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 £34,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 May 2026.

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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 202 104
Rank change year-on-year +123 -98 +82
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,515 444 1,757
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.25% 1.55% 2.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.39% 1.75% 2.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,329 323 1,507
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,625 £26,375 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £33,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.99% +3.08% -
75th Percentile £42,500 £42,456 £42,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £47,800
UK median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -6.47%

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 63,304 25,417 67,992
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.83% 88.95% 94.84%
Number of salaries quoted 42,224 13,484 49,469
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,967 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +1.93% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 29 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 29 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 +96 371 £34,500 -6.76% 75
North of England +86 346 £32,940 +1.35% 48
Midlands +51 257 £32,500 -7.14% 34
East of England +96 237 £34,875 +16.25% 38
South West +62 200 £35,000 +4.48% 28
North West +123 190 £32,940 -2.40% 29
Yorkshire -4 145 £33,500 +16.52% 14
West Midlands +24 129 £32,500 -7.14% 11
East Midlands +35 128 £30,000 -8.40% 23
Scotland +29 63 £28,000 -6.67% 9
Wales +1 41 £45,000 +13.92% 13
North East -32 11 £30,000 -20.00% 7
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 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.

1 566 (37.36%) Microsoft
1 566 (37.36%) Microsoft 365
2 513 (33.86%) Windows
3 423 (27.92%) Active Directory
4 363 (23.96%) Azure
5 357 (23.56%) Problem-Solving
6 291 (19.21%) Customer Service
7 278 (18.35%) Windows Server
8 230 (15.18%) Entra ID
9 225 (14.85%) Firewall
10 163 (10.76%) Microsoft Intune
11 158 (10.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 150 (9.90%) DNS
12 150 (9.90%) SharePoint
13 145 (9.57%) VPN
14 142 (9.37%) Microsoft Exchange
15 138 (9.11%) Windows 10
16 137 (9.04%) Cybersecurity
17 135 (8.91%) VMware
18 131 (8.65%) Hyper-V
19 130 (8.58%) DHCP
20 117 (7.72%) LAN
21 116 (7.66%) ITIL
22 109 (7.19%) WAN
23 105 (6.93%) VMware Infrastructure
24 98 (6.47%) Wi-Fi
25 96 (6.34%) Security Cleared
26 83 (5.48%) Microsoft Office
27 82 (5.41%) Mentoring
28 81 (5.35%) PowerShell

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
1 150 (9.90%) SharePoint
2 142 (9.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.12%) Confluence
4 15 (0.99%) Exchange Server 2013
5 13 (0.86%) Exchange Server 2007
5 13 (0.86%) Exchange Server 2010
6 8 (0.53%) IIS
Applications
1 83 (5.48%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.20%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.13%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.066%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (0.40%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.066%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.066%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 566 (37.36%) Microsoft 365
2 363 (23.96%) Azure
3 230 (15.18%) Entra ID
4 46 (3.04%) AWS
4 46 (3.04%) Google Workspace
5 40 (2.64%) OneDrive
6 21 (1.39%) Power Platform
7 20 (1.32%) SaaS
8 19 (1.25%) PaaS
9 17 (1.12%) Mimecast
10 14 (0.92%) IaaS
11 9 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (0.59%) PowerApps
12 8 (0.53%) Azure Sentinel
13 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Copilot
14 5 (0.33%) Intacct
14 5 (0.33%) OCI
15 4 (0.26%) GCP
15 4 (0.26%) Nutanix
15 4 (0.26%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 225 (14.85%) Firewall
2 150 (9.90%) DNS
3 145 (9.57%) VPN
4 130 (8.58%) DHCP
5 117 (7.72%) LAN
6 109 (7.19%) WAN
7 98 (6.47%) Wi-Fi
8 59 (3.89%) VoIP
9 49 (3.23%) VLAN
10 46 (3.04%) TCP/IP
11 34 (2.24%) Wireless
12 28 (1.85%) SAN
13 23 (1.52%) Network Security
14 19 (1.25%) WLAN
15 13 (0.86%) SD-WAN
16 12 (0.79%) Remote Desktop
17 8 (0.53%) Internet
17 8 (0.53%) SSL
18 7 (0.46%) NAS
19 5 (0.33%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (2.44%) SQL Server
2 14 (0.92%) Power BI
3 5 (0.33%) MySQL
4 3 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.066%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.066%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 40 (2.64%) JIRA
2 4 (0.26%) GitLab
3 1 (0.066%) Carbide.c++
3 1 (0.066%) LabVIEW
General
1 314 (20.73%) Social Skills
2 70 (4.62%) Manufacturing
3 58 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
4 57 (3.76%) Analytical Skills
5 51 (3.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (2.57%) Telecoms
7 38 (2.51%) Legal
8 37 (2.44%) Public Sector
9 36 (2.38%) Retail
10 34 (2.24%) Finance
10 34 (2.24%) Law
11 28 (1.85%) Multimedia
12 14 (0.92%) Automotive
13 13 (0.86%) Advertising
14 5 (0.33%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.33%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.33%) Local Government
14 5 (0.33%) Social Housing
15 4 (0.26%) Portuguese Language
15 4 (0.26%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (0.40%) HTML
1 6 (0.40%) JSON
2 4 (0.26%) OpenTelemetry
2 4 (0.26%) Web Services
3 3 (0.20%) CSS
4 1 (0.066%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 205 (13.53%) Driving Licence
2 59 (3.89%) Onboarding
3 48 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (1.85%) CCTV
5 27 (1.78%) Analytical Mindset
6 26 (1.72%) Data Centre
6 26 (1.72%) FMCG
7 14 (0.92%) Management Information System
8 12 (0.79%) Smartphone
9 11 (0.73%) NHS
9 11 (0.73%) Security Posture
10 9 (0.59%) Clustering
10 9 (0.59%) Social Media
11 7 (0.46%) Operational Technology
11 7 (0.46%) Replication
12 6 (0.40%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (0.40%) iPhone
13 5 (0.33%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (0.33%) Linux Command Line
13 5 (0.33%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 513 (33.86%) Windows
2 278 (18.35%) Windows Server
3 138 (9.11%) Windows 10
4 67 (4.42%) Mac OS
5 64 (4.22%) Linux
6 38 (2.51%) Windows Server 2019
7 36 (2.38%) Windows Server 2016
8 33 (2.18%) Android
9 30 (1.98%) Apple iOS
10 17 (1.12%) Windows 7
11 13 (0.86%) Windows Server 2012
12 11 (0.73%) Windows 8
13 7 (0.46%) Ubuntu
14 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.26%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.066%) CentOS
16 1 (0.066%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.066%) Rocky
16 1 (0.066%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 357 (23.56%) Problem-Solving
2 291 (19.21%) Customer Service
3 158 (10.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 137 (9.04%) Cybersecurity
5 116 (7.66%) ITIL
6 82 (5.41%) Mentoring
7 69 (4.55%) Disaster Recovery
8 63 (4.16%) Service Delivery
9 62 (4.09%) Continuous Improvement
10 53 (3.50%) ITSM
10 53 (3.50%) Root Cause Analysis
11 51 (3.37%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 48 (3.17%) Service Management
13 47 (3.10%) Project Delivery
14 41 (2.71%) Time Management
15 36 (2.38%) Business Continuity
16 34 (2.24%) ERP
17 32 (2.11%) Process Improvement
18 29 (1.91%) Coaching
19 28 (1.85%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 81 (5.35%) PowerShell
2 47 (3.10%) SQL
3 6 (0.40%) Bash
3 6 (0.40%) Python
4 5 (0.33%) VB
5 4 (0.26%) PHP
5 4 (0.26%) R
6 3 (0.20%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.20%) Uniface
6 3 (0.20%) VBA
7 2 (0.13%) Google Apps Script
7 2 (0.13%) VBScript
8 1 (0.066%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 96 (6.34%) Security Cleared
2 78 (5.15%) Microsoft Certification
3 73 (4.82%) Degree
4 66 (4.36%) SC Cleared
5 55 (3.63%) DBS Check
6 43 (2.84%) CCNA
6 43 (2.84%) Cisco Certification
7 37 (2.44%) Network+ Certification
8 31 (2.05%) A+ Certification
9 26 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
10 18 (1.19%) Azure Certification
11 17 (1.12%) MCSE
12 16 (1.06%) DV Cleared
13 15 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
14 7 (0.46%) CCNP
15 5 (0.33%) Computer Science Degree
15 5 (0.33%) MCITP
16 4 (0.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 3 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
17 3 (0.20%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (4.82%) Cyber Essentials
2 55 (3.63%) SLA
3 52 (3.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 30 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 14 (0.92%) GDPR
6 8 (0.53%) NIST
7 6 (0.40%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.40%) QA
8 4 (0.26%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.066%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 423 (27.92%) Active Directory
2 131 (8.65%) Hyper-V
3 105 (6.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (1.06%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (0.73%) vSphere
7 10 (0.66%) Docker
8 7 (0.46%) VMware Workstation
9 5 (0.33%) BitLocker
9 5 (0.33%) Terminal Services
10 4 (0.26%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (0.13%) Firmware
13 1 (0.066%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 163 (10.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (1.32%) SCCM
3 13 (0.86%) WSUS
4 11 (0.73%) FortiGate
4 11 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
4 11 (0.73%) Proxmox
4 11 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (0.73%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 8 (0.53%) Autotask
6 7 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.33%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (0.26%) Ansible
8 4 (0.26%) SmoothWall
9 3 (0.20%) Terraform
10 2 (0.13%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 566 (37.36%) Microsoft
2 135 (8.91%) VMware
3 51 (3.37%) Google
4 45 (2.97%) Cisco
5 37 (2.44%) Fortinet
6 36 (2.38%) Apple
7 35 (2.31%) Meraki
8 33 (2.18%) Veeam
9 29 (1.91%) Dell
10 28 (1.85%) Fujitsu
10 28 (1.85%) Virgin Media
11 20 (1.32%) Sophos
12 15 (0.99%) HP
12 15 (0.99%) Ubiquiti
13 13 (0.86%) Epicor
14 11 (0.73%) SonicWALL
15 9 (0.59%) Logitech
15 9 (0.59%) Sage
15 9 (0.59%) ServiceNow
16 7 (0.46%) ESET