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 20 August 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 225 124
Rank change year-on-year +145 -101 +43
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,563 436 1,167
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.00% 1.26% 1.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.12% 1.41% 2.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,387 342 903
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,750 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £36,250 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% +2.94%
75th Percentile £43,750 £47,438 £43,750
90th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £51,250
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 73,883 31,030 56,602
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.33% 89.47% 95.05%
Number of salaries quoted 51,050 17,796 36,963
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,171 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% -4.00% -6.54%
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 20 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 20 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 +127 396 £36,250 -9.38% 66
North of England +62 273 £32,500 -3.70% 38
East of England +109 269 £35,000 -2.78% 39
Midlands +66 255 £34,750 -4.79% 43
South West +46 227 £35,000 -12.50% 31
North West +97 154 £33,475 -4.36% 17
East Midlands +36 131 £35,000 +7.69% 18
West Midlands +43 124 £34,500 -18.82% 25
Yorkshire -15 104 £30,000 -9.09% 16
Scotland +46 78 £28,500 -5.00% 13
Wales -19 55 £40,000 -50.00% 6
North East -54 15 £40,000 -17.95% 5
Northern Ireland -71 10 £41,000 +30.16% 2
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 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.

1 754 (48.24%) Microsoft
2 681 (43.57%) Microsoft 365
3 636 (40.69%) Windows
4 511 (32.69%) Active Directory
5 403 (25.78%) Azure
6 360 (23.03%) Problem-Solving
7 337 (21.56%) Windows Server
8 328 (20.99%) Customer Service
9 305 (19.51%) Entra ID
10 243 (15.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 238 (15.23%) Firewall
11 238 (15.23%) Microsoft Intune
12 226 (14.46%) Microsoft Exchange
13 207 (13.24%) DNS
14 197 (12.60%) Hyper-V
15 192 (12.28%) SharePoint
16 182 (11.64%) Cybersecurity
17 174 (11.13%) DHCP
18 170 (10.88%) VMware
19 155 (9.92%) VPN
20 145 (9.28%) VMware Infrastructure
21 134 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
22 132 (8.45%) Windows 10
23 128 (8.19%) Disaster Recovery
23 128 (8.19%) ITIL
24 123 (7.87%) Wi-Fi
25 115 (7.36%) PowerShell
26 113 (7.23%) TCP/IP
27 94 (6.01%) Cyber Essentials
27 94 (6.01%) 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 (14.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 192 (12.28%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.09%) IIS
4 8 (0.51%) Confluence
5 7 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2007
6 5 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.19%) Apache
Applications
1 65 (4.16%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.77%) 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%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.13%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 681 (43.57%) Microsoft 365
2 403 (25.78%) Azure
3 305 (19.51%) Entra ID
4 49 (3.13%) AWS
5 43 (2.75%) OneDrive
6 28 (1.79%) Mimecast
7 25 (1.60%) Google Workspace
8 24 (1.54%) SaaS
9 21 (1.34%) Power Platform
10 16 (1.02%) Power Automate
11 15 (0.96%) PaaS
12 12 (0.77%) IaaS
13 11 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
13 11 (0.70%) Nutanix
14 8 (0.51%) PowerApps
15 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Copilot
16 3 (0.19%) Cloudflare
16 3 (0.19%) Dynamics 365
16 3 (0.19%) GCP
17 2 (0.13%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 238 (15.23%) Firewall
2 207 (13.24%) DNS
3 174 (11.13%) DHCP
4 155 (9.92%) VPN
5 123 (7.87%) Wi-Fi
6 113 (7.23%) TCP/IP
7 91 (5.82%) LAN
8 81 (5.18%) WAN
9 79 (5.05%) Wireless
10 77 (4.93%) VoIP
11 72 (4.61%) VLAN
12 36 (2.30%) Network Security
13 34 (2.18%) SAN
14 22 (1.41%) Internet
15 16 (1.02%) WLAN
16 15 (0.96%) Remote Desktop
17 14 (0.90%) SSL
18 7 (0.45%) NAS
19 5 (0.32%) Broadband
20 4 (0.26%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (2.94%) SQL Server
2 9 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
2 9 (0.58%) MySQL
2 9 (0.58%) Power BI
3 5 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.13%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 37 (2.37%) JIRA
2 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.064%) Carbide.c++
General
1 373 (23.86%) Social Skills
2 84 (5.37%) Analytical Skills
3 82 (5.25%) Manufacturing
4 71 (4.54%) Legal
5 44 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
7 37 (2.37%) Public Sector
8 32 (2.05%) Telecoms
9 31 (1.98%) Retail
10 29 (1.86%) Advertising
10 29 (1.86%) Finance
11 25 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
12 17 (1.09%) Automotive
13 15 (0.96%) Law
14 9 (0.58%) Aerospace
15 5 (0.32%) Local Government
16 4 (0.26%) Banking
16 4 (0.26%) Dutch Language
16 4 (0.26%) Military
16 4 (0.26%) Portuguese Language
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 1 (0.064%) .NET
4 1 (0.064%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 1 (0.064%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 228 (14.59%) Driving Licence
2 97 (6.21%) Onboarding
3 63 (4.03%) Self-Motivation
4 43 (2.75%) CCTV
5 39 (2.50%) Data Centre
6 21 (1.34%) FMCG
7 18 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
8 16 (1.02%) Security Posture
9 15 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
9 15 (0.96%) Operational Technology
10 13 (0.83%) Management Information System
11 12 (0.77%) Replication
11 12 (0.77%) Smartphone
12 11 (0.70%) Cloud Native
12 11 (0.70%) Clustering
12 11 (0.70%) NHS
13 9 (0.58%) Cyber Threat
14 8 (0.51%) PKI
15 7 (0.45%) EPoS
16 6 (0.38%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 636 (40.69%) Windows
2 337 (21.56%) Windows Server
3 132 (8.45%) Windows 10
4 94 (6.01%) Mac OS
5 91 (5.82%) Linux
6 42 (2.69%) Apple iOS
7 34 (2.18%) Android
7 34 (2.18%) Windows Server 2019
8 25 (1.60%) Windows Server 2016
9 16 (1.02%) Ubuntu
10 10 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
11 9 (0.58%) Windows 7
12 6 (0.38%) Windows 8
13 4 (0.26%) Mac OS X
14 3 (0.19%) Debian
15 2 (0.13%) Rocky
15 2 (0.13%) VMS
16 1 (0.064%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 360 (23.03%) Problem-Solving
2 328 (20.99%) Customer Service
3 243 (15.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 182 (11.64%) Cybersecurity
5 134 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 128 (8.19%) Disaster Recovery
6 128 (8.19%) ITIL
7 74 (4.73%) Project Delivery
8 63 (4.03%) Service Management
9 57 (3.65%) Mentoring
10 55 (3.52%) ITSM
11 46 (2.94%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 46 (2.94%) User Experience
12 45 (2.88%) Root Cause Analysis
13 43 (2.75%) Business Continuity
14 40 (2.56%) Service Delivery
15 39 (2.50%) Time Management
16 32 (2.05%) Collaborative Culture
17 31 (1.98%) Process Improvement
18 30 (1.92%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 115 (7.36%) PowerShell
2 52 (3.33%) 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%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.13%) VB
9 1 (0.064%) C#
Qualifications
1 90 (5.76%) Degree
2 88 (5.63%) Microsoft Certification
3 61 (3.90%) Security Cleared
4 58 (3.71%) DBS Check
5 51 (3.26%) CCNA
5 51 (3.26%) Cisco Certification
6 42 (2.69%) SC Cleared
7 37 (2.37%) Network+ Certification
8 26 (1.66%) Azure Certification
9 24 (1.54%) A+ Certification
10 18 (1.15%) CompTIA Security+
11 16 (1.02%) MCSE
12 14 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (0.45%) DV Cleared
14 6 (0.38%) AWS Certification
14 6 (0.38%) CCNP
15 5 (0.32%) Computer Science Degree
15 5 (0.32%) MCSA
16 4 (0.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (6.01%) Cyber Essentials
2 52 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (2.30%) SLA
4 31 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 29 (1.86%) 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
1 511 (32.69%) Active Directory
2 197 (12.60%) Hyper-V
3 145 (9.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (1.09%) vSphere
5 16 (1.02%) 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 2 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.064%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 238 (15.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (1.41%) SCCM
3 16 (1.02%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 12 (0.77%) Jamf Pro
4 12 (0.77%) WSUS
5 9 (0.58%) Proxmox
6 7 (0.45%) Failover Clustering
6 7 (0.45%) FortiGate
7 6 (0.38%) Kubernetes
8 4 (0.26%) Iperf
9 3 (0.19%) Autotask
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
1 754 (48.24%) Microsoft
2 170 (10.88%) VMware
3 63 (4.03%) Cisco
4 55 (3.52%) Veeam
5 38 (2.43%) Apple
5 38 (2.43%) SonicWALL
6 29 (1.86%) Google
7 26 (1.66%) Dell
7 26 (1.66%) Sophos
8 23 (1.47%) Meraki
9 21 (1.34%) Ubiquiti
10 20 (1.28%) Fortinet
11 17 (1.09%) HP
12 14 (0.90%) Logitech
12 14 (0.90%) TOWER Software
13 12 (0.77%) Palo Alto
14 11 (0.70%) CrowdStrike
14 11 (0.70%) Datto
14 11 (0.70%) Draytek
15 10 (0.64%) ServiceNow