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 £34,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

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

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 246 111 206
Rank change year-on-year -135 +95 +47
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 466 1,765 1,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.17% 2.36% 1.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% 2.48% 1.99%
Number of salaries quoted 331 1,509 777
10th Percentile £25,750 £23,500 £25,375
25th Percentile £26,875 £26,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £32,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.15% - -2.99%
75th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,750
90th Percentile £50,000 £47,650 £53,450
UK median annual salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -

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 35,806 71,101 51,023
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.94% 89.01%
Number of salaries quoted 18,138 50,103 29,550
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,750 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.49%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 2025. 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 -83 123 £37,000 +8.82% 87
North of England -113 119 £32,500 +3.17% 94
Midlands -68 116 £35,000 - 71
Yorkshire +12 82 £30,000 - 34
West Midlands -33 69 £35,000 - 19
East Midlands -50 47 £33,000 -12.00% 52
South West -33 39 £33,750 +12.50% 70
East of England -68 38 £30,000 -5.76% 45
North West -137 28 £33,750 +12.50% 46
Scotland +85 27 £30,000 +5.26% 23
North East +3 9 £40,000 +23.08% 16
Wales -48 4 £39,500 +43.64% 10
Channel Islands -3 1 £45,000 - 3
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, 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.

1 329 (70.60%) Windows
2 254 (54.51%) Microsoft
3 218 (46.78%) Active Directory
4 192 (41.20%) Microsoft 365
5 170 (36.48%) Social Skills
6 160 (34.33%) Problem-Solving
7 132 (28.33%) Azure
8 120 (25.75%) Firewall
9 115 (24.68%) Windows Server
10 99 (21.24%) Driving Licence
11 96 (20.60%) Degree
12 95 (20.39%) VMware
13 94 (20.17%) Linux
14 91 (19.53%) Customer Service
15 84 (18.03%) Cisco
16 78 (16.74%) Network Management
17 76 (16.31%) ITIL
18 75 (16.09%) Microsoft Certification
19 70 (15.02%) Cybersecurity
20 64 (13.73%) PowerShell
21 63 (13.52%) DNS
22 62 (13.30%) Microsoft Exchange
22 62 (13.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
23 60 (12.88%) VMware Infrastructure
23 60 (12.88%) Microsoft Intune
24 55 (11.80%) Computer Science
25 54 (11.59%) DHCP
26 52 (11.16%) SQL Server
27 51 (10.94%) Windows 10
28 47 (10.09%) AWS

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 62 (13.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (9.23%) SharePoint
3 17 (3.65%) Confluence
4 2 (0.43%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.43%) IIS
4 2 (0.43%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.21%) Apache
Applications
1 36 (7.73%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.07%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 192 (41.20%) Microsoft 365
2 132 (28.33%) Azure
3 47 (10.09%) AWS
4 46 (9.87%) Entra ID
5 30 (6.44%) SaaS
6 12 (2.58%) IaaS
6 12 (2.58%) OneDrive
7 11 (2.36%) GCP
7 11 (2.36%) Google Workspace
8 9 (1.93%) Mimecast
9 7 (1.50%) Power Platform
10 6 (1.29%) Amazon EC2
10 6 (1.29%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (1.29%) Nutanix
11 5 (1.07%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (0.86%) PaaS
12 4 (0.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 3 (0.64%) Route 53
14 2 (0.43%) AWS CloudFormation
14 2 (0.43%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 120 (25.75%) Firewall
2 63 (13.52%) DNS
3 54 (11.59%) DHCP
4 42 (9.01%) Network Security
4 42 (9.01%) TCP/IP
5 41 (8.80%) VLAN
5 41 (8.80%) WLAN
6 40 (8.58%) WAN
7 39 (8.37%) LAN
8 36 (7.73%) VPN
9 35 (7.51%) SAN
10 30 (6.44%) Internet
11 22 (4.72%) NAS
11 22 (4.72%) Wi-Fi
12 18 (3.86%) OSPF
12 18 (3.86%) VoIP
13 17 (3.65%) BGP
14 12 (2.58%) Intrusion Detection
15 9 (1.93%) SD-WAN
16 8 (1.72%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (11.16%) SQL Server
2 18 (3.86%) MySQL
3 16 (3.43%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.29%) Power BI
5 3 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.43%) Big Data
7 1 (0.21%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 19 (4.08%) JIRA
2 18 (3.86%) Git
3 16 (3.43%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.64%) GitLab
4 3 (0.64%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.43%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.21%) Postman
6 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 170 (36.48%) Social Skills
2 38 (8.15%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (6.87%) Organisational Skills
4 23 (4.94%) Retail
5 22 (4.72%) Finance
6 18 (3.86%) Telecoms
7 14 (3.00%) Automotive
8 11 (2.36%) Law
8 11 (2.36%) Manufacturing
9 10 (2.15%) Public Sector
10 5 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.64%) Banking
12 3 (0.64%) Billing
12 3 (0.64%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.64%) Legal
12 3 (0.64%) Marketing
13 2 (0.43%) Electronics
13 2 (0.43%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.21%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.86%) .NET
2 3 (0.64%) EDI
3 2 (0.43%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.43%) Kafka
4 1 (0.21%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.21%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.21%) JSON
4 1 (0.21%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.21%) REST
4 1 (0.21%) SAML
4 1 (0.21%) SOAP
4 1 (0.21%) WSH
4 1 (0.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 99 (21.24%) Driving Licence
2 41 (8.80%) Operational Technology
3 38 (8.15%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (4.08%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.86%) Mobile App
6 16 (3.43%) Social Media
7 13 (2.79%) Smartphone
8 12 (2.58%) Data Centre
9 9 (1.93%) Clustering
10 8 (1.72%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.29%) EPoS
12 5 (1.07%) Blackberry
13 4 (0.86%) Life Science
13 4 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
14 3 (0.64%) FMCG
14 3 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
14 3 (0.64%) Security Posture
15 2 (0.43%) CCTV
15 2 (0.43%) Educational Technology
15 2 (0.43%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 329 (70.60%) Windows
2 115 (24.68%) Windows Server
3 94 (20.17%) Linux
4 51 (10.94%) Windows 10
5 35 (7.51%) Android
6 26 (5.58%) Mac OS
6 26 (5.58%) Windows Server 2016
7 21 (4.51%) Windows Server 2019
8 17 (3.65%) Apple iOS
9 12 (2.58%) Ubuntu
10 11 (2.36%) Mac OS X
11 9 (1.93%) Windows Server 2012
12 8 (1.72%) Windows 7
13 5 (1.07%) Unix
14 2 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.43%) VMS
15 1 (0.21%) Debian
15 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (34.33%) Problem-Solving
2 91 (19.53%) Customer Service
3 78 (16.74%) Network Management
4 76 (16.31%) ITIL
5 70 (15.02%) Cybersecurity
6 62 (13.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 55 (11.80%) Computer Science
8 42 (9.01%) Network Design
9 38 (8.15%) Mentoring
10 35 (7.51%) Disaster Recovery
11 31 (6.65%) Migration
12 30 (6.44%) Asset Management
13 29 (6.22%) Continuous Improvement
13 29 (6.22%) Kalman Filter
14 28 (6.01%) IT Asset Management
14 28 (6.01%) Systems Engineering
15 27 (5.79%) Virtual Environments
16 24 (5.15%) Web Filtering
17 23 (4.94%) CI/CD
17 23 (4.94%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 64 (13.73%) PowerShell
2 31 (6.65%) SQL
3 16 (3.43%) C#
4 9 (1.93%) Python
5 4 (0.86%) Bash
6 3 (0.64%) Java
7 2 (0.43%) VBScript
8 1 (0.21%) Go
8 1 (0.21%) Perl
8 1 (0.21%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.21%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 96 (20.60%) Degree
2 75 (16.09%) Microsoft Certification
3 46 (9.87%) Computer Science Degree
4 44 (9.44%) MCSE
5 42 (9.01%) CCNA
5 42 (9.01%) Cisco Certification
6 39 (8.37%) MCP
7 33 (7.08%) Security Cleared
8 31 (6.65%) CCNP
9 28 (6.01%) LPIC
10 26 (5.58%) HND
11 22 (4.72%) DBS Check
12 19 (4.08%) SC Cleared
13 18 (3.86%) BPSS Clearance
14 17 (3.65%) A+ Certification
15 14 (3.00%) HNC
16 12 (2.58%) DV Cleared
17 9 (1.93%) MCSA
18 3 (0.64%) Network+ Certification
19 2 (0.43%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (2.15%) GDPR
3 9 (1.93%) NIST
3 9 (1.93%) SLA
4 6 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (0.43%) NCSC
6 2 (0.43%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.43%) QA
6 2 (0.43%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.21%) GRC
7 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 218 (46.78%) Active Directory
2 60 (12.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (9.23%) Virtual Servers
4 40 (8.58%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.29%) Docker
7 5 (1.07%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (1.07%) vSphere
8 4 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.64%) Firmware
10 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 60 (12.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (4.08%) Ansible
3 13 (2.79%) Jamf Pro
3 13 (2.79%) SCCM
4 8 (1.72%) Terraform
5 7 (1.50%) Kubernetes
5 7 (1.50%) SmoothWall
6 5 (1.07%) FortiGate
7 4 (0.86%) WSUS
8 3 (0.64%) Autotask
9 2 (0.43%) Grafana
9 2 (0.43%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 2 (0.43%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.21%) Backup Exec
10 1 (0.21%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.21%) SCOM
10 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 254 (54.51%) Microsoft
2 95 (20.39%) VMware
3 84 (18.03%) Cisco
4 27 (5.79%) Google
5 25 (5.36%) Apple
6 22 (4.72%) Meraki
7 20 (4.29%) Veeam
8 18 (3.86%) Dell
8 18 (3.86%) Fortinet
8 18 (3.86%) Zoho
9 16 (3.43%) Atlassian
10 14 (3.00%) Ubiquiti
11 12 (2.58%) HP
12 11 (2.36%) Sophos
13 8 (1.72%) CheckPoint
14 7 (1.50%) Aruba
15 6 (1.29%) Citrix
15 6 (1.29%) McAfee
15 6 (1.29%) SonicWALL
16 5 (1.07%) Juniper