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 29 September 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 231 136
Rank change year-on-year +143 -95 +16
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,587 397 962
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.84% 1.16% 1.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.98% 1.30% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,402 308 672
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,750 £25,032
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.45%
75th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
90th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +4.17% +2.86%

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 80,209 30,649 50,643
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.05% 89.46% 95.27%
Number of salaries quoted 55,505 17,128 28,506
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 29 September 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 29 September 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 +128 391 £37,500 -6.25% 94
Midlands +60 299 £34,500 -8.00% 66
North of England +45 264 £34,000 -2.86% 66
East of England +98 243 £35,000 -3.45% 34
South West +32 237 £35,000 -3.45% 21
West Midlands +57 154 £34,500 -27.37% 30
North West +78 150 £35,000 - 39
East Midlands +26 145 £35,000 +13.82% 35
Yorkshire -15 92 £30,000 -9.09% 17
Scotland +66 87 £28,500 -5.00% 33
Wales -26 55 £40,000 -50.00% 11
North East -51 22 £40,000 -17.95% 10
Northern Ireland -75 11 £41,000 +30.16% 11
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 September 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.

1 801 (50.47%) Microsoft
2 752 (47.39%) Microsoft 365
3 723 (45.56%) Windows
4 543 (34.22%) Active Directory
5 432 (27.22%) Azure
6 399 (25.14%) Problem-Solving
7 375 (23.63%) Windows Server
8 353 (22.24%) Customer Service
9 352 (22.18%) Entra ID
10 288 (18.15%) Microsoft Intune
11 273 (17.20%) Firewall
11 273 (17.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 259 (16.32%) DNS
13 249 (15.69%) Microsoft Exchange
14 229 (14.43%) Cybersecurity
15 221 (13.93%) DHCP
16 218 (13.74%) Hyper-V
17 217 (13.67%) SharePoint
18 192 (12.10%) VMware
19 183 (11.53%) VPN
20 155 (9.77%) VMware Infrastructure
21 151 (9.51%) Wi-Fi
22 146 (9.20%) Continuous Improvement
22 146 (9.20%) ITIL
22 146 (9.20%) TCP/IP
23 135 (8.51%) Windows 10
24 127 (8.00%) Disaster Recovery
25 117 (7.37%) PowerShell
26 106 (6.68%) Cyber Essentials
26 106 (6.68%) 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
1 249 (15.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 217 (13.67%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.26%) IIS
4 7 (0.44%) Confluence
5 6 (0.38%) Apache
6 5 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2013
7 4 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2007
7 4 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 70 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (0.82%) 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 4 (0.25%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.25%) Shopify
3 2 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.13%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 752 (47.39%) Microsoft 365
2 432 (27.22%) Azure
3 352 (22.18%) Entra ID
4 63 (3.97%) OneDrive
5 52 (3.28%) AWS
6 46 (2.90%) Google Workspace
7 30 (1.89%) Mimecast
8 25 (1.58%) Power Platform
9 22 (1.39%) SaaS
10 16 (1.01%) Power Automate
11 11 (0.69%) Dynamics 365
11 11 (0.69%) Nutanix
12 9 (0.57%) PaaS
13 8 (0.50%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (0.50%) IaaS
14 5 (0.32%) PowerApps
15 4 (0.25%) Cloud Computing
15 4 (0.25%) Serverless
16 3 (0.19%) Cloudflare
16 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 273 (17.20%) Firewall
2 259 (16.32%) DNS
3 221 (13.93%) DHCP
4 183 (11.53%) VPN
5 151 (9.51%) Wi-Fi
6 146 (9.20%) TCP/IP
7 106 (6.68%) LAN
8 103 (6.49%) VoIP
9 97 (6.11%) VLAN
10 94 (5.92%) WAN
11 87 (5.48%) Wireless
12 34 (2.14%) SAN
13 30 (1.89%) Network Security
14 23 (1.45%) Internet
15 17 (1.07%) SSL
16 16 (1.01%) WLAN
17 14 (0.88%) Remote Desktop
18 8 (0.50%) PBX
19 7 (0.44%) NAS
19 7 (0.44%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (3.53%) SQL Server
2 12 (0.76%) MySQL
3 9 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (0.25%) Power BI
5 2 (0.13%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 35 (2.21%) JIRA
2 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.063%) Carbide.c++
General
1 448 (28.23%) Social Skills
2 82 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
3 80 (5.04%) Manufacturing
4 70 (4.41%) Legal
5 50 (3.15%) Public Sector
6 46 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
7 41 (2.58%) Telecoms
8 34 (2.14%) Retail
9 33 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 31 (1.95%) Advertising
10 31 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
11 29 (1.83%) Finance
12 16 (1.01%) Automotive
13 12 (0.76%) Law
14 11 (0.69%) Aerospace
15 8 (0.50%) Aviation
16 6 (0.38%) Games
17 5 (0.32%) Local Government
17 5 (0.32%) Military
17 5 (0.32%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.44%) HTML
1 7 (0.44%) JSON
2 4 (0.25%) .NET
2 4 (0.25%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 4 (0.25%) WinForms
3 3 (0.19%) CSS
3 3 (0.19%) Web Services
4 2 (0.13%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 257 (16.19%) Driving Licence
2 94 (5.92%) Onboarding
3 69 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
4 51 (3.21%) CCTV
5 33 (2.08%) Data Centre
6 24 (1.51%) Operational Technology
7 19 (1.20%) FMCG
8 17 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
9 16 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
9 16 (1.01%) Replication
10 15 (0.95%) Security Posture
11 14 (0.88%) Management Information System
12 11 (0.69%) Cloud Native
12 11 (0.69%) Clustering
12 11 (0.69%) Smartphone
13 9 (0.57%) Cyber Threat
14 8 (0.50%) NHS
14 8 (0.50%) PKI
15 7 (0.44%) EPoS
15 7 (0.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 723 (45.56%) Windows
2 375 (23.63%) Windows Server
3 135 (8.51%) Windows 10
4 102 (6.43%) Linux
5 98 (6.18%) Mac OS
6 44 (2.77%) Apple iOS
7 40 (2.52%) Android
8 38 (2.39%) Windows Server 2019
9 30 (1.89%) Windows Server 2016
10 22 (1.39%) Ubuntu
11 12 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
12 6 (0.38%) Windows 7
13 5 (0.32%) Rocky
14 4 (0.25%) Debian
14 4 (0.25%) Windows 8
15 2 (0.13%) Unix
15 2 (0.13%) VMS
16 1 (0.063%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.063%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 399 (25.14%) Problem-Solving
2 353 (22.24%) Customer Service
3 273 (17.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 229 (14.43%) Cybersecurity
5 146 (9.20%) Continuous Improvement
5 146 (9.20%) ITIL
6 127 (8.00%) Disaster Recovery
7 83 (5.23%) Project Delivery
8 64 (4.03%) ITSM
9 58 (3.65%) Mentoring
10 54 (3.40%) Service Delivery
10 54 (3.40%) Service Management
11 52 (3.28%) Business Continuity
12 48 (3.02%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 46 (2.90%) User Experience
14 43 (2.71%) Root Cause Analysis
15 39 (2.46%) Time Management
16 38 (2.39%) Migration
17 37 (2.33%) Change Management
17 37 (2.33%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 117 (7.37%) PowerShell
2 49 (3.09%) SQL
3 12 (0.76%) Ruby
4 10 (0.63%) Python
5 9 (0.57%) R
6 4 (0.25%) C#
6 4 (0.25%) VBScript
7 3 (0.19%) Bicep
7 3 (0.19%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.19%) PHP
7 3 (0.19%) VB
7 3 (0.19%) VBA
8 2 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 94 (5.92%) Microsoft Certification
2 90 (5.67%) Degree
3 62 (3.91%) DBS Check
4 56 (3.53%) CCNA
4 56 (3.53%) Cisco Certification
5 51 (3.21%) Security Cleared
6 40 (2.52%) Network+ Certification
7 34 (2.14%) SC Cleared
8 26 (1.64%) Azure Certification
9 24 (1.51%) A+ Certification
10 20 (1.26%) MCSE
11 18 (1.13%) CompTIA Security+
12 13 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
13 10 (0.63%) MCSA
14 9 (0.57%) CCNP
14 9 (0.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 6 (0.38%) AWS Certification
15 6 (0.38%) DV Cleared
15 6 (0.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 5 (0.32%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (6.68%) Cyber Essentials
2 50 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 39 (2.46%) GDPR
4 26 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 26 (1.64%) SLA
5 10 (0.63%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.32%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.25%) NCSC
7 4 (0.25%) NIST
8 3 (0.19%) QA
System Software
1 543 (34.22%) Active Directory
2 218 (13.74%) Hyper-V
3 155 (9.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (1.07%) vSphere
6 15 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (0.63%) Docker
9 9 (0.57%) Firmware
10 7 (0.44%) BitLocker
11 4 (0.25%) Terminal Services
11 4 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.063%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 288 (18.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (1.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 19 (1.20%) Jamf Pro
4 15 (0.95%) SCCM
5 12 (0.76%) WSUS
6 8 (0.50%) Proxmox
7 7 (0.44%) Failover Clustering
8 6 (0.38%) FortiGate
8 6 (0.38%) Kubernetes
9 4 (0.25%) Backup Exec
9 4 (0.25%) Iperf
9 4 (0.25%) SmoothWall
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 (0.063%) Autotask
12 1 (0.063%) Nessus
Vendors
1 801 (50.47%) Microsoft
2 192 (12.10%) VMware
3 85 (5.36%) Cisco
4 76 (4.79%) Veeam
5 49 (3.09%) SonicWALL
6 48 (3.02%) Google
7 46 (2.90%) Apple
8 33 (2.08%) Meraki
9 31 (1.95%) Dell
9 31 (1.95%) Sophos
10 25 (1.58%) Fortinet
11 23 (1.45%) TOWER Software
12 19 (1.20%) HP
12 19 (1.20%) Logitech
12 19 (1.20%) Palo Alto
13 18 (1.13%) Draytek
13 18 (1.13%) Ubiquiti
14 17 (1.07%) Datto
15 13 (0.82%) ServiceNow
16 11 (0.69%) WatchGuard