IT Engineer Jobs in the West Midlands

IT Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median IT Engineer salary in the West Midlands is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 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
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 98 156
Rank change year-on-year -19 +58 +4
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 71 185 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.72% 2.46% 1.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.89% 2.61% 2.03%
Number of salaries quoted 34 152 109
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £26,438 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £34,875 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.36% +1.09% -13.75%
75th Percentile £42,132 £43,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £48,750
England median annual salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 3,752 7,099 5,574
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 94.33% 90.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,611 5,296 3,215
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £38,966
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £56,785 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.14% -12.83% +1.33%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the West Midlands

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for IT Engineer in the West Midlands

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in the West Midlands

IT Engineer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 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
Warwickshire +5 16 - - 2
Staffordshire -12 16 £35,000 -12.50% 13
Birmingham +12 13 £42,500 +46.55% 10
Worcestershire +13 5 £27,500 -9.84% 8
Shropshire +5 5 £26,000 -28.77% 4
Coventry -1 5 £45,000 +30.43% 5
Wolverhampton +13 1 - - 6
Bilston - 1 - -
Kingswinford - 1 - -
Rowley Regis - 1 - -
Smethwick - 1 - -
Sutton Coldfield - 1 - -
Tipton - 1 - -
Willenhall - 1 - -
IT Engineer
England

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 23 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 across the West Midlands region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 65 (91.55%) Windows
2 48 (67.61%) Linux
2 48 (67.61%) Microsoft
3 37 (52.11%) Cisco
3 37 (52.11%) Degree
4 36 (50.70%) Computer Science
4 36 (50.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 35 (49.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 34 (47.89%) WLAN
6 34 (47.89%) MCSE
7 33 (46.48%) Problem-Solving
8 27 (38.03%) ITIL
8 27 (38.03%) Driving Licence
8 27 (38.03%) Windows Server
9 24 (33.80%) Network Security
10 23 (32.39%) Asset Management
10 23 (32.39%) Mentoring
10 23 (32.39%) CCNA
10 23 (32.39%) Cisco Certification
10 23 (32.39%) Systems Engineering
11 22 (30.99%) Internet
11 22 (30.99%) CCNP
11 22 (30.99%) MCP
11 22 (30.99%) IT Asset Management
11 22 (30.99%) Network Management
11 22 (30.99%) LPIC
12 21 (29.58%) Firewall
13 20 (28.17%) Active Directory
14 17 (23.94%) Apple
14 17 (23.94%) Social Skills

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 10 (14.08%) Confluence
2 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (5.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (21.13%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (16.90%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 15 (21.13%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (16.90%) Azure
2 12 (16.90%) Google Workspace
3 5 (7.04%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.41%) AWS
4 1 (1.41%) GCP
4 1 (1.41%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.41%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 34 (47.89%) WLAN
2 24 (33.80%) Network Security
3 22 (30.99%) Internet
4 21 (29.58%) Firewall
5 13 (18.31%) DNS
5 13 (18.31%) TCP/IP
5 13 (18.31%) VLAN
6 12 (16.90%) BGP
6 12 (16.90%) DHCP
6 12 (16.90%) OSPF
7 6 (8.45%) VPN
7 6 (8.45%) WAN
8 5 (7.04%) LAN
9 3 (4.23%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (1.41%) PBX
10 1 (1.41%) SAN
10 1 (1.41%) Unified Communications
10 1 (1.41%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (14.08%) MySQL
1 10 (14.08%) Relational Database
2 4 (5.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (14.08%) Bitbucket
1 10 (14.08%) Git
1 10 (14.08%) JIRA
General
1 17 (23.94%) Social Skills
2 12 (16.90%) Automotive
2 12 (16.90%) Retail
3 6 (8.45%) Finance
4 5 (7.04%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.82%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.82%) Marketing
6 1 (1.41%) Electronics
6 1 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.41%) Law
6 1 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.41%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (14.08%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 27 (38.03%) Driving Licence
2 13 (18.31%) Management Information System
3 12 (16.90%) Smartphone
4 5 (7.04%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.82%) FMCG
5 2 (2.82%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.82%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.41%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.41%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (1.41%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.41%) PKI
6 1 (1.41%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 65 (91.55%) Windows
2 48 (67.61%) Linux
3 27 (38.03%) Windows Server
4 16 (22.54%) Windows 10
5 13 (18.31%) Windows Server 2016
5 13 (18.31%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (16.90%) Mac OS X
6 12 (16.90%) Ubuntu
7 1 (1.41%) Android
7 1 (1.41%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.41%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (50.70%) Computer Science
2 33 (46.48%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (38.03%) ITIL
4 23 (32.39%) Asset Management
4 23 (32.39%) Mentoring
4 23 (32.39%) Systems Engineering
5 22 (30.99%) IT Asset Management
5 22 (30.99%) Network Management
6 12 (16.90%) Business Case
6 12 (16.90%) Performance Tuning
7 11 (15.49%) Agile
8 10 (14.08%) CI/CD
8 10 (14.08%) Coaching
8 10 (14.08%) Continuous Deployment
8 10 (14.08%) Continuous Integration
8 10 (14.08%) DevSecOps
9 6 (8.45%) Customer Service
10 4 (5.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 3 (4.23%) Open Source
11 3 (4.23%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 16 (22.54%) SQL
2 13 (18.31%) PowerShell
3 10 (14.08%) C#
Qualifications
1 37 (52.11%) Degree
2 36 (50.70%) Microsoft Certification
3 35 (49.30%) Computer Science Degree
4 34 (47.89%) MCSE
5 23 (32.39%) CCNA
5 23 (32.39%) Cisco Certification
6 22 (30.99%) CCNP
6 22 (30.99%) LPIC
6 22 (30.99%) MCP
7 12 (16.90%) HNC
7 12 (16.90%) HND
8 10 (14.08%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (2.82%) MCSA
9 2 (2.82%) SC Cleared
9 2 (2.82%) Security Cleared
10 1 (1.41%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.23%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 20 (28.17%) Active Directory
2 10 (14.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (9.86%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (14.08%) Ansible
2 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.82%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.41%) WSUS
Vendors
1 48 (67.61%) Microsoft
2 37 (52.11%) Cisco
3 17 (23.94%) Apple
4 14 (19.72%) Dell
5 13 (18.31%) Google
6 12 (16.90%) Fortinet
6 12 (16.90%) Ubiquiti
7 10 (14.08%) Atlassian
7 10 (14.08%) VMware
8 3 (4.23%) Citrix
9 2 (2.82%) HP
9 2 (2.82%) Meraki
9 2 (2.82%) Sophos
9 2 (2.82%) Veeam
10 1 (1.41%) ConnectWise
10 1 (1.41%) NetApp
10 1 (1.41%) Nimble Storage