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 2 September 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 229 122
Rank change year-on-year +144 -107 +35
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,572 425 1,122
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.95% 1.22% 1.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.08% 1.37% 2.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,401 333 854
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,550 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £36,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +2.94%
75th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £43,750
90th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £51,250
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 75,726 31,085 55,379
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 89.42% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 52,623 17,936 34,751
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 £85,000 £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 2 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 2 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 +127 389 £37,500 -6.25% 65
East of England +107 275 £35,000 -4.76% 35
Midlands +69 268 £35,000 -2.10% 44
North of England +56 264 £32,500 -4.41% 43
South West +45 230 £35,000 -15.15% 37
North West +91 149 £33,475 -4.36% 23
East Midlands +33 136 £35,000 +13.82% 15
West Midlands +51 132 £34,500 -23.33% 29
Yorkshire -29 99 £30,000 -9.09% 16
Scotland +50 81 £28,500 +3.64% 29
Wales -26 54 £40,000 -50.00% 7
North East -50 16 £40,000 -17.95% 4
Northern Ireland -74 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 2 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.

1 775 (49.30%) Microsoft
2 709 (45.10%) Microsoft 365
3 661 (42.05%) Windows
4 517 (32.89%) Active Directory
5 415 (26.40%) Azure
6 369 (23.47%) Problem-Solving
7 347 (22.07%) Windows Server
8 331 (21.06%) Customer Service
9 320 (20.36%) Entra ID
10 256 (16.28%) Microsoft Intune
11 250 (15.90%) Firewall
11 250 (15.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 232 (14.76%) Microsoft Exchange
13 222 (14.12%) DNS
14 203 (12.91%) Cybersecurity
15 202 (12.85%) Hyper-V
15 202 (12.85%) SharePoint
16 189 (12.02%) DHCP
17 175 (11.13%) VMware
18 163 (10.37%) VPN
19 146 (9.29%) VMware Infrastructure
20 141 (8.97%) Continuous Improvement
21 135 (8.59%) Windows 10
22 130 (8.27%) ITIL
23 129 (8.21%) Wi-Fi
24 128 (8.14%) Disaster Recovery
25 124 (7.89%) TCP/IP
26 118 (7.51%) PowerShell
27 101 (6.42%) 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
1 232 (14.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 202 (12.85%) 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 62 (3.94%) 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 (45.10%) Microsoft 365
2 415 (26.40%) Azure
3 320 (20.36%) Entra ID
4 49 (3.12%) AWS
5 48 (3.05%) OneDrive
6 33 (2.10%) Google Workspace
7 30 (1.91%) Mimecast
8 26 (1.65%) Power Platform
9 24 (1.53%) SaaS
10 17 (1.08%) Power Automate
11 13 (0.83%) PaaS
12 11 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (0.70%) Nutanix
13 10 (0.64%) IaaS
14 8 (0.51%) Dynamics 365
14 8 (0.51%) PowerApps
15 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Copilot
16 3 (0.19%) Cloudflare
17 2 (0.13%) Azure Sentinel
17 2 (0.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 250 (15.90%) Firewall
2 222 (14.12%) DNS
3 189 (12.02%) DHCP
4 163 (10.37%) VPN
5 129 (8.21%) Wi-Fi
6 124 (7.89%) TCP/IP
7 91 (5.79%) LAN
8 86 (5.47%) VoIP
9 84 (5.34%) VLAN
10 82 (5.22%) Wireless
11 79 (5.03%) 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 5 (0.32%) PBX
18 5 (0.32%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (3.12%) 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
1 396 (25.19%) Social Skills
2 86 (5.47%) Manufacturing
3 81 (5.15%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (4.45%) Legal
5 40 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
6 39 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 36 (2.29%) Telecoms
8 35 (2.23%) Public Sector
9 30 (1.91%) Retail
10 29 (1.84%) Advertising
11 27 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
11 27 (1.72%) Finance
12 17 (1.08%) Automotive
13 14 (0.89%) Law
14 9 (0.57%) Aerospace
15 6 (0.38%) Local Government
16 4 (0.25%) Dutch Language
16 4 (0.25%) Games
16 4 (0.25%) Portuguese Language
16 4 (0.25%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.45%) HTML
1 7 (0.45%) JSON
2 4 (0.25%) Terraform
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%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 238 (15.14%) Driving Licence
2 94 (5.98%) Onboarding
3 64 (4.07%) Self-Motivation
4 46 (2.93%) CCTV
5 35 (2.23%) Data Centre
6 24 (1.53%) 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
13 9 (0.57%) NHS
14 8 (0.51%) PKI
14 8 (0.51%) Smartphone
15 7 (0.45%) EPoS
15 7 (0.45%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 661 (42.05%) Windows
2 347 (22.07%) Windows Server
3 135 (8.59%) Windows 10
4 97 (6.17%) Linux
5 96 (6.11%) Mac OS
6 47 (2.99%) Apple iOS
7 37 (2.35%) Android
7 37 (2.35%) Windows Server 2019
8 26 (1.65%) Windows Server 2016
9 21 (1.34%) Ubuntu
10 11 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (0.45%) Windows 7
12 5 (0.32%) Rocky
12 5 (0.32%) Windows 8
13 4 (0.25%) Debian
13 4 (0.25%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.13%) VMS
15 1 (0.064%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 369 (23.47%) Problem-Solving
2 331 (21.06%) Customer Service
3 250 (15.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 203 (12.91%) Cybersecurity
5 141 (8.97%) Continuous Improvement
6 130 (8.27%) ITIL
7 128 (8.14%) Disaster Recovery
8 79 (5.03%) Project Delivery
9 56 (3.56%) Mentoring
9 56 (3.56%) Service Management
10 53 (3.37%) ITSM
11 47 (2.99%) User Experience
12 45 (2.86%) Business Continuity
12 45 (2.86%) Service Delivery
13 44 (2.80%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 39 (2.48%) Time Management
15 38 (2.42%) Root Cause Analysis
16 32 (2.04%) Incident Management
16 32 (2.04%) Migration
17 31 (1.97%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 118 (7.51%) PowerShell
2 51 (3.24%) 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 62 (3.94%) DBS Check
3 51 (3.24%) Security Cleared
4 50 (3.18%) CCNA
4 50 (3.18%) Cisco Certification
5 37 (2.35%) 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
1 101 (6.42%) Cyber Essentials
2 52 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (2.10%) GDPR
4 31 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 30 (1.91%) SLA
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
1 517 (32.89%) Active Directory
2 202 (12.85%) 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
9 1 (0.064%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 256 (16.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (1.34%) 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%) Autotask
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%) Nessus
Vendors
1 775 (49.30%) Microsoft
2 175 (11.13%) VMware
3 67 (4.26%) Cisco
4 62 (3.94%) Veeam
5 44 (2.80%) SonicWALL
6 42 (2.67%) Apple
7 36 (2.29%) Google
8 28 (1.78%) Sophos
9 25 (1.59%) Dell
10 23 (1.46%) Meraki
11 21 (1.34%) Fortinet
12 20 (1.27%) Ubiquiti
13 17 (1.08%) HP
13 17 (1.08%) Logitech
13 17 (1.08%) TOWER Software
14 14 (0.89%) Draytek
15 13 (0.83%) Datto
15 13 (0.83%) Palo Alto
16 11 (0.70%) CrowdStrike
16 11 (0.70%) ServiceNow