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 12 February 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 129 101
Rank change year-on-year +39 -28 +104
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,000 738 1,360
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.12% 2.25% 2.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.32% 2.45% 2.90%
Number of salaries quoted 861 437 1,209
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,005 £23,400
25th Percentile £27,750 £27,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +2.36%
75th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £41,000
90th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +4.48% +1.52%

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 43,082 30,072 46,962
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.12% 91.71% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 26,701 14,775 36,495
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 12 February 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 12 February 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 +50 267 £32,500 -4.41% 120
North of England +46 229 £32,500 -5.80% 63
Midlands -17 226 £31,500 -10.00% 30
East Midlands +9 141 £30,000 - 16
North West +48 114 £30,000 -22.08% 41
Yorkshire +18 106 £41,500 +37.19% 16
East of England +40 101 £30,000 +3.45% 34
South West +24 101 £35,000 - 29
West Midlands -44 85 £32,500 -7.14% 14
Scotland +15 59 £30,000 -4.76% 19
Wales +14 18 £42,500 - 14
North East -6 9 £30,000 -16.67% 8
Northern Ireland -17 1 £31,500 -47.50% 2
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 February 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.

1 455 (45.50%) Microsoft 365
2 447 (44.70%) Windows
3 435 (43.50%) Microsoft
4 377 (37.70%) Active Directory
5 317 (31.70%) Problem-Solving
6 308 (30.80%) Azure
7 242 (24.20%) Windows Server
8 211 (21.10%) Customer Service
9 182 (18.20%) Firewall
10 174 (17.40%) Entra ID
11 161 (16.10%) DNS
12 150 (15.00%) DHCP
13 149 (14.90%) Microsoft Intune
14 126 (12.60%) SharePoint
15 123 (12.30%) ITIL
16 115 (11.50%) Cybersecurity
17 113 (11.30%) VPN
18 107 (10.70%) Windows 10
19 104 (10.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 97 (9.70%) VMware
21 91 (9.10%) Microsoft Exchange
22 87 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
23 83 (8.30%) Hyper-V
24 79 (7.90%) Mentoring
25 77 (7.70%) Microsoft Certification
26 76 (7.60%) LAN
26 76 (7.60%) WAN
27 66 (6.60%) VMware Infrastructure
28 65 (6.50%) Degree
29 64 (6.40%) TCP/IP

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
1 126 (12.60%) SharePoint
2 91 (9.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (1.60%) IIS
4 12 (1.20%) Confluence
5 9 (0.90%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (0.90%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (0.90%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 87 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.20%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.20%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 7 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.50%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.10%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.10%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 455 (45.50%) Microsoft 365
2 308 (30.80%) Azure
3 174 (17.40%) Entra ID
4 50 (5.00%) Google Workspace
5 48 (4.80%) AWS
6 37 (3.70%) OneDrive
7 27 (2.70%) SaaS
8 22 (2.20%) Power Platform
9 21 (2.10%) GCP
10 14 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (1.20%) Power Automate
12 9 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
13 7 (0.70%) IaaS
13 7 (0.70%) PaaS
13 7 (0.70%) PowerApps
14 6 (0.60%) iPaaS
14 6 (0.60%) Microsoft Copilot
15 5 (0.50%) Azure AI
15 5 (0.50%) Intacct
15 5 (0.50%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 182 (18.20%) Firewall
2 161 (16.10%) DNS
3 150 (15.00%) DHCP
4 113 (11.30%) VPN
5 76 (7.60%) LAN
5 76 (7.60%) WAN
6 64 (6.40%) TCP/IP
7 62 (6.20%) VLAN
8 58 (5.80%) Wi-Fi
9 33 (3.30%) VoIP
10 30 (3.00%) Wireless
11 20 (2.00%) Network Security
11 20 (2.00%) SAN
12 15 (1.50%) SD-WAN
13 12 (1.20%) Remote Desktop
14 11 (1.10%) WLAN
15 10 (1.00%) IP Telephony
16 7 (0.70%) Internet
16 7 (0.70%) TETRA
17 4 (0.40%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (2.50%) SQL Server
2 21 (2.10%) Power BI
3 12 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.40%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 27 (2.70%) JIRA
2 4 (0.40%) GitLab
3 1 (0.10%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.10%) Git
3 1 (0.10%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.10%) Snyk
General
1 304 (30.40%) Social Skills
2 74 (7.40%) Organisational Skills
3 47 (4.70%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (4.50%) Law
5 42 (4.20%) Finance
6 40 (4.00%) Manufacturing
7 36 (3.60%) Public Sector
8 30 (3.00%) Telecoms
9 28 (2.80%) Multimedia
10 27 (2.70%) Retail
11 25 (2.50%) Legal
12 22 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (1.10%) Electronics
14 10 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (0.60%) Fire and Rescue
15 6 (0.60%) Marketing
15 6 (0.60%) Police
16 5 (0.50%) Advertising
17 4 (0.40%) Dutch Language
17 4 (0.40%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.30%) .NET
2 12 (1.20%) .NET Framework
2 12 (1.20%) Entity Framework
2 12 (1.20%) WinForms
3 7 (0.70%) ASP.NET
4 4 (0.40%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.10%) OAuth
5 1 (0.10%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.10%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 192 (19.20%) Driving Licence
2 51 (5.10%) Onboarding
3 41 (4.10%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
5 17 (1.70%) CCTV
6 14 (1.40%) Smartphone
7 11 (1.10%) Data Centre
7 11 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (0.90%) FMCG
8 9 (0.90%) iPad
9 8 (0.80%) Security Posture
9 8 (0.80%) Social Media
10 6 (0.60%) Clustering
10 6 (0.60%) Cyber Security Posture
10 6 (0.60%) Management Information System
10 6 (0.60%) PMI
11 5 (0.50%) Life Science
11 5 (0.50%) Linux Command Line
11 5 (0.50%) Mobile App
12 4 (0.40%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 447 (44.70%) Windows
2 242 (24.20%) Windows Server
3 107 (10.70%) Windows 10
4 45 (4.50%) Mac OS
5 37 (3.70%) Linux
6 32 (3.20%) Windows Server 2019
7 31 (3.10%) Windows Server 2016
8 22 (2.20%) Android
9 17 (1.70%) Apple iOS
10 14 (1.40%) Windows Server 2012
11 12 (1.20%) Windows 7
12 8 (0.80%) Windows 8
13 6 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.30%) Debian
15 2 (0.20%) Rocky
15 2 (0.20%) Ubuntu
16 1 (0.10%) CentOS
16 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.10%) Solaris
16 1 (0.10%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 317 (31.70%) Problem-Solving
2 211 (21.10%) Customer Service
3 123 (12.30%) ITIL
4 115 (11.50%) Cybersecurity
5 104 (10.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 79 (7.90%) Mentoring
7 61 (6.10%) Service Delivery
8 47 (4.70%) ITSM
9 38 (3.80%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 37 (3.70%) Incident Management
11 34 (3.40%) Asset Management
11 34 (3.40%) Data Protection
11 34 (3.40%) Project Delivery
12 33 (3.30%) Process Improvement
13 32 (3.20%) Continuous Improvement
14 29 (2.90%) Disaster Recovery
14 29 (2.90%) Root Cause Analysis
15 27 (2.70%) Business Intelligence
16 26 (2.60%) Software Engineering
17 25 (2.50%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 51 (5.10%) PowerShell
2 47 (4.70%) SQL
3 13 (1.30%) C#
3 13 (1.30%) T-SQL
4 9 (0.90%) Python
5 7 (0.70%) Bash
5 7 (0.70%) PL/SQL
5 7 (0.70%) VBScript
6 4 (0.40%) VB
7 3 (0.30%) Uniface
8 2 (0.20%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.10%) PHP
9 1 (0.10%) R
Qualifications
1 77 (7.70%) Microsoft Certification
2 65 (6.50%) Degree
3 54 (5.40%) Security Cleared
4 42 (4.20%) DBS Check
5 36 (3.60%) Cisco Certification
5 36 (3.60%) SC Cleared
6 34 (3.40%) CCNA
7 33 (3.30%) A+ Certification
8 23 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
9 22 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
10 21 (2.10%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 20 (2.00%) MCSE
11 20 (2.00%) Network+ Certification
12 13 (1.30%) CCNP
12 13 (1.30%) DV Cleared
13 11 (1.10%) MCSA
14 9 (0.90%) Azure Certification
15 7 (0.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 6 (0.60%) PMI Certification
17 5 (0.50%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 45 (4.50%) SLA
3 36 (3.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (1.90%) GDPR
5 10 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (0.60%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.50%) NIST
8 3 (0.30%) QA
9 1 (0.10%) GxP
9 1 (0.10%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 377 (37.70%) Active Directory
2 83 (8.30%) Hyper-V
3 66 (6.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.80%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (0.90%) vSphere
6 8 (0.80%) Firmware
6 8 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (0.80%) VMware Workstation
7 5 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.40%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.20%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.10%) Docker
10 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.10%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 149 (14.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (1.20%) Jamf Pro
3 11 (1.10%) WSUS
4 10 (1.00%) SCCM
5 9 (0.90%) FortiGate
5 9 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.80%) Autotask
7 7 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 6 (0.60%) Ansible
8 6 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
9 5 (0.50%) Proxmox
9 5 (0.50%) SmoothWall
10 4 (0.40%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.30%) Kubernetes
12 1 (0.10%) Podman
Vendors
1 435 (43.50%) Microsoft
2 97 (9.70%) VMware
3 61 (6.10%) Google
4 38 (3.80%) Cisco
5 33 (3.30%) Fortinet
6 30 (3.00%) Apple
6 30 (3.00%) Veeam
7 28 (2.80%) Dell
7 28 (2.80%) Fujitsu
7 28 (2.80%) Virgin Media
8 27 (2.70%) Meraki
9 17 (1.70%) Sage
10 14 (1.40%) ServiceNow
10 14 (1.40%) WatchGuard
11 12 (1.20%) HP
11 12 (1.20%) Xamarin
11 12 (1.20%) Zoho
12 10 (1.00%) Adobe
13 9 (0.90%) Draytek
14 8 (0.80%) SAP