IT Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £32,500 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 112 203 246
Rank change year-on-year +91 +43 -68
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,730 1,032 1,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.41% 1.74% 1.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.55% 1.96% 1.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,490 794 1,001
10th Percentile £23,500 £25,000 £22,875
25th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £26,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £33,750
Median % change year-on-year - -3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £42,500 £42,688 £43,750
90th Percentile £47,500 £52,850 £52,500
UK median annual salary £32,500 £34,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -5.80% -1.43% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,966 52,773 69,497
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.88% 89.23% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 47,979 30,132 42,817
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for IT Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the UK excluding London 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
South East +83 408 £34,000 +6.25% 82
North of England +66 365 £31,500 -8.70% 81
Midlands +65 354 £35,000 +6.67% 51
South West +2 230 £30,000 -7.69% 54
West Midlands +63 186 £35,000 +1.45% 19
East of England +60 180 £31,833 +0.26% 28
North West +29 173 £30,000 -16.67% 41
East Midlands +55 163 £37,500 +33.93% 32
Yorkshire +85 137 £30,250 +4.31% 31
Wales +95 124 £27,500 +4.27% 5
Scotland -57 64 £28,500 -22.97% 15
North East +33 54 £32,500 -2.99% 11
Northern Ireland +26 4 £30,000 - 1
Channel Islands - 3 - -
Isle of Man - 1 - - 1
IT Engineer
UK

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 934 (53.99%) Windows
2 835 (48.27%) Microsoft 365
3 820 (47.40%) Microsoft
4 702 (40.58%) Active Directory
5 599 (34.62%) Azure
6 571 (33.01%) Social Skills
7 496 (28.67%) Windows Server
8 435 (25.14%) Firewall
9 363 (20.98%) VMware
9 363 (20.98%) Problem-Solving
10 349 (20.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 319 (18.44%) Customer Service
12 285 (16.47%) Microsoft Exchange
13 267 (15.43%) Hyper-V
14 243 (14.05%) ITIL
15 232 (13.41%) VMware Infrastructure
16 222 (12.83%) Windows 10
17 217 (12.54%) Microsoft Office
18 215 (12.43%) SharePoint
19 202 (11.68%) Degree
20 201 (11.62%) Microsoft Intune
21 200 (11.56%) DNS
22 197 (11.39%) Entra ID
23 172 (9.94%) DHCP
24 165 (9.54%) Cisco
25 156 (9.02%) Linux
26 155 (8.96%) Driving Licence
27 149 (8.61%) Cybersecurity
28 144 (8.32%) Continuous Improvement
28 144 (8.32%) SQL

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 285 (16.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 215 (12.43%) SharePoint
3 17 (0.98%) IIS
4 14 (0.81%) Exchange Server 2013
5 12 (0.69%) Confluence
6 9 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2010
7 7 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2007
8 6 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2000
9 3 (0.17%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.17%) WordPress
10 2 (0.12%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.12%) CMS
10 2 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.12%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.058%) Apache
11 1 (0.058%) Moodle
11 1 (0.058%) Site Server
11 1 (0.058%) Tomcat
Applications
1 217 (12.54%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (2.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.058%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.058%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.29%) Sage X3
2 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.058%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.058%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.058%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 835 (48.27%) Microsoft 365
2 599 (34.62%) Azure
3 197 (11.39%) Entra ID
4 84 (4.86%) AWS
5 52 (3.01%) OneDrive
6 30 (1.73%) Mimecast
7 28 (1.62%) Google Workspace
8 16 (0.92%) Power Platform
9 12 (0.69%) iTunes
10 11 (0.64%) SaaS
11 9 (0.52%) Cloud Computing
11 9 (0.52%) Nutanix
11 9 (0.52%) Power Automate
11 9 (0.52%) PowerApps
12 8 (0.46%) IaaS
13 6 (0.35%) Serverless
14 5 (0.29%) PaaS
15 4 (0.23%) GCP
15 4 (0.23%) WhatsApp
16 3 (0.17%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 435 (25.14%) Firewall
2 200 (11.56%) DNS
3 172 (9.94%) DHCP
4 137 (7.92%) Wi-Fi
5 128 (7.40%) VPN
6 118 (6.82%) TCP/IP
7 111 (6.42%) WAN
8 106 (6.13%) SAN
9 101 (5.84%) VoIP
10 96 (5.55%) LAN
11 88 (5.09%) Wireless
12 81 (4.68%) VLAN
13 51 (2.95%) Network Security
14 46 (2.66%) Internet
15 29 (1.68%) NAS
15 29 (1.68%) Remote Desktop
16 23 (1.33%) SD-WAN
17 19 (1.10%) SSL
18 18 (1.04%) PBX
19 17 (0.98%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (6.76%) SQL Server
2 42 (2.43%) Amazon RDS
3 34 (1.97%) MySQL
4 8 (0.46%) MariaDB
5 6 (0.35%) Power BI
6 4 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (0.23%) DB2
6 4 (0.23%) InfluxDB
7 3 (0.17%) Metabase
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 24 (1.39%) JIRA
2 4 (0.23%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.17%) LabVIEW
3 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.058%) Jenkins
General
1 571 (33.01%) Social Skills
2 136 (7.86%) Law
3 126 (7.28%) Manufacturing
4 82 (4.74%) Telecoms
5 78 (4.51%) Finance
6 74 (4.28%) Organisational Skills
7 68 (3.93%) Influencing Skills
7 68 (3.93%) Presentation Skills
8 67 (3.87%) Analytical Skills
9 48 (2.77%) Retail
10 34 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 31 (1.79%) Legal
12 30 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
13 25 (1.45%) Marketing
14 21 (1.21%) Public Sector
15 17 (0.98%) Automotive
16 15 (0.87%) Games
17 14 (0.81%) Advertising
18 11 (0.64%) Back Office
19 9 (0.52%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.29%) Kafka
2 4 (0.23%) Cocoa
3 3 (0.17%) .NET
3 3 (0.17%) LAMP
4 2 (0.12%) CSS
4 2 (0.12%) HTML
4 2 (0.12%) Software Packaging
4 2 (0.12%) V-Ray
5 1 (0.058%) EDI
5 1 (0.058%) LDAP
5 1 (0.058%) RESTEasy
Miscellaneous
1 155 (8.96%) Driving Licence
2 68 (3.93%) FMCG
3 60 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
4 50 (2.89%) Data Centre
5 48 (2.77%) Management Information System
6 44 (2.54%) Replication
7 31 (1.79%) Onboarding
8 29 (1.68%) CCTV
8 29 (1.68%) Fat Client
8 29 (1.68%) Thin Client
9 27 (1.56%) Enterprise Storage
10 20 (1.16%) iPad
11 13 (0.75%) Public Cloud
12 11 (0.64%) EPoS
13 10 (0.58%) Security Posture
13 10 (0.58%) Social Media
14 8 (0.46%) Client/Server
14 8 (0.46%) Hybrid Cloud
14 8 (0.46%) NHS
14 8 (0.46%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 934 (53.99%) Windows
2 496 (28.67%) Windows Server
3 222 (12.83%) Windows 10
4 156 (9.02%) Linux
5 132 (7.63%) Windows Server 2016
6 96 (5.55%) Windows Server 2019
7 82 (4.74%) Windows Server 2012
8 62 (3.58%) Mac OS
9 54 (3.12%) Android
10 52 (3.01%) Apple iOS
11 36 (2.08%) Windows 7
12 22 (1.27%) Windows 8
13 19 (1.10%) Windows Server 2008
14 11 (0.64%) Mac OS X
14 11 (0.64%) Unix
15 10 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 9 (0.52%) Windows Server 2003
17 8 (0.46%) CentOS
18 5 (0.29%) Debian
19 4 (0.23%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 363 (20.98%) Problem-Solving
2 349 (20.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 319 (18.44%) Customer Service
4 243 (14.05%) ITIL
5 149 (8.61%) Cybersecurity
6 144 (8.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 91 (5.26%) Project Delivery
8 88 (5.09%) Migration
9 85 (4.91%) Disaster Recovery
10 73 (4.22%) Service Delivery
11 68 (3.93%) Benchmarking
11 68 (3.93%) Lean Manufacturing
11 68 (3.93%) Lean Six Sigma
11 68 (3.93%) Order Management
11 68 (3.93%) Six Sigma
12 67 (3.87%) Project Management
13 53 (3.06%) Incident Management
14 50 (2.89%) Agile
15 43 (2.49%) Change Management
16 42 (2.43%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 144 (8.32%) SQL
2 120 (6.94%) PowerShell
3 30 (1.73%) Python
4 13 (0.75%) Java
5 10 (0.58%) Bash
5 10 (0.58%) Swift
6 9 (0.52%) C++
7 8 (0.46%) PHP
8 7 (0.40%) JavaScript
9 6 (0.35%) C#
9 6 (0.35%) VB
10 4 (0.23%) R
11 3 (0.17%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.058%) Go
12 1 (0.058%) Perl
12 1 (0.058%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 202 (11.68%) Degree
2 112 (6.47%) Microsoft Certification
3 68 (3.93%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
4 67 (3.87%) DBS Check
5 65 (3.76%) Cisco Certification
6 54 (3.12%) CCNA
7 43 (2.49%) Network+ Certification
8 34 (1.97%) MCSE
9 32 (1.85%) Security Cleared
10 31 (1.79%) Azure Certification
11 29 (1.68%) A+ Certification
12 20 (1.16%) MCP
13 18 (1.04%) SC Cleared
14 16 (0.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 15 (0.87%) CompTIA Security+
16 14 (0.81%) CCNP
16 14 (0.81%) CISSP
17 12 (0.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 11 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
18 11 (0.64%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (5.43%) SLA
2 35 (2.02%) GDPR
3 28 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (0.87%) QA
6 7 (0.40%) NIST
7 6 (0.35%) SOC 2
8 4 (0.23%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.12%) NCSC
11 1 (0.058%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.058%) COBIT
11 1 (0.058%) ISO 13485
11 1 (0.058%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 702 (40.58%) Active Directory
2 267 (15.43%) Hyper-V
3 232 (13.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 45 (2.60%) VMware ESXi
5 24 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
6 23 (1.33%) vSphere
7 20 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
8 19 (1.10%) Virtual Servers
9 15 (0.87%) Docker
10 7 (0.40%) Firmware
11 6 (0.35%) Terminal Services
12 5 (0.29%) VMware Server
13 4 (0.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 2 (0.12%) pfSense
14 2 (0.12%) Samba
14 2 (0.12%) VMware Workstation
15 1 (0.058%) Microsoft App-V
15 1 (0.058%) NFS
15 1 (0.058%) Terminal Server
15 1 (0.058%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 201 (11.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 71 (4.10%) SCCM
3 16 (0.92%) WSUS
4 13 (0.75%) Cisco CUCM
4 13 (0.75%) ServiceCenter
5 12 (0.69%) Kubernetes
5 12 (0.69%) SCOM
6 10 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
7 9 (0.52%) Ansible
8 8 (0.46%) vCenter Server
9 7 (0.40%) Grafana
10 6 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 6 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
10 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 6 (0.35%) Opsgenie
11 5 (0.29%) NetCrunch
12 4 (0.23%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.23%) Nessus
12 4 (0.23%) Proxmox
13 3 (0.17%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 820 (47.40%) Microsoft
2 363 (20.98%) VMware
3 165 (9.54%) Cisco
4 110 (6.36%) Citrix
5 106 (6.13%) Veeam
6 72 (4.16%) Apple
7 69 (3.99%) HP
7 69 (3.99%) Meraki
8 53 (3.06%) Sophos
9 36 (2.08%) Google
10 34 (1.97%) Fortinet
11 29 (1.68%) Dell
12 28 (1.62%) Draytek
12 28 (1.62%) Palo Alto
13 27 (1.56%) Barracuda Networks
14 26 (1.50%) Aruba
15 22 (1.27%) ConnectWise
16 21 (1.21%) Acronis
17 19 (1.10%) WatchGuard
18 11 (0.64%) NetApp