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Highest Paying IT Jobs in the UK

Use this page to decide which it jobs roles to target next, based on current salary and demand signals.

The field of Information Technology (IT) is one of the most lucrative industries in the UK.

With rapid technological advancements and a growing reliance on technology across various sectors, the demand for skilled IT professionals has increased significantly.

As a result, IT jobs have become some of the highest paying jobs in the UK.

Last 12 Month IT Jobs Summary

There have been 5,502,586 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	5,231,989	95.08 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	178,393	3.24 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	92,204	1.68 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 105,819 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 458,549 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	100,615	435,999
Contract	5,203	22,549

The busiest month for new permanent IT Jobs in the UK is March, whilst the quietest month is October.

The busiest month for new contract IT Jobs is June, and the quietest month is also October.

Last 12 Month Permanent UK IT Jobs

Permanent IT Jobs

Latest month: July 2026

Jobs listed

55,985

Down 10.0% vs last year

Average salary

£52,670.00

Down 1.7% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract IT Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: July 2026

Jobs listed

1,719

Down 13.3% vs last year

Average day rate

£530.00

Up 5.4% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: July 2026

Jobs listed

834

Up 9.4% vs last year

Average day rate

£505.00

Down 0.8% vs last year

Last 12 Month Total Listed IT Jobs

Month 🔽	Listed Jobs	vs Prev Month	vs Prev 3 Months	vs Prev 6 Months	vs Prev Year
July 2026	55,985
June 2026	67,860
May 2026	67,544
April 2026	98,757
March 2026	103,044
February 2026	82,182
January 2026	95,521
December 2025	37,456
November 2025	32,533
October 2025	31,836
September 2025	50,492
August 2025	44,736

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The Highest Paying IT Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Head of Data	20	£113,595.00	£121,550.00	£129,500.00
Angular	17	£97,500.00	£104,065.00	£110,625.00
Head of Software	2	£95,000.00	£102,500.00	£110,000.00
Python Developer	94	£95,425.00	£102,035.00	£108,645.00
Enterprise Architect	95	£92,270.00	£98,575.00	£104,875.00
Software Development Manager	14	£93,165.00	£97,750.00	£102,335.00
Head of Product	5	£92,475.00	£96,425.00	£100,390.00
Big Data	2	£90,000.00	£96,250.00	£102,500.00
Azure Architect	23	£86,320.00	£92,215.00	£98,105.00
Sharepoint Developer	1	£85,000.00	£90,000.00	£95,000.00
Data Architect	171	£83,425.00	£89,500.00	£95,575.00
Python	420	£80,580.00	£88,975.00	£97,365.00
Software Architect	191	£85,700.00	£85,700.00	£85,700.00
Technical Product Owner	6	£70,475.00	£85,025.00	£99,600.00
Cloud Architect	7	£76,665.00	£85,000.00	£93,335.00
Solutions Architect	446	£79,340.00	£84,900.00	£90,450.00
Business Architect	18	£79,165.00	£84,190.00	£89,210.00
Security Architect	63	£79,210.00	£84,155.00	£89,100.00
Head of Technology	2	£70,150.00	£83,200.00	£96,250.00
Cloud Consultant	6	£79,375.00	£83,125.00	£86,875.00
Android Developer	2	£72,500.00	£82,500.00	£92,500.00
Java Developer	115	£75,575.00	£82,320.00	£89,055.00
Head of Service	32	£74,575.00	£80,660.00	£86,750.00
Senior Software Engineer	232	£73,275.00	£80,580.00	£87,890.00
Cisco Specialist	2	£80,000.00	£80,000.00	£80,000.00
Backend Developer	38	£72,920.00	£79,855.00	£86,795.00
Technical Architect	48	£76,075.00	£79,780.00	£83,485.00
Transformation Lead	13	£78,500.00	£79,750.00	£81,000.00
Software Engineer	1,300	£71,150.00	£78,230.00	£85,305.00
Technical Lead	432	£73,790.00	£78,200.00	£82,605.00
Infrastructure Manager	102	£72,530.00	£77,155.00	£81,775.00
SAP Consultant	22	£71,415.00	£77,105.00	£82,790.00
Information Security Manager	18	£71,945.00	£76,860.00	£81,765.00
Data Scientist	63	£71,605.00	£76,710.00	£81,815.00
IT Director	5,276	£70,440.00	£76,650.00	£82,865.00
Functional Consultant	40	£69,665.00	£76,080.00	£82,490.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	91	£71,770.00	£75,645.00	£79,510.00
Transformation Manager	31	£70,280.00	£75,605.00	£80,940.00
Information Security	181	£70,835.00	£75,030.00	£79,230.00
CRM Developer	1	£70,000.00	£75,000.00	£80,000.00
Data Modeller	289	£69,450.00	£74,495.00	£79,530.00
Data Engineer	829	£68,910.00	£74,460.00	£80,000.00
Integration Architect	28	£68,920.00	£73,420.00	£77,920.00
Network Security Engineer	3	£70,000.00	£73,125.00	£76,250.00
Technical Project Manager	12	£67,750.00	£73,000.00	£78,250.00
Head of Operations	70	£67,295.00	£72,095.00	£76,895.00
Software Developer	901	£67,245.00	£72,090.00	£76,940.00
Test Manager	43	£67,125.00	£71,915.00	£76,705.00
Application Developer	50	£67,175.00	£71,875.00	£76,570.00
Senior Product Manager	31	£67,000.00	£71,380.00	£75,765.00
Microsoft Developer	2	£67,500.00	£71,250.00	£75,000.00
DevOps Engineer	189	£65,495.00	£71,000.00	£76,505.00
Scrum Master	14	£65,135.00	£70,915.00	£76,700.00
Salesforce Developer	10	£69,065.00	£70,780.00	£72,500.00
Application Manager	77	£66,590.00	£70,745.00	£74,895.00
Programme Manager	437	£65,900.00	£70,715.00	£75,520.00
Quality Assurance Manager	4	£68,750.00	£70,625.00	£72,500.00
Cloud Engineer	240	£64,640.00	£70,550.00	£76,455.00
Technical Consultant	34	£62,500.00	£70,430.00	£78,360.00
Application Architect	37	£69,095.00	£70,425.00	£71,750.00
JavaScript Developer	7	£62,500.00	£70,000.00	£77,500.00
Sap Project Manager	3	£70,000.00	£70,000.00	£70,000.00
Solution Designer	465	£64,925.00	£69,840.00	£74,750.00
Head of Quality	2	£69,500.00	£69,500.00	£69,500.00
Senior Developer	274	£63,490.00	£69,255.00	£75,010.00
Cyber Security	553	£64,705.00	£69,175.00	£73,650.00
Full Stack Developer	212	£62,920.00	£68,890.00	£74,855.00
Senior Software Developer	13	£67,750.00	£68,835.00	£69,915.00
Lead Developer	343	£64,835.00	£68,825.00	£72,820.00
Cyber Security Manager	12	£66,500.00	£68,550.00	£70,600.00
Network Security	114	£63,870.00	£68,025.00	£72,185.00
Senior Java Developer	6	£60,265.00	£68,000.00	£75,735.00
Hardware Engineer	322	£66,365.00	£67,965.00	£69,575.00
Active Directory	20	£65,030.00	£67,530.00	£70,030.00
Business Relationship Manager	4	£65,000.00	£67,500.00	£70,000.00
Head of Delivery	1	£65,000.00	£67,500.00	£70,000.00
Sharepoint Consultant	2	£60,000.00	£67,500.00	£75,000.00
Data Management	440	£62,565.00	£66,965.00	£71,365.00
Systems Architect	7	£62,400.00	£66,900.00	£71,415.00
Data Science	39	£59,810.00	£66,255.00	£72,705.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	4	£62,500.00	£66,250.00	£70,000.00
Product Owner	235	£62,185.00	£65,830.00	£69,475.00
Delivery Manager	347	£61,815.00	£65,625.00	£69,435.00
Front End Developer	24	£59,155.00	£65,435.00	£71,715.00
Cyber Security Engineer	21	£60,295.00	£65,225.00	£70,155.00
Service Transition Manager	2	£60,000.00	£65,000.00	£70,000.00
Transition Manager	2	£60,000.00	£65,000.00	£70,000.00
Application Integrator	4	£60,000.00	£62,500.00	£65,000.00
Head of IT	7,435	£58,615.00	£62,215.00	£65,815.00
Senior Analyst	223	£59,530.00	£61,730.00	£63,925.00
Cyber Security Analyst	26	£56,675.00	£61,315.00	£65,960.00
Business Intelligence Developer	2	£55,000.00	£61,250.00	£67,500.00
Mobile Developer	4	£57,500.00	£61,250.00	£65,000.00
Network Engineer	279	£56,790.00	£60,930.00	£65,065.00
Cisco Engineer	6	£53,335.00	£60,835.00	£68,335.00
Embedded Software Engineer	41	£53,135.00	£60,710.00	£68,285.00
Digital Product Manager	4	£55,000.00	£60,625.00	£66,250.00
Cyber Security Consultant	18	£53,790.00	£60,565.00	£67,330.00
Software Team Leader	29	£60,250.00	£60,250.00	£60,250.00
Oracle Consultant	5	£57,500.00	£60,000.00	£62,500.00
Data Migration	39	£55,455.00	£59,715.00	£63,970.00
Technical Account Manager	79	£55,470.00	£59,655.00	£63,840.00
Hardware Designer	156	£58,060.00	£59,620.00	£61,185.00
Service Delivery Manager	22	£57,065.00	£59,385.00	£61,700.00
Programme Lead	5	£50,690.00	£59,325.00	£67,950.00
Technical Services Manager	122	£55,895.00	£59,240.00	£62,590.00
Business Analyst	726	£55,950.00	£59,025.00	£62,105.00
Network Manager	14	£55,270.00	£58,520.00	£61,770.00
Information Management	125	£54,980.00	£58,310.00	£61,635.00
BI Developer	26	£53,095.00	£58,240.00	£63,390.00
Technical Author	568	£57,835.00	£57,950.00	£58,065.00
Technology Consultant	21	£47,135.00	£57,315.00	£67,500.00
IT Business Partner	2,451	£54,325.00	£57,195.00	£60,065.00
Product Management	1,455	£52,690.00	£56,470.00	£60,250.00
Oracle Developer	5	£52,500.00	£56,250.00	£60,000.00
IT Project Manager	7,778	£51,625.00	£55,780.00	£59,940.00
Test Lead	39	£52,925.00	£55,780.00	£58,635.00
Product Analyst	5	£51,250.00	£55,625.00	£60,000.00
Digital Analyst	16	£53,415.00	£55,125.00	£56,840.00
Wordpress	1	£50,000.00	£55,000.00	£60,000.00
Wordpress Developer	1	£50,000.00	£55,000.00	£60,000.00
Application Support	205	£51,185.00	£54,795.00	£58,405.00
Data Analyst	244	£50,585.00	£54,620.00	£58,650.00
Systems Analyst	61	£49,960.00	£54,355.00	£58,750.00
Technical Analyst	18	£51,375.00	£54,125.00	£56,875.00
Systems Developer	439	£50,025.00	£53,675.00	£57,320.00
Head of Development	9	£51,080.00	£53,205.00	£55,330.00
Docker	9	£48,750.00	£53,125.00	£57,500.00
Power BI Developer	10	£49,375.00	£53,000.00	£56,625.00
Product Marketing Manager	27	£47,155.00	£52,970.00	£58,785.00
Information Analyst	12	£50,000.00	£52,500.00	£55,000.00
Technical Support Manager	19	£50,665.00	£52,225.00	£53,790.00
Systems Administrator	92	£49,105.00	£51,955.00	£54,805.00
Application Support Analyst	35	£47,420.00	£51,265.00	£55,105.00
Product Development Manager	9	£47,035.00	£51,210.00	£55,400.00
Systems Manager	2,550	£48,565.00	£50,745.00	£52,930.00
CRM Manager	36	£48,120.00	£50,700.00	£53,285.00
SQL Developer	11	£47,250.00	£50,625.00	£54,000.00
Data Analysis	52	£46,870.00	£50,255.00	£53,645.00
Bi Analyst	16	£47,800.00	£49,590.00	£51,375.00
Digital	5,076	£46,600.00	£49,585.00	£52,575.00
Reporting Analyst	22	£47,635.00	£49,510.00	£51,385.00
Business Systems Analyst	12	£44,500.00	£49,165.00	£53,835.00
Information Security Analyst	19	£47,215.00	£48,885.00	£50,550.00
Mobile Engineer	290	£45,150.00	£48,310.00	£51,475.00
Systems Specialist	30	£46,375.00	£48,190.00	£50,000.00
Service Manager	3,643	£45,400.00	£47,660.00	£49,925.00
AI Specialist	3	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
ERP Consultant	4	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
Programming	1,036	£45,140.00	£47,370.00	£49,600.00
Implementation Consultant	10	£44,125.00	£47,250.00	£50,375.00
Product Developer	755	£43,480.00	£46,940.00	£50,400.00
Development	80,943	£44,300.00	£46,925.00	£49,560.00
Developer	81,203	£44,245.00	£46,920.00	£49,600.00
PHP Developer	18	£43,000.00	£46,300.00	£49,600.00
Implementation Manager	26	£45,000.00	£46,250.00	£47,500.00
Firewall Engineer	2	£46,150.00	£46,150.00	£46,150.00
Test Analyst	10	£44,600.00	£46,000.00	£47,400.00
IT Service Desk Manager	4	£43,250.00	£45,375.00	£47,500.00
IT Consultant	21,941	£39,380.00	£45,160.00	£50,945.00
PMO Analyst	4	£43,750.00	£44,750.00	£45,750.00
SQL Database Administrator	10	£42,335.00	£44,585.00	£46,835.00
IT Manager	147,369	£41,570.00	£44,210.00	£46,840.00
Database Administrator	15	£41,940.00	£44,030.00	£46,125.00
IT Specialist	13,815	£41,825.00	£43,620.00	£45,430.00
Web Developer	59	£39,655.00	£43,495.00	£47,335.00
IT Support Engineer	1,350	£40,875.00	£43,365.00	£45,850.00
IT Support Analyst	299	£40,710.00	£43,345.00	£45,975.00
Technical Trainer	24	£41,240.00	£43,230.00	£45,220.00
Performance Analyst	26	£40,000.00	£42,915.00	£45,835.00
IT Technician	63,228	£40,095.00	£42,765.00	£45,440.00
Junior Developer	67	£39,820.00	£42,620.00	£45,410.00
Application Specialist	26	£41,810.00	£42,500.00	£43,190.00
MySQL	12	£40,000.00	£42,500.00	£45,000.00
Desktop Support Analyst	4	£39,500.00	£42,250.00	£45,000.00
IT Quality Assurance Engineer	7	£42,225.00	£42,225.00	£42,225.00
IT Solutions Analyst	16	£42,225.00	£42,225.00	£42,225.00
Senior IT Technician	329	£38,625.00	£42,195.00	£45,765.00
Website	1,018	£39,030.00	£42,095.00	£45,155.00
Service Desk Manager	2	£39,000.00	£42,000.00	£45,000.00
Product	29,610	£39,755.00	£41,865.00	£43,980.00
Autodesk	13	£38,300.00	£41,750.00	£45,200.00
Technical Support	805	£38,490.00	£41,120.00	£43,750.00
IT Support	212,107	£38,775.00	£40,960.00	£43,140.00
Operations Analyst	6	£39,165.00	£40,835.00	£42,500.00
Support Consultant	15	£36,665.00	£40,750.00	£44,835.00
Assistant Product Manager	21	£36,840.00	£39,850.00	£42,855.00
Desktop Support Engineer	9	£39,350.00	£39,825.00	£40,300.00
Laravel Developer	13	£35,500.00	£39,650.00	£43,800.00
Systems Officer	12	£35,410.00	£37,650.00	£39,890.00
Service Desk	246	£35,695.00	£37,515.00	£39,335.00
IT Field Service Engineer	2,452	£34,800.00	£37,325.00	£39,865.00
Software Tester	2	£35,000.00	£37,000.00	£39,000.00
Technical Officer	4	£35,000.00	£36,875.00	£38,750.00
IT Business Development Executive	97	£31,365.00	£36,615.00	£41,865.00
IT Trainer	1,548	£34,640.00	£36,515.00	£38,400.00
Digital Account Manager	9	£35,000.00	£36,500.00	£38,000.00
IT Support Technician	57	£33,955.00	£36,320.00	£38,685.00
2nd Line Support	44	£34,160.00	£36,290.00	£38,425.00
Service Analyst	27	£33,895.00	£36,250.00	£38,600.00
IT Officer	22,148	£33,525.00	£35,720.00	£37,920.00
Exhibition Designer	1	£33,000.00	£35,500.00	£38,000.00
IT Support Executive	552	£33,075.00	£34,230.00	£35,385.00
Product Planner	113	£32,090.00	£34,200.00	£36,315.00
Project Office Support	4	£33,790.00	£33,990.00	£34,190.00
Service Desk Analyst	41	£31,265.00	£33,420.00	£35,565.00
Release Manager	2	£31,500.00	£33,000.00	£34,500.00
Junior Java Developer	6	£31,500.00	£32,585.00	£33,665.00
CRM Administrator	2	£29,000.00	£32,000.00	£35,000.00
Junior Product Manager	18	£28,000.00	£32,000.00	£36,000.00
Systems Coordinator	9	£29,500.00	£31,585.00	£33,665.00
Network Analyst	2	£28,000.00	£31,500.00	£35,000.00
2nd Line Support Technician	2	£30,000.00	£31,000.00	£32,000.00
EPOS	16	£30,150.00	£30,815.00	£31,485.00
IT Security Officer	68	£30,295.00	£30,425.00	£30,555.00
Project Analyst	8	£30,000.00	£30,000.00	£30,000.00
IT Support Officer	402	£29,150.00	£29,995.00	£30,840.00
1st Line IT Support	13	£28,390.00	£29,985.00	£31,575.00
1st Line Support	13	£28,390.00	£29,985.00	£31,575.00
IT Trainee	5,409	£27,340.00	£29,955.00	£32,575.00
IT Helpdesk	168	£28,855.00	£29,870.00	£30,880.00
It Graduate	670	£27,895.00	£29,750.00	£31,605.00
IT Administrator	17,493	£28,100.00	£29,360.00	£30,620.00
Junior IT Technician	38	£27,245.00	£29,020.00	£30,790.00
Technical Administrator	41	£27,515.00	£28,895.00	£30,270.00
Trainee IT Technician	67	£27,215.00	£27,565.00	£27,910.00
IT Support Advisor	52	£26,785.00	£27,415.00	£28,040.00
Computer Science Graduate	4	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
Graduate Developer	46	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
Graduate Software Developer	33	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
IT Support Assistant	1,172	£24,455.00	£24,865.00	£25,270.00
IT Support Agent	2	£24,750.00	£24,750.00	£24,750.00