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 £34,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 June 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 209 105
Rank change year-on-year +141 -104 +80
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,551 452 1,805
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.34% 1.54% 2.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.47% 1.73% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,365 331 1,527
10th Percentile £26,425 £25,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £26,875 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,750 £34,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.72% +6.15% -
75th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £50,625 £47,500
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 62,690 26,189 71,219
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.39% 89.08% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 42,700 13,998 51,272
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,250 £76,250
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 6 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 6 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 +101 389 £34,500 -8.00% 74
North of England +94 355 £32,940 +1.35% 47
Midlands +51 260 £32,500 -7.14% 38
East of England +102 239 £35,000 +16.67% 35
South West +61 204 £35,000 +1.45% 37
North West +129 198 £32,940 +2.14% 24
Yorkshire +2 145 £33,500 +11.67% 19
East Midlands +35 130 £30,000 -7.69% 27
West Midlands +27 130 £32,500 -7.14% 11
Scotland +39 60 £28,000 -6.67% 14
Wales -3 44 £45,000 +5.88% 14
North East -38 12 £31,000 -22.50% 6
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 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.

1 586 (37.78%) Microsoft
2 582 (37.52%) Microsoft 365
3 528 (34.04%) Windows
4 431 (27.79%) Active Directory
5 370 (23.86%) Azure
6 362 (23.34%) Problem-Solving
7 296 (19.08%) Customer Service
8 287 (18.50%) Windows Server
9 237 (15.28%) Entra ID
10 229 (14.76%) Firewall
11 170 (10.96%) Microsoft Intune
12 163 (10.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 155 (9.99%) DNS
13 155 (9.99%) SharePoint
14 150 (9.67%) Microsoft Exchange
15 146 (9.41%) VPN
16 142 (9.16%) Cybersecurity
16 142 (9.16%) VMware
17 140 (9.03%) Windows 10
18 139 (8.96%) Hyper-V
19 134 (8.64%) DHCP
20 118 (7.61%) ITIL
21 115 (7.41%) LAN
22 111 (7.16%) VMware Infrastructure
23 107 (6.90%) WAN
24 99 (6.38%) Wi-Fi
25 98 (6.32%) Security Cleared
26 89 (5.74%) PowerShell
27 84 (5.42%) Microsoft Office
28 83 (5.35%) 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
1 155 (9.99%) SharePoint
2 150 (9.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.10%) Confluence
4 15 (0.97%) Exchange Server 2013
5 13 (0.84%) Exchange Server 2007
5 13 (0.84%) Exchange Server 2010
6 9 (0.58%) IIS
Applications
1 84 (5.42%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.19%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.064%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.064%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (0.39%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.064%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 582 (37.52%) Microsoft 365
2 370 (23.86%) Azure
3 237 (15.28%) Entra ID
4 48 (3.09%) AWS
5 46 (2.97%) Google Workspace
6 43 (2.77%) OneDrive
7 22 (1.42%) Power Platform
7 22 (1.42%) SaaS
8 19 (1.23%) PaaS
9 17 (1.10%) Mimecast
10 14 (0.90%) IaaS
11 9 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (0.58%) PowerApps
12 7 (0.45%) Azure Sentinel
13 6 (0.39%) Microsoft Copilot
14 5 (0.32%) Intacct
14 5 (0.32%) Nutanix
14 5 (0.32%) OCI
14 5 (0.32%) Power Automate
15 4 (0.26%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 229 (14.76%) Firewall
2 155 (9.99%) DNS
3 146 (9.41%) VPN
4 134 (8.64%) DHCP
5 115 (7.41%) LAN
6 107 (6.90%) WAN
7 99 (6.38%) Wi-Fi
8 65 (4.19%) VoIP
9 49 (3.16%) VLAN
10 45 (2.90%) TCP/IP
11 35 (2.26%) Wireless
12 29 (1.87%) SAN
13 25 (1.61%) Network Security
14 17 (1.10%) WLAN
15 13 (0.84%) SD-WAN
16 12 (0.77%) Internet
17 11 (0.71%) Remote Desktop
18 9 (0.58%) SSL
19 7 (0.45%) NAS
20 5 (0.32%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (2.51%) SQL Server
2 13 (0.84%) Power BI
3 6 (0.39%) MySQL
4 4 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.064%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 40 (2.58%) JIRA
2 4 (0.26%) GitLab
3 1 (0.064%) Carbide.c++
3 1 (0.064%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.064%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 321 (20.70%) Social Skills
2 68 (4.38%) Manufacturing
3 59 (3.80%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (3.80%) Organisational Skills
4 51 (3.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 40 (2.58%) Legal
5 40 (2.58%) Public Sector
5 40 (2.58%) Telecoms
6 36 (2.32%) Retail
7 34 (2.19%) Finance
7 34 (2.19%) Law
8 28 (1.81%) Multimedia
9 14 (0.90%) Automotive
10 13 (0.84%) Advertising
11 5 (0.32%) Aerospace
11 5 (0.32%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (0.32%) Local Government
11 5 (0.32%) Social Housing
12 4 (0.26%) Dutch Language
12 4 (0.26%) Portuguese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.45%) HTML
1 7 (0.45%) JSON
2 4 (0.26%) OpenTelemetry
2 4 (0.26%) Web Services
3 3 (0.19%) CSS
4 1 (0.064%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 210 (13.54%) Driving Licence
2 60 (3.87%) Onboarding
3 51 (3.29%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (1.81%) CCTV
4 28 (1.81%) Data Centre
5 26 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
6 24 (1.55%) FMCG
7 14 (0.90%) Management Information System
8 12 (0.77%) Smartphone
9 11 (0.71%) NHS
9 11 (0.71%) Security Posture
10 10 (0.64%) Clustering
11 9 (0.58%) Social Media
12 7 (0.45%) Operational Technology
12 7 (0.45%) Replication
13 6 (0.39%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (0.39%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (0.39%) iPhone
14 5 (0.32%) Linux Command Line
14 5 (0.32%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 528 (34.04%) Windows
2 287 (18.50%) Windows Server
3 140 (9.03%) Windows 10
4 72 (4.64%) Mac OS
5 68 (4.38%) Linux
6 41 (2.64%) Windows Server 2019
7 38 (2.45%) Windows Server 2016
8 32 (2.06%) Android
9 30 (1.93%) Apple iOS
10 17 (1.10%) Windows 7
11 15 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
12 11 (0.71%) Windows 8
13 8 (0.52%) Ubuntu
14 5 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.26%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.064%) CentOS
16 1 (0.064%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.064%) Rocky
16 1 (0.064%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 362 (23.34%) Problem-Solving
2 296 (19.08%) Customer Service
3 163 (10.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 142 (9.16%) Cybersecurity
5 118 (7.61%) ITIL
6 83 (5.35%) Mentoring
7 77 (4.96%) Disaster Recovery
8 68 (4.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 64 (4.13%) Service Delivery
10 55 (3.55%) Root Cause Analysis
11 54 (3.48%) ITSM
12 53 (3.42%) Service Management
13 50 (3.22%) Project Delivery
14 48 (3.09%) Remote Monitoring and Management
15 41 (2.64%) Time Management
16 38 (2.45%) Business Continuity
17 35 (2.26%) ERP
18 32 (2.06%) Process Improvement
18 32 (2.06%) User Experience
19 29 (1.87%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 89 (5.74%) PowerShell
2 51 (3.29%) SQL
3 6 (0.39%) Bash
4 5 (0.32%) Python
4 5 (0.32%) VB
5 4 (0.26%) PHP
5 4 (0.26%) R
6 3 (0.19%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.19%) Uniface
6 3 (0.19%) VBA
6 3 (0.19%) VBScript
7 2 (0.13%) Google Apps Script
8 1 (0.064%) Bicep
8 1 (0.064%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 98 (6.32%) Security Cleared
2 80 (5.16%) Microsoft Certification
3 76 (4.90%) Degree
4 68 (4.38%) SC Cleared
5 60 (3.87%) DBS Check
6 44 (2.84%) CCNA
6 44 (2.84%) Cisco Certification
7 37 (2.39%) Network+ Certification
8 31 (2.00%) A+ Certification
9 26 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
10 19 (1.23%) Azure Certification
11 17 (1.10%) MCSE
12 16 (1.03%) DV Cleared
13 15 (0.97%) CompTIA Security+
14 7 (0.45%) CCNP
15 5 (0.32%) MCITP
16 4 (0.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 4 (0.26%) Computer Science Degree
17 3 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
17 3 (0.19%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (4.96%) Cyber Essentials
2 54 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 52 (3.35%) SLA
4 31 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 14 (0.90%) GDPR
6 8 (0.52%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.45%) NIST
8 6 (0.39%) QA
9 4 (0.26%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.064%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 431 (27.79%) Active Directory
2 139 (8.96%) Hyper-V
3 111 (7.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (0.77%) vSphere
7 10 (0.64%) Docker
8 7 (0.45%) BitLocker
8 7 (0.45%) VMware Workstation
9 5 (0.32%) Terminal Services
9 5 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.26%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.19%) Firmware
12 1 (0.064%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 170 (10.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (1.35%) SCCM
3 13 (0.84%) WSUS
4 12 (0.77%) FortiGate
4 12 (0.77%) Jamf Pro
4 12 (0.77%) Proxmox
4 12 (0.77%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 11 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.52%) Autotask
7 7 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 6 (0.39%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (0.26%) Ansible
9 4 (0.26%) SmoothWall
10 3 (0.19%) Terraform
11 2 (0.13%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 586 (37.78%) Microsoft
2 142 (9.16%) VMware
3 51 (3.29%) Google
4 49 (3.16%) Cisco
5 38 (2.45%) Apple
6 37 (2.39%) Fortinet
6 37 (2.39%) Meraki
7 36 (2.32%) Veeam
8 29 (1.87%) Dell
9 28 (1.81%) Fujitsu
9 28 (1.81%) Virgin Media
10 20 (1.29%) Sophos
11 16 (1.03%) Ubiquiti
12 15 (0.97%) HP
13 13 (0.84%) Epicor
14 12 (0.77%) SonicWALL
15 10 (0.64%) ServiceNow
16 9 (0.58%) Logitech
16 9 (0.58%) Sage
17 7 (0.45%) ConnectWise