IT Engineer Jobs in England

IT Engineer
UK > England

The median IT Engineer salary in England is £33,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 143 242 367
Rank change year-on-year +99 +125 -100
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,752 1,340 1,375
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.03% 1.52% 1.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.14% 1.66% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,566 1,065 1,214
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,750 £28,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £34,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -1.43% -
75th Percentile £43,000 £45,000 £47,188
90th Percentile £50,000 £60,250 £57,500
UK median annual salary £32,500 £34,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -5.80% -1.43% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 81,760 80,739 129,993
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.54% 91.52% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 60,876 51,417 74,746
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in England

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Engineer in England

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in England

IT Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
South East +76 406 £34,000 +6.25% 79
North of England +75 364 £31,500 -8.70% 66
Midlands +74 355 £35,000 +6.67% 47
South West +1 228 £30,000 -7.69% 55
London -4 211 £40,000 +5.26% 85
West Midlands +61 186 £35,000 +1.45% 18
East of England +58 180 £31,833 +0.26% 26
North West +36 172 £30,000 -15.49% 29
East Midlands +60 164 £37,500 +33.93% 29
Yorkshire +85 137 £30,250 +4.31% 28
North East +28 54 £32,500 -2.99% 11
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 England region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 1,021 (58.28%) Windows
2 917 (52.34%) Microsoft 365
3 882 (50.34%) Microsoft
4 779 (44.46%) Active Directory
5 657 (37.50%) Azure
6 539 (30.76%) Social Skills
7 533 (30.42%) Windows Server
8 461 (26.31%) Firewall
9 374 (21.35%) VMware
10 358 (20.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 318 (18.15%) Problem-Solving
11 318 (18.15%) Microsoft Exchange
12 317 (18.09%) Customer Service
13 280 (15.98%) ITIL
14 272 (15.53%) Hyper-V
15 269 (15.35%) Windows 10
16 245 (13.98%) VMware Infrastructure
17 244 (13.93%) Microsoft Office
18 226 (12.90%) SharePoint
19 218 (12.44%) DNS
20 217 (12.39%) Entra ID
21 214 (12.21%) Microsoft Intune
22 183 (10.45%) DHCP
22 183 (10.45%) Wi-Fi
23 177 (10.10%) Cybersecurity
24 174 (9.93%) Cisco
25 161 (9.19%) Degree
26 159 (9.08%) Linux
27 153 (8.73%) Driving Licence
28 152 (8.68%) PowerShell

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 318 (18.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 226 (12.90%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.08%) Exchange Server 2013
4 16 (0.91%) IIS
5 11 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2010
6 10 (0.57%) Confluence
7 9 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2007
8 6 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2000
9 3 (0.17%) CMS
9 3 (0.17%) SAS
9 3 (0.17%) WordPress
10 2 (0.11%) Apache
10 2 (0.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.11%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.057%) Moodle
11 1 (0.057%) nginx
11 1 (0.057%) Site Server
11 1 (0.057%) Tomcat
Applications
1 244 (13.93%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (2.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.17%) SPSS
6 2 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.057%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.057%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.057%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.29%) Sage X3
2 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.057%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.057%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.057%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 917 (52.34%) Microsoft 365
2 657 (37.50%) Azure
3 217 (12.39%) Entra ID
4 94 (5.37%) AWS
5 58 (3.31%) OneDrive
6 33 (1.88%) Mimecast
7 31 (1.77%) Google Workspace
8 18 (1.03%) SaaS
9 14 (0.80%) Power Platform
10 13 (0.74%) IaaS
11 12 (0.68%) iTunes
12 10 (0.57%) PaaS
13 9 (0.51%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (0.51%) Nutanix
13 9 (0.51%) Power Automate
14 8 (0.46%) Cloud Computing
14 8 (0.46%) GCP
14 8 (0.46%) PowerApps
14 8 (0.46%) WhatsApp
15 7 (0.40%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 461 (26.31%) Firewall
2 218 (12.44%) DNS
3 183 (10.45%) DHCP
3 183 (10.45%) Wi-Fi
4 145 (8.28%) VPN
5 129 (7.36%) TCP/IP
6 127 (7.25%) WAN
7 113 (6.45%) LAN
8 107 (6.11%) VoIP
9 103 (5.88%) SAN
10 99 (5.65%) Wireless
11 94 (5.37%) VLAN
12 56 (3.20%) Network Security
13 44 (2.51%) Internet
14 31 (1.77%) Remote Desktop
15 26 (1.48%) NAS
15 26 (1.48%) SD-WAN
16 19 (1.08%) SSL
17 18 (1.03%) Cisco IOS
17 18 (1.03%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (6.91%) SQL Server
2 45 (2.57%) Amazon RDS
3 34 (1.94%) MySQL
4 8 (0.46%) MariaDB
5 6 (0.34%) Power BI
6 4 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (0.23%) DB2
6 4 (0.23%) InfluxDB
7 3 (0.17%) Big Data
7 3 (0.17%) EDRMS
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.057%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 23 (1.31%) JIRA
2 4 (0.23%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.17%) LabVIEW
4 2 (0.11%) MSI
4 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.057%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.057%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.057%) Jenkins
General
1 539 (30.76%) Social Skills
2 98 (5.59%) Finance
3 87 (4.97%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (4.57%) Law
5 79 (4.51%) Organisational Skills
6 78 (4.45%) Telecoms
7 61 (3.48%) Manufacturing
8 49 (2.80%) Retail
9 38 (2.17%) Legal
10 34 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 32 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
12 26 (1.48%) Banking
12 26 (1.48%) Marketing
13 24 (1.37%) Public Sector
14 19 (1.08%) Games
15 17 (0.97%) Automotive
16 15 (0.86%) Advertising
17 14 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
18 11 (0.63%) Back Office
19 9 (0.51%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.46%) ADSI
1 8 (0.46%) LDAP
2 5 (0.29%) Kafka
3 4 (0.23%) Cocoa
4 3 (0.17%) .NET
4 3 (0.17%) LAMP
5 2 (0.11%) CSS
5 2 (0.11%) HTML
5 2 (0.11%) Software Packaging
5 2 (0.11%) V-Ray
6 1 (0.057%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.057%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.057%) EDI
6 1 (0.057%) RESTEasy
6 1 (0.057%) SAML
6 1 (0.057%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 153 (8.73%) Driving Licence
2 63 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
3 60 (3.42%) Data Centre
4 47 (2.68%) Management Information System
5 45 (2.57%) Replication
6 32 (1.83%) Onboarding
7 29 (1.66%) Fat Client
7 29 (1.66%) Thin Client
8 28 (1.60%) EPoS
9 27 (1.54%) Enterprise Storage
10 26 (1.48%) CCTV
11 18 (1.03%) iPad
12 14 (0.80%) Public Cloud
12 14 (0.80%) Social Media
12 14 (0.80%) Video Conferencing
13 13 (0.74%) Cyberattack
13 13 (0.74%) Security Posture
14 9 (0.51%) Analytical Mindset
14 9 (0.51%) Clustering
14 9 (0.51%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1,021 (58.28%) Windows
2 533 (30.42%) Windows Server
3 269 (15.35%) Windows 10
4 159 (9.08%) Linux
5 138 (7.88%) Windows Server 2016
6 103 (5.88%) Windows Server 2019
7 92 (5.25%) Windows Server 2012
8 78 (4.45%) Mac OS
9 65 (3.71%) Android
10 63 (3.60%) Apple iOS
11 33 (1.88%) Windows 7
12 25 (1.43%) Windows Server 2008
13 24 (1.37%) Mac OS X
14 22 (1.26%) Windows 8
15 17 (0.97%) Unix
16 13 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 10 (0.57%) Windows Server 2003
18 9 (0.51%) CentOS
19 5 (0.29%) Debian
19 5 (0.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (20.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 318 (18.15%) Problem-Solving
3 317 (18.09%) Customer Service
4 280 (15.98%) ITIL
5 177 (10.10%) Cybersecurity
6 98 (5.59%) Migration
7 91 (5.19%) Disaster Recovery
8 90 (5.14%) Project Delivery
9 82 (4.68%) Continuous Improvement
10 76 (4.34%) Service Delivery
11 69 (3.94%) Project Management
12 56 (3.20%) Incident Management
13 54 (3.08%) Agile
14 48 (2.74%) Service Management
15 47 (2.68%) Asset Management
16 45 (2.57%) Change Management
17 43 (2.45%) Project Planning
17 43 (2.45%) Time Management
18 40 (2.28%) Customer Experience
18 40 (2.28%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 152 (8.68%) PowerShell
2 147 (8.39%) SQL
3 44 (2.51%) Python
4 18 (1.03%) Bash
5 13 (0.74%) Java
6 10 (0.57%) Swift
7 9 (0.51%) C++
7 9 (0.51%) PHP
8 7 (0.40%) JavaScript
9 6 (0.34%) C#
9 6 (0.34%) VB
10 5 (0.29%) Perl
11 4 (0.23%) R
11 4 (0.23%) Ruby
12 3 (0.17%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.057%) Go
13 1 (0.057%) Korn
13 1 (0.057%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.057%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 161 (9.19%) Degree
2 115 (6.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 83 (4.74%) Cisco Certification
4 69 (3.94%) DBS Check
5 61 (3.48%) CCNA
6 46 (2.63%) Network+ Certification
7 37 (2.11%) MCSE
8 34 (1.94%) Security Cleared
9 33 (1.88%) Azure Certification
10 28 (1.60%) A+ Certification
11 26 (1.48%) CISSP
12 25 (1.43%) CCNP
13 21 (1.20%) MCP
14 20 (1.14%) SC Cleared
15 19 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
16 16 (0.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 14 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
18 13 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
18 13 (0.74%) MCSA
19 12 (0.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (5.25%) SLA
2 37 (2.11%) GDPR
3 31 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (0.91%) QA
6 9 (0.51%) NIST
7 5 (0.29%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.29%) SOC 2
8 4 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.17%) COBIT
10 1 (0.057%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.057%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.057%) NCSC
System Software
1 779 (44.46%) Active Directory
2 272 (15.53%) Hyper-V
3 245 (13.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 46 (2.63%) VMware ESXi
5 27 (1.54%) vSphere
6 25 (1.43%) Virtual Desktop
7 20 (1.14%) Virtual Servers
8 19 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
9 15 (0.86%) Docker
10 10 (0.57%) Terminal Services
11 7 (0.40%) Firmware
12 5 (0.29%) VMware Server
13 4 (0.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 4 (0.23%) XenApp
14 3 (0.17%) Xen
15 2 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
15 2 (0.11%) pfSense
15 2 (0.11%) Samba
15 2 (0.11%) VMware Workstation
16 1 (0.057%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 214 (12.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 83 (4.74%) SCCM
3 17 (0.97%) WSUS
4 13 (0.74%) Cisco CUCM
4 13 (0.74%) Jamf Pro
4 13 (0.74%) ServiceCenter
5 12 (0.68%) Kubernetes
5 12 (0.68%) SCOM
6 10 (0.57%) Ansible
7 9 (0.51%) FortiGate
7 9 (0.51%) vCenter Server
8 8 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 7 (0.40%) Grafana
10 6 (0.34%) Failover Clustering
10 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 6 (0.34%) Opsgenie
11 5 (0.29%) NetCrunch
11 5 (0.29%) Proxmox
12 4 (0.23%) Backup Exec
12 4 (0.23%) Nessus
Vendors
1 882 (50.34%) Microsoft
2 374 (21.35%) VMware
3 174 (9.93%) Cisco
4 132 (7.53%) Citrix
5 102 (5.82%) Veeam
6 81 (4.62%) Apple
7 77 (4.39%) HP
8 67 (3.82%) Meraki
9 58 (3.31%) Sophos
10 41 (2.34%) Google
11 36 (2.05%) Fortinet
12 35 (2.00%) Dell
13 33 (1.88%) Palo Alto
14 28 (1.60%) Aruba
14 28 (1.60%) ConnectWise
14 28 (1.60%) Draytek
15 27 (1.54%) Barracuda Networks
16 22 (1.26%) Acronis
17 20 (1.14%) WatchGuard
18 16 (0.91%) Oracle