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 16 July 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 213 108
Rank change year-on-year +146 -105 +69
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,647 461 1,706
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.30% 1.36% 2.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.43% 1.53% 2.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,472 367 1,418
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,750 £23,850
25th Percentile £29,938 £29,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -
75th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
90th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £48,750
UK median annual salary £35,000 £36,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year -4.11% +10.61% -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 67,793 30,227 69,426
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 89.42% 94.87%
Number of salaries quoted 46,899 17,289 49,174
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,968 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.12%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,625 £65,000
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 16 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 16 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 +123 443 £35,000 -6.67% 56
North of England +91 329 £32,500 -1.52% 39
Midlands +74 263 £32,500 -12.16% 27
East of England +108 260 £35,000 +1.45% 28
South West +53 223 £35,000 - 33
North West +123 185 £32,940 +2.14% 11
East Midlands +35 132 £32,500 - 18
West Midlands +49 131 £32,500 -19.75% 9
Yorkshire -3 127 £30,000 - 25
Scotland +53 73 £28,500 -5.00% 12
Wales -12 51 £45,000 -43.75% 11
North East -47 17 £40,000 -17.95% 8
Northern Ireland - 5 £41,000 - 9
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 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.

1 746 (45.29%) Microsoft
2 710 (43.11%) Microsoft 365
3 645 (39.16%) Windows
4 529 (32.12%) Active Directory
5 425 (25.80%) Azure
6 394 (23.92%) Problem-Solving
7 348 (21.13%) Customer Service
8 338 (20.52%) Windows Server
9 310 (18.82%) Entra ID
10 261 (15.85%) Firewall
11 229 (13.90%) Microsoft Intune
12 227 (13.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 217 (13.18%) Microsoft Exchange
14 208 (12.63%) DNS
15 193 (11.72%) SharePoint
16 180 (10.93%) Cybersecurity
17 178 (10.81%) Hyper-V
18 173 (10.50%) VMware
19 171 (10.38%) DHCP
20 166 (10.08%) VPN
21 153 (9.29%) Windows 10
22 138 (8.38%) VMware Infrastructure
23 137 (8.32%) ITIL
24 126 (7.65%) Wi-Fi
25 118 (7.16%) LAN
26 116 (7.04%) Continuous Improvement
26 116 (7.04%) PowerShell
27 114 (6.92%) Disaster Recovery
28 111 (6.74%) WAN
29 105 (6.38%) 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
1 217 (13.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 193 (11.72%) SharePoint
3 14 (0.85%) Confluence
3 14 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2013
4 13 (0.79%) IIS
5 12 (0.73%) Exchange Server 2007
5 12 (0.73%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.18%) Apache
Applications
1 96 (5.83%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.18%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.061%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 6 (0.36%) Raiser’s Edge
2 5 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.30%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.061%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 710 (43.11%) Microsoft 365
2 425 (25.80%) Azure
3 310 (18.82%) Entra ID
4 57 (3.46%) AWS
5 49 (2.98%) OneDrive
6 40 (2.43%) Google Workspace
7 31 (1.88%) SaaS
8 27 (1.64%) Mimecast
9 23 (1.40%) Power Platform
10 19 (1.15%) PaaS
11 14 (0.85%) IaaS
12 11 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (0.67%) Power Automate
13 9 (0.55%) PowerApps
14 8 (0.49%) Nutanix
15 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Copilot
16 5 (0.30%) OCI
17 4 (0.24%) Azure Sentinel
17 4 (0.24%) GCP
17 4 (0.24%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 261 (15.85%) Firewall
2 208 (12.63%) DNS
3 171 (10.38%) DHCP
4 166 (10.08%) VPN
5 126 (7.65%) Wi-Fi
6 118 (7.16%) LAN
7 111 (6.74%) WAN
8 95 (5.77%) TCP/IP
9 79 (4.80%) VoIP
10 65 (3.95%) VLAN
10 65 (3.95%) Wireless
11 31 (1.88%) SAN
12 30 (1.82%) Network Security
13 22 (1.34%) Internet
14 16 (0.97%) Remote Desktop
14 16 (0.97%) WLAN
15 12 (0.73%) SD-WAN
16 10 (0.61%) SSL
17 7 (0.43%) Broadband
17 7 (0.43%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (2.98%) SQL Server
2 13 (0.79%) Power BI
3 9 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (0.55%) MySQL
4 5 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.12%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 45 (2.73%) JIRA
2 3 (0.18%) GitLab
3 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.061%) Carbide.c++
4 1 (0.061%) LabVIEW
General
1 397 (24.10%) Social Skills
2 79 (4.80%) Manufacturing
3 69 (4.19%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (3.58%) Organisational Skills
5 54 (3.28%) Legal
6 51 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (2.37%) Public Sector
8 38 (2.31%) Retail
9 32 (1.94%) Law
10 31 (1.88%) Telecoms
11 30 (1.82%) Finance
12 23 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
13 21 (1.28%) Advertising
14 17 (1.03%) Automotive
15 7 (0.43%) Aerospace
15 7 (0.43%) Local Government
16 5 (0.30%) Social Housing
17 4 (0.24%) Dutch Language
17 4 (0.24%) Portuguese Language
17 4 (0.24%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.43%) HTML
1 7 (0.43%) JSON
2 4 (0.24%) Web Services
3 3 (0.18%) CSS
3 3 (0.18%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (0.061%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 233 (14.15%) Driving Licence
2 88 (5.34%) Onboarding
3 66 (4.01%) Self-Motivation
4 39 (2.37%) CCTV
5 36 (2.19%) Data Centre
6 23 (1.40%) FMCG
7 20 (1.21%) Security Posture
8 19 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (0.67%) Cloud Native
10 11 (0.67%) Clustering
10 11 (0.67%) Management Information System
10 11 (0.67%) NHS
11 10 (0.61%) Smartphone
12 9 (0.55%) Operational Technology
12 9 (0.55%) PKI
13 7 (0.43%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (0.43%) EPoS
13 7 (0.43%) Replication
14 6 (0.36%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 645 (39.16%) Windows
2 338 (20.52%) Windows Server
3 153 (9.29%) Windows 10
4 105 (6.38%) Mac OS
5 89 (5.40%) Linux
6 41 (2.49%) Apple iOS
6 41 (2.49%) Windows Server 2019
7 37 (2.25%) Android
7 37 (2.25%) Windows Server 2016
8 17 (1.03%) Windows 7
9 15 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
10 11 (0.67%) Ubuntu
10 11 (0.67%) Windows 8
11 4 (0.24%) Mac OS X
11 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.12%) VMS
13 1 (0.061%) CentOS
13 1 (0.061%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.061%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 394 (23.92%) Problem-Solving
2 348 (21.13%) Customer Service
3 227 (13.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 180 (10.93%) Cybersecurity
5 137 (8.32%) ITIL
6 116 (7.04%) Continuous Improvement
7 114 (6.92%) Disaster Recovery
8 70 (4.25%) Project Delivery
9 65 (3.95%) Service Delivery
10 63 (3.83%) Mentoring
10 63 (3.83%) Service Management
11 59 (3.58%) ITSM
12 58 (3.52%) Root Cause Analysis
13 49 (2.98%) Business Continuity
14 48 (2.91%) Remote Monitoring and Management
15 46 (2.79%) Time Management
16 42 (2.55%) User Experience
17 38 (2.31%) ERP
17 38 (2.31%) Process Improvement
18 36 (2.19%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 116 (7.04%) PowerShell
2 58 (3.52%) SQL
3 10 (0.61%) Python
3 10 (0.61%) R
4 5 (0.30%) Bash
4 5 (0.30%) Ruby
4 5 (0.30%) VB
5 4 (0.24%) PHP
5 4 (0.24%) VBScript
6 3 (0.18%) Bicep
6 3 (0.18%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.18%) VBA
7 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.12%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 90 (5.46%) Microsoft Certification
2 83 (5.04%) Security Cleared
3 78 (4.74%) Degree
4 59 (3.58%) DBS Check
5 56 (3.40%) SC Cleared
6 53 (3.22%) CCNA
6 53 (3.22%) Cisco Certification
7 34 (2.06%) Network+ Certification
8 27 (1.64%) A+ Certification
9 23 (1.40%) Azure Certification
10 19 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
11 15 (0.91%) DV Cleared
11 15 (0.91%) MCSE
12 14 (0.85%) CompTIA Security+
13 9 (0.55%) CCNP
14 7 (0.43%) 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 93 (5.65%) Cyber Essentials
2 59 (3.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 47 (2.85%) SLA
4 33 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 23 (1.40%) GDPR
6 10 (0.61%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.24%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.24%) NIST
7 4 (0.24%) QA
8 1 (0.061%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.061%) NCSC
System Software
1 529 (32.12%) Active Directory
2 178 (10.81%) Hyper-V
3 138 (8.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
5 20 (1.21%) vSphere
6 17 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
8 13 (0.79%) Docker
9 8 (0.49%) BitLocker
10 7 (0.43%) VMware Workstation
11 5 (0.30%) Terminal Services
12 3 (0.18%) Firmware
12 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
13 1 (0.061%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 229 (13.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (1.34%) SCCM
3 18 (1.09%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 12 (0.73%) Proxmox
4 12 (0.73%) WSUS
5 10 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
6 9 (0.55%) FortiGate
6 9 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.49%) Autotask
8 7 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
9 5 (0.30%) Ansible
10 4 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.24%) Iperf
10 4 (0.24%) Kubernetes
10 4 (0.24%) Terraform
11 1 (0.061%) Argo
11 1 (0.061%) Nessus
Vendors
1 746 (45.29%) Microsoft
2 173 (10.50%) VMware
3 67 (4.07%) Cisco
4 46 (2.79%) Google
4 46 (2.79%) Veeam
5 36 (2.19%) Meraki
6 34 (2.06%) Apple
7 32 (1.94%) Dell
8 24 (1.46%) Sophos
9 23 (1.40%) HP
10 22 (1.34%) Ubiquiti
11 21 (1.28%) SonicWALL
12 16 (0.97%) Fortinet
13 13 (0.79%) Epicor
14 12 (0.73%) CrowdStrike
15 11 (0.67%) Logitech
15 11 (0.67%) ServiceNow
15 11 (0.67%) TOWER Software
16 10 (0.61%) Sage
17 9 (0.55%) Palo Alto