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 £33,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 May 2026.

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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 177 108
Rank change year-on-year +96 -69 +83
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,419 502 1,729
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.16% 1.77% 2.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.32% 1.99% 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,230 355 1,492
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,628 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £33,500 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.49% +4.69% -1.54%
75th Percentile £40,250 £41,250 £42,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £47,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -5.80%

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 61,153 25,265 64,755
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.29% 88.97% 94.73%
Number of salaries quoted 39,533 14,505 47,280
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,945 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,000 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,033 £53,000
% change year-on-year -5.23% +9.50% -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 8 May 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 8 May 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 +79 352 £34,000 -2.86% 71
North of England +84 318 £32,500 - 60
Midlands +10 260 £32,500 -7.14% 40
East of England +72 210 £32,500 +8.33% 44
South West +58 176 £35,000 +4.48% 33
North West +95 175 £32,500 -4.41% 28
East Midlands +26 136 £30,000 - 19
Yorkshire +19 134 £32,500 +11.11% 31
West Midlands -21 124 £32,500 -7.14% 21
Scotland +37 68 £28,000 -10.40% 6
Wales +2 35 £45,000 +13.92% 13
North East -33 9 £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 8 May 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.

1 532 (37.49%) Microsoft 365
2 521 (36.72%) Microsoft
3 474 (33.40%) Windows
4 404 (28.47%) Active Directory
5 341 (24.03%) Problem-Solving
6 320 (22.55%) Azure
7 270 (19.03%) Customer Service
8 265 (18.68%) Windows Server
9 208 (14.66%) Entra ID
10 204 (14.38%) Firewall
11 146 (10.29%) DNS
12 141 (9.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 141 (9.94%) Microsoft Intune
13 134 (9.44%) SharePoint
14 132 (9.30%) Windows 10
15 131 (9.23%) VPN
16 130 (9.16%) DHCP
17 117 (8.25%) Cybersecurity
18 115 (8.10%) LAN
19 111 (7.82%) Microsoft Exchange
20 110 (7.75%) VMware
21 107 (7.54%) ITIL
21 107 (7.54%) WAN
22 105 (7.40%) Hyper-V
23 96 (6.77%) Security Cleared
24 89 (6.27%) Wi-Fi
25 84 (5.92%) VMware Infrastructure
26 83 (5.85%) Microsoft Office
27 80 (5.64%) Mentoring
28 74 (5.21%) 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
1 134 (9.44%) SharePoint
2 111 (7.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (1.13%) Confluence
4 12 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2013
5 10 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2007
5 10 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2010
6 6 (0.42%) IIS
Applications
1 83 (5.85%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.21%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.14%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.070%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.070%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (0.49%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.070%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 532 (37.49%) Microsoft 365
2 320 (22.55%) Azure
3 208 (14.66%) Entra ID
4 44 (3.10%) Google Workspace
5 38 (2.68%) AWS
6 32 (2.26%) OneDrive
7 22 (1.55%) SaaS
8 21 (1.48%) Power Platform
9 18 (1.27%) PaaS
10 14 (0.99%) IaaS
10 14 (0.99%) Mimecast
11 12 (0.85%) PowerApps
12 9 (0.63%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (0.56%) Azure Sentinel
14 6 (0.42%) Power Automate
15 5 (0.35%) GCP
15 5 (0.35%) Intacct
15 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Copilot
15 5 (0.35%) OCI
16 4 (0.28%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 204 (14.38%) Firewall
2 146 (10.29%) DNS
3 131 (9.23%) VPN
4 130 (9.16%) DHCP
5 115 (8.10%) LAN
6 107 (7.54%) WAN
7 89 (6.27%) Wi-Fi
8 57 (4.02%) VoIP
9 46 (3.24%) VLAN
10 37 (2.61%) TCP/IP
11 33 (2.33%) Wireless
12 26 (1.83%) SAN
13 24 (1.69%) Network Security
14 16 (1.13%) WLAN
15 14 (0.99%) SD-WAN
16 10 (0.70%) Internet
16 10 (0.70%) Remote Desktop
17 7 (0.49%) NAS
17 7 (0.49%) TETRA
18 6 (0.42%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (2.61%) SQL Server
2 19 (1.34%) Power BI
3 5 (0.35%) MySQL
4 1 (0.070%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.070%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 40 (2.82%) JIRA
2 4 (0.28%) GitLab
3 1 (0.070%) LabVIEW
General
1 294 (20.72%) Social Skills
2 73 (5.14%) Manufacturing
3 65 (4.58%) Organisational Skills
4 51 (3.59%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (3.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 42 (2.96%) Finance
7 41 (2.89%) Telecoms
8 39 (2.75%) Retail
9 38 (2.68%) Public Sector
10 37 (2.61%) Law
11 35 (2.47%) Legal
12 28 (1.97%) Multimedia
13 14 (0.99%) Automotive
14 11 (0.78%) Advertising
15 9 (0.63%) Electronics
16 6 (0.42%) Fire and Rescue
16 6 (0.42%) Marketing
16 6 (0.42%) Police
17 5 (0.35%) Social Housing
18 4 (0.28%) Portuguese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.28%) OpenTelemetry
2 3 (0.21%) CSS
2 3 (0.21%) HTML
2 3 (0.21%) JSON
2 3 (0.21%) Web Services
3 1 (0.070%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 193 (13.60%) Driving Licence
2 58 (4.09%) Onboarding
3 48 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
5 27 (1.90%) CCTV
5 27 (1.90%) FMCG
6 25 (1.76%) Data Centre
7 15 (1.06%) Smartphone
8 11 (0.78%) Security Posture
9 9 (0.63%) Management Information System
9 9 (0.63%) Social Media
10 8 (0.56%) NHS
11 7 (0.49%) Operational Technology
12 6 (0.42%) iPad
12 6 (0.42%) iPhone
12 6 (0.42%) PMI
13 5 (0.35%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (0.35%) Linux Command Line
13 5 (0.35%) Replication
13 5 (0.35%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 474 (33.40%) Windows
2 265 (18.68%) Windows Server
3 132 (9.30%) Windows 10
4 53 (3.74%) Mac OS
5 42 (2.96%) Linux
6 32 (2.26%) Android
7 31 (2.18%) Apple iOS
8 29 (2.04%) Windows Server 2019
9 28 (1.97%) Windows Server 2016
10 13 (0.92%) Windows 7
11 10 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
12 8 (0.56%) Windows 8
13 7 (0.49%) Ubuntu
14 5 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.28%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.070%) CentOS
16 1 (0.070%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.070%) Solaris
16 1 (0.070%) Unix
16 1 (0.070%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 341 (24.03%) Problem-Solving
2 270 (19.03%) Customer Service
3 141 (9.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 117 (8.25%) Cybersecurity
5 107 (7.54%) ITIL
6 80 (5.64%) Mentoring
7 61 (4.30%) Disaster Recovery
8 55 (3.88%) Service Delivery
9 54 (3.81%) ITSM
10 49 (3.45%) Continuous Improvement
10 49 (3.45%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 48 (3.38%) Root Cause Analysis
12 43 (3.03%) Service Management
13 40 (2.82%) Time Management
14 38 (2.68%) Project Delivery
15 35 (2.47%) ERP
16 33 (2.33%) Business Continuity
17 31 (2.18%) Incident Management
17 31 (2.18%) Process Improvement
18 29 (2.04%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 62 (4.37%) PowerShell
2 43 (3.03%) SQL
3 7 (0.49%) Bash
3 7 (0.49%) Python
4 5 (0.35%) VB
5 4 (0.28%) PHP
5 4 (0.28%) R
6 3 (0.21%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.21%) Uniface
6 3 (0.21%) VBA
7 2 (0.14%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 96 (6.77%) Security Cleared
2 74 (5.21%) Microsoft Certification
3 64 (4.51%) SC Cleared
4 61 (4.30%) Degree
5 46 (3.24%) DBS Check
6 41 (2.89%) CCNA
6 41 (2.89%) Cisco Certification
7 35 (2.47%) Network+ Certification
8 34 (2.40%) A+ Certification
9 26 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
10 18 (1.27%) MCSE
11 15 (1.06%) DV Cleared
12 12 (0.85%) Azure Certification
12 12 (0.85%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (0.49%) CCNP
14 6 (0.42%) MCITP
14 6 (0.42%) PMI Certification
15 5 (0.35%) Computer Science Degree
16 4 (0.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 2 (0.14%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (4.37%) SLA
2 58 (4.09%) Cyber Essentials
3 47 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 12 (0.85%) GDPR
6 8 (0.56%) NIST
7 5 (0.35%) QA
8 4 (0.28%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.21%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.070%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 404 (28.47%) Active Directory
2 105 (7.40%) Hyper-V
3 84 (5.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.55%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (0.70%) Docker
6 10 (0.70%) vSphere
7 7 (0.49%) VMware Workstation
8 5 (0.35%) Terminal Services
9 4 (0.28%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.21%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.14%) Firmware
12 1 (0.070%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 141 (9.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (1.20%) SCCM
3 15 (1.06%) WSUS
4 10 (0.70%) FortiGate
4 10 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
5 9 (0.63%) Proxmox
5 9 (0.63%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 8 (0.56%) Autotask
7 7 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.35%) Ansible
9 4 (0.28%) SmoothWall
10 2 (0.14%) Terraform
11 1 (0.070%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.070%) Kubernetes
11 1 (0.070%) Podman
Vendors
1 521 (36.72%) Microsoft
2 110 (7.75%) VMware
3 49 (3.45%) Google
4 41 (2.89%) Cisco
5 37 (2.61%) Fortinet
6 36 (2.54%) Apple
7 31 (2.18%) Dell
7 31 (2.18%) Meraki
8 28 (1.97%) Fujitsu
8 28 (1.97%) Virgin Media
9 19 (1.34%) Veeam
10 18 (1.27%) Sophos
11 15 (1.06%) HP
12 13 (0.92%) Epicor
13 10 (0.70%) SAP
14 9 (0.63%) Citrix
14 9 (0.63%) Ubiquiti
15 8 (0.56%) Adobe
15 8 (0.56%) Sage
15 8 (0.56%) SonicWALL