IT Engineer Jobs in Essex

IT Engineer
East of England > Essex

The median IT Engineer salary in Essex is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 64 93
Rank change year-on-year +26 +29 -30
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 40 16 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 4.17% 2.05% 1.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.42% 2.63% 1.40%
Number of salaries quoted 38 13 13
10th Percentile £22,500 £28,800 £25,600
25th Percentile £24,688 £32,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £35,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -19.54% +8.75%
75th Percentile £35,000 - £53,750
90th Percentile £40,275 £38,000 £61,000
East of England median annual salary £31,833 £31,750 £30,000
% change year-on-year +0.26% +5.83% -25.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Essex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 906 609 1,075
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 78.18% 92.35%
Number of salaries quoted 739 370 489
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,500 £25,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,500 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% -1.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £61,875 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Essex

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Essex

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in Essex.

Salary trend for IT Engineer in Essex

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in Essex over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in Essex

IT Engineer
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the Essex region over the 6 months to 12 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
Chelmsford +9 7 £35,000 +27.27%
Grays - 6 £26,000 -
Saffron Walden - 6 £30,000 -
Basildon - 5 £25,500 -
Witham +5 4 £30,000 -
Loughton 0 2 £32,500 +1.56% 1
Harlow - 2 £35,000 - 1
Colchester -2 1 £25,000 - 1
Hockley - 1 - -
IT Engineer
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 Essex region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 23 (57.50%) Microsoft
2 22 (55.00%) Windows
2 22 (55.00%) Social Skills
3 18 (45.00%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (40.00%) Active Directory
5 15 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (27.50%) Windows Server
7 10 (25.00%) ITIL
7 10 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
8 9 (22.50%) Customer Service
9 8 (20.00%) Firewall
9 8 (20.00%) Windows 10
9 8 (20.00%) Azure
10 7 (17.50%) Hyper-V
11 6 (15.00%) Driving Licence
11 6 (15.00%) VMware
11 6 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (12.50%) Entra ID
12 5 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
13 4 (10.00%) Computer Science
13 4 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
13 4 (10.00%) Meraki
13 4 (10.00%) A+ Certification
13 4 (10.00%) SharePoint
13 4 (10.00%) DHCP
13 4 (10.00%) DNS
13 4 (10.00%) Management Information System
13 4 (10.00%) Mitel
13 4 (10.00%) VLAN

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 10 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (10.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (5.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (5.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (5.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (5.00%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (5.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (45.00%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (20.00%) Azure
3 5 (12.50%) Entra ID
4 3 (7.50%) OneDrive
4 3 (7.50%) SaaS
5 1 (2.50%) Mimecast
5 1 (2.50%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (20.00%) Firewall
2 4 (10.00%) DHCP
2 4 (10.00%) DNS
2 4 (10.00%) VLAN
3 3 (7.50%) Network Security
3 3 (7.50%) WLAN
4 2 (5.00%) MPLS
4 2 (5.00%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (5.00%) SAN
4 2 (5.00%) Skype
4 2 (5.00%) TCP/IP
4 2 (5.00%) VoIP
4 2 (5.00%) VPLS
4 2 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (2.50%) Internet
5 1 (2.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.50%) SQL Server
General
1 22 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (7.50%) Manufacturing
3 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.00%) Automotive
3 2 (5.00%) Marketing
4 1 (2.50%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.00%) Cocoa
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.00%) Driving Licence
2 4 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.00%) Educational Technology
3 2 (5.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.50%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 22 (55.00%) Windows
2 11 (27.50%) Windows Server
3 8 (20.00%) Windows 10
4 3 (7.50%) Mac OS
5 2 (5.00%) Linux
5 2 (5.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (5.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (2.50%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (2.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (25.00%) ITIL
3 9 (22.50%) Customer Service
4 4 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 3 (7.50%) Business Continuity
5 3 (7.50%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (7.50%) Incident Management
5 3 (7.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (7.50%) IT Governance
5 3 (7.50%) Translating Business Requirements
6 2 (5.00%) CAD
6 2 (5.00%) Information Security
6 2 (5.00%) ISMS
6 2 (5.00%) IT Strategy
7 1 (2.50%) Bill of Materials
7 1 (2.50%) Data Entry
7 1 (2.50%) Network Management
7 1 (2.50%) Problem Management
7 1 (2.50%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (2.50%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
3 4 (10.00%) A+ Certification
3 4 (10.00%) Degree
4 1 (2.50%) CCNA
4 1 (2.50%) CCNP
4 1 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.50%) LPIC
4 1 (2.50%) MCP
4 1 (2.50%) MCSE
4 1 (2.50%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.50%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (17.50%) Hyper-V
3 4 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (5.00%) Firmware
4 2 (5.00%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (2.50%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (7.50%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (5.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (2.50%) Ansible
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 23 (57.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.00%) VMware
3 4 (10.00%) Meraki
3 4 (10.00%) Mitel
4 2 (5.00%) Acronis
4 2 (5.00%) Dell
4 2 (5.00%) EqualLogic
4 2 (5.00%) Symantec
4 2 (5.00%) Synology
5 1 (2.50%) Barracuda Networks
5 1 (2.50%) Cisco
5 1 (2.50%) Citrix
5 1 (2.50%) ConnectWise
5 1 (2.50%) SonicWALL