IT Engineer Jobs in England

IT Engineer
UK > England

The median IT Engineer salary in England is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 142 243 378
Rank change year-on-year +101 +135 -108
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,760 1,332 1,367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.01% 1.52% 0.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.13% 1.66% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,571 1,054 1,205
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,550 £28,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - -
75th Percentile £43,000 £45,000 £47,250
90th Percentile £50,000 £60,175 £57,500
UK median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - -

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 82,670 80,142 132,199
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.50% 96.04%
Number of salaries quoted 61,486 50,956 74,862
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.57% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £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 23 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 23 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 +4.62% 87
North of England +76 366 £31,500 -9.35% 85
Midlands +66 358 £35,000 +7.69% 51
South West +5 230 £30,000 -7.69% 53
London +3 212 £40,000 +5.26% 80
West Midlands +53 184 £34,750 +0.72% 20
East of England +50 180 £31,833 +0.26% 31
North West +30 173 £30,000 -18.92% 40
East Midlands +67 169 £37,500 +33.93% 30
Yorkshire +83 138 £30,500 +5.17% 37
North East +27 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 23 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 1,019 (57.90%) Windows
2 909 (51.65%) Microsoft 365
3 882 (50.11%) Microsoft
4 777 (44.15%) Active Directory
5 656 (37.27%) Azure
6 538 (30.57%) Social Skills
7 531 (30.17%) Windows Server
8 459 (26.08%) Firewall
9 371 (21.08%) VMware
10 361 (20.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 320 (18.18%) Customer Service
12 317 (18.01%) Problem-Solving
13 313 (17.78%) Microsoft Exchange
14 279 (15.85%) ITIL
15 268 (15.23%) Hyper-V
16 265 (15.06%) Windows 10
17 246 (13.98%) Microsoft Office
18 243 (13.81%) VMware Infrastructure
19 224 (12.73%) SharePoint
20 216 (12.27%) Entra ID
21 212 (12.05%) DNS
22 211 (11.99%) Microsoft Intune
23 183 (10.40%) Wi-Fi
24 177 (10.06%) DHCP
25 176 (10.00%) Cisco
26 173 (9.83%) Cybersecurity
27 161 (9.15%) Degree
28 159 (9.03%) Linux
29 154 (8.75%) Driving Licence
30 150 (8.52%) 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
1 313 (17.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 224 (12.73%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.08%) Exchange Server 2013
4 18 (1.02%) 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
1 246 (13.98%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (2.56%) 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 (0.28%) 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
1 909 (51.65%) Microsoft 365
2 656 (37.27%) Azure
3 216 (12.27%) Entra ID
4 93 (5.28%) AWS
5 57 (3.24%) OneDrive
6 32 (1.82%) Mimecast
7 31 (1.76%) Google Workspace
8 19 (1.08%) SaaS
9 14 (0.80%) IaaS
9 14 (0.80%) Power Platform
10 12 (0.68%) iTunes
11 11 (0.63%) PaaS
12 10 (0.57%) Nutanix
13 9 (0.51%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (0.51%) Power Automate
14 8 (0.45%) Azure Storage
14 8 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
14 8 (0.45%) PowerApps
15 7 (0.40%) Microsoft Purview
15 7 (0.40%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 459 (26.08%) Firewall
2 212 (12.05%) DNS
3 183 (10.40%) Wi-Fi
4 177 (10.06%) DHCP
5 143 (8.13%) VPN
6 126 (7.16%) TCP/IP
7 124 (7.05%) WAN
8 111 (6.31%) LAN
9 104 (5.91%) VoIP
10 101 (5.74%) SAN
11 99 (5.63%) Wireless
12 90 (5.11%) VLAN
13 56 (3.18%) Network Security
14 45 (2.56%) Internet
15 31 (1.76%) Remote Desktop
16 26 (1.48%) NAS
17 25 (1.42%) SD-WAN
18 20 (1.14%) SSL
19 18 (1.02%) Cisco IOS
20 17 (0.97%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (6.82%) SQL Server
2 44 (2.50%) Amazon RDS
3 34 (1.93%) MySQL
4 8 (0.45%) 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
1 538 (30.57%) Social Skills
2 97 (5.51%) Finance
3 87 (4.94%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (4.55%) Telecoms
5 79 (4.49%) Law
6 77 (4.38%) Organisational Skills
7 60 (3.41%) Manufacturing
8 51 (2.90%) Retail
9 36 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 35 (1.99%) Legal
11 30 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
12 26 (1.48%) Banking
12 26 (1.48%) Marketing
13 24 (1.36%) Public Sector
14 19 (1.08%) Games
15 17 (0.97%) Automotive
16 15 (0.85%) Advertising
17 14 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
18 11 (0.63%) Back Office
19 9 (0.51%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.45%) ADSI
1 8 (0.45%) LDAP
2 5 (0.28%) 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
1 154 (8.75%) Driving Licence
2 63 (3.58%) Self-Motivation
3 59 (3.35%) Data Centre
4 47 (2.67%) Management Information System
5 45 (2.56%) Replication
6 31 (1.76%) Onboarding
7 29 (1.65%) Fat Client
7 29 (1.65%) Thin Client
8 27 (1.53%) Enterprise Storage
8 27 (1.53%) EPoS
9 26 (1.48%) CCTV
10 18 (1.02%) iPad
11 14 (0.80%) Public Cloud
11 14 (0.80%) Social Media
12 13 (0.74%) Cyberattack
12 13 (0.74%) Security Posture
12 13 (0.74%) Video Conferencing
13 9 (0.51%) Analytical Mindset
14 8 (0.45%) FMCG
14 8 (0.45%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1,019 (57.90%) Windows
2 531 (30.17%) Windows Server
3 265 (15.06%) Windows 10
4 159 (9.03%) Linux
5 132 (7.50%) Windows Server 2016
6 99 (5.63%) Windows Server 2019
7 89 (5.06%) Windows Server 2012
8 78 (4.43%) Mac OS
9 64 (3.64%) Android
10 62 (3.52%) Apple iOS
11 33 (1.88%) Windows 7
12 23 (1.31%) Mac OS X
12 23 (1.31%) Windows Server 2008
13 21 (1.19%) Windows 8
14 16 (0.91%) Unix
15 13 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 10 (0.57%) Windows Server 2003
17 9 (0.51%) CentOS
18 5 (0.28%) Debian
18 5 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 361 (20.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 320 (18.18%) Customer Service
3 317 (18.01%) Problem-Solving
4 279 (15.85%) ITIL
5 173 (9.83%) Cybersecurity
6 95 (5.40%) Migration
7 91 (5.17%) Disaster Recovery
8 90 (5.11%) Project Delivery
9 82 (4.66%) Continuous Improvement
10 75 (4.26%) Service Delivery
11 69 (3.92%) Project Management
12 57 (3.24%) Incident Management
13 54 (3.07%) Agile
14 48 (2.73%) Service Management
15 47 (2.67%) Asset Management
16 45 (2.56%) Change Management
17 43 (2.44%) Project Planning
18 42 (2.39%) Customer Experience
18 42 (2.39%) Time Management
19 40 (2.27%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 150 (8.52%) PowerShell
2 146 (8.30%) SQL
3 43 (2.44%) Python
4 16 (0.91%) Bash
5 13 (0.74%) Java
6 10 (0.57%) Swift
7 9 (0.51%) PHP
8 8 (0.45%) C++
9 7 (0.40%) JavaScript
10 6 (0.34%) C#
10 6 (0.34%) VB
11 5 (0.28%) Perl
12 4 (0.23%) R
12 4 (0.23%) Ruby
13 3 (0.17%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.057%) Go
14 1 (0.057%) Korn
14 1 (0.057%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.057%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 161 (9.15%) Degree
2 113 (6.42%) Microsoft Certification
3 83 (4.72%) Cisco Certification
4 69 (3.92%) DBS Check
5 61 (3.47%) CCNA
6 46 (2.61%) Network+ Certification
7 37 (2.10%) MCSE
8 33 (1.88%) Security Cleared
9 32 (1.82%) Azure Certification
10 27 (1.53%) A+ Certification
11 26 (1.48%) CISSP
12 25 (1.42%) CCNP
13 21 (1.19%) MCP
14 19 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
14 19 (1.08%) SC Cleared
15 15 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 14 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
17 12 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
17 12 (0.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 11 (0.63%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (5.17%) SLA
2 37 (2.10%) GDPR
3 31 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 23 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (0.85%) QA
6 9 (0.51%) NIST
7 5 (0.28%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.28%) 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
1 777 (44.15%) Active Directory
2 268 (15.23%) Hyper-V
3 243 (13.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 44 (2.50%) VMware ESXi
5 29 (1.65%) vSphere
6 25 (1.42%) Virtual Desktop
7 20 (1.14%) Virtual Servers
8 19 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
9 15 (0.85%) Docker
10 11 (0.63%) Terminal Services
11 7 (0.40%) Firmware
12 5 (0.28%) 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
1 211 (11.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 82 (4.66%) 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
6 11 (0.63%) SCOM
7 10 (0.57%) Ansible
8 9 (0.51%) vCenter Server
9 8 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 7 (0.40%) FortiGate
10 7 (0.40%) Grafana
11 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 6 (0.34%) Opsgenie
12 5 (0.28%) Failover Clustering
12 5 (0.28%) NetCrunch
12 5 (0.28%) Proxmox
13 4 (0.23%) Backup Exec
13 4 (0.23%) Nessus
Vendors
1 882 (50.11%) Microsoft
2 371 (21.08%) VMware
3 176 (10.00%) Cisco
4 131 (7.44%) Citrix
5 102 (5.80%) Veeam
6 81 (4.60%) Apple
7 76 (4.32%) HP
8 68 (3.86%) Meraki
9 56 (3.18%) Sophos
10 41 (2.33%) Google
11 36 (2.05%) Fortinet
12 35 (1.99%) Dell
13 31 (1.76%) Palo Alto
14 28 (1.59%) ConnectWise
14 28 (1.59%) Draytek
15 27 (1.53%) Aruba
15 27 (1.53%) Barracuda Networks
16 21 (1.19%) Acronis
17 20 (1.14%) WatchGuard
18 16 (0.91%) Oracle