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 £34,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 May 2026.

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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 212 110
Rank change year-on-year +135 -102 +77
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,508 424 1,734
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.25% 1.49% 2.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.40% 1.67% 2.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,317 326 1,493
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,692 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £33,500 £32,250
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% +3.88% -0.77%
75th Percentile £42,500 £42,456 £42,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -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 62,939 25,339 66,618
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.76% 88.87% 94.83%
Number of salaries quoted 41,883 13,427 48,502
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,450 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -6.10%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 24 May 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 24 May 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 +98 371 £34,000 -2.86% 59
North of England +106 345 £32,940 +1.35% 34
Midlands +55 259 £32,500 -7.14% 30
East of England +93 231 £34,750 +15.83% 38
South West +55 196 £35,000 +4.48% 28
North West +116 190 £32,940 -2.40% 18
Yorkshire +17 144 £33,500 +21.82% 15
East Midlands +36 131 £30,000 -7.69% 15
West Midlands +24 128 £32,500 -7.14% 15
Scotland +35 66 £29,000 -3.33% 9
Wales +1 40 £45,000 +13.92% 8
North East -38 11 £30,000 -20.00% 3
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 May 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.

1 549 (36.41%) Microsoft 365
2 546 (36.21%) Microsoft
3 497 (32.96%) Windows
4 413 (27.39%) Active Directory
5 352 (23.34%) Problem-Solving
6 351 (23.28%) Azure
7 285 (18.90%) Customer Service
8 272 (18.04%) Windows Server
9 222 (14.72%) Entra ID
10 217 (14.39%) Firewall
11 159 (10.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 155 (10.28%) Microsoft Intune
13 147 (9.75%) DNS
14 141 (9.35%) VPN
15 139 (9.22%) SharePoint
16 132 (8.75%) Microsoft Exchange
17 131 (8.69%) Windows 10
18 129 (8.55%) Cybersecurity
19 128 (8.49%) DHCP
20 125 (8.29%) VMware
21 120 (7.96%) Hyper-V
22 116 (7.69%) LAN
23 112 (7.43%) ITIL
24 107 (7.10%) WAN
25 97 (6.43%) Security Cleared
25 97 (6.43%) VMware Infrastructure
26 95 (6.30%) Wi-Fi
27 84 (5.57%) Microsoft Office
28 82 (5.44%) Mentoring
29 81 (5.37%) Microsoft Certification

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
1 139 (9.22%) SharePoint
2 132 (8.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.13%) Confluence
4 14 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2013
5 12 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2007
5 12 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2010
6 8 (0.53%) IIS
Applications
1 84 (5.57%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.20%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.13%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.066%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (0.40%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.066%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 549 (36.41%) Microsoft 365
2 351 (23.28%) Azure
3 222 (14.72%) Entra ID
4 46 (3.05%) Google Workspace
5 45 (2.98%) AWS
6 36 (2.39%) OneDrive
7 22 (1.46%) Power Platform
8 20 (1.33%) SaaS
9 19 (1.26%) PaaS
10 16 (1.06%) Mimecast
11 14 (0.93%) IaaS
12 10 (0.66%) PowerApps
13 9 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
14 8 (0.53%) Azure Sentinel
15 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Copilot
16 5 (0.33%) Intacct
16 5 (0.33%) OCI
17 4 (0.27%) GCP
17 4 (0.27%) Nutanix
17 4 (0.27%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 217 (14.39%) Firewall
2 147 (9.75%) DNS
3 141 (9.35%) VPN
4 128 (8.49%) DHCP
5 116 (7.69%) LAN
6 107 (7.10%) WAN
7 95 (6.30%) Wi-Fi
8 59 (3.91%) VoIP
9 49 (3.25%) VLAN
10 41 (2.72%) TCP/IP
11 34 (2.25%) Wireless
12 32 (2.12%) SAN
13 24 (1.59%) Network Security
14 20 (1.33%) WLAN
15 13 (0.86%) SD-WAN
16 10 (0.66%) Remote Desktop
17 9 (0.60%) Internet
18 8 (0.53%) SSL
19 7 (0.46%) NAS
20 6 (0.40%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (2.39%) SQL Server
2 16 (1.06%) Power BI
3 5 (0.33%) MySQL
4 2 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.066%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.066%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 38 (2.52%) JIRA
2 4 (0.27%) GitLab
3 1 (0.066%) LabVIEW
General
1 299 (19.83%) Social Skills
2 70 (4.64%) Manufacturing
3 60 (3.98%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (3.91%) Organisational Skills
5 52 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 42 (2.79%) Legal
7 41 (2.72%) Public Sector
8 40 (2.65%) Telecoms
9 39 (2.59%) Finance
10 37 (2.45%) Retail
11 36 (2.39%) Law
12 28 (1.86%) Multimedia
13 14 (0.93%) Automotive
14 13 (0.86%) Advertising
15 5 (0.33%) Electronics
15 5 (0.33%) Local Government
15 5 (0.33%) Social Housing
16 4 (0.27%) Aerospace
16 4 (0.27%) Fire and Rescue
16 4 (0.27%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.33%) HTML
1 5 (0.33%) JSON
2 4 (0.27%) OpenTelemetry
3 3 (0.20%) CSS
3 3 (0.20%) Web Services
4 1 (0.066%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 201 (13.33%) Driving Licence
2 55 (3.65%) Onboarding
3 50 (3.32%) Self-Motivation
4 32 (2.12%) Analytical Mindset
5 30 (1.99%) Data Centre
6 27 (1.79%) CCTV
7 26 (1.72%) FMCG
8 17 (1.13%) Smartphone
9 13 (0.86%) Management Information System
10 11 (0.73%) Security Posture
11 10 (0.66%) NHS
12 9 (0.60%) Social Media
13 8 (0.53%) Clustering
14 7 (0.46%) Operational Technology
15 6 (0.40%) iPhone
15 6 (0.40%) Replication
16 5 (0.33%) Enterprise Software
16 5 (0.33%) Hybrid Cloud
16 5 (0.33%) Linux Command Line
16 5 (0.33%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 497 (32.96%) Windows
2 272 (18.04%) Windows Server
3 131 (8.69%) Windows 10
4 64 (4.24%) Mac OS
5 56 (3.71%) Linux
6 35 (2.32%) Windows Server 2019
7 33 (2.19%) Windows Server 2016
8 32 (2.12%) Android
9 30 (1.99%) Apple iOS
10 16 (1.06%) Windows 7
11 12 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
12 10 (0.66%) Windows 8
13 7 (0.46%) Ubuntu
14 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.27%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.066%) CentOS
16 1 (0.066%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.066%) Rocky
16 1 (0.066%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 352 (23.34%) Problem-Solving
2 285 (18.90%) Customer Service
3 159 (10.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 129 (8.55%) Cybersecurity
5 112 (7.43%) ITIL
6 82 (5.44%) Mentoring
7 66 (4.38%) Disaster Recovery
8 61 (4.05%) Service Delivery
9 56 (3.71%) Continuous Improvement
10 53 (3.51%) ITSM
11 50 (3.32%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 50 (3.32%) Root Cause Analysis
12 45 (2.98%) Project Delivery
12 45 (2.98%) Service Management
13 41 (2.72%) Time Management
14 35 (2.32%) Business Continuity
15 34 (2.25%) Coaching
15 34 (2.25%) ERP
16 31 (2.06%) Process Improvement
17 29 (1.92%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 75 (4.97%) PowerShell
2 47 (3.12%) SQL
3 7 (0.46%) Python
4 6 (0.40%) Bash
5 5 (0.33%) VB
6 4 (0.27%) PHP
6 4 (0.27%) R
7 3 (0.20%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.20%) Uniface
7 3 (0.20%) VBA
8 2 (0.13%) Google Apps Script
8 2 (0.13%) VBScript
9 1 (0.066%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 97 (6.43%) Security Cleared
2 81 (5.37%) Microsoft Certification
3 72 (4.77%) Degree
4 66 (4.38%) SC Cleared
5 55 (3.65%) DBS Check
6 47 (3.12%) CCNA
6 47 (3.12%) Cisco Certification
7 42 (2.79%) Network+ Certification
8 36 (2.39%) A+ Certification
9 30 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
10 22 (1.46%) MCSE
11 17 (1.13%) Azure Certification
12 16 (1.06%) DV Cleared
13 15 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
14 7 (0.46%) CCNP
15 5 (0.33%) Computer Science Degree
15 5 (0.33%) MCITP
16 4 (0.27%) PMI Certification
17 3 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
17 3 (0.20%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (4.58%) Cyber Essentials
2 57 (3.78%) SLA
3 50 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 29 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 12 (0.80%) GDPR
6 8 (0.53%) NIST
7 6 (0.40%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.33%) QA
9 4 (0.27%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.066%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 413 (27.39%) Active Directory
2 120 (7.96%) Hyper-V
3 97 (6.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (1.06%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (0.66%) Docker
6 10 (0.66%) vSphere
7 7 (0.46%) VMware Workstation
8 5 (0.33%) BitLocker
8 5 (0.33%) Terminal Services
9 4 (0.27%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.13%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 155 (10.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (1.26%) SCCM
3 14 (0.93%) WSUS
4 12 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
5 11 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.66%) FortiGate
6 10 (0.66%) Proxmox
6 10 (0.66%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 8 (0.53%) Autotask
8 7 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.27%) Ansible
9 4 (0.27%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (0.27%) SmoothWall
10 3 (0.20%) Terraform
11 2 (0.13%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 546 (36.21%) Microsoft
2 125 (8.29%) VMware
3 51 (3.38%) Google
4 44 (2.92%) Cisco
5 37 (2.45%) Apple
5 37 (2.45%) Fortinet
6 34 (2.25%) Dell
6 34 (2.25%) Meraki
7 28 (1.86%) Fujitsu
7 28 (1.86%) Veeam
7 28 (1.86%) Virgin Media
8 19 (1.26%) Sophos
9 15 (0.99%) HP
10 14 (0.93%) Ubiquiti
11 13 (0.86%) Epicor
12 11 (0.73%) SonicWALL
13 8 (0.53%) Logitech
13 8 (0.53%) Sage
13 8 (0.53%) SAP
13 8 (0.53%) ServiceNow