IT Engineer
UK
The median IT Engineer salary in the UK is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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 16 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 297 | 143 | 256 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -154 | +113 | +137 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer | 559 | 2,014 | 1,435 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 1.01% | 2.03% | 1.44% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.11% | 2.14% | 1.57% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 428 | 1,703 | 1,140 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,750 | £24,000 | £25,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £27,500 | £26,250 | £27,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £35,000 | £32,500 | £34,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.69% | -5.80% | -1.43% |
| 75th Percentile | £43,750 | £43,000 | £45,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £53,750 | £50,000 | £60,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £33,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.08% | - | -4.41% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 | 50,303 | 93,916 | 91,216 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.61% | 94.69% | 91.48% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,096 | 67,168 | 57,442 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,886 | £71,250 | £80,559 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +5.64% |
IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured IT Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
IT Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer.
IT Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.
IT Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 16 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 |
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| England | -153 | 517 | £35,000 | +6.06% | 542 |
| UK excluding London | -139 | 441 | £33,500 | +3.08% | 488 |
| Work from Home | -89 | 151 | £35,000 | -6.67% | 162 |
| Midlands | -61 | 122 | £35,000 | - | 75 |
| South East | -67 | 121 | £35,000 | +2.94% | 138 |
| London | +17 | 104 | £46,250 | +15.63% | 134 |
| North of England | -122 | 89 | £32,500 | +3.17% | 109 |
| West Midlands | -27 | 78 | £35,000 | +0.36% | 31 |
| Yorkshire | -3 | 49 | £30,000 | - | 58 |
| East Midlands | -55 | 44 | £32,500 | -13.33% | 38 |
| East of England | -70 | 43 | £30,000 | -5.76% | 64 |
| South West | -32 | 40 | £33,500 | +11.67% | 71 |
| North West | -123 | 33 | £35,000 | +16.67% | 45 |
| Scotland | +73 | 25 | £31,250 | +9.65% | 25 |
| North East | 0 | 7 | £37,500 | +15.38% | 7 |
| Wales | -47 | 4 | £39,500 | +43.64% | 14 |
IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 16 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 featuring IT Engineer in the job title.
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IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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