IT Engineer Jobs in Leicestershire

IT Engineer
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median IT Engineer salary in Leicestershire is £42,500 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 78 83 103
Rank change year-on-year +5 +20 -40
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 29 12 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 2.30% 1.52% 1.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.45% 1.61% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 14 10 16
10th Percentile £22,500 £27,950 £27,875
25th Percentile £30,063 £28,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £32,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% - -61.76%
75th Percentile £45,000 £38,813 £39,125
90th Percentile £51,750 £40,600 £53,750
East Midlands median annual salary £37,250 £28,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +33.04% -13.85% -2.99%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leicestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 1,183 744 1,206
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.81% 94.06% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 656 272 638
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £24,750
25th Percentile £31,750 £35,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% -10.53%
75th Percentile £59,500 £58,563 £56,250
90th Percentile £70,250 £67,500 £65,000
East Midlands median annual salary £44,050 £52,375 £47,500
% change year-on-year -15.89% +10.26% +9.20%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Leicestershire

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

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

Salary trend for IT Engineer in Leicestershire

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in Leicestershire

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

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in Leicestershire

IT Engineer
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the Leicestershire 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
Leicester +26 15 £42,500 +30.77% 2
Loughborough -22 1 £28,000 -
Lutterworth - 1 - - 1
Wigston - 1 - -
Ashby-de-la-Zouch - 1 - -
Coalville - 1 - -
Hinckley - 1 - - 1
IT Engineer
East Midlands

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

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 Leicestershire region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 23 (79.31%) Windows
1 23 (79.31%) Microsoft
2 20 (68.97%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (51.72%) Cisco
4 14 (48.28%) Internet
4 14 (48.28%) Linux
4 14 (48.28%) ITIL
5 13 (44.83%) MCP
5 13 (44.83%) MCSE
5 13 (44.83%) CCNP
5 13 (44.83%) CCNA
5 13 (44.83%) WLAN
5 13 (44.83%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (44.83%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (44.83%) Network Management
5 13 (44.83%) Mentoring
5 13 (44.83%) IT Asset Management
5 13 (44.83%) Asset Management
5 13 (44.83%) LPIC
5 13 (44.83%) Degree
5 13 (44.83%) Computer Science
5 13 (44.83%) Network Security
5 13 (44.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (44.83%) Onboarding
5 13 (44.83%) Driving Licence
6 11 (37.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 11 (37.93%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (34.48%) Active Directory
8 9 (31.03%) Azure
9 8 (27.59%) SharePoint

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 8 (27.59%) SharePoint
2 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (3.45%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (37.93%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (31.03%) Azure
3 7 (24.14%) Entra ID
4 2 (6.90%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (3.45%) AWS
5 1 (3.45%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 14 (48.28%) Internet
2 13 (44.83%) Network Security
2 13 (44.83%) WLAN
3 6 (20.69%) TCP/IP
4 4 (13.79%) DNS
5 2 (6.90%) VPN
5 2 (6.90%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (3.45%) Firewall
6 1 (3.45%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (3.45%) SAN
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) JIRA
General
1 6 (20.69%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.34%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.45%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 13 (44.83%) Driving Licence
1 13 (44.83%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.45%) Clustering
2 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (3.45%) Public Cloud
2 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (79.31%) Windows
2 14 (48.28%) Linux
3 3 (10.34%) Windows Server
4 2 (6.90%) Windows 10
4 2 (6.90%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (6.90%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (3.45%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (68.97%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (48.28%) ITIL
3 13 (44.83%) Asset Management
3 13 (44.83%) Computer Science
3 13 (44.83%) IT Asset Management
3 13 (44.83%) Mentoring
3 13 (44.83%) Network Management
4 11 (37.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 7 (24.14%) Migration
6 4 (13.79%) Customer Service
6 4 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (13.79%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (6.90%) Email Migration
7 2 (6.90%) ERP
7 2 (6.90%) ITSM
8 1 (3.45%) Requirements Analysis
8 1 (3.45%) Root Cause Analysis
8 1 (3.45%) Server Management
8 1 (3.45%) SIEM
8 1 (3.45%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (44.83%) CCNA
1 13 (44.83%) CCNP
1 13 (44.83%) Cisco Certification
1 13 (44.83%) Computer Science Degree
1 13 (44.83%) Degree
1 13 (44.83%) LPIC
1 13 (44.83%) MCP
1 13 (44.83%) MCSE
1 13 (44.83%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 10 (34.48%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.45%) Check_MK
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 23 (79.31%) Microsoft
2 15 (51.72%) Cisco
3 7 (24.14%) Veeam
4 4 (13.79%) Acronis
5 3 (10.34%) VMware
6 2 (6.90%) Fortinet
6 2 (6.90%) Sophos