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 19 July 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 222 109
Rank change year-on-year +154 -113 +69
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,652 455 1,630
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.29% 1.34% 2.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.42% 1.50% 2.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,480 361 1,349
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -
75th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £43,000
90th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £48,750
UK median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +11.94% -2.90%

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 68,388 30,344 66,801
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 89.43% 94.87%
Number of salaries quoted 47,396 17,398 46,977
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,968 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year - +3.77% -11.67%

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 19 July 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 19 July 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 +121 447 £35,000 -6.67% 56
North of England +86 325 £32,500 -1.52% 46
East of England +111 264 £35,000 +1.45% 30
Midlands +69 262 £32,500 -13.33% 25
South West +53 224 £35,000 -6.67% 25
North West +111 183 £35,000 +7.69% 19
East Midlands +45 132 £32,500 - 16
West Midlands +60 130 £32,500 -21.00% 9
Yorkshire -1 125 £30,000 - 24
Scotland +58 74 £28,500 -5.00% 11
Wales -13 51 £45,000 -43.75% 10
North East -40 17 £40,000 -17.95% 8
Northern Ireland - 5 £41,000 - 3
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 July 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.

1 751 (45.46%) Microsoft
2 714 (43.22%) Microsoft 365
3 651 (39.41%) Windows
4 532 (32.20%) Active Directory
5 425 (25.73%) Azure
6 394 (23.85%) Problem-Solving
7 349 (21.13%) Customer Service
8 338 (20.46%) Windows Server
9 311 (18.83%) Entra ID
10 261 (15.80%) Firewall
11 230 (13.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 230 (13.92%) Microsoft Intune
12 219 (13.26%) Microsoft Exchange
13 207 (12.53%) DNS
14 194 (11.74%) SharePoint
15 183 (11.08%) Cybersecurity
16 180 (10.90%) Hyper-V
17 173 (10.47%) VMware
18 170 (10.29%) DHCP
19 164 (9.93%) VPN
20 151 (9.14%) Windows 10
21 138 (8.35%) VMware Infrastructure
22 137 (8.29%) ITIL
23 128 (7.75%) Wi-Fi
24 120 (7.26%) Continuous Improvement
25 116 (7.02%) Disaster Recovery
25 116 (7.02%) LAN
26 115 (6.96%) PowerShell
27 108 (6.54%) Mac OS
27 108 (6.54%) WAN

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
1 219 (13.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 194 (11.74%) SharePoint
3 14 (0.85%) Confluence
3 14 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2013
4 13 (0.79%) IIS
5 12 (0.73%) Exchange Server 2007
5 12 (0.73%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.18%) Apache
Applications
1 96 (5.81%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.18%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.061%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 6 (0.36%) Raiser’s Edge
2 5 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.30%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.061%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 714 (43.22%) Microsoft 365
2 425 (25.73%) Azure
3 311 (18.83%) Entra ID
4 57 (3.45%) AWS
5 49 (2.97%) OneDrive
6 37 (2.24%) Google Workspace
7 32 (1.94%) SaaS
8 28 (1.69%) Mimecast
9 23 (1.39%) Power Platform
10 19 (1.15%) PaaS
11 14 (0.85%) IaaS
12 11 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (0.67%) Power Automate
13 9 (0.54%) PowerApps
14 8 (0.48%) Nutanix
15 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Copilot
16 5 (0.30%) OCI
17 4 (0.24%) Azure Sentinel
17 4 (0.24%) GCP
17 4 (0.24%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 261 (15.80%) Firewall
2 207 (12.53%) DNS
3 170 (10.29%) DHCP
4 164 (9.93%) VPN
5 128 (7.75%) Wi-Fi
6 116 (7.02%) LAN
7 108 (6.54%) WAN
8 96 (5.81%) TCP/IP
9 79 (4.78%) VoIP
10 66 (4.00%) Wireless
11 64 (3.87%) VLAN
12 31 (1.88%) SAN
13 30 (1.82%) Network Security
14 22 (1.33%) Internet
15 17 (1.03%) Remote Desktop
16 16 (0.97%) WLAN
17 11 (0.67%) SD-WAN
18 10 (0.61%) SSL
19 7 (0.42%) Broadband
19 7 (0.42%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (3.09%) SQL Server
2 13 (0.79%) Power BI
3 9 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (0.54%) MySQL
4 5 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.12%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 45 (2.72%) JIRA
2 3 (0.18%) GitLab
3 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.061%) Carbide.c++
4 1 (0.061%) LabVIEW
General
1 397 (24.03%) Social Skills
2 78 (4.72%) Manufacturing
3 71 (4.30%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (3.51%) Legal
5 57 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
6 51 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 40 (2.42%) Retail
8 38 (2.30%) Public Sector
9 32 (1.94%) Finance
9 32 (1.94%) Law
10 31 (1.88%) Telecoms
11 24 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
12 22 (1.33%) Advertising
13 17 (1.03%) Automotive
14 7 (0.42%) Aerospace
14 7 (0.42%) Local Government
15 4 (0.24%) Banking
15 4 (0.24%) Dutch Language
15 4 (0.24%) Military
15 4 (0.24%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.42%) HTML
1 7 (0.42%) JSON
2 4 (0.24%) Web Services
3 3 (0.18%) CSS
3 3 (0.18%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (0.061%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 236 (14.29%) Driving Licence
2 89 (5.39%) Onboarding
3 67 (4.06%) Self-Motivation
4 40 (2.42%) CCTV
5 37 (2.24%) Data Centre
6 23 (1.39%) FMCG
7 20 (1.21%) Security Posture
8 19 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (0.67%) Cloud Native
10 11 (0.67%) Clustering
10 11 (0.67%) Management Information System
10 11 (0.67%) NHS
11 10 (0.61%) PKI
11 10 (0.61%) Smartphone
12 9 (0.54%) Operational Technology
13 7 (0.42%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (0.42%) EPoS
13 7 (0.42%) Replication
14 6 (0.36%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 651 (39.41%) Windows
2 338 (20.46%) Windows Server
3 151 (9.14%) Windows 10
4 108 (6.54%) Mac OS
5 90 (5.45%) Linux
6 41 (2.48%) Apple iOS
7 38 (2.30%) Android
7 38 (2.30%) Windows Server 2019
8 35 (2.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 16 (0.97%) Windows 7
10 15 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
11 11 (0.67%) Ubuntu
12 10 (0.61%) Windows 8
13 4 (0.24%) Mac OS X
13 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.12%) VMS
15 1 (0.061%) CentOS
15 1 (0.061%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.061%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 394 (23.85%) Problem-Solving
2 349 (21.13%) Customer Service
3 230 (13.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 183 (11.08%) Cybersecurity
5 137 (8.29%) ITIL
6 120 (7.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 116 (7.02%) Disaster Recovery
8 71 (4.30%) Project Delivery
9 65 (3.93%) Service Delivery
10 62 (3.75%) Mentoring
10 62 (3.75%) Service Management
11 59 (3.57%) ITSM
11 59 (3.57%) Root Cause Analysis
12 49 (2.97%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 48 (2.91%) Business Continuity
14 46 (2.78%) Time Management
15 42 (2.54%) User Experience
16 39 (2.36%) Process Improvement
17 38 (2.30%) ERP
18 37 (2.24%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 115 (6.96%) PowerShell
2 58 (3.51%) SQL
3 11 (0.67%) R
4 10 (0.61%) Python
5 6 (0.36%) Ruby
6 5 (0.30%) Bash
7 4 (0.24%) PHP
7 4 (0.24%) VB
7 4 (0.24%) VBScript
8 3 (0.18%) Bicep
8 3 (0.18%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.18%) VBA
9 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.12%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 89 (5.39%) Microsoft Certification
2 83 (5.02%) Security Cleared
3 77 (4.66%) Degree
4 57 (3.45%) DBS Check
5 56 (3.39%) SC Cleared
6 53 (3.21%) CCNA
6 53 (3.21%) Cisco Certification
7 34 (2.06%) Network+ Certification
8 27 (1.63%) A+ Certification
9 23 (1.39%) Azure Certification
10 19 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
11 15 (0.91%) DV Cleared
11 15 (0.91%) MCSE
12 14 (0.85%) CompTIA Security+
13 9 (0.54%) CCNP
14 7 (0.42%) MCSA
15 6 (0.36%) AWS Certification
16 5 (0.30%) MCITP
17 4 (0.24%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (5.75%) Cyber Essentials
2 60 (3.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (2.78%) SLA
4 33 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 24 (1.45%) GDPR
6 10 (0.61%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.24%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.24%) NIST
7 4 (0.24%) QA
8 1 (0.061%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.061%) NCSC
System Software
1 532 (32.20%) Active Directory
2 180 (10.90%) Hyper-V
3 138 (8.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (1.15%) vSphere
6 17 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
8 13 (0.79%) Docker
9 8 (0.48%) BitLocker
10 6 (0.36%) VMware Workstation
11 5 (0.30%) Terminal Services
12 3 (0.18%) Firmware
12 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
13 1 (0.061%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 230 (13.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (1.27%) SCCM
3 18 (1.09%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 12 (0.73%) Proxmox
4 12 (0.73%) WSUS
5 10 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
6 9 (0.54%) FortiGate
6 9 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.42%) Autotask
7 7 (0.42%) Failover Clustering
8 5 (0.30%) Ansible
9 4 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.24%) Iperf
9 4 (0.24%) Kubernetes
9 4 (0.24%) Terraform
10 1 (0.061%) Argo
10 1 (0.061%) Nessus
Vendors
1 751 (45.46%) Microsoft
2 173 (10.47%) VMware
3 68 (4.12%) Cisco
4 46 (2.78%) Veeam
5 43 (2.60%) Google
6 36 (2.18%) Meraki
7 33 (2.00%) Apple
7 33 (2.00%) Dell
8 24 (1.45%) HP
8 24 (1.45%) Sophos
9 23 (1.39%) Ubiquiti
10 21 (1.27%) SonicWALL
11 15 (0.91%) Fortinet
12 13 (0.79%) CrowdStrike
12 13 (0.79%) Epicor
13 11 (0.67%) Logitech
13 11 (0.67%) ServiceNow
13 11 (0.67%) TOWER Software
14 10 (0.61%) Sage
15 9 (0.54%) Palo Alto