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 £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 April 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 148 112
Rank change year-on-year +72 -36 +82
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,386 519 1,713
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.18% 1.95% 2.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.34% 2.20% 2.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,199 378 1,478
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £33,500 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.99% +4.69% -1.54%
75th Percentile £40,000 £41,646 £42,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £47,500
UK median annual salary £33,750 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +6.06% -4.35%

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 59,210 23,547 63,515
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.04% 88.51% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 37,623 14,624 46,632
10th Percentile £29,120 £28,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £77,225
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 21 April 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 21 April 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 +70 360 £33,500 -4.29% 59
North of England +69 314 £32,000 -3.03% 63
Midlands -4 259 £32,000 -8.57% 45
East of England +48 195 £32,500 +12.07% 40
North West +70 163 £32,000 -8.57% 38
South West +39 156 £35,000 - 39
East Midlands -5 144 £30,000 - 29
Yorkshire +17 141 £32,500 +8.33% 24
West Midlands -26 115 £32,500 -7.14% 16
Scotland +21 72 £30,000 +9.09% 11
Wales -2 30 £42,500 +16.44% 10
North East -39 10 £30,000 -20.00% 3
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 April 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.

1 547 (39.47%) Microsoft
2 546 (39.39%) Microsoft 365
3 509 (36.72%) Windows
4 426 (30.74%) Active Directory
5 351 (25.32%) Problem-Solving
6 331 (23.88%) Azure
7 275 (19.84%) Windows Server
8 267 (19.26%) Customer Service
9 209 (15.08%) Entra ID
10 203 (14.65%) Firewall
11 159 (11.47%) DNS
12 151 (10.89%) Microsoft Intune
13 147 (10.61%) Windows 10
14 143 (10.32%) DHCP
15 141 (10.17%) SharePoint
16 135 (9.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 129 (9.31%) ITIL
18 125 (9.02%) Cybersecurity
19 124 (8.95%) VPN
20 114 (8.23%) VMware
21 112 (8.08%) LAN
22 106 (7.65%) Microsoft Exchange
23 105 (7.58%) WAN
24 95 (6.85%) Hyper-V
25 87 (6.28%) Security Cleared
25 87 (6.28%) Wi-Fi
26 86 (6.20%) Microsoft Office
27 83 (5.99%) Mentoring
28 82 (5.92%) VMware Infrastructure
29 75 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification

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
1 141 (10.17%) SharePoint
2 106 (7.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.08%) Confluence
4 11 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2013
5 9 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2010
6 7 (0.51%) IIS
Applications
1 86 (6.20%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.22%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.14%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.072%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 7 (0.51%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.072%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 546 (39.39%) Microsoft 365
2 331 (23.88%) Azure
3 209 (15.08%) Entra ID
4 51 (3.68%) Google Workspace
5 45 (3.25%) AWS
6 34 (2.45%) OneDrive
7 25 (1.80%) SaaS
8 22 (1.59%) Power Platform
9 19 (1.37%) PaaS
10 16 (1.15%) IaaS
11 13 (0.94%) PowerApps
12 12 (0.87%) Mimecast
13 10 (0.72%) Power Automate
14 9 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (0.65%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (0.65%) GCP
15 5 (0.36%) Intacct
15 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Copilot
15 5 (0.36%) OCI
16 3 (0.22%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 203 (14.65%) Firewall
2 159 (11.47%) DNS
3 143 (10.32%) DHCP
4 124 (8.95%) VPN
5 112 (8.08%) LAN
6 105 (7.58%) WAN
7 87 (6.28%) Wi-Fi
8 50 (3.61%) TCP/IP
8 50 (3.61%) VoIP
9 47 (3.39%) VLAN
10 32 (2.31%) Wireless
11 23 (1.66%) SAN
12 21 (1.52%) Network Security
13 16 (1.15%) SD-WAN
14 11 (0.79%) WLAN
15 10 (0.72%) Remote Desktop
16 8 (0.58%) Internet
16 8 (0.58%) IP Telephony
17 7 (0.51%) NAS
17 7 (0.51%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (2.38%) SQL Server
2 22 (1.59%) Power BI
3 4 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (0.29%) MySQL
4 2 (0.14%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.072%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 42 (3.03%) JIRA
2 4 (0.29%) GitLab
3 1 (0.072%) LabVIEW
General
1 306 (22.08%) Social Skills
2 75 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
3 70 (5.05%) Manufacturing
4 49 (3.54%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 42 (3.03%) Finance
7 41 (2.96%) Public Sector
8 40 (2.89%) Retail
9 38 (2.74%) Telecoms
10 37 (2.67%) Law
11 33 (2.38%) Legal
12 28 (2.02%) Multimedia
13 11 (0.79%) Advertising
14 10 (0.72%) Automotive
14 10 (0.72%) Electronics
15 7 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (0.43%) Fire and Rescue
16 6 (0.43%) Marketing
16 6 (0.43%) Police
16 6 (0.43%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.29%) OpenTelemetry
2 3 (0.22%) CSS
2 3 (0.22%) HTML
2 3 (0.22%) JSON
3 2 (0.14%) .NET
3 2 (0.14%) .NET Framework
3 2 (0.14%) ASP.NET
3 2 (0.14%) Entity Framework
3 2 (0.14%) Web Services
3 2 (0.14%) WinForms
4 1 (0.072%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 200 (14.43%) Driving Licence
2 61 (4.40%) Onboarding
3 45 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
4 27 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
5 26 (1.88%) FMCG
6 25 (1.80%) CCTV
7 24 (1.73%) Data Centre
8 18 (1.30%) Smartphone
9 11 (0.79%) Security Posture
10 9 (0.65%) Social Media
11 7 (0.51%) Operational Technology
12 6 (0.43%) iPad
12 6 (0.43%) iPhone
12 6 (0.43%) Management Information System
12 6 (0.43%) PMI
13 5 (0.36%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (0.36%) Life Science
13 5 (0.36%) Linux Command Line
13 5 (0.36%) Mobile App
13 5 (0.36%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 509 (36.72%) Windows
2 275 (19.84%) Windows Server
3 147 (10.61%) Windows 10
4 53 (3.82%) Mac OS
5 43 (3.10%) Linux
6 30 (2.16%) Android
7 29 (2.09%) Windows Server 2019
8 28 (2.02%) Apple iOS
8 28 (2.02%) Windows Server 2016
9 14 (1.01%) Windows 7
10 11 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
11 9 (0.65%) Windows 8
12 6 (0.43%) Ubuntu
13 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (0.29%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.072%) CentOS
15 1 (0.072%) Debian
15 1 (0.072%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.072%) Solaris
15 1 (0.072%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 351 (25.32%) Problem-Solving
2 267 (19.26%) Customer Service
3 135 (9.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 129 (9.31%) ITIL
5 125 (9.02%) Cybersecurity
6 83 (5.99%) Mentoring
7 66 (4.76%) ITSM
8 61 (4.40%) Service Delivery
9 59 (4.26%) Disaster Recovery
10 48 (3.46%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 48 (3.46%) Service Management
11 47 (3.39%) Continuous Improvement
12 45 (3.25%) Root Cause Analysis
13 37 (2.67%) ERP
13 37 (2.67%) Process Improvement
14 36 (2.60%) Project Delivery
14 36 (2.60%) Time Management
15 34 (2.45%) Asset Management
16 33 (2.38%) Incident Management
17 32 (2.31%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 61 (4.40%) PowerShell
2 41 (2.96%) SQL
3 9 (0.65%) Python
4 7 (0.51%) Bash
5 5 (0.36%) VB
6 4 (0.29%) PHP
6 4 (0.29%) R
7 3 (0.22%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.22%) Uniface
7 3 (0.22%) VBA
8 2 (0.14%) C#
8 2 (0.14%) Google Apps Script
8 2 (0.14%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.14%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 87 (6.28%) Security Cleared
2 75 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
3 59 (4.26%) SC Cleared
4 55 (3.97%) Degree
5 46 (3.32%) DBS Check
6 43 (3.10%) Cisco Certification
7 42 (3.03%) CCNA
8 36 (2.60%) A+ Certification
9 34 (2.45%) Network+ Certification
10 27 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
11 22 (1.59%) MCSE
12 15 (1.08%) DV Cleared
13 12 (0.87%) CCNP
14 10 (0.72%) Azure Certification
15 9 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
16 8 (0.58%) CompTIA Security+
17 7 (0.51%) Microsoft Certified Professional
18 6 (0.43%) MCITP
18 6 (0.43%) MCSA
18 6 (0.43%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (5.41%) SLA
2 56 (4.04%) Cyber Essentials
3 45 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 12 (0.87%) GDPR
6 6 (0.43%) NIST
7 5 (0.36%) QA
8 3 (0.22%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.072%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.072%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 426 (30.74%) Active Directory
2 95 (6.85%) Hyper-V
3 82 (5.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (0.65%) VMware Workstation
6 9 (0.65%) vSphere
7 8 (0.58%) Docker
8 6 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.29%) Terminal Services
9 4 (0.29%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.22%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.22%) Firmware
11 1 (0.072%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 151 (10.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (1.23%) SCCM
3 15 (1.08%) WSUS
4 11 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
5 10 (0.72%) Autotask
5 10 (0.72%) FortiGate
6 8 (0.58%) Proxmox
6 8 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.58%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 7 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.36%) Ansible
9 4 (0.29%) SmoothWall
10 2 (0.14%) Terraform
11 1 (0.072%) Kubernetes
11 1 (0.072%) Podman
Vendors
1 547 (39.47%) Microsoft
2 114 (8.23%) VMware
3 58 (4.18%) Google
4 38 (2.74%) Cisco
5 37 (2.67%) Fortinet
6 35 (2.53%) Apple
7 30 (2.16%) Dell
8 28 (2.02%) Fujitsu
8 28 (2.02%) Meraki
8 28 (2.02%) Virgin Media
9 21 (1.52%) Veeam
10 16 (1.15%) Sophos
11 15 (1.08%) HP
11 15 (1.08%) ServiceNow
12 13 (0.94%) Epicor
13 10 (0.72%) Adobe
13 10 (0.72%) Citrix
13 10 (0.72%) Sage
13 10 (0.72%) SAP
14 9 (0.65%) WatchGuard