IT Engineer Jobs in the South East

IT Engineer
England > South East

The median IT Engineer salary in the South East is £34,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 187 199
Rank change year-on-year +73 +12 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 409 256 354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.44% 1.76% 1.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.60% 1.95% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 391 226 323
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,000 £27,750 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £31,500 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.94% -8.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £43,000 £47,500 £44,000
90th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £57,500
England median annual salary £33,000 £34,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -1.43% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 15,757 13,124 19,186
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.95% 90.35% 96.45%
Number of salaries quoted 11,308 8,291 12,510
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the South East

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for IT Engineer in the South East

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in the South East

IT Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 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
Thames Valley +78 152 £39,000 +20.00% 23
Hampshire +7 101 £32,500 - 22
Oxfordshire +60 66 £42,000 +15.86% 9
East Sussex +55 60 £29,500 -34.44% 5
Berkshire +70 52 £40,000 +33.33% 8
West Sussex +57 42 £31,250 -40.48% 8
Buckinghamshire -11 34 £30,750 -5.38% 6
Surrey -1 26 £34,500 +11.29% 11
Kent -38 24 £28,000 -1.75% 2
Middlesex - 2 £28,000 -
Sussex - 1 £45,000 -
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 South East region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 259 (63.33%) Microsoft 365
2 244 (59.66%) Windows
3 230 (56.23%) Microsoft
4 168 (41.08%) Active Directory
5 166 (40.59%) Firewall
6 160 (39.12%) Azure
7 139 (33.99%) Social Skills
8 113 (27.63%) Windows Server
9 100 (24.45%) VMware
10 88 (21.52%) Microsoft Exchange
11 84 (20.54%) Microsoft Office
12 83 (20.29%) Customer Service
13 77 (18.83%) VMware Infrastructure
14 74 (18.09%) SharePoint
15 71 (17.36%) SQL
15 71 (17.36%) Windows 10
16 62 (15.16%) Degree
17 61 (14.91%) Hyper-V
18 60 (14.67%) Problem-Solving
19 57 (13.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 55 (13.45%) Driving Licence
21 54 (13.20%) VPN
22 47 (11.49%) Microsoft Intune
23 45 (11.00%) DNS
23 45 (11.00%) Cisco
24 43 (10.51%) Citrix
24 43 (10.51%) Cybersecurity
25 39 (9.54%) Cisco Certification
25 39 (9.54%) CCNA
26 38 (9.29%) SQL Server

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 88 (21.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 74 (18.09%) SharePoint
3 13 (3.18%) IIS
4 6 (1.47%) Exchange Server 2000
5 5 (1.22%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.73%) CMS
7 1 (0.24%) Apache
7 1 (0.24%) Confluence
7 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
Applications
1 84 (20.54%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (9.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 5 (1.22%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 259 (63.33%) Microsoft 365
2 160 (39.12%) Azure
3 30 (7.33%) Entra ID
4 25 (6.11%) OneDrive
5 23 (5.62%) AWS
6 12 (2.93%) iTunes
7 11 (2.69%) Mimecast
8 9 (2.20%) Google Workspace
9 6 (1.47%) SaaS
10 4 (0.98%) IaaS
11 3 (0.73%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.73%) PaaS
12 2 (0.49%) GCP
13 1 (0.24%) Dynamics 365
13 1 (0.24%) OCI
13 1 (0.24%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 166 (40.59%) Firewall
2 54 (13.20%) VPN
3 45 (11.00%) DNS
4 38 (9.29%) DHCP
4 38 (9.29%) VLAN
5 37 (9.05%) TCP/IP
6 34 (8.31%) Wireless
7 33 (8.07%) VoIP
8 31 (7.58%) Wi-Fi
9 24 (5.87%) WAN
10 22 (5.38%) Network Security
10 22 (5.38%) SAN
11 19 (4.65%) SSL
12 13 (3.18%) LAN
12 13 (3.18%) NAS
12 13 (3.18%) Unified Communications
13 9 (2.20%) SD-WAN
14 6 (1.47%) Remote Desktop
15 5 (1.22%) Cisco IOS
15 5 (1.22%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (9.29%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.20%) MySQL
3 1 (0.24%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (1.71%) JIRA
2 1 (0.24%) Jenkins
General
1 139 (33.99%) Social Skills
2 26 (6.36%) Law
3 23 (5.62%) Documentation Skills
4 15 (3.67%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (3.67%) Legal
5 13 (3.18%) Telecoms
6 12 (2.93%) Games
7 11 (2.69%) Back Office
8 10 (2.44%) Finance
8 10 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (2.20%) Retail
10 5 (1.22%) Advertising
11 4 (0.98%) Marketing
12 2 (0.49%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.49%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.22%) Kafka
2 1 (0.24%) .NET
2 1 (0.24%) LAMP
2 1 (0.24%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 55 (13.45%) Driving Licence
2 17 (4.16%) Replication
3 16 (3.91%) Management Information System
4 11 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (1.96%) NHS
5 8 (1.96%) Onboarding
6 6 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.22%) CCTV
8 4 (0.98%) Data Centre
9 3 (0.73%) Apple TV
9 3 (0.73%) Operational Technology
9 3 (0.73%) Smartphone
9 3 (0.73%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.49%) Clustering
10 2 (0.49%) Digital Signage
10 2 (0.49%) IPTV
11 1 (0.24%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 1 (0.24%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.24%) Linux Command Line
11 1 (0.24%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 244 (59.66%) Windows
2 113 (27.63%) Windows Server
3 71 (17.36%) Windows 10
4 36 (8.80%) Windows Server 2016
5 32 (7.82%) Linux
6 28 (6.85%) Android
7 19 (4.65%) Windows Server 2019
8 16 (3.91%) Apple iOS
9 12 (2.93%) Windows 7
10 10 (2.44%) Windows 8
11 9 (2.20%) Windows Server 2008
12 7 (1.71%) Windows Server 2012
13 6 (1.47%) Mac OS X
14 3 (0.73%) Windows Server 2003
15 2 (0.49%) Mac OS
16 1 (0.24%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (20.29%) Customer Service
2 60 (14.67%) Problem-Solving
3 57 (13.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 43 (10.51%) Cybersecurity
5 31 (7.58%) Project Management
6 27 (6.60%) ITIL
6 27 (6.60%) Project Delivery
7 21 (5.13%) Customer Experience
7 21 (5.13%) Service Delivery
8 19 (4.65%) Change Control
8 19 (4.65%) Remote Monitoring and Management
9 18 (4.40%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 15 (3.67%) Data Integration
10 15 (3.67%) Migration
11 12 (2.93%) Cloud Security
11 12 (2.93%) Project Planning
12 11 (2.69%) ERP
13 10 (2.44%) Fault Analysis
14 9 (2.20%) B2B
14 9 (2.20%) Issue Tracking
Programming Languages
1 71 (17.36%) SQL
2 27 (6.60%) PowerShell
3 6 (1.47%) Bash
3 6 (1.47%) Python
4 2 (0.49%) C++
5 1 (0.24%) PHP
Qualifications
1 62 (15.16%) Degree
2 39 (9.54%) CCNA
2 39 (9.54%) Cisco Certification
3 32 (7.82%) Microsoft Certification
4 26 (6.36%) Network+ Certification
5 16 (3.91%) MCSE
6 10 (2.44%) A+ Certification
7 7 (1.71%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (1.22%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.22%) MCP
9 5 (1.22%) Security Cleared
10 4 (0.98%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.49%) CCENT
11 2 (0.49%) CCNP
11 2 (0.49%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.49%) SC Cleared
11 2 (0.49%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.89%) SLA
2 8 (1.96%) GDPR
3 5 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (0.73%) NIST
5 2 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.24%) COBIT
System Software
1 168 (41.08%) Active Directory
2 77 (18.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 61 (14.91%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.71%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (1.71%) vSphere
5 6 (1.47%) Docker
6 5 (1.22%) VMware Server
7 2 (0.49%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.49%) Firmware
7 2 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.24%) NFS
8 1 (0.24%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.24%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 47 (11.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (3.18%) Cisco CUCM
2 13 (3.18%) ServiceCenter
3 6 (1.47%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.73%) FortiGate
4 3 (0.73%) NetCrunch
5 2 (0.49%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.24%) Autotask
6 1 (0.24%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.24%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.24%) SCCM
6 1 (0.24%) WSUS
Vendors
1 230 (56.23%) Microsoft
2 100 (24.45%) VMware
3 45 (11.00%) Cisco
4 43 (10.51%) Citrix
5 37 (9.05%) Veeam
6 28 (6.85%) Apple
7 22 (5.38%) Barracuda Networks
8 21 (5.13%) Meraki
9 20 (4.89%) Fortinet
10 17 (4.16%) HP
10 17 (4.16%) Sophos
11 16 (3.91%) Palo Alto
12 14 (3.42%) Aruba
12 14 (3.42%) Draytek
13 11 (2.69%) ConnectWise
13 11 (2.69%) Google
14 8 (1.96%) WatchGuard
15 6 (1.47%) Dell
16 5 (1.22%) Sage
17 3 (0.73%) Ivanti