IT Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

IT Engineer
England > Midlands

The median IT Engineer salary in the Midlands is £35,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 82 147 162
Rank change year-on-year +65 +15 -54
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 354 176 217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.93% 1.94% 1.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.10% 2.16% 2.07%
Number of salaries quoted 302 146 205
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,500 £22,600
25th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £32,810 £35,700
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -8.10% +2.00%
75th Percentile £43,750 £42,750 £47,250
90th Percentile £50,000 £48,500 £57,500
England median annual salary £32,500 £34,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -5.80% -1.43% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 11,430 8,135 10,492
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.52% 89.72% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 8,444 4,581 7,045
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £27,526
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the Midlands

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for IT Engineer in the Midlands

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in the Midlands

IT Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 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
West Midlands +63 186 £35,000 +1.45% 20
East Midlands +55 163 £37,500 +33.93% 32
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 across the Midlands region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 204 (57.63%) Windows
2 172 (48.59%) Microsoft 365
3 158 (44.63%) Active Directory
4 133 (37.57%) Windows Server
5 132 (37.29%) Microsoft
6 130 (36.72%) Azure
7 122 (34.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 94 (26.55%) VMware
9 83 (23.45%) Social Skills
10 73 (20.62%) Entra ID
11 70 (19.77%) Firewall
12 68 (19.21%) Hyper-V
12 68 (19.21%) Problem-Solving
13 67 (18.93%) VMware Infrastructure
14 64 (18.08%) DNS
15 59 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
16 56 (15.82%) DHCP
17 54 (15.25%) Microsoft Exchange
17 54 (15.25%) ITIL
18 53 (14.97%) Cisco
18 53 (14.97%) Cybersecurity
19 52 (14.69%) Customer Service
20 42 (11.86%) SharePoint
21 36 (10.17%) Wi-Fi
21 36 (10.17%) Continuous Improvement
22 35 (9.89%) Veeam
22 35 (9.89%) Telecoms
23 34 (9.60%) SCCM
24 33 (9.32%) Microsoft Office
25 32 (9.04%) TCP/IP

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 54 (15.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 42 (11.86%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (0.56%) IIS
Applications
1 33 (9.32%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 172 (48.59%) Microsoft 365
2 130 (36.72%) Azure
3 73 (20.62%) Entra ID
4 15 (4.24%) AWS
5 7 (1.98%) Mimecast
5 7 (1.98%) Nutanix
6 6 (1.69%) Google Workspace
7 3 (0.85%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.56%) Amazon S3
8 2 (0.56%) ClickUp
8 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (0.56%) OpenDNS
Communications & Networking
1 70 (19.77%) Firewall
2 64 (18.08%) DNS
3 56 (15.82%) DHCP
4 36 (10.17%) Wi-Fi
5 32 (9.04%) TCP/IP
6 23 (6.50%) SAN
7 22 (6.21%) VoIP
8 20 (5.65%) WAN
9 17 (4.80%) VLAN
10 14 (3.95%) LAN
11 12 (3.39%) Internet
12 10 (2.82%) PBX
12 10 (2.82%) Wireless
13 8 (2.26%) Network Security
14 7 (1.98%) VPN
15 6 (1.69%) SD-WAN
16 5 (1.41%) Broadband
17 4 (1.13%) Wireshark
18 3 (0.85%) FlexRay
18 3 (0.85%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.54%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (1.41%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.13%) InfluxDB
4 1 (0.28%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (0.85%) LabVIEW
General
1 83 (23.45%) Social Skills
2 35 (9.89%) Telecoms
3 23 (6.50%) Law
4 19 (5.37%) Finance
5 14 (3.95%) Manufacturing
6 13 (3.67%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (1.98%) Retail
8 6 (1.69%) Automotive
9 5 (1.41%) Aerospace
9 5 (1.41%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.56%) Electronics
10 2 (0.56%) Games
10 2 (0.56%) Legal
10 2 (0.56%) Marketing
10 2 (0.56%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.28%) Advertising
11 1 (0.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.28%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.56%) LAMP
1 2 (0.56%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.63%) Data Centre
2 20 (5.65%) Driving Licence
2 20 (5.65%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (3.67%) CCTV
4 12 (3.39%) Replication
5 11 (3.11%) Fat Client
5 11 (3.11%) Thin Client
6 5 (1.41%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.41%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.85%) Clustering
8 3 (0.85%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (0.85%) IoT
8 3 (0.85%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.56%) Housing Association
9 2 (0.56%) PKI
9 2 (0.56%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.28%) Enterprise Cloud
10 1 (0.28%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.28%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 204 (57.63%) Windows
2 133 (37.57%) Windows Server
3 31 (8.76%) Windows Server 2016
4 30 (8.47%) Windows Server 2012
5 27 (7.63%) Windows 10
6 26 (7.34%) Windows Server 2019
7 25 (7.06%) Linux
8 9 (2.54%) Mac OS
9 4 (1.13%) CentOS
9 4 (1.13%) Unix
10 1 (0.28%) Android
10 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.28%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.28%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.28%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (34.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 68 (19.21%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (15.25%) ITIL
4 53 (14.97%) Cybersecurity
5 52 (14.69%) Customer Service
6 36 (10.17%) Continuous Improvement
7 24 (6.78%) Migration
8 23 (6.50%) Disaster Recovery
9 22 (6.21%) Agile
10 20 (5.65%) Proactive Monitoring
10 20 (5.65%) Service Delivery
11 14 (3.95%) Change Management
12 13 (3.67%) Server Management
13 12 (3.39%) Project Delivery
13 12 (3.39%) Requirements Analysis
14 11 (3.11%) Break/Fix
14 11 (3.11%) Logistics
14 11 (3.11%) Preventative Maintenance
14 11 (3.11%) Project Planning
15 10 (2.82%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (6.78%) PowerShell
2 21 (5.93%) SQL
3 14 (3.95%) Python
4 8 (2.26%) C++
4 8 (2.26%) Java
5 7 (1.98%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.41%) C#
7 4 (1.13%) R
8 3 (0.85%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.28%) Bash
9 1 (0.28%) Go
9 1 (0.28%) Perl
9 1 (0.28%) Swift
Qualifications
1 24 (6.78%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (3.39%) Degree
2 12 (3.39%) MCSE
3 11 (3.11%) DBS Check
4 8 (2.26%) CCNA
4 8 (2.26%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (1.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 5 (1.41%) A+ Certification
6 5 (1.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 5 (1.41%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (0.85%) MCSA
8 2 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.28%) CCA
9 1 (0.28%) CCDA
9 1 (0.28%) CCNP
9 1 (0.28%) Citrix Certification
9 1 (0.28%) MCP
9 1 (0.28%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.28%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.80%) SLA
2 10 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.13%) QA
4 1 (0.28%) GDPR
4 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 158 (44.63%) Active Directory
2 68 (19.21%) Hyper-V
3 67 (18.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (3.67%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (3.11%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (2.54%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (1.13%) vSphere
8 3 (0.85%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.56%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.56%) Docker
9 2 (0.56%) pfSense
9 2 (0.56%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.28%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 59 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (9.60%) SCCM
3 4 (1.13%) Grafana
4 3 (0.85%) SCOM
5 2 (0.56%) Backup Exec
5 2 (0.56%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.28%) Check_MK
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 132 (37.29%) Microsoft
2 94 (26.55%) VMware
3 53 (14.97%) Cisco
4 35 (9.89%) Veeam
5 17 (4.80%) HP
6 16 (4.52%) Citrix
6 16 (4.52%) Meraki
7 12 (3.39%) Acronis
8 8 (2.26%) Dell
9 7 (1.98%) Apple
9 7 (1.98%) Fortinet
9 7 (1.98%) Nimble Storage
9 7 (1.98%) Remedy
10 6 (1.69%) Google
10 6 (1.69%) Zerto
11 5 (1.41%) Aruba
11 5 (1.41%) ConnectWise
11 5 (1.41%) Mitel
11 5 (1.41%) Nasuni
11 5 (1.41%) Rapid7