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 30 September 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 224 137
Rank change year-on-year +134 -87 +17
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,584 396 956
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.83% 1.15% 1.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.97% 1.29% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,398 308 666
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,750 £25,008
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.45%
75th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
90th Percentile £52,875 £57,500 £52,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +4.17% +2.86%

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 80,368 30,802 50,337
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.02% 89.49% 95.27%
Number of salaries quoted 55,577 17,131 28,298
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,750
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 £64,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 30 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 30 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 +131 390 £37,500 -6.25% 86
Midlands +60 300 £34,500 -8.00% 67
North of England +51 265 £34,000 -2.86% 68
East of England +99 240 £35,000 -3.45% 33
South West +34 237 £35,000 -3.45% 26
West Midlands +55 155 £34,500 -27.37% 30
North West +75 149 £35,000 - 38
East Midlands +27 145 £35,000 +13.82% 36
Yorkshire -23 93 £30,000 -9.09% 22
Scotland +71 86 £28,500 -5.00% 33
Wales -30 55 £40,000 -50.00% 9
North East -47 23 £40,000 -17.95% 8
Northern Ireland -80 11 £41,000 +30.16% 10
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 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.

1 804 (50.76%) Microsoft
2 755 (47.66%) Microsoft 365
3 726 (45.83%) Windows
4 544 (34.34%) Active Directory
5 434 (27.40%) Azure
6 401 (25.32%) Problem-Solving
7 375 (23.67%) Windows Server
8 355 (22.41%) Customer Service
9 353 (22.29%) Entra ID
10 289 (18.24%) Microsoft Intune
11 273 (17.23%) Firewall
11 273 (17.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 258 (16.29%) DNS
13 247 (15.59%) Microsoft Exchange
14 231 (14.58%) Cybersecurity
15 220 (13.89%) DHCP
16 219 (13.83%) Hyper-V
17 216 (13.64%) SharePoint
18 193 (12.18%) VMware
19 186 (11.74%) VPN
20 155 (9.79%) VMware Infrastructure
21 151 (9.53%) Wi-Fi
22 147 (9.28%) Continuous Improvement
22 147 (9.28%) ITIL
23 146 (9.22%) TCP/IP
24 134 (8.46%) Windows 10
25 128 (8.08%) Disaster Recovery
26 118 (7.45%) PowerShell
27 109 (6.88%) LAN
28 106 (6.69%) Cyber Essentials

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
1 247 (15.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 216 (13.64%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.26%) IIS
4 7 (0.44%) Confluence
5 6 (0.38%) Apache
6 5 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2013
7 4 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2007
7 4 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 70 (4.42%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (0.82%) 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 4 (0.25%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.25%) Shopify
3 2 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.13%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 755 (47.66%) Microsoft 365
2 434 (27.40%) Azure
3 353 (22.29%) Entra ID
4 63 (3.98%) OneDrive
5 52 (3.28%) AWS
6 49 (3.09%) Google Workspace
7 29 (1.83%) Mimecast
8 25 (1.58%) Power Platform
9 21 (1.33%) SaaS
10 16 (1.01%) Power Automate
11 11 (0.69%) Dynamics 365
11 11 (0.69%) Nutanix
12 9 (0.57%) PaaS
13 8 (0.51%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (0.51%) IaaS
14 5 (0.32%) PowerApps
15 4 (0.25%) Cloud Computing
15 4 (0.25%) Serverless
16 3 (0.19%) Cloudflare
17 2 (0.13%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 273 (17.23%) Firewall
2 258 (16.29%) DNS
3 220 (13.89%) DHCP
4 186 (11.74%) VPN
5 151 (9.53%) Wi-Fi
6 146 (9.22%) TCP/IP
7 109 (6.88%) LAN
8 102 (6.44%) VoIP
9 99 (6.25%) VLAN
10 97 (6.12%) WAN
11 88 (5.56%) Wireless
12 34 (2.15%) SAN
13 30 (1.89%) Network Security
14 23 (1.45%) Internet
15 17 (1.07%) SSL
16 16 (1.01%) WLAN
17 14 (0.88%) Remote Desktop
18 8 (0.51%) PBX
19 7 (0.44%) NAS
19 7 (0.44%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (3.47%) SQL Server
2 12 (0.76%) MySQL
3 9 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (0.25%) Power BI
5 2 (0.13%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 33 (2.08%) JIRA
2 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.063%) Carbide.c++
General
1 453 (28.60%) Social Skills
2 82 (5.18%) Analytical Skills
3 77 (4.86%) Manufacturing
4 70 (4.42%) Legal
5 50 (3.16%) Public Sector
6 47 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
7 41 (2.59%) Telecoms
8 35 (2.21%) Retail
9 33 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
9 33 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 31 (1.96%) Advertising
11 29 (1.83%) Finance
12 16 (1.01%) Automotive
13 12 (0.76%) Aerospace
13 12 (0.76%) Law
14 8 (0.51%) Aviation
15 6 (0.38%) Games
16 5 (0.32%) Local Government
16 5 (0.32%) Military
16 5 (0.32%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.44%) HTML
1 7 (0.44%) JSON
2 4 (0.25%) .NET
2 4 (0.25%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 4 (0.25%) WinForms
3 3 (0.19%) CSS
3 3 (0.19%) Web Services
4 2 (0.13%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 259 (16.35%) Driving Licence
2 95 (6.00%) Onboarding
3 69 (4.36%) Self-Motivation
4 51 (3.22%) CCTV
5 33 (2.08%) Data Centre
6 23 (1.45%) Operational Technology
7 17 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
7 17 (1.07%) FMCG
7 17 (1.07%) Replication
8 16 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
9 15 (0.95%) Security Posture
10 14 (0.88%) Management Information System
11 11 (0.69%) Cloud Native
11 11 (0.69%) Clustering
11 11 (0.69%) Smartphone
12 9 (0.57%) Cyber Threat
13 8 (0.51%) NHS
13 8 (0.51%) PKI
14 7 (0.44%) Cyber Security Posture
14 7 (0.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 726 (45.83%) Windows
2 375 (23.67%) Windows Server
3 134 (8.46%) Windows 10
4 103 (6.50%) Linux
5 99 (6.25%) Mac OS
6 44 (2.78%) Apple iOS
7 40 (2.53%) Android
8 38 (2.40%) Windows Server 2019
9 30 (1.89%) Windows Server 2016
10 23 (1.45%) Ubuntu
11 12 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
12 6 (0.38%) Rocky
12 6 (0.38%) Windows 7
13 4 (0.25%) Debian
13 4 (0.25%) Windows 8
14 2 (0.13%) Unix
14 2 (0.13%) VMS
15 1 (0.063%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.063%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 401 (25.32%) Problem-Solving
2 355 (22.41%) Customer Service
3 273 (17.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 231 (14.58%) Cybersecurity
5 147 (9.28%) Continuous Improvement
5 147 (9.28%) ITIL
6 128 (8.08%) Disaster Recovery
7 82 (5.18%) Project Delivery
8 64 (4.04%) ITSM
9 59 (3.72%) Mentoring
10 54 (3.41%) Service Delivery
10 54 (3.41%) Service Management
11 52 (3.28%) Business Continuity
12 48 (3.03%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 47 (2.97%) User Experience
14 44 (2.78%) Root Cause Analysis
15 38 (2.40%) Migration
15 38 (2.40%) Time Management
16 37 (2.34%) Collaborative Working
17 36 (2.27%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 118 (7.45%) PowerShell
2 49 (3.09%) SQL
3 12 (0.76%) Ruby
4 10 (0.63%) Python
5 8 (0.51%) R
6 4 (0.25%) C#
6 4 (0.25%) VBScript
7 3 (0.19%) Bicep
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 94 (5.93%) Microsoft Certification
2 90 (5.68%) Degree
3 61 (3.85%) DBS Check
4 56 (3.54%) CCNA
4 56 (3.54%) Cisco Certification
5 51 (3.22%) Security Cleared
6 39 (2.46%) Network+ Certification
7 34 (2.15%) SC Cleared
8 26 (1.64%) Azure Certification
9 24 (1.52%) A+ Certification
10 20 (1.26%) MCSE
11 18 (1.14%) CompTIA Security+
12 13 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
13 10 (0.63%) MCSA
14 9 (0.57%) CCNP
14 9 (0.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 6 (0.38%) AWS Certification
15 6 (0.38%) DV Cleared
15 6 (0.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 5 (0.32%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (6.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 50 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 40 (2.53%) GDPR
4 26 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 24 (1.52%) SLA
6 11 (0.69%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.32%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.25%) NCSC
8 4 (0.25%) NIST
9 3 (0.19%) QA
System Software
1 544 (34.34%) Active Directory
2 219 (13.83%) Hyper-V
3 155 (9.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (1.07%) vSphere
6 15 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (0.63%) Docker
8 10 (0.63%) Firmware
9 7 (0.44%) BitLocker
10 4 (0.25%) Terminal Services
10 4 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.063%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 289 (18.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (1.33%) Jamf Pro
3 20 (1.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 14 (0.88%) SCCM
5 12 (0.76%) WSUS
6 8 (0.51%) Proxmox
7 7 (0.44%) Failover Clustering
8 6 (0.38%) FortiGate
8 6 (0.38%) Kubernetes
9 5 (0.32%) SmoothWall
10 4 (0.25%) Backup Exec
10 4 (0.25%) Iperf
11 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.13%) Ansible
12 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 2 (0.13%) PaperCut
12 2 (0.13%) SCOM
13 1 (0.063%) Autotask
13 1 (0.063%) Nessus
Vendors
1 804 (50.76%) Microsoft
2 193 (12.18%) VMware
3 87 (5.49%) Cisco
4 77 (4.86%) Veeam
5 51 (3.22%) Google
6 48 (3.03%) SonicWALL
7 47 (2.97%) Apple
8 36 (2.27%) Meraki
9 32 (2.02%) Dell
10 31 (1.96%) Sophos
11 25 (1.58%) Fortinet
12 24 (1.52%) TOWER Software
13 19 (1.20%) HP
13 19 (1.20%) Logitech
13 19 (1.20%) Palo Alto
14 18 (1.14%) Draytek
14 18 (1.14%) Ubiquiti
15 17 (1.07%) Datto
16 13 (0.82%) ServiceNow
17 11 (0.69%) WatchGuard