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 10 September 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 234 142
Rank change year-on-year +146 -92 +15
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,592 408 995
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.92% 1.18% 1.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.05% 1.32% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,420 318 729
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,675 £25,600
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.94%
75th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £44,500
90th Percentile £53,825 £55,750 £52,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.63% +1.43%

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 77,559 30,894 53,118
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.75% 89.36% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 54,042 17,645 31,784
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,500
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 £87,000 £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 10 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 10 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 +141 392 £37,500 -6.25% 68
Midlands +66 278 £35,000 -5.41% 43
East of England +105 277 £35,000 -4.76% 25
North of England +49 259 £32,500 -7.14% 33
South West +42 237 £35,000 -12.50% 31
North West +88 144 £33,475 -4.36% 17
East Midlands +33 141 £35,000 +7.69% 20
West Midlands +54 137 £34,500 -27.37% 23
Yorkshire -24 98 £30,000 -9.09% 10
Scotland +53 84 £28,500 +4.59% 26
Wales -32 54 £40,000 -50.00% 6
North East -50 17 £40,000 -17.95% 6
Northern Ireland -67 11 £41,000 +30.16%
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 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.

1 792 (49.75%) Microsoft
2 734 (46.11%) Microsoft 365
3 686 (43.09%) Windows
4 533 (33.48%) Active Directory
5 427 (26.82%) Azure
6 378 (23.74%) Problem-Solving
7 361 (22.68%) Windows Server
8 339 (21.29%) Customer Service
9 336 (21.11%) Entra ID
10 272 (17.09%) Microsoft Intune
11 258 (16.21%) Firewall
12 254 (15.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 239 (15.01%) Microsoft Exchange
14 237 (14.89%) DNS
15 215 (13.51%) Cybersecurity
15 215 (13.51%) SharePoint
16 207 (13.00%) Hyper-V
17 204 (12.81%) DHCP
18 177 (11.12%) VMware
19 170 (10.68%) VPN
20 147 (9.23%) VMware Infrastructure
21 146 (9.17%) Continuous Improvement
22 142 (8.92%) Wi-Fi
23 138 (8.67%) Windows 10
24 137 (8.61%) TCP/IP
25 132 (8.29%) ITIL
26 125 (7.85%) Disaster Recovery
27 117 (7.35%) PowerShell
28 106 (6.66%) Cyber Essentials
29 97 (6.09%) 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
1 239 (15.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 215 (13.51%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.19%) IIS
4 7 (0.44%) Confluence
5 6 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (0.31%) Apache
7 4 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2007
7 4 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 67 (4.21%) 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
1 734 (46.11%) Microsoft 365
2 427 (26.82%) Azure
3 336 (21.11%) Entra ID
4 56 (3.52%) OneDrive
5 50 (3.14%) AWS
6 33 (2.07%) Google Workspace
7 30 (1.88%) Mimecast
8 29 (1.82%) Power Platform
9 24 (1.51%) SaaS
10 17 (1.07%) Power Automate
11 12 (0.75%) PaaS
12 11 (0.69%) Dynamics 365
12 11 (0.69%) Nutanix
13 10 (0.63%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (0.57%) IaaS
15 8 (0.50%) PowerApps
16 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Copilot
17 4 (0.25%) Serverless
18 3 (0.19%) Cloudflare
19 2 (0.13%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 258 (16.21%) Firewall
2 237 (14.89%) DNS
3 204 (12.81%) DHCP
4 170 (10.68%) VPN
5 142 (8.92%) Wi-Fi
6 137 (8.61%) TCP/IP
7 96 (6.03%) VoIP
8 93 (5.84%) LAN
9 90 (5.65%) VLAN
10 85 (5.34%) Wireless
11 81 (5.09%) WAN
12 35 (2.20%) Network Security
13 32 (2.01%) SAN
14 23 (1.44%) Internet
15 18 (1.13%) WLAN
16 16 (1.01%) SSL
17 14 (0.88%) Remote Desktop
18 8 (0.50%) PBX
19 7 (0.44%) NAS
19 7 (0.44%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (3.14%) SQL Server
2 11 (0.69%) 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
1 414 (26.01%) Social Skills
2 86 (5.40%) Manufacturing
3 83 (5.21%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (4.59%) Legal
5 41 (2.58%) Public Sector
6 39 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
7 36 (2.26%) Telecoms
8 32 (2.01%) Retail
9 31 (1.95%) Advertising
10 28 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
11 27 (1.70%) Finance
12 18 (1.13%) Automotive
13 14 (0.88%) Law
14 9 (0.57%) Aerospace
15 6 (0.38%) Games
15 6 (0.38%) 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%) 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
1 244 (15.33%) Driving Licence
2 92 (5.78%) Onboarding
3 67 (4.21%) Self-Motivation
4 48 (3.02%) CCTV
5 35 (2.20%) Data Centre
6 25 (1.57%) Operational Technology
7 22 (1.38%) FMCG
8 16 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
8 16 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
9 15 (0.94%) 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
13 10 (0.63%) Smartphone
14 9 (0.57%) Cyber Threat
15 8 (0.50%) NHS
15 8 (0.50%) PKI
16 7 (0.44%) EPoS
16 7 (0.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 686 (43.09%) Windows
2 361 (22.68%) Windows Server
3 138 (8.67%) Windows 10
4 97 (6.09%) Linux
5 95 (5.97%) Mac OS
6 47 (2.95%) Apple iOS
7 40 (2.51%) Android
8 37 (2.32%) Windows Server 2019
9 27 (1.70%) Windows Server 2016
10 22 (1.38%) 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
1 378 (23.74%) Problem-Solving
2 339 (21.29%) Customer Service
3 254 (15.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 215 (13.51%) Cybersecurity
5 146 (9.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 132 (8.29%) ITIL
7 125 (7.85%) Disaster Recovery
8 80 (5.03%) Project Delivery
9 56 (3.52%) ITSM
9 56 (3.52%) Mentoring
10 53 (3.33%) Service Management
11 50 (3.14%) Service Delivery
12 46 (2.89%) User Experience
13 45 (2.83%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 44 (2.76%) Business Continuity
15 38 (2.39%) Time Management
16 37 (2.32%) Root Cause Analysis
17 36 (2.26%) Collaborative Working
18 34 (2.14%) Change Management
18 34 (2.14%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 117 (7.35%) PowerShell
2 51 (3.20%) 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 92 (5.78%) Degree
1 92 (5.78%) Microsoft Certification
2 61 (3.83%) DBS Check
3 53 (3.33%) CCNA
3 53 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
4 52 (3.27%) Security Cleared
5 42 (2.64%) Network+ Certification
6 34 (2.14%) SC Cleared
7 26 (1.63%) Azure Certification
8 23 (1.44%) A+ Certification
9 20 (1.26%) CompTIA Security+
10 17 (1.07%) MCSE
11 12 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (0.57%) CCNP
13 8 (0.50%) MCSA
14 7 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 6 (0.38%) AWS Certification
15 6 (0.38%) DV Cleared
16 5 (0.31%) Computer Science Degree
17 4 (0.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (6.66%) Cyber Essentials
2 54 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (2.39%) GDPR
4 30 (1.88%) SLA
5 29 (1.82%) 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
1 533 (33.48%) Active Directory
2 207 (13.00%) Hyper-V
3 147 (9.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (1.07%) vSphere
5 15 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (0.75%) Docker
8 8 (0.50%) BitLocker
8 8 (0.50%) Firmware
9 5 (0.31%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.063%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 272 (17.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (1.19%) SCCM
3 17 (1.07%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 14 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
4 14 (0.88%) WSUS
5 8 (0.50%) Proxmox
6 7 (0.44%) Failover Clustering
6 7 (0.44%) FortiGate
7 6 (0.38%) Kubernetes
8 4 (0.25%) Iperf
9 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.13%) Ansible
10 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 2 (0.13%) PaperCut
10 2 (0.13%) SCOM
11 1 (0.063%) Argo
11 1 (0.063%) Autotask
11 1 (0.063%) Nessus
Vendors
1 792 (49.75%) Microsoft
2 177 (11.12%) VMware
3 72 (4.52%) Cisco
4 65 (4.08%) Veeam
5 47 (2.95%) SonicWALL
6 45 (2.83%) Apple
7 35 (2.20%) Google
8 28 (1.76%) Dell
9 26 (1.63%) Sophos
10 24 (1.51%) Fortinet
11 23 (1.44%) Meraki
12 19 (1.19%) Ubiquiti
13 18 (1.13%) HP
14 17 (1.07%) Draytek
14 17 (1.07%) Logitech
14 17 (1.07%) TOWER Software
15 14 (0.88%) Palo Alto
16 13 (0.82%) Datto
16 13 (0.82%) ServiceNow
17 11 (0.69%) CrowdStrike