Installations Engineer Job Trends

Installation Engineer
UK

The median Installation Engineer salary in the UK is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 524 693 717
Rank change year-on-year +169 +24 +281
Permanent jobs requiring an Installations Engineer 127 19 20
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.036% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.038% 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 77 17 18
10th Percentile £27,500 £34,200 £28,213
25th Percentile £32,236 - £29,469
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year - +3.23% +29.17%
75th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £40,000
90th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,000 £50,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -22.00% +33.33% +25.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 54,089 49,558 53,300
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.68% 92.89% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 33,489 25,634 41,126
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%

Installations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Installations Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Installations Engineer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Installations Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Installations Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Installations Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Installations Engineer over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Installations Engineer in the UK

Installations Engineer
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Installations Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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
England +153 101 £40,000 - 46
UK excluding London +144 87 £39,000 -22.00% 43
South West +42 34 £40,000 +25.00% 13
London +73 27 £42,500 +6.25% 9
South East +38 18 £42,500 -15.00% 16
Work from Home +77 13 £34,250 -37.73% 3
Midlands - 12 £39,000 - 5
West Midlands - 9 £35,000 - 3
North of England +32 8 £32,500 -38.10% 6
Wales - 8 £24,000 - 1
North West - 5 £32,500 - 1
Scotland - 5 - -
Yorkshire -8 3 £36,750 -30.00% 3
East Midlands - 3 £39,000 - 2
East of England - 2 £40,000 - 2

Installations Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Installations 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 featuring Installations Engineer in the job title.

1 20 (15.75%) Structured Cabling
2 14 (11.02%) Cisco
3 13 (10.24%) Draytek
4 12 (9.45%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (8.66%) Ruckus Wireless
6 8 (6.30%) Customer Service
6 8 (6.30%) Security Cleared
7 5 (3.94%) SC Cleared
8 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Excel
8 4 (3.15%) NVQ Level 3
8 4 (3.15%) Project Management
8 4 (3.15%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (3.15%) Time Management
9 3 (2.36%) Agile
9 3 (2.36%) Broadband
9 3 (2.36%) Collaborative Working
9 3 (2.36%) Project Delivery
10 2 (1.57%) C-CURE
10 2 (1.57%) City & Guilds
10 2 (1.57%) Customer-Centric Approach
10 2 (1.57%) Customer-Centricity
10 2 (1.57%) Cybersecurity
10 2 (1.57%) Intelligent Automation
11 1 (0.79%) Asset Management
11 1 (0.79%) ATM
11 1 (0.79%) CMS
11 1 (0.79%) CRM
11 1 (0.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 1 (0.79%) Internet
11 1 (0.79%) Mentoring

Installations Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1 (0.79%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (3.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.57%) C-CURE
Communications & Networking
1 20 (15.75%) Structured Cabling
2 3 (2.36%) Broadband
3 1 (0.79%) ATM
3 1 (0.79%) Internet
3 1 (0.79%) VLAN
3 1 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.79%) Wireless
General
1 25 (19.69%) Social Skills
2 9 (7.09%) Retail
3 5 (3.94%) Telecoms
4 4 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (2.36%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.57%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.79%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 20 (15.75%) Driving Licence
1 20 (15.75%) Smart Home
2 9 (7.09%) CCTV
3 8 (6.30%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (3.94%) Digital Signage
4 5 (3.94%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (3.15%) Home Automation
6 2 (1.57%) EPoS
6 2 (1.57%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.79%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.79%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (9.45%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (6.30%) Customer Service
3 4 (3.15%) Project Management
3 4 (3.15%) Time Management
4 3 (2.36%) Agile
4 3 (2.36%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (2.36%) Project Delivery
5 2 (1.57%) Customer-Centric Approach
5 2 (1.57%) Customer-Centricity
5 2 (1.57%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (1.57%) Intelligent Automation
6 1 (0.79%) Asset Management
6 1 (0.79%) CRM
6 1 (0.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (0.79%) Mentoring
6 1 (0.79%) Network Design
6 1 (0.79%) Preventative Maintenance
6 1 (0.79%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 8 (6.30%) Security Cleared
2 5 (3.94%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.15%) NVQ Level 3
4 2 (1.57%) City & Guilds
5 1 (0.79%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 14 (11.02%) Cisco
2 13 (10.24%) Draytek
3 11 (8.66%) Ruckus Wireless
4 1 (0.79%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.79%) Peplink
4 1 (0.79%) Ubiquiti