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 July 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 225 108
Rank change year-on-year +154 -117 +62
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,638 445 1,508
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.26% 1.31% 2.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.38% 1.47% 2.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,462 351 1,233
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -
75th Percentile £43,750 £46,125 £43,250
90th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +10.29% -1.45%

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 68,824 30,367 64,012
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 89.52% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 47,665 17,402 44,594
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,929 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +1.85% -10.00%

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 July 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 July 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 +123 440 £35,000 -12.50% 50
North of England +81 313 £32,500 -1.52% 51
East of England +118 263 £35,000 +1.45% 32
Midlands +81 260 £32,500 -10.96% 24
South West +50 227 £35,000 -6.67% 24
North West +114 176 £33,970 +4.52% 24
East Midlands +41 133 £32,500 - 15
West Midlands +61 127 £32,500 -21.21% 9
Yorkshire -12 120 £30,000 -4.00% 23
Scotland +56 75 £28,500 -5.00% 13
Wales -15 53 £45,000 -43.75% 9
North East -44 17 £40,000 -17.95% 8
Northern Ireland - 7 £41,000 - 3
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 July 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.

1 746 (45.54%) Microsoft
2 710 (43.35%) Microsoft 365
3 649 (39.62%) Windows
4 530 (32.36%) Active Directory
5 424 (25.89%) Azure
6 390 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
7 345 (21.06%) Customer Service
8 338 (20.63%) Windows Server
9 311 (18.99%) Entra ID
10 256 (15.63%) Firewall
11 234 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 232 (14.16%) Microsoft Intune
13 218 (13.31%) Microsoft Exchange
14 207 (12.64%) DNS
15 194 (11.84%) SharePoint
16 181 (11.05%) Cybersecurity
16 181 (11.05%) Hyper-V
17 173 (10.56%) VMware
18 170 (10.38%) DHCP
19 160 (9.77%) VPN
20 148 (9.04%) Windows 10
21 139 (8.49%) VMware Infrastructure
22 138 (8.42%) ITIL
23 126 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
24 118 (7.20%) Continuous Improvement
25 116 (7.08%) Disaster Recovery
25 116 (7.08%) PowerShell
26 113 (6.90%) LAN
27 106 (6.47%) Mac OS
28 104 (6.35%) WAN

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
1 218 (13.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 194 (11.84%) SharePoint
3 14 (0.85%) Confluence
4 13 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2013
4 13 (0.79%) IIS
5 11 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2007
5 11 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.18%) Apache
Applications
1 92 (5.62%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.18%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (0.37%) Raiser’s Edge
2 5 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.31%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.061%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 710 (43.35%) Microsoft 365
2 424 (25.89%) Azure
3 311 (18.99%) Entra ID
4 58 (3.54%) AWS
5 49 (2.99%) OneDrive
6 39 (2.38%) Google Workspace
7 30 (1.83%) SaaS
8 28 (1.71%) Mimecast
9 22 (1.34%) Power Platform
10 18 (1.10%) PaaS
11 13 (0.79%) IaaS
12 12 (0.73%) Power Automate
13 11 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (0.55%) Nutanix
15 8 (0.49%) PowerApps
16 6 (0.37%) Microsoft Copilot
17 5 (0.31%) OCI
18 4 (0.24%) Azure Sentinel
18 4 (0.24%) GCP
19 3 (0.18%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 256 (15.63%) Firewall
2 207 (12.64%) DNS
3 170 (10.38%) DHCP
4 160 (9.77%) VPN
5 126 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
6 113 (6.90%) LAN
7 104 (6.35%) WAN
8 95 (5.80%) TCP/IP
9 80 (4.88%) VoIP
10 65 (3.97%) VLAN
10 65 (3.97%) Wireless
11 31 (1.89%) SAN
12 29 (1.77%) Network Security
13 22 (1.34%) Internet
14 18 (1.10%) Remote Desktop
15 16 (0.98%) WLAN
16 10 (0.61%) SSL
17 9 (0.55%) SD-WAN
18 7 (0.43%) Broadband
18 7 (0.43%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (3.05%) SQL Server
2 12 (0.73%) Power BI
3 9 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (0.55%) MySQL
4 5 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.12%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 45 (2.75%) JIRA
2 3 (0.18%) GitLab
3 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.061%) Carbide.c++
General
1 393 (23.99%) Social Skills
2 77 (4.70%) Manufacturing
3 70 (4.27%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (3.66%) Legal
5 55 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
6 50 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (2.38%) Public Sector
7 39 (2.38%) Retail
8 32 (1.95%) Finance
9 31 (1.89%) Telecoms
10 28 (1.71%) Law
11 24 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
12 22 (1.34%) Advertising
13 17 (1.04%) Automotive
14 8 (0.49%) Aerospace
15 7 (0.43%) Local Government
16 4 (0.24%) Dutch Language
16 4 (0.24%) Military
16 4 (0.24%) Portuguese Language
16 4 (0.24%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.43%) HTML
1 7 (0.43%) JSON
2 4 (0.24%) Web Services
3 3 (0.18%) CSS
3 3 (0.18%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (0.061%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 235 (14.35%) Driving Licence
2 91 (5.56%) Onboarding
3 66 (4.03%) Self-Motivation
4 42 (2.56%) CCTV
5 37 (2.26%) Data Centre
6 23 (1.40%) FMCG
7 19 (1.16%) Security Posture
8 18 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
9 12 (0.73%) Management Information System
10 11 (0.67%) Cloud Native
10 11 (0.67%) Clustering
10 11 (0.67%) NHS
11 10 (0.61%) PKI
11 10 (0.61%) Smartphone
12 9 (0.55%) Operational Technology
13 7 (0.43%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (0.43%) EPoS
13 7 (0.43%) Replication
14 6 (0.37%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 649 (39.62%) Windows
2 338 (20.63%) Windows Server
3 148 (9.04%) Windows 10
4 106 (6.47%) Mac OS
5 90 (5.49%) Linux
6 40 (2.44%) Apple iOS
7 39 (2.38%) Windows Server 2019
8 35 (2.14%) Android
9 34 (2.08%) Windows Server 2016
10 16 (0.98%) Windows 7
11 14 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
12 11 (0.67%) Ubuntu
13 10 (0.61%) Windows 8
14 4 (0.24%) Mac OS X
15 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
16 2 (0.12%) VMS
17 1 (0.061%) CentOS
17 1 (0.061%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 1 (0.061%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 390 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
2 345 (21.06%) Customer Service
3 234 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 181 (11.05%) Cybersecurity
5 138 (8.42%) ITIL
6 118 (7.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 116 (7.08%) Disaster Recovery
8 73 (4.46%) Project Delivery
9 63 (3.85%) Service Management
10 62 (3.79%) Mentoring
10 62 (3.79%) Service Delivery
11 60 (3.66%) Root Cause Analysis
12 58 (3.54%) ITSM
13 50 (3.05%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 48 (2.93%) Business Continuity
15 46 (2.81%) Time Management
16 42 (2.56%) User Experience
17 39 (2.38%) Process Improvement
18 37 (2.26%) Incident Management
19 36 (2.20%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 116 (7.08%) PowerShell
2 58 (3.54%) SQL
3 11 (0.67%) R
4 10 (0.61%) Python
5 7 (0.43%) Ruby
6 5 (0.31%) Bash
7 4 (0.24%) PHP
7 4 (0.24%) VB
7 4 (0.24%) VBScript
8 3 (0.18%) Bicep
8 3 (0.18%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.18%) VBA
9 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.061%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 88 (5.37%) Microsoft Certification
2 80 (4.88%) Security Cleared
3 77 (4.70%) Degree
4 57 (3.48%) DBS Check
5 54 (3.30%) SC Cleared
6 51 (3.11%) CCNA
6 51 (3.11%) Cisco Certification
7 35 (2.14%) Network+ Certification
8 27 (1.65%) A+ Certification
9 22 (1.34%) Azure Certification
10 17 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
11 15 (0.92%) CompTIA Security+
11 15 (0.92%) MCSE
12 14 (0.85%) DV Cleared
13 7 (0.43%) MCSA
14 6 (0.37%) AWS Certification
14 6 (0.37%) CCNP
15 5 (0.31%) MCITP
16 4 (0.24%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (5.80%) Cyber Essentials
2 57 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (2.75%) SLA
4 32 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 23 (1.40%) GDPR
6 10 (0.61%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.24%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.24%) NIST
7 4 (0.24%) QA
8 1 (0.061%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.061%) NCSC
System Software
1 530 (32.36%) Active Directory
2 181 (11.05%) Hyper-V
3 139 (8.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (1.16%) vSphere
6 16 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
7 13 (0.79%) Docker
8 8 (0.49%) BitLocker
9 6 (0.37%) VMware Workstation
10 5 (0.31%) Terminal Services
11 4 (0.24%) Firmware
12 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
13 1 (0.061%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 232 (14.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (1.28%) SCCM
3 19 (1.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 12 (0.73%) Proxmox
4 12 (0.73%) WSUS
5 11 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
6 8 (0.49%) FortiGate
6 8 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.43%) Autotask
7 7 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
8 5 (0.31%) Ansible
9 4 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.24%) Iperf
9 4 (0.24%) Kubernetes
9 4 (0.24%) Terraform
10 2 (0.12%) PaperCut
11 1 (0.061%) Argo
11 1 (0.061%) Nessus
Vendors
1 746 (45.54%) Microsoft
2 173 (10.56%) VMware
3 66 (4.03%) Cisco
4 47 (2.87%) Veeam
5 45 (2.75%) Google
6 34 (2.08%) Apple
7 33 (2.01%) Meraki
8 31 (1.89%) Dell
9 24 (1.47%) Sophos
10 23 (1.40%) HP
11 22 (1.34%) SonicWALL
11 22 (1.34%) Ubiquiti
12 15 (0.92%) Fortinet
13 12 (0.73%) CrowdStrike
13 12 (0.73%) Epicor
14 11 (0.67%) Logitech
14 11 (0.67%) TOWER Software
15 10 (0.61%) ServiceNow
16 9 (0.55%) Palo Alto
16 9 (0.55%) Sage