IT Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 193 258
Rank change year-on-year +83 +65 -76
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,893 1,001 1,066
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.40% 1.80% 1.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.53% 2.02% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,541 784 974
10th Percentile £23,500 £25,000 £23,132
25th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year - -2.99% -
75th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £44,744
90th Percentile £48,250 £53,000 £55,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £34,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -5.80% -1.43% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 74,927 49,444 72,458
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.84% 88.83% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 52,326 29,284 42,904
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for IT Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
Midlands +65 437 £35,000 +7.69% 38
South East +77 417 £34,000 +7.94% 87
North of England +72 400 £31,750 -7.97% 78
South West +7 248 £30,000 -7.69% 48
West Midlands +60 236 £35,000 +4.48% 15
East Midlands +59 197 £37,250 +33.04% 23
North West +48 197 £30,000 -20.00% 49
East of England +38 187 £31,833 +0.26% 28
Yorkshire +72 147 £30,000 -6.98% 23
Wales +100 130 £27,500 - 7
Scotland -52 68 £28,500 -22.97% 21
North East +19 55 £32,500 -2.99% 8
Northern Ireland +13 4 £30,000 - 6
Channel Islands - 3 - -
Isle of Man - 2 - -
IT Engineer
UK

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 9 June 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 998 (52.72%) Windows
2 890 (47.02%) Microsoft
3 819 (43.26%) Microsoft 365
4 696 (36.77%) Active Directory
5 592 (31.27%) Azure
6 567 (29.95%) Social Skills
7 496 (26.20%) Windows Server
8 438 (23.14%) Problem-Solving
9 434 (22.93%) Firewall
10 376 (19.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 360 (19.02%) VMware
12 319 (16.85%) Customer Service
13 309 (16.32%) ITIL
14 281 (14.84%) Microsoft Exchange
15 267 (14.10%) Degree
16 257 (13.58%) Hyper-V
17 237 (12.52%) Cisco
18 233 (12.31%) VMware Infrastructure
19 225 (11.89%) Linux
20 220 (11.62%) Microsoft Office
21 219 (11.57%) Driving Licence
22 218 (11.52%) Windows 10
23 210 (11.09%) SharePoint
24 198 (10.46%) DNS
25 193 (10.20%) Entra ID
26 190 (10.04%) Microsoft Intune
27 174 (9.19%) Microsoft Certification
28 169 (8.93%) DHCP
29 146 (7.71%) Cybersecurity
30 144 (7.61%) Continuous Improvement

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 281 (14.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 210 (11.09%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.06%) IIS
4 14 (0.74%) Exchange Server 2013
5 12 (0.63%) Confluence
6 9 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2010
7 7 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2007
8 6 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2000
9 3 (0.16%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.16%) WordPress
10 2 (0.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.11%) CMS
10 2 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.11%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.053%) Apache
11 1 (0.053%) Moodle
11 1 (0.053%) Site Server
11 1 (0.053%) Tomcat
Applications
1 220 (11.62%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (2.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.053%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.053%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.26%) Sage X3
2 3 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.053%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.053%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.053%) MIS ActiveH
4 1 (0.053%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 819 (43.26%) Microsoft 365
2 592 (31.27%) Azure
3 193 (10.20%) Entra ID
4 82 (4.33%) AWS
5 49 (2.59%) OneDrive
6 31 (1.64%) Mimecast
7 29 (1.53%) Google Workspace
8 17 (0.90%) Power Platform
9 12 (0.63%) iTunes
10 11 (0.58%) Cloud Computing
10 11 (0.58%) SaaS
11 10 (0.53%) Nutanix
11 10 (0.53%) PowerApps
12 9 (0.48%) Power Automate
13 7 (0.37%) IaaS
14 6 (0.32%) Serverless
15 5 (0.26%) PaaS
16 4 (0.21%) Dropbox
17 3 (0.16%) AWS CloudTrail
17 3 (0.16%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 434 (22.93%) Firewall
2 198 (10.46%) DNS
3 169 (8.93%) DHCP
4 140 (7.40%) Wi-Fi
5 127 (6.71%) VPN
6 121 (6.39%) Network Security
7 117 (6.18%) TCP/IP
8 116 (6.13%) Internet
9 107 (5.65%) WAN
10 103 (5.44%) SAN
11 95 (5.02%) LAN
11 95 (5.02%) VoIP
12 92 (4.86%) Wireless
13 81 (4.28%) VLAN
13 81 (4.28%) WLAN
14 30 (1.58%) NAS
15 29 (1.53%) Remote Desktop
16 19 (1.00%) SD-WAN
16 19 (1.00%) SSL
17 17 (0.90%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (6.08%) SQL Server
2 40 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
3 34 (1.80%) MySQL
4 8 (0.42%) MariaDB
5 6 (0.32%) Power BI
6 4 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (0.21%) DB2
6 4 (0.21%) InfluxDB
7 3 (0.16%) Metabase
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 25 (1.32%) JIRA
2 4 (0.21%) Visual Studio
2 4 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (0.16%) LabVIEW
4 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.053%) Jenkins
General
1 567 (29.95%) Social Skills
2 133 (7.03%) Law
3 130 (6.87%) Manufacturing
4 84 (4.44%) Telecoms
5 76 (4.01%) Finance
6 70 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
7 68 (3.59%) Analytical Skills
7 68 (3.59%) Influencing Skills
7 68 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
8 51 (2.69%) Retail
9 36 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 27 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
10 27 (1.43%) Legal
11 25 (1.32%) Marketing
12 20 (1.06%) Public Sector
13 18 (0.95%) Games
14 16 (0.85%) Automotive
15 14 (0.74%) Advertising
16 11 (0.58%) Back Office
17 8 (0.42%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.26%) Kafka
2 4 (0.21%) Cocoa
3 3 (0.16%) .NET
3 3 (0.16%) LAMP
4 2 (0.11%) CSS
4 2 (0.11%) HTML
4 2 (0.11%) Software Packaging
4 2 (0.11%) V-Ray
5 1 (0.053%) EDI
5 1 (0.053%) LDAP
5 1 (0.053%) Loki
5 1 (0.053%) RESTEasy
5 1 (0.053%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 219 (11.57%) Driving Licence
2 96 (5.07%) Onboarding
3 68 (3.59%) FMCG
4 59 (3.12%) Self-Motivation
5 51 (2.69%) Data Centre
6 49 (2.59%) Management Information System
7 43 (2.27%) Replication
8 32 (1.69%) CCTV
9 29 (1.53%) Fat Client
9 29 (1.53%) Thin Client
10 26 (1.37%) Enterprise Storage
11 20 (1.06%) iPad
12 13 (0.69%) Public Cloud
13 10 (0.53%) EPoS
13 10 (0.53%) Security Posture
13 10 (0.53%) Social Media
14 8 (0.42%) Client/Server
14 8 (0.42%) Hybrid Cloud
14 8 (0.42%) Operational Technology
15 7 (0.37%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 998 (52.72%) Windows
2 496 (26.20%) Windows Server
3 225 (11.89%) Linux
4 218 (11.52%) Windows 10
5 129 (6.81%) Windows Server 2016
6 96 (5.07%) Windows Server 2019
7 79 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
8 62 (3.28%) Mac OS
9 54 (2.85%) Android
10 49 (2.59%) Apple iOS
11 36 (1.90%) Windows 7
12 20 (1.06%) Windows 8
13 19 (1.00%) Windows Server 2008
14 11 (0.58%) Mac OS X
15 10 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 9 (0.48%) Unix
17 8 (0.42%) CentOS
17 8 (0.42%) Windows Server 2003
18 5 (0.26%) Debian
18 5 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 438 (23.14%) Problem-Solving
2 376 (19.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 319 (16.85%) Customer Service
4 309 (16.32%) ITIL
5 146 (7.71%) Cybersecurity
6 144 (7.61%) Continuous Improvement
7 103 (5.44%) Asset Management
8 100 (5.28%) Mentoring
9 92 (4.86%) Project Delivery
10 87 (4.60%) Migration
11 85 (4.49%) Disaster Recovery
12 83 (4.38%) Computer Science
13 80 (4.23%) Service Delivery
14 74 (3.91%) Network Management
15 70 (3.70%) IT Asset Management
16 69 (3.65%) Project Management
17 68 (3.59%) Benchmarking
17 68 (3.59%) Lean Manufacturing
17 68 (3.59%) Lean Six Sigma
17 68 (3.59%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 142 (7.50%) SQL
2 119 (6.29%) PowerShell
3 29 (1.53%) Python
4 13 (0.69%) Java
5 10 (0.53%) Swift
6 8 (0.42%) Bash
6 8 (0.42%) C++
6 8 (0.42%) PHP
7 7 (0.37%) JavaScript
8 6 (0.32%) C#
8 6 (0.32%) VB
9 4 (0.21%) R
10 3 (0.16%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.11%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.053%) Go
12 1 (0.053%) Perl
Qualifications
1 267 (14.10%) Degree
2 174 (9.19%) Microsoft Certification
3 130 (6.87%) Cisco Certification
4 119 (6.29%) CCNA
5 99 (5.23%) MCSE
6 88 (4.65%) MCP
7 81 (4.28%) CCNP
8 77 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
9 71 (3.75%) DBS Check
10 68 (3.59%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
11 67 (3.54%) LPIC
12 42 (2.22%) Network+ Certification
13 31 (1.64%) Azure Certification
13 31 (1.64%) Security Cleared
14 28 (1.48%) A+ Certification
15 15 (0.79%) CompTIA Security+
15 15 (0.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 15 (0.79%) SC Cleared
16 14 (0.74%) CISSP
17 12 (0.63%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (4.75%) SLA
2 38 (2.01%) GDPR
3 30 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (0.74%) QA
6 7 (0.37%) NIST
7 6 (0.32%) SOC 2
8 5 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.21%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.11%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.053%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.053%) COBIT
12 1 (0.053%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.053%) NCSC
System Software
1 696 (36.77%) Active Directory
2 257 (13.58%) Hyper-V
3 233 (12.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 41 (2.17%) VMware ESXi
5 25 (1.32%) Virtual Desktop
6 24 (1.27%) vSphere
7 21 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
7 21 (1.11%) Virtual Servers
8 15 (0.79%) Docker
9 8 (0.42%) Firmware
10 6 (0.32%) Terminal Services
11 5 (0.26%) VMware Server
12 4 (0.21%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.11%) pfSense
13 2 (0.11%) Samba
13 2 (0.11%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.053%) NFS
14 1 (0.053%) Terminal Server
14 1 (0.053%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 190 (10.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 69 (3.65%) SCCM
3 16 (0.85%) WSUS
4 13 (0.69%) Cisco CUCM
4 13 (0.69%) Kubernetes
4 13 (0.69%) ServiceCenter
5 11 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
6 10 (0.53%) Ansible
6 10 (0.53%) SCOM
7 9 (0.48%) vCenter Server
8 7 (0.37%) Grafana
9 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 6 (0.32%) Opsgenie
10 5 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.26%) Nessus
10 5 (0.26%) NetCrunch
11 4 (0.21%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.16%) Backup Exec
12 3 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
12 3 (0.16%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 890 (47.02%) Microsoft
2 360 (19.02%) VMware
3 237 (12.52%) Cisco
4 107 (5.65%) Citrix
5 106 (5.60%) Veeam
6 74 (3.91%) Apple
7 73 (3.86%) Meraki
8 66 (3.49%) HP
9 54 (2.85%) Sophos
10 37 (1.95%) Google
11 35 (1.85%) Fortinet
12 30 (1.58%) Dell
13 28 (1.48%) Palo Alto
14 27 (1.43%) Barracuda Networks
14 27 (1.43%) Draytek
15 26 (1.37%) Aruba
16 22 (1.16%) ConnectWise
17 20 (1.06%) Acronis
17 20 (1.06%) WatchGuard
18 12 (0.63%) NetApp