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 4 September 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 226 127
Rank change year-on-year +141 -99 +31
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,571 401 1,063
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.95% 1.17% 1.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.07% 1.31% 1.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,401 312 801
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,875 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.94%
75th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £43,750
90th Percentile £55,000 £57,250 £52,500
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 75,937 30,549 53,968
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 89.32% 95.17%
Number of salaries quoted 52,800 17,475 33,507
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £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 4 September 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 4 September 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 +130 390 £37,500 -6.25% 76
East of England +103 273 £35,000 -4.76% 32
Midlands +69 269 £35,000 - 45
North of England +55 262 £32,500 -1.52% 45
South West +47 232 £35,000 -15.15% 32
North West +88 146 £33,488 -4.32% 23
East Midlands +34 136 £35,000 +13.82% 17
West Midlands +59 133 £34,500 -27.37% 28
Yorkshire -21 99 £30,000 -9.09% 17
Scotland +55 80 £28,500 +5.56% 25
Wales -28 54 £40,000 -50.00% 5
North East -53 17 £40,000 -17.95% 5
Northern Ireland -74 11 £41,000 +30.16% 14
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 September 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.

1 771 (49.08%) Microsoft
2 709 (45.13%) Microsoft 365
3 663 (42.20%) Windows
4 515 (32.78%) Active Directory
5 412 (26.23%) Azure
6 369 (23.49%) Problem-Solving
7 350 (22.28%) Windows Server
8 331 (21.07%) Customer Service
9 321 (20.43%) Entra ID
10 256 (16.30%) Microsoft Intune
11 251 (15.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 250 (15.91%) Firewall
13 231 (14.70%) Microsoft Exchange
14 223 (14.19%) DNS
15 204 (12.99%) Cybersecurity
15 204 (12.99%) SharePoint
16 202 (12.86%) Hyper-V
17 190 (12.09%) DHCP
18 175 (11.14%) VMware
19 164 (10.44%) VPN
20 146 (9.29%) VMware Infrastructure
21 142 (9.04%) Continuous Improvement
22 133 (8.47%) Windows 10
23 132 (8.40%) Wi-Fi
24 127 (8.08%) Disaster Recovery
24 127 (8.08%) ITIL
25 126 (8.02%) TCP/IP
26 117 (7.45%) PowerShell
27 100 (6.37%) Cyber Essentials
28 97 (6.17%) Linux

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
1 231 (14.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 204 (12.99%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.15%) IIS
4 7 (0.45%) Confluence
5 6 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (0.25%) Apache
6 4 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 64 (4.07%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.70%) 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%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.064%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.064%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 709 (45.13%) Microsoft 365
2 412 (26.23%) Azure
3 321 (20.43%) Entra ID
4 50 (3.18%) AWS
4 50 (3.18%) OneDrive
5 32 (2.04%) Google Workspace
6 30 (1.91%) Mimecast
7 26 (1.65%) Power Platform
8 24 (1.53%) SaaS
9 17 (1.08%) Power Automate
10 13 (0.83%) PaaS
11 11 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (0.70%) Nutanix
12 10 (0.64%) IaaS
13 8 (0.51%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (0.51%) PowerApps
14 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Copilot
15 3 (0.19%) Cloudflare
16 2 (0.13%) Cloud Computing
16 2 (0.13%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 250 (15.91%) Firewall
2 223 (14.19%) DNS
3 190 (12.09%) DHCP
4 164 (10.44%) VPN
5 132 (8.40%) Wi-Fi
6 126 (8.02%) TCP/IP
7 91 (5.79%) LAN
8 87 (5.54%) VoIP
9 85 (5.41%) VLAN
10 82 (5.22%) Wireless
11 78 (4.96%) WAN
12 36 (2.29%) Network Security
13 30 (1.91%) SAN
14 22 (1.40%) Internet
15 16 (1.02%) SSL
15 16 (1.02%) WLAN
16 14 (0.89%) Remote Desktop
17 7 (0.45%) NAS
18 6 (0.38%) Structured Cabling
19 5 (0.32%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (3.06%) SQL Server
2 10 (0.64%) MySQL
3 9 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (0.51%) Power BI
5 5 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.13%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 38 (2.42%) JIRA
2 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.064%) Carbide.c++
General
1 399 (25.40%) Social Skills
2 86 (5.47%) Manufacturing
3 81 (5.16%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (4.46%) Legal
5 39 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 39 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
6 37 (2.36%) Public Sector
7 35 (2.23%) Telecoms
8 29 (1.85%) Advertising
8 29 (1.85%) Retail
9 27 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
9 27 (1.72%) Finance
10 17 (1.08%) Automotive
11 14 (0.89%) Law
12 9 (0.57%) Aerospace
13 6 (0.38%) Local Government
14 5 (0.32%) Games
15 4 (0.25%) Banking
15 4 (0.25%) Dutch Language
15 4 (0.25%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.45%) HTML
1 7 (0.45%) JSON
2 4 (0.25%) Web Services
3 3 (0.19%) .NET
3 3 (0.19%) ASP.NET Web Forms
3 3 (0.19%) CSS
3 3 (0.19%) Terraform
3 3 (0.19%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 237 (15.09%) Driving Licence
2 92 (5.86%) Onboarding
3 66 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
4 47 (2.99%) CCTV
5 34 (2.16%) Data Centre
6 25 (1.59%) Operational Technology
7 22 (1.40%) FMCG
8 17 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
9 15 (0.95%) Replication
9 15 (0.95%) Security Posture
10 14 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (0.83%) Management Information System
12 11 (0.70%) Cloud Native
12 11 (0.70%) Clustering
13 9 (0.57%) Cyber Threat
14 8 (0.51%) NHS
14 8 (0.51%) PKI
14 8 (0.51%) Smartphone
15 7 (0.45%) EPoS
15 7 (0.45%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 663 (42.20%) Windows
2 350 (22.28%) Windows Server
3 133 (8.47%) Windows 10
4 97 (6.17%) Linux
5 95 (6.05%) Mac OS
6 47 (2.99%) Apple iOS
7 38 (2.42%) Android
8 37 (2.36%) Windows Server 2019
9 26 (1.65%) Windows Server 2016
10 21 (1.34%) Ubuntu
11 11 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
12 6 (0.38%) Windows 7
13 5 (0.32%) Rocky
14 4 (0.25%) Debian
14 4 (0.25%) Mac OS X
14 4 (0.25%) Windows 8
15 2 (0.13%) VMS
16 1 (0.064%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 369 (23.49%) Problem-Solving
2 331 (21.07%) Customer Service
3 251 (15.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 204 (12.99%) Cybersecurity
5 142 (9.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 127 (8.08%) Disaster Recovery
6 127 (8.08%) ITIL
7 78 (4.96%) Project Delivery
8 55 (3.50%) Mentoring
9 53 (3.37%) Service Management
10 52 (3.31%) ITSM
11 47 (2.99%) User Experience
12 45 (2.86%) Service Delivery
13 44 (2.80%) Business Continuity
13 44 (2.80%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 38 (2.42%) Time Management
15 37 (2.36%) Root Cause Analysis
16 32 (2.04%) ERP
16 32 (2.04%) Incident Management
16 32 (2.04%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 117 (7.45%) PowerShell
2 51 (3.25%) SQL
3 11 (0.70%) R
4 10 (0.64%) Python
5 9 (0.57%) Ruby
6 4 (0.25%) VBScript
7 3 (0.19%) Bicep
7 3 (0.19%) C#
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 88 (5.60%) Degree
1 88 (5.60%) Microsoft Certification
2 61 (3.88%) DBS Check
3 51 (3.25%) Security Cleared
4 50 (3.18%) CCNA
4 50 (3.18%) Cisco Certification
5 37 (2.36%) Network+ Certification
6 34 (2.16%) SC Cleared
7 26 (1.65%) Azure Certification
8 20 (1.27%) CompTIA Security+
9 19 (1.21%) A+ Certification
10 14 (0.89%) MCSE
11 10 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (0.51%) CCNP
13 7 (0.45%) MCSA
14 6 (0.38%) AWS Certification
14 6 (0.38%) DV Cleared
14 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 5 (0.32%) Computer Science Degree
16 4 (0.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (6.37%) Cyber Essentials
2 52 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (2.16%) GDPR
4 30 (1.91%) SLA
5 29 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 10 (0.64%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.32%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.25%) NIST
9 3 (0.19%) QA
10 1 (0.064%) NCSC
System Software
1 515 (32.78%) Active Directory
2 202 (12.86%) Hyper-V
3 146 (9.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (1.08%) vSphere
5 15 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (0.83%) Docker
6 13 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (0.51%) BitLocker
7 8 (0.51%) Firmware
8 5 (0.32%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.064%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.064%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 256 (16.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (1.21%) SCCM
3 15 (0.95%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 14 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
5 13 (0.83%) WSUS
6 8 (0.51%) Proxmox
7 7 (0.45%) Failover Clustering
7 7 (0.45%) FortiGate
8 6 (0.38%) Kubernetes
9 4 (0.25%) Iperf
10 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.13%) Ansible
11 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 2 (0.13%) PaperCut
11 2 (0.13%) SCOM
12 1 (0.064%) Argo
12 1 (0.064%) Autotask
12 1 (0.064%) Nessus
Vendors
1 771 (49.08%) Microsoft
2 175 (11.14%) VMware
3 67 (4.26%) Cisco
4 62 (3.95%) Veeam
5 45 (2.86%) SonicWALL
6 42 (2.67%) Apple
7 35 (2.23%) Google
8 27 (1.72%) Sophos
9 25 (1.59%) Dell
10 23 (1.46%) Meraki
11 21 (1.34%) Fortinet
12 19 (1.21%) Ubiquiti
13 17 (1.08%) HP
13 17 (1.08%) Logitech
13 17 (1.08%) TOWER Software
14 15 (0.95%) Draytek
15 13 (0.83%) Datto
15 13 (0.83%) Palo Alto
16 12 (0.76%) ServiceNow
17 11 (0.70%) CrowdStrike