Technical Engineer Jobs

Technical Engineer
UK

The median Technical Engineer salary in the UK is £35,988 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 447 608 874
Rank change year-on-year +161 +266 -135
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Engineer 452 293 412
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.50% 0.36% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.40% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 344 196 251
10th Percentile £25,325 £27,500 £24,000
25th Percentile £28,938 £32,000 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,988 £40,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.03% +14.29% -8.79%
75th Percentile £46,250 £57,500 £47,750
90th Percentile £55,000 £71,250 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £36,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -2.78% +10.77% -5.11%

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 85,709 74,085 167,386
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 91.81% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 58,134 51,472 87,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,800 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%

Technical Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Engineer in the UK

Technical Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Technical Engineer in the UK

Technical Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Engineer over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Engineer in the UK

Technical Engineer
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 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 +153 413 £36,500 -14.12% 82
UK excluding London +128 408 £35,000 -2.78% 86
North of England +75 105 £35,000 - 24
South East +38 101 £36,500 -8.75% 20
Work from Home +41 79 £43,750 -2.78% 28
Midlands +37 74 £35,000 -26.32% 22
East of England +36 50 £38,000 +1.33% 9
North West +24 49 £34,500 +15.00% 15
West Midlands +31 47 £42,000 +16.67% 15
Yorkshire +80 42 £30,000 -14.29% 6
South West +7 42 £32,000 -8.57% 7
London +38 39 £45,000 -14.29% 7
East Midlands -4 27 £30,000 -45.45% 7
Scotland -43 15 £26,500 -41.11% 4
North East +1 14 £40,000 -27.60% 4
Wales +30 8 £33,378 -4.63% 2
Isle of Man - 8 £45,000 -
Northern Ireland +8 5 £34,500 +43.75% 5

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, Technical 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 Technical Engineer in the job title.

1 121 (26.77%) Microsoft
2 115 (25.44%) Windows
3 100 (22.12%) Social Skills
4 99 (21.90%) Customer Service
5 83 (18.36%) Azure
6 71 (15.71%) Problem-Solving
7 67 (14.82%) Active Directory
8 65 (14.38%) Windows Server
8 65 (14.38%) Microsoft 365
9 60 (13.27%) Degree
10 54 (11.95%) Firewall
11 53 (11.73%) Manufacturing
12 47 (10.40%) Finance
13 39 (8.63%) Hyper-V
14 37 (8.19%) Coaching
14 37 (8.19%) Driving Licence
14 37 (8.19%) VMware
15 36 (7.96%) Electronics
16 34 (7.52%) Project Management
16 34 (7.52%) SharePoint
17 32 (7.08%) Telecoms
18 30 (6.64%) Entra ID
19 29 (6.42%) Security Cleared
19 29 (6.42%) AWS
20 28 (6.19%) TCP/IP
20 28 (6.19%) Customer Experience
21 27 (5.97%) Microsoft Exchange
21 27 (5.97%) Microsoft Certification
21 27 (5.97%) Continuous Improvement
22 26 (5.75%) DevOps

Technical 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 34 (7.52%) SharePoint
2 27 (5.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (3.54%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.66%) Trello
3 2 (0.44%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.22%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.22%) Maya
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.22%) NUKE
4 1 (0.22%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.22%) C-CURE
3 1 (0.22%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 83 (18.36%) Azure
2 65 (14.38%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (6.64%) Entra ID
4 29 (6.42%) AWS
5 20 (4.42%) OneDrive
6 13 (2.88%) Amazon Kinesis
7 12 (2.65%) IBM Cloud
8 10 (2.21%) SaaS
9 8 (1.77%) Azure Monitor
9 8 (1.77%) GCP
10 5 (1.11%) Mimecast
11 4 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (0.88%) PaaS
12 3 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (0.66%) IaaS
13 2 (0.44%) Oracle CX
13 2 (0.44%) Power Platform
14 1 (0.22%) Azure Data Factory
14 1 (0.22%) Azure DevOps
14 1 (0.22%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 54 (11.95%) Firewall
2 28 (6.19%) TCP/IP
3 25 (5.53%) DNS
4 22 (4.87%) Wi-Fi
5 21 (4.65%) VoIP
6 20 (4.42%) WAN
7 18 (3.98%) DHCP
8 17 (3.76%) LAN
9 16 (3.54%) 4G
9 16 (3.54%) Wireless
10 15 (3.32%) Ethernet
10 15 (3.32%) LTE
11 13 (2.88%) 3G
12 12 (2.65%) GPRS
12 12 (2.65%) SAN
13 11 (2.43%) Bluetooth
13 11 (2.43%) GSM
14 10 (2.21%) Broadband
15 7 (1.55%) VLAN
16 5 (1.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.10%) SQL Server
2 13 (2.88%) Amazon Aurora
2 13 (2.88%) DynamoDB
2 13 (2.88%) NoSQL
2 13 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (1.99%) MySQL
4 5 (1.11%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.66%) GIS
6 2 (0.44%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.44%) Power BI
6 2 (0.44%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.22%) Big Data
7 1 (0.22%) Data Hub
7 1 (0.22%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 12 (2.65%) JIRA
2 2 (0.44%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.22%) GitLab
3 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 100 (22.12%) Social Skills
2 53 (11.73%) Manufacturing
3 47 (10.40%) Finance
4 36 (7.96%) Electronics
5 32 (7.08%) Telecoms
6 23 (5.09%) Analytical Skills
7 20 (4.42%) Retail
8 18 (3.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (2.88%) German Language
9 13 (2.88%) Public Sector
10 11 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (1.99%) Automotive
12 9 (1.99%) Marketing
13 8 (1.77%) French Language
14 7 (1.55%) Police
15 6 (1.33%) Danish Language
15 6 (1.33%) Italian Language
15 6 (1.33%) Local Government
15 6 (1.33%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.98%) REST
2 15 (3.32%) Web Services
3 13 (2.88%) GraphQL
3 13 (2.88%) http4s
3 13 (2.88%) Scalaz
4 7 (1.55%) CSS
5 6 (1.33%) HTML
6 4 (0.88%) JSON
7 3 (0.66%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (0.66%) XML
8 2 (0.44%) Ajax
8 2 (0.44%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.44%) Fluent Bit
8 2 (0.44%) JDBC
8 2 (0.44%) Middleware
8 2 (0.44%) ODBC
8 2 (0.44%) SOAP
8 2 (0.44%) XHTML
8 2 (0.44%) Yocto
9 1 (0.22%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 37 (8.19%) Driving Licence
2 21 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (3.32%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (2.88%) Blog
4 13 (2.88%) Hybrid Cloud
4 13 (2.88%) Media Streaming
5 12 (2.65%) Blockchain
6 11 (2.43%) CCTV
6 11 (2.43%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.77%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.11%) Fat Client
8 5 (1.11%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (1.11%) NHS
8 5 (1.11%) Thin Client
9 4 (0.88%) EPoS
9 4 (0.88%) IoT
9 4 (0.88%) Robotics
10 3 (0.66%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.66%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.66%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 115 (25.44%) Windows
2 65 (14.38%) Windows Server
3 21 (4.65%) Linux
4 20 (4.42%) Mac OS
5 14 (3.10%) Windows 10
6 9 (1.99%) VMS
6 9 (1.99%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (0.88%) Android
7 4 (0.88%) Unix
8 3 (0.66%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.22%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (21.90%) Customer Service
2 71 (15.71%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (8.19%) Coaching
4 34 (7.52%) Project Management
5 28 (6.19%) Customer Experience
6 27 (5.97%) Continuous Improvement
7 26 (5.75%) DevOps
8 25 (5.53%) Cybersecurity
8 25 (5.53%) Mentoring
9 23 (5.09%) Commercial Awareness
10 20 (4.42%) ITIL
11 19 (4.20%) Software Engineering
12 18 (3.98%) CRM
13 17 (3.76%) Time Management
14 16 (3.54%) Computer Science
15 14 (3.10%) Agile
16 13 (2.88%) Continuous Integration
16 13 (2.88%) Integration Testing
16 13 (2.88%) Open Source
16 13 (2.88%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 22 (4.87%) SQL
2 13 (2.88%) Scala
3 10 (2.21%) PowerShell
4 7 (1.55%) Java
4 7 (1.55%) JavaScript
4 7 (1.55%) Python
5 5 (1.11%) C++
5 5 (1.11%) PL/SQL
6 3 (0.66%) Apex Code
7 2 (0.44%) Bash
7 2 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.44%) Perl
7 2 (0.44%) Rust
8 1 (0.22%) C#
8 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.22%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.22%) VBA
8 1 (0.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 60 (13.27%) Degree
2 29 (6.42%) Security Cleared
3 27 (5.97%) Microsoft Certification
4 18 (3.98%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (3.76%) CCNA
6 14 (3.10%) HNC
7 12 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.99%) A+ Certification
8 9 (1.99%) SC Cleared
9 8 (1.77%) Azure Certification
9 8 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (1.55%) MCP
11 6 (1.33%) DV Cleared
11 6 (1.33%) HND
11 6 (1.33%) Network+ Certification
12 5 (1.11%) MCITP
13 4 (0.88%) CISSP
13 4 (0.88%) Citrix Certification
13 4 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.75%) SLA
2 8 (1.77%) PCI DSS
3 7 (1.55%) GDPR
4 3 (0.66%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.44%) GRC
6 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 67 (14.82%) Active Directory
2 39 (8.63%) Hyper-V
3 26 (5.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (3.32%) XenApp
4 15 (3.32%) XenDesktop
5 8 (1.77%) KVM
6 5 (1.11%) vSphere
7 4 (0.88%) NFS
8 3 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.22%) Docker
10 1 (0.22%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 23 (5.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.43%) Terraform
3 7 (1.55%) SCCM
4 5 (1.11%) SCOM
5 2 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.44%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (0.44%) Fluentd
5 2 (0.44%) logstash
5 2 (0.44%) McAfee ePO
5 2 (0.44%) WMI
6 1 (0.22%) Autotask
6 1 (0.22%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.22%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.22%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.22%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 121 (26.77%) Microsoft
2 37 (8.19%) VMware
3 24 (5.31%) Citrix
4 19 (4.20%) Cisco
5 14 (3.10%) Salesforce
6 12 (2.65%) IBM
7 11 (2.43%) Dell
8 8 (1.77%) HP
8 8 (1.77%) Oracle
9 7 (1.55%) SAP
10 5 (1.11%) Acronis
11 4 (0.88%) ConnectWise
11 4 (0.88%) Google
11 4 (0.88%) Splunk
12 3 (0.66%) Aruba
12 3 (0.66%) NetApp
12 3 (0.66%) SolarWinds
13 2 (0.44%) Apple
13 2 (0.44%) McAfee
13 2 (0.44%) Sophos