IT Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £33,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 203 252
Rank change year-on-year +82 +49 -47
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,331 862 1,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.04% 1.79% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.15% 2.00% 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,065 736 1,013
10th Percentile £24,250 £24,875 £23,500
25th Percentile £27,000 £27,500 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £32,500 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% -2.99% +3.08%
75th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £45,000
90th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £53,750
UK median annual salary £35,000 £34,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +1.45% -1.43% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 61,941 43,162 74,370
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 89.65% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 41,460 27,696 44,286
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured IT Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for IT Engineer 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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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
Midlands +66 326 £37,500 +15.38% 32
North of England +88 316 £32,500 -5.80% 64
South East +25 280 £35,000 +11.11% 74
South West +19 202 £34,000 - 39
West Midlands +44 172 £36,000 +2.86% 22
East Midlands +58 152 £40,000 +35.59% 10
North West +54 149 £32,000 -14.67% 30
Yorkshire +93 132 £30,000 -12.41% 26
East of England +1 110 £31,833 -2.05% 21
Scotland -48 48 £28,500 -22.97% 13
Wales +60 39 £27,500 -21.43% 8
North East +3 34 £32,500 -1.52% 13
Northern Ireland +23 8 £30,000 +9.09% 7
Channel Islands - 3 - -
Isle of Man - 2 - -
IT Engineer
UK

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, IT Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 712 (53.49%) Windows
2 669 (50.26%) Microsoft
3 540 (40.57%) Microsoft 365
4 499 (37.49%) Active Directory
5 402 (30.20%) Azure
6 351 (26.37%) Social Skills
7 333 (25.02%) Windows Server
8 305 (22.92%) Firewall
9 300 (22.54%) Problem-Solving
10 294 (22.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 256 (19.23%) VMware
12 253 (19.01%) ITIL
13 214 (16.08%) Customer Service
14 211 (15.85%) Cisco
15 187 (14.05%) Linux
16 185 (13.90%) Microsoft Exchange
17 169 (12.70%) Driving Licence
18 168 (12.62%) Microsoft Office
19 167 (12.55%) VMware Infrastructure
20 164 (12.32%) Degree
21 160 (12.02%) Microsoft Certification
22 158 (11.87%) Windows 10
23 157 (11.80%) Hyper-V
24 138 (10.37%) SharePoint
25 136 (10.22%) Entra ID
26 134 (10.07%) DNS
27 120 (9.02%) SQL
28 119 (8.94%) Cybersecurity
29 118 (8.87%) Network Security
30 114 (8.56%) Cisco Certification

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 185 (13.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 138 (10.37%) SharePoint
3 11 (0.83%) IIS
4 8 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2013
5 7 (0.53%) Confluence
6 4 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2000
7 3 (0.23%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.15%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 2 (0.15%) CMS
8 2 (0.15%) WordPress
9 1 (0.075%) Apache
9 1 (0.075%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.075%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.075%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.075%) Site Server
9 1 (0.075%) Tomcat
Applications
1 168 (12.62%) Microsoft Office
2 48 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.075%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.38%) Sage X3
2 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.075%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.075%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.075%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 540 (40.57%) Microsoft 365
2 402 (30.20%) Azure
3 136 (10.22%) Entra ID
4 40 (3.01%) OneDrive
5 38 (2.85%) AWS
6 28 (2.10%) Google Workspace
7 16 (1.20%) Mimecast
8 13 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
8 13 (0.98%) iTunes
9 12 (0.90%) Power Platform
10 10 (0.75%) Nutanix
11 7 (0.53%) PowerApps
11 7 (0.53%) SaaS
12 5 (0.38%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (0.38%) Dropbox
13 3 (0.23%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (0.23%) Google Drive
13 3 (0.23%) Power Automate
13 3 (0.23%) Serverless
13 3 (0.23%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 305 (22.92%) Firewall
2 134 (10.07%) DNS
3 118 (8.87%) Network Security
4 112 (8.41%) Wi-Fi
5 111 (8.34%) Internet
6 103 (7.74%) DHCP
7 94 (7.06%) WAN
8 91 (6.84%) VPN
9 81 (6.09%) LAN
10 80 (6.01%) WLAN
11 79 (5.94%) TCP/IP
12 74 (5.56%) Wireless
13 60 (4.51%) SAN
14 58 (4.36%) VoIP
15 57 (4.28%) VLAN
16 18 (1.35%) Cisco IOS
16 18 (1.35%) NAS
16 18 (1.35%) SD-WAN
17 16 (1.20%) SSL
18 15 (1.13%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (6.16%) SQL Server
2 21 (1.58%) Amazon RDS
2 21 (1.58%) MySQL
3 4 (0.30%) DB2
3 4 (0.30%) InfluxDB
3 4 (0.30%) Power BI
4 3 (0.23%) MariaDB
4 3 (0.23%) Metabase
5 2 (0.15%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 17 (1.28%) JIRA
2 8 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (0.23%) Axure RP
3 3 (0.23%) LabVIEW
3 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.075%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.075%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 351 (26.37%) Social Skills
2 62 (4.66%) Telecoms
3 52 (3.91%) Finance
4 51 (3.83%) Law
5 50 (3.76%) Manufacturing
6 46 (3.46%) Retail
7 43 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
8 37 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
9 28 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
10 25 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 21 (1.58%) Marketing
12 19 (1.43%) Games
13 18 (1.35%) Legal
14 15 (1.13%) Public Sector
15 10 (0.75%) Advertising
15 10 (0.75%) Automotive
16 9 (0.68%) Military
17 8 (0.60%) Aerospace
18 4 (0.30%) Electronics
19 3 (0.23%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.38%) Loki
1 5 (0.38%) YAML
2 3 (0.23%) HTML
3 2 (0.15%) .NET
3 2 (0.15%) CSS
3 2 (0.15%) Kafka
3 2 (0.15%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.075%) LAMP
4 1 (0.075%) RESTEasy
4 1 (0.075%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 169 (12.70%) Driving Licence
2 81 (6.09%) Onboarding
3 48 (3.61%) Management Information System
4 45 (3.38%) Data Centre
5 35 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
6 30 (2.25%) Replication
7 22 (1.65%) Fat Client
7 22 (1.65%) Thin Client
8 19 (1.43%) Enterprise Storage
9 15 (1.13%) CCTV
10 10 (0.75%) Social Media
11 8 (0.60%) Smartphone
12 6 (0.45%) Client/Server
12 6 (0.45%) Clustering
12 6 (0.45%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (0.45%) EPoS
12 6 (0.45%) Security Posture
13 5 (0.38%) Blackberry
13 5 (0.38%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (0.38%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 712 (53.49%) Windows
2 333 (25.02%) Windows Server
3 187 (14.05%) Linux
4 158 (11.87%) Windows 10
5 91 (6.84%) Windows Server 2016
6 69 (5.18%) Windows Server 2019
7 49 (3.68%) Windows Server 2012
8 43 (3.23%) Android
9 41 (3.08%) Mac OS
10 36 (2.70%) Apple iOS
11 21 (1.58%) Windows 7
12 15 (1.13%) Mac OS X
13 14 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 11 (0.83%) Ubuntu
14 11 (0.83%) Windows Server 2008
15 10 (0.75%) Windows 8
16 8 (0.60%) VMS
17 6 (0.45%) Unix
18 5 (0.38%) CentOS
19 4 (0.30%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 300 (22.54%) Problem-Solving
2 294 (22.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 253 (19.01%) ITIL
4 214 (16.08%) Customer Service
5 119 (8.94%) Cybersecurity
6 91 (6.84%) Asset Management
6 91 (6.84%) Computer Science
7 90 (6.76%) Project Delivery
8 88 (6.61%) Mentoring
9 74 (5.56%) Network Management
10 69 (5.18%) Disaster Recovery
10 69 (5.18%) IT Asset Management
11 65 (4.88%) Service Delivery
12 64 (4.81%) Continuous Improvement
13 60 (4.51%) Project Management
14 56 (4.21%) Migration
15 40 (3.01%) Incident Management
16 39 (2.93%) Agile
17 38 (2.85%) Project Planning
18 36 (2.70%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 120 (9.02%) SQL
2 85 (6.39%) PowerShell
3 24 (1.80%) Python
4 9 (0.68%) Java
4 9 (0.68%) Swift
5 8 (0.60%) C++
6 7 (0.53%) JavaScript
7 6 (0.45%) C#
8 4 (0.30%) PHP
8 4 (0.30%) R
8 4 (0.30%) VB
9 3 (0.23%) Bash
9 3 (0.23%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.15%) VBScript
11 1 (0.075%) Perl
11 1 (0.075%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 164 (12.32%) Degree
2 160 (12.02%) Microsoft Certification
3 114 (8.56%) Cisco Certification
4 103 (7.74%) CCNA
5 97 (7.29%) MCSE
6 83 (6.24%) Computer Science Degree
7 82 (6.16%) CCNP
8 79 (5.94%) MCP
9 67 (5.03%) LPIC
10 50 (3.76%) DBS Check
11 39 (2.93%) Security Cleared
12 26 (1.95%) SC Cleared
13 24 (1.80%) Azure Certification
14 22 (1.65%) DV Cleared
15 20 (1.50%) Network+ Certification
16 18 (1.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 16 (1.20%) CISSP
18 14 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
19 13 (0.98%) A+ Certification
19 13 (0.98%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (4.36%) SLA
2 41 (3.08%) GDPR
3 26 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
5 17 (1.28%) QA
6 6 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (0.45%) NIST
6 6 (0.45%) SOC 2
7 5 (0.38%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.15%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.15%) COBIT
8 2 (0.15%) NCSC
8 2 (0.15%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.075%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.075%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 499 (37.49%) Active Directory
2 167 (12.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 157 (11.80%) Hyper-V
4 24 (1.80%) vSphere
5 23 (1.73%) VMware ESXi
6 17 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
8 7 (0.53%) Firmware
9 5 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.38%) XenDesktop
10 4 (0.30%) Docker
11 3 (0.23%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.075%) Samba
13 1 (0.075%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.075%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.075%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.075%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 111 (8.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 58 (4.36%) SCCM
3 12 (0.90%) WSUS
4 9 (0.68%) Kubernetes
5 8 (0.60%) Grafana
5 8 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
5 8 (0.60%) vCenter Server
6 7 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 7 (0.53%) Ansible
6 7 (0.53%) SCOM
7 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 5 (0.38%) Cisco CUCM
8 5 (0.38%) EMC NetWorker
8 5 (0.38%) Nessus
8 5 (0.38%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.38%) ServiceCenter
8 5 (0.38%) Terraform
8 5 (0.38%) ZABBIX
9 3 (0.23%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.15%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 669 (50.26%) Microsoft
2 256 (19.23%) VMware
3 211 (15.85%) Cisco
4 82 (6.16%) Veeam
5 65 (4.88%) Meraki
6 58 (4.36%) Citrix
7 41 (3.08%) Apple
8 35 (2.63%) Google
8 35 (2.63%) HP
9 34 (2.55%) Dell
10 30 (2.25%) Fortinet
11 24 (1.80%) Sophos
12 17 (1.28%) Draytek
12 17 (1.28%) Palo Alto
13 16 (1.20%) Aruba
14 15 (1.13%) Red Hat
15 13 (0.98%) Acronis
15 13 (0.98%) WatchGuard
16 12 (0.90%) Ubiquiti
17 10 (0.75%) McAfee