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 21 July 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 217 109
Rank change year-on-year +148 -108 +68
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,647 451 1,512
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.27% 1.33% 2.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.40% 1.49% 2.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,471 357 1,237
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 £45,000 £43,250
90th Percentile £52,500 £56,000 £50,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +10.29% -2.16%

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 68,706 30,337 64,063
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.74% 89.40% 94.84%
Number of salaries quoted 47,586 17,385 44,623
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,929 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,500 £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 21 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 21 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 +117 442 £35,000 -9.68% 56
North of England +88 321 £32,500 -1.52% 44
East of England +116 264 £35,000 +1.45% 32
Midlands +67 260 £32,500 -12.16% 25
South West +56 226 £35,000 -6.67% 22
North West +118 180 £32,940 +1.35% 19
East Midlands +42 131 £32,500 - 16
West Midlands +55 129 £32,500 -21.00% 9
Yorkshire -7 124 £30,000 - 22
Scotland +54 76 £28,500 -5.00% 11
Wales -15 52 £45,000 -43.75% 10
North East -40 17 £40,000 -17.95% 7
Northern Ireland - 6 £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 21 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.

1 751 (45.60%) Microsoft
2 716 (43.47%) Microsoft 365
3 651 (39.53%) Windows
4 532 (32.30%) Active Directory
5 424 (25.74%) Azure
6 393 (23.86%) Problem-Solving
7 347 (21.07%) Customer Service
8 340 (20.64%) Windows Server
9 311 (18.88%) Entra ID
10 259 (15.73%) Firewall
11 232 (14.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 230 (13.96%) Microsoft Intune
13 220 (13.36%) Microsoft Exchange
14 208 (12.63%) DNS
15 196 (11.90%) SharePoint
16 183 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
17 182 (11.05%) Hyper-V
18 174 (10.56%) VMware
19 171 (10.38%) DHCP
20 161 (9.78%) VPN
21 149 (9.05%) Windows 10
22 140 (8.50%) VMware Infrastructure
23 137 (8.32%) ITIL
24 128 (7.77%) Wi-Fi
25 119 (7.23%) Continuous Improvement
26 116 (7.04%) Disaster Recovery
26 116 (7.04%) PowerShell
27 113 (6.86%) LAN
28 106 (6.44%) Mac OS
29 105 (6.38%) 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
1 220 (13.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 196 (11.90%) SharePoint
3 14 (0.85%) Confluence
3 14 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2013
4 13 (0.79%) IIS
5 12 (0.73%) Exchange Server 2007
5 12 (0.73%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.18%) Apache
Applications
1 94 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.18%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (0.36%) Raiser’s Edge
2 5 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.30%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.061%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 716 (43.47%) Microsoft 365
2 424 (25.74%) Azure
3 311 (18.88%) Entra ID
4 58 (3.52%) AWS
5 49 (2.98%) OneDrive
6 39 (2.37%) Google Workspace
7 31 (1.88%) SaaS
8 28 (1.70%) Mimecast
9 23 (1.40%) Power Platform
10 18 (1.09%) PaaS
11 13 (0.79%) IaaS
12 12 (0.73%) Power Automate
13 11 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (0.55%) PowerApps
15 8 (0.49%) Nutanix
16 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Copilot
17 5 (0.30%) OCI
18 4 (0.24%) Azure Sentinel
18 4 (0.24%) GCP
19 3 (0.18%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 259 (15.73%) Firewall
2 208 (12.63%) DNS
3 171 (10.38%) DHCP
4 161 (9.78%) VPN
5 128 (7.77%) Wi-Fi
6 113 (6.86%) LAN
7 105 (6.38%) WAN
8 95 (5.77%) TCP/IP
9 80 (4.86%) VoIP
10 66 (4.01%) Wireless
11 65 (3.95%) VLAN
12 31 (1.88%) SAN
13 29 (1.76%) Network Security
14 22 (1.34%) Internet
15 18 (1.09%) Remote Desktop
16 16 (0.97%) WLAN
17 10 (0.61%) SD-WAN
17 10 (0.61%) SSL
18 7 (0.43%) Broadband
18 7 (0.43%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (3.04%) SQL Server
2 13 (0.79%) Power BI
3 9 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (0.55%) MySQL
4 5 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.12%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 45 (2.73%) JIRA
2 3 (0.18%) GitLab
3 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.061%) Carbide.c++
General
1 394 (23.92%) Social Skills
2 78 (4.74%) Manufacturing
3 70 (4.25%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (3.58%) Legal
5 57 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
6 50 (3.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 40 (2.43%) Retail
8 39 (2.37%) Public Sector
9 32 (1.94%) Finance
10 30 (1.82%) Law
10 30 (1.82%) Telecoms
11 24 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
12 22 (1.34%) Advertising
13 17 (1.03%) Automotive
14 8 (0.49%) Aerospace
15 7 (0.43%) Local Government
16 4 (0.24%) Dutch Language
16 4 (0.24%) Portuguese Language
16 4 (0.24%) Social Housing
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
1 237 (14.39%) Driving Licence
2 90 (5.46%) Onboarding
3 67 (4.07%) Self-Motivation
4 41 (2.49%) CCTV
5 37 (2.25%) Data Centre
6 23 (1.40%) FMCG
7 20 (1.21%) Security Posture
8 18 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (0.67%) Cloud Native
10 11 (0.67%) Clustering
10 11 (0.67%) Management Information System
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 (0.36%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 651 (39.53%) Windows
2 340 (20.64%) Windows Server
3 149 (9.05%) Windows 10
4 106 (6.44%) Mac OS
5 90 (5.46%) Linux
6 41 (2.49%) Apple iOS
7 39 (2.37%) Windows Server 2019
8 36 (2.19%) Android
9 35 (2.13%) Windows Server 2016
10 16 (0.97%) Windows 7
11 15 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
12 11 (0.67%) Ubuntu
13 10 (0.61%) Windows 8
14 4 (0.24%) Mac OS X
14 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
15 2 (0.12%) VMS
16 1 (0.061%) CentOS
16 1 (0.061%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.061%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 393 (23.86%) Problem-Solving
2 347 (21.07%) Customer Service
3 232 (14.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 183 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
5 137 (8.32%) ITIL
6 119 (7.23%) Continuous Improvement
7 116 (7.04%) Disaster Recovery
8 73 (4.43%) Project Delivery
9 63 (3.83%) Service Delivery
10 62 (3.76%) Mentoring
10 62 (3.76%) Service Management
11 59 (3.58%) Root Cause Analysis
12 58 (3.52%) ITSM
13 50 (3.04%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 48 (2.91%) Business Continuity
15 46 (2.79%) Time Management
16 42 (2.55%) User Experience
17 38 (2.31%) ERP
17 38 (2.31%) Process Improvement
18 36 (2.19%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 116 (7.04%) PowerShell
2 57 (3.46%) SQL
3 11 (0.67%) R
4 10 (0.61%) Python
5 7 (0.43%) Ruby
6 5 (0.30%) 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 (5.34%) Microsoft Certification
2 82 (4.98%) Security Cleared
3 77 (4.68%) Degree
4 57 (3.46%) DBS Check
5 55 (3.34%) SC Cleared
6 52 (3.16%) CCNA
6 52 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
7 35 (2.13%) Network+ Certification
8 27 (1.64%) A+ Certification
9 22 (1.34%) Azure Certification
10 18 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
11 15 (0.91%) CompTIA Security+
11 15 (0.91%) DV Cleared
11 15 (0.91%) MCSE
12 7 (0.43%) CCNP
12 7 (0.43%) MCSA
13 6 (0.36%) AWS Certification
14 5 (0.30%) MCITP
15 4 (0.24%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (5.83%) Cyber Essentials
2 58 (3.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (2.73%) SLA
4 33 (2.00%) 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
1 532 (32.30%) Active Directory
2 182 (11.05%) Hyper-V
3 140 (8.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (1.15%) vSphere
6 16 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (0.97%) VMware ESXi
7 13 (0.79%) Docker
8 8 (0.49%) BitLocker
9 6 (0.36%) VMware Workstation
10 5 (0.30%) Terminal Services
11 3 (0.18%) Firmware
11 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.061%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 230 (13.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (1.28%) SCCM
3 19 (1.15%) 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 (0.30%) 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 1 (0.061%) Argo
10 1 (0.061%) Nessus
Vendors
1 751 (45.60%) Microsoft
2 174 (10.56%) VMware
3 66 (4.01%) Cisco
4 47 (2.85%) Veeam
5 45 (2.73%) Google
6 34 (2.06%) Apple
7 33 (2.00%) Meraki
8 32 (1.94%) Dell
9 24 (1.46%) HP
9 24 (1.46%) Sophos
10 22 (1.34%) SonicWALL
10 22 (1.34%) Ubiquiti
11 15 (0.91%) Fortinet
12 13 (0.79%) Epicor
13 12 (0.73%) CrowdStrike
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