14 1 (0.060%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 208 (12.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (1.33%) SCCM
3 18 (1.09%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 14 (0.85%) Proxmox
5 12 (0.73%) WSUS
6 10 (0.60%) FortiGate
6 10 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
6 10 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.48%) Autotask
8 7 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 7 (0.42%) Failover Clustering
9 6 (0.36%) Ansible
10 4 (0.24%) Iperf
10 4 (0.24%) Kubernetes
10 4 (0.24%) Terraform
11 1 (0.060%) Argo
11 1 (0.060%) Nessus
Vendors
1 721 (43.62%) Microsoft
2 170 (10.28%) VMware
3 57 (3.45%) Cisco
4 47 (2.84%) Google
5 45 (2.72%) Veeam
6 44 (2.66%) Fortinet
7 34 (2.06%) Meraki
8 33 (2.00%) Apple
9 32 (1.94%) Dell
10 28 (1.69%) Fujitsu
10 28 (1.69%) Virgin Media
11 23 (1.39%) Sophos
12 21 (1.27%) HP
12 21 (1.27%) SonicWALL
13 19 (1.15%) Ubiquiti
14 13 (0.79%) Epicor
15 12 (0.73%) CrowdStrike
16 11 (0.67%) Logitech
16 11 (0.67%) ServiceNow
17 10 (0.60%) Sage