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 12 June 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 214 104
Rank change year-on-year +149 -110 +75
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,574 431 1,912
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.37% 1.46% 2.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.50% 1.64% 2.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,386 336 1,554
10th Percentile £26,513 £25,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -
75th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £48,250
UK median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -5.80%

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 62,882 26,281 73,529
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.53% 89.09% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 43,519 14,209 52,811
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,929 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,750 £34,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,350 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £76,950
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 12 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 12 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 +97 404 £35,000 -6.67% 54
North of England +102 356 £32,940 +1.35% 48
Midlands +84 263 £32,500 -7.14% 32
East of England +100 242 £35,000 +7.69% 27
South West +54 205 £35,000 - 31
North West +142 201 £35,000 +9.38% 28
Yorkshire +6 142 £33,000 +10.00% 15
West Midlands +58 132 £32,500 -7.14% 12
East Midlands +35 131 £30,000 -9.09% 20
Scotland +43 59 £28,250 -5.83% 14
Wales -1 45 £45,000 +5.88% 9
North East -34 13 £32,000 -27.89% 6
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 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.

1 606 (38.50%) Microsoft
2 600 (38.12%) Microsoft 365
3 541 (34.37%) Windows
4 440 (27.95%) Active Directory
5 378 (24.02%) Azure
6 367 (23.32%) Problem-Solving
7 302 (19.19%) Customer Service
8 292 (18.55%) Windows Server
9 249 (15.82%) Entra ID
10 236 (14.99%) Firewall
11 175 (11.12%) Microsoft Intune
12 172 (10.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 161 (10.23%) DNS
14 158 (10.04%) SharePoint
15 156 (9.91%) Microsoft Exchange
16 151 (9.59%) Cybersecurity
17 149 (9.47%) VPN
18 147 (9.34%) VMware
19 145 (9.21%) Windows 10
20 143 (9.09%) Hyper-V
21 137 (8.70%) DHCP
22 118 (7.50%) ITIL
23 116 (7.37%) LAN
23 116 (7.37%) VMware Infrastructure
24 108 (6.86%) WAN
25 102 (6.48%) Wi-Fi
26 96 (6.10%) Security Cleared
27 93 (5.91%) PowerShell
28 84 (5.34%) Disaster Recovery
28 84 (5.34%) Mentoring

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
1 158 (10.04%) SharePoint
2 156 (9.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.08%) Confluence
4 15 (0.95%) Exchange Server 2013
5 13 (0.83%) Exchange Server 2007
5 13 (0.83%) Exchange Server 2010
6 10 (0.64%) IIS
Applications
1 84 (5.34%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.19%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.064%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.064%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.32%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.064%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 600 (38.12%) Microsoft 365
2 378 (24.02%) Azure
3 249 (15.82%) Entra ID
4 50 (3.18%) AWS
5 46 (2.92%) Google Workspace
6 43 (2.73%) OneDrive
7 22 (1.40%) Power Platform
7 22 (1.40%) SaaS
8 20 (1.27%) PaaS
9 18 (1.14%) Mimecast
10 15 (0.95%) IaaS
11 10 (0.64%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (0.57%) PowerApps
13 7 (0.44%) Azure Sentinel
14 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Copilot
14 6 (0.38%) Power Automate
15 5 (0.32%) Intacct
15 5 (0.32%) Nutanix
15 5 (0.32%) OCI
16 4 (0.25%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 236 (14.99%) Firewall
2 161 (10.23%) DNS
3 149 (9.47%) VPN
4 137 (8.70%) DHCP
5 116 (7.37%) LAN
6 108 (6.86%) WAN
7 102 (6.48%) Wi-Fi
8 66 (4.19%) VoIP
9 51 (3.24%) TCP/IP
10 50 (3.18%) VLAN
11 35 (2.22%) Wireless
12 31 (1.97%) SAN
13 25 (1.59%) Network Security
14 17 (1.08%) WLAN
15 13 (0.83%) Internet
15 13 (0.83%) SD-WAN
16 11 (0.70%) Remote Desktop
17 10 (0.64%) SSL
18 7 (0.44%) NAS
19 5 (0.32%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (2.35%) SQL Server
2 13 (0.83%) Power BI
3 6 (0.38%) MySQL
4 5 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.064%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 41 (2.60%) JIRA
2 4 (0.25%) GitLab
3 1 (0.064%) Carbide.c++
3 1 (0.064%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.064%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 327 (20.78%) Social Skills
2 64 (4.07%) Manufacturing
3 58 (3.68%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
4 52 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 42 (2.67%) Legal
6 37 (2.35%) Public Sector
6 37 (2.35%) Telecoms
7 36 (2.29%) Retail
8 34 (2.16%) Law
9 30 (1.91%) Finance
10 28 (1.78%) Multimedia
11 14 (0.89%) Automotive
12 12 (0.76%) Advertising
13 9 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.32%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.32%) Local Government
14 5 (0.32%) Social Housing
15 4 (0.25%) Portuguese Language
15 4 (0.25%) Spanish 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 (0.064%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 220 (13.98%) Driving Licence
2 62 (3.94%) Onboarding
3 52 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
4 29 (1.84%) CCTV
4 29 (1.84%) Data Centre
5 25 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
5 25 (1.59%) FMCG
6 14 (0.89%) Management Information System
7 12 (0.76%) Security Posture
7 12 (0.76%) Smartphone
8 11 (0.70%) Clustering
8 11 (0.70%) NHS
9 8 (0.51%) Social Media
10 7 (0.44%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (0.44%) Operational Technology
10 7 (0.44%) Replication
11 6 (0.38%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (0.38%) iPhone
12 5 (0.32%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (0.32%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 541 (34.37%) Windows
2 292 (18.55%) Windows Server
3 145 (9.21%) Windows 10
4 79 (5.02%) Mac OS
5 74 (4.70%) Linux
6 43 (2.73%) Windows Server 2019
7 37 (2.35%) Windows Server 2016
8 32 (2.03%) Android
8 32 (2.03%) Apple iOS
9 17 (1.08%) Windows 7
10 15 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
11 11 (0.70%) Windows 8
12 8 (0.51%) Ubuntu
13 5 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (0.25%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.064%) CentOS
15 1 (0.064%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.064%) Rocky
15 1 (0.064%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 367 (23.32%) Problem-Solving
2 302 (19.19%) Customer Service
3 172 (10.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 151 (9.59%) Cybersecurity
5 118 (7.50%) ITIL
6 84 (5.34%) Disaster Recovery
6 84 (5.34%) Mentoring
7 75 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
8 62 (3.94%) Service Delivery
9 55 (3.49%) Root Cause Analysis
10 53 (3.37%) ITSM
10 53 (3.37%) Project Delivery
10 53 (3.37%) Service Management
11 47 (2.99%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 42 (2.67%) Time Management
13 41 (2.60%) Business Continuity
14 36 (2.29%) User Experience
15 33 (2.10%) ERP
15 33 (2.10%) Process Improvement
16 29 (1.84%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 93 (5.91%) PowerShell
2 53 (3.37%) SQL
3 5 (0.32%) Bash
3 5 (0.32%) Python
3 5 (0.32%) VB
4 4 (0.25%) PHP
4 4 (0.25%) R
4 4 (0.25%) VBScript
5 3 (0.19%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.19%) Uniface
5 3 (0.19%) VBA
6 2 (0.13%) Bicep
6 2 (0.13%) Google Apps Script
7 1 (0.064%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 96 (6.10%) Security Cleared
2 81 (5.15%) Microsoft Certification
3 78 (4.96%) Degree
4 69 (4.38%) SC Cleared
5 61 (3.88%) DBS Check
6 46 (2.92%) CCNA
6 46 (2.92%) Cisco Certification
7 39 (2.48%) Network+ Certification
8 28 (1.78%) A+ Certification
9 24 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
10 20 (1.27%) Azure Certification
11 17 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
11 17 (1.08%) MCSE
12 15 (0.95%) DV Cleared
13 8 (0.51%) CCNP
14 5 (0.32%) MCITP
15 4 (0.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 4 (0.25%) Computer Science Degree
15 4 (0.25%) MCSA
16 3 (0.19%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (5.02%) Cyber Essentials
2 55 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 48 (3.05%) SLA
4 32 (2.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 17 (1.08%) GDPR
6 9 (0.57%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.44%) NIST
8 5 (0.32%) QA
9 4 (0.25%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.064%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.064%) NCSC
System Software
1 440 (27.95%) Active Directory
2 143 (9.09%) Hyper-V
3 116 (7.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (0.76%) vSphere
7 11 (0.70%) Docker
8 8 (0.51%) BitLocker
9 7 (0.44%) VMware Workstation
10 6 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
11 5 (0.32%) Terminal Services
12 4 (0.25%) VMware NSX
13 3 (0.19%) Firmware
14 1 (0.064%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 175 (11.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (1.40%) SCCM
3 13 (0.83%) FortiGate
3 13 (0.83%) Proxmox
3 13 (0.83%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 12 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
4 12 (0.76%) WSUS
5 11 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.51%) Autotask
7 7 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 7 (0.44%) Failover Clustering
8 5 (0.32%) Ansible
9 4 (0.25%) Terraform
10 3 (0.19%) SmoothWall
11 2 (0.13%) Kubernetes
12 1 (0.064%) Argo
12 1 (0.064%) Iperf
12 1 (0.064%) Nessus
Vendors
1 606 (38.50%) Microsoft
2 147 (9.34%) VMware
3 52 (3.30%) Google
4 51 (3.24%) Cisco
5 38 (2.41%) Fortinet
6 37 (2.35%) Meraki
7 36 (2.29%) Apple
7 36 (2.29%) Veeam
8 29 (1.84%) Dell
9 28 (1.78%) Fujitsu
9 28 (1.78%) Virgin Media
10 21 (1.33%) Sophos
11 17 (1.08%) Ubiquiti
12 16 (1.02%) HP
13 14 (0.89%) SonicWALL
14 13 (0.83%) Epicor
15 11 (0.70%) ServiceNow
16 10 (0.64%) Logitech
17 9 (0.57%) Sage
18 8 (0.51%) TOWER Software