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 leading to 13 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
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 104 202 258
Rank change year-on-year +98 +56 -71
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1,926 989 1,055
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.40% 1.79% 1.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.53% 2.02% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,563 776 962
10th Percentile £23,500 £25,375 £23,144
25th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year - -2.99% -
75th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £44,938
90th Percentile £48,650 £52,500 £56,125
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

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
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 13 June 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 13 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
Midlands +68 440 £35,000 +7.69% 49
South East +64 424 £34,000 +7.94% 81
North of England +72 407 £32,000 -7.25% 83
South West +9 258 £30,000 -7.69% 45
West Midlands +65 236 £35,000 +1.45% 24
North West +47 203 £30,000 -20.00% 48
East Midlands +57 200 £37,250 +33.04% 25
East of England +42 189 £31,833 +0.26% 31
Yorkshire +78 149 £30,500 -5.43% 29
Wales +103 130 £27,500 - 9
Scotland -54 70 £28,500 -22.97% 22
North East +16 54 £32,500 -2.99% 8
Northern Ireland +17 6 £30,000 - 6
Channel Islands - 3 - -
Isle of Man - 2 - -
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 1,004 (52.13%) Windows
2 900 (46.73%) Microsoft
3 826 (42.89%) Microsoft 365
4 702 (36.45%) Active Directory
5 600 (31.15%) Azure
6 572 (29.70%) Social Skills
7 500 (25.96%) Windows Server
8 445 (23.10%) Problem-Solving
9 441 (22.90%) Firewall
10 383 (19.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 365 (18.95%) VMware
12 319 (16.56%) Customer Service
13 309 (16.04%) ITIL
14 286 (14.85%) Microsoft Exchange
15 267 (13.86%) Degree
16 257 (13.34%) Hyper-V
17 241 (12.51%) Cisco
18 235 (12.20%) VMware Infrastructure
19 227 (11.79%) Linux
20 220 (11.42%) Microsoft Office
20 220 (11.42%) Windows 10
21 218 (11.32%) Driving Licence
22 216 (11.21%) SharePoint
23 198 (10.28%) DNS
24 197 (10.23%) Entra ID
25 192 (9.97%) Microsoft Intune
26 173 (8.98%) Microsoft Certification
27 168 (8.72%) DHCP
28 146 (7.58%) Cybersecurity
29 145 (7.53%) Continuous Improvement

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
1 286 (14.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 216 (11.21%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.09%) IIS
4 15 (0.78%) Exchange Server 2013
5 12 (0.62%) Confluence
6 9 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2010
7 7 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2007
8 6 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2000
9 3 (0.16%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.16%) WordPress
10 2 (0.10%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.10%) CMS
10 2 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.10%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.052%) Apache
11 1 (0.052%) Moodle
11 1 (0.052%) Site Server
11 1 (0.052%) Tomcat
Applications
1 220 (11.42%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.052%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.052%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.26%) Sage X3
2 3 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.10%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.10%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.052%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.052%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.052%) MIS ActiveH
4 1 (0.052%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 826 (42.89%) Microsoft 365
2 600 (31.15%) Azure
3 197 (10.23%) Entra ID
4 83 (4.31%) AWS
5 51 (2.65%) OneDrive
6 31 (1.61%) Mimecast
7 30 (1.56%) Google Workspace
8 18 (0.93%) Power Platform
9 13 (0.67%) Cloud Computing
10 12 (0.62%) iTunes
11 11 (0.57%) PowerApps
11 11 (0.57%) SaaS
12 10 (0.52%) Nutanix
13 9 (0.47%) Power Automate
14 7 (0.36%) IaaS
15 6 (0.31%) Serverless
16 5 (0.26%) PaaS
17 4 (0.21%) Dropbox
18 3 (0.16%) AWS CloudTrail
18 3 (0.16%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 441 (22.90%) Firewall
2 198 (10.28%) DNS
3 168 (8.72%) DHCP
4 143 (7.42%) Wi-Fi
5 129 (6.70%) VPN
6 123 (6.39%) Network Security
7 118 (6.13%) TCP/IP
8 117 (6.07%) Internet
9 107 (5.56%) WAN
10 103 (5.35%) SAN
11 96 (4.98%) LAN
11 96 (4.98%) VoIP
12 92 (4.78%) Wireless
13 82 (4.26%) VLAN
13 82 (4.26%) WLAN
14 31 (1.61%) NAS
15 29 (1.51%) Remote Desktop
16 19 (0.99%) SSL
17 18 (0.93%) Cisco IOS
17 18 (0.93%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (5.92%) SQL Server
2 40 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
3 33 (1.71%) MySQL
4 8 (0.42%) MariaDB
5 6 (0.31%) Power BI
6 4 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (0.21%) DB2
6 4 (0.21%) InfluxDB
7 3 (0.16%) Metabase
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 26 (1.35%) JIRA
2 5 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (0.21%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.16%) LabVIEW
5 2 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.052%) Jenkins
General
1 572 (29.70%) Social Skills
2 135 (7.01%) Law
3 130 (6.75%) Manufacturing
4 86 (4.47%) Telecoms
5 79 (4.10%) Finance
6 71 (3.69%) Organisational Skills
7 68 (3.53%) Influencing Skills
7 68 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
8 67 (3.48%) Analytical Skills
9 51 (2.65%) Retail
10 36 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 27 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
11 27 (1.40%) Legal
12 25 (1.30%) Marketing
13 20 (1.04%) Public Sector
14 18 (0.93%) Games
15 16 (0.83%) Automotive
16 14 (0.73%) Advertising
17 11 (0.57%) Back Office
18 9 (0.47%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.26%) Kafka
2 4 (0.21%) Cocoa
3 3 (0.16%) .NET
3 3 (0.16%) LAMP
4 2 (0.10%) CSS
4 2 (0.10%) HTML
4 2 (0.10%) Loki
4 2 (0.10%) Software Packaging
4 2 (0.10%) V-Ray
4 2 (0.10%) YAML
5 1 (0.052%) EDI
5 1 (0.052%) LDAP
5 1 (0.052%) RESTEasy
Miscellaneous
1 218 (11.32%) Driving Licence
2 97 (5.04%) Onboarding
3 68 (3.53%) FMCG
4 59 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
5 54 (2.80%) Data Centre
6 49 (2.54%) Management Information System
7 43 (2.23%) Replication
8 34 (1.77%) CCTV
9 29 (1.51%) Fat Client
9 29 (1.51%) Thin Client
10 25 (1.30%) Enterprise Storage
11 20 (1.04%) iPad
12 13 (0.67%) Public Cloud
13 10 (0.52%) EPoS
13 10 (0.52%) Security Posture
13 10 (0.52%) Social Media
14 8 (0.42%) Client/Server
14 8 (0.42%) Hybrid Cloud
14 8 (0.42%) Operational Technology
15 7 (0.36%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1,004 (52.13%) Windows
2 500 (25.96%) Windows Server
3 227 (11.79%) Linux
4 220 (11.42%) Windows 10
5 130 (6.75%) Windows Server 2016
6 96 (4.98%) Windows Server 2019
7 80 (4.15%) Windows Server 2012
8 62 (3.22%) Mac OS
9 55 (2.86%) Android
10 49 (2.54%) Apple iOS
11 36 (1.87%) Windows 7
12 20 (1.04%) Windows 8
13 19 (0.99%) Windows Server 2008
14 11 (0.57%) Mac OS X
15 10 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 9 (0.47%) Unix
17 8 (0.42%) CentOS
17 8 (0.42%) Windows Server 2003
18 6 (0.31%) Ubuntu
19 5 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 445 (23.10%) Problem-Solving
2 383 (19.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 319 (16.56%) Customer Service
4 309 (16.04%) ITIL
5 146 (7.58%) Cybersecurity
6 145 (7.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 103 (5.35%) Asset Management
8 100 (5.19%) Mentoring
9 92 (4.78%) Project Delivery
10 89 (4.62%) Migration
11 85 (4.41%) Disaster Recovery
12 83 (4.31%) Computer Science
13 81 (4.21%) Service Delivery
14 75 (3.89%) Network Management
15 71 (3.69%) Project Management
16 70 (3.63%) IT Asset Management
17 68 (3.53%) Benchmarking
17 68 (3.53%) Lean Manufacturing
17 68 (3.53%) Lean Six Sigma
17 68 (3.53%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 142 (7.37%) SQL
2 120 (6.23%) PowerShell
3 29 (1.51%) Python
4 13 (0.67%) Java
5 10 (0.52%) Swift
6 8 (0.42%) Bash
6 8 (0.42%) C++
6 8 (0.42%) PHP
7 7 (0.36%) JavaScript
8 6 (0.31%) C#
8 6 (0.31%) VB
9 4 (0.21%) R
10 3 (0.16%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.10%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.052%) Go
12 1 (0.052%) Perl
Qualifications
1 267 (13.86%) Degree
2 173 (8.98%) Microsoft Certification
3 129 (6.70%) Cisco Certification
4 118 (6.13%) CCNA
5 98 (5.09%) MCSE
6 88 (4.57%) MCP
7 81 (4.21%) CCNP
8 77 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 71 (3.69%) DBS Check
10 68 (3.53%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
11 67 (3.48%) LPIC
12 42 (2.18%) Network+ Certification
13 34 (1.77%) Security Cleared
14 31 (1.61%) Azure Certification
15 28 (1.45%) A+ Certification
16 17 (0.88%) SC Cleared
17 15 (0.78%) CompTIA Security+
17 15 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 14 (0.73%) CISSP
19 13 (0.67%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (4.67%) SLA
2 38 (1.97%) GDPR
3 31 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (0.73%) QA
6 7 (0.36%) NIST
7 6 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (0.31%) SOC 2
8 4 (0.21%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.16%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.10%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.052%) COBIT
11 1 (0.052%) ISO 13485
11 1 (0.052%) NCSC
11 1 (0.052%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 702 (36.45%) Active Directory
2 257 (13.34%) Hyper-V
3 235 (12.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 40 (2.08%) VMware ESXi
5 25 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
5 25 (1.30%) vSphere
6 23 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
7 20 (1.04%) Virtual Servers
8 15 (0.78%) Docker
9 8 (0.42%) Firmware
10 6 (0.31%) Terminal Services
11 5 (0.26%) VMware Server
12 4 (0.21%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.10%) pfSense
13 2 (0.10%) Samba
13 2 (0.10%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.052%) NFS
14 1 (0.052%) Terminal Server
14 1 (0.052%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 192 (9.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 69 (3.58%) SCCM
3 16 (0.83%) WSUS
4 14 (0.73%) Kubernetes
5 13 (0.67%) Cisco CUCM
5 13 (0.67%) ServiceCenter
6 11 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
7 10 (0.52%) Ansible
7 10 (0.52%) SCOM
8 9 (0.47%) vCenter Server
9 7 (0.36%) Grafana
10 6 (0.31%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 6 (0.31%) Opsgenie
11 5 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.26%) Nessus
11 5 (0.26%) NetCrunch
12 4 (0.21%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.21%) Prometheus
12 4 (0.21%) Proxmox
13 3 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 900 (46.73%) Microsoft
2 365 (18.95%) VMware
3 241 (12.51%) Cisco
4 108 (5.61%) Veeam
5 106 (5.50%) Citrix
6 75 (3.89%) Apple
7 74 (3.84%) Meraki
8 66 (3.43%) HP
9 56 (2.91%) Sophos
10 38 (1.97%) Google
11 37 (1.92%) Fortinet
12 32 (1.66%) Dell
13 29 (1.51%) Palo Alto
14 27 (1.40%) Barracuda Networks
14 27 (1.40%) Draytek
15 26 (1.35%) Aruba
16 22 (1.14%) ConnectWise
17 21 (1.09%) Acronis
17 21 (1.09%) WatchGuard
18 13 (0.67%) NetApp