IT Engineer Jobs in Birmingham

IT Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median IT Engineer salary in Birmingham is £31,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 107 136
Rank change year-on-year 0 +29 -37
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 45 26 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 1.54% 1.40% 1.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.63% 1.50% 1.83%
Number of salaries quoted 43 26 51
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,125 £27,563 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £33,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.97% -16.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £38,375 £39,688 £57,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £42,750 £60,000
West Midlands median annual salary £35,000 £34,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +1.45% -13.75% +14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,755 1,729 3,012
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.51% 93.06% 96.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,231 1,343 2,285
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,125 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,964 £81,250 £83,750
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Birmingham

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for IT Engineer in Birmingham

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in Birmingham over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 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 across the Birmingham region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 39 (86.67%) Windows
2 37 (82.22%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (71.11%) Azure
4 30 (66.67%) Active Directory
5 27 (60.00%) Windows Server
6 25 (55.56%) Microsoft
7 21 (46.67%) Entra ID
8 20 (44.44%) Telecoms
9 19 (42.22%) Hyper-V
9 19 (42.22%) Microsoft Intune
9 19 (42.22%) Windows Server 2012
10 18 (40.00%) Firewall
11 17 (37.78%) VMware
12 16 (35.56%) VMware Infrastructure
13 15 (33.33%) Veeam
14 14 (31.11%) Windows 10
15 13 (28.89%) Problem-Solving
15 13 (28.89%) SCCM
15 13 (28.89%) VMware ESXi
15 13 (28.89%) Microsoft Exchange
16 12 (26.67%) Replication
16 12 (26.67%) Social Skills
17 11 (24.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 11 (24.44%) Wi-Fi
18 10 (22.22%) DHCP
18 10 (22.22%) DNS
18 10 (22.22%) DBS Check
19 9 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
19 9 (20.00%) Windows Server 2019
19 9 (20.00%) Cisco

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 13 (28.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (15.56%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.44%) Exchange Server 2010
Cloud Services
1 37 (82.22%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (71.11%) Azure
3 21 (46.67%) Entra ID
4 2 (4.44%) Amazon S3
4 2 (4.44%) AWS
4 2 (4.44%) Mimecast
4 2 (4.44%) OneDrive
4 2 (4.44%) OpenDNS
5 1 (2.22%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 18 (40.00%) Firewall
2 11 (24.44%) Wi-Fi
3 10 (22.22%) DHCP
3 10 (22.22%) DNS
4 8 (17.78%) PBX
5 2 (4.44%) EIGRP
5 2 (4.44%) HSRP
5 2 (4.44%) IPsec
5 2 (4.44%) iSCSI
5 2 (4.44%) OSPF
5 2 (4.44%) RIP
5 2 (4.44%) SAN
5 2 (4.44%) TCP/IP
5 2 (4.44%) VLAN
5 2 (4.44%) VPN
5 2 (4.44%) VRRP
5 2 (4.44%) X.509
6 1 (2.22%) SD-WAN
6 1 (2.22%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.44%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (2.22%) SQL Server
General
1 20 (44.44%) Telecoms
2 12 (26.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.44%) Finance
3 2 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (4.44%) Law
3 2 (4.44%) Legal
4 1 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.44%) LAMP
1 2 (4.44%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 12 (26.67%) Replication
2 2 (4.44%) PKI
3 1 (2.22%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.22%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 39 (86.67%) Windows
2 27 (60.00%) Windows Server
3 19 (42.22%) Windows Server 2012
4 14 (31.11%) Windows 10
5 9 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (20.00%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (4.44%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (28.89%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (24.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 6 (13.33%) Service Delivery
4 5 (11.11%) Communications Security
4 5 (11.11%) Customer Service
4 5 (11.11%) Virtual Environments
5 3 (6.67%) ITIL
6 2 (4.44%) ITSM
6 2 (4.44%) Migration
6 2 (4.44%) Project Delivery
6 2 (4.44%) Server Management
6 2 (4.44%) Server Migrations
6 2 (4.44%) Service Management
6 2 (4.44%) Software Deployment
6 2 (4.44%) Storage Management
7 1 (2.22%) Business Strategy
7 1 (2.22%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (2.22%) Customer-Centric Approach
7 1 (2.22%) Customer-Centricity
7 1 (2.22%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.44%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (22.22%) DBS Check
2 2 (4.44%) MCSE
2 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.22%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.22%) Degree
3 1 (2.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 30 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 19 (42.22%) Hyper-V
3 16 (35.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (28.89%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (4.44%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 2 (4.44%) Docker
5 2 (4.44%) pfSense
5 2 (4.44%) Terminal Services
5 2 (4.44%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 19 (42.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (28.89%) SCCM
3 2 (4.44%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 25 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 17 (37.78%) VMware
3 15 (33.33%) Veeam
4 9 (20.00%) Cisco
5 4 (8.89%) Acronis
5 4 (8.89%) Aruba
5 4 (8.89%) Meraki
6 2 (4.44%) Citrix
6 2 (4.44%) HP
6 2 (4.44%) ServiceNow
6 2 (4.44%) SonicWALL
6 2 (4.44%) Sophos
6 2 (4.44%) Veritas
6 2 (4.44%) WatchGuard
7 1 (2.22%) Apple
7 1 (2.22%) Avaya
7 1 (2.22%) Commvault
7 1 (2.22%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.22%) Ubiquiti
7 1 (2.22%) Zerto