Senior IT Engineer Jobs in London

Senior IT Engineer
England > London

The median Senior IT Engineer salary in London is £72,500 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 459 589 866
Rank change year-on-year +130 +277 -267
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Engineer 32 47 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.13% 0.14% 0.068%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.15% 0.071%
Number of salaries quoted 29 38 29
10th Percentile £35,800 £40,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,938 £45,222
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.09% +15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £76,250 £100,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £81,500 - £83,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +11.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,535 31,280 69,453
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.40% 95.12% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 16,745 23,071 34,798
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,108 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%

Senior IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Engineer in London

Senior IT Engineer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Senior IT Engineer in London

Senior IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Senior IT Engineer in London

Senior IT Engineer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior IT Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 28 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
Central London +43 3 £75,000 +38.89%
West London 0 1 £34,500 -15.85%
Senior IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, Senior 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 London region featuring Senior IT Engineer in the job title.

1 28 (87.50%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (71.88%) Azure
2 23 (71.88%) Windows
3 21 (65.63%) Microsoft
4 19 (59.38%) Active Directory
5 11 (34.38%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (31.25%) ITIL
6 10 (31.25%) Social Skills
7 9 (28.13%) Cyberattack
7 9 (28.13%) Security Operations
7 9 (28.13%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 9 (28.13%) Incident Response
7 9 (28.13%) Degree
7 9 (28.13%) SCCM
7 9 (28.13%) PowerShell
8 8 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
9 7 (21.88%) Windows 10
9 7 (21.88%) Entra ID
10 6 (18.75%) Mentoring
10 6 (18.75%) VMware
10 6 (18.75%) AWS
10 6 (18.75%) Firewall
10 6 (18.75%) Information Security
10 6 (18.75%) Windows Server
10 6 (18.75%) Task Automation
10 6 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (18.75%) CrowdStrike
10 6 (18.75%) Customer Service
10 6 (18.75%) Offensive Security
11 5 (15.63%) Influencing Skills

Senior IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (6.25%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.13%) Apache
3 1 (3.13%) nginx
Applications
1 8 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 28 (87.50%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (71.88%) Azure
3 7 (21.88%) Entra ID
4 6 (18.75%) AWS
5 4 (12.50%) GCP
5 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (9.38%) Azure Storage
7 1 (3.13%) Akamai
7 1 (3.13%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (3.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (3.13%) GitHub
7 1 (3.13%) Google Workspace
7 1 (3.13%) IaaS
7 1 (3.13%) PaaS
7 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
7 1 (3.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (18.75%) Firewall
2 3 (9.38%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (6.25%) WAN
4 1 (3.13%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (3.13%) DHCP
4 1 (3.13%) DNS
4 1 (3.13%) Ethernet
4 1 (3.13%) LAN
4 1 (3.13%) VoIP
4 1 (3.13%) VPN
4 1 (3.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Power BI
1 1 (3.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (6.25%) MSI
General
1 10 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.63%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Finance
4 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.13%) Law
4 1 (3.13%) Legal
4 1 (3.13%) Local Government
4 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Social Science
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) ARM Templates
1 1 (3.13%) Azure Blueprints
1 1 (3.13%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (28.13%) Cyberattack
2 3 (9.38%) Cloud Security Posture
2 3 (9.38%) Onboarding
2 3 (9.38%) PKI
2 3 (9.38%) Security Posture
2 3 (9.38%) Virtual Team
3 2 (6.25%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.13%) iPad
4 1 (3.13%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.13%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 23 (71.88%) Windows
2 7 (21.88%) Windows 10
3 6 (18.75%) Windows Server
4 3 (9.38%) Apple iOS
4 3 (9.38%) Mac OS
5 2 (6.25%) Linux
6 1 (3.13%) Android
6 1 (3.13%) Unix
6 1 (3.13%) VMS
6 1 (3.13%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (34.38%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (31.25%) ITIL
3 9 (28.13%) Incident Response
3 9 (28.13%) Security Operations
3 9 (28.13%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 6 (18.75%) Customer Service
4 6 (18.75%) Information Security
4 6 (18.75%) Mentoring
4 6 (18.75%) Offensive Security
4 6 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (18.75%) Task Automation
5 5 (15.63%) Software Deployment
6 4 (12.50%) CI/CD
6 4 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
6 4 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance
6 4 (12.50%) Roadmaps
7 3 (9.38%) Cloud Security
7 3 (9.38%) Key Management
7 3 (9.38%) Secrets Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (28.13%) PowerShell
2 5 (15.63%) Bash
3 4 (12.50%) Perl
3 4 (12.50%) Python
3 4 (12.50%) Ruby
4 1 (3.13%) Korn
4 1 (3.13%) PHP
4 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (28.13%) Degree
2 4 (12.50%) CISSP
3 3 (9.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 3 (9.38%) CCSK
3 3 (9.38%) CCSP
3 3 (9.38%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.13%) CEH
4 1 (3.13%) DBS Check
4 1 (3.13%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.38%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (6.25%) GDPR
3 1 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (3.13%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (59.38%) Active Directory
2 4 (12.50%) Hyper-V
3 3 (9.38%) Xen
3 3 (9.38%) XenApp
4 1 (3.13%) Firmware
4 1 (3.13%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (28.13%) SCCM
2 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (9.38%) CASB
4 2 (6.25%) FortiGate
4 2 (6.25%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (3.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (3.13%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (3.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 21 (65.63%) Microsoft
2 6 (18.75%) CrowdStrike
2 6 (18.75%) VMware
3 4 (12.50%) Citrix
4 3 (9.38%) Google
4 3 (9.38%) Netskope
4 3 (9.38%) Symantec
4 3 (9.38%) Zscaler
5 2 (6.25%) Apple
5 2 (6.25%) Cisco
5 2 (6.25%) Forcepoint
5 2 (6.25%) HP
5 2 (6.25%) Meraki
6 1 (3.13%) Acronis
6 1 (3.13%) CyberArk
6 1 (3.13%) Dell
6 1 (3.13%) LogRhythm
6 1 (3.13%) ProCurve
6 1 (3.13%) Rapid7
6 1 (3.13%) SonicWALL