IT Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

IT Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median IT Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £39,000 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 111 172 193
Rank change year-on-year +61 +21 -13
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 152 76 99
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.05% 1.36% 1.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.17% 1.53% 1.37%
Number of salaries quoted 138 72 86
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,800 £23,500
25th Percentile £30,125 £28,875 £26,989
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £32,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £43,750 £44,375 £43,750
90th Percentile £44,125 £53,750 £48,125
South East median annual salary £34,000 £31,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year +7.94% -7.35% +7.94%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 7,014 4,983 7,202
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 89.46% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 4,713 3,046 4,156
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £41,132
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £64,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,750 £87,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the Thames Valley

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for IT Engineer in the Thames Valley

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in the Thames Valley

IT Engineer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the Thames Valley 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
Oxfordshire +42 67 £42,000 +19.05% 4
Berkshire +37 53 £40,000 +23.08% 7
Buckinghamshire -17 32 £30,000 -7.69% 10
IT Engineer
South East

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 100 (65.79%) Microsoft 365
2 99 (65.13%) Microsoft
3 90 (59.21%) Windows
4 81 (53.29%) Firewall
5 61 (40.13%) Active Directory
6 59 (38.82%) VMware
7 56 (36.84%) SQL
8 51 (33.55%) VMware Infrastructure
9 49 (32.24%) Microsoft Exchange
10 44 (28.95%) SharePoint
11 41 (26.97%) Social Skills
12 38 (25.00%) Windows Server
13 35 (23.03%) Citrix
14 34 (22.37%) SQL Server
15 33 (21.71%) Microsoft Office
16 32 (21.05%) Veeam
16 32 (21.05%) Azure
17 27 (17.76%) Degree
18 25 (16.45%) Microsoft Excel
19 23 (15.13%) Wi-Fi
20 22 (14.47%) VLAN
21 20 (13.16%) Change Control
21 20 (13.16%) Cybersecurity
22 19 (12.50%) Customer Service
22 19 (12.50%) Network Security
23 18 (11.84%) TCP/IP
23 18 (11.84%) OneDrive
23 18 (11.84%) Multi-Factor Authentication
24 17 (11.18%) Documentation Skills
24 17 (11.18%) DNS

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 49 (32.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (28.95%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.29%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (1.32%) CMS
5 1 (0.66%) Confluence
Applications
1 33 (21.71%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (16.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (3.29%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 100 (65.79%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (21.05%) Azure
3 18 (11.84%) OneDrive
4 12 (7.89%) iTunes
5 7 (4.61%) AWS
6 6 (3.95%) Google Workspace
7 3 (1.97%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.66%) OCI
9 1 (0.66%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 81 (53.29%) Firewall
2 23 (15.13%) Wi-Fi
3 22 (14.47%) VLAN
4 19 (12.50%) Network Security
5 18 (11.84%) TCP/IP
6 17 (11.18%) DNS
7 16 (10.53%) SSL
8 13 (8.55%) Wireless
9 11 (7.24%) SAN
10 10 (6.58%) DHCP
10 10 (6.58%) NAS
11 8 (5.26%) WAN
12 7 (4.61%) LAN
13 5 (3.29%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (3.29%) VoIP
13 5 (3.29%) VPN
13 5 (3.29%) Wireless Security
14 3 (1.97%) Wireshark
15 2 (1.32%) Multicast
16 1 (0.66%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (22.37%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.97%) MySQL
3 1 (0.66%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (3.29%) JIRA
General
1 41 (26.97%) Social Skills
2 17 (11.18%) Documentation Skills
3 16 (10.53%) Law
4 13 (8.55%) Retail
5 6 (3.95%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (1.97%) Games
7 2 (1.32%) Finance
7 2 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.32%) Legal
8 1 (0.66%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.97%) Kafka
2 1 (0.66%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.18%) Replication
2 11 (7.24%) Driving Licence
3 3 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.32%) CCTV
4 2 (1.32%) Digital Signage
4 2 (1.32%) IPTV
5 1 (0.66%) Educational Technology
5 1 (0.66%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.66%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.66%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.66%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.66%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.66%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 90 (59.21%) Windows
2 38 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 17 (11.18%) Android
4 15 (9.87%) Linux
5 11 (7.24%) Windows 10
6 6 (3.95%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (3.29%) Mac OS X
7 5 (3.29%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (3.29%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.97%) Windows 8
8 3 (1.97%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (1.32%) Mac OS
9 2 (1.32%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.66%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.66%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (13.16%) Change Control
1 20 (13.16%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (12.50%) Customer Service
3 18 (11.84%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 16 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (9.87%) Data Integration
5 15 (9.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 14 (9.21%) Project Management
7 12 (7.89%) Project Delivery
7 12 (7.89%) Project Planning
8 7 (4.61%) ITIL
9 5 (3.29%) ERP
10 4 (2.63%) Network Segmentation
10 4 (2.63%) Proactive Management
10 4 (2.63%) Service Delivery
11 3 (1.97%) Customer Requirements
11 3 (1.97%) IT Strategy
11 3 (1.97%) Visualisation
12 2 (1.32%) Break/Fix
12 2 (1.32%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 56 (36.84%) SQL
2 5 (3.29%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.97%) Bash
3 3 (1.97%) Python
Qualifications
1 27 (17.76%) Degree
2 12 (7.89%) CCNA
2 12 (7.89%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (7.24%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (6.58%) MCSE
5 6 (3.95%) MCP
6 4 (2.63%) A+ Certification
6 4 (2.63%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (1.32%) CCENT
7 2 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.32%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.32%) Security Cleared
7 2 (1.32%) Server+ Certification
8 1 (0.66%) CCNP
8 1 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.66%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.95%) SLA
2 5 (3.29%) GDPR
2 5 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.66%) COBIT
4 1 (0.66%) NIST
System Software
1 61 (40.13%) Active Directory
2 51 (33.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (7.24%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.97%) Docker
5 2 (1.32%) vSphere
6 1 (0.66%) NFS
6 1 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (6.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.97%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.32%) FortiGate
3 2 (1.32%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.66%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.66%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.66%) WSUS
Vendors
1 99 (65.13%) Microsoft
2 59 (38.82%) VMware
3 35 (23.03%) Citrix
4 32 (21.05%) Veeam
5 17 (11.18%) Cisco
6 12 (7.89%) Apple
7 8 (5.26%) Barracuda Networks
7 8 (5.26%) Fortinet
8 7 (4.61%) Google
8 7 (4.61%) Meraki
9 5 (3.29%) Draytek
9 5 (3.29%) Sage
10 3 (1.97%) CrowdStrike
10 3 (1.97%) Datto
10 3 (1.97%) Dell
10 3 (1.97%) Sophos
10 3 (1.97%) WatchGuard
11 2 (1.32%) HP
12 1 (0.66%) NetApp
12 1 (0.66%) Oracle