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 15 July 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 219 109
Rank change year-on-year +152 -110 +72
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,652 460 1,719
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.31% 1.36% 2.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.44% 1.52% 2.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,479 365 1,430
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,750 £23,950
25th Percentile £29,750 £29,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -
75th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
90th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £48,750
UK median annual salary £35,000 £37,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -5.41% +12.12% -4.35%

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 67,746 30,184 69,521
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.70% 89.33% 94.83%
Number of salaries quoted 46,875 17,245 49,315
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,968 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.12%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,000 £64,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 15 July 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 15 July 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 +121 444 £35,000 -6.67% 64
North of England +89 334 £32,500 -1.52% 54
East of England +108 262 £35,000 +4.43% 37
Midlands +69 261 £32,500 -12.16% 31
South West +47 221 £35,000 - 33
North West +114 189 £32,940 -2.40% 18
East Midlands +43 131 £32,500 - 18
West Midlands +49 130 £32,500 -19.75% 13
Yorkshire 0 127 £30,000 - 33
Scotland +58 74 £28,500 -5.00% 18
Wales -12 51 £45,000 -43.75% 14
North East -49 18 £40,000 -17.95% 8
Northern Ireland - 5 £41,000 - 12
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 July 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.

1 743 (44.98%) Microsoft
2 709 (42.92%) Microsoft 365
3 643 (38.92%) Windows
4 528 (31.96%) Active Directory
5 424 (25.67%) Azure
6 398 (24.09%) Problem-Solving
7 348 (21.07%) Customer Service
8 338 (20.46%) Windows Server
9 311 (18.83%) Entra ID
10 260 (15.74%) Firewall
11 227 (13.74%) Microsoft Intune
12 224 (13.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 216 (13.08%) Microsoft Exchange
14 206 (12.47%) DNS
15 193 (11.68%) SharePoint
16 179 (10.84%) Cybersecurity
17 176 (10.65%) Hyper-V
18 172 (10.41%) VMware
19 169 (10.23%) DHCP
20 165 (9.99%) VPN
21 153 (9.26%) Windows 10
22 137 (8.29%) VMware Infrastructure
23 136 (8.23%) ITIL
24 126 (7.63%) Wi-Fi
25 117 (7.08%) LAN
26 116 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
27 114 (6.90%) PowerShell
28 113 (6.84%) Disaster Recovery
29 110 (6.66%) WAN
30 104 (6.30%) Mac OS

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
1 216 (13.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 193 (11.68%) SharePoint
3 14 (0.85%) Confluence
3 14 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2013
4 13 (0.79%) IIS
5 12 (0.73%) Exchange Server 2007
5 12 (0.73%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.18%) Apache
Applications
1 96 (5.81%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.18%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.061%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 6 (0.36%) Raiser’s Edge
2 5 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.30%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.061%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.061%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 709 (42.92%) Microsoft 365
2 424 (25.67%) Azure
3 311 (18.83%) Entra ID
4 56 (3.39%) AWS
5 49 (2.97%) OneDrive
6 40 (2.42%) Google Workspace
7 31 (1.88%) SaaS
8 26 (1.57%) Mimecast
9 23 (1.39%) Power Platform
10 19 (1.15%) PaaS
11 14 (0.85%) IaaS
12 11 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (0.67%) Power Automate
13 9 (0.54%) PowerApps
14 8 (0.48%) Nutanix
15 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Copilot
16 5 (0.30%) OCI
17 4 (0.24%) Azure Sentinel
17 4 (0.24%) GCP
17 4 (0.24%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 260 (15.74%) Firewall
2 206 (12.47%) DNS
3 169 (10.23%) DHCP
4 165 (9.99%) VPN
5 126 (7.63%) Wi-Fi
6 117 (7.08%) LAN
7 110 (6.66%) WAN
8 92 (5.57%) TCP/IP
9 78 (4.72%) VoIP
10 65 (3.93%) VLAN
11 63 (3.81%) Wireless
12 31 (1.88%) SAN
13 30 (1.82%) Network Security
14 22 (1.33%) Internet
15 16 (0.97%) Remote Desktop
15 16 (0.97%) WLAN
16 12 (0.73%) SD-WAN
17 10 (0.61%) SSL
18 7 (0.42%) Broadband
18 7 (0.42%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (2.97%) SQL Server
2 13 (0.79%) Power BI
3 9 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (0.54%) MySQL
4 5 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.12%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 45 (2.72%) JIRA
2 3 (0.18%) GitLab
3 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.061%) Carbide.c++
4 1 (0.061%) LabVIEW
General
1 397 (24.03%) Social Skills
2 77 (4.66%) Manufacturing
3 70 (4.24%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
5 54 (3.27%) Legal
6 51 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (2.36%) Public Sector
8 38 (2.30%) Retail
9 33 (2.00%) Law
10 31 (1.88%) Telecoms
11 30 (1.82%) Finance
12 23 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
13 21 (1.27%) Advertising
14 17 (1.03%) Automotive
15 7 (0.42%) Aerospace
15 7 (0.42%) Local Government
16 5 (0.30%) Social Housing
17 4 (0.24%) Dutch Language
17 4 (0.24%) Portuguese Language
17 4 (0.24%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.42%) HTML
1 7 (0.42%) JSON
2 4 (0.24%) Web Services
3 3 (0.18%) CSS
3 3 (0.18%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (0.061%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 232 (14.04%) Driving Licence
2 87 (5.27%) Onboarding
3 66 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
4 39 (2.36%) CCTV
5 36 (2.18%) Data Centre
6 23 (1.39%) FMCG
7 20 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
7 20 (1.21%) Security Posture
8 12 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (0.73%) Management Information System
9 11 (0.67%) Clustering
9 11 (0.67%) NHS
10 10 (0.61%) Cloud Native
10 10 (0.61%) Smartphone
11 9 (0.54%) Operational Technology
11 9 (0.54%) PKI
12 7 (0.42%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (0.42%) EPoS
12 7 (0.42%) Replication
13 6 (0.36%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 643 (38.92%) Windows
2 338 (20.46%) Windows Server
3 153 (9.26%) Windows 10
4 104 (6.30%) Mac OS
5 89 (5.39%) Linux
6 41 (2.48%) Windows Server 2019
7 39 (2.36%) Apple iOS
8 37 (2.24%) Windows Server 2016
9 36 (2.18%) Android
10 17 (1.03%) Windows 7
11 15 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
12 11 (0.67%) Ubuntu
12 11 (0.67%) Windows 8
13 4 (0.24%) Mac OS X
13 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.12%) VMS
15 1 (0.061%) CentOS
15 1 (0.061%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.061%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 398 (24.09%) Problem-Solving
2 348 (21.07%) Customer Service
3 224 (13.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 179 (10.84%) Cybersecurity
5 136 (8.23%) ITIL
6 116 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
7 113 (6.84%) Disaster Recovery
8 69 (4.18%) Project Delivery
9 66 (4.00%) Service Delivery
10 63 (3.81%) Mentoring
10 63 (3.81%) Service Management
11 59 (3.57%) ITSM
12 58 (3.51%) Root Cause Analysis
13 50 (3.03%) Business Continuity
14 48 (2.91%) Remote Monitoring and Management
15 46 (2.78%) Time Management
16 42 (2.54%) User Experience
17 38 (2.30%) ERP
17 38 (2.30%) Process Improvement
18 36 (2.18%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 114 (6.90%) PowerShell
2 58 (3.51%) SQL
3 10 (0.61%) Python
3 10 (0.61%) R
4 5 (0.30%) Bash
4 5 (0.30%) Ruby
4 5 (0.30%) VB
5 4 (0.24%) PHP
5 4 (0.24%) VBScript
6 3 (0.18%) Bicep
6 3 (0.18%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.18%) VBA
7 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.12%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 90 (5.45%) Microsoft Certification
2 83 (5.02%) Security Cleared
3 79 (4.78%) Degree
4 59 (3.57%) DBS Check
5 56 (3.39%) SC Cleared
6 52 (3.15%) CCNA
6 52 (3.15%) Cisco Certification
7 34 (2.06%) Network+ Certification
8 27 (1.63%) A+ Certification
9 23 (1.39%) Azure Certification
10 19 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
11 15 (0.91%) DV Cleared
11 15 (0.91%) MCSE
12 14 (0.85%) CompTIA Security+
13 9 (0.54%) CCNP
14 7 (0.42%) MCSA
15 6 (0.36%) AWS Certification
16 5 (0.30%) MCITP
17 4 (0.24%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (5.63%) Cyber Essentials
2 59 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 47 (2.85%) SLA
4 33 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 23 (1.39%) GDPR
6 10 (0.61%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.24%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.24%) NIST
7 4 (0.24%) QA
8 1 (0.061%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.061%) NCSC
System Software
1 528 (31.96%) Active Directory
2 176 (10.65%) Hyper-V
3 137 (8.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 20 (1.21%) vSphere
6 17 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
8 13 (0.79%) Docker
9 8 (0.48%) BitLocker
10 7 (0.42%) VMware Workstation
11 5 (0.30%) Terminal Services
12 3 (0.18%) Firmware
12 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
13 1 (0.061%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 227 (13.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (1.33%) SCCM
3 18 (1.09%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 12 (0.73%) Proxmox
4 12 (0.73%) WSUS
5 10 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
6 9 (0.54%) FortiGate
6 9 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.48%) Autotask
8 7 (0.42%) Failover Clustering
9 5 (0.30%) Ansible
10 4 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.24%) Iperf
10 4 (0.24%) Kubernetes
10 4 (0.24%) Terraform
11 1 (0.061%) Argo
11 1 (0.061%) Nessus
Vendors
1 743 (44.98%) Microsoft
2 172 (10.41%) VMware
3 65 (3.93%) Cisco
4 46 (2.78%) Google
4 46 (2.78%) Veeam
5 36 (2.18%) Meraki
6 34 (2.06%) Apple
7 32 (1.94%) Dell
8 23 (1.39%) HP
8 23 (1.39%) Sophos
9 22 (1.33%) Ubiquiti
10 21 (1.27%) SonicWALL
11 15 (0.91%) Fortinet
12 13 (0.79%) Epicor
13 12 (0.73%) CrowdStrike
14 11 (0.67%) ServiceNow
15 10 (0.61%) Logitech
15 10 (0.61%) TOWER Software
16 9 (0.54%) Palo Alto
16 9 (0.54%) Sage