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 29 August 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 223 123
Rank change year-on-year +140 -100 +34
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,570 431 1,123
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.96% 1.23% 1.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.08% 1.38% 2.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,396 338 860
10th Percentile £26,875 £25,675 £24,488
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £36,250 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% +1.45%
75th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £43,750
90th Percentile £54,750 £57,500 £51,375
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 75,322 31,231 55,277
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.14% 89.47% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 52,259 18,051 34,989
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
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 £85,000 £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 29 August 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 29 August 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 +128 388 £37,500 -6.25% 69
East of England +112 273 £35,000 -4.76% 43
North of England +49 269 £32,500 -4.41% 45
Midlands +65 267 £35,000 -4.11% 51
South West +50 228 £35,000 -12.50% 37
North West +90 152 £33,475 -4.36% 24
East Midlands +32 135 £35,000 +13.82% 17
West Midlands +53 132 £34,500 -18.82% 34
Yorkshire -23 101 £30,000 -9.09% 16
Scotland +44 80 £28,500 +3.64% 16
Wales -23 54 £40,000 -50.00% 5
North East -55 16 £40,000 -17.95% 5
Northern Ireland -68 11 £41,000 +30.16% 3
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 August 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.

1 763 (48.60%) Microsoft
2 693 (44.14%) Microsoft 365
3 649 (41.34%) Windows
4 512 (32.61%) Active Directory
5 408 (25.99%) Azure
6 363 (23.12%) Problem-Solving
7 346 (22.04%) Windows Server
8 326 (20.76%) Customer Service
9 312 (19.87%) Entra ID
10 250 (15.92%) Microsoft Intune
11 248 (15.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 243 (15.48%) Firewall
13 230 (14.65%) Microsoft Exchange
14 217 (13.82%) DNS
15 202 (12.87%) Hyper-V
16 198 (12.61%) Cybersecurity
16 198 (12.61%) SharePoint
17 184 (11.72%) DHCP
18 172 (10.96%) VMware
19 161 (10.25%) VPN
20 145 (9.24%) VMware Infrastructure
21 138 (8.79%) Continuous Improvement
22 131 (8.34%) ITIL
22 131 (8.34%) Windows 10
23 130 (8.28%) Disaster Recovery
24 127 (8.09%) Wi-Fi
25 118 (7.52%) TCP/IP
26 117 (7.45%) PowerShell
27 99 (6.31%) Cyber Essentials
28 96 (6.11%) 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
1 230 (14.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 198 (12.61%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.15%) IIS
4 7 (0.45%) 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 63 (4.01%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.70%) 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%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.064%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.064%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 693 (44.14%) Microsoft 365
2 408 (25.99%) Azure
3 312 (19.87%) Entra ID
4 49 (3.12%) AWS
5 45 (2.87%) OneDrive
6 30 (1.91%) Google Workspace
7 28 (1.78%) Mimecast
8 24 (1.53%) SaaS
9 23 (1.46%) Power Platform
10 17 (1.08%) Power Automate
11 14 (0.89%) PaaS
12 11 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (0.70%) IaaS
12 11 (0.70%) Nutanix
13 8 (0.51%) PowerApps
14 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Copilot
15 5 (0.32%) Dynamics 365
16 3 (0.19%) Cloudflare
17 2 (0.13%) Cloud Computing
17 2 (0.13%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 243 (15.48%) Firewall
2 217 (13.82%) DNS
3 184 (11.72%) DHCP
4 161 (10.25%) VPN
5 127 (8.09%) Wi-Fi
6 118 (7.52%) TCP/IP
7 90 (5.73%) LAN
8 82 (5.22%) VoIP
9 81 (5.16%) Wireless
10 80 (5.10%) VLAN
11 78 (4.97%) WAN
12 36 (2.29%) Network Security
13 31 (1.97%) SAN
14 22 (1.40%) Internet
15 16 (1.02%) SSL
15 16 (1.02%) WLAN
16 14 (0.89%) Remote Desktop
17 7 (0.45%) NAS
18 4 (0.25%) Broadband
18 4 (0.25%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (3.06%) SQL Server
2 10 (0.64%) MySQL
3 9 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (0.51%) Power BI
5 5 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.13%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 37 (2.36%) JIRA
2 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.064%) Carbide.c++
General
1 386 (24.59%) Social Skills
2 84 (5.35%) Manufacturing
3 82 (5.22%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (4.52%) Legal
5 42 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
7 36 (2.29%) Public Sector
7 36 (2.29%) Telecoms
8 30 (1.91%) Retail
9 29 (1.85%) Advertising
10 28 (1.78%) Finance
11 25 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
12 17 (1.08%) Automotive
13 14 (0.89%) Law
14 9 (0.57%) Aerospace
15 6 (0.38%) Local Government
16 4 (0.25%) Banking
16 4 (0.25%) Dutch Language
16 4 (0.25%) Games
16 4 (0.25%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.45%) HTML
1 7 (0.45%) JSON
2 4 (0.25%) Terraform
2 4 (0.25%) Web Services
3 3 (0.19%) CSS
4 2 (0.13%) .NET
4 2 (0.13%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 2 (0.13%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 234 (14.90%) Driving Licence
2 96 (6.11%) Onboarding
3 63 (4.01%) Self-Motivation
4 46 (2.93%) CCTV
5 36 (2.29%) Data Centre
6 23 (1.46%) Operational Technology
7 21 (1.34%) FMCG
8 16 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
9 15 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
9 15 (0.96%) Security Posture
10 13 (0.83%) Management Information System
10 13 (0.83%) Replication
11 11 (0.70%) Cloud Native
11 11 (0.70%) Clustering
12 9 (0.57%) Cyber Threat
12 9 (0.57%) NHS
12 9 (0.57%) Smartphone
13 8 (0.51%) PKI
14 7 (0.45%) EPoS
14 7 (0.45%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 649 (41.34%) Windows
2 346 (22.04%) Windows Server
3 131 (8.34%) Windows 10
4 96 (6.11%) Linux
5 94 (5.99%) Mac OS
6 45 (2.87%) Apple iOS
7 37 (2.36%) Windows Server 2019
8 35 (2.23%) Android
9 26 (1.66%) Windows Server 2016
10 19 (1.21%) Ubuntu
11 11 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
12 7 (0.45%) Windows 7
13 5 (0.32%) Windows 8
14 4 (0.25%) Debian
14 4 (0.25%) Mac OS X
15 3 (0.19%) Rocky
16 2 (0.13%) VMS
17 1 (0.064%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 363 (23.12%) Problem-Solving
2 326 (20.76%) Customer Service
3 248 (15.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 198 (12.61%) Cybersecurity
5 138 (8.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 131 (8.34%) ITIL
7 130 (8.28%) Disaster Recovery
8 78 (4.97%) Project Delivery
9 58 (3.69%) Service Management
10 57 (3.63%) Mentoring
11 54 (3.44%) ITSM
12 47 (2.99%) User Experience
13 46 (2.93%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 44 (2.80%) Business Continuity
14 44 (2.80%) Service Delivery
15 40 (2.55%) Root Cause Analysis
15 40 (2.55%) Time Management
16 32 (2.04%) Incident Management
16 32 (2.04%) Migration
17 31 (1.97%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 117 (7.45%) PowerShell
2 50 (3.18%) SQL
3 11 (0.70%) R
4 10 (0.64%) Python
5 8 (0.51%) Ruby
6 4 (0.25%) VBScript
7 3 (0.19%) Bicep
7 3 (0.19%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.19%) PHP
7 3 (0.19%) VB
7 3 (0.19%) VBA
8 2 (0.13%) C#
8 2 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 91 (5.80%) Degree
2 89 (5.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 62 (3.95%) DBS Check
4 55 (3.50%) Security Cleared
5 50 (3.18%) CCNA
5 50 (3.18%) Cisco Certification
6 37 (2.36%) Network+ Certification
6 37 (2.36%) SC Cleared
7 26 (1.66%) Azure Certification
8 20 (1.27%) A+ Certification
8 20 (1.27%) CompTIA Security+
9 15 (0.96%) MCSE
10 11 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (0.51%) CCNP
12 7 (0.45%) MCSA
13 6 (0.38%) AWS Certification
13 6 (0.38%) DV Cleared
13 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 5 (0.32%) Computer Science Degree
15 4 (0.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (6.31%) Cyber Essentials
2 52 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (2.10%) SLA
4 32 (2.04%) GDPR
5 31 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 10 (0.64%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.25%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.25%) NIST
8 3 (0.19%) QA
9 1 (0.064%) NCSC
System Software
1 512 (32.61%) Active Directory
2 202 (12.87%) Hyper-V
3 145 (9.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (1.08%) vSphere
5 15 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (0.83%) Docker
6 13 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (0.51%) BitLocker
7 8 (0.51%) Firmware
8 5 (0.32%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.064%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.064%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 250 (15.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (1.34%) SCCM
3 15 (0.96%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 14 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
5 13 (0.83%) WSUS
6 8 (0.51%) Proxmox
7 7 (0.45%) Failover Clustering
7 7 (0.45%) 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%) Autotask
11 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 2 (0.13%) PaperCut
11 2 (0.13%) SCOM
12 1 (0.064%) Argo
12 1 (0.064%) Nessus
Vendors
1 763 (48.60%) Microsoft
2 172 (10.96%) VMware
3 66 (4.20%) Cisco
4 59 (3.76%) Veeam
5 44 (2.80%) SonicWALL
6 42 (2.68%) Apple
7 33 (2.10%) Google
8 26 (1.66%) Sophos
9 24 (1.53%) Dell
10 23 (1.46%) Meraki
11 21 (1.34%) Fortinet
12 20 (1.27%) Ubiquiti
13 17 (1.08%) HP
14 15 (0.96%) Logitech
14 15 (0.96%) TOWER Software
15 14 (0.89%) Draytek
16 13 (0.83%) Datto
16 13 (0.83%) Palo Alto
17 11 (0.70%) CrowdStrike
17 11 (0.70%) ServiceNow