Junior IT Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Junior IT Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Junior IT Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £22,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 565 712 720
Rank change year-on-year +147 +8 +111
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior IT Engineer 21 36 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.054% 0.051% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% 0.053% 0.064%
Number of salaries quoted 21 35 14
10th Percentile - £20,600 £19,703
25th Percentile £21,250 £20,750 £20,194
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £22,500 £23,000 £22,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +4.55% -2.22%
75th Percentile £27,250 £29,000 £29,688
90th Percentile £28,750 £31,833 £33,750
UK median annual salary £22,500 £23,000 £21,500
% change year-on-year -2.17% +6.98% -4.44%

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 35,502 67,301 53,387
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.58% 94.80% 89.17%
Number of salaries quoted 18,783 47,644 30,431
10th Percentile £27,377 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £57,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% -

Junior IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior IT Engineer in the UK excluding London

Junior IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Junior IT Engineer in the UK excluding London

Junior IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior IT Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Junior IT Engineer in the UK excluding London

Junior 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 Junior IT Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
East of England +48 13 £22,500 -29.32% 6
South East +85 5 £27,500 +27.91% 1
South West +106 3 £27,000 +18.68% 1
Junior IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, Junior 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 Junior IT Engineer in the job title.

1 19 (90.48%) Microsoft
2 17 (80.95%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (80.95%) Active Directory
3 16 (76.19%) Driving Licence
4 4 (19.05%) Windows
4 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
4 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (9.52%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (9.52%) Nutanix
5 2 (9.52%) DBS Check
5 2 (9.52%) Mentoring
5 2 (9.52%) VMS
5 2 (9.52%) A+ Certification
5 2 (9.52%) Migration
5 2 (9.52%) VMware
5 2 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (4.76%) Apple iOS
6 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (4.76%) Meraki
6 1 (4.76%) Android
6 1 (4.76%) NVQ Level 3
6 1 (4.76%) Logistics
6 1 (4.76%) Sophos
6 1 (4.76%) Cisco
6 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Mimecast
6 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
6 1 (4.76%) Presales
6 1 (4.76%) Azure

Junior 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:

Cloud Services
1 17 (80.95%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (9.52%) Nutanix
3 1 (4.76%) Azure
3 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.76%) Mimecast
General
1 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 16 (76.19%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.76%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Windows
2 2 (9.52%) VMS
3 1 (4.76%) Android
3 1 (4.76%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (9.52%) Mentoring
2 2 (9.52%) Migration
3 1 (4.76%) Customer Service
3 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (4.76%) Inventory Control
3 1 (4.76%) Inventory Management
3 1 (4.76%) Logistics
3 1 (4.76%) Presales
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) A+ Certification
1 2 (9.52%) DBS Check
2 1 (4.76%) NVQ Level 3
System Software
1 17 (80.95%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.52%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.76%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (90.48%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) VMware
3 1 (4.76%) Cisco
3 1 (4.76%) Meraki
3 1 (4.76%) Sophos