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 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 413 643 872
Rank change year-on-year +230 +229 -208
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Engineer 621 355 384
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.62% 0.36% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.39% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 520 215 266
10th Percentile £25,000 £29,600 £23,875
25th Percentile £29,035 £34,250 £27,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +28.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £47,500 £58,750 £47,188
90th Percentile £65,000 £75,800 £66,250
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 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%

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 18 May 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 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 +244 571 £35,000 -22.22% 204
UK excluding London +146 536 £35,000 -6.67% 193
South East +79 159 £35,000 -17.65% 42
Midlands +102 128 £35,000 -26.32% 43
Work from Home +60 102 £42,500 -5.56% 52
North of England +78 92 £31,500 -5.97% 43
London +98 76 £60,000 +4.35% 22
West Midlands +77 75 £35,000 +1.45% 18
South West +5 72 £36,000 -2.70% 29
East Midlands +42 53 £27,500 -50.00% 25
Yorkshire +92 45 £31,000 -11.43% 13
North West +20 43 £30,000 -2.25% 29
East of England +26 42 £35,000 -6.67% 29
Scotland -75 14 £26,500 -41.11% 2
Wales +15 12 £32,640 -6.74% 11
Northern Ireland +18 9 £34,500 -13.75% 3
Isle of Man - 8 £45,000 -
North East -4 4 £34,500 -37.56% 1

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 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.

1 170 (27.38%) Microsoft
2 169 (27.21%) Windows
3 141 (22.71%) Customer Service
4 140 (22.54%) Social Skills
5 104 (16.75%) Problem-Solving
6 102 (16.43%) Active Directory
7 89 (14.33%) Microsoft 365
8 87 (14.01%) Azure
9 81 (13.04%) Windows Server
10 76 (12.24%) Degree
11 67 (10.79%) Finance
12 62 (9.98%) Manufacturing
13 61 (9.82%) SQL
14 60 (9.66%) Security Cleared
15 59 (9.50%) SharePoint
16 58 (9.34%) Firewall
17 57 (9.18%) Python
18 55 (8.86%) SLA
18 55 (8.86%) Mentoring
19 53 (8.53%) Telecoms
20 51 (8.21%) Asset Management
21 50 (8.05%) VMware
22 49 (7.89%) Driving Licence
23 47 (7.57%) Entra ID
24 46 (7.41%) Linux
25 45 (7.25%) TCP/IP
25 45 (7.25%) Hyper-V
26 42 (6.76%) HNC
27 39 (6.28%) Project Management
28 37 (5.96%) ITIL

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 59 (9.50%) SharePoint
2 36 (5.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.32%) IIS
3 2 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (2.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 13 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.97%) Revit
4 3 (0.48%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.48%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.16%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 1 (0.16%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 89 (14.33%) Microsoft 365
2 87 (14.01%) Azure
3 47 (7.57%) Entra ID
4 32 (5.15%) OneDrive
5 20 (3.22%) AWS
6 13 (2.09%) IBM Cloud
7 10 (1.61%) SaaS
8 8 (1.29%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (1.13%) GCP
10 6 (0.97%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (0.97%) Mimecast
11 4 (0.64%) Amazon Kinesis
12 3 (0.48%) PaaS
12 3 (0.48%) Power Platform
13 2 (0.32%) IaaS
13 2 (0.32%) Oracle CX
14 1 (0.16%) Azure DevOps
14 1 (0.16%) Azure Sentinel
14 1 (0.16%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 58 (9.34%) Firewall
2 45 (7.25%) TCP/IP
3 35 (5.64%) DNS
4 30 (4.83%) Wireless
5 26 (4.19%) LAN
6 25 (4.03%) VoIP
6 25 (4.03%) WAN
7 23 (3.70%) DHCP
7 23 (3.70%) SAN
8 21 (3.38%) Wi-Fi
9 19 (3.06%) SNMP
10 18 (2.90%) LTE
11 16 (2.58%) 3G
11 16 (2.58%) Ethernet
12 14 (2.25%) 4G
13 13 (2.09%) SSH
14 10 (1.61%) GPRS
14 10 (1.61%) VLAN
14 10 (1.61%) VSAT
15 9 (1.45%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (4.35%) MySQL
2 23 (3.70%) SQL Server
3 16 (2.58%) Relational Database
4 4 (0.64%) Amazon Aurora
4 4 (0.64%) DynamoDB
4 4 (0.64%) NoSQL
4 4 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.48%) GIS
6 2 (0.32%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.32%) Power BI
6 2 (0.32%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.16%) Big Data
7 1 (0.16%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 13 (2.09%) Eclipse
1 13 (2.09%) JIRA
2 1 (0.16%) Gatling
2 1 (0.16%) Git
2 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.16%) JUnit
2 1 (0.16%) LoadRunner
2 1 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 140 (22.54%) Social Skills
2 67 (10.79%) Finance
3 62 (9.98%) Manufacturing
4 53 (8.53%) Telecoms
5 30 (4.83%) Military
6 28 (4.51%) Electronics
7 24 (3.86%) Analytical Skills
8 23 (3.70%) Banking
9 22 (3.54%) Back Office
9 22 (3.54%) Front Office
9 22 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
10 18 (2.90%) Marketing
10 18 (2.90%) Retail
11 17 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 16 (2.58%) Public Sector
13 14 (2.25%) Police
14 13 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (1.61%) Local Government
16 7 (1.13%) Games
16 7 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.54%) CSS
2 20 (3.22%) REST
3 17 (2.74%) Web Services
4 16 (2.58%) HTML
4 16 (2.58%) XML
5 13 (2.09%) Ajax
5 13 (2.09%) AngularJS
5 13 (2.09%) JDBC
5 13 (2.09%) ODBC
5 13 (2.09%) SOAP
5 13 (2.09%) XHTML
6 4 (0.64%) GraphQL
6 4 (0.64%) http4s
6 4 (0.64%) Scalaz
7 3 (0.48%) EDI
7 3 (0.48%) Fluent Bit
7 3 (0.48%) JSON
7 3 (0.48%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.32%) Middleware
8 2 (0.32%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.89%) Driving Licence
2 22 (3.54%) Derivative
2 22 (3.54%) Hedge funds
3 18 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (2.42%) CCTV
5 14 (2.25%) Hybrid Cloud
6 13 (2.09%) Blockchain
6 13 (2.09%) CMDB
6 13 (2.09%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.29%) Fat Client
7 8 (1.29%) Linux Command Line
7 8 (1.29%) Thin Client
8 7 (1.13%) Fibre Optics
8 7 (1.13%) Management Information System
9 6 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (0.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (0.81%) Robotics
10 5 (0.81%) Smartphone
11 4 (0.64%) Media Streaming
Operating Systems
1 169 (27.21%) Windows
2 81 (13.04%) Windows Server
3 46 (7.41%) Linux
4 19 (3.06%) Windows 10
5 17 (2.74%) Mac OS
5 17 (2.74%) Unix
6 11 (1.77%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (0.97%) Android
8 5 (0.81%) VMS
9 3 (0.48%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.32%) Solaris
10 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.16%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (22.71%) Customer Service
2 104 (16.75%) Problem-Solving
3 55 (8.86%) Mentoring
4 51 (8.21%) Asset Management
5 39 (6.28%) Project Management
6 37 (5.96%) ITIL
7 36 (5.80%) Continuous Improvement
8 34 (5.48%) Coaching
9 33 (5.31%) Customer Experience
10 26 (4.19%) Cybersecurity
10 26 (4.19%) Investment Management
11 23 (3.70%) Commercial Awareness
12 21 (3.38%) Business Intelligence
13 20 (3.22%) CRM
13 20 (3.22%) DevOps
14 17 (2.74%) Proactive Maintenance
14 17 (2.74%) Time Management
15 16 (2.58%) Creative Problem-Solving
15 16 (2.58%) Customer Requirements
15 16 (2.58%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (9.82%) SQL
2 57 (9.18%) Python
3 37 (5.96%) C#
4 33 (5.31%) Java
5 25 (4.03%) PowerShell
6 20 (3.22%) JavaScript
7 13 (2.09%) Perl
8 12 (1.93%) PL/SQL
9 5 (0.81%) Scala
10 4 (0.64%) Bash
10 4 (0.64%) C++
10 4 (0.64%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.64%) VBA
10 4 (0.64%) VBScript
11 3 (0.48%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.32%) Rust
13 1 (0.16%) Go
13 1 (0.16%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 76 (12.24%) Degree
2 60 (9.66%) Security Cleared
3 42 (6.76%) HNC
4 34 (5.48%) Microsoft Certification
5 22 (3.54%) SC Cleared
6 19 (3.06%) Cisco Certification
7 18 (2.90%) A+ Certification
7 18 (2.90%) CCNA
7 18 (2.90%) DV Cleared
8 14 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (2.25%) HND
9 13 (2.09%) MCP
10 8 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.13%) Network+ Certification
12 6 (0.97%) GCSC
12 6 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (0.81%) Azure Certification
13 5 (0.81%) CompTIA Security+
13 5 (0.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (0.64%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (8.86%) SLA
2 14 (2.25%) PCI DSS
3 7 (1.13%) GDPR
4 4 (0.64%) QA
5 3 (0.48%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.32%) GRC
6 2 (0.32%) ISO 14001
6 2 (0.32%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 102 (16.43%) Active Directory
2 45 (7.25%) Hyper-V
3 36 (5.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.25%) KVM
5 5 (0.81%) XenApp
5 5 (0.81%) XenDesktop
6 4 (0.64%) NFS
6 4 (0.64%) Terminal Services
6 4 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.32%) Docker
7 2 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.32%) vSphere
8 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 31 (4.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (4.03%) SCCM
3 13 (2.09%) WMI
4 10 (1.61%) SCOM
5 3 (0.48%) Cisco Prime
5 3 (0.48%) Fluentd
5 3 (0.48%) Functional Safety
5 3 (0.48%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.48%) logstash
5 3 (0.48%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (0.48%) Terraform
6 2 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.32%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.16%) Autotask
7 1 (0.16%) Istio
7 1 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.16%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 170 (27.38%) Microsoft
2 50 (8.05%) VMware
3 31 (4.99%) Cisco
4 20 (3.22%) Citrix
5 19 (3.06%) Oracle
6 17 (2.74%) Dell
7 16 (2.58%) HP
7 16 (2.58%) Splunk
8 14 (2.25%) Salesforce
9 13 (2.09%) IBM
10 10 (1.61%) SAP
11 6 (0.97%) Acronis
11 6 (0.97%) Siemens
12 5 (0.81%) NetApp
13 4 (0.64%) Bloomberg
13 4 (0.64%) ConnectWise
14 3 (0.48%) Apple
14 3 (0.48%) Aruba
14 3 (0.48%) McAfee
14 3 (0.48%) SolarWinds