Senior IT Engineer
UK
The median Senior IT Engineer salary in the UK is £47,000 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 | |
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| Rank | 769 | 827 | 1115 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +58 | +288 | -295 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Engineer | 138 | 120 | 146 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.13% | 0.13% | 0.087% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.14% | 0.14% | 0.090% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 120 | 96 | 122 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £35,001 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £35,813 | £38,438 | £36,438 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £47,000 | £45,000 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.44% | -5.26% | +11.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £63,750 | £57,500 | £58,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £76,250 | £100,000 | £79,475 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £42,500 | £45,000 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.56% | -5.26% | +31.94% |
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% |
Senior IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior IT Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior IT Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior IT Engineer.
Senior IT Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Engineer over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.
Senior IT Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior IT 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 |
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| England | +52 | 124 | £50,000 | +11.11% | 30 |
| UK excluding London | 0 | 101 | £42,500 | -5.56% | 26 |
| Work from Home | +46 | 44 | £55,000 | - | 14 |
| London | +99 | 32 | £72,500 | +26.09% | 7 |
| Midlands | -16 | 25 | £35,000 | -13.58% | 2 |
| North of England | +50 | 23 | £52,500 | +5.00% | 5 |
| South West | -16 | 20 | £40,000 | -1.84% | 6 |
| East Midlands | -12 | 19 | £35,000 | -39.13% | |
| South East | -4 | 17 | £43,750 | -12.50% | 9 |
| Yorkshire | +73 | 12 | £55,000 | -8.33% | |
| North West | +4 | 11 | £45,750 | +1.67% | 5 |
| East of England | +4 | 7 | £42,500 | -12.19% | 1 |
| West Midlands | -23 | 6 | £46,750 | +15.43% | 2 |
| Scotland | -67 | 5 | £42,500 | +6.25% | 2 |
| Wales | - | 3 | £40,000 | - | 2 |
| Northern Ireland | +21 | 1 | £32,500 | - |
Senior IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Senior 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 Senior IT Engineer in the job title.
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Senior 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:
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