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 28 June 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 222 103
Rank change year-on-year +160 -119 +83
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,620 438 1,854
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.35% 1.40% 2.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.49% 1.57% 2.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,429 343 1,536
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £27,875 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -
75th Percentile £43,750 £43,250 £42,500
90th Percentile £51,250 £54,350 £48,750
UK median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year - +6.06% -2.94%

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 65,070 27,856 72,780
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.57% 88.95% 94.84%
Number of salaries quoted 45,126 15,434 52,041
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% - -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,268 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.51% +8.57% -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 28 June 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 28 June 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 +106 428 £35,000 -6.67% 55
North of England +88 355 £32,500 -0.76% 37
Midlands +81 271 £32,500 -7.14% 24
East of England +111 252 £35,000 +7.58% 24
South West +46 204 £35,000 - 32
North West +128 198 £32,940 +2.94% 18
Yorkshire +8 139 £30,000 - 18
West Midlands +63 138 £32,500 -16.13% 9
East Midlands +43 133 £32,500 - 15
Scotland +51 63 £28,500 -5.00% 9
Wales +1 47 £45,000 +5.88% 7
North East -37 18 £37,500 -23.08% 4
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 June 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.

1 680 (41.98%) Microsoft
2 654 (40.37%) Microsoft 365
3 593 (36.60%) Windows
4 480 (29.63%) Active Directory
5 400 (24.69%) Azure
6 387 (23.89%) Problem-Solving
7 325 (20.06%) Customer Service
8 315 (19.44%) Windows Server
9 278 (17.16%) Entra ID
10 249 (15.37%) Firewall
11 199 (12.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 190 (11.73%) Microsoft Intune
13 187 (11.54%) DNS
14 184 (11.36%) Microsoft Exchange
15 182 (11.23%) SharePoint
16 162 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
16 162 (10.00%) Hyper-V
16 162 (10.00%) VMware
17 157 (9.69%) DHCP
17 157 (9.69%) VPN
18 152 (9.38%) Windows 10
19 131 (8.09%) ITIL
20 130 (8.02%) VMware Infrastructure
21 115 (7.10%) LAN
22 114 (7.04%) Wi-Fi
23 108 (6.67%) PowerShell
24 107 (6.60%) WAN
25 100 (6.17%) Continuous Improvement
26 99 (6.11%) Disaster Recovery
27 95 (5.86%) 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
1 184 (11.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 182 (11.23%) SharePoint
3 15 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2013
4 14 (0.86%) Confluence
5 13 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2007
5 13 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2010
6 11 (0.68%) IIS
7 1 (0.062%) Apache
Applications
1 85 (5.25%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.19%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.062%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.062%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.31%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.25%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.062%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 654 (40.37%) Microsoft 365
2 400 (24.69%) Azure
3 278 (17.16%) Entra ID
4 53 (3.27%) AWS
5 47 (2.90%) OneDrive
6 41 (2.53%) Google Workspace
7 30 (1.85%) SaaS
8 23 (1.42%) Mimecast
8 23 (1.42%) Power Platform
9 20 (1.23%) PaaS
10 15 (0.93%) IaaS
11 10 (0.62%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (0.56%) Power Automate
12 9 (0.56%) PowerApps
13 7 (0.43%) Nutanix
14 6 (0.37%) Microsoft Copilot
15 5 (0.31%) Intacct
15 5 (0.31%) OCI
16 4 (0.25%) Azure Sentinel
16 4 (0.25%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 249 (15.37%) Firewall
2 187 (11.54%) DNS
3 157 (9.69%) DHCP
3 157 (9.69%) VPN
4 115 (7.10%) LAN
5 114 (7.04%) Wi-Fi
6 107 (6.60%) WAN
7 74 (4.57%) VoIP
8 71 (4.38%) TCP/IP
9 57 (3.52%) VLAN
10 46 (2.84%) Wireless
11 32 (1.98%) SAN
12 27 (1.67%) Network Security
13 16 (0.99%) Internet
13 16 (0.99%) WLAN
14 13 (0.80%) SD-WAN
15 11 (0.68%) Remote Desktop
15 11 (0.68%) SSL
16 7 (0.43%) NAS
17 5 (0.31%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (2.72%) SQL Server
2 13 (0.80%) Power BI
3 7 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (0.43%) MySQL
4 5 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.12%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 44 (2.72%) JIRA
2 4 (0.25%) GitLab
3 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.062%) Carbide.c++
4 1 (0.062%) LabVIEW
General
1 367 (22.65%) Social Skills
2 72 (4.44%) Manufacturing
3 63 (3.89%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
5 51 (3.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 48 (2.96%) Legal
7 40 (2.47%) Public Sector
8 37 (2.28%) Retail
9 34 (2.10%) Law
9 34 (2.10%) Telecoms
10 28 (1.73%) Multimedia
11 26 (1.60%) Finance
12 18 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
13 15 (0.93%) Automotive
14 14 (0.86%) Advertising
15 7 (0.43%) Local Government
16 6 (0.37%) Aerospace
17 5 (0.31%) Social Housing
18 4 (0.25%) Banking
18 4 (0.25%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.43%) HTML
1 7 (0.43%) JSON
2 4 (0.25%) OpenTelemetry
2 4 (0.25%) Web Services
3 3 (0.19%) CSS
4 1 (0.062%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 236 (14.57%) Driving Licence
2 77 (4.75%) Onboarding
3 62 (3.83%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (2.10%) CCTV
4 34 (2.10%) Data Centre
5 26 (1.60%) FMCG
6 23 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
7 17 (1.05%) Security Posture
8 13 (0.80%) Management Information System
9 12 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (0.68%) Clustering
10 11 (0.68%) NHS
10 11 (0.68%) Smartphone
11 9 (0.56%) Operational Technology
12 7 (0.43%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (0.43%) PKI
12 7 (0.43%) Replication
13 6 (0.37%) Cloud Native
13 6 (0.37%) EPoS
13 6 (0.37%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 593 (36.60%) Windows
2 315 (19.44%) Windows Server
3 152 (9.38%) Windows 10
4 95 (5.86%) Mac OS
5 85 (5.25%) Linux
6 44 (2.72%) Windows Server 2019
7 39 (2.41%) Windows Server 2016
8 34 (2.10%) Android
8 34 (2.10%) Apple iOS
9 17 (1.05%) Windows 7
10 16 (0.99%) Windows Server 2012
11 11 (0.68%) Windows 8
12 9 (0.56%) Ubuntu
13 5 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (0.25%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.12%) VMS
16 1 (0.062%) CentOS
16 1 (0.062%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.062%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 387 (23.89%) Problem-Solving
2 325 (20.06%) Customer Service
3 199 (12.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 162 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
5 131 (8.09%) ITIL
6 100 (6.17%) Continuous Improvement
7 99 (6.11%) Disaster Recovery
8 90 (5.56%) Mentoring
9 65 (4.01%) Service Delivery
10 60 (3.70%) Project Delivery
11 59 (3.64%) Service Management
12 58 (3.58%) Root Cause Analysis
13 56 (3.46%) ITSM
14 47 (2.90%) Time Management
15 44 (2.72%) Business Continuity
16 42 (2.59%) Remote Monitoring and Management
17 41 (2.53%) User Experience
18 37 (2.28%) Process Improvement
19 36 (2.22%) ERP
20 29 (1.79%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 108 (6.67%) PowerShell
2 58 (3.58%) SQL
3 9 (0.56%) Python
4 8 (0.49%) R
5 5 (0.31%) Bash
5 5 (0.31%) VB
6 4 (0.25%) PHP
6 4 (0.25%) VBScript
7 3 (0.19%) Bicep
7 3 (0.19%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.19%) Uniface
7 3 (0.19%) VBA
8 2 (0.12%) Google Apps Script
8 2 (0.12%) Ruby
8 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 91 (5.62%) Security Cleared
2 83 (5.12%) Microsoft Certification
3 77 (4.75%) Degree
4 64 (3.95%) SC Cleared
5 60 (3.70%) DBS Check
6 49 (3.02%) CCNA
6 49 (3.02%) Cisco Certification
7 36 (2.22%) Network+ Certification
8 28 (1.73%) A+ Certification
9 22 (1.36%) Azure Certification
9 22 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
10 16 (0.99%) MCSE
11 15 (0.93%) DV Cleared
12 14 (0.86%) CompTIA Security+
13 10 (0.62%) CCNP
14 5 (0.31%) MCITP
14 5 (0.31%) MCSA
15 4 (0.25%) AWS Certification
15 4 (0.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 3 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 57 (3.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 48 (2.96%) SLA
4 34 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 22 (1.36%) GDPR
6 10 (0.62%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.31%) QA
8 4 (0.25%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.25%) NIST
9 1 (0.062%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.062%) NCSC
System Software
1 480 (29.63%) Active Directory
2 162 (10.00%) Hyper-V
3 130 (8.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (1.54%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
6 16 (0.99%) vSphere
7 12 (0.74%) Docker
8 11 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (0.49%) BitLocker
10 7 (0.43%) VMware Workstation
11 5 (0.31%) Terminal Services
12 4 (0.25%) VMware NSX
13 3 (0.19%) Firmware
14 1 (0.062%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 190 (11.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (1.36%) SCCM
3 16 (0.99%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 14 (0.86%) Proxmox
5 12 (0.74%) FortiGate
6 11 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (0.68%) WSUS
7 9 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
8 8 (0.49%) Autotask
9 7 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 7 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
10 5 (0.31%) Ansible
11 4 (0.25%) Terraform
12 3 (0.19%) Kubernetes
13 2 (0.12%) Iperf
14 1 (0.062%) Argo
14 1 (0.062%) Nessus
Vendors
1 680 (41.98%) Microsoft
2 162 (10.00%) VMware
3 53 (3.27%) Cisco
4 47 (2.90%) Google
5 42 (2.59%) Veeam
6 39 (2.41%) Fortinet
7 34 (2.10%) Meraki
8 33 (2.04%) Apple
9 30 (1.85%) Dell
10 28 (1.73%) Fujitsu
10 28 (1.73%) Virgin Media
11 22 (1.36%) Sophos
12 19 (1.17%) HP
13 17 (1.05%) Ubiquiti
14 16 (0.99%) SonicWALL
15 13 (0.80%) Epicor
16 11 (0.68%) CrowdStrike
16 11 (0.68%) Logitech
16 11 (0.68%) ServiceNow
17 9 (0.56%) Sage