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 10 August 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 227 124
Rank change year-on-year +151 -103 +52
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,570 434 1,183
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.04% 1.25% 1.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.16% 1.40% 2.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,396 341 926
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,750 £24,375
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £36,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% +4.29% +4.48%
75th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £43,750
90th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £50,750
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 72,637 30,994 56,497
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.45% 89.50% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 50,209 17,886 37,470
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £28,401
25th Percentile £38,750 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -2.50% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 10 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 10 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 +124 410 £35,000 -12.50% 59
North of England +67 281 £32,500 -3.70% 38
East of England +105 265 £35,000 -1.41% 41
Midlands +71 251 £34,500 -8.00% 36
South West +55 227 £35,000 -6.67% 31
North West +102 158 £35,000 - 21
East Midlands +41 129 £35,000 +7.69% 14
West Midlands +50 122 £33,250 -21.76% 22
Yorkshire -19 108 £30,000 -9.09% 13
Scotland +54 75 £28,500 -5.00% 10
Wales -12 52 £45,000 -43.75% 8
North East -52 15 £40,000 -17.95% 5
Northern Ireland - 9 £41,000 - 2
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 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.

1 744 (47.39%) Microsoft
2 684 (43.57%) Microsoft 365
3 639 (40.70%) Windows
4 506 (32.23%) Active Directory
5 405 (25.80%) Azure
6 364 (23.18%) Problem-Solving
7 333 (21.21%) Customer Service
8 329 (20.96%) Windows Server
9 301 (19.17%) Entra ID
10 235 (14.97%) Firewall
11 234 (14.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 234 (14.90%) Microsoft Intune
12 223 (14.20%) Microsoft Exchange
13 201 (12.80%) DNS
14 192 (12.23%) SharePoint
15 187 (11.91%) Hyper-V
16 176 (11.21%) Cybersecurity
17 169 (10.76%) VMware
18 167 (10.64%) DHCP
19 151 (9.62%) VPN
20 141 (8.98%) VMware Infrastructure
21 139 (8.85%) Windows 10
22 129 (8.22%) ITIL
23 127 (8.09%) Continuous Improvement
23 127 (8.09%) Disaster Recovery
24 124 (7.90%) Wi-Fi
25 111 (7.07%) PowerShell
26 106 (6.75%) TCP/IP
27 103 (6.56%) Mac OS
28 98 (6.24%) LAN

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
1 223 (14.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 192 (12.23%) SharePoint
3 15 (0.96%) IIS
4 10 (0.64%) Confluence
5 9 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2013
6 7 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2007
6 7 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.19%) Apache
Applications
1 74 (4.71%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (0.83%) 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 3 (0.19%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.13%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 684 (43.57%) Microsoft 365
2 405 (25.80%) Azure
3 301 (19.17%) Entra ID
4 52 (3.31%) AWS
5 45 (2.87%) OneDrive
6 31 (1.97%) Google Workspace
7 29 (1.85%) Mimecast
8 26 (1.66%) SaaS
9 20 (1.27%) Power Platform
10 16 (1.02%) PaaS
11 14 (0.89%) Power Automate
12 13 (0.83%) IaaS
13 11 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
13 11 (0.70%) Nutanix
14 7 (0.45%) Microsoft Copilot
14 7 (0.45%) PowerApps
15 5 (0.32%) GCP
16 3 (0.19%) Cloudflare
16 3 (0.19%) Dynamics 365
17 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 235 (14.97%) Firewall
2 201 (12.80%) DNS
3 167 (10.64%) DHCP
4 151 (9.62%) VPN
5 124 (7.90%) Wi-Fi
6 106 (6.75%) TCP/IP
7 98 (6.24%) LAN
8 88 (5.61%) WAN
9 77 (4.90%) VoIP
10 75 (4.78%) Wireless
11 66 (4.20%) VLAN
12 31 (1.97%) Network Security
12 31 (1.97%) SAN
13 22 (1.40%) Internet
14 17 (1.08%) Remote Desktop
15 16 (1.02%) WLAN
16 13 (0.83%) SSL
17 7 (0.45%) Broadband
17 7 (0.45%) NAS
18 4 (0.25%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (2.93%) 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 39 (2.48%) JIRA
2 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.064%) Carbide.c++
General
1 368 (23.44%) Social Skills
2 81 (5.16%) Manufacturing
3 79 (5.03%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (4.08%) Legal
5 45 (2.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 40 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
7 35 (2.23%) Retail
8 31 (1.97%) Finance
8 31 (1.97%) Public Sector
9 30 (1.91%) Telecoms
10 28 (1.78%) Advertising
11 24 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
12 19 (1.21%) Law
13 17 (1.08%) Automotive
14 8 (0.51%) Aerospace
15 7 (0.45%) Local Government
16 4 (0.25%) Dutch Language
16 4 (0.25%) Military
16 4 (0.25%) Portuguese Language
16 4 (0.25%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.45%) HTML
1 7 (0.45%) JSON
2 4 (0.25%) Web Services
3 3 (0.19%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 231 (14.71%) Driving Licence
2 92 (5.86%) Onboarding
3 62 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
4 42 (2.68%) CCTV
5 36 (2.29%) Data Centre
6 22 (1.40%) FMCG
7 17 (1.08%) Security Posture
8 16 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
9 14 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
10 13 (0.83%) Management Information System
11 11 (0.70%) Cloud Native
11 11 (0.70%) Clustering
11 11 (0.70%) NHS
11 11 (0.70%) Operational Technology
11 11 (0.70%) Replication
12 10 (0.64%) Smartphone
13 8 (0.51%) Cyber Threat
14 7 (0.45%) EPoS
14 7 (0.45%) PKI
15 6 (0.38%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 639 (40.70%) Windows
2 329 (20.96%) Windows Server
3 139 (8.85%) Windows 10
4 103 (6.56%) Mac OS
5 89 (5.67%) Linux
6 43 (2.74%) Apple iOS
7 35 (2.23%) Android
8 33 (2.10%) Windows Server 2019
9 25 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
10 13 (0.83%) Ubuntu
11 11 (0.70%) Windows 7
12 10 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
13 7 (0.45%) Windows 8
14 4 (0.25%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.13%) VMS
16 1 (0.064%) Debian
16 1 (0.064%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.064%) Rocky
16 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 364 (23.18%) Problem-Solving
2 333 (21.21%) Customer Service
3 234 (14.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 176 (11.21%) Cybersecurity
5 129 (8.22%) ITIL
6 127 (8.09%) Continuous Improvement
6 127 (8.09%) Disaster Recovery
7 76 (4.84%) Project Delivery
8 62 (3.95%) Service Management
9 57 (3.63%) Mentoring
10 56 (3.57%) ITSM
11 49 (3.12%) Root Cause Analysis
12 46 (2.93%) Business Continuity
13 45 (2.87%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 44 (2.80%) Service Delivery
14 44 (2.80%) User Experience
15 42 (2.68%) Time Management
16 33 (2.10%) Process Improvement
17 32 (2.04%) Incident Management
18 31 (1.97%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 111 (7.07%) PowerShell
2 52 (3.31%) SQL
3 11 (0.70%) R
4 10 (0.64%) Python
5 8 (0.51%) Ruby
6 4 (0.25%) VBScript
7 3 (0.19%) Bicep
7 3 (0.19%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.19%) PHP
7 3 (0.19%) VB
7 3 (0.19%) VBA
8 2 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 85 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
2 83 (5.29%) Degree
3 66 (4.20%) Security Cleared
4 57 (3.63%) DBS Check
5 48 (3.06%) CCNA
5 48 (3.06%) Cisco Certification
6 45 (2.87%) SC Cleared
7 35 (2.23%) Network+ Certification
8 24 (1.53%) Azure Certification
9 23 (1.46%) A+ Certification
10 18 (1.15%) CompTIA Security+
11 13 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
11 13 (0.83%) MCSE
12 8 (0.51%) DV Cleared
13 6 (0.38%) AWS Certification
14 5 (0.32%) CCNP
14 5 (0.32%) MCSA
15 4 (0.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 3 (0.19%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (5.92%) Cyber Essentials
2 53 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (2.42%) SLA
4 32 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 24 (1.53%) GDPR
6 10 (0.64%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.25%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.25%) NIST
8 3 (0.19%) QA
9 1 (0.064%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.064%) NCSC
System Software
1 506 (32.23%) Active Directory
2 187 (11.91%) Hyper-V
3 141 (8.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
4 17 (1.08%) vSphere
5 16 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (0.83%) Docker
7 12 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (0.51%) BitLocker
9 7 (0.45%) Firmware
10 5 (0.32%) Terminal Services
11 3 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.064%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 234 (14.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (1.40%) SCCM
3 17 (1.08%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 12 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
4 12 (0.76%) WSUS
5 10 (0.64%) Proxmox
6 7 (0.45%) Failover Clustering
6 7 (0.45%) FortiGate
7 6 (0.38%) Kubernetes
8 4 (0.25%) Autotask
8 4 (0.25%) Iperf
8 4 (0.25%) Terraform
9 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.13%) Ansible
10 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 2 (0.13%) PaperCut
10 2 (0.13%) SCOM
11 1 (0.064%) Argo
11 1 (0.064%) Nessus
Vendors
1 744 (47.39%) Microsoft
2 169 (10.76%) VMware
3 65 (4.14%) Cisco
4 53 (3.38%) Veeam
5 39 (2.48%) Apple
6 38 (2.42%) Google
7 30 (1.91%) SonicWALL
8 27 (1.72%) Meraki
9 26 (1.66%) Sophos
10 25 (1.59%) Dell
11 23 (1.46%) Ubiquiti
12 19 (1.21%) HP
13 17 (1.08%) Fortinet
14 13 (0.83%) Logitech
14 13 (0.83%) TOWER Software
15 11 (0.70%) CrowdStrike
15 11 (0.70%) Palo Alto
16 10 (0.64%) ServiceNow
17 9 (0.57%) Datto
17 9 (0.57%) Epicor