Messaging Engineer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Messaging Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Messaging Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £53,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 505 548 572
Rank change year-on-year +43 +24 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Messaging Engineer 4 18 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.009% 0.050% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.054% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 4 18 0
10th Percentile £50,200 £50,800 -
25th Percentile £50,875 £51,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £57,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% - -
75th Percentile £55,938 £58,750 -
90th Percentile £57,625 - -
UK median annual salary £56,250 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.17% -11.54% -1.52%

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 38,388 33,377 32,893
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.52% 92.91% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23,454 16,215 24,936
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Messaging Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Messaging Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Messaging Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Messaging Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Messaging Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Messaging Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Messaging 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 Messaging Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 January 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 - 3 £52,500 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £57,500 -
Midlands - 1 £57,500 -
Messaging Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Messaging 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 Messaging Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (75.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle Database
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle Database 10g
2 3 (75.00%) Problem Management
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) SMTP
2 3 (75.00%) Solaris
2 3 (75.00%) Unix
2 3 (75.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) X.400
2 3 (75.00%) X.500
3 2 (50.00%) HPUX
3 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Azure
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
4 1 (25.00%) Line Management
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365

Messaging 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 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) SMTP
1 3 (75.00%) X.400
1 3 (75.00%) X.500
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle Database
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle Database 10g
General
1 1 (25.00%) Advertising
1 1 (25.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Replication
2 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Solaris
1 3 (75.00%) Unix
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (50.00%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) Problem Management
3 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
4 1 (25.00%) Line Management
4 1 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle
2 3 (75.00%) VMware