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 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 30 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 295 | 144 | 258 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -151 | +114 | +147 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer | 575 | 2,062 | 1,396 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 1.04% | 2.00% | 1.44% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.15% | 2.11% | 1.57% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 405 | 1,729 | 1,102 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,750 | £24,000 | £25,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £27,500 | £26,250 | £28,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £35,000 | £32,500 | £35,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.69% | -7.14% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £43,750 | £43,000 | £45,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £55,000 | £50,000 | £60,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £34,000 | £32,250 | £32,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.43% | -0.77% | -2.99% |
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 | 50,066 | 97,923 | 88,829 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.36% | 94.81% | 91.43% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,124 | 69,761 | 56,179 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,750 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.00% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
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 May 2025.
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 30 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 | -161 | 532 | £35,000 | +7.69% | 539 |
| UK excluding London | -135 | 462 | £34,000 | +5.43% | 523 |
| Work from Home | -103 | 136 | £37,000 | -1.33% | 188 |
| South East | -79 | 123 | £37,000 | +8.82% | 148 |
| North of England | -106 | 117 | £32,500 | +3.17% | 114 |
| Midlands | -53 | 115 | £35,000 | - | 86 |
| London | +11 | 101 | £45,000 | +13.92% | 88 |
| Yorkshire | +13 | 81 | £30,000 | -0.83% | 42 |
| West Midlands | -34 | 69 | £35,000 | - | 29 |
| East Midlands | -47 | 46 | £32,750 | -12.67% | 53 |
| South West | -36 | 38 | £33,500 | +11.67% | 76 |
| East of England | -70 | 38 | £30,000 | -5.76% | 74 |
| North West | -131 | 28 | £33,750 | +12.50% | 54 |
| Scotland | +82 | 27 | £30,000 | +5.26% | 25 |
| North East | 0 | 8 | £38,750 | +19.23% | 20 |
| Wales | -45 | 4 | £39,500 | +43.64% | 17 |
| Channel Islands | -3 | 1 | £45,000 | - |
IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 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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