IT Engineer Jobs in Scotland

IT Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median IT Engineer salary in Scotland is £28,500 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 212 158 194
Rank change year-on-year -54 +36 -102
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 70 57 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.02% 1.33% 1.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 1.48% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 65 48 52
10th Percentile £24,100 £24,925 £23,875
25th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £37,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.97% +23.33% -6.98%
75th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £42,938
90th Percentile £44,500 £60,000 £48,625
UK median annual salary £32,500 £34,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -5.80% -1.43% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 6,634 3,842 6,038
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.00% 89.72% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,931 2,088 3,091
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,313 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,056 £82,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Scotland

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for IT Engineer in Scotland

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in Scotland

IT Engineer
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the Scotland 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
Edinburgh +32 28 £31,000 -16.22% 1
Glasgow -92 15 £27,500 -31.25% 13
Aberdeen -14 6 £35,000 -7.89% 1
West Lothian - 6 £28,500 -
East Ayrshire -3 4 £26,500 -
Stirling -3 3 £45,000 - 2
Aberdeenshire +3 2 £24,000 -52.00% 1
Argyll and Bute - 2 - -
North Lanarkshire - 1 - -
Angus - 1 £40,000 -
Fife - 1 - -
Lanarkshire - 1 £50,000 - 6
IT Engineer
UK

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

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 Scotland region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 39 (55.71%) Windows
2 24 (34.29%) Social Skills
3 22 (31.43%) Microsoft
4 21 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (28.57%) Azure
6 16 (22.86%) Customer Service
7 14 (20.00%) Windows Server
7 14 (20.00%) Active Directory
8 13 (18.57%) VMware
9 12 (17.14%) Linux
9 12 (17.14%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (15.71%) Hyper-V
11 10 (14.29%) SharePoint
11 10 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
12 9 (12.86%) Firewall
12 9 (12.86%) TCP/IP
12 9 (12.86%) Microsoft Intune
12 9 (12.86%) Cybersecurity
12 9 (12.86%) AWS
13 8 (11.43%) Migration
14 7 (10.00%) Degree
14 7 (10.00%) SCCM
14 7 (10.00%) Entra ID
14 7 (10.00%) DNS
14 7 (10.00%) Information Security
15 6 (8.57%) DHCP
15 6 (8.57%) Dell
15 6 (8.57%) Apple
15 6 (8.57%) Mentoring
16 5 (7.14%) Vulnerability Scanning

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.43%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 21 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (28.57%) Azure
3 9 (12.86%) AWS
4 7 (10.00%) Entra ID
5 3 (4.29%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (4.29%) Mimecast
6 2 (2.86%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.43%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.43%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.43%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (12.86%) Firewall
1 9 (12.86%) TCP/IP
2 7 (10.00%) DNS
3 6 (8.57%) DHCP
4 4 (5.71%) Network Security
4 4 (5.71%) VoIP
5 3 (4.29%) Internet
5 3 (4.29%) VPN
6 1 (1.43%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (1.43%) LAN
6 1 (1.43%) SAN
6 1 (1.43%) WAN
6 1 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.71%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
General
1 24 (34.29%) Social Skills
2 12 (17.14%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (7.14%) Telecoms
4 3 (4.29%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.29%) Finance
4 3 (4.29%) Legal
5 2 (2.86%) French Language
5 2 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.86%) Retail
6 1 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.43%) Law
6 1 (1.43%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.14%) Driving Licence
2 4 (5.71%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.29%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.29%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.86%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (1.43%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.43%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 39 (55.71%) Windows
2 14 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 12 (17.14%) Linux
4 3 (4.29%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (2.86%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.43%) Android
6 1 (1.43%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.43%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (22.86%) Customer Service
2 10 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (12.86%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (11.43%) Migration
5 7 (10.00%) Information Security
6 6 (8.57%) Mentoring
7 5 (7.14%) Identity Access Management
7 5 (7.14%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 4 (5.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (5.71%) Service Delivery
9 3 (4.29%) Agile
9 3 (4.29%) ITIL
9 3 (4.29%) Performance Improvement
9 3 (4.29%) Preventative Maintenance
10 2 (2.86%) Incident Management
10 2 (2.86%) Network Management
10 2 (2.86%) Security Operations
10 2 (2.86%) SIEM
10 2 (2.86%) Use Case
10 2 (2.86%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.86%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (10.00%) Degree
2 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.43%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.43%) CCNA
3 1 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.29%) SLA
2 2 (2.86%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.86%) SOC 2
3 1 (1.43%) GDPR
3 1 (1.43%) NCSC
3 1 (1.43%) NIST
3 1 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 11 (15.71%) Hyper-V
3 5 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (12.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (10.00%) SCCM
3 1 (1.43%) VxRail
3 1 (1.43%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 22 (31.43%) Microsoft
2 13 (18.57%) VMware
3 6 (8.57%) Apple
3 6 (8.57%) Dell
4 5 (7.14%) Cisco
4 5 (7.14%) HP
5 3 (4.29%) Aderant
5 3 (4.29%) iManage
6 2 (2.86%) Meraki
6 2 (2.86%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.43%) Citrix
7 1 (1.43%) Darktrace
7 1 (1.43%) Mitel
7 1 (1.43%) NetApp
7 1 (1.43%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.43%) ProCurve
7 1 (1.43%) Salesforce