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 30 April 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 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 242 | 138 | 256 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -104 | +118 | +117 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer | 650 | 2,029 | 1,487 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 1.25% | 2.06% | 1.43% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.38% | 2.18% | 1.56% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 454 | 1,721 | 1,182 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,750 | £24,000 | £25,000 |
| 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% | +1.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £43,750 | £43,000 | £45,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £53,750 | £50,000 | £60,225 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £33,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.08% | - | -1.52% |
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 | 46,971 | 93,051 | 95,196 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.06% | 94.62% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,308 | 66,827 | 59,871 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,750 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.00% | -12.08% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,344 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.69% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
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 30 April 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 30 April 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 | -86 | 609 | £35,000 | +6.06% | 390 |
| UK excluding London | -79 | 527 | £33,500 | +3.08% | 360 |
| Midlands | -7 | 195 | £35,000 | - | 65 |
| Work from Home | -31 | 160 | £37,419 | -0.22% | 114 |
| West Midlands | +8 | 134 | £35,000 | - | 29 |
| South East | -61 | 121 | £35,000 | +2.94% | 88 |
| London | +4 | 112 | £45,000 | +12.50% | 63 |
| North of England | -93 | 97 | £33,000 | +8.20% | 97 |
| East Midlands | -19 | 61 | £30,000 | -20.00% | 35 |
| Yorkshire | +6 | 52 | £29,250 | -2.50% | 44 |
| East of England | -46 | 47 | £29,000 | -7.69% | 35 |
| South West | -27 | 39 | £33,500 | +11.67% | 47 |
| North West | -89 | 35 | £35,000 | +16.67% | 43 |
| Scotland | +91 | 27 | £33,250 | +16.67% | 19 |
| North East | +13 | 10 | £37,500 | +15.38% | 12 |
| Wales | -47 | 4 | £39,500 | +43.64% | 10 |
IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 April 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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