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 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 142 259 377
Rank change year-on-year +117 +118 -115
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 2,014 1,450 1,522
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.03% 1.44% 0.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.15% 1.57% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,704 1,153 1,330
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,400 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £34,500 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.80% - -1.43%
75th Percentile £43,000 £45,000 £46,000
90th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,001 £32,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year -1.54% -2.99% +3.08%

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 93,878 92,381 151,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,248 58,258 84,340
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
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 10 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 10 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 +108 1,748 £33,000 -4.35% 334
UK excluding London +87 1,718 £32,001 -1.54% 276
Work from Home +69 464 £37,500 +7.14% 83
South East +70 409 £34,000 +7.94% 61
North of England +74 355 £31,500 -8.70% 68
Midlands +70 355 £35,000 +7.69% 54
South West +8 227 £30,000 -7.69% 50
London -2 213 £40,000 +5.26% 70
West Midlands +56 190 £34,750 +3.73% 21
East of England +62 181 £31,833 +1.46% 26
North West +27 170 £30,000 -14.29% 32
East Midlands +54 160 £37,500 +33.93% 33
Yorkshire +89 133 £30,000 +5.26% 30
Wales +92 123 £27,500 +4.27% 6
Scotland -52 63 £28,500 -22.97% 13
North East +27 51 £32,500 -2.26% 10
Northern Ireland +17 4 £30,000 - 2
Channel Islands - 3 - -
Isle of Man - 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 10 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 (54.12%) Windows
2 974 (48.36%) Microsoft 365
3 954 (47.37%) Microsoft
4 816 (40.52%) Active Directory
5 710 (35.25%) Azure
6 695 (34.51%) Social Skills
7 578 (28.70%) Windows Server
8 490 (24.33%) Firewall
9 446 (22.14%) Problem-Solving
10 405 (20.11%) VMware
11 380 (18.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 359 (17.83%) Customer Service
13 330 (16.39%) Microsoft Exchange
14 293 (14.55%) Hyper-V
15 281 (13.95%) ITIL
16 278 (13.80%) Degree
17 277 (13.75%) Windows 10
18 262 (13.01%) VMware Infrastructure
19 250 (12.41%) Microsoft Office
20 241 (11.97%) SharePoint
21 231 (11.47%) DNS
21 231 (11.47%) Entra ID
21 231 (11.47%) Microsoft Intune
22 197 (9.78%) DHCP
23 196 (9.73%) Law
24 195 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
25 193 (9.58%) Cybersecurity
26 183 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
26 183 (9.09%) Cisco
27 174 (8.64%) Manufacturing

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
1 330 (16.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 241 (11.97%) SharePoint
3 19 (0.94%) Exchange Server 2013
4 17 (0.84%) IIS
5 13 (0.65%) Confluence
6 11 (0.55%) 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%) CMS
10 4 (0.20%) Jupyter
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
1 250 (12.41%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (2.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.35%) 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
2 3 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.099%) Oracle Receivables
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
4 1 (0.050%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 974 (48.36%) Microsoft 365
2 710 (35.25%) Azure
3 231 (11.47%) Entra ID
4 116 (5.76%) AWS
5 57 (2.83%) OneDrive
6 37 (1.84%) Mimecast
7 30 (1.49%) Google Workspace
8 18 (0.89%) SaaS
9 17 (0.84%) Power Platform
10 13 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
10 13 (0.65%) IaaS
11 12 (0.60%) Amazon EC2
11 12 (0.60%) iTunes
12 11 (0.55%) PaaS
13 10 (0.50%) Power Automate
14 9 (0.45%) GCP
14 9 (0.45%) Nutanix
14 9 (0.45%) PowerApps
15 7 (0.35%) Azure Storage
15 7 (0.35%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 490 (24.33%) Firewall
2 231 (11.47%) DNS
3 197 (9.78%) DHCP
4 183 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
5 151 (7.50%) VPN
6 142 (7.05%) TCP/IP
7 134 (6.65%) WAN
8 118 (5.86%) LAN
9 115 (5.71%) SAN
10 110 (5.46%) VoIP
11 100 (4.97%) Wireless
12 95 (4.72%) VLAN
13 59 (2.93%) Network Security
14 54 (2.68%) Internet
15 31 (1.54%) Remote Desktop
16 29 (1.44%) NAS
16 29 (1.44%) SD-WAN
17 19 (0.94%) SSL
18 18 (0.89%) Cisco IOS
18 18 (0.89%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (6.50%) SQL Server
2 46 (2.28%) Amazon RDS
3 34 (1.69%) MySQL
4 8 (0.40%) MariaDB
4 8 (0.40%) Power BI
5 4 (0.20%) Crystal Reports
5 4 (0.20%) DB2
5 4 (0.20%) InfluxDB
5 4 (0.20%) Metabase
6 3 (0.15%) Big Data
6 3 (0.15%) EDRMS
7 2 (0.099%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.099%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.050%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.050%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.050%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 26 (1.29%) 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
1 695 (34.51%) Social Skills
2 196 (9.73%) Law
3 174 (8.64%) Manufacturing
4 121 (6.01%) Influencing Skills
5 116 (5.76%) Presentation Skills
6 108 (5.36%) Finance
7 94 (4.67%) Analytical Skills
8 93 (4.62%) Organisational Skills
9 83 (4.12%) Telecoms
10 53 (2.63%) Retail
11 46 (2.28%) Legal
12 41 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 34 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
14 27 (1.34%) Marketing
15 25 (1.24%) Banking
16 24 (1.19%) Public Sector
17 18 (0.89%) Games
18 17 (0.84%) Automotive
19 15 (0.74%) Advertising
20 12 (0.60%) 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%) .NET
3 4 (0.20%) Cocoa
4 3 (0.15%) LAMP
5 2 (0.099%) CSS
5 2 (0.099%) HTML
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%) Software Packaging
6 1 (0.050%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 160 (7.94%) Driving Licence
2 115 (5.71%) FMCG
3 67 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
4 63 (3.13%) Data Centre
5 53 (2.63%) Management Information System
6 46 (2.28%) Replication
7 38 (1.89%) Onboarding
8 30 (1.49%) CCTV
8 30 (1.49%) Fat Client
8 30 (1.49%) Thin Client
9 29 (1.44%) EPoS
10 25 (1.24%) Enterprise Storage
11 22 (1.09%) iPad
12 16 (0.79%) Public Cloud
13 14 (0.70%) Cyberattack
13 14 (0.70%) Social Media
13 14 (0.70%) Video Conferencing
14 13 (0.65%) Security Posture
15 11 (0.55%) Operational Technology
16 10 (0.50%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 1,090 (54.12%) Windows
2 578 (28.70%) Windows Server
3 277 (13.75%) Windows 10
4 173 (8.59%) Linux
5 142 (7.05%) Windows Server 2016
6 106 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
7 95 (4.72%) Windows Server 2012
8 82 (4.07%) Mac OS
9 70 (3.48%) Android
10 69 (3.43%) Apple iOS
11 38 (1.89%) Windows 7
12 26 (1.29%) Mac OS X
13 25 (1.24%) Windows Server 2008
14 23 (1.14%) Windows 8
15 18 (0.89%) Unix
16 13 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 10 (0.50%) Windows Server 2003
18 9 (0.45%) CentOS
19 5 (0.25%) Debian
19 5 (0.25%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 446 (22.14%) Problem-Solving
2 380 (18.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 359 (17.83%) Customer Service
4 281 (13.95%) ITIL
5 195 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
6 193 (9.58%) Cybersecurity
7 115 (5.71%) Benchmarking
7 115 (5.71%) Lean Manufacturing
7 115 (5.71%) Lean Six Sigma
7 115 (5.71%) Order Management
7 115 (5.71%) Six Sigma
8 104 (5.16%) Migration
9 100 (4.97%) Disaster Recovery
10 97 (4.82%) Project Delivery
11 81 (4.02%) Service Delivery
12 70 (3.48%) Project Management
13 58 (2.88%) Incident Management
14 57 (2.83%) Agile
15 51 (2.53%) Change Management
16 50 (2.48%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 157 (7.80%) PowerShell
2 156 (7.75%) SQL
3 42 (2.09%) Python
4 19 (0.94%) Bash
5 12 (0.60%) Java
6 10 (0.50%) Swift
7 9 (0.45%) C++
7 9 (0.45%) PHP
8 7 (0.35%) C#
8 7 (0.35%) JavaScript
9 6 (0.30%) VB
10 5 (0.25%) Perl
11 4 (0.20%) R
11 4 (0.20%) Ruby
12 2 (0.099%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.050%) Go
13 1 (0.050%) Korn
13 1 (0.050%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.050%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 278 (13.80%) Degree
2 115 (5.71%) Microsoft Certification
2 115 (5.71%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 85 (4.22%) Cisco Certification
4 69 (3.43%) DBS Check
5 64 (3.18%) CCNA
6 47 (2.33%) Network+ Certification
7 39 (1.94%) Security Cleared
8 35 (1.74%) Azure Certification
9 34 (1.69%) MCSE
10 33 (1.64%) A+ Certification
11 26 (1.29%) CISSP
12 24 (1.19%) CCNP
12 24 (1.19%) SC Cleared
13 21 (1.04%) MCP
14 20 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
15 16 (0.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 13 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
16 13 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
16 13 (0.65%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (5.26%) SLA
2 38 (1.89%) GDPR
3 35 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (0.79%) QA
6 12 (0.60%) NIST
7 7 (0.35%) SOC 2
8 6 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (0.25%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.15%) COBIT
12 2 (0.099%) NCSC
13 1 (0.050%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.050%) ISO 13485
13 1 (0.050%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.050%) PMO
System Software
1 816 (40.52%) Active Directory
2 293 (14.55%) Hyper-V
3 262 (13.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 49 (2.43%) VMware ESXi
5 28 (1.39%) 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 7 (0.35%) Firmware
12 5 (0.25%) VMware Server
12 5 (0.25%) XenApp
13 4 (0.20%) Citrix Hypervisor
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
1 231 (11.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 97 (4.82%) SCCM
3 16 (0.79%) WSUS
4 14 (0.70%) SCOM
5 13 (0.65%) Cisco CUCM
5 13 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
5 13 (0.65%) ServiceCenter
6 12 (0.60%) Kubernetes
7 10 (0.50%) Ansible
8 9 (0.45%) FortiGate
8 9 (0.45%) vCenter Server
9 8 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 7 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
11 6 (0.30%) Grafana
11 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 6 (0.30%) Nessus
11 6 (0.30%) Opsgenie
12 5 (0.25%) NetCrunch
12 5 (0.25%) Proxmox
13 4 (0.20%) CASB
Vendors
1 954 (47.37%) Microsoft
2 405 (20.11%) VMware
3 183 (9.09%) Cisco
4 134 (6.65%) Citrix
5 110 (5.46%) Veeam
6 87 (4.32%) Apple
7 86 (4.27%) HP
8 73 (3.62%) Meraki
9 58 (2.88%) Sophos
10 43 (2.14%) Dell
11 40 (1.99%) Google
12 35 (1.74%) Fortinet
13 34 (1.69%) 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 16 (0.79%) Oracle