IT Engineer Jobs in the South West

IT Engineer
England > South West

The median IT Engineer salary in the South West is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 115 208
Rank change year-on-year +9 +93 -48
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 229 179 110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 2.44% 2.66% 1.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.54% 2.99% 1.40%
Number of salaries quoted 205 162 104
10th Percentile £23,500 £25,636 £21,913
25th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £27,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +10.17%
75th Percentile £38,750 £39,688 £40,000
90th Percentile £48,750 £57,500 £51,400
England median annual salary £33,000 £34,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -1.43% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 9,024 5,983 7,883
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.21% 89.07% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 6,621 3,713 5,100
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,440 £29,363
25th Percentile £36,365 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,275
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the South West

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for IT Engineer in the South West

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in the South West

IT Engineer
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 19 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
Gloucestershire +26 74 £30,000 - 10
Bristol +12 46 £34,500 -1.43% 6
Devon -4 28 £30,000 -4.61% 5
Dorset -8 26 £27,500 -15.38% 8
Wiltshire -39 24 £25,000 -26.47% 13
Somerset -1 18 £37,500 +33.93% 6
Cornwall -14 7 £27,500 -19.12% 4
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 West region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 133 (58.08%) Windows
2 106 (46.29%) Microsoft 365
3 105 (45.85%) Microsoft
4 94 (41.05%) Active Directory
5 70 (30.57%) Azure
6 66 (28.82%) Social Skills
7 64 (27.95%) Windows Server
8 53 (23.14%) Customer Service
9 52 (22.71%) Firewall
10 46 (20.09%) Windows 10
11 40 (17.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 35 (15.28%) Microsoft Exchange
12 35 (15.28%) Entra ID
13 28 (12.23%) VMware
13 28 (12.23%) DBS Check
14 27 (11.79%) WAN
14 27 (11.79%) DHCP
14 27 (11.79%) DNS
15 26 (11.35%) ITIL
16 25 (10.92%) TCP/IP
16 25 (10.92%) VPN
17 24 (10.48%) LAN
17 24 (10.48%) Microsoft Office
17 24 (10.48%) Driving Licence
18 23 (10.04%) SharePoint
19 21 (9.17%) Linux
19 21 (9.17%) Windows Server 2012
19 21 (9.17%) Problem-Solving
19 21 (9.17%) Windows Server 2016
20 20 (8.73%) Project Delivery

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 35 (15.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (10.04%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.49%) Confluence
4 1 (0.44%) Moodle
Applications
1 24 (10.48%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.44%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.87%) Oracle Receivables
1 2 (0.87%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 106 (46.29%) Microsoft 365
2 70 (30.57%) Azure
3 35 (15.28%) Entra ID
4 8 (3.49%) AWS
5 5 (2.18%) OneDrive
6 3 (1.31%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.31%) WhatsApp
7 2 (0.87%) GCP
7 2 (0.87%) Mimecast
7 2 (0.87%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.87%) Slack
8 1 (0.44%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.44%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.44%) IaaS
8 1 (0.44%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 52 (22.71%) Firewall
2 27 (11.79%) DHCP
2 27 (11.79%) DNS
2 27 (11.79%) WAN
3 25 (10.92%) TCP/IP
3 25 (10.92%) VPN
4 24 (10.48%) LAN
5 19 (8.30%) Wireless
6 18 (7.86%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (4.37%) VoIP
8 7 (3.06%) VLAN
9 5 (2.18%) Internet
10 4 (1.75%) Network Security
11 3 (1.31%) 4G
11 3 (1.31%) 5G
12 2 (0.87%) Intrusion Detection
12 2 (0.87%) IPsec
12 2 (0.87%) IPv4
12 2 (0.87%) NAS
12 2 (0.87%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.75%) Crystal Reports
2 3 (1.31%) Power BI
2 3 (1.31%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.87%) MySQL
3 2 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 8 (3.49%) JIRA
2 2 (0.87%) Visual Studio
General
1 66 (28.82%) Social Skills
2 13 (5.68%) Telecoms
3 12 (5.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 12 (5.24%) Legal
4 11 (4.80%) Manufacturing
5 9 (3.93%) Finance
6 5 (2.18%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.18%) Marketing
6 5 (2.18%) Military
6 5 (2.18%) Retail
7 4 (1.75%) Aerospace
7 4 (1.75%) Banking
7 4 (1.75%) Law
7 4 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.31%) Advertising
8 3 (1.31%) Public Sector
9 2 (0.87%) Publishing
9 2 (0.87%) Welsh Language
10 1 (0.44%) Games
10 1 (0.44%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.44%) .NET
1 1 (0.44%) RESTEasy
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.48%) Driving Licence
2 16 (6.99%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (3.93%) Management Information System
4 7 (3.06%) iPhone
5 5 (2.18%) Replication
6 4 (1.75%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.31%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.87%) Augmented Reality
8 2 (0.87%) CCTV
8 2 (0.87%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (0.87%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.87%) Photography
8 2 (0.87%) PKI
8 2 (0.87%) Smartphone
8 2 (0.87%) Virtual Reality
9 1 (0.44%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.44%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.44%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 133 (58.08%) Windows
2 64 (27.95%) Windows Server
3 46 (20.09%) Windows 10
4 21 (9.17%) Linux
4 21 (9.17%) Windows Server 2012
4 21 (9.17%) Windows Server 2016
5 17 (7.42%) Mac OS
6 13 (5.68%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (3.06%) Apple iOS
8 5 (2.18%) Unix
8 5 (2.18%) Windows 7
9 3 (1.31%) Android
10 2 (0.87%) Windows 2000
10 2 (0.87%) Windows 8
10 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.87%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.44%) AIX
11 1 (0.44%) Debian
11 1 (0.44%) Fedora
11 1 (0.44%) openSUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (23.14%) Customer Service
2 40 (17.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 26 (11.35%) ITIL
4 21 (9.17%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (8.73%) Cybersecurity
5 20 (8.73%) Project Delivery
6 16 (6.99%) Time Management
7 14 (6.11%) Migration
8 11 (4.80%) Change Management
8 11 (4.80%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (4.37%) B2B
9 10 (4.37%) Collaborative Working
9 10 (4.37%) Customer Experience
9 10 (4.37%) Disaster Recovery
9 10 (4.37%) Fault Analysis
10 8 (3.49%) Antivirus Management
10 8 (3.49%) Asset Management
11 7 (3.06%) Service Delivery
11 7 (3.06%) Service Management
11 7 (3.06%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.55%) PowerShell
2 14 (6.11%) SQL
3 5 (2.18%) Java
4 1 (0.44%) VB
Qualifications
1 28 (12.23%) DBS Check
2 20 (8.73%) Security Cleared
3 15 (6.55%) Degree
4 14 (6.11%) SC Cleared
5 10 (4.37%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (3.06%) DV Cleared
7 5 (2.18%) MCP
8 4 (1.75%) MCSE
9 3 (1.31%) MCSA
9 3 (1.31%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (0.87%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.87%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.87%) MCDST
10 2 (0.87%) MCITP
11 1 (0.44%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.44%) NVQ Level 3
11 1 (0.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.42%) SLA
2 16 (6.99%) GDPR
3 3 (1.31%) QA
4 2 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.44%) NCSC
System Software
1 94 (41.05%) Active Directory
2 14 (6.11%) Hyper-V
3 10 (4.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.87%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.87%) vSphere
5 1 (0.44%) Firmware
5 1 (0.44%) Samba
5 1 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (8.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (3.06%) SCCM
3 6 (2.62%) Opsgenie
3 6 (2.62%) WSUS
4 3 (1.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.87%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.44%) Check_MK
6 1 (0.44%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 105 (45.85%) Microsoft
2 28 (12.23%) VMware
3 19 (8.30%) HP
4 11 (4.80%) Cisco
4 11 (4.80%) Citrix
5 7 (3.06%) Draytek
6 6 (2.62%) AppDynamics
6 6 (2.62%) Apple
6 6 (2.62%) Sophos
7 5 (2.18%) Veeam
8 4 (1.75%) iManage
9 3 (1.31%) Google
9 3 (1.31%) SOTI
9 3 (1.31%) Trend Micro
10 2 (0.87%) Meraki
10 2 (0.87%) Oracle
10 2 (0.87%) Sparx
11 1 (0.44%) Datto
11 1 (0.44%) Okta
11 1 (0.44%) OneLogin