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 £32,720 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 May 2026.

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 174 111
Rank change year-on-year +93 -63 +81
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,424 507 1,729
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.15% 1.79% 2.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.31% 2.01% 2.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,234 363 1,493
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,627 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,720 £33,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +3.08% -
75th Percentile £40,250 £41,125 £42,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £48,750
UK median annual salary £34,750 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -0.71% +7.69% -5.80%

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 61,752 25,208 64,488
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.28% 88.95% 94.71%
Number of salaries quoted 39,756 14,676 47,087
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,250 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £68,283 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £52,777
% change year-on-year -6.78% +11.79% -12.04%

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 May 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 May 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 +84 357 £34,000 -2.86% 81
North of England +89 320 £32,500 -0.76% 54
Midlands +7 259 £32,500 -7.14% 39
East of England +73 208 £32,500 +8.33% 50
South West +52 176 £35,000 +3.70% 33
North West +89 174 £32,500 -7.14% 28
Yorkshire +19 137 £32,500 +11.11% 24
East Midlands +14 136 £30,000 - 21
West Midlands -20 123 £32,500 -7.14% 18
Scotland +26 68 £28,000 -15.79% 6
Wales +4 36 £45,000 +13.92% 15
North East -29 9 £30,000 -20.00% 4
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 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.

1 537 (37.71%) Microsoft 365
2 528 (37.08%) Microsoft
3 477 (33.50%) Windows
4 412 (28.93%) Active Directory
5 339 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
6 321 (22.54%) Azure
7 270 (18.96%) Customer Service
8 265 (18.61%) Windows Server
9 208 (14.61%) Entra ID
9 208 (14.61%) Firewall
10 146 (10.25%) DNS
11 140 (9.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 139 (9.76%) Microsoft Intune
13 138 (9.69%) SharePoint
13 138 (9.69%) Windows 10
14 131 (9.20%) VPN
15 130 (9.13%) DHCP
16 115 (8.08%) Cybersecurity
16 115 (8.08%) LAN
17 113 (7.94%) VMware
18 112 (7.87%) Microsoft Exchange
19 110 (7.72%) ITIL
20 108 (7.58%) WAN
21 105 (7.37%) Hyper-V
22 96 (6.74%) Security Cleared
23 88 (6.18%) Wi-Fi
24 86 (6.04%) VMware Infrastructure
25 83 (5.83%) Microsoft Office
26 80 (5.62%) Mentoring
27 73 (5.13%) Microsoft Certification

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
1 138 (9.69%) SharePoint
2 112 (7.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (1.12%) Confluence
4 11 (0.77%) Exchange Server 2013
5 9 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2010
6 7 (0.49%) IIS
Applications
1 83 (5.83%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.21%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.14%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.070%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.070%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (0.49%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.070%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 537 (37.71%) Microsoft 365
2 321 (22.54%) Azure
3 208 (14.61%) Entra ID
4 46 (3.23%) Google Workspace
5 39 (2.74%) AWS
6 31 (2.18%) OneDrive
7 23 (1.62%) SaaS
8 19 (1.33%) PaaS
8 19 (1.33%) Power Platform
9 15 (1.05%) IaaS
10 14 (0.98%) Mimecast
11 12 (0.84%) PowerApps
12 9 (0.63%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (0.56%) Azure Sentinel
14 7 (0.49%) Power Automate
15 6 (0.42%) GCP
16 5 (0.35%) Intacct
16 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Copilot
16 5 (0.35%) OCI
17 4 (0.28%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 208 (14.61%) Firewall
2 146 (10.25%) DNS
3 131 (9.20%) VPN
4 130 (9.13%) DHCP
5 115 (8.08%) LAN
6 108 (7.58%) WAN
7 88 (6.18%) Wi-Fi
8 57 (4.00%) VoIP
9 45 (3.16%) VLAN
10 38 (2.67%) TCP/IP
11 33 (2.32%) Wireless
12 26 (1.83%) SAN
13 24 (1.69%) Network Security
14 16 (1.12%) WLAN
15 15 (1.05%) SD-WAN
16 11 (0.77%) Internet
17 10 (0.70%) Remote Desktop
18 7 (0.49%) NAS
18 7 (0.49%) TETRA
19 6 (0.42%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (2.53%) SQL Server
2 19 (1.33%) Power BI
3 5 (0.35%) MySQL
4 2 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.070%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 41 (2.88%) JIRA
2 4 (0.28%) GitLab
3 1 (0.070%) LabVIEW
General
1 295 (20.72%) Social Skills
2 74 (5.20%) Manufacturing
3 67 (4.71%) Organisational Skills
4 49 (3.44%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (3.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 42 (2.95%) Finance
6 40 (2.81%) Telecoms
7 39 (2.74%) Public Sector
7 39 (2.74%) Retail
8 37 (2.60%) Law
9 36 (2.53%) Legal
10 28 (1.97%) Multimedia
11 14 (0.98%) Automotive
12 11 (0.77%) Advertising
13 9 (0.63%) Electronics
14 6 (0.42%) Fire and Rescue
14 6 (0.42%) Marketing
14 6 (0.42%) Police
15 5 (0.35%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (0.35%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.28%) OpenTelemetry
2 3 (0.21%) CSS
2 3 (0.21%) HTML
2 3 (0.21%) JSON
2 3 (0.21%) Web Services
3 1 (0.070%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 196 (13.76%) Driving Licence
2 60 (4.21%) Onboarding
3 47 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
5 27 (1.90%) FMCG
6 25 (1.76%) CCTV
6 25 (1.76%) Data Centre
7 15 (1.05%) Smartphone
8 11 (0.77%) Security Posture
9 9 (0.63%) Social Media
10 8 (0.56%) Management Information System
11 7 (0.49%) NHS
11 7 (0.49%) Operational Technology
12 6 (0.42%) iPad
12 6 (0.42%) iPhone
12 6 (0.42%) PMI
13 5 (0.35%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (0.35%) Linux Command Line
13 5 (0.35%) Replication
13 5 (0.35%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 477 (33.50%) Windows
2 265 (18.61%) Windows Server
3 138 (9.69%) Windows 10
4 53 (3.72%) Mac OS
5 40 (2.81%) Linux
6 32 (2.25%) Android
7 31 (2.18%) Apple iOS
8 27 (1.90%) Windows Server 2019
9 26 (1.83%) Windows Server 2016
10 13 (0.91%) Windows 7
11 10 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
12 8 (0.56%) Windows 8
13 7 (0.49%) Ubuntu
14 5 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.28%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.070%) CentOS
16 1 (0.070%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.070%) Solaris
16 1 (0.070%) Unix
16 1 (0.070%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
2 270 (18.96%) Customer Service
3 140 (9.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 115 (8.08%) Cybersecurity
5 110 (7.72%) ITIL
6 80 (5.62%) Mentoring
7 60 (4.21%) Disaster Recovery
8 56 (3.93%) ITSM
8 56 (3.93%) Service Delivery
9 50 (3.51%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 48 (3.37%) Continuous Improvement
10 48 (3.37%) Root Cause Analysis
11 43 (3.02%) Service Management
12 40 (2.81%) Time Management
13 37 (2.60%) Project Delivery
14 35 (2.46%) ERP
15 33 (2.32%) Business Continuity
16 31 (2.18%) Asset Management
16 31 (2.18%) Incident Management
16 31 (2.18%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 60 (4.21%) PowerShell
2 43 (3.02%) SQL
3 7 (0.49%) Bash
3 7 (0.49%) Python
4 5 (0.35%) VB
5 4 (0.28%) PHP
5 4 (0.28%) R
6 3 (0.21%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.21%) Uniface
6 3 (0.21%) VBA
7 2 (0.14%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 96 (6.74%) Security Cleared
2 73 (5.13%) Microsoft Certification
3 64 (4.49%) SC Cleared
4 61 (4.28%) Degree
5 46 (3.23%) DBS Check
6 39 (2.74%) CCNA
6 39 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
7 35 (2.46%) Network+ Certification
8 34 (2.39%) A+ Certification
9 26 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
10 18 (1.26%) MCSE
11 15 (1.05%) DV Cleared
12 11 (0.77%) Azure Certification
12 11 (0.77%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (0.49%) CCNP
14 6 (0.42%) MCITP
14 6 (0.42%) PMI Certification
15 5 (0.35%) Computer Science Degree
16 4 (0.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 2 (0.14%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (4.78%) SLA
2 56 (3.93%) Cyber Essentials
3 46 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 12 (0.84%) GDPR
6 8 (0.56%) NIST
7 5 (0.35%) QA
8 4 (0.28%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.14%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.070%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 412 (28.93%) Active Directory
2 105 (7.37%) Hyper-V
3 86 (6.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.54%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (0.70%) Docker
6 10 (0.70%) vSphere
7 8 (0.56%) VMware Workstation
8 5 (0.35%) Terminal Services
9 4 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.28%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.21%) BitLocker
11 2 (0.14%) Firmware
12 1 (0.070%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 139 (9.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (1.26%) SCCM
3 15 (1.05%) WSUS
4 10 (0.70%) FortiGate
4 10 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.63%) Autotask
5 9 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
5 9 (0.63%) Proxmox
5 9 (0.63%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 7 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.35%) Ansible
8 4 (0.28%) SmoothWall
9 2 (0.14%) Terraform
10 1 (0.070%) Kubernetes
10 1 (0.070%) Podman
Vendors
1 528 (37.08%) Microsoft
2 113 (7.94%) VMware
3 52 (3.65%) Google
4 41 (2.88%) Cisco
5 37 (2.60%) Fortinet
6 36 (2.53%) Apple
7 31 (2.18%) Dell
7 31 (2.18%) Meraki
8 28 (1.97%) Fujitsu
8 28 (1.97%) Virgin Media
9 19 (1.33%) Veeam
10 18 (1.26%) Sophos
11 15 (1.05%) HP
12 13 (0.91%) Epicor
13 11 (0.77%) Citrix
14 10 (0.70%) SAP
15 9 (0.63%) ServiceNow
15 9 (0.63%) Ubiquiti
16 8 (0.56%) Adobe
16 8 (0.56%) ESET