IT Engineer
UK

The median IT Engineer salary in the UK is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

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

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 140 263 367
Rank change year-on-year +123 +104 -117
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 2,016 1,517 1,535
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.07% 1.41% 1.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.19% 1.53% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,713 1,208 1,374
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £27,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £34,000 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% - -2.85%
75th Percentile £43,000 £45,000 £44,744
90th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -1.54% - -

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 91,973 98,868 146,086
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 91.69% 96.03%
Number of salaries quoted 66,504 61,753 85,740
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,308 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.15% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +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 16 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in the UK

IT Engineer
Top 19 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 April 2024. 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 +112 1,753 £33,000 -4.35% 365
UK excluding London +95 1,717 £32,000 -1.54% 326
Work from Home +87 480 £37,500 +7.14% 99
South East +61 409 £34,000 +9.68% 84
Midlands +95 356 £35,000 +7.69% 65
North of England +73 345 £30,250 -8.33% 81
South West +18 230 £30,000 -7.69% 42
London +16 218 £40,000 +5.26% 66
West Midlands +102 200 £35,000 +4.48% 30
East of England +76 183 £30,000 -6.25% 30
North West +34 163 £30,000 -14.29% 47
East Midlands +55 151 £37,500 +33.93% 35
Yorkshire +87 132 £30,000 +5.26% 26
Wales +91 119 £27,500 - 14
Scotland -44 67 £28,500 -1.72% 15
North East +26 49 £32,500 -1.52% 9
Northern Ireland +20 4 £30,000 -7.69% 3
Channel Islands - 3 - -
Isle of Man - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 16 April 2024, 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 1,125 (55.80%) Windows
2 1,008 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 974 (48.31%) Microsoft
4 842 (41.77%) Active Directory
5 717 (35.57%) Azure
6 703 (34.87%) Social Skills
7 604 (29.96%) Windows Server
8 502 (24.90%) Firewall
9 448 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
10 417 (20.68%) VMware
11 376 (18.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 366 (18.15%) Customer Service
13 351 (17.41%) Microsoft Exchange
14 304 (15.08%) Hyper-V
15 300 (14.88%) Windows 10
16 296 (14.68%) Degree
17 285 (14.14%) ITIL
18 268 (13.29%) VMware Infrastructure
19 256 (12.70%) Microsoft Office
20 254 (12.60%) SharePoint
20 254 (12.60%) DNS
21 244 (12.10%) Entra ID
22 243 (12.05%) Microsoft Intune
23 217 (10.76%) DHCP
24 197 (9.77%) Law
25 193 (9.57%) Continuous Improvement
26 191 (9.47%) Cybersecurity
27 185 (9.18%) Cisco
28 183 (9.08%) Wi-Fi
29 175 (8.68%) Manufacturing

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
1 351 (17.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 254 (12.60%) SharePoint
3 20 (0.99%) Exchange Server 2013
4 15 (0.74%) Confluence
4 15 (0.74%) IIS
5 12 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2010
6 10 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2007
7 7 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2000
8 4 (0.20%) CMS
8 4 (0.20%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.20%) SAS
9 3 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2003
9 3 (0.15%) Skype for Business
9 3 (0.15%) WordPress
10 2 (0.099%) Apache
10 2 (0.099%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.050%) Moodle
11 1 (0.050%) nginx
11 1 (0.050%) Site Server
11 1 (0.050%) Tomcat
Applications
1 256 (12.70%) Microsoft Office
2 51 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.15%) SPSS
6 2 (0.099%) Trello
7 1 (0.050%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.050%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 6 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.25%) Sage X3
3 3 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.099%) Carpe Diem
4 2 (0.099%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.099%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.099%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.050%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.050%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 1,008 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 717 (35.57%) Azure
3 244 (12.10%) Entra ID
4 117 (5.80%) AWS
5 52 (2.58%) OneDrive
6 39 (1.93%) Mimecast
7 32 (1.59%) Google Workspace
8 17 (0.84%) Power Platform
9 13 (0.64%) Power Automate
9 13 (0.64%) SaaS
10 12 (0.60%) Amazon EC2
10 12 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
10 12 (0.60%) iTunes
11 10 (0.50%) IaaS
11 10 (0.50%) PaaS
12 9 (0.45%) GCP
12 9 (0.45%) PowerApps
12 9 (0.45%) WhatsApp
13 8 (0.40%) Nutanix
14 7 (0.35%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 502 (24.90%) Firewall
2 254 (12.60%) DNS
3 217 (10.76%) DHCP
4 183 (9.08%) Wi-Fi
5 160 (7.94%) VPN
6 155 (7.69%) TCP/IP
7 148 (7.34%) WAN
8 130 (6.45%) LAN
9 120 (5.95%) SAN
10 113 (5.61%) VoIP
11 109 (5.41%) Wireless
12 105 (5.21%) VLAN
13 64 (3.17%) Network Security
14 52 (2.58%) Internet
15 34 (1.69%) SD-WAN
16 31 (1.54%) NAS
17 30 (1.49%) Remote Desktop
18 20 (0.99%) Cisco IOS
18 20 (0.99%) SSL
19 18 (0.89%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (6.65%) SQL Server
2 48 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
3 35 (1.74%) MySQL
4 9 (0.45%) Power BI
5 8 (0.40%) MariaDB
6 4 (0.20%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (0.20%) DB2
6 4 (0.20%) Metabase
7 3 (0.15%) Big Data
7 3 (0.15%) EDRMS
7 3 (0.15%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.099%) InfluxDB
8 2 (0.099%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.099%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.099%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.050%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.050%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.050%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.050%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.050%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 27 (1.34%) JIRA
2 4 (0.20%) Visual Studio
2 4 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (0.15%) LabVIEW
4 2 (0.099%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.099%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.099%) MSI
4 2 (0.099%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.050%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 703 (34.87%) Social Skills
2 197 (9.77%) Law
3 175 (8.68%) Manufacturing
4 120 (5.95%) Influencing Skills
5 116 (5.75%) Presentation Skills
6 111 (5.51%) Finance
7 94 (4.66%) Organisational Skills
8 93 (4.61%) Analytical Skills
9 75 (3.72%) Telecoms
10 51 (2.53%) Legal
11 48 (2.38%) Retail
12 46 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 33 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
14 28 (1.39%) Marketing
14 28 (1.39%) Public Sector
15 24 (1.19%) Banking
16 18 (0.89%) Games
17 17 (0.84%) Automotive
18 16 (0.79%) Advertising
19 14 (0.69%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.40%) ADSI
1 8 (0.40%) LDAP
2 5 (0.25%) Kafka
3 4 (0.20%) .NET
3 4 (0.20%) Cocoa
3 4 (0.20%) JSON
4 3 (0.15%) LAMP
5 2 (0.099%) CSS
5 2 (0.099%) HTML
5 2 (0.099%) V-Ray
6 1 (0.050%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.050%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.050%) EDI
6 1 (0.050%) OAuth
6 1 (0.050%) RESTEasy
6 1 (0.050%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 168 (8.33%) Driving Licence
2 116 (5.75%) FMCG
3 71 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
4 66 (3.27%) Data Centre
5 56 (2.78%) Management Information System
6 49 (2.43%) Replication
7 38 (1.88%) Onboarding
8 30 (1.49%) CCTV
8 30 (1.49%) Fat Client
8 30 (1.49%) Thin Client
9 28 (1.39%) EPoS
10 24 (1.19%) Enterprise Storage
11 23 (1.14%) iPad
12 20 (0.99%) Public Cloud
12 20 (0.99%) Video Conferencing
13 14 (0.69%) Cyberattack
13 14 (0.69%) Social Media
14 13 (0.64%) Security Posture
15 12 (0.60%) Operational Technology
16 11 (0.55%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1,125 (55.80%) Windows
2 604 (29.96%) Windows Server
3 300 (14.88%) Windows 10
4 168 (8.33%) Linux
5 149 (7.39%) Windows Server 2016
6 115 (5.70%) Windows Server 2019
7 107 (5.31%) Windows Server 2012
8 94 (4.66%) Mac OS
9 83 (4.12%) Android
10 81 (4.02%) Apple iOS
11 41 (2.03%) Windows 7
12 28 (1.39%) Windows Server 2008
13 27 (1.34%) Mac OS X
14 25 (1.24%) Windows 8
15 17 (0.84%) Unix
16 13 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 11 (0.55%) Windows Server 2003
18 9 (0.45%) CentOS
19 5 (0.25%) Debian
19 5 (0.25%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 448 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 376 (18.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 366 (18.15%) Customer Service
4 285 (14.14%) ITIL
5 193 (9.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 191 (9.47%) Cybersecurity
7 115 (5.70%) Benchmarking
7 115 (5.70%) Lean Manufacturing
7 115 (5.70%) Lean Six Sigma
7 115 (5.70%) Order Management
7 115 (5.70%) Six Sigma
8 106 (5.26%) Migration
9 101 (5.01%) Disaster Recovery
10 99 (4.91%) Service Delivery
11 90 (4.46%) Project Delivery
12 67 (3.32%) Project Management
13 54 (2.68%) Agile
13 54 (2.68%) Incident Management
14 53 (2.63%) Asset Management
15 51 (2.53%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 166 (8.23%) PowerShell
2 163 (8.09%) SQL
3 38 (1.88%) Python
4 27 (1.34%) Bash
5 10 (0.50%) Java
5 10 (0.50%) Swift
6 9 (0.45%) PHP
7 7 (0.35%) C#
7 7 (0.35%) C++
7 7 (0.35%) JavaScript
8 6 (0.30%) VB
9 5 (0.25%) Perl
10 4 (0.20%) R
10 4 (0.20%) Ruby
11 1 (0.050%) Go
11 1 (0.050%) Korn
11 1 (0.050%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 296 (14.68%) Degree
2 120 (5.95%) Microsoft Certification
3 115 (5.70%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
4 85 (4.22%) Cisco Certification
5 68 (3.37%) DBS Check
6 66 (3.27%) CCNA
7 47 (2.33%) Network+ Certification
8 39 (1.93%) Security Cleared
9 37 (1.84%) Azure Certification
10 32 (1.59%) A+ Certification
11 31 (1.54%) MCSE
12 26 (1.29%) CISSP
13 23 (1.14%) SC Cleared
14 22 (1.09%) MCP
15 20 (0.99%) CCNP
16 18 (0.89%) CompTIA Security+
17 16 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
18 15 (0.74%) MCSA
19 14 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
19 14 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (6.00%) SLA
2 39 (1.93%) GDPR
3 35 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (0.79%) QA
6 12 (0.60%) NIST
7 7 (0.35%) SOC 2
8 5 (0.25%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.15%) NCSC
11 2 (0.099%) COBIT
12 1 (0.050%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.050%) GRC
12 1 (0.050%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.050%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.050%) PMO
System Software
1 842 (41.77%) Active Directory
2 304 (15.08%) Hyper-V
3 268 (13.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 45 (2.23%) VMware ESXi
5 30 (1.49%) vSphere
6 27 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
7 24 (1.19%) Virtual Servers
8 21 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
9 17 (0.84%) Docker
10 11 (0.55%) Terminal Services
11 7 (0.35%) Firmware
12 5 (0.25%) VMware Server
12 5 (0.25%) XenApp
13 4 (0.20%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.15%) Xen
15 2 (0.099%) Microsoft App-V
15 2 (0.099%) pfSense
15 2 (0.099%) Samba
15 2 (0.099%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 243 (12.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 104 (5.16%) SCCM
3 21 (1.04%) WSUS
4 19 (0.94%) Jamf Pro
5 16 (0.79%) SCOM
6 15 (0.74%) Kubernetes
7 13 (0.64%) Cisco CUCM
7 13 (0.64%) ServiceCenter
8 11 (0.55%) FortiGate
9 10 (0.50%) Ansible
10 9 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 8 (0.40%) vCenter Server
12 7 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
13 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 6 (0.30%) Nessus
13 6 (0.30%) Opsgenie
13 6 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
14 5 (0.25%) NetCrunch
14 5 (0.25%) Proxmox
14 5 (0.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 974 (48.31%) Microsoft
2 417 (20.68%) VMware
3 185 (9.18%) Cisco
4 135 (6.70%) Citrix
5 113 (5.61%) Veeam
6 94 (4.66%) Apple
7 89 (4.41%) HP
8 75 (3.72%) Meraki
9 57 (2.83%) Sophos
10 42 (2.08%) Google
10 42 (2.08%) Palo Alto
11 39 (1.93%) Dell
12 35 (1.74%) Fortinet
13 29 (1.44%) Barracuda Networks
14 28 (1.39%) Aruba
15 27 (1.34%) Draytek
16 26 (1.29%) ConnectWise
17 25 (1.24%) Acronis
18 22 (1.09%) WatchGuard
19 19 (0.94%) iManage