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 22 June 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 212 101
Rank change year-on-year +149 -111 +83
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,604 434 1,941
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.36% 1.43% 2.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.49% 1.61% 2.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,416 338 1,590
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,563 £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 £50,847 £53,975 £48,750
UK median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year - +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 64,353 26,954 75,579
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.51% 88.93% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 44,640 14,703 54,179
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,050
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 22 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 22 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 +101 420 £35,000 -6.67% 66
North of England +100 363 £32,940 -0.18% 45
Midlands +80 264 £32,500 -7.14% 29
East of England +106 246 £35,000 +7.58% 24
South West +48 205 £35,000 - 30
North West +131 203 £32,940 +2.14% 24
Yorkshire +12 143 £32,500 +8.33% 17
West Midlands +63 136 £32,500 -16.13% 7
East Midlands +42 128 £32,500 -0.76% 22
Scotland +44 61 £28,500 -5.00% 8
Wales -6 45 £45,000 +5.88% 10
North East -42 17 £37,500 -23.08% 6
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 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.

1 652 (40.65%) Microsoft
2 635 (39.59%) Microsoft 365
3 573 (35.72%) Windows
4 463 (28.87%) Active Directory
5 395 (24.63%) Azure
6 374 (23.32%) Problem-Solving
7 309 (19.26%) Customer Service
8 307 (19.14%) Windows Server
9 267 (16.65%) Entra ID
10 243 (15.15%) Firewall
11 190 (11.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 186 (11.60%) Microsoft Intune
13 173 (10.79%) Microsoft Exchange
14 172 (10.72%) DNS
15 170 (10.60%) SharePoint
16 158 (9.85%) Cybersecurity
17 154 (9.60%) Hyper-V
17 154 (9.60%) VMware
18 151 (9.41%) VPN
19 150 (9.35%) Windows 10
20 144 (8.98%) DHCP
21 124 (7.73%) ITIL
22 122 (7.61%) VMware Infrastructure
23 115 (7.17%) LAN
24 107 (6.67%) WAN
25 106 (6.61%) Wi-Fi
26 99 (6.17%) PowerShell
27 93 (5.80%) Security Cleared
28 91 (5.67%) Disaster Recovery
29 90 (5.61%) Continuous Improvement

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
1 173 (10.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 170 (10.60%) SharePoint
3 15 (0.94%) Confluence
3 15 (0.94%) Exchange Server 2013
4 13 (0.81%) Exchange Server 2007
4 13 (0.81%) Exchange Server 2010
5 10 (0.62%) IIS
Applications
1 84 (5.24%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.00%) 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 1 (0.062%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 635 (39.59%) Microsoft 365
2 395 (24.63%) Azure
3 267 (16.65%) Entra ID
4 52 (3.24%) AWS
5 45 (2.81%) OneDrive
6 43 (2.68%) Google Workspace
7 26 (1.62%) SaaS
8 23 (1.43%) Power Platform
9 20 (1.25%) Mimecast
9 20 (1.25%) PaaS
10 15 (0.94%) IaaS
11 10 (0.62%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (0.56%) PowerApps
13 8 (0.50%) Power Automate
14 7 (0.44%) Nutanix
15 6 (0.37%) Microsoft Copilot
16 5 (0.31%) Azure Sentinel
16 5 (0.31%) Intacct
16 5 (0.31%) OCI
17 4 (0.25%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 243 (15.15%) Firewall
2 172 (10.72%) DNS
3 151 (9.41%) VPN
4 144 (8.98%) DHCP
5 115 (7.17%) LAN
6 107 (6.67%) WAN
7 106 (6.61%) Wi-Fi
8 73 (4.55%) VoIP
9 62 (3.87%) TCP/IP
10 51 (3.18%) VLAN
11 38 (2.37%) Wireless
12 32 (2.00%) SAN
13 26 (1.62%) Network Security
14 16 (1.00%) WLAN
15 14 (0.87%) Internet
16 13 (0.81%) SD-WAN
17 11 (0.69%) SSL
18 10 (0.62%) Remote Desktop
19 7 (0.44%) NAS
20 5 (0.31%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (2.56%) SQL Server
2 13 (0.81%) Power BI
3 6 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (0.37%) MySQL
4 5 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.062%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 43 (2.68%) 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
1 349 (21.76%) Social Skills
2 68 (4.24%) Manufacturing
3 62 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
4 60 (3.74%) Analytical Skills
5 52 (3.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 46 (2.87%) Legal
7 38 (2.37%) Public Sector
8 37 (2.31%) Retail
9 35 (2.18%) Telecoms
10 34 (2.12%) Law
11 28 (1.75%) Multimedia
12 27 (1.68%) Finance
13 15 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
14 14 (0.87%) Advertising
14 14 (0.87%) Automotive
15 6 (0.37%) Aerospace
15 6 (0.37%) Local Government
16 5 (0.31%) Social Housing
17 4 (0.25%) Dutch Language
17 4 (0.25%) Portuguese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.44%) HTML
1 7 (0.44%) JSON
2 4 (0.25%) OpenTelemetry
2 4 (0.25%) Web Services
3 3 (0.19%) CSS
4 1 (0.062%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 227 (14.15%) Driving Licence
2 70 (4.36%) Onboarding
3 57 (3.55%) Self-Motivation
4 32 (2.00%) Data Centre
5 30 (1.87%) CCTV
6 26 (1.62%) FMCG
7 23 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
8 15 (0.94%) Security Posture
9 13 (0.81%) Management Information System
10 11 (0.69%) Clustering
10 11 (0.69%) NHS
10 11 (0.69%) Smartphone
11 10 (0.62%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (0.44%) Operational Technology
12 7 (0.44%) Replication
12 7 (0.44%) Social Media
13 6 (0.37%) Cloud Native
13 6 (0.37%) iPhone
13 6 (0.37%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 573 (35.72%) Windows
2 307 (19.14%) Windows Server
3 150 (9.35%) Windows 10
4 90 (5.61%) Mac OS
5 81 (5.05%) Linux
6 44 (2.74%) Windows Server 2019
7 38 (2.37%) Windows Server 2016
8 33 (2.06%) Android
8 33 (2.06%) Apple iOS
9 17 (1.06%) Windows 7
10 16 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
11 11 (0.69%) Windows 8
12 8 (0.50%) 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
1 374 (23.32%) Problem-Solving
2 309 (19.26%) Customer Service
3 190 (11.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 158 (9.85%) Cybersecurity
5 124 (7.73%) ITIL
6 91 (5.67%) Disaster Recovery
7 90 (5.61%) Continuous Improvement
8 87 (5.42%) Mentoring
9 63 (3.93%) Service Delivery
10 58 (3.62%) Root Cause Analysis
11 57 (3.55%) Project Delivery
11 57 (3.55%) Service Management
12 54 (3.37%) ITSM
13 44 (2.74%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 43 (2.68%) Business Continuity
14 43 (2.68%) Time Management
15 39 (2.43%) User Experience
16 36 (2.24%) Process Improvement
17 35 (2.18%) ERP
18 28 (1.75%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 99 (6.17%) PowerShell
2 56 (3.49%) SQL
3 6 (0.37%) R
4 5 (0.31%) Bash
4 5 (0.31%) Python
4 5 (0.31%) VB
5 4 (0.25%) PHP
5 4 (0.25%) VBScript
6 3 (0.19%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.19%) Uniface
6 3 (0.19%) VBA
7 2 (0.12%) Bicep
7 2 (0.12%) Google Apps Script
7 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.062%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 93 (5.80%) Security Cleared
2 81 (5.05%) Microsoft Certification
3 76 (4.74%) Degree
4 66 (4.11%) SC Cleared
5 60 (3.74%) DBS Check
6 47 (2.93%) CCNA
6 47 (2.93%) Cisco Certification
7 37 (2.31%) Network+ Certification
8 28 (1.75%) A+ Certification
9 22 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
10 21 (1.31%) Azure Certification
11 16 (1.00%) MCSE
12 15 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
12 15 (0.94%) DV Cleared
13 9 (0.56%) 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%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (4.86%) Cyber Essentials
2 56 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 48 (2.99%) SLA
4 32 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 18 (1.12%) GDPR
6 10 (0.62%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.31%) NIST
7 5 (0.31%) QA
8 4 (0.25%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.062%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.062%) NCSC
System Software
1 463 (28.87%) Active Directory
2 154 (9.60%) Hyper-V
3 122 (7.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (1.56%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (1.00%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (0.75%) vSphere
7 11 (0.69%) Docker
8 9 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (0.50%) BitLocker
10 7 (0.44%) 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
1 186 (11.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (1.37%) SCCM
3 14 (0.87%) FortiGate
3 14 (0.87%) Proxmox
3 14 (0.87%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 11 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
4 11 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (0.62%) WSUS
6 8 (0.50%) Autotask
7 7 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 7 (0.44%) Failover Clustering
8 5 (0.31%) Ansible
9 4 (0.25%) Terraform
10 2 (0.12%) Iperf
10 2 (0.12%) Kubernetes
10 2 (0.12%) SmoothWall
11 1 (0.062%) Argo
11 1 (0.062%) Nessus
Vendors
1 652 (40.65%) Microsoft
2 154 (9.60%) VMware
3 54 (3.37%) Cisco
4 49 (3.05%) Google
5 39 (2.43%) Fortinet
5 39 (2.43%) Veeam
6 36 (2.24%) Meraki
7 34 (2.12%) Apple
8 29 (1.81%) Dell
9 28 (1.75%) Fujitsu
9 28 (1.75%) Virgin Media
10 21 (1.31%) Sophos
11 18 (1.12%) HP
12 17 (1.06%) Ubiquiti
13 15 (0.94%) SonicWALL
14 13 (0.81%) Epicor
15 11 (0.69%) ServiceNow
16 10 (0.62%) Logitech
17 9 (0.56%) CrowdStrike
17 9 (0.56%) Sage