Technical Engineer Jobs

Technical Engineer
UK

The median Technical Engineer salary in the UK is £35,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 409 636 880
Rank change year-on-year +227 +244 -201
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Engineer 650 331 394
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.62% 0.35% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 0.38% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 542 202 258
10th Percentile £25,000 £29,750 £23,750
25th Percentile £29,009 £33,688 £28,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +28.57% -2.78%
75th Percentile £46,250 £58,578 £47,500
90th Percentile £64,875 £72,250 £63,600
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +15.38% -4.41%

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 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

Technical Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Engineer in the UK

Technical Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Technical Engineer in the UK

Technical Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Engineer over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Engineer in the UK

Technical Engineer
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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 +223 600 £35,000 -22.22% 258
UK excluding London +178 566 £35,000 -6.67% 246
South East +69 160 £35,000 -17.65% 53
Midlands +104 133 £34,501 -27.37% 48
North of England +77 109 £32,500 -1.52% 51
Work from Home +51 106 £42,500 -5.56% 63
West Midlands +54 77 £35,000 +1.45% 26
London +102 75 £60,000 +4.35% 24
South West +9 75 £36,000 -11.11% 34
East Midlands +35 56 £27,750 -49.55% 22
Yorkshire +79 52 £32,500 -7.14% 26
North West +19 50 £34,000 +10.79% 19
East of England +29 46 £37,500 - 48
Scotland -69 14 £26,500 -41.11% 6
Wales +17 12 £32,640 -6.74% 12
Northern Ireland +22 9 £34,500 -13.75% 3
Isle of Man - 8 £45,000 -
North East -5 7 £40,000 -27.60% 6

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Technical 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 Technical Engineer in the job title.

1 175 (26.92%) Microsoft
2 167 (25.69%) Windows
3 146 (22.46%) Social Skills
4 142 (21.85%) Customer Service
5 106 (16.31%) Problem-Solving
6 99 (15.23%) Active Directory
7 90 (13.85%) Azure
8 87 (13.38%) Microsoft 365
9 78 (12.00%) Windows Server
9 78 (12.00%) Degree
10 67 (10.31%) Finance
11 64 (9.85%) Manufacturing
12 60 (9.23%) Security Cleared
13 59 (9.08%) SQL
14 58 (8.92%) Mentoring
15 57 (8.77%) Firewall
16 56 (8.62%) SharePoint
17 55 (8.46%) Telecoms
18 54 (8.31%) SLA
19 53 (8.15%) Python
20 51 (7.85%) VMware
21 49 (7.54%) Asset Management
21 49 (7.54%) Driving Licence
22 47 (7.23%) Hyper-V
23 45 (6.92%) Entra ID
23 45 (6.92%) TCP/IP
24 44 (6.77%) Linux
25 42 (6.46%) HNC
26 39 (6.00%) Coaching
27 38 (5.85%) Project Management

Technical 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 56 (8.62%) SharePoint
2 34 (5.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.31%) IIS
4 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.92%) Revit
5 3 (0.46%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.46%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.15%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 1 (0.15%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 90 (13.85%) Azure
2 87 (13.38%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (6.92%) Entra ID
4 31 (4.77%) OneDrive
5 25 (3.85%) AWS
6 13 (2.00%) IBM Cloud
7 11 (1.69%) SaaS
8 9 (1.38%) Amazon Kinesis
8 9 (1.38%) GCP
9 8 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (1.08%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (0.92%) Mimecast
12 3 (0.46%) PaaS
13 2 (0.31%) IaaS
13 2 (0.31%) Oracle CX
13 2 (0.31%) Power Platform
14 1 (0.15%) Azure AKS
14 1 (0.15%) Snowflake
14 1 (0.15%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 57 (8.77%) Firewall
2 45 (6.92%) TCP/IP
3 35 (5.38%) DNS
4 30 (4.62%) Wireless
5 25 (3.85%) VoIP
5 25 (3.85%) WAN
6 24 (3.69%) LAN
7 23 (3.54%) DHCP
7 23 (3.54%) Wi-Fi
8 22 (3.38%) SAN
9 19 (2.92%) SNMP
10 18 (2.77%) LTE
11 16 (2.46%) 3G
11 16 (2.46%) 4G
11 16 (2.46%) Ethernet
12 13 (2.00%) SSH
13 10 (1.54%) GPRS
13 10 (1.54%) VLAN
13 10 (1.54%) VSAT
14 9 (1.38%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.85%) MySQL
2 23 (3.54%) SQL Server
3 16 (2.46%) Relational Database
4 9 (1.38%) Amazon Aurora
4 9 (1.38%) DynamoDB
4 9 (1.38%) NoSQL
4 9 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.46%) GIS
6 2 (0.31%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.31%) Power BI
6 2 (0.31%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.15%) Big Data
7 1 (0.15%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 13 (2.00%) Eclipse
1 13 (2.00%) JIRA
2 1 (0.15%) Gatling
2 1 (0.15%) Git
2 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.15%) JUnit
2 1 (0.15%) LoadRunner
2 1 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 146 (22.46%) Social Skills
2 67 (10.31%) Finance
3 64 (9.85%) Manufacturing
4 55 (8.46%) Telecoms
5 32 (4.92%) Electronics
5 32 (4.92%) Military
6 26 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
8 21 (3.23%) Banking
9 20 (3.08%) Back Office
9 20 (3.08%) Front Office
9 20 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (2.62%) Marketing
10 17 (2.62%) Public Sector
10 17 (2.62%) Retail
11 14 (2.15%) Police
12 13 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.54%) Local Government
14 7 (1.08%) Games
14 7 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.85%) REST
2 22 (3.38%) CSS
2 22 (3.38%) Web Services
3 16 (2.46%) HTML
3 16 (2.46%) XML
4 13 (2.00%) Ajax
4 13 (2.00%) AngularJS
4 13 (2.00%) JDBC
4 13 (2.00%) ODBC
4 13 (2.00%) SOAP
4 13 (2.00%) XHTML
5 9 (1.38%) GraphQL
5 9 (1.38%) http4s
5 9 (1.38%) Scalaz
6 3 (0.46%) EDI
6 3 (0.46%) Fluent Bit
6 3 (0.46%) JSON
6 3 (0.46%) Lightning Web Components
7 2 (0.31%) Middleware
7 2 (0.31%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.54%) Driving Licence
2 24 (3.69%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (3.08%) Derivative
3 20 (3.08%) Hedge funds
4 17 (2.62%) CCTV
5 15 (2.31%) Data Centre
6 14 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
7 13 (2.00%) Blockchain
7 13 (2.00%) CMDB
8 11 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (1.38%) Blog
9 9 (1.38%) Media Streaming
10 8 (1.23%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (1.08%) Fat Client
11 7 (1.08%) Fibre Optics
11 7 (1.08%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.08%) Thin Client
12 6 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 5 (0.77%) Robotics
13 5 (0.77%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 167 (25.69%) Windows
2 78 (12.00%) Windows Server
3 44 (6.77%) Linux
4 18 (2.77%) Mac OS
4 18 (2.77%) Windows 10
5 16 (2.46%) Unix
6 11 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (1.08%) VMS
8 5 (0.77%) Android
9 3 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.31%) Solaris
10 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.15%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (21.85%) Customer Service
2 106 (16.31%) Problem-Solving
3 58 (8.92%) Mentoring
4 49 (7.54%) Asset Management
5 39 (6.00%) Coaching
6 38 (5.85%) Project Management
7 37 (5.69%) ITIL
8 35 (5.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 33 (5.08%) Customer Experience
10 28 (4.31%) Cybersecurity
11 27 (4.15%) Investment Management
12 24 (3.69%) DevOps
13 23 (3.54%) Commercial Awareness
14 21 (3.23%) Business Intelligence
15 20 (3.08%) CRM
16 17 (2.62%) Proactive Maintenance
16 17 (2.62%) Software Engineering
16 17 (2.62%) Time Management
17 16 (2.46%) Creative Problem-Solving
17 16 (2.46%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 59 (9.08%) SQL
2 53 (8.15%) Python
3 34 (5.23%) C#
4 32 (4.92%) Java
5 24 (3.69%) PowerShell
6 20 (3.08%) JavaScript
7 13 (2.00%) Perl
8 10 (1.54%) PL/SQL
8 10 (1.54%) Scala
9 4 (0.62%) Bash
9 4 (0.62%) C++
9 4 (0.62%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.62%) VBA
9 4 (0.62%) VBScript
10 3 (0.46%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.31%) Rust
12 1 (0.15%) Go
12 1 (0.15%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 78 (12.00%) Degree
2 60 (9.23%) Security Cleared
3 42 (6.46%) HNC
4 36 (5.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 22 (3.38%) SC Cleared
6 19 (2.92%) A+ Certification
6 19 (2.92%) Cisco Certification
7 18 (2.77%) CCNA
7 18 (2.77%) DV Cleared
8 14 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (2.15%) HND
8 14 (2.15%) MCP
9 9 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.08%) Azure Certification
10 7 (1.08%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (0.92%) GCSC
11 6 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (0.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 5 (0.77%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (0.77%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (8.31%) SLA
2 14 (2.15%) PCI DSS
3 7 (1.08%) GDPR
4 4 (0.62%) QA
5 3 (0.46%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.31%) GRC
6 2 (0.31%) ISO 14001
6 2 (0.31%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 99 (15.23%) Active Directory
2 47 (7.23%) Hyper-V
3 37 (5.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.15%) KVM
5 10 (1.54%) XenApp
5 10 (1.54%) XenDesktop
6 4 (0.62%) NFS
6 4 (0.62%) Terminal Services
6 4 (0.62%) vSphere
7 3 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.15%) Docker
9 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 31 (4.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (3.69%) SCCM
3 13 (2.00%) WMI
4 9 (1.38%) SCOM
5 6 (0.92%) Terraform
6 3 (0.46%) Cisco Prime
6 3 (0.46%) Fluentd
6 3 (0.46%) Functional Safety
6 3 (0.46%) logstash
6 3 (0.46%) McAfee ePO
7 2 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.31%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.15%) Autotask
8 1 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.15%) Istio
8 1 (0.15%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 175 (26.92%) Microsoft
2 51 (7.85%) VMware
3 29 (4.46%) Cisco
4 24 (3.69%) Citrix
5 19 (2.92%) Oracle
6 16 (2.46%) Dell
6 16 (2.46%) Splunk
7 15 (2.31%) HP
8 14 (2.15%) Salesforce
9 13 (2.00%) IBM
10 10 (1.54%) SAP
11 6 (0.92%) Acronis
11 6 (0.92%) Siemens
12 5 (0.77%) NetApp
13 4 (0.62%) ConnectWise
13 4 (0.62%) Google
14 3 (0.46%) Apple
14 3 (0.46%) Aruba
14 3 (0.46%) McAfee
14 3 (0.46%) SolarWinds