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 13 August 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 231 122
Rank change year-on-year +152 -109 +48
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,571 433 1,186
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.04% 1.25% 1.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.16% 1.39% 2.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,394 340 925
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,750 £24,375
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £36,750 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +4.48%
75th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £43,750
90th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £50,850
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 72,860 31,084 56,821
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.41% 89.47% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 50,337 17,810 37,410
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% -3.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% - -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 13 August 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 13 August 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 +140 408 £35,000 -12.50% 61
North of England +57 276 £32,500 -3.70% 43
East of England +112 266 £35,000 -2.78% 43
Midlands +58 256 £34,500 -3.50% 40
South West +58 226 £35,000 -9.68% 34
North West +105 155 £35,000 - 20
East Midlands +37 131 £35,000 +7.69% 13
West Midlands +44 125 £34,500 -18.82% 27
Yorkshire -7 106 £30,000 -9.09% 17
Scotland +61 76 £28,500 -5.00% 13
Wales -17 54 £42,500 -46.88% 8
North East -51 15 £40,000 -17.95% 7
Northern Ireland - 9 £41,000 - 2
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 August 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.

1 748 (47.61%) Microsoft
2 681 (43.35%) Microsoft 365
3 637 (40.55%) Windows
4 508 (32.34%) Active Directory
5 405 (25.78%) Azure
6 366 (23.30%) Problem-Solving
7 332 (21.13%) Customer Service
8 330 (21.01%) Windows Server
9 301 (19.16%) Entra ID
10 240 (15.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 237 (15.09%) Firewall
12 236 (15.02%) Microsoft Intune
13 226 (14.39%) Microsoft Exchange
14 204 (12.99%) DNS
15 193 (12.29%) Hyper-V
16 192 (12.22%) SharePoint
17 179 (11.39%) Cybersecurity
18 171 (10.88%) VMware
19 170 (10.82%) DHCP
20 154 (9.80%) VPN
21 145 (9.23%) VMware Infrastructure
22 136 (8.66%) Windows 10
23 131 (8.34%) Continuous Improvement
24 130 (8.27%) Disaster Recovery
25 129 (8.21%) ITIL
26 124 (7.89%) Wi-Fi
27 113 (7.19%) PowerShell
28 110 (7.00%) TCP/IP
29 101 (6.43%) Mac OS
30 98 (6.24%) LAN

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
1 226 (14.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 192 (12.22%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.02%) IIS
4 10 (0.64%) Confluence
5 8 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2013
6 6 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2007
6 6 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.19%) Apache
Applications
1 70 (4.46%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (0.83%) 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%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.13%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.13%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 681 (43.35%) Microsoft 365
2 405 (25.78%) Azure
3 301 (19.16%) Entra ID
4 52 (3.31%) AWS
5 44 (2.80%) OneDrive
6 28 (1.78%) Mimecast
7 27 (1.72%) Google Workspace
8 24 (1.53%) SaaS
9 20 (1.27%) Power Platform
10 16 (1.02%) PaaS
11 15 (0.95%) Power Automate
12 13 (0.83%) IaaS
13 11 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
13 11 (0.70%) Nutanix
14 7 (0.45%) PowerApps
15 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Copilot
16 5 (0.32%) GCP
17 3 (0.19%) Cloudflare
17 3 (0.19%) Dynamics 365
18 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 237 (15.09%) Firewall
2 204 (12.99%) DNS
3 170 (10.82%) DHCP
4 154 (9.80%) VPN
5 124 (7.89%) Wi-Fi
6 110 (7.00%) TCP/IP
7 98 (6.24%) LAN
8 88 (5.60%) WAN
9 76 (4.84%) VoIP
10 75 (4.77%) Wireless
11 66 (4.20%) VLAN
12 34 (2.16%) Network Security
12 34 (2.16%) SAN
13 22 (1.40%) Internet
14 16 (1.02%) Remote Desktop
14 16 (1.02%) WLAN
15 13 (0.83%) SSL
16 7 (0.45%) NAS
17 6 (0.38%) Broadband
18 4 (0.25%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (2.93%) SQL Server
2 9 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
2 9 (0.57%) MySQL
2 9 (0.57%) Power BI
3 5 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.13%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 39 (2.48%) JIRA
2 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.064%) Carbide.c++
General
1 370 (23.55%) Social Skills
2 83 (5.28%) Analytical Skills
3 80 (5.09%) Manufacturing
4 68 (4.33%) Legal
5 46 (2.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 40 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
7 36 (2.29%) Retail
8 34 (2.16%) Public Sector
9 31 (1.97%) Telecoms
10 29 (1.85%) Finance
11 28 (1.78%) Advertising
12 24 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
13 18 (1.15%) Law
14 17 (1.08%) Automotive
15 9 (0.57%) Aerospace
16 7 (0.45%) Local Government
17 4 (0.25%) Dutch Language
17 4 (0.25%) Military
17 4 (0.25%) Portuguese Language
17 4 (0.25%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.45%) HTML
1 7 (0.45%) JSON
2 4 (0.25%) Web Services
3 3 (0.19%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 228 (14.51%) Driving Licence
2 94 (5.98%) Onboarding
3 62 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
4 42 (2.67%) CCTV
5 39 (2.48%) Data Centre
6 22 (1.40%) FMCG
7 18 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
8 17 (1.08%) Security Posture
9 14 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
10 13 (0.83%) Management Information System
11 11 (0.70%) Cloud Native
11 11 (0.70%) Clustering
11 11 (0.70%) NHS
11 11 (0.70%) Operational Technology
11 11 (0.70%) Replication
11 11 (0.70%) Smartphone
12 9 (0.57%) Cyber Threat
13 8 (0.51%) PKI
14 7 (0.45%) EPoS
15 6 (0.38%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 637 (40.55%) Windows
2 330 (21.01%) Windows Server
3 136 (8.66%) Windows 10
4 101 (6.43%) Mac OS
5 90 (5.73%) Linux
6 41 (2.61%) Apple iOS
7 35 (2.23%) Android
8 33 (2.10%) Windows Server 2019
9 25 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
10 14 (0.89%) Ubuntu
11 11 (0.70%) Windows 7
12 10 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
13 7 (0.45%) Windows 8
14 4 (0.25%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.13%) Debian
15 2 (0.13%) VMS
16 1 (0.064%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.064%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (23.30%) Problem-Solving
2 332 (21.13%) Customer Service
3 240 (15.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 179 (11.39%) Cybersecurity
5 131 (8.34%) Continuous Improvement
6 130 (8.27%) Disaster Recovery
7 129 (8.21%) ITIL
8 74 (4.71%) Project Delivery
9 64 (4.07%) Service Management
10 57 (3.63%) ITSM
11 56 (3.56%) Mentoring
12 49 (3.12%) Root Cause Analysis
13 45 (2.86%) Business Continuity
13 45 (2.86%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 44 (2.80%) Service Delivery
14 44 (2.80%) User Experience
15 40 (2.55%) Time Management
16 33 (2.10%) Process Improvement
17 32 (2.04%) Collaborative Culture
17 32 (2.04%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 113 (7.19%) PowerShell
2 51 (3.25%) SQL
3 11 (0.70%) R
4 10 (0.64%) Python
5 8 (0.51%) Ruby
6 4 (0.25%) VBScript
7 3 (0.19%) Bicep
7 3 (0.19%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.19%) PHP
7 3 (0.19%) VBA
8 2 (0.13%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 88 (5.60%) Microsoft Certification
2 87 (5.54%) Degree
3 67 (4.26%) Security Cleared
4 57 (3.63%) DBS Check
5 52 (3.31%) CCNA
5 52 (3.31%) Cisco Certification
6 46 (2.93%) SC Cleared
7 36 (2.29%) Network+ Certification
8 25 (1.59%) Azure Certification
9 24 (1.53%) A+ Certification
10 17 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
11 15 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
11 15 (0.95%) MCSE
12 9 (0.57%) DV Cleared
13 6 (0.38%) AWS Certification
13 6 (0.38%) CCNP
14 5 (0.32%) MCSA
15 4 (0.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 4 (0.25%) Computer Science Degree
15 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (5.98%) Cyber Essentials
2 54 (3.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (2.42%) SLA
4 33 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 27 (1.72%) GDPR
6 10 (0.64%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.25%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.25%) NIST
8 3 (0.19%) QA
9 1 (0.064%) NCSC
System Software
1 508 (32.34%) Active Directory
2 193 (12.29%) Hyper-V
3 145 (9.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
4 17 (1.08%) vSphere
5 16 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (0.83%) Docker
7 12 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (0.51%) BitLocker
8 8 (0.51%) Firmware
9 5 (0.32%) Terminal Services
10 3 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.064%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 236 (15.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (1.46%) SCCM
3 17 (1.08%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 12 (0.76%) WSUS
5 11 (0.70%) Jamf Pro
6 10 (0.64%) Proxmox
7 7 (0.45%) Failover Clustering
7 7 (0.45%) FortiGate
8 6 (0.38%) Kubernetes
9 4 (0.25%) Autotask
9 4 (0.25%) Iperf
9 4 (0.25%) Terraform
10 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.13%) Ansible
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
1 748 (47.61%) Microsoft
2 171 (10.88%) VMware
3 66 (4.20%) Cisco
4 53 (3.37%) Veeam
5 37 (2.36%) Apple
6 34 (2.16%) Google
7 32 (2.04%) SonicWALL
8 26 (1.65%) Dell
8 26 (1.65%) Meraki
8 26 (1.65%) Sophos
9 22 (1.40%) Ubiquiti
10 18 (1.15%) Fortinet
10 18 (1.15%) HP
11 13 (0.83%) Logitech
11 13 (0.83%) TOWER Software
12 12 (0.76%) Palo Alto
13 11 (0.70%) CrowdStrike
14 10 (0.64%) ServiceNow
15 9 (0.57%) Citrix
15 9 (0.57%) Datto