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 14 March 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 123 109
Rank change year-on-year +41 -14 +97
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,162 668 1,585
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.19% 2.39% 2.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.38% 2.64% 2.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,010 424 1,380
10th Percentile £25,750 £24,825 £23,500
25th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £34,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% +4.62% +3.59%
75th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
90th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £48,750
UK median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +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 48,756 25,279 55,473
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.94% 90.32% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 31,033 14,237 42,179
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,793 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% +9.59% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £64,000
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 14 March 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 14 March 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 +54 338 £33,250 -5.00% 59
North of England +42 264 £32,500 -4.06% 47
Midlands -23 227 £31,500 -10.00% 33
North West +50 133 £30,000 -20.00% 27
East Midlands -4 133 £30,000 - 13
East of England +55 129 £30,000 +9.09% 32
South West +38 122 £35,000 +0.72% 29
Yorkshire +21 122 £35,000 +16.67% 17
West Midlands -47 94 £32,500 -7.14% 20
Scotland +19 61 £30,250 -3.97% 15
Wales +12 21 £40,000 -5.88% 16
North East -22 9 £30,000 -16.67% 7
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 March 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.

1 491 (42.25%) Microsoft 365
2 487 (41.91%) Windows
3 482 (41.48%) Microsoft
4 396 (34.08%) Active Directory
5 337 (29.00%) Problem-Solving
6 332 (28.57%) Azure
7 252 (21.69%) Windows Server
8 241 (20.74%) Customer Service
9 194 (16.70%) Firewall
10 182 (15.66%) Entra ID
11 160 (13.77%) DNS
12 152 (13.08%) Microsoft Intune
13 148 (12.74%) DHCP
14 129 (11.10%) SharePoint
14 129 (11.10%) VPN
15 128 (11.02%) ITIL
16 120 (10.33%) Windows 10
17 117 (10.07%) Cybersecurity
18 116 (9.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 109 (9.38%) VMware
20 102 (8.78%) Microsoft Exchange
21 95 (8.18%) Hyper-V
22 93 (8.00%) LAN
22 93 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
23 91 (7.83%) WAN
24 79 (6.80%) Mentoring
25 75 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
25 75 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
26 71 (6.11%) Google
27 70 (6.02%) Security Cleared

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
1 129 (11.10%) SharePoint
2 102 (8.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.29%) Confluence
3 15 (1.29%) IIS
4 11 (0.95%) Exchange Server 2007
4 11 (0.95%) Exchange Server 2010
4 11 (0.95%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 93 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.17%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.17%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 7 (0.60%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.086%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 491 (42.25%) Microsoft 365
2 332 (28.57%) Azure
3 182 (15.66%) Entra ID
4 58 (4.99%) Google Workspace
5 54 (4.65%) AWS
6 34 (2.93%) OneDrive
7 24 (2.07%) SaaS
8 23 (1.98%) Power Platform
9 22 (1.89%) GCP
10 15 (1.29%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (0.95%) IaaS
11 11 (0.95%) PaaS
11 11 (0.95%) Power Automate
12 9 (0.77%) Azure Sentinel
12 9 (0.77%) PowerApps
13 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Copilot
13 6 (0.52%) Mimecast
14 5 (0.43%) Intacct
14 5 (0.43%) OCI
15 4 (0.34%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 194 (16.70%) Firewall
2 160 (13.77%) DNS
3 148 (12.74%) DHCP
4 129 (11.10%) VPN
5 93 (8.00%) LAN
6 91 (7.83%) WAN
7 65 (5.59%) Wi-Fi
8 60 (5.16%) TCP/IP
9 58 (4.99%) VLAN
10 37 (3.18%) VoIP
11 28 (2.41%) Wireless
12 19 (1.64%) Network Security
13 18 (1.55%) SAN
14 17 (1.46%) SD-WAN
15 14 (1.20%) Remote Desktop
16 11 (0.95%) WLAN
17 9 (0.77%) IP Telephony
18 7 (0.60%) Internet
18 7 (0.60%) TETRA
19 4 (0.34%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (2.50%) SQL Server
2 22 (1.89%) Power BI
3 12 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.34%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 32 (2.75%) JIRA
2 4 (0.34%) GitLab
3 1 (0.086%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.086%) Git
3 1 (0.086%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.086%) Snyk
General
1 298 (25.65%) Social Skills
2 82 (7.06%) Organisational Skills
3 48 (4.13%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (3.96%) Finance
5 45 (3.87%) Manufacturing
6 42 (3.61%) Law
7 41 (3.53%) Retail
8 39 (3.36%) Public Sector
9 35 (3.01%) Telecoms
10 29 (2.50%) Legal
11 28 (2.41%) Multimedia
12 25 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (0.95%) Electronics
14 7 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (0.52%) Advertising
15 6 (0.52%) Fire and Rescue
15 6 (0.52%) Marketing
15 6 (0.52%) Police
16 5 (0.43%) Social Housing
17 4 (0.34%) Dutch Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.12%) .NET
2 12 (1.03%) .NET Framework
2 12 (1.03%) Entity Framework
2 12 (1.03%) WinForms
3 7 (0.60%) ASP.NET
4 4 (0.34%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.086%) OAuth
5 1 (0.086%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.086%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.086%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 201 (17.30%) Driving Licence
2 60 (5.16%) Onboarding
3 43 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
4 22 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
5 20 (1.72%) CCTV
6 18 (1.55%) Smartphone
7 16 (1.38%) Data Centre
8 12 (1.03%) FMCG
8 12 (1.03%) Security Posture
9 8 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (0.60%) Social Media
11 6 (0.52%) iPad
11 6 (0.52%) iPhone
11 6 (0.52%) Management Information System
11 6 (0.52%) PMI
12 5 (0.43%) Life Science
12 5 (0.43%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (0.43%) Mobile App
12 5 (0.43%) Robotics
13 4 (0.34%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 487 (41.91%) Windows
2 252 (21.69%) Windows Server
3 120 (10.33%) Windows 10
4 59 (5.08%) Mac OS
5 40 (3.44%) Linux
6 31 (2.67%) Windows Server 2019
7 29 (2.50%) Windows Server 2016
8 23 (1.98%) Android
9 18 (1.55%) Apple iOS
10 17 (1.46%) Windows 7
11 14 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
12 11 (0.95%) Windows 8
13 6 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.26%) Debian
15 2 (0.17%) Ubuntu
16 1 (0.086%) CentOS
16 1 (0.086%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.086%) Rocky
16 1 (0.086%) Solaris
16 1 (0.086%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 337 (29.00%) Problem-Solving
2 241 (20.74%) Customer Service
3 128 (11.02%) ITIL
4 117 (10.07%) Cybersecurity
5 116 (9.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 79 (6.80%) Mentoring
7 65 (5.59%) Service Delivery
8 55 (4.73%) ITSM
9 46 (3.96%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 41 (3.53%) Process Improvement
11 40 (3.44%) Root Cause Analysis
12 39 (3.36%) Continuous Improvement
12 39 (3.36%) Disaster Recovery
13 36 (3.10%) Incident Management
14 35 (3.01%) Asset Management
14 35 (3.01%) Project Delivery
15 34 (2.93%) Service Management
16 32 (2.75%) Data Protection
17 31 (2.67%) Coaching
17 31 (2.67%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 54 (4.65%) PowerShell
2 47 (4.04%) SQL
3 13 (1.12%) C#
4 12 (1.03%) T-SQL
5 9 (0.77%) Python
6 7 (0.60%) Bash
6 7 (0.60%) PL/SQL
6 7 (0.60%) VBScript
7 5 (0.43%) VB
8 3 (0.26%) Uniface
9 2 (0.17%) Google Apps Script
9 2 (0.17%) R
10 1 (0.086%) PHP
Qualifications
1 75 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
2 70 (6.02%) Security Cleared
3 60 (5.16%) Degree
4 47 (4.04%) SC Cleared
5 38 (3.27%) Cisco Certification
5 38 (3.27%) DBS Check
6 37 (3.18%) CCNA
7 36 (3.10%) A+ Certification
8 28 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
9 24 (2.07%) Network+ Certification
10 23 (1.98%) MCSE
11 22 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
12 18 (1.55%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 15 (1.29%) DV Cleared
14 13 (1.12%) CCNP
15 11 (0.95%) MCSA
16 9 (0.77%) Azure Certification
17 6 (0.52%) CompTIA Security+
17 6 (0.52%) MCITP
17 6 (0.52%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (5.08%) SLA
2 57 (4.91%) Cyber Essentials
3 37 (3.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 11 (0.95%) GDPR
6 5 (0.43%) Accessibility
6 5 (0.43%) NIST
7 4 (0.34%) QA
8 1 (0.086%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 396 (34.08%) Active Directory
2 95 (8.18%) Hyper-V
3 75 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (0.95%) VMware Workstation
6 9 (0.77%) vSphere
7 8 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.43%) Firmware
8 5 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.34%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.17%) Docker
10 2 (0.17%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 152 (13.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (1.03%) Autotask
2 12 (1.03%) Jamf Pro
3 11 (0.95%) SCCM
3 11 (0.95%) WSUS
4 10 (0.86%) FortiGate
5 8 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 7 (0.60%) Proxmox
7 6 (0.52%) Ansible
7 6 (0.52%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 5 (0.43%) SmoothWall
9 3 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.086%) Kubernetes
10 1 (0.086%) Podman
10 1 (0.086%) Terraform
Vendors
1 482 (41.48%) Microsoft
2 109 (9.38%) VMware
3 71 (6.11%) Google
4 33 (2.84%) Cisco
4 33 (2.84%) Fortinet
5 32 (2.75%) Dell
6 31 (2.67%) Meraki
7 29 (2.50%) Apple
7 29 (2.50%) Veeam
8 28 (2.41%) Fujitsu
8 28 (2.41%) Virgin Media
9 17 (1.46%) Sage
10 14 (1.20%) WatchGuard
11 12 (1.03%) HP
11 12 (1.03%) Xamarin
12 11 (0.95%) ESET
12 11 (0.95%) ServiceNow
13 10 (0.86%) Citrix
13 10 (0.86%) Ubiquiti
13 10 (0.86%) Zoho