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 8 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
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 202 259
Rank change year-on-year +91 +57 -76
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,824 1,003 1,077
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.32% 1.80% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.44% 2.03% 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,540 782 985
10th Percentile £23,500 £25,038 £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 £44,750
90th Percentile £48,250 £53,000 £56,250
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 74,776 49,490 72,464
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.01% 88.82% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 52,251 29,308 43,150
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 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +5.94% +6.32%
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 8 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 8 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
South East +75 416 £34,000 +7.94% 87
North of England +66 399 £31,500 -8.70% 80
Midlands +52 372 £35,000 +7.69% 40
South West +9 247 £30,000 -7.69% 56
North West +49 196 £30,000 -20.00% 48
West Midlands +44 186 £35,000 +2.94% 14
East of England +37 186 £31,833 +0.26% 28
East Midlands +54 182 £37,250 +33.04% 26
Yorkshire +79 147 £30,000 -6.98% 25
Wales +97 130 £27,500 - 8
Scotland -45 68 £28,500 -20.83% 22
North East +18 55 £32,500 -2.99% 9
Northern Ireland +16 4 £30,000 - 7
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 8 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.

1 931 (51.04%) Windows
2 823 (45.12%) Microsoft
3 819 (44.90%) Microsoft 365
4 696 (38.16%) Active Directory
5 592 (32.46%) Azure
6 567 (31.09%) Social Skills
7 496 (27.19%) Windows Server
8 434 (23.79%) Firewall
9 375 (20.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 371 (20.34%) Problem-Solving
11 360 (19.74%) VMware
12 319 (17.49%) Customer Service
13 281 (15.41%) Microsoft Exchange
14 257 (14.09%) Hyper-V
15 242 (13.27%) ITIL
16 233 (12.77%) VMware Infrastructure
17 220 (12.06%) Microsoft Office
18 218 (11.95%) Windows 10
19 210 (11.51%) SharePoint
20 200 (10.96%) Degree
21 198 (10.86%) DNS
22 193 (10.58%) Entra ID
23 190 (10.42%) Microsoft Intune
24 170 (9.32%) Cisco
25 169 (9.27%) DHCP
26 158 (8.66%) Linux
27 152 (8.33%) Driving Licence
28 146 (8.00%) Cybersecurity
29 144 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
30 142 (7.79%) SQL

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 (15.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 210 (11.51%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.10%) IIS
4 14 (0.77%) Exchange Server 2013
5 12 (0.66%) Confluence
6 9 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2010
7 7 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2007
8 6 (0.33%) 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 (0.055%) Apache
11 1 (0.055%) Moodle
11 1 (0.055%) Site Server
11 1 (0.055%) Tomcat
Applications
1 220 (12.06%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (2.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.055%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.055%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.27%) Sage X3
2 3 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.055%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.055%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.055%) MIS ActiveH
4 1 (0.055%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 819 (44.90%) Microsoft 365
2 592 (32.46%) Azure
3 193 (10.58%) Entra ID
4 82 (4.50%) AWS
5 49 (2.69%) OneDrive
6 31 (1.70%) Mimecast
7 29 (1.59%) Google Workspace
8 17 (0.93%) Power Platform
9 12 (0.66%) iTunes
10 11 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
10 11 (0.60%) SaaS
11 10 (0.55%) Nutanix
11 10 (0.55%) PowerApps
12 9 (0.49%) Power Automate
13 7 (0.38%) IaaS
14 6 (0.33%) Serverless
15 5 (0.27%) PaaS
16 4 (0.22%) Dropbox
17 3 (0.16%) GCP
17 3 (0.16%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 434 (23.79%) Firewall
2 198 (10.86%) DNS
3 169 (9.27%) DHCP
4 140 (7.68%) Wi-Fi
5 127 (6.96%) VPN
6 117 (6.41%) TCP/IP
7 107 (5.87%) WAN
8 103 (5.65%) SAN
9 95 (5.21%) LAN
9 95 (5.21%) VoIP
10 92 (5.04%) Wireless
11 81 (4.44%) VLAN
12 54 (2.96%) Network Security
13 49 (2.69%) Internet
14 30 (1.64%) NAS
15 29 (1.59%) Remote Desktop
16 19 (1.04%) SD-WAN
16 19 (1.04%) SSL
17 17 (0.93%) Cisco IOS
18 16 (0.88%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (6.30%) SQL Server
2 40 (2.19%) Amazon RDS
3 34 (1.86%) MySQL
4 8 (0.44%) MariaDB
5 6 (0.33%) Power BI
6 4 (0.22%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (0.22%) DB2
6 4 (0.22%) InfluxDB
7 3 (0.16%) Metabase
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 25 (1.37%) JIRA
2 4 (0.22%) Visual Studio
2 4 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (0.16%) LabVIEW
4 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.055%) Jenkins
General
1 567 (31.09%) Social Skills
2 133 (7.29%) Law
3 130 (7.13%) Manufacturing
4 84 (4.61%) Telecoms
5 76 (4.17%) Finance
6 70 (3.84%) Organisational Skills
7 68 (3.73%) Analytical Skills
7 68 (3.73%) Influencing Skills
7 68 (3.73%) Presentation Skills
8 51 (2.80%) Retail
9 36 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 27 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
10 27 (1.48%) Legal
11 25 (1.37%) Marketing
12 20 (1.10%) Public Sector
13 18 (0.99%) Games
14 16 (0.88%) Automotive
15 14 (0.77%) Advertising
16 11 (0.60%) Back Office
17 8 (0.44%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.27%) Kafka
2 4 (0.22%) 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 (0.055%) EDI
5 1 (0.055%) LDAP
5 1 (0.055%) Loki
5 1 (0.055%) RESTEasy
5 1 (0.055%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 152 (8.33%) Driving Licence
2 68 (3.73%) FMCG
3 59 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
4 51 (2.80%) Data Centre
5 49 (2.69%) Management Information System
6 43 (2.36%) Replication
7 32 (1.75%) CCTV
8 29 (1.59%) Fat Client
8 29 (1.59%) Onboarding
8 29 (1.59%) Thin Client
9 26 (1.43%) Enterprise Storage
10 20 (1.10%) iPad
11 13 (0.71%) Public Cloud
12 10 (0.55%) EPoS
12 10 (0.55%) Security Posture
12 10 (0.55%) Social Media
13 8 (0.44%) Client/Server
13 8 (0.44%) Hybrid Cloud
13 8 (0.44%) Operational Technology
14 7 (0.38%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 931 (51.04%) Windows
2 496 (27.19%) Windows Server
3 218 (11.95%) Windows 10
4 158 (8.66%) Linux
5 129 (7.07%) Windows Server 2016
6 96 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
7 79 (4.33%) Windows Server 2012
8 62 (3.40%) Mac OS
9 54 (2.96%) Android
10 49 (2.69%) Apple iOS
11 36 (1.97%) Windows 7
12 20 (1.10%) Windows 8
13 19 (1.04%) Windows Server 2008
14 11 (0.60%) Mac OS X
15 10 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 9 (0.49%) Unix
17 8 (0.44%) CentOS
17 8 (0.44%) Windows Server 2003
18 5 (0.27%) Debian
18 5 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 375 (20.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 371 (20.34%) Problem-Solving
3 319 (17.49%) Customer Service
4 242 (13.27%) ITIL
5 146 (8.00%) Cybersecurity
6 144 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
7 92 (5.04%) Project Delivery
8 87 (4.77%) Migration
9 85 (4.66%) Disaster Recovery
10 80 (4.39%) Service Delivery
11 69 (3.78%) Project Management
12 68 (3.73%) Benchmarking
12 68 (3.73%) Lean Manufacturing
12 68 (3.73%) Lean Six Sigma
12 68 (3.73%) Order Management
12 68 (3.73%) Six Sigma
13 55 (3.02%) Incident Management
14 50 (2.74%) Agile
15 43 (2.36%) Change Management
16 42 (2.30%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 142 (7.79%) SQL
2 119 (6.52%) PowerShell
3 29 (1.59%) Python
4 13 (0.71%) Java
5 10 (0.55%) Swift
6 8 (0.44%) Bash
6 8 (0.44%) C++
6 8 (0.44%) PHP
7 7 (0.38%) JavaScript
8 6 (0.33%) C#
8 6 (0.33%) VB
9 4 (0.22%) R
10 3 (0.16%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.11%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.055%) Go
12 1 (0.055%) Perl
Qualifications
1 200 (10.96%) Degree
2 107 (5.87%) Microsoft Certification
3 71 (3.89%) DBS Check
4 68 (3.73%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
5 63 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
6 52 (2.85%) CCNA
7 42 (2.30%) Network+ Certification
8 32 (1.75%) MCSE
9 31 (1.70%) Azure Certification
9 31 (1.70%) Security Cleared
10 28 (1.54%) A+ Certification
11 21 (1.15%) MCP
12 15 (0.82%) CompTIA Security+
12 15 (0.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 15 (0.82%) SC Cleared
13 14 (0.77%) CCNP
13 14 (0.77%) CISSP
14 12 (0.66%) DV Cleared
15 11 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
15 11 (0.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (4.93%) SLA
2 38 (2.08%) GDPR
3 30 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (0.77%) QA
6 7 (0.38%) NIST
7 6 (0.33%) SOC 2
8 5 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.22%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.11%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.055%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.055%) COBIT
12 1 (0.055%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.055%) NCSC
System Software
1 696 (38.16%) Active Directory
2 257 (14.09%) Hyper-V
3 233 (12.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 41 (2.25%) VMware ESXi
5 25 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
6 24 (1.32%) vSphere
7 21 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
7 21 (1.15%) Virtual Servers
8 15 (0.82%) Docker
9 8 (0.44%) Firmware
10 6 (0.33%) Terminal Services
11 5 (0.27%) VMware Server
12 4 (0.22%) 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 (0.055%) NFS
14 1 (0.055%) Terminal Server
14 1 (0.055%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 190 (10.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 69 (3.78%) SCCM
3 16 (0.88%) WSUS
4 13 (0.71%) Cisco CUCM
4 13 (0.71%) Kubernetes
4 13 (0.71%) ServiceCenter
5 11 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
6 10 (0.55%) Ansible
6 10 (0.55%) SCOM
7 9 (0.49%) vCenter Server
8 7 (0.38%) Grafana
9 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 6 (0.33%) Opsgenie
10 5 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.27%) Nessus
10 5 (0.27%) NetCrunch
11 4 (0.22%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.16%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.16%) HAProxy
12 3 (0.16%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 823 (45.12%) Microsoft
2 360 (19.74%) VMware
3 170 (9.32%) Cisco
4 107 (5.87%) Citrix
5 106 (5.81%) Veeam
6 74 (4.06%) Apple
7 73 (4.00%) Meraki
8 66 (3.62%) HP
9 54 (2.96%) Sophos
10 37 (2.03%) Google
11 35 (1.92%) Fortinet
12 30 (1.64%) Dell
13 28 (1.54%) Palo Alto
14 27 (1.48%) Barracuda Networks
14 27 (1.48%) Draytek
15 26 (1.43%) Aruba
16 22 (1.21%) ConnectWise
17 20 (1.10%) Acronis
17 20 (1.10%) WatchGuard
18 12 (0.66%) NetApp