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 6 September 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 227 128
Rank change year-on-year +142 -99 +31
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,588 405 1,049
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.94% 1.18% 1.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.07% 1.32% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,415 314 783
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.94%
75th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £43,750
90th Percentile £54,800 £56,750 £52,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -

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 76,864 30,785 53,900
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 89.32% 95.17%
Number of salaries quoted 53,476 17,638 33,165
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,266
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,750
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 £86,250 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 6 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 6 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 +128 396 £37,500 -6.25% 66
East of England +103 276 £35,000 -4.76% 29
Midlands +72 272 £35,000 - 40
North of England +45 263 £32,500 -1.52% 36
South West +53 235 £35,000 -15.15% 31
North West +84 147 £33,475 -0.81% 20
East Midlands +34 137 £35,000 +13.82% 15
West Midlands +50 135 £34,500 -27.37% 25
Yorkshire -27 99 £30,000 -9.09% 12
Scotland +52 81 £28,500 +5.56% 21
Wales -20 54 £40,000 -50.00% 5
North East -57 17 £40,000 -17.95% 4
Northern Ireland -70 11 £41,000 +30.16% 8
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 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.

1 780 (49.12%) Microsoft
2 721 (45.40%) Microsoft 365
3 673 (42.38%) Windows
4 523 (32.93%) Active Directory
5 419 (26.39%) Azure
6 374 (23.55%) Problem-Solving
7 354 (22.29%) Windows Server
8 334 (21.03%) Customer Service
9 328 (20.65%) Entra ID
10 262 (16.50%) Microsoft Intune
11 253 (15.93%) Firewall
12 252 (15.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 234 (14.74%) Microsoft Exchange
14 227 (14.29%) DNS
15 208 (13.10%) SharePoint
16 205 (12.91%) Cybersecurity
17 204 (12.85%) Hyper-V
18 194 (12.22%) DHCP
19 176 (11.08%) VMware
20 166 (10.45%) VPN
21 146 (9.19%) VMware Infrastructure
22 142 (8.94%) Continuous Improvement
23 135 (8.50%) Wi-Fi
23 135 (8.50%) Windows 10
24 128 (8.06%) ITIL
24 128 (8.06%) TCP/IP
25 127 (8.00%) Disaster Recovery
26 117 (7.37%) PowerShell
27 102 (6.42%) Cyber Essentials
28 98 (6.17%) 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
1 234 (14.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 208 (13.10%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.13%) IIS
4 7 (0.44%) Confluence
5 6 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (0.25%) Apache
6 4 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 65 (4.09%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.69%) 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 2 (0.13%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.13%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.13%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 721 (45.40%) Microsoft 365
2 419 (26.39%) Azure
3 328 (20.65%) Entra ID
4 53 (3.34%) OneDrive
5 51 (3.21%) AWS
6 32 (2.02%) 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 13 (0.82%) PaaS
12 11 (0.69%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (0.69%) Nutanix
13 10 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
13 10 (0.63%) IaaS
14 8 (0.50%) PowerApps
15 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Copilot
16 3 (0.19%) Cloudflare
17 2 (0.13%) GCP
17 2 (0.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 253 (15.93%) Firewall
2 227 (14.29%) DNS
3 194 (12.22%) DHCP
4 166 (10.45%) VPN
5 135 (8.50%) Wi-Fi
6 128 (8.06%) TCP/IP
7 92 (5.79%) LAN
8 89 (5.60%) VoIP
9 86 (5.42%) VLAN
10 82 (5.16%) Wireless
11 78 (4.91%) WAN
12 36 (2.27%) Network Security
13 31 (1.95%) SAN
14 22 (1.39%) Internet
15 16 (1.01%) SSL
15 16 (1.01%) WLAN
16 14 (0.88%) Remote Desktop
17 7 (0.44%) NAS
17 7 (0.44%) PBX
17 7 (0.44%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (3.02%) SQL Server
2 10 (0.63%) MySQL
3 9 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (0.50%) Power BI
5 5 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.13%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 38 (2.39%) JIRA
2 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.063%) Carbide.c++
General
1 405 (25.50%) Social Skills
2 86 (5.42%) Manufacturing
3 82 (5.16%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (4.47%) Legal
5 40 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
6 39 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (2.46%) Public Sector
7 36 (2.27%) Telecoms
8 31 (1.95%) Advertising
9 30 (1.89%) Retail
10 27 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
10 27 (1.70%) Finance
11 17 (1.07%) Automotive
12 14 (0.88%) Law
13 9 (0.57%) Aerospace
14 6 (0.38%) Local Government
15 5 (0.31%) Games
16 4 (0.25%) Banking
16 4 (0.25%) Dutch Language
16 4 (0.25%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.44%) HTML
1 7 (0.44%) JSON
2 4 (0.25%) Web Services
3 3 (0.19%) .NET
3 3 (0.19%) ASP.NET Web Forms
3 3 (0.19%) CSS
3 3 (0.19%) Terraform
3 3 (0.19%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 240 (15.11%) Driving Licence
2 93 (5.86%) Onboarding
3 67 (4.22%) Self-Motivation
4 48 (3.02%) CCTV
5 35 (2.20%) Data Centre
6 25 (1.57%) Operational Technology
7 22 (1.39%) FMCG
8 17 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
9 15 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
9 15 (0.94%) Replication
9 15 (0.94%) Security Posture
10 13 (0.82%) Management Information System
11 11 (0.69%) Cloud Native
11 11 (0.69%) Clustering
12 9 (0.57%) Cyber Threat
12 9 (0.57%) Smartphone
13 8 (0.50%) NHS
13 8 (0.50%) PKI
14 7 (0.44%) EPoS
14 7 (0.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 673 (42.38%) Windows
2 354 (22.29%) Windows Server
3 135 (8.50%) Windows 10
4 98 (6.17%) Linux
5 96 (6.05%) Mac OS
6 47 (2.96%) Apple iOS
7 38 (2.39%) Android
8 37 (2.33%) Windows Server 2019
9 26 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
10 21 (1.32%) Ubuntu
11 11 (0.69%) 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%) VMS
16 1 (0.063%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 374 (23.55%) Problem-Solving
2 334 (21.03%) Customer Service
3 252 (15.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 205 (12.91%) Cybersecurity
5 142 (8.94%) Continuous Improvement
6 128 (8.06%) ITIL
7 127 (8.00%) Disaster Recovery
8 79 (4.97%) Project Delivery
9 55 (3.46%) Mentoring
10 54 (3.40%) ITSM
11 53 (3.34%) Service Management
12 47 (2.96%) User Experience
13 45 (2.83%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 45 (2.83%) Service Delivery
14 44 (2.77%) Business Continuity
15 38 (2.39%) Time Management
16 37 (2.33%) Root Cause Analysis
17 33 (2.08%) Incident Management
17 33 (2.08%) Migration
18 32 (2.02%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 117 (7.37%) PowerShell
2 51 (3.21%) SQL
3 11 (0.69%) R
4 10 (0.63%) Python
4 10 (0.63%) Ruby
5 4 (0.25%) VBScript
6 3 (0.19%) Bicep
6 3 (0.19%) C#
6 3 (0.19%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.19%) PHP
6 3 (0.19%) VB
6 3 (0.19%) VBA
7 2 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 90 (5.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 89 (5.60%) Degree
3 61 (3.84%) DBS Check
4 52 (3.27%) CCNA
4 52 (3.27%) Cisco Certification
4 52 (3.27%) Security Cleared
5 38 (2.39%) Network+ Certification
6 34 (2.14%) SC Cleared
7 26 (1.64%) Azure Certification
8 20 (1.26%) A+ Certification
8 20 (1.26%) CompTIA Security+
9 16 (1.01%) MCSE
10 11 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (0.57%) CCNP
12 8 (0.50%) MCSA
13 7 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 6 (0.38%) AWS Certification
14 6 (0.38%) DV Cleared
15 5 (0.31%) Computer Science Degree
16 4 (0.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (6.42%) Cyber Essentials
2 52 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (2.20%) GDPR
4 30 (1.89%) SLA
5 29 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 10 (0.63%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.31%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.25%) NIST
9 3 (0.19%) QA
10 1 (0.063%) NCSC
System Software
1 523 (32.93%) Active Directory
2 204 (12.85%) Hyper-V
3 146 (9.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (1.07%) vSphere
5 15 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (0.82%) Docker
6 13 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
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
1 262 (16.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (1.20%) SCCM
3 16 (1.01%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 14 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
5 13 (0.82%) WSUS
6 8 (0.50%) Proxmox
7 7 (0.44%) Failover Clustering
7 7 (0.44%) 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%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 2 (0.13%) PaperCut
11 2 (0.13%) SCOM
12 1 (0.063%) Argo
12 1 (0.063%) Autotask
12 1 (0.063%) Nessus
Vendors
1 780 (49.12%) Microsoft
2 176 (11.08%) VMware
3 67 (4.22%) Cisco
4 62 (3.90%) Veeam
5 46 (2.90%) SonicWALL
6 43 (2.71%) Apple
7 35 (2.20%) Google
8 27 (1.70%) Sophos
9 26 (1.64%) Dell
10 23 (1.45%) Meraki
11 22 (1.39%) Fortinet
12 19 (1.20%) Ubiquiti
13 17 (1.07%) Draytek
13 17 (1.07%) HP
13 17 (1.07%) Logitech
13 17 (1.07%) TOWER Software
14 13 (0.82%) Datto
14 13 (0.82%) Palo Alto
15 12 (0.76%) ServiceNow
16 11 (0.69%) CrowdStrike