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 £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 April 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 121 109
Rank change year-on-year +42 -12 +96
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,340 589 1,689
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.23% 2.28% 2.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.41% 2.57% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,165 387 1,459
10th Percentile £25,875 £25,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £28,091 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £33,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.99% +3.08% +1.56%
75th Percentile £40,000 £42,250 £42,500
90th Percentile £48,900 £49,250 £48,750
UK median annual salary £33,000 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -5.71% +6.06% -1.49%

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 55,674 22,938 61,770
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.63% 88.85% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 35,743 14,511 45,834
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

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 10 April 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 10 April 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 +75 362 £33,500 -4.29% 75
North of England +49 302 £32,000 -3.03% 59
Midlands -32 248 £32,000 -8.57% 46
East of England +43 182 £31,000 +12.73% 30
North West +64 156 £31,000 -11.43% 35
South West +43 151 £35,000 - 41
East Midlands -9 141 £30,000 - 22
Yorkshire +17 135 £32,500 +8.33% 22
West Midlands -54 107 £32,500 -7.14% 24
Scotland +25 68 £30,000 +3.45% 14
Wales -6 27 £40,000 +9.59% 16
North East -31 11 £30,000 -20.00% 5
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 April 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.

1 542 (40.45%) Microsoft 365
2 541 (40.37%) Microsoft
3 517 (38.58%) Windows
4 430 (32.09%) Active Directory
5 357 (26.64%) Problem-Solving
6 341 (25.45%) Azure
7 267 (19.93%) Windows Server
8 265 (19.78%) Customer Service
9 205 (15.30%) Entra ID
10 200 (14.93%) Firewall
11 164 (12.24%) DNS
12 155 (11.57%) Microsoft Intune
13 149 (11.12%) DHCP
14 141 (10.52%) Windows 10
15 137 (10.22%) SharePoint
16 134 (10.00%) ITIL
17 133 (9.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 126 (9.40%) VPN
19 125 (9.33%) Cybersecurity
20 113 (8.43%) VMware
21 111 (8.28%) Microsoft Exchange
22 107 (7.99%) LAN
23 104 (7.76%) WAN
24 96 (7.16%) Hyper-V
25 89 (6.64%) Microsoft Office
26 84 (6.27%) Security Cleared
27 82 (6.12%) Mentoring
28 80 (5.97%) VMware Infrastructure
28 80 (5.97%) Wi-Fi
29 77 (5.75%) 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
1 137 (10.22%) SharePoint
2 111 (8.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (1.19%) Confluence
4 12 (0.90%) Exchange Server 2013
5 10 (0.75%) Exchange Server 2007
5 10 (0.75%) Exchange Server 2010
6 9 (0.67%) IIS
Applications
1 89 (6.64%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.15%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.075%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.075%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (0.52%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.075%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 542 (40.45%) Microsoft 365
2 341 (25.45%) Azure
3 205 (15.30%) Entra ID
4 57 (4.25%) Google Workspace
5 49 (3.66%) AWS
6 34 (2.54%) OneDrive
7 25 (1.87%) SaaS
8 24 (1.79%) Power Platform
9 17 (1.27%) PaaS
10 15 (1.12%) GCP
10 15 (1.12%) IaaS
11 13 (0.97%) PowerApps
12 11 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
13 10 (0.75%) Mimecast
14 9 (0.67%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (0.67%) Power Automate
15 5 (0.37%) Intacct
15 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Copilot
15 5 (0.37%) OCI
16 3 (0.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 200 (14.93%) Firewall
2 164 (12.24%) DNS
3 149 (11.12%) DHCP
4 126 (9.40%) VPN
5 107 (7.99%) LAN
6 104 (7.76%) WAN
7 80 (5.97%) Wi-Fi
8 59 (4.40%) TCP/IP
9 50 (3.73%) VLAN
10 44 (3.28%) VoIP
11 32 (2.39%) Wireless
12 22 (1.64%) Network Security
13 19 (1.42%) SAN
14 17 (1.27%) SD-WAN
15 12 (0.90%) Remote Desktop
16 11 (0.82%) WLAN
17 9 (0.67%) IP Telephony
18 7 (0.52%) Internet
18 7 (0.52%) TETRA
19 4 (0.30%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (2.31%) SQL Server
2 24 (1.79%) Power BI
3 6 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (0.22%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.075%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 40 (2.99%) JIRA
2 4 (0.30%) GitLab
3 1 (0.075%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.075%) Git
3 1 (0.075%) LabVIEW
General
1 310 (23.13%) Social Skills
2 80 (5.97%) Organisational Skills
3 62 (4.63%) Manufacturing
4 51 (3.81%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (3.21%) Finance
6 41 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 41 (3.06%) Retail
7 39 (2.91%) Public Sector
8 38 (2.84%) Law
9 35 (2.61%) Telecoms
10 33 (2.46%) Legal
11 28 (2.09%) Multimedia
12 11 (0.82%) Electronics
13 10 (0.75%) Advertising
14 7 (0.52%) Automotive
14 7 (0.52%) Spanish Language
15 6 (0.45%) Dutch Language
15 6 (0.45%) Fire and Rescue
15 6 (0.45%) Marketing
15 6 (0.45%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.52%) .NET
2 6 (0.45%) .NET Framework
2 6 (0.45%) Entity Framework
2 6 (0.45%) WinForms
3 4 (0.30%) ASP.NET
3 4 (0.30%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (0.075%) CSS
4 1 (0.075%) HTML
4 1 (0.075%) JSON
4 1 (0.075%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.075%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 202 (15.07%) Driving Licence
2 58 (4.33%) Onboarding
3 44 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
4 24 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
5 23 (1.72%) Data Centre
6 22 (1.64%) CCTV
7 21 (1.57%) FMCG
8 18 (1.34%) Smartphone
9 11 (0.82%) Security Posture
10 8 (0.60%) Social Media
11 6 (0.45%) iPad
11 6 (0.45%) iPhone
11 6 (0.45%) Management Information System
11 6 (0.45%) PMI
12 5 (0.37%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (0.37%) Life Science
12 5 (0.37%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (0.37%) Mobile App
12 5 (0.37%) Operational Technology
12 5 (0.37%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 517 (38.58%) Windows
2 267 (19.93%) Windows Server
3 141 (10.52%) Windows 10
4 56 (4.18%) Mac OS
5 44 (3.28%) Linux
6 30 (2.24%) Windows Server 2019
7 29 (2.16%) Windows Server 2016
8 26 (1.94%) Android
9 24 (1.79%) Apple iOS
10 15 (1.12%) Windows 7
11 12 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
12 10 (0.75%) Windows 8
13 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (0.30%) Mac OS X
15 3 (0.22%) Ubuntu
16 2 (0.15%) Debian
17 1 (0.075%) CentOS
17 1 (0.075%) Solaris
17 1 (0.075%) Unix
17 1 (0.075%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 357 (26.64%) Problem-Solving
2 265 (19.78%) Customer Service
3 134 (10.00%) ITIL
4 133 (9.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 125 (9.33%) Cybersecurity
6 82 (6.12%) Mentoring
7 64 (4.78%) Service Delivery
8 62 (4.63%) ITSM
9 54 (4.03%) Disaster Recovery
10 48 (3.58%) Service Management
11 47 (3.51%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 46 (3.43%) Continuous Improvement
13 42 (3.13%) Process Improvement
13 42 (3.13%) Project Delivery
14 41 (3.06%) Root Cause Analysis
15 37 (2.76%) ERP
16 34 (2.54%) Asset Management
16 34 (2.54%) Incident Management
17 33 (2.46%) Time Management
18 32 (2.39%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 61 (4.55%) PowerShell
2 44 (3.28%) SQL
3 10 (0.75%) Python
4 7 (0.52%) Bash
4 7 (0.52%) C#
5 6 (0.45%) T-SQL
6 5 (0.37%) VB
7 4 (0.30%) PL/SQL
7 4 (0.30%) R
7 4 (0.30%) VBScript
8 3 (0.22%) Uniface
9 2 (0.15%) Google Apps Script
9 2 (0.15%) PHP
10 1 (0.075%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.075%) VBA
Qualifications
1 84 (6.27%) Security Cleared
2 77 (5.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 57 (4.25%) Degree
4 56 (4.18%) SC Cleared
5 46 (3.43%) DBS Check
6 41 (3.06%) Cisco Certification
7 40 (2.99%) CCNA
8 39 (2.91%) A+ Certification
9 31 (2.31%) Network+ Certification
10 28 (2.09%) BPSS Clearance
11 22 (1.64%) MCSE
12 15 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
12 15 (1.12%) DV Cleared
13 13 (0.97%) CCNP
13 13 (0.97%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 9 (0.67%) Azure Certification
15 8 (0.60%) MCSA
16 7 (0.52%) CompTIA Security+
17 6 (0.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 6 (0.45%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (5.22%) SLA
2 56 (4.18%) Cyber Essentials
3 42 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 12 (0.90%) GDPR
6 5 (0.37%) NIST
6 5 (0.37%) QA
7 3 (0.22%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.075%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.075%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 430 (32.09%) Active Directory
2 96 (7.16%) Hyper-V
3 80 (5.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (0.82%) VMware Workstation
7 8 (0.60%) vSphere
8 6 (0.45%) Docker
9 5 (0.37%) Firmware
9 5 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.30%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.15%) BitLocker
11 2 (0.15%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.075%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 155 (11.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (1.34%) SCCM
3 15 (1.12%) WSUS
4 12 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
5 11 (0.82%) Autotask
5 11 (0.82%) FortiGate
6 8 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 6 (0.45%) Ansible
8 6 (0.45%) Proxmox
8 6 (0.45%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 5 (0.37%) SmoothWall
10 2 (0.15%) Terraform
11 1 (0.075%) Kubernetes
11 1 (0.075%) Podman
Vendors
1 541 (40.37%) Microsoft
2 113 (8.43%) VMware
3 66 (4.93%) Google
4 37 (2.76%) Cisco
5 36 (2.69%) Fortinet
6 35 (2.61%) Apple
7 30 (2.24%) Dell
8 29 (2.16%) Meraki
9 28 (2.09%) Fujitsu
9 28 (2.09%) Virgin Media
10 24 (1.79%) Veeam
11 15 (1.12%) HP
12 14 (1.04%) ServiceNow
13 13 (0.97%) Epicor
13 13 (0.97%) Sage
14 12 (0.90%) Sophos
15 11 (0.82%) WatchGuard
16 10 (0.75%) Citrix
16 10 (0.75%) SAP
16 10 (0.75%) Ubiquiti