IT Engineer
UK

The median IT Engineer salary in the UK is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 144 260 394
Rank change year-on-year +116 +134 -132
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 2,020 1,431 1,533
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.02% 1.44% 0.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.14% 1.58% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,707 1,138 1,332
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £34,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.80% -1.43% -
75th Percentile £43,000 £45,000 £46,063
90th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year - -4.41% +4.62%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the UK

IT Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Engineer in the UK

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in the UK

IT Engineer
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
England +99 1,752 £33,000 -4.35% 354
UK excluding London +91 1,726 £32,500 - 292
Work from Home +73 462 £37,500 +5.63% 96
South East +76 406 £34,000 +6.25% 80
North of England +75 364 £31,500 -8.70% 67
Midlands +74 355 £35,000 +6.67% 48
South West +1 228 £30,000 -7.69% 55
London -4 211 £40,000 +5.26% 85
West Midlands +61 186 £35,000 +1.45% 19
East of England +58 180 £31,833 +0.26% 27
North West +36 172 £30,000 -15.49% 29
East Midlands +60 164 £37,500 +33.93% 29
Yorkshire +85 137 £30,250 +4.31% 29
Wales +91 124 £27,500 +4.27% 5
Scotland -55 64 £28,500 -22.97% 15
North East +28 54 £32,500 -2.99% 11
Northern Ireland +16 4 £30,000 - 1
Channel Islands - 3 - -
Isle of Man - 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 1,090 (53.96%) Windows
2 972 (48.12%) Microsoft 365
3 950 (47.03%) Microsoft
4 815 (40.35%) Active Directory
5 708 (35.05%) Azure
6 699 (34.60%) Social Skills
7 574 (28.42%) Windows Server
8 487 (24.11%) Firewall
9 453 (22.43%) Problem-Solving
10 403 (19.95%) VMware
11 386 (19.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 363 (17.97%) Customer Service
13 327 (16.19%) Microsoft Exchange
14 292 (14.46%) Hyper-V
15 284 (14.06%) ITIL
16 276 (13.66%) Degree
17 274 (13.56%) Windows 10
18 258 (12.77%) VMware Infrastructure
19 251 (12.43%) Microsoft Office
20 240 (11.88%) SharePoint
21 231 (11.44%) Entra ID
22 230 (11.39%) Microsoft Intune
22 230 (11.39%) DNS
23 198 (9.80%) Continuous Improvement
24 196 (9.70%) DHCP
25 193 (9.55%) Law
26 192 (9.50%) Cybersecurity
27 185 (9.16%) Wi-Fi
28 184 (9.11%) Cisco
29 175 (8.66%) Linux

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 327 (16.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 240 (11.88%) SharePoint
3 19 (0.94%) Exchange Server 2013
4 17 (0.84%) IIS
5 14 (0.69%) Confluence
6 11 (0.54%) Exchange Server 2010
7 9 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2007
8 6 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2000
9 5 (0.25%) SAS
10 4 (0.20%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.15%) CMS
11 3 (0.15%) WordPress
12 2 (0.099%) Apache
12 2 (0.099%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.099%) Exchange Server 2003
12 2 (0.099%) Skype for Business
13 1 (0.050%) Moodle
13 1 (0.050%) nginx
13 1 (0.050%) Site Server
13 1 (0.050%) Tomcat
Applications
1 251 (12.43%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (2.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.15%) SPSS
6 1 (0.050%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.050%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.050%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.25%) Sage X3
2 3 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.099%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.099%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.099%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.050%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.050%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.050%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.050%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.050%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 972 (48.12%) Microsoft 365
2 708 (35.05%) Azure
3 231 (11.44%) Entra ID
4 111 (5.50%) AWS
5 59 (2.92%) OneDrive
6 37 (1.83%) Mimecast
7 31 (1.53%) Google Workspace
8 19 (0.94%) Power Platform
9 18 (0.89%) SaaS
10 13 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
10 13 (0.64%) IaaS
11 12 (0.59%) Amazon EC2
11 12 (0.59%) iTunes
12 10 (0.50%) PaaS
12 10 (0.50%) Power Automate
12 10 (0.50%) PowerApps
13 9 (0.45%) Nutanix
14 8 (0.40%) GCP
14 8 (0.40%) WhatsApp
15 7 (0.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 487 (24.11%) Firewall
2 230 (11.39%) DNS
3 196 (9.70%) DHCP
4 185 (9.16%) Wi-Fi
5 149 (7.38%) VPN
6 142 (7.03%) TCP/IP
7 133 (6.58%) WAN
8 117 (5.79%) LAN
9 115 (5.69%) SAN
10 110 (5.45%) VoIP
11 101 (5.00%) Wireless
12 94 (4.65%) VLAN
13 58 (2.87%) Network Security
14 53 (2.62%) Internet
15 31 (1.53%) Remote Desktop
16 29 (1.44%) NAS
17 28 (1.39%) SD-WAN
18 19 (0.94%) SSL
19 18 (0.89%) Cisco IOS
19 18 (0.89%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (6.39%) SQL Server
2 46 (2.28%) Amazon RDS
3 34 (1.68%) MySQL
4 9 (0.45%) Power BI
5 8 (0.40%) MariaDB
6 4 (0.20%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (0.20%) DB2
6 4 (0.20%) InfluxDB
6 4 (0.20%) Metabase
7 3 (0.15%) Big Data
7 3 (0.15%) EDRMS
7 3 (0.15%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.099%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.050%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.050%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.050%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 27 (1.34%) JIRA
2 4 (0.20%) Visual Studio
2 4 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (0.15%) LabVIEW
4 2 (0.099%) MSI
4 2 (0.099%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.050%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.050%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.050%) Jenkins
General
1 699 (34.60%) Social Skills
2 193 (9.55%) Law
3 175 (8.66%) Manufacturing
4 121 (5.99%) Influencing Skills
5 116 (5.74%) Presentation Skills
6 103 (5.10%) Finance
7 94 (4.65%) Organisational Skills
8 93 (4.60%) Analytical Skills
9 83 (4.11%) Telecoms
10 51 (2.52%) Retail
11 42 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 42 (2.08%) Legal
12 32 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
13 26 (1.29%) Banking
13 26 (1.29%) Marketing
14 24 (1.19%) Public Sector
15 19 (0.94%) Games
16 17 (0.84%) Automotive
17 15 (0.74%) Advertising
18 11 (0.54%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.40%) ADSI
1 8 (0.40%) LDAP
2 5 (0.25%) Kafka
3 4 (0.20%) Cocoa
4 3 (0.15%) .NET
4 3 (0.15%) LAMP
5 2 (0.099%) CSS
5 2 (0.099%) HTML
5 2 (0.099%) Software Packaging
5 2 (0.099%) V-Ray
6 1 (0.050%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.050%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.050%) EDI
6 1 (0.050%) RESTEasy
6 1 (0.050%) SAML
6 1 (0.050%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 158 (7.82%) Driving Licence
2 115 (5.69%) FMCG
3 67 (3.32%) Self-Motivation
4 63 (3.12%) Data Centre
5 54 (2.67%) Management Information System
6 45 (2.23%) Replication
7 37 (1.83%) Onboarding
8 30 (1.49%) CCTV
9 29 (1.44%) Fat Client
9 29 (1.44%) Thin Client
10 28 (1.39%) EPoS
11 27 (1.34%) Enterprise Storage
12 22 (1.09%) iPad
13 14 (0.69%) Cyberattack
13 14 (0.69%) Public Cloud
13 14 (0.69%) Social Media
13 14 (0.69%) Video Conferencing
14 13 (0.64%) Security Posture
15 10 (0.50%) Operational Technology
16 9 (0.45%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1,090 (53.96%) Windows
2 574 (28.42%) Windows Server
3 274 (13.56%) Windows 10
4 175 (8.66%) Linux
5 142 (7.03%) Windows Server 2016
6 105 (5.20%) Windows Server 2019
7 95 (4.70%) Windows Server 2012
8 80 (3.96%) Mac OS
9 67 (3.32%) Android
10 66 (3.27%) Apple iOS
11 37 (1.83%) Windows 7
12 25 (1.24%) Mac OS X
12 25 (1.24%) Windows Server 2008
13 22 (1.09%) Windows 8
14 17 (0.84%) Unix
15 13 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 10 (0.50%) Windows Server 2003
17 9 (0.45%) CentOS
18 5 (0.25%) Debian
18 5 (0.25%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 453 (22.43%) Problem-Solving
2 386 (19.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 363 (17.97%) Customer Service
4 284 (14.06%) ITIL
5 198 (9.80%) Continuous Improvement
6 192 (9.50%) Cybersecurity
7 115 (5.69%) Benchmarking
7 115 (5.69%) Lean Manufacturing
7 115 (5.69%) Lean Six Sigma
7 115 (5.69%) Order Management
7 115 (5.69%) Six Sigma
8 105 (5.20%) Migration
9 99 (4.90%) Disaster Recovery
10 98 (4.85%) Project Delivery
11 80 (3.96%) Service Delivery
12 70 (3.47%) Project Management
13 60 (2.97%) Incident Management
14 58 (2.87%) Agile
15 51 (2.52%) Change Management
15 51 (2.52%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 155 (7.67%) SQL
2 153 (7.57%) PowerShell
3 44 (2.18%) Python
4 18 (0.89%) Bash
5 13 (0.64%) Java
6 10 (0.50%) Swift
7 9 (0.45%) C++
7 9 (0.45%) PHP
8 7 (0.35%) JavaScript
9 6 (0.30%) C#
9 6 (0.30%) VB
10 5 (0.25%) Perl
11 4 (0.20%) R
11 4 (0.20%) Ruby
12 3 (0.15%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.050%) Go
13 1 (0.050%) Korn
13 1 (0.050%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.050%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 276 (13.66%) Degree
2 117 (5.79%) Microsoft Certification
3 115 (5.69%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
4 86 (4.26%) Cisco Certification
5 70 (3.47%) DBS Check
6 64 (3.17%) CCNA
7 46 (2.28%) Network+ Certification
8 39 (1.93%) Security Cleared
9 37 (1.83%) MCSE
10 34 (1.68%) Azure Certification
11 32 (1.58%) A+ Certification
12 26 (1.29%) CISSP
13 25 (1.24%) CCNP
13 25 (1.24%) SC Cleared
14 21 (1.04%) MCP
15 19 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
16 16 (0.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 14 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
18 13 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
18 13 (0.64%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (5.15%) SLA
2 38 (1.88%) GDPR
3 36 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (0.79%) QA
6 12 (0.59%) NIST
7 7 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (0.35%) SOC 2
8 5 (0.25%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.15%) COBIT
11 2 (0.099%) NCSC
12 1 (0.050%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.050%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.050%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.050%) PMO
System Software
1 815 (40.35%) Active Directory
2 292 (14.46%) Hyper-V
3 258 (12.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 49 (2.43%) VMware ESXi
5 27 (1.34%) vSphere
6 25 (1.24%) Virtual Desktop
7 22 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
8 20 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
9 15 (0.74%) Docker
10 10 (0.50%) Terminal Services
11 8 (0.40%) Firmware
12 5 (0.25%) VMware Server
13 4 (0.20%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 4 (0.20%) XenApp
14 3 (0.15%) Xen
15 2 (0.099%) Microsoft App-V
15 2 (0.099%) pfSense
15 2 (0.099%) Samba
15 2 (0.099%) VMware Workstation
16 1 (0.050%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 230 (11.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 94 (4.65%) SCCM
3 17 (0.84%) WSUS
4 13 (0.64%) Cisco CUCM
4 13 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
4 13 (0.64%) ServiceCenter
5 12 (0.59%) Kubernetes
5 12 (0.59%) SCOM
6 10 (0.50%) Ansible
7 9 (0.45%) FortiGate
7 9 (0.45%) vCenter Server
8 8 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 7 (0.35%) Grafana
10 6 (0.30%) Failover Clustering
10 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 6 (0.30%) Nessus
10 6 (0.30%) Opsgenie
11 5 (0.25%) NetCrunch
11 5 (0.25%) Proxmox
12 4 (0.20%) CASB
Vendors
1 950 (47.03%) Microsoft
2 403 (19.95%) VMware
3 184 (9.11%) Cisco
4 133 (6.58%) Citrix
5 110 (5.45%) Veeam
6 87 (4.31%) Apple
7 82 (4.06%) HP
8 74 (3.66%) Meraki
9 58 (2.87%) Sophos
10 41 (2.03%) Google
11 40 (1.98%) Dell
12 36 (1.78%) Fortinet
13 33 (1.63%) Palo Alto
14 28 (1.39%) Aruba
14 28 (1.39%) ConnectWise
14 28 (1.39%) Draytek
15 27 (1.34%) Barracuda Networks
16 22 (1.09%) Acronis
17 20 (0.99%) WatchGuard
18 17 (0.84%) Oracle