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 18 September 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 230 136
Rank change year-on-year +141 -94 +20
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,590 406 996
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.88% 1.18% 1.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.02% 1.32% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,411 317 716
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,750 £25,379
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.94%
75th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
90th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £52,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +2.74% +4.29%

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 78,906 30,717 52,808
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.39% 89.30% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 54,746 17,484 30,834
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,620
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £58,589 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.53% - -8.33%

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 +132 390 £38,500 -3.75% 91
Midlands +66 292 £34,500 -6.76% 66
East of England +111 264 £35,000 -3.45% 38
North of England +35 259 £32,940 -5.89% 72
South West +37 236 £35,000 -6.67% 31
West Midlands +47 146 £34,500 -27.37% 32
East Midlands +28 146 £35,000 +13.82% 34
North West +89 145 £33,500 -4.29% 47
Yorkshire -25 95 £30,000 -9.09% 18
Scotland +54 84 £28,500 +3.64% 42
Wales -26 54 £40,000 -50.00% 9
North East -56 19 £40,000 -17.95% 7
Northern Ireland -67 11 £41,000 +30.16% 5
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 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.

1 791 (49.75%) Microsoft
2 739 (46.48%) Microsoft 365
3 703 (44.21%) Windows
4 534 (33.58%) Active Directory
5 428 (26.92%) Azure
6 388 (24.40%) Problem-Solving
7 365 (22.96%) Windows Server
8 351 (22.08%) Customer Service
9 339 (21.32%) Entra ID
10 277 (17.42%) Microsoft Intune
11 264 (16.60%) Firewall
12 261 (16.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 244 (15.35%) DNS
13 244 (15.35%) Microsoft Exchange
14 222 (13.96%) Cybersecurity
15 217 (13.65%) SharePoint
16 213 (13.40%) Hyper-V
17 211 (13.27%) DHCP
18 187 (11.76%) VMware
19 172 (10.82%) VPN
20 153 (9.62%) VMware Infrastructure
21 149 (9.37%) Continuous Improvement
22 144 (9.06%) Wi-Fi
23 139 (8.74%) TCP/IP
23 139 (8.74%) Windows 10
24 138 (8.68%) ITIL
25 125 (7.86%) Disaster Recovery
26 118 (7.42%) PowerShell
27 105 (6.60%) Cyber Essentials
28 103 (6.48%) Linux

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
1 244 (15.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 217 (13.65%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.26%) IIS
4 7 (0.44%) Confluence
5 6 (0.38%) Apache
5 6 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 66 (4.15%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.19%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (0.38%) Raiser’s Edge
2 3 (0.19%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.19%) Shopify
3 2 (0.13%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.063%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 739 (46.48%) Microsoft 365
2 428 (26.92%) Azure
3 339 (21.32%) Entra ID
4 59 (3.71%) OneDrive
5 53 (3.33%) AWS
6 38 (2.39%) Google Workspace
7 30 (1.89%) Mimecast
8 28 (1.76%) Power Platform
9 24 (1.51%) SaaS
10 17 (1.07%) Power Automate
11 11 (0.69%) Dynamics 365
11 11 (0.69%) Nutanix
11 11 (0.69%) PaaS
12 9 (0.57%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (0.50%) IaaS
14 7 (0.44%) PowerApps
15 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Copilot
15 4 (0.25%) Serverless
16 3 (0.19%) Cloud Computing
16 3 (0.19%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 264 (16.60%) Firewall
2 244 (15.35%) DNS
3 211 (13.27%) DHCP
4 172 (10.82%) VPN
5 144 (9.06%) Wi-Fi
6 139 (8.74%) TCP/IP
7 100 (6.29%) VoIP
8 94 (5.91%) LAN
9 92 (5.79%) VLAN
10 84 (5.28%) Wireless
11 81 (5.09%) WAN
12 34 (2.14%) SAN
13 33 (2.08%) Network Security
14 23 (1.45%) Internet
15 17 (1.07%) WLAN
16 16 (1.01%) SSL
17 14 (0.88%) Remote Desktop
18 8 (0.50%) NAS
18 8 (0.50%) PBX
19 7 (0.44%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (3.33%) SQL Server
2 12 (0.75%) MySQL
3 9 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
4 7 (0.44%) Power BI
5 4 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.13%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 37 (2.33%) JIRA
2 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.063%) Carbide.c++
General
1 430 (27.04%) Social Skills
2 85 (5.35%) Manufacturing
3 83 (5.22%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (4.59%) Legal
5 46 (2.89%) Public Sector
6 43 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
7 40 (2.52%) Telecoms
8 39 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 32 (2.01%) Advertising
9 32 (2.01%) Retail
10 30 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
11 28 (1.76%) Finance
12 17 (1.07%) Automotive
13 13 (0.82%) Law
14 10 (0.63%) Aerospace
15 6 (0.38%) Games
16 5 (0.31%) Local Government
16 5 (0.31%) Police
17 4 (0.25%) Aviation
17 4 (0.25%) Dutch Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.44%) HTML
1 7 (0.44%) JSON
2 4 (0.25%) .NET
2 4 (0.25%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 4 (0.25%) WinForms
3 3 (0.19%) CSS
3 3 (0.19%) Terraform
3 3 (0.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 250 (15.72%) Driving Licence
2 94 (5.91%) Onboarding
3 68 (4.28%) Self-Motivation
4 51 (3.21%) CCTV
5 36 (2.26%) Data Centre
6 25 (1.57%) Operational Technology
7 21 (1.32%) FMCG
8 17 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
9 16 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
9 16 (1.01%) Replication
10 14 (0.88%) Security Posture
11 13 (0.82%) Management Information System
12 11 (0.69%) Cloud Native
12 11 (0.69%) Clustering
12 11 (0.69%) Smartphone
13 9 (0.57%) Cyber Threat
14 8 (0.50%) PKI
15 7 (0.44%) EPoS
15 7 (0.44%) NHS
15 7 (0.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 703 (44.21%) Windows
2 365 (22.96%) Windows Server
3 139 (8.74%) Windows 10
4 103 (6.48%) Linux
5 94 (5.91%) Mac OS
6 47 (2.96%) Apple iOS
7 41 (2.58%) Android
8 38 (2.39%) Windows Server 2019
9 29 (1.82%) Windows Server 2016
10 23 (1.45%) Ubuntu
11 12 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
12 6 (0.38%) Windows 7
13 5 (0.31%) Rocky
14 4 (0.25%) Debian
14 4 (0.25%) Mac OS X
14 4 (0.25%) Windows 8
15 2 (0.13%) Unix
15 2 (0.13%) VMS
16 1 (0.063%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 388 (24.40%) Problem-Solving
2 351 (22.08%) Customer Service
3 261 (16.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 222 (13.96%) Cybersecurity
5 149 (9.37%) Continuous Improvement
6 138 (8.68%) ITIL
7 125 (7.86%) Disaster Recovery
8 83 (5.22%) Project Delivery
9 61 (3.84%) ITSM
10 59 (3.71%) Mentoring
11 53 (3.33%) Service Delivery
11 53 (3.33%) Service Management
12 47 (2.96%) Business Continuity
13 45 (2.83%) User Experience
14 44 (2.77%) Remote Monitoring and Management
15 38 (2.39%) Time Management
16 37 (2.33%) Root Cause Analysis
17 36 (2.26%) Incident Management
17 36 (2.26%) Migration
18 35 (2.20%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 118 (7.42%) PowerShell
2 50 (3.14%) SQL
3 10 (0.63%) Python
3 10 (0.63%) R
3 10 (0.63%) Ruby
4 4 (0.25%) C#
4 4 (0.25%) VBScript
5 3 (0.19%) Bicep
5 3 (0.19%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.19%) PHP
5 3 (0.19%) VB
5 3 (0.19%) VBA
6 2 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 96 (6.04%) Microsoft Certification
2 91 (5.72%) Degree
3 62 (3.90%) DBS Check
4 56 (3.52%) CCNA
4 56 (3.52%) Cisco Certification
5 53 (3.33%) Security Cleared
6 42 (2.64%) Network+ Certification
7 35 (2.20%) SC Cleared
8 26 (1.64%) Azure Certification
9 24 (1.51%) A+ Certification
10 20 (1.26%) MCSE
11 19 (1.19%) CompTIA Security+
12 13 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
13 10 (0.63%) CCNP
13 10 (0.63%) MCSA
14 9 (0.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 6 (0.38%) AWS Certification
15 6 (0.38%) DV Cleared
16 5 (0.31%) Computer Science Degree
16 5 (0.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (6.60%) Cyber Essentials
2 50 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (2.39%) GDPR
4 27 (1.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 27 (1.70%) SLA
5 10 (0.63%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.31%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.25%) NIST
8 3 (0.19%) QA
9 1 (0.063%) NCSC
System Software
1 534 (33.58%) Active Directory
2 213 (13.40%) Hyper-V
3 153 (9.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (1.07%) vSphere
5 15 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (0.69%) Docker
7 8 (0.50%) BitLocker
7 8 (0.50%) Firmware
8 5 (0.31%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.063%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 277 (17.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (1.19%) SCCM
3 17 (1.07%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 15 (0.94%) WSUS
5 14 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
6 8 (0.50%) Proxmox
7 7 (0.44%) Failover Clustering
8 6 (0.38%) FortiGate
8 6 (0.38%) Kubernetes
9 4 (0.25%) Iperf
10 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.13%) Ansible
11 2 (0.13%) Backup Exec
11 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 2 (0.13%) PaperCut
11 2 (0.13%) SCOM
12 1 (0.063%) Argo
12 1 (0.063%) Nessus
12 1 (0.063%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 791 (49.75%) Microsoft
2 187 (11.76%) VMware
3 75 (4.72%) Cisco
4 69 (4.34%) Veeam
5 49 (3.08%) SonicWALL
6 46 (2.89%) Apple
7 40 (2.52%) Google
8 31 (1.95%) Dell
9 27 (1.70%) Sophos
10 24 (1.51%) Fortinet
10 24 (1.51%) Meraki
11 19 (1.19%) Draytek
11 19 (1.19%) HP
11 19 (1.19%) TOWER Software
12 18 (1.13%) Logitech
12 18 (1.13%) Ubiquiti
13 16 (1.01%) Palo Alto
14 14 (0.88%) Datto
14 14 (0.88%) ServiceNow
15 11 (0.69%) Aruba