IT Engineer
UK

The median IT Engineer salary in the UK is £35,404 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 196 310 319
Rank change year-on-year +114 +9 -44
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 960 1,415 1,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.81% 1.15% 1.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.90% 1.21% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 866 1,249 1,323
10th Percentile £25,750 £24,250 £22,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,404 £33,500 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.68% +1.52% -5.71%
75th Percentile £47,500 £45,876 £43,750
90th Percentile £60,625 £57,500 £53,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 50,561 117,203 121,950
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.43% 95.41% 95.16%
Number of salaries quoted 36,942 73,752 84,378
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,798 £32,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the UK

IT Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer.

Salary trend for IT Engineer in the UK

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in the UK

IT Engineer
Top 17 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 7 December 2023. 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 +125 908 £35,000 +4.48% 492
UK excluding London +86 697 £35,000 +7.69% 446
Work from Home +100 299 £37,500 +7.14% 128
London +139 245 £40,000 +6.67% 61
South East +78 208 £35,500 +18.33% 120
South West +55 136 £34,966 +7.59% 62
Midlands +97 133 £37,500 -6.25% 88
North of England +100 131 £32,500 +8.33% 112
West Midlands +107 105 £39,000 -8.24% 47
Yorkshire +89 63 £32,500 +12.07% 36
North West +87 58 £32,760 +5.68% 58
East of England +88 48 £32,500 -7.14% 38
Scotland +8 32 £32,500 +8.33% 19
East Midlands +29 27 £33,500 -3.60% 41
North East +43 10 £32,500 +16.59% 20
Wales +8 9 £45,000 +66.67% 15
Northern Ireland +32 2 £48,750 +80.56% 2

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 December 2023, 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.

1 635 (66.15%) Windows
2 528 (55.00%) Microsoft
3 523 (54.48%) Microsoft 365
4 469 (48.85%) Active Directory
5 439 (45.73%) Azure
6 327 (34.06%) Windows Server
7 306 (31.88%) Social Skills
8 276 (28.75%) Firewall
9 270 (28.13%) VMware
10 211 (21.98%) Customer Service
11 190 (19.79%) Problem-Solving
12 177 (18.44%) Windows 10
13 176 (18.33%) DNS
14 172 (17.92%) VMware Infrastructure
15 168 (17.50%) Hyper-V
16 163 (16.98%) SharePoint
17 147 (15.31%) DHCP
18 146 (15.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 133 (13.85%) Microsoft Intune
20 132 (13.75%) Entra ID
21 131 (13.65%) ITIL
22 126 (13.13%) Cisco
23 124 (12.92%) PowerShell
24 119 (12.40%) WAN
25 110 (11.46%) VPN
25 110 (11.46%) AWS
26 105 (10.94%) Degree
27 104 (10.83%) Microsoft Office
28 103 (10.73%) Windows Server 2016
29 97 (10.10%) Driving Licence

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:

Application Platforms
1 163 (16.98%) SharePoint
2 53 (5.52%) MS Exchange
3 8 (0.83%) IIS
4 4 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2003
5 3 (0.31%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.31%) WordPress
6 2 (0.21%) CMS
6 2 (0.21%) Confluence
7 1 (0.10%) Apache
7 1 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2000
7 1 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.10%) WebLogic
Applications
1 104 (10.83%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.42%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
1 4 (0.42%) SAP ERP
2 3 (0.31%) Carpe Diem
3 2 (0.21%) Sage 50
4 1 (0.10%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.10%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 523 (54.48%) Microsoft 365
2 439 (45.73%) Azure
3 132 (13.75%) Entra ID
4 110 (11.46%) AWS
5 38 (3.96%) OneDrive
6 28 (2.92%) PaaS
7 21 (2.19%) IaaS
8 20 (2.08%) SaaS
8 20 (2.08%) WhatsApp
9 19 (1.98%) GCP
10 18 (1.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 17 (1.77%) Datadog
12 16 (1.67%) Azure Sentinel
13 13 (1.35%) Serverless
14 12 (1.25%) Google Workspace
14 12 (1.25%) Mimecast
15 11 (1.15%) AWS Direct Connect
16 9 (0.94%) Power Automate
17 8 (0.83%) Power Platform
17 8 (0.83%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 276 (28.75%) Firewall
2 176 (18.33%) DNS
3 147 (15.31%) DHCP
4 119 (12.40%) WAN
5 110 (11.46%) VPN
6 96 (10.00%) LAN
7 92 (9.58%) Wi-Fi
8 84 (8.75%) VLAN
9 78 (8.13%) TCP/IP
10 75 (7.81%) Wireless
11 68 (7.08%) SAN
12 58 (6.04%) Network Security
13 49 (5.10%) VoIP
14 38 (3.96%) SD-WAN
15 33 (3.44%) Internet
16 26 (2.71%) Remote Desktop
17 19 (1.98%) NAS
18 17 (1.77%) Intrusion Detection
19 11 (1.15%) iSCSI
20 10 (1.04%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (4.58%) SQL Server
2 19 (1.98%) Amazon RDS
3 11 (1.15%) Metadata
4 7 (0.73%) Power BI
5 4 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.31%) Firebird
6 3 (0.31%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.21%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.21%) MySQL
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.21%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.10%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.10%) Data Hub
8 1 (0.10%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.10%) DTS
8 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (0.83%) JIRA
2 6 (0.63%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (0.21%) Fiddler
3 2 (0.21%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.21%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.10%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.10%) Git
4 1 (0.10%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.10%) TeamCity
General
1 306 (31.88%) Social Skills
2 96 (10.00%) Finance
3 58 (6.04%) Retail
4 51 (5.31%) Law
5 47 (4.90%) Legal
6 40 (4.17%) Public Sector
7 31 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
8 30 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
9 27 (2.81%) Manufacturing
10 26 (2.71%) Banking
10 26 (2.71%) Telecoms
11 20 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
12 14 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (1.46%) Marketing
13 13 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
14 12 (1.25%) Automotive
15 11 (1.15%) Back Office
16 9 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (0.83%) Advertising
18 6 (0.63%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (1.15%) JSON
2 10 (1.04%) .NET
3 7 (0.73%) 802.1X
4 3 (0.31%) OAuth
4 3 (0.31%) ServiceStack
5 2 (0.21%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.21%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.21%) Middleware
6 1 (0.10%) ADSI
6 1 (0.10%) Akka
6 1 (0.10%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.10%) Apache NiFi
6 1 (0.10%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 1 (0.10%) FIX Protocol
6 1 (0.10%) Kafka
6 1 (0.10%) LDAP
6 1 (0.10%) React
6 1 (0.10%) REST
6 1 (0.10%) SOAP
6 1 (0.10%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 97 (10.10%) Driving Licence
2 42 (4.38%) Data Centre
3 33 (3.44%) Management Information System
4 32 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
5 27 (2.81%) Clustering
5 27 (2.81%) Life Science
6 26 (2.71%) Public Cloud
7 19 (1.98%) Cyber Threat
8 17 (1.77%) Replication
9 16 (1.67%) Onboarding
9 16 (1.67%) Video Conferencing
10 15 (1.56%) EPoS
11 12 (1.25%) Linux Command Line
12 11 (1.15%) Virtual Team
13 10 (1.04%) Operational Technology
13 10 (1.04%) PKI
14 9 (0.94%) CCTV
14 9 (0.94%) Data Structures
15 8 (0.83%) CMDB
15 8 (0.83%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 635 (66.15%) Windows
2 327 (34.06%) Windows Server
3 177 (18.44%) Windows 10
4 103 (10.73%) Windows Server 2016
5 90 (9.38%) Windows Server 2019
6 75 (7.81%) Windows Server 2012
7 74 (7.71%) Linux
8 62 (6.46%) Android
9 50 (5.21%) Mac OS
10 47 (4.90%) Apple iOS
11 25 (2.60%) Windows 7
12 17 (1.77%) Ubuntu
13 13 (1.35%) Windows 8
14 12 (1.25%) Mac OS X
15 11 (1.15%) Unix
16 10 (1.04%) Debian
17 9 (0.94%) Windows Server 2008
18 8 (0.83%) CentOS
19 7 (0.73%) Fedora
19 7 (0.73%) openSUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (21.98%) Customer Service
2 190 (19.79%) Problem-Solving
3 146 (15.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 131 (13.65%) ITIL
5 93 (9.69%) Cybersecurity
6 61 (6.35%) Disaster Recovery
6 61 (6.35%) Information Security
7 57 (5.94%) Service Delivery
8 43 (4.48%) SIEM
9 42 (4.38%) Data Loss Prevention
10 40 (4.17%) Incident Response
10 40 (4.17%) Migration
11 38 (3.96%) Asset Management
12 37 (3.85%) Agile
12 37 (3.85%) ITSM
13 36 (3.75%) Change Management
13 36 (3.75%) Cloud Security
13 36 (3.75%) Computer Science
14 34 (3.54%) DevOps
14 34 (3.54%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 124 (12.92%) PowerShell
2 81 (8.44%) SQL
3 45 (4.69%) Bash
4 35 (3.65%) Python
5 9 (0.94%) Search Processing Language
6 8 (0.83%) C#
7 4 (0.42%) C++
8 2 (0.21%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.10%) Java
9 1 (0.10%) Perl
Qualifications
1 105 (10.94%) Degree
2 65 (6.77%) Microsoft Certification
3 52 (5.42%) DBS Check
4 51 (5.31%) Cisco Certification
5 45 (4.69%) Security Cleared
6 36 (3.75%) CCNA
7 33 (3.44%) CISSP
8 30 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
9 24 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (2.40%) SC Cleared
11 19 (1.98%) MCSE
12 16 (1.67%) Azure Certification
12 16 (1.67%) MCSA
13 15 (1.56%) CCNP
14 13 (1.35%) GSEC
15 12 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
15 12 (1.25%) MCP
16 10 (1.04%) CCSP
17 9 (0.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 7 (0.73%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (7.92%) SLA
2 41 (4.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (1.04%) NIST
5 9 (0.94%) QA
6 8 (0.83%) Accessibility
6 8 (0.83%) NCSC
7 7 (0.73%) GDPR
8 6 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 5 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.42%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.31%) COBIT
11 3 (0.31%) GRC
12 2 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 469 (48.85%) Active Directory
2 172 (17.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 168 (17.50%) Hyper-V
4 19 (1.98%) Docker
5 13 (1.35%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (1.25%) vSphere
7 11 (1.15%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
9 9 (0.94%) Virtual Servers
10 7 (0.73%) Firmware
10 7 (0.73%) Samba
11 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 5 (0.52%) Terminal Services
12 4 (0.42%) BitLocker
12 4 (0.42%) VMware NSX
13 1 (0.10%) KVM
13 1 (0.10%) LXC
13 1 (0.10%) Veritas Cluster Server
13 1 (0.10%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.10%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 133 (13.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 57 (5.94%) SCCM
3 31 (3.23%) Terraform
4 21 (2.19%) Ansible
4 21 (2.19%) FortiGate
5 20 (2.08%) Kubernetes
6 16 (1.67%) SCOM
7 15 (1.56%) Jamf Pro
8 14 (1.46%) Failover Clustering
9 9 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 9 (0.94%) Microsoft Clustering
10 8 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (0.83%) WSUS
11 5 (0.52%) Backup Exec
12 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 4 (0.42%) ServiceCenter
13 3 (0.31%) Nagios
13 3 (0.31%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.31%) ZABBIX
14 2 (0.21%) Puppet
Vendors
1 528 (55.00%) Microsoft
2 270 (28.13%) VMware
3 126 (13.13%) Cisco
4 50 (5.21%) Citrix
5 49 (5.10%) Veeam
6 48 (5.00%) HP
7 43 (4.48%) Apple
8 40 (4.17%) Palo Alto
9 27 (2.81%) Meraki
10 25 (2.60%) Dell
11 23 (2.40%) Google
12 22 (2.29%) ServiceNow
13 17 (1.77%) AppDynamics
13 17 (1.77%) Fortinet
13 17 (1.77%) iManage
14 16 (1.67%) SAP
14 16 (1.67%) Sophos
15 15 (1.56%) F5
15 15 (1.56%) Ubiquiti
16 14 (1.46%) ConnectWise