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 20 July 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 221 111
Rank change year-on-year +153 -110 +64
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,651 455 1,579
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.28% 1.34% 2.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.41% 1.50% 2.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,477 361 1,301
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £29,000 £26,500
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 68,551 30,401 65,937
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.74% 89.42% 94.87%
Number of salaries quoted 47,522 17,433 46,246
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,948 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £36,145
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 £53,500
% change year-on-year - +2.80% -10.83%

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 20 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 20 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 +122 447 £35,000 -6.67% 52
North of England +88 322 £32,500 -1.52% 42
East of England +114 264 £35,000 +1.45% 30
Midlands +71 261 £32,500 -13.33% 25
South West +55 225 £35,000 -6.67% 25
North West +117 181 £32,940 +1.35% 14
East Midlands +46 132 £32,500 - 16
West Midlands +60 129 £32,500 -21.00% 9
Yorkshire +4 124 £30,000 - 25
Scotland +56 75 £28,500 -5.00% 11
Wales -13 52 £45,000 -43.75% 10
North East -38 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 20 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.

1 752 (45.55%) Microsoft
2 716 (43.37%) Microsoft 365
3 653 (39.55%) Windows
4 533 (32.28%) Active Directory
5 424 (25.68%) Azure
6 394 (23.86%) Problem-Solving
7 351 (21.26%) Customer Service
8 340 (20.59%) Windows Server
9 311 (18.84%) Entra ID
10 261 (15.81%) Firewall
11 230 (13.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 230 (13.93%) Microsoft Intune
12 219 (13.26%) Microsoft Exchange
13 208 (12.60%) DNS
14 194 (11.75%) SharePoint
15 182 (11.02%) Cybersecurity
16 181 (10.96%) Hyper-V
17 174 (10.54%) VMware
18 171 (10.36%) DHCP
19 162 (9.81%) VPN
20 150 (9.09%) Windows 10
21 139 (8.42%) VMware Infrastructure
22 138 (8.36%) ITIL
23 128 (7.75%) Wi-Fi
24 119 (7.21%) Continuous Improvement
25 117 (7.09%) PowerShell
26 115 (6.97%) Disaster Recovery
26 115 (6.97%) LAN
27 108 (6.54%) Mac OS
28 107 (6.48%) 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 (11.75%) 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 95 (5.75%) 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
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
1 716 (43.37%) Microsoft 365
2 424 (25.68%) Azure
3 311 (18.84%) Entra ID
4 58 (3.51%) AWS
5 49 (2.97%) OneDrive
6 38 (2.30%) Google Workspace
7 32 (1.94%) SaaS
8 28 (1.70%) Mimecast
9 23 (1.39%) Power Platform
10 18 (1.09%) PaaS
11 13 (0.79%) IaaS
12 12 (0.73%) Power Automate
13 11 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (0.55%) PowerApps
15 8 (0.48%) Nutanix
16 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Copilot
17 5 (0.30%) OCI
18 4 (0.24%) Azure Sentinel
18 4 (0.24%) GCP
18 4 (0.24%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 261 (15.81%) Firewall
2 208 (12.60%) DNS
3 171 (10.36%) DHCP
4 162 (9.81%) VPN
5 128 (7.75%) Wi-Fi
6 115 (6.97%) LAN
7 107 (6.48%) WAN
8 96 (5.81%) TCP/IP
9 79 (4.78%) VoIP
10 66 (4.00%) Wireless
11 65 (3.94%) 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 10 (0.61%) SD-WAN
17 10 (0.61%) SSL
18 7 (0.42%) Broadband
18 7 (0.42%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (2.97%) SQL Server
2 13 (0.79%) Power BI
3 9 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (0.55%) MySQL
4 5 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.12%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 45 (2.73%) JIRA
2 3 (0.18%) GitLab
3 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.061%) Carbide.c++
General
1 397 (24.05%) Social Skills
2 77 (4.66%) Manufacturing
3 71 (4.30%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (3.57%) Legal
5 57 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
6 50 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 40 (2.42%) Retail
8 39 (2.36%) Public Sector
9 32 (1.94%) Finance
10 31 (1.88%) Telecoms
11 30 (1.82%) Law
12 24 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
13 22 (1.33%) Advertising
14 17 (1.03%) Automotive
15 8 (0.48%) Aerospace
16 7 (0.42%) Local Government
17 4 (0.24%) Banking
17 4 (0.24%) Dutch Language
17 4 (0.24%) Military
17 4 (0.24%) Portuguese Language
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 90 (5.45%) 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 (0.55%) Operational Technology
13 7 (0.42%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (0.42%) EPoS
13 7 (0.42%) Replication
14 6 (0.36%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 653 (39.55%) Windows
2 340 (20.59%) Windows Server
3 150 (9.09%) 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 (23.86%) Problem-Solving
2 351 (21.26%) Customer Service
3 230 (13.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 182 (11.02%) Cybersecurity
5 138 (8.36%) ITIL
6 119 (7.21%) Continuous Improvement
7 115 (6.97%) Disaster Recovery
8 71 (4.30%) Project Delivery
9 64 (3.88%) Service Delivery
10 62 (3.76%) Mentoring
10 62 (3.76%) Service Management
11 59 (3.57%) Root Cause Analysis
12 58 (3.51%) ITSM
13 50 (3.03%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 49 (2.97%) Business Continuity
15 46 (2.79%) Time Management
16 42 (2.54%) User Experience
17 38 (2.30%) ERP
17 38 (2.30%) Process Improvement
18 37 (2.24%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 117 (7.09%) PowerShell
2 57 (3.45%) 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
10 1 (0.061%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 88 (5.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 82 (4.97%) Security Cleared
3 76 (4.60%) Degree
4 57 (3.45%) DBS Check
5 55 (3.33%) SC Cleared
6 53 (3.21%) CCNA
6 53 (3.21%) Cisco Certification
7 34 (2.06%) Network+ Certification
8 27 (1.64%) A+ Certification
9 23 (1.39%) Azure Certification
10 18 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
11 15 (0.91%) DV Cleared
11 15 (0.91%) MCSE
12 14 (0.85%) CompTIA Security+
13 8 (0.48%) 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 59 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (2.73%) SLA
4 32 (1.94%) 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
1 533 (32.28%) Active Directory
2 181 (10.96%) Hyper-V
3 139 (8.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (1.15%) vSphere
6 17 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (0.97%) 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 (13.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (1.27%) SCCM
3 19 (1.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 12 (0.73%) Proxmox
4 12 (0.73%) WSUS
5 10 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
6 9 (0.55%) FortiGate
7 8 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.42%) Autotask
8 7 (0.42%) Failover Clustering
9 5 (0.30%) Ansible
10 4 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.24%) Iperf
10 4 (0.24%) Kubernetes
10 4 (0.24%) Terraform
11 1 (0.061%) Argo
11 1 (0.061%) Nessus
Vendors
1 752 (45.55%) Microsoft
2 174 (10.54%) VMware
3 66 (4.00%) Cisco
4 46 (2.79%) Veeam
5 44 (2.67%) Google
6 35 (2.12%) 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%) TOWER Software
14 10 (0.61%) Sage
14 10 (0.61%) ServiceNow
15 9 (0.55%) Palo Alto