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 17 April 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 151 110
Rank change year-on-year +72 -41 +92
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,370 520 1,717
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.20% 1.97% 2.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.37% 2.23% 2.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,191 382 1,483
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £33,500 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.99% +4.69% -1.54%
75th Percentile £40,000 £42,132 £42,500
90th Percentile £49,000 £48,750 £48,650
UK median annual salary £33,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -4.29% +7.69% -4.41%

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 57,889 23,347 63,521
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 88.44% 94.73%
Number of salaries quoted 36,888 14,537 46,793
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £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 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -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 17 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 17 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 +72 358 £33,500 -4.29% 54
North of England +73 311 £32,000 -3.03% 68
Midlands -11 256 £32,500 -7.14% 43
East of England +49 190 £32,500 +12.07% 37
North West +78 161 £31,000 -11.43% 40
South West +48 154 £35,000 - 40
East Midlands +6 145 £30,000 - 26
Yorkshire +14 139 £32,500 +8.33% 28
West Midlands -31 111 £32,500 -7.14% 17
Scotland +17 72 £30,000 +1.69% 10
Wales -2 29 £40,000 +9.59% 10
North East -38 11 £30,000 -20.00% 2
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 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 (39.56%) Microsoft 365
2 541 (39.49%) Microsoft
3 512 (37.37%) Windows
4 428 (31.24%) Active Directory
5 354 (25.84%) Problem-Solving
6 331 (24.16%) Azure
7 272 (19.85%) Windows Server
8 270 (19.71%) Customer Service
9 206 (15.04%) Entra ID
10 202 (14.74%) Firewall
11 161 (11.75%) DNS
12 151 (11.02%) Microsoft Intune
13 147 (10.73%) Windows 10
14 145 (10.58%) DHCP
15 139 (10.15%) SharePoint
16 135 (9.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 131 (9.56%) ITIL
18 125 (9.12%) VPN
19 123 (8.98%) Cybersecurity
20 114 (8.32%) VMware
21 109 (7.96%) LAN
22 107 (7.81%) Microsoft Exchange
23 104 (7.59%) WAN
24 95 (6.93%) Hyper-V
25 89 (6.50%) Microsoft Office
26 86 (6.28%) Security Cleared
26 86 (6.28%) Wi-Fi
27 83 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
28 82 (5.99%) Mentoring
29 75 (5.47%) 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
1 139 (10.15%) SharePoint
2 107 (7.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.09%) Confluence
4 11 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2013
5 9 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2010
6 6 (0.44%) IIS
Applications
1 89 (6.50%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.15%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.15%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.073%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 7 (0.51%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.073%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 542 (39.56%) Microsoft 365
2 331 (24.16%) Azure
3 206 (15.04%) Entra ID
4 53 (3.87%) Google Workspace
5 46 (3.36%) AWS
6 34 (2.48%) OneDrive
7 25 (1.82%) SaaS
8 23 (1.68%) Power Platform
9 19 (1.39%) PaaS
10 16 (1.17%) IaaS
11 13 (0.95%) PowerApps
12 11 (0.80%) GCP
12 11 (0.80%) Mimecast
13 10 (0.73%) Power Automate
14 9 (0.66%) Azure Sentinel
15 8 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
16 5 (0.36%) Intacct
16 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Copilot
16 5 (0.36%) OCI
17 3 (0.22%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 202 (14.74%) Firewall
2 161 (11.75%) DNS
3 145 (10.58%) DHCP
4 125 (9.12%) VPN
5 109 (7.96%) LAN
6 104 (7.59%) WAN
7 86 (6.28%) Wi-Fi
8 53 (3.87%) TCP/IP
9 49 (3.58%) VoIP
10 46 (3.36%) VLAN
11 31 (2.26%) Wireless
12 22 (1.61%) Network Security
13 20 (1.46%) SAN
14 17 (1.24%) SD-WAN
15 11 (0.80%) Remote Desktop
15 11 (0.80%) WLAN
16 8 (0.58%) Internet
16 8 (0.58%) IP Telephony
17 7 (0.51%) TETRA
18 6 (0.44%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (2.26%) SQL Server
2 23 (1.68%) Power BI
3 5 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.22%) MySQL
5 2 (0.15%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.073%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 41 (2.99%) JIRA
2 4 (0.29%) GitLab
3 1 (0.073%) LabVIEW
General
1 306 (22.34%) Social Skills
2 77 (5.62%) Organisational Skills
3 69 (5.04%) Manufacturing
4 48 (3.50%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 43 (3.14%) Finance
7 40 (2.92%) Public Sector
7 40 (2.92%) Retail
8 37 (2.70%) Law
9 36 (2.63%) Telecoms
10 34 (2.48%) Legal
11 28 (2.04%) Multimedia
12 11 (0.80%) Advertising
13 10 (0.73%) Electronics
14 9 (0.66%) Automotive
15 7 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (0.51%) Dutch Language
15 7 (0.51%) Spanish Language
16 6 (0.44%) Fire and Rescue
16 6 (0.44%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.29%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.15%) .NET
2 2 (0.15%) .NET Framework
2 2 (0.15%) ASP.NET
2 2 (0.15%) CSS
2 2 (0.15%) Entity Framework
2 2 (0.15%) HTML
2 2 (0.15%) JSON
2 2 (0.15%) Web Services
2 2 (0.15%) WinForms
3 1 (0.073%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 201 (14.67%) Driving Licence
2 60 (4.38%) Onboarding
3 44 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (1.90%) FMCG
5 25 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
6 23 (1.68%) CCTV
6 23 (1.68%) Data Centre
7 18 (1.31%) Smartphone
8 11 (0.80%) Security Posture
9 8 (0.58%) Social Media
10 6 (0.44%) iPad
10 6 (0.44%) iPhone
10 6 (0.44%) Management Information System
10 6 (0.44%) Operational Technology
10 6 (0.44%) PMI
11 5 (0.36%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.36%) Life Science
11 5 (0.36%) Linux Command Line
11 5 (0.36%) Mobile App
11 5 (0.36%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 512 (37.37%) Windows
2 272 (19.85%) Windows Server
3 147 (10.73%) Windows 10
4 55 (4.01%) Mac OS
5 43 (3.14%) Linux
6 29 (2.12%) Android
6 29 (2.12%) Windows Server 2019
7 28 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
8 27 (1.97%) Apple iOS
9 15 (1.09%) Windows 7
10 11 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
11 10 (0.73%) Windows 8
12 5 (0.36%) Ubuntu
12 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
13 4 (0.29%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.073%) CentOS
14 1 (0.073%) Debian
14 1 (0.073%) Solaris
14 1 (0.073%) Unix
14 1 (0.073%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 354 (25.84%) Problem-Solving
2 270 (19.71%) Customer Service
3 135 (9.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 131 (9.56%) ITIL
5 123 (8.98%) Cybersecurity
6 82 (5.99%) Mentoring
7 65 (4.74%) ITSM
8 63 (4.60%) Service Delivery
9 56 (4.09%) Disaster Recovery
10 49 (3.58%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 49 (3.58%) Service Management
11 46 (3.36%) Continuous Improvement
12 43 (3.14%) Root Cause Analysis
13 38 (2.77%) ERP
13 38 (2.77%) Process Improvement
13 38 (2.77%) Project Delivery
14 35 (2.55%) Time Management
15 34 (2.48%) Incident Management
16 33 (2.41%) Asset Management
17 32 (2.34%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 59 (4.31%) PowerShell
2 41 (2.99%) SQL
3 9 (0.66%) Python
4 7 (0.51%) Bash
5 5 (0.36%) VB
6 4 (0.29%) R
7 3 (0.22%) PHP
7 3 (0.22%) PL/SQL
7 3 (0.22%) Uniface
7 3 (0.22%) VBScript
8 2 (0.15%) C#
8 2 (0.15%) Google Apps Script
8 2 (0.15%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.15%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 86 (6.28%) Security Cleared
2 75 (5.47%) Microsoft Certification
3 58 (4.23%) SC Cleared
4 56 (4.09%) Degree
5 46 (3.36%) DBS Check
6 42 (3.07%) Cisco Certification
7 41 (2.99%) CCNA
8 37 (2.70%) A+ Certification
9 33 (2.41%) Network+ Certification
10 27 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
11 21 (1.53%) MCSE
12 15 (1.09%) DV Cleared
13 12 (0.88%) CCNP
14 10 (0.73%) Azure Certification
14 10 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
15 9 (0.66%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 7 (0.51%) CompTIA Security+
17 6 (0.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 6 (0.44%) MCSA
17 6 (0.44%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (5.40%) SLA
2 55 (4.01%) Cyber Essentials
3 43 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 11 (0.80%) GDPR
6 5 (0.36%) NIST
6 5 (0.36%) QA
7 3 (0.22%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.073%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.073%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 428 (31.24%) Active Directory
2 95 (6.93%) Hyper-V
3 83 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.31%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (0.80%) VMware Workstation
7 9 (0.66%) vSphere
8 7 (0.51%) Docker
9 6 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.29%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.22%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.22%) Firmware
11 3 (0.22%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.073%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 151 (11.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (1.31%) SCCM
3 15 (1.09%) WSUS
4 11 (0.80%) Autotask
4 11 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
5 10 (0.73%) FortiGate
6 8 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 7 (0.51%) Proxmox
7 7 (0.51%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 5 (0.36%) Ansible
9 4 (0.29%) SmoothWall
10 2 (0.15%) Terraform
11 1 (0.073%) Kubernetes
11 1 (0.073%) Podman
Vendors
1 541 (39.49%) Microsoft
2 114 (8.32%) VMware
3 60 (4.38%) Google
4 38 (2.77%) Cisco
5 36 (2.63%) Fortinet
6 35 (2.55%) Apple
7 29 (2.12%) Dell
8 28 (2.04%) Fujitsu
8 28 (2.04%) Meraki
8 28 (2.04%) Virgin Media
9 22 (1.61%) Veeam
10 15 (1.09%) HP
11 14 (1.02%) ServiceNow
11 14 (1.02%) Sophos
12 13 (0.95%) Epicor
13 10 (0.73%) Citrix
13 10 (0.73%) ESET
13 10 (0.73%) Sage
13 10 (0.73%) SAP
14 9 (0.66%) Ubiquiti