Technical Engineer Job Trends

Technical Engineer
UK

The median Technical Engineer salary in the UK is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 228 436 387
Rank change year-on-year +208 -49 +261
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Engineer 724 212 607
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.87% 0.52% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.94% 0.58% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 501 134 514
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,000 £24,807
25th Percentile £32,500 £28,898 £29,035
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £34,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.94% -1.43% -22.22%
75th Percentile £46,750 £46,842 £46,250
90th Percentile £51,250 £50,648 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% - -4.39%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 77,261 36,752 87,362
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.44% 89.59% 94.53%
Number of salaries quoted 49,774 23,301 65,437
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Technical Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Technical Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Technical Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Technical Engineer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Technical Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Technical Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Technical Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Engineer over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

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 11 April 2026. 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
UK excluding London +155 622 £40,000 +14.29% 78
England +178 604 £40,000 +14.29% 92
Midlands +81 160 £35,000 -12.50% 13
North of England +52 147 £40,000 +31.15% 19
South East +41 129 £37,500 - 20
West Midlands +84 111 £31,500 - 8
Work from Home +66 96 £40,000 +15.94% 18
London +40 81 £40,000 +15.94% 24
North West +30 73 £40,000 +6.67% 10
East of England -8 56 £42,500 +13.33% 3
Yorkshire -14 56 £37,750 +23.77% 8
Northern Ireland +3 50 £38,000 +31.03% 2
East Midlands -11 49 £40,000 - 5
Scotland +21 44 £45,000 +50.00% 1
South West -53 30 £35,000 +7.69% 19
North East -10 18 £40,000 -11.11% 1
Wales -26 5 £35,000 +16.67% 1
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 - 2

Technical Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 11 April 2026, Technical Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Technical Engineer in the job title.

1 150 (20.72%) Problem-Solving
2 106 (14.64%) Degree
3 104 (14.36%) Customer Service
4 92 (12.71%) Microsoft
5 71 (9.81%) Windows
6 65 (8.98%) Continuous Improvement
7 48 (6.63%) Mentoring
8 47 (6.49%) Microsoft Office
9 43 (5.94%) Microsoft 365
10 40 (5.52%) Project Delivery
11 39 (5.39%) HNC
12 38 (5.25%) Logistics
13 37 (5.11%) AutoCAD
14 34 (4.70%) Customer Experience
15 32 (4.42%) CRM
15 32 (4.42%) TETRA
16 31 (4.28%) Firewall
17 29 (4.01%) SLA
17 29 (4.01%) SQL
18 28 (3.87%) Active Directory
18 28 (3.87%) Coaching
19 27 (3.73%) Cisco
19 27 (3.73%) Presales
19 27 (3.73%) Root Cause Analysis
20 25 (3.45%) LAN
20 25 (3.45%) Mathematics
20 25 (3.45%) WAN
21 24 (3.31%) HND
21 24 (3.31%) QA
21 24 (3.31%) VMware

Technical Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 10 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.10%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.55%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.28%) IIS
5 1 (0.14%) CMS
5 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 47 (6.49%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (5.11%) AutoCAD
3 15 (2.07%) Revit
4 14 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
5 6 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.41%) EPLAN
7 2 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.28%) Avid Media Composer
7 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.28%) Pro Tools
7 2 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
7 2 (0.28%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (0.69%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 43 (5.94%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (2.90%) Azure
3 17 (2.35%) SaaS
4 15 (2.07%) AWS
5 13 (1.80%) Entra ID
6 6 (0.83%) IaaS
6 6 (0.83%) PaaS
7 4 (0.55%) Google Workspace
7 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.14%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.14%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 32 (4.42%) TETRA
2 31 (4.28%) Firewall
3 25 (3.45%) LAN
3 25 (3.45%) WAN
4 18 (2.49%) Wireless
5 17 (2.35%) TCP/IP
6 15 (2.07%) VoIP
7 12 (1.66%) DHCP
7 12 (1.66%) DNS
8 11 (1.52%) VPN
9 9 (1.24%) ADSL
10 8 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.83%) PuTTY
11 6 (0.83%) SSH
12 5 (0.69%) Broadband
13 4 (0.55%) Ethernet
13 4 (0.55%) PBX
13 4 (0.55%) Unified Communications
13 4 (0.55%) VDSL
13 4 (0.55%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.69%) MySQL
2 4 (0.55%) Geospatial Data
2 4 (0.55%) GIS
2 4 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.14%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (0.69%) JIRA
2 3 (0.41%) Browser DevTools
3 2 (0.28%) Carbide.c++
3 2 (0.28%) Postman
General
1 176 (24.31%) Social Skills
2 67 (9.25%) Manufacturing
3 46 (6.35%) Electronics
4 26 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
5 24 (3.31%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (2.76%) Marketing
7 16 (2.21%) Finance
8 14 (1.93%) Advertising
8 14 (1.93%) Telecoms
9 11 (1.52%) Legal
10 9 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
10 9 (1.24%) Retail
11 6 (0.83%) Aerospace
12 5 (0.69%) French Language
12 5 (0.69%) Games
12 5 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.55%) Italian Language
13 4 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.41%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.69%) React
2 4 (0.55%) HTML
2 4 (0.55%) JSON
2 4 (0.55%) Leaflet
2 4 (0.55%) MapLibre
2 4 (0.55%) OpenLayers
2 4 (0.55%) PostGIS
3 2 (0.28%) LDAP
4 1 (0.14%) CSS
4 1 (0.14%) Kafka
4 1 (0.14%) Node.js
4 1 (0.14%) OAuth
4 1 (0.14%) OpenID
4 1 (0.14%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 73 (10.08%) Driving Licence
2 71 (9.81%) Self-Motivation
3 38 (5.25%) Renewable Energy
4 26 (3.59%) Data Centre
5 19 (2.62%) Management Information System
6 13 (1.80%) Onboarding
7 11 (1.52%) e-Learning
7 11 (1.52%) Robotics
8 9 (1.24%) Augmented Reality
9 8 (1.10%) CCTV
9 8 (1.10%) NHS
10 7 (0.97%) Smart Home
11 6 (0.83%) Acoustics
11 6 (0.83%) Solar Energy
12 5 (0.69%) IoT
13 4 (0.55%) CAN bus
14 3 (0.41%) Digital Media
14 3 (0.41%) FMCG
14 3 (0.41%) Home Automation
14 3 (0.41%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 71 (9.81%) Windows
2 21 (2.90%) Linux
3 13 (1.80%) Windows 10
4 12 (1.66%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.24%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.83%) VMS
7 4 (0.55%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (20.72%) Problem-Solving
2 104 (14.36%) Customer Service
3 65 (8.98%) Continuous Improvement
4 48 (6.63%) Mentoring
5 40 (5.52%) Project Delivery
6 38 (5.25%) Logistics
7 34 (4.70%) Customer Experience
8 32 (4.42%) CRM
9 28 (3.87%) Coaching
10 27 (3.73%) Presales
10 27 (3.73%) Root Cause Analysis
11 25 (3.45%) Mathematics
12 23 (3.18%) ITIL
13 22 (3.04%) Collaborative Working
13 22 (3.04%) Service Delivery
14 17 (2.35%) Commercial Awareness
14 17 (2.35%) Proactive Monitoring
14 17 (2.35%) SIEM
14 17 (2.35%) Technical Leadership
14 17 (2.35%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 29 (4.01%) SQL
2 15 (2.07%) Ladder Logic
3 14 (1.93%) Python
4 10 (1.38%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.24%) PL/SQL
6 7 (0.97%) Bash
7 6 (0.83%) DCL
7 6 (0.83%) PowerShell
7 6 (0.83%) Tcl
8 4 (0.55%) C#
8 4 (0.55%) VBScript
9 2 (0.28%) Java
9 2 (0.28%) PHP
Qualifications
1 106 (14.64%) Degree
2 39 (5.39%) HNC
3 24 (3.31%) HND
4 9 (1.24%) CCNA
4 9 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (1.10%) Security Cleared
6 7 (0.97%) City & Guilds
6 7 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (0.55%) A+ Certification
7 4 (0.55%) Master's Degree
7 4 (0.55%) MCDST
7 4 (0.55%) MCITP
7 4 (0.55%) MCSA
7 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 4 (0.55%) PhD
8 3 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.41%) NVQ Level 4
8 3 (0.41%) PMP
9 2 (0.28%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.01%) SLA
2 24 (3.31%) QA
3 11 (1.52%) ISO 9001
4 8 (1.10%) GMP
5 6 (0.83%) GDPR
5 6 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.69%) COSHH
7 3 (0.41%) NEBOSH
8 2 (0.28%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.14%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.14%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 28 (3.87%) Active Directory
2 24 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.69%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.55%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 9 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.55%) Cisco CUCM
2 4 (0.55%) ServiceCenter
3 3 (0.41%) SCCM
4 2 (0.28%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.14%) Autotask
5 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 92 (12.71%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.73%) Cisco
3 24 (3.31%) VMware
4 21 (2.90%) Dell
5 17 (2.35%) Juniper
5 17 (2.35%) McAfee
5 17 (2.35%) Motorola
6 14 (1.93%) Siemens
7 6 (0.83%) Apple
7 6 (0.83%) Salesforce
7 6 (0.83%) Veeam
8 5 (0.69%) Adobe
8 5 (0.69%) Toshiba
9 4 (0.55%) Bloomberg
9 4 (0.55%) ESRI
9 4 (0.55%) Google
9 4 (0.55%) HP
9 4 (0.55%) Remedy
9 4 (0.55%) Reuters
9 4 (0.55%) SonicWALL