IT Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

IT Engineer
England > Midlands

The median IT Engineer salary in the Midlands is £35,000 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 79 155 165
Rank change year-on-year +76 +10 -52
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 365 176 223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.88% 1.98% 1.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.04% 2.22% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 308 147 211
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,500 £22,750
25th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £28,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £33,120 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.68% -9.26% +4.29%
75th Percentile £43,750 £42,750 £47,250
90th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £57,500
England median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 11,993 7,945 10,641
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.51% 89.60% 95.16%
Number of salaries quoted 8,815 4,539 7,084
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £27,565
25th Percentile £33,932 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +10.50%
75th Percentile £60,489 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the Midlands

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for IT Engineer in the Midlands

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in the Midlands

IT Engineer
Job Locations in the 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 Midlands 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
West Midlands +56 186 £35,000 +1.45% 25
East Midlands +61 174 £37,500 +33.93% 30
IT Engineer
England

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

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 Midlands region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 206 (56.44%) Windows
2 172 (47.12%) Microsoft 365
3 159 (43.56%) Active Directory
4 135 (36.99%) Microsoft
5 134 (36.71%) Windows Server
6 133 (36.44%) Azure
7 130 (35.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 96 (26.30%) VMware
9 83 (22.74%) Social Skills
10 71 (19.45%) Entra ID
10 71 (19.45%) Firewall
11 70 (19.18%) Hyper-V
12 69 (18.90%) Problem-Solving
13 68 (18.63%) VMware Infrastructure
14 64 (17.53%) DNS
15 58 (15.89%) Microsoft Intune
16 56 (15.34%) DHCP
17 54 (14.79%) Cisco
17 54 (14.79%) ITIL
18 53 (14.52%) Cybersecurity
18 53 (14.52%) Customer Service
19 52 (14.25%) Microsoft Exchange
20 42 (11.51%) SharePoint
21 37 (10.14%) Wi-Fi
22 36 (9.86%) Continuous Improvement
23 35 (9.59%) Veeam
23 35 (9.59%) Telecoms
24 33 (9.04%) Microsoft Office
24 33 (9.04%) SCCM
25 32 (8.77%) TCP/IP

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 52 (14.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 42 (11.51%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.82%) IIS
4 2 (0.55%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 33 (9.04%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 172 (47.12%) Microsoft 365
2 133 (36.44%) Azure
3 71 (19.45%) Entra ID
4 15 (4.11%) AWS
5 8 (2.19%) Mimecast
5 8 (2.19%) Nutanix
6 6 (1.64%) Google Workspace
7 3 (0.82%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.55%) Amazon S3
8 2 (0.55%) ClickUp
8 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (0.55%) OpenDNS
Communications & Networking
1 71 (19.45%) Firewall
2 64 (17.53%) DNS
3 56 (15.34%) DHCP
4 37 (10.14%) Wi-Fi
5 32 (8.77%) TCP/IP
6 22 (6.03%) SAN
6 22 (6.03%) VoIP
7 21 (5.75%) WAN
8 18 (4.93%) VLAN
9 14 (3.84%) LAN
10 12 (3.29%) Internet
11 10 (2.74%) PBX
11 10 (2.74%) Wireless
12 8 (2.19%) Network Security
13 7 (1.92%) SD-WAN
13 7 (1.92%) VPN
14 5 (1.37%) Broadband
15 4 (1.10%) Wireshark
16 3 (0.82%) FlexRay
16 3 (0.82%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.47%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (1.37%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.10%) InfluxDB
4 1 (0.27%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (0.82%) LabVIEW
General
1 83 (22.74%) Social Skills
2 35 (9.59%) Telecoms
3 22 (6.03%) Law
4 19 (5.21%) Finance
5 14 (3.84%) Manufacturing
6 13 (3.56%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (1.64%) Automotive
7 6 (1.64%) Retail
8 5 (1.37%) Aerospace
8 5 (1.37%) Public Sector
9 2 (0.55%) Electronics
9 2 (0.55%) Games
9 2 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.55%) Legal
9 2 (0.55%) Marketing
9 2 (0.55%) Social Housing
10 1 (0.27%) Advertising
10 1 (0.27%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.55%) LAMP
1 2 (0.55%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 26 (7.12%) Data Centre
2 21 (5.75%) Driving Licence
3 20 (5.48%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (4.11%) CCTV
5 12 (3.29%) Replication
6 11 (3.01%) Fat Client
6 11 (3.01%) Thin Client
7 5 (1.37%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.37%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.82%) Embedded Systems
9 3 (0.82%) IoT
9 3 (0.82%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.55%) Clustering
10 2 (0.55%) Housing Association
10 2 (0.55%) PKI
10 2 (0.55%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.27%) Educational Technology
11 1 (0.27%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.27%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 206 (56.44%) Windows
2 134 (36.71%) Windows Server
3 30 (8.22%) Windows Server 2016
4 29 (7.95%) Windows Server 2012
5 26 (7.12%) Windows 10
6 25 (6.85%) Linux
6 25 (6.85%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (2.47%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.10%) CentOS
9 3 (0.82%) Unix
10 1 (0.27%) Android
10 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.27%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.27%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.27%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (35.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 69 (18.90%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (14.79%) ITIL
4 53 (14.52%) Customer Service
4 53 (14.52%) Cybersecurity
5 36 (9.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 24 (6.58%) Migration
7 23 (6.30%) Disaster Recovery
8 22 (6.03%) Agile
9 20 (5.48%) Proactive Monitoring
9 20 (5.48%) Service Delivery
10 14 (3.84%) Change Management
11 12 (3.29%) Preventative Maintenance
11 12 (3.29%) Project Delivery
11 12 (3.29%) Requirements Analysis
11 12 (3.29%) Server Management
12 11 (3.01%) Break/Fix
12 11 (3.01%) Logistics
12 11 (3.01%) Project Planning
13 10 (2.74%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (6.58%) PowerShell
2 20 (5.48%) SQL
3 14 (3.84%) Python
4 8 (2.19%) C++
4 8 (2.19%) Java
5 7 (1.92%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.37%) C#
7 4 (1.10%) R
8 3 (0.82%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.27%) Bash
9 1 (0.27%) Go
9 1 (0.27%) Perl
9 1 (0.27%) Swift
Qualifications
1 24 (6.58%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (3.29%) Degree
2 12 (3.29%) MCSE
3 11 (3.01%) DBS Check
4 9 (2.47%) CCNA
4 9 (2.47%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (1.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 5 (1.37%) A+ Certification
6 5 (1.37%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.55%) CCA
8 2 (0.55%) CCDA
8 2 (0.55%) Citrix Certification
8 2 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.55%) MCSA
9 1 (0.27%) CCNP
9 1 (0.27%) HNC
9 1 (0.27%) HND
9 1 (0.27%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.66%) SLA
2 10 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.10%) QA
4 1 (0.27%) GDPR
4 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 159 (43.56%) Active Directory
2 70 (19.18%) Hyper-V
3 68 (18.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (3.56%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (3.01%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (2.47%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (1.64%) vSphere
8 4 (1.10%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.55%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.55%) Docker
9 2 (0.55%) pfSense
9 2 (0.55%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 58 (15.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (9.04%) SCCM
3 4 (1.10%) Grafana
4 2 (0.55%) Backup Exec
4 2 (0.55%) SCOM
5 1 (0.27%) Check_MK
5 1 (0.27%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 135 (36.99%) Microsoft
2 96 (26.30%) VMware
3 54 (14.79%) Cisco
4 35 (9.59%) Veeam
5 17 (4.66%) HP
5 17 (4.66%) Meraki
6 16 (4.38%) Citrix
7 12 (3.29%) Acronis
8 8 (2.19%) Dell
9 7 (1.92%) Apple
9 7 (1.92%) Fortinet
9 7 (1.92%) Nimble Storage
9 7 (1.92%) Remedy
10 6 (1.64%) Google
10 6 (1.64%) Nasuni
10 6 (1.64%) Rapid7
10 6 (1.64%) Zerto
11 5 (1.37%) Aruba
11 5 (1.37%) ConnectWise
11 5 (1.37%) Mitel