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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 5,337,418 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	5,075,189	95.09 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	172,476	3.23 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	89,753	1.68 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 102,643 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 444,785 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	97,600	422,932
Contract	5,042	21,852

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

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

Last 12 Month Permanent UK IT Jobs

Permanent IT Jobs

Latest month: April 2026

Jobs listed

98,757

Up 93.6% vs last year

Average salary

£52,445.00

Down 2.8% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract IT Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: April 2026

Jobs listed

2,270

Up 37.6% vs last year

Average day rate

£515.00

Up 4.4% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: April 2026

Jobs listed

848

Up 27.0% vs last year

Average day rate

£515.00

Up 1.6% 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
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
July 2025	34,627
June 2025	24,764
May 2025	30,270

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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	52	£105,000.00	£115,180.00	£125,355.00
Software Development Manager	12	£106,250.00	£112,500.00	£118,750.00
Python Developer	154	£94,500.00	£102,165.00	£109,840.00
Big Data	2	£90,000.00	£96,250.00	£102,500.00
Enterprise Architect	74	£90,220.00	£95,215.00	£100,205.00
Python	460	£83,530.00	£92,430.00	£101,325.00
Head of Software	4	£83,250.00	£90,500.00	£97,750.00
Sharepoint Developer	1	£85,000.00	£90,000.00	£95,000.00
Java Developer	144	£81,555.00	£89,595.00	£97,635.00
Data Architect	152	£82,440.00	£88,130.00	£93,825.00
Integration Architect	9	£78,750.00	£86,875.00	£95,000.00
Azure Architect	19	£78,750.00	£86,250.00	£93,750.00
Technical Product Owner	6	£70,475.00	£85,025.00	£99,600.00
Oracle Database	1	£85,000.00	£85,000.00	£85,000.00
Business Architect	18	£79,165.00	£84,190.00	£89,210.00
Senior Software Engineer	226	£76,170.00	£83,300.00	£90,420.00
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
Solutions Architect	389	£77,775.00	£82,930.00	£88,085.00
Software Architect	238	£82,525.00	£82,525.00	£82,525.00
Programme Lead	3	£70,000.00	£82,500.00	£95,000.00
Software Engineer	1,380	£73,150.00	£81,125.00	£89,090.00
Security Architect	54	£75,290.00	£80,065.00	£84,845.00
Cisco Specialist	2	£80,000.00	£80,000.00	£80,000.00
Head of Service	28	£74,010.00	£79,445.00	£84,890.00
Technical Project Manager	12	£72,750.00	£78,750.00	£84,750.00
Technical Architect	46	£74,340.00	£78,730.00	£83,120.00
Technical Lead	495	£74,640.00	£78,165.00	£81,685.00
Transformation Manager	33	£71,825.00	£78,035.00	£84,250.00
Senior Java Developer	6	£66,500.00	£77,500.00	£88,500.00
Functional Consultant	31	£71,115.00	£77,250.00	£83,380.00
Backend Developer	51	£70,505.00	£77,125.00	£83,745.00
SAP Consultant	34	£69,970.00	£76,430.00	£82,890.00
Network Manager	12	£71,875.00	£76,250.00	£80,625.00
Transformation Lead	13	£74,125.00	£75,815.00	£77,500.00
Data Engineer	810	£69,690.00	£75,285.00	£80,870.00
CRM Developer	1	£70,000.00	£75,000.00	£80,000.00
Network Security Engineer	1	£75,000.00	£75,000.00	£75,000.00
Information Security Manager	31	£69,530.00	£74,815.00	£80,100.00
Head of Product	7	£67,475.00	£74,675.00	£81,890.00
IT Director	4,963	£68,670.00	£74,560.00	£80,440.00
Infrastructure Manager	78	£69,890.00	£74,510.00	£79,125.00
Scrum Master	12	£66,670.00	£73,895.00	£81,125.00
Software Developer	1,014	£68,670.00	£73,895.00	£79,115.00
Application Developer	41	£69,000.00	£73,800.00	£78,595.00
IT Support Team Lead	2	£67,500.00	£73,750.00	£80,000.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	63	£69,975.00	£73,500.00	£77,025.00
Cloud Engineer	214	£66,635.00	£72,935.00	£79,225.00
Programme Manager	371	£67,725.00	£72,820.00	£77,910.00
Information Security	184	£68,945.00	£72,715.00	£76,480.00
Data Scientist	62	£66,920.00	£72,640.00	£78,360.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	2	£70,000.00	£72,500.00	£75,000.00
Active Directory	18	£70,035.00	£72,285.00	£74,535.00
Full Stack Developer	231	£65,285.00	£72,105.00	£78,925.00
Lead Developer	303	£66,900.00	£71,680.00	£76,460.00
Data Modeller	239	£66,215.00	£71,660.00	£77,100.00
Senior Software Developer	15	£68,500.00	£71,460.00	£74,415.00
Hardware Engineer	326	£69,960.00	£71,235.00	£72,515.00
Test Manager	41	£66,905.00	£71,150.00	£75,395.00
Application Manager	72	£66,170.00	£70,710.00	£75,250.00
Quality Assurance Manager	4	£68,750.00	£70,625.00	£72,500.00
Application Architect	30	£69,095.00	£70,425.00	£71,750.00
DevOps Engineer	209	£64,795.00	£70,190.00	£75,580.00
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
Senior Product Manager	27	£66,250.00	£69,590.00	£72,935.00
Head of Operations	52	£66,280.00	£69,345.00	£72,405.00
Solution Designer	405	£64,100.00	£69,215.00	£74,330.00
Technical Consultant	55	£60,985.00	£69,120.00	£77,250.00
Cloud Architect	10	£62,375.00	£68,625.00	£74,875.00
Senior Developer	306	£63,465.00	£68,525.00	£73,575.00
Cyber Security	516	£63,885.00	£68,440.00	£73,005.00
Business Relationship Manager	4	£65,000.00	£67,500.00	£70,000.00
Sharepoint Consultant	2	£60,000.00	£67,500.00	£75,000.00
Salesforce Developer	12	£65,450.00	£67,325.00	£69,200.00
Delivery Manager	337	£62,550.00	£66,050.00	£69,545.00
Data Management	439	£62,225.00	£65,880.00	£69,540.00
Network Security	81	£60,515.00	£65,265.00	£70,015.00
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
Front End Developer	28	£59,105.00	£64,915.00	£70,720.00
Cyber Security Engineer	19	£59,095.00	£64,430.00	£69,765.00
Product Owner	170	£59,880.00	£63,940.00	£68,005.00
Android Developer	4	£53,750.00	£63,750.00	£73,750.00
Cyber Security Manager	18	£61,215.00	£63,500.00	£65,785.00
Service Delivery Manager	30	£60,595.00	£63,220.00	£65,835.00
Technical Author	545	£62,530.00	£62,680.00	£62,830.00
Network Engineer	286	£58,315.00	£62,095.00	£65,870.00
Data Science	40	£57,340.00	£61,895.00	£66,455.00
Senior Analyst	216	£59,110.00	£61,700.00	£64,300.00
Head of IT	6,872	£57,885.00	£61,580.00	£65,275.00
Business Intelligence Developer	2	£55,000.00	£61,250.00	£67,500.00
Technical Analyst	12	£58,150.00	£61,025.00	£63,900.00
Hardware Designer	139	£59,135.00	£61,015.00	£62,895.00
Cisco Engineer	6	£53,335.00	£60,835.00	£68,335.00
Digital Product Manager	4	£55,000.00	£60,625.00	£66,250.00
Cyber Security Consultant	50	£53,965.00	£60,405.00	£66,840.00
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
Technical Services Manager	114	£56,630.00	£59,740.00	£62,850.00
Embedded Software Engineer	33	£51,500.00	£59,265.00	£67,030.00
Business Analyst	644	£55,645.00	£58,960.00	£62,270.00
Mobile Developer	4	£53,750.00	£58,750.00	£63,750.00
Data Migration	26	£54,090.00	£58,010.00	£61,925.00
Test Lead	42	£54,550.00	£57,565.00	£60,570.00
Systems Architect	5	£54,800.00	£57,550.00	£60,325.00
Systems Administrator	87	£54,975.00	£57,540.00	£60,110.00
Information Management	116	£54,460.00	£57,500.00	£60,540.00
Web Manager	3	£55,000.00	£57,500.00	£60,000.00
Head of Development	10	£53,375.00	£57,125.00	£60,875.00
Digital Analyst	14	£55,520.00	£57,030.00	£58,550.00
BI Developer	30	£52,070.00	£56,995.00	£61,915.00
IT Business Partner	2,338	£53,790.00	£56,445.00	£59,095.00
Product Management	1,328	£52,720.00	£56,390.00	£60,065.00
Systems Specialist	44	£55,375.00	£56,375.00	£57,375.00
Cyber Security Analyst	18	£51,065.00	£56,270.00	£61,480.00
Docker	5	£52,500.00	£56,250.00	£60,000.00
Technology Consultant	18	£45,635.00	£56,065.00	£66,500.00
Oracle Developer	4	£50,250.00	£55,250.00	£60,250.00
Information Analyst	14	£50,835.00	£55,000.00	£59,165.00
Wordpress	1	£50,000.00	£55,000.00	£60,000.00
Wordpress Developer	1	£50,000.00	£55,000.00	£60,000.00
Technical Account Manager	78	£51,265.00	£54,905.00	£58,540.00
IT Project Manager	7,309	£50,475.00	£54,590.00	£58,710.00
Application Support	210	£50,645.00	£54,160.00	£57,665.00
Product Analyst	4	£51,250.00	£54,125.00	£57,000.00
Systems Developer	364	£50,405.00	£54,035.00	£57,660.00
Software Project Manager	2	£50,000.00	£53,500.00	£57,000.00
Data Analyst	243	£49,600.00	£53,250.00	£56,895.00
Systems Analyst	50	£48,615.00	£53,210.00	£57,800.00
Power BI Developer	10	£49,375.00	£53,000.00	£56,625.00
Data Analysis	51	£48,955.00	£52,645.00	£56,345.00
Technical Support Manager	12	£50,215.00	£52,300.00	£54,385.00
Product Marketing Manager	21	£48,015.00	£52,160.00	£56,300.00
CRM Manager	17	£50,315.00	£52,140.00	£53,965.00
SQL Developer	6	£48,335.00	£52,085.00	£55,835.00
Systems Manager	2,490	£49,140.00	£51,225.00	£53,315.00
PMO Analyst	2	£50,000.00	£50,750.00	£51,500.00
Data Centre Engineer	2	£46,000.00	£50,500.00	£55,000.00
Application Support Analyst	32	£47,190.00	£50,305.00	£53,420.00
Product Development Manager	4	£45,550.00	£50,250.00	£54,975.00
Business Systems Analyst	14	£44,215.00	£50,000.00	£55,785.00
Digital	4,561	£46,745.00	£49,875.00	£53,010.00
Service Desk Manager	4	£48,215.00	£49,715.00	£51,215.00
IT Service Desk Manager	6	£47,975.00	£49,390.00	£50,810.00
Information Security Analyst	19	£47,215.00	£48,885.00	£50,550.00
Programming	922	£46,445.00	£48,725.00	£51,000.00
Bi Analyst	21	£46,240.00	£48,420.00	£50,600.00
Web Developer	62	£44,030.00	£47,765.00	£51,500.00
ERP Consultant	4	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
Operations Analyst	8	£44,375.00	£47,500.00	£50,625.00
SQL Analyst	2	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
PHP Developer	22	£44,285.00	£47,355.00	£50,430.00
Implementation Consultant	8	£44,125.00	£47,250.00	£50,375.00
Development	74,822	£44,485.00	£47,180.00	£49,885.00
Database Administrator	16	£44,750.00	£47,155.00	£49,565.00
Product Developer	604	£43,445.00	£47,135.00	£50,825.00
Developer	75,005	£44,290.00	£47,075.00	£49,865.00
Mobile Engineer	276	£44,390.00	£46,925.00	£49,465.00
Service Manager	3,303	£44,550.00	£46,845.00	£49,150.00
Reporting Analyst	23	£45,030.00	£46,675.00	£48,320.00
Project Analyst	14	£44,590.00	£46,460.00	£48,335.00
Test Analyst	14	£44,750.00	£46,290.00	£47,835.00
Implementation Manager	26	£45,000.00	£46,250.00	£47,500.00
Firewall Engineer	2	£46,150.00	£46,150.00	£46,150.00
Junior Developer	55	£42,400.00	£45,775.00	£49,150.00
Performance Analyst	20	£42,500.00	£45,625.00	£48,750.00
ICT Specialist	2	£45,375.00	£45,375.00	£45,375.00
AI Specialist	2	£40,000.00	£45,000.00	£50,000.00
SQL Database Administrator	10	£42,335.00	£44,585.00	£46,835.00
IT Consultant	19,739	£38,675.00	£44,400.00	£50,125.00
Application Specialist	38	£43,855.00	£44,375.00	£44,895.00
Technical Trainer	19	£42,230.00	£44,095.00	£45,955.00
IT Specialist	11,500	£41,920.00	£43,890.00	£45,870.00
IT Manager	131,078	£41,175.00	£43,800.00	£46,425.00
IT Support Analyst	266	£39,860.00	£42,750.00	£45,625.00
IT Support Engineer	1,200	£39,960.00	£42,615.00	£45,285.00
Senior IT Technician	303	£38,970.00	£42,285.00	£45,595.00
Desktop Support Analyst	4	£39,500.00	£42,250.00	£45,000.00
IT Solutions Analyst	16	£42,225.00	£42,225.00	£42,225.00
Website	853	£39,005.00	£41,895.00	£44,785.00
Autodesk	10	£37,875.00	£41,565.00	£45,250.00
Technical Support	728	£38,775.00	£41,290.00	£43,805.00
IT Technician	53,079	£39,055.00	£41,235.00	£43,420.00
Desktop Support Engineer	6	£41,165.00	£41,165.00	£41,165.00
Assistant Product Manager	17	£37,335.00	£40,500.00	£43,665.00
IT Support	187,747	£38,250.00	£40,150.00	£42,055.00
Laravel Developer	13	£35,500.00	£39,650.00	£43,800.00
Support Consultant	12	£35,335.00	£39,460.00	£43,585.00
Product	30,038	£37,390.00	£39,260.00	£41,125.00
Junior Java Developer	2	£37,500.00	£38,250.00	£39,000.00
IT Business Development Executive	96	£31,225.00	£38,050.00	£44,865.00
Service Desk	220	£35,915.00	£37,630.00	£39,340.00
IT Field Service Engineer	2,166	£34,965.00	£37,530.00	£40,095.00
IT Trainer	1,431	£35,075.00	£37,220.00	£39,365.00
Systems Officer	4	£35,900.00	£37,200.00	£38,500.00
Software Tester	2	£35,000.00	£37,000.00	£39,000.00
Digital Account Manager	9	£35,000.00	£36,500.00	£38,000.00
IT Support Technician	62	£34,695.00	£36,315.00	£37,930.00
Technical Officer	2	£33,500.00	£36,000.00	£38,500.00
Exhibition Designer	1	£33,000.00	£35,500.00	£38,000.00
Service Analyst	26	£33,325.00	£35,430.00	£37,530.00
IT Officer	19,307	£33,050.00	£35,190.00	£37,325.00
2nd Line Support	43	£32,410.00	£34,825.00	£37,245.00
Product Planner	96	£32,635.00	£34,535.00	£36,430.00
Project Office Support	6	£33,525.00	£34,250.00	£34,990.00
IT Support Executive	505	£32,635.00	£33,685.00	£34,735.00
Service Desk Analyst	43	£30,620.00	£32,615.00	£34,605.00
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
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
IT Support Officer	349	£29,520.00	£30,405.00	£31,295.00
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	5,231	£27,040.00	£29,775.00	£32,510.00
Systems Coordinator	6	£28,835.00	£29,750.00	£30,665.00
IT Security Officer	48	£29,545.00	£29,715.00	£29,885.00
It Graduate	616	£27,570.00	£29,510.00	£31,450.00
IT Helpdesk	141	£28,405.00	£29,135.00	£29,865.00
Junior IT Technician	26	£27,065.00	£28,980.00	£30,890.00
IT Administrator	15,441	£27,685.00	£28,945.00	£30,205.00
Technical Administrator	39	£27,035.00	£28,545.00	£30,055.00
Trainee IT Technician	65	£27,230.00	£27,455.00	£27,680.00
IT Support Advisor	32	£26,335.00	£26,885.00	£27,430.00
Computer Science Graduate	4	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
Graduate Developer	55	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
Graduate Software Developer	33	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
IT Support Agent	2	£24,750.00	£24,750.00	£24,750.00
IT Support Assistant	1,161	£23,930.00	£24,350.00	£24,765.00