IT Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £34,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 249 114 207
Rank change year-on-year -135 +93 +38
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 462 1,762 1,009
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.17% 2.36% 1.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% 2.49% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 327 1,507 772
10th Percentile £25,750 £23,500 £25,388
25th Percentile £26,688 £26,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £32,250 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.43% -0.77% -2.99%
75th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,750
90th Percentile £50,000 £47,800 £53,700
UK median annual salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 35,540 70,800 51,694
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.25% 94.95% 89.10%
Number of salaries quoted 17,956 49,914 29,611
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured IT Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for IT Engineer 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 30 May 2025.

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 30 May 2025. 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 -79 123 £37,000 +8.82% 151
North of England -106 117 £32,500 +3.17% 122
Midlands -53 115 £35,000 - 87
Yorkshire +13 81 £30,000 -0.83% 43
West Midlands -34 69 £35,000 - 30
East Midlands -47 46 £32,750 -12.67% 53
South West -36 38 £33,500 +11.67% 78
East of England -70 38 £30,000 -5.76% 73
North West -131 28 £33,750 +12.50% 59
Scotland +82 27 £30,000 +5.26% 27
North East 0 8 £38,750 +19.23% 22
Wales -45 4 £39,500 +43.64% 17
Channel Islands -3 1 £45,000 -
IT Engineer
UK

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, IT Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 326 (70.56%) Windows
2 251 (54.33%) Microsoft
3 216 (46.75%) Active Directory
4 190 (41.13%) Microsoft 365
5 169 (36.58%) Social Skills
6 160 (34.63%) Problem-Solving
7 129 (27.92%) Azure
8 116 (25.11%) Firewall
9 113 (24.46%) Windows Server
10 98 (21.21%) Driving Licence
11 96 (20.78%) Degree
12 94 (20.35%) VMware
12 94 (20.35%) Linux
13 91 (19.70%) Customer Service
14 83 (17.97%) Cisco
15 78 (16.88%) Network Management
16 76 (16.45%) ITIL
17 75 (16.23%) Microsoft Certification
18 70 (15.15%) Cybersecurity
19 63 (13.64%) PowerShell
20 62 (13.42%) DNS
21 61 (13.20%) Microsoft Exchange
21 61 (13.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
22 60 (12.99%) VMware Infrastructure
23 59 (12.77%) Microsoft Intune
24 55 (11.90%) Computer Science
25 54 (11.69%) DHCP
26 51 (11.04%) SQL Server
26 51 (11.04%) Windows 10
27 47 (10.17%) AWS

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 61 (13.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 42 (9.09%) SharePoint
3 17 (3.68%) Confluence
4 2 (0.43%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.43%) IIS
4 2 (0.43%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.22%) Apache
Applications
1 36 (7.79%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.08%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 190 (41.13%) Microsoft 365
2 129 (27.92%) Azure
3 47 (10.17%) AWS
4 46 (9.96%) Entra ID
5 30 (6.49%) SaaS
6 12 (2.60%) OneDrive
7 11 (2.38%) GCP
7 11 (2.38%) Google Workspace
7 11 (2.38%) IaaS
8 9 (1.95%) Mimecast
9 7 (1.52%) Power Platform
10 6 (1.30%) Amazon EC2
10 6 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (1.30%) Nutanix
11 5 (1.08%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (0.87%) PaaS
12 4 (0.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 3 (0.65%) Route 53
14 2 (0.43%) AWS CloudFormation
14 2 (0.43%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 116 (25.11%) Firewall
2 62 (13.42%) DNS
3 54 (11.69%) DHCP
4 42 (9.09%) TCP/IP
5 41 (8.87%) WLAN
6 40 (8.66%) Network Security
6 40 (8.66%) VLAN
7 39 (8.44%) LAN
7 39 (8.44%) WAN
8 35 (7.58%) VPN
9 34 (7.36%) SAN
10 30 (6.49%) Internet
11 22 (4.76%) NAS
12 21 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
13 18 (3.90%) OSPF
13 18 (3.90%) VoIP
14 17 (3.68%) BGP
15 11 (2.38%) Intrusion Detection
16 8 (1.73%) IP Telephony
16 8 (1.73%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (11.04%) SQL Server
2 18 (3.90%) MySQL
3 16 (3.46%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.30%) Power BI
5 3 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.43%) Big Data
7 1 (0.22%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 19 (4.11%) JIRA
2 18 (3.90%) Git
3 16 (3.46%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.65%) GitLab
4 3 (0.65%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.43%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.22%) Postman
6 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 169 (36.58%) Social Skills
2 38 (8.23%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (6.93%) Organisational Skills
4 23 (4.98%) Retail
5 22 (4.76%) Finance
6 18 (3.90%) Telecoms
7 14 (3.03%) Automotive
8 11 (2.38%) Law
9 10 (2.16%) Manufacturing
9 10 (2.16%) Public Sector
10 5 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.65%) Banking
11 3 (0.65%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.65%) Legal
11 3 (0.65%) Marketing
11 3 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.43%) Billing
12 2 (0.43%) Electronics
12 2 (0.43%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.22%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.90%) .NET
2 3 (0.65%) EDI
3 2 (0.43%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.43%) Kafka
4 1 (0.22%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.22%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.22%) JSON
4 1 (0.22%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.22%) REST
4 1 (0.22%) SAML
4 1 (0.22%) SOAP
4 1 (0.22%) WSH
4 1 (0.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 98 (21.21%) Driving Licence
2 41 (8.87%) Operational Technology
3 38 (8.23%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (4.11%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.90%) Mobile App
6 16 (3.46%) Social Media
7 13 (2.81%) Smartphone
8 11 (2.38%) Data Centre
9 9 (1.95%) Clustering
10 8 (1.73%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.30%) EPoS
12 5 (1.08%) Blackberry
13 4 (0.87%) Life Science
13 4 (0.87%) Renewable Energy
14 3 (0.65%) FMCG
14 3 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
14 3 (0.65%) Security Posture
15 2 (0.43%) Enterprise Software
15 2 (0.43%) HP Storage
15 2 (0.43%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 326 (70.56%) Windows
2 113 (24.46%) Windows Server
3 94 (20.35%) Linux
4 51 (11.04%) Windows 10
5 35 (7.58%) Android
6 26 (5.63%) Mac OS
6 26 (5.63%) Windows Server 2016
7 21 (4.55%) Windows Server 2019
8 17 (3.68%) Apple iOS
9 12 (2.60%) Ubuntu
10 11 (2.38%) Mac OS X
11 9 (1.95%) Windows Server 2012
12 8 (1.73%) Windows 7
13 5 (1.08%) Unix
14 2 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.43%) VMS
15 1 (0.22%) Debian
15 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (34.63%) Problem-Solving
2 91 (19.70%) Customer Service
3 78 (16.88%) Network Management
4 76 (16.45%) ITIL
5 70 (15.15%) Cybersecurity
6 61 (13.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 55 (11.90%) Computer Science
8 42 (9.09%) Network Design
9 38 (8.23%) Mentoring
10 34 (7.36%) Disaster Recovery
11 30 (6.49%) Asset Management
11 30 (6.49%) Migration
12 29 (6.28%) Continuous Improvement
12 29 (6.28%) Kalman Filter
13 28 (6.06%) IT Asset Management
13 28 (6.06%) Systems Engineering
14 27 (5.84%) Virtual Environments
15 24 (5.19%) Web Filtering
16 23 (4.98%) CI/CD
16 23 (4.98%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 63 (13.64%) PowerShell
2 31 (6.71%) SQL
3 16 (3.46%) C#
4 9 (1.95%) Python
5 4 (0.87%) Bash
6 3 (0.65%) Java
7 2 (0.43%) VBScript
8 1 (0.22%) Go
8 1 (0.22%) Perl
8 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.22%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 96 (20.78%) Degree
2 75 (16.23%) Microsoft Certification
3 46 (9.96%) Computer Science Degree
4 44 (9.52%) MCSE
5 41 (8.87%) CCNA
5 41 (8.87%) Cisco Certification
6 39 (8.44%) MCP
7 33 (7.14%) Security Cleared
8 31 (6.71%) CCNP
9 28 (6.06%) LPIC
10 26 (5.63%) HND
11 22 (4.76%) DBS Check
12 19 (4.11%) SC Cleared
13 18 (3.90%) BPSS Clearance
14 17 (3.68%) A+ Certification
15 14 (3.03%) HNC
16 12 (2.60%) DV Cleared
17 9 (1.95%) MCSA
18 3 (0.65%) Network+ Certification
19 2 (0.43%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (1.95%) GDPR
2 9 (1.95%) SLA
3 8 (1.73%) NIST
4 6 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (0.43%) NCSC
6 2 (0.43%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.43%) QA
6 2 (0.43%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.22%) GRC
7 1 (0.22%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.22%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 216 (46.75%) Active Directory
2 60 (12.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (9.31%) Virtual Servers
4 39 (8.44%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.30%) Docker
5 6 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (1.08%) vSphere
7 4 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.65%) Firmware
9 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 59 (12.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (4.11%) Ansible
3 13 (2.81%) Jamf Pro
4 12 (2.60%) SCCM
5 8 (1.73%) Terraform
6 7 (1.52%) Kubernetes
6 7 (1.52%) SmoothWall
7 5 (1.08%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.87%) WSUS
9 2 (0.43%) Autotask
9 2 (0.43%) Grafana
9 2 (0.43%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 2 (0.43%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.22%) Backup Exec
10 1 (0.22%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.22%) SCOM
10 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 251 (54.33%) Microsoft
2 94 (20.35%) VMware
3 83 (17.97%) Cisco
4 27 (5.84%) Google
5 25 (5.41%) Apple
6 22 (4.76%) Meraki
7 20 (4.33%) Veeam
8 18 (3.90%) Dell
8 18 (3.90%) Fortinet
8 18 (3.90%) Zoho
9 16 (3.46%) Atlassian
10 14 (3.03%) Ubiquiti
11 11 (2.38%) HP
11 11 (2.38%) Sophos
12 8 (1.73%) CheckPoint
13 6 (1.30%) Citrix
13 6 (1.30%) McAfee
13 6 (1.30%) SonicWALL
14 5 (1.08%) Aruba
14 5 (1.08%) Juniper